Also, in case anyone was wondering, eating a bag of Bombay Mix and then dropping a packet of Lego pieces is sub-optimal, at best.
Also, in case anyone was wondering, eating a bag of Bombay Mix and then dropping a packet of Lego pieces is sub-optimal, at best.
Are they opals? It's gorgeous!
Screenshot of two posts - one titled "Withering Heights" and the other titled "Wuthering Shites"
The internet continues to deliver
UNLEASH THE BEAST
quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend
www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...
Can you imagine if a student came up to you with this protocol? "But what's your exclusion criteria?"
"I don't want to help people"
"OK, seems legit"
The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
In his "autobiography" (more a loosely edited diary), John Adams on Sep 9, 1776 noted without commentβin one sentenceβthat Congress had officially adopted the name "United States."
He then spent over 500 words recounting an argument w/ Ben Franklin about whether to close bedroom windows at night.
Page from a book that reads βWhat I learned: in retrospect, my need to be organised was a way to gain some semblance of control in a life that often felt far outside my controlβ
Just read two pages of @howtoadhd.bsky.social βs book and damn, it hit me right in the feels.
βThis is the real world, honey, bienvenueβ
As I have had to explain to a number of recent first fathers, a β5-8lb nappyβ refers to the size of the baby, not its holding capacity.
GET LOST FOREVER
Actually, that whole song is an absolute belter
βYou say youβre lost at sea, call the RNLIβ¦β is one of the best lyrics I have heard for a while
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
All the women, who international, throw your hands up at me!
PSA: start taking your antihistamines now people!
So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and theyβre simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was βyour piano is too close to the fireplace, youβll dry it outβ and if thatβs not the internet in a nutshell I donβt know what is.
An analogue for 'Don't start a land war in Asia' is 'Don't upset the Quakers.'
I mean, wtaf? I don't want to deal with my crap. I spent the best part of two decades trying to ignore it. What a waste of time that was
Turns out, getting older means actually having to deal with some of your crap.
Does anyone know of any task management software, like Motion, but not Motion? It's not secure enough for use in the workplace but I am desperate for something that will autoschedule tasks for my wonky brain so I don't have to do it. Thoughts? Suggestions? A way to do it with pen and paper?
The M&S Walnut Whips are a god level tier of chocolate. 10/10, no notes. I hear amazing things about their Everything bar, I think it's called?
Walnut whips though
The Name of the Rose but everyone is a muppet
The βmessyβ course returns to Londonβs palaeography summer school, 8-12 June. A chance to make your own medieval manuscript. Places are limited so book now (tell your friends)! #medievalsky taught by the amazing @saracharles.bsky.social @stevelawesarts.bsky.social ππ¨π«
palaeography.uk/study/short-...
Whoβs going to #lilac26 this year?
Well, itβs pretty much my constant state of being, so letβs hope so.