Out now, in which @rantyben.bsky.social and I propose that the Nux is a genuinely Ovidian poem, using stylometric methods.
Out now, in which @rantyben.bsky.social and I propose that the Nux is a genuinely Ovidian poem, using stylometric methods.
Tabby cat napping with back paws on my leg
Loki likes to put his paws on me when he sleeps.
Great explanation and not one Iβve heard put so succinctly before
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Dude looks like heβs playing Twister and nobody will play with him.
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
A reminder that there's about a month left to send in applications for the Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant. See below for details: π
Bon courage, Jonathan!
someone at the pentagon frantically typing βClaude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.β
Roxane does more for emerging writers, both publicly and behind the scenes, than anyone Iβve ever met. This piece, by one of my favorite writers and about one of my favorite writers (and also a mentor to me), is so lovely and real and true. Seeing RG get her flowers is a gift.
Never miss a chance to tell my favourite science joke:
Q: What did Crick & Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklinβs lab book.
Was on vacation in France speaking French to a local vendor at a market and when I explained that we were Swiss but I was originally from the US without missing a beat he said (in French), βIβm sorryβ. And honestly that was the kindest possible response.
Happy International Women's Day to everyone, but especially trans women.
We used to make things in this country (meth).
Womenβs rights, human rights have never improved as the result of a bombing campaign
βAnd what is better than wisedoom? Womman. And what is bettre than a good womman? Nothyng.β
Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee
#InternationalWomensDay #medievalsky
π it's π not π a π "dignified" π transfer π when π the π president π is π wearing π that π fucking π hat
Apparently a video from Dec 2025?
Happy #InternationalWomensDay, everybody!
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There are so many great lines in this masterpiece. Nearly expired from laughing at βOperation Velvet Rage or Whateverβ.
Ye gods, will no one save the GOP group chat from these attacking slurs?!
βOperation Epic Furyβ sounds like the fifth installment in a GI Joe series nobody asked for.
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Killing people is entertainment to the sociopaths in the White House. Decency demands that we resist this.
Virginia proposes a law to teach facts in schools
Oh my gosh youβre at Annie Wright?? My mom went there!
I like the history of late 14thc England for the same reason I like nachos: itβs a hot, delicious mess.
βAlmost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iranβs Minab at the time.β
A double-tap strike on little girls at school.