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Currently reading the diary of a French 11 year old in 1793 & loving it
Summary:
Hate having my portrait done, so boring
Went to the palace and saw a really mangy rabbit, YUCK
My tutor tells me I've got to stop picking my nose
Also Marat has been murdered
Summary:
Hate having my portrait done, so boring
Went to the palace and saw a really mangy rabbit, YUCK
My tutor tells me I've got to stop picking my nose
Also Marat has been murdered
July 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Currently reading the diary of a French 11 year old in 1793 & loving it
Summary:
Hate having my portrait done, so boring
Went to the palace and saw a really mangy rabbit, YUCK
My tutor tells me I've got to stop picking my nose
Also Marat has been murdered
Summary:
Hate having my portrait done, so boring
Went to the palace and saw a really mangy rabbit, YUCK
My tutor tells me I've got to stop picking my nose
Also Marat has been murdered
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a rare example of a science figure that looks like a shitpost which is just photos of real events: babies trying to climb into tiny toy cars, sit on tiny toy chairs, and slide down tiny toy slides
doi.org/10.1126/scie... (fig. 1)
doi.org/10.1126/scie... (fig. 1)
July 16, 2026 at 5:28 AM
a rare example of a science figure that looks like a shitpost which is just photos of real events: babies trying to climb into tiny toy cars, sit on tiny toy chairs, and slide down tiny toy slides
doi.org/10.1126/scie... (fig. 1)
doi.org/10.1126/scie... (fig. 1)
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One semifinal replays the Peninsular War, the other the Falklands War. Nice that it is only football
July 12, 2026 at 8:33 AM
One semifinal replays the Peninsular War, the other the Falklands War. Nice that it is only football
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My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm.
Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet
Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold
Horror: Giant worm (eats people)
Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup
Mystery: Giant worm investigates
Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet
Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold
Horror: Giant worm (eats people)
Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup
Mystery: Giant worm investigates
Writers: what’s a solid piece of *craft* advice you wish you’d known sooner?
Mine is this: when making writing decisions, always stop and ask yourself what is best for the SCENE. What are the scene’s goals? Does this sentence, this paragraph, this line of dialogue serve those goals? If not, fix it.
Mine is this: when making writing decisions, always stop and ask yourself what is best for the SCENE. What are the scene’s goals? Does this sentence, this paragraph, this line of dialogue serve those goals? If not, fix it.
April 29, 2026 at 6:13 PM
My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm.
Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet
Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold
Horror: Giant worm (eats people)
Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup
Mystery: Giant worm investigates
Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet
Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold
Horror: Giant worm (eats people)
Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup
Mystery: Giant worm investigates
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When a sperm whale was asked to confirm this, he first lied, then when pressed, blamed it on someone else.
April 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
When a sperm whale was asked to confirm this, he first lied, then when pressed, blamed it on someone else.
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Life in 2026 is essentially just having full blown Gollum conversations with yourself about buying basic household items every single day
But we mustn't
But we wants the nice paper towels
But we shouldn't
But they tears so nicely precious
But we mustn't
But we wants the nice paper towels
But we shouldn't
But they tears so nicely precious
April 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Life in 2026 is essentially just having full blown Gollum conversations with yourself about buying basic household items every single day
But we mustn't
But we wants the nice paper towels
But we shouldn't
But they tears so nicely precious
But we mustn't
But we wants the nice paper towels
But we shouldn't
But they tears so nicely precious
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28 MARCH 1776, PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS: In bad weather, the Sally becomes detached from the rest of the British refugee fleet and runs aground, probably due to her captain “never [having] learnt Navigation, and that he never was on Salt Water before.”
March 28, 2026 at 2:52 PM
28 MARCH 1776, PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS: In bad weather, the Sally becomes detached from the rest of the British refugee fleet and runs aground, probably due to her captain “never [having] learnt Navigation, and that he never was on Salt Water before.”
When we hold the new Nuremberg trials, is there any reason not to conduct Stephen Miller's trial in Spanish?
February 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
When we hold the new Nuremberg trials, is there any reason not to conduct Stephen Miller's trial in Spanish?
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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and of course this is not the only English cathedral we have done this to! It's just the one we haven't figured out how to fix yet. At Winchester they had a guy spending six years diving into water filled with decaying bodies to build a cement foundation idk
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And of course Winchester and the diver (famously the statue is of the wrong person)
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
and of course this is not the only English cathedral we have done this to! It's just the one we haven't figured out how to fix yet. At Winchester they had a guy spending six years diving into water filled with decaying bodies to build a cement foundation idk
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bsky.app/profile/cele...
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It's Tuesday. It's November. And it's been awhile. So lets tell the story about the eel, the scheming wife who ate it, and the talking magpie that ratted her out!
That's right! It's time for the eel tale from the 1370s blockbuster hit, "The Book of the Knight of the Tower." 1/5
🗃️🧪
That's right! It's time for the eel tale from the 1370s blockbuster hit, "The Book of the Knight of the Tower." 1/5
🗃️🧪
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It's Tuesday. It's November. And it's been awhile. So lets tell the story about the eel, the scheming wife who ate it, and the talking magpie that ratted her out!
That's right! It's time for the eel tale from the 1370s blockbuster hit, "The Book of the Knight of the Tower." 1/5
🗃️🧪
That's right! It's time for the eel tale from the 1370s blockbuster hit, "The Book of the Knight of the Tower." 1/5
🗃️🧪
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A Marmot’s Guide to Yawning. Your yawn should start at the hind end, traveling up to your head and culminating in a dramatic silent scream. Complete with lip smacking to communicate how deeply satisfying this was. Strike a dramatic pose while receiving yawning admiration from onlookers.
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A Marmot’s Guide to Yawning. Your yawn should start at the hind end, traveling up to your head and culminating in a dramatic silent scream. Complete with lip smacking to communicate how deeply satisfying this was. Strike a dramatic pose while receiving yawning admiration from onlookers.
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Donatives for the troops
Incompetent ruler with no clear heir
Fading international prestige
Powerless legislature
Welcome back Crisis of the Third Century!
Incompetent ruler with no clear heir
Fading international prestige
Powerless legislature
Welcome back Crisis of the Third Century!
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Donatives for the troops
Incompetent ruler with no clear heir
Fading international prestige
Powerless legislature
Welcome back Crisis of the Third Century!
Incompetent ruler with no clear heir
Fading international prestige
Powerless legislature
Welcome back Crisis of the Third Century!
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damn. hoping it at least signifies something
It is a tale
Told by an idiot
Told by an idiot
October 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
damn. hoping it at least signifies something
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TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
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Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)
October 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)
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TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE ERA RODNEY DANGERFIELD: i tell you i get no respect. the daimyo says i have to commit seppuku to restore my house’s honor. okay. i write my death poem, no problem. i ask my wife if she’ll be my second and she says she wants to be my FIRST!
May 22, 2024 at 4:18 AM
TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE ERA RODNEY DANGERFIELD: i tell you i get no respect. the daimyo says i have to commit seppuku to restore my house’s honor. okay. i write my death poem, no problem. i ask my wife if she’ll be my second and she says she wants to be my FIRST!
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A reminder alert popped up.
"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"
Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."
"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."
"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"
"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"
Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."
"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."
"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"
August 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A reminder alert popped up.
"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"
Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."
"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."
"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"
"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"
Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."
"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."
"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"
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centuries of fairy tales & folklore about not trusting glittering, deceptive entities that flatter our vanity and look at us. eating the fae food, mesmerized by the mirror, etc. clown behavior.
August 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
centuries of fairy tales & folklore about not trusting glittering, deceptive entities that flatter our vanity and look at us. eating the fae food, mesmerized by the mirror, etc. clown behavior.
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Sea lions are seals that are missing an electron
July 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Sea lions are seals that are missing an electron
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People are weirdly precious about the morality of Austen novels. ‘I don’t think Emma should have married an older man who knew her as a child’. Okay? I don’t think the green knight should be gadding about chopping heads off
July 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
People are weirdly precious about the morality of Austen novels. ‘I don’t think Emma should have married an older man who knew her as a child’. Okay? I don’t think the green knight should be gadding about chopping heads off
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Come out ye whites and klans, come out and fight me like a man, show your wife how you had met us at home depot. Tell her how the USA made you run like hell away from the green and lovely lanes of California
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Come out ye whites and klans, come out and fight me like a man, show your wife how you had met us at home depot. Tell her how the USA made you run like hell away from the green and lovely lanes of California
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The sigil was drawn in salt and ash, the candles lit at the pentagram points, the incantation declaimed.
There was a shimmer - a demon appeared.
"Curious. What ritual is this?"
"I got it from ChatGPT. I included all protections in my prompt!"
"I see," the demon said and stepped out of the sigil.
There was a shimmer - a demon appeared.
"Curious. What ritual is this?"
"I got it from ChatGPT. I included all protections in my prompt!"
"I see," the demon said and stepped out of the sigil.
May 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The sigil was drawn in salt and ash, the candles lit at the pentagram points, the incantation declaimed.
There was a shimmer - a demon appeared.
"Curious. What ritual is this?"
"I got it from ChatGPT. I included all protections in my prompt!"
"I see," the demon said and stepped out of the sigil.
There was a shimmer - a demon appeared.
"Curious. What ritual is this?"
"I got it from ChatGPT. I included all protections in my prompt!"
"I see," the demon said and stepped out of the sigil.
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Miss Universe Philippines has a mythology theme going on this year, which is great for anyone whose interests contain both monster girls and mahou shoujo villains (like yours truly).
May 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Miss Universe Philippines has a mythology theme going on this year, which is great for anyone whose interests contain both monster girls and mahou shoujo villains (like yours truly).