More of an introspective update today as I near my chemo anniversary. I'm grateful to have friends who've done so much to help me these past 4 years. I've a ways to go to the end of my treatment & my fund goal, so kindly donate, boost & share if you can. Thanks! www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!

Me: why are you worried Brain: why AREN'T you worried Me: oh no Brain: oh no Me: oh no Brain: oh no

Yes! 🤣🤣🤣 Men tend to choose higher paying careers like doctor, engineer, lawyer, or CEO. While women tend to choose lower paying careers like female doctor, female engineer, female lawyer, or female CEO. ✍️ Safa Malaak

It's fair to say crossover comics have struggled with the "supervillains are real and they're running things" political era, it's probably telling that a story this wet and gestural came out in 2016. As with a lot of 21st Century events a patina of technical quality hides an entertainment void /end

we made this tonight and I'm about to buy 20 more pounds of pork and only eat this for the rest of 2026 www.seriouseats.com/thai-style-g...

Moo Ping (Thai-Style Grilled Pork Skewers) Recipe

Thinly sliced pork shoulder gets marinated, put on a stick, grilled, and brushed with coconut cream. These skewers will have you forget all about sad takeout satay.

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For YEARS, I been waiting for this to happen every time I watch the news

oh, it has indeed been a while since I posted about them! you can still get the spring/summer 2026 collection here >> kim-hu-shop.fourthwall.com << 💀 💀 💀

I am enjoying the shirt very much. :)

I am in tears at Ciampa trying to pin Andrade's pants and @refaubrey.bsky.social counting it 😂

I'm the same way about Angry Birds. I have never played it, but I have a perfect version of Angry Birds in my head and don't want to ruin it by seeing the real thing.

Raven Lyn Clemens@ravenlynclemens.bsky.social · 2w ago

i think about this all the time

"I dont understand why you, a wargamer and military historian, dont applaud when politicians make speeches glorifying military history"

Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."

BC followers may enjoy this for the insight into quite why the party that ran the province for 40 years was called that.

David Klemperer@dmk1793.bsky.social · 2w ago

I enormously enjoyed recording this PPF episode on Major Douglas’s Social Credit - a crank economic theory of the interwar period that caused immense frustration to mainstream intellectuals (including Keynes, Cole, Hobson and Gaitskell) but whose followers ended up taking power in Western Canada.

Dracula, seeing a man seemingly dead:

Anthony Oliveira@meakoopa.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am going through Bram Stoker’s earliest notes on DRACULA today - they include a list of the powers and features of the Count (then named “Wampyr” before Stoker stumbled on “Dracula”), many of which are never elucidated in the book…

This is good.

INTER-GO-LACTIC (Beastie Boys x Chemical Brothers)

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It's even more obvious in the longer track. Bond is literally driving into Harlem, so Martin goes full Isaac Hayes here, while still maintaining John Barry's strong jazz/orchestra chops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouxe...

Live And Let Die 50th Anniversary | George Martin | James Bond Theme (Film Version)

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During the Create Your Own Novel panel at SDCC this year, the best proposal I have ever heard from another panelist was made, specifically: writers should have walk-on music like wrestlers when we come out for panels.

The truth is much more brutally unpleasant - you can point to some structural factors, but the big reason for why things turned out this way is that Shit Happens. The past decade has been full of highly contingent events that turned out badly due to luck, stupidity and the malice of a few.

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

My lovely @demontomatodave.bsky.social edited this show, but that's not the only reason you should give it a go! It's hilarious and heartwarming, I love it!

Hare Lockwood@harelockwood.com · 3w ago

Chapter one is out in the world! Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts, or indeed right here at this link. 🥰 #ItsASuperpower?? thedailytism.com/podcast/chap...

I outline it in the article, but it's scrapbooking, not political theory. Liking these things, painting a fence, listening to Gregg James, singing North London Forever/Wonderwall, it doesn't amount to politics. And worst of all it imagines evil cannot possibly be banal

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

Montréal food culture is incredible, because Quebec is Nordic, ingredients wise, but it is populated by Catholics who fuck.

I can never repay this debt to @jcsalterego.bsky.social.

gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · 3w ago

someone make this teen girl squad screenshot say ratioed please im lazy

Always follow Anjali's UN commentary! 🧵

Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 3w ago

at 5pm today, candidates for the next UN Secretary General will participate in a town hall debate--you can watch at this link: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...

"People who have spent their careers covering politics simply don’t have a vocabulary for what’s happening now; they’re like noir detectives in a slasher film." timkreider.substack.com/p/the-arboga...

The Arbogast Fallacy

An Alternative Explanation for "Sanewashing"

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Scott Lemieux@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 4w ago

They’re writing think pieces about a guy who doesn’t www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/07/they...

Emu night (1/2)

“What’s a Star Trek” - A Thread Star Trek is sci-fi series where humanity barely survived World War III and builds back something better from the ashes. The original series is set in the 23rd Century featuring and features the crew of the starship Enterprise.

Magic: The Gathering@magic.wizards.com · last mo.

Captain James T. Kirk doesn't believe in the no-win scenario. #MTGxStarTrek

@skeskali.ca hey you, DM me when you're done watching the games, I want to see if you're free for beverages this week.