Sarah B
@flythehighlife.bsky.social
Torturing high school English students with books and learning since 2002.
What is going on??? This is Trumpian. “We have all the gays. All of them. The gayest gays love us.”
media friends, you have never had to make a story update like this:
personally I think God is probably more in the 'sending the actual pope to tell you you are a sinner' camp than 'glass falls off wall'
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 3d agoVance: I’ve had moments where I felt the presence of God. A friend and I were talking about Christianity and there was this moment where a glass fell off the wall. I think an atheist would dismiss that, but it felt like God was trying to send me a message. #cdnpoli
Worth posting in context as it is bang on topic.
Victorian premier moving from Quiet Batpeople territory into the Lamb Chop Outside Parliament zone. Next up: The Train Journey of Shoring Up Support. #thethickofit #vicpol
UPDATE Brazil has denied visas to the two State Department officials Trump planned to send to undermine confidence in the country’s electoral system
Brazil denies visas to U.S. delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say
The U.S. delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital and cast doubt on the integrity of the voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.
washingtonpost.com
Emily Wilson argues that while Homer’s Odyssey might seem the perfect source material for Christopher Nolan, the ancient Greek poem also excels at many things the director isn't so good at. On the podcast, Wilson joins Tom Jones to talk through the new adaptation: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Nolan vs Homer
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 26 July · 52min
podcasts.apple.com
This dog must have an amazing sense of humor. Original post
'An analysis of multiple data sets has uncovered a decline in school leavers’ demand for higher education, particularly among young women – the primary driver of growth in Australian university enrolments since the 1980s...38 per cent entered university last year, down from 52 per cent in 2017' 1/3
Demand for higher education going backwards in Australia
Figures from multiple data sets suggest country will struggle to meet its accord target of 80 per cent tertiary participation
timeshighereducation.com
Imagine shaking hands with the man you exposed as a pedophile. It’s time to kill off the president’s role in this awards ceremony. Trump grins and throws up his hands repeatedly as the Wall Street Journal receives an award for their coverage of Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Well, it finally happened, took 6 years but someone irl asked me if I'd heard about the internet story about the guy who ordered a ton of rice
Argentine press barely mentions - and certainly doesn't call out - how their players' behaved after the final whistle. The problem goes deep
First time in recorded history that a man has been simultaneously arrested by the cops and the fashion police
blippy@blippy.bsky.social · 4w agothose pants are insane wtf
This is like something Ava Gardner would wear in The Night of the Iguana.
blippy@blippy.bsky.social · 4w agothose pants are insane wtf
Tune into World Cup coverage, and you are likely to see waves of male, screaming, sweaty fans. But one of the joys of covering this World Cup has been speaking to women who love soccer. n.pr/4fnZHL4
Reporter's Notebook: Finding World Cup joy in speaking to women who love soccer
Tune into World Cup coverage, and you are likely to see waves of male, screaming, sweaty fans. But one of the joys of covering this World Cup has been speaking to women who love soccer.
n.pr
After this, Argentina-Spain will be 0-0 after 120 minutes then penalties.
Someone told me this afternoon that England and France were going to let each other score five goals each to stop Messi from winning the Golden Boot. Ha ha I said nice conspiracy theory. WELL!
Great teams can give the opposition a quarter or a half’s head start and then chase them down. Maybe…?
The movie "The Odyssey" is great. But if this was 1992, we would all be listening to the Bryan Adams power ballad hit "Making My Way to You (love theme from "The Odyssey")