mmm my 4 hour journey home just got turned into a 9 hour journey home most of it just waiting in airports. Please remind me to stop leaving my house
Had a cold for a week and I finally managed to get to a pharmacy and get some pseudo epinephrine and everything in my life just got 1000% better
Tried to go and see the odyssey in IMAX and every IMAX show in Belfast at a normal time (not 10am or 10pm) is sold out until the end of the month
Every time I log on here everyone seems to be having an absolutely appalling time watching football. It's a real bad advert for the hobby tbh.
That's the Romans for you. Always with the
Fucking Every Word@everyword.bsky.social · 3w agofucking crucifying
As a republican I feel that Queens should not know about usb rechargeable handheld fans and Princes should not be seen wearing headphones to talk to Travis Kelce
This week I have seen both the prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex on comedy podcasts with sportspeople and the actual Queen using a usb powered handheld fan and I can't help but feel that modernity/relatability might kill the monarchy before anything else
If you enjoy reading about ancient Rome, Dove & I recommend @emmasouthon.bsky.social's new book on slavery in the Roman Empire. Fascinating & mind-blowing. @simonandschuster.bsky.social bit.ly/4gmhZP0 #books #mustread
Academia is classic game and metagame. The ‘game’ is acquiring skills and knowle by dge so you can produce a paper , the metagame is ‘producing a paper’ and that’s all you’re marked on, hence cheating and shortcutting that means you win the metagame while opting out of the game.
Atrios@eschatonblog.com · 4w agoThe thing is, 95% bullshitting a paper is actually doing most of the important skills development work of writing a paper . "The point of writing a paper is to have a good final product" is something believed by people who paid others to write their papers but somehow they run universities now
What I've learned from my day at Wimbledon is the posh boys have learned about moustaches and as a result the "minor official in the British imperial government in Myanmar" look is very much back
Watching the video from The Ring on my phone so she comes out of my screen real tiny and I can just put her in a mug
[To the tune of 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' by The Beach Boys] 🎵Wouldn't it be nice 🎵To eat a Minion 🎵Holding up a towel to hide from god 🎵And wouldn't it be nice 🎵Though quite forbidden 🎵Savouring the yellow flesh of Bob
Amazing work from NYT strands today to have a word puzzle ostensibly about Pride but without mentioning what Pride is about at all
I utterly adore the fresco of a fountain that was revealed in recent excavations in #Oplontis (room of the peacocks). The three spouts fixed on the wall each with a jet of water filling the marble basin which is supported on those beautiful curved legs. It silently creates an air of fresh coolness.
Today I came across a freed Roman slave called Amoeba and I think that one hasn't stood the test of time really.
Talking about Roman slavery with @emmasouthon.bsky.social this week on the podcast pod.link/1489560920/e...
90% of modern media criticism just sounds like this
Just saw a 14 year old smoking a real life cigarette for the first time in about a century and my immediate response was "nature is healing"
Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.
Lot's of love in the comments for my conversation with @emmasouthon.bsky.social all about the lives of Roman slaves, and you don't want to miss.... The Prologue! youtube.com/watch?v=39iI...
I am lucky enough to have six nephews aged between 4 and 24 and today three of them were at an anti fascist rally and a fourth was running an inclusive event for young immigrants. I genuinely think that the kids are alright.
This women's group wanted to raise £1,000 to help the victims of last night's attacks in Belfast. It's already at £56,000. chuffed.org/project/1854...
Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks
We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
chuffed.org
Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital
I do think a lot of English-based analysis of what happened in Northern Ireland last night is missing the specifically loyalist aspect of the violence. These are groups with a long history of violently driving out "outsiders", turning their sights on a new vulnerable minority.
Really, really, really object to any news corporations labelling people setting fire to cars, houses and attacking police as 'protesters'
I'm more and more fascinated by the notion that all written works desire or need a visual adaptation. The notion that film/TV is the final form of all ideas
☀️ Starshine@starshine.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat’s your white whale tv/film adaptation that needs to happen