This is the thing about eugenics. Even leaving aside the massive human misery it causes when implemented (which we should not leave aside) it goes literally against everything we know about biology.
You know what aids survival? Variation. You know what leads to extinction? Lack of variation.
Gardaí in Crumlin are appealing for the public’s assistance in locating Cian Mooney, 16, and Ella Rose Mooney, 13, who are reported missing from their home in Crumlin since Thursday.
They were last seen on the evening of Wednesday, 11 March.
At Urgent Care, PA asked if she could use AI to record our conversation to "help with my notes" and I said "please don't."
Friends, not only was it an AI notetaker, but she wanted to record the notes **ON HER PERSONAL UNSECURED CELL PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***
WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING
(sea monster bio)
You've probably seen my writhing in The Atlantic
the times demand it
how ironic to see the state protect two people who sought to strip the state while working under the direction of elon musk, who has made it impossible to seek recourse when people get death threats and harassment on twitter
I still have the bag of these for the experiment. I should have a go.
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/surrealing-in-the-years-119-6982298-Mar2026/
@adamhillscomedy.bsky.social re urologists: the two who used to do most of the NHS' gender reassignment surgeries were Messrs Bellringer and Thomas (sadly, not John ;) )
Horse confidently, would try my luck with a camel or dromedary?
How high are the ceilings?
what is the largest animal you are confident you could expel, singlehandedly, from a medium-size bookshop?
RULES:
- you have no resources beyond what is available in the shop
- you must remain more or less uninjured
- bookshop has 2 floors; animal is on ground floor, you can choose where you begin
This is Space Wizard Science Fantasy's fifth year of publishing #queer SFF books! Releases are now several years out, so we're closed to cold submissions, but we have a campaign running currently to bring Lesbians in Space to audiobook with Mary Robinette Kowal!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Can we live in an Austen novel for a bit where the big drama is the neighbors are annoying?
I’m really tired of living in an Orwell novel. Can some other country do regime change to us HERE?
Dude wrote a 173 page footnote on a marginally related topic, prefacing it with “I have omitted much that I would like to have said... [and] I have written much that few will read."
I HAVE FOUND MY PATRON SAINT
Serious moment: I know at least one vast archive of incredible photos of East London's bus and tram history that are lost forever. Because the guy who lovingly took them over decades died without a will and no relatives.
Whole collection lost to house clearance. Probably just binned.
i personally don't think the brits should be allowed to put animals on their money, because that's stealing a good idea from the irish
I think I’ve inhaled a few too many 17th century particles because I’m feeling extra revolutionary today. You may call it glorious even.
We are looking at a page of handwritten minutes from 1677. There is a list of names including Suckling Spendlove.
In 1677 there was a Merchant Adventurer called Suckling Spendlove.
We'll just leave that there...
It is very funny to me that 2026 has two Friday the 13ths in a row. Like, yep, that is the kind of year we're having
One reason Hodgson was looking at it differently was because he hated written history being about kings, queens and lords.
He was fascinated by regular people and wanted to write their stories. The intro to his last volume (when he knew he was dying) is so sad. I'll do a thread on it after lunch.
Can’t fight them on the beaches if you’re usually only found in rivers and canals.
St Pancras station this evening. The Bayeux Tapestry is coming! Through the tunnel (but not on Eurostar). Making the journey on dry land, unlike when it went from Canterbury to Bayeux in the 1070s.
What's My JND? 0.0050
Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...
Operation sew a little thing: I have mended a linen nightie I started pinning a patch to a few days ago. And yesterday I finished making a pair or pants I had started WEEKS ago.
So yeah, Monday's exertions are being felt today. Night sweats, so I changed nightie twice and have to dry the bedding instead of making the bed. No breakfast or morning meds.
That's true actually! The fact they're having to dig for other weird stuff to smear him rather than just "gay Jew" is actually progress 😁
I want to make sure everyone knows that "plastic production" includes your clothes. Polyester, nylon, "synthetic," are all basically plastic fibers, made from oil. And every time you wash those polyester clothes they release microplastics into the water!
Also: what is the key difference between a disabled person's lifelong pain and, say, incontinence, and someone previously non-disabled with the same pain and incontinence plus a terminal diagnosis?
