Rumour has it that some people don’t even know what Fire Emblem is but I just don’t believe that can be true

Eddie Robson@eddierobson.bsky.social · 7d ago

I find it strange that some people refuse to believe this is the way our decentralised culture works now, that it's possible to be completely ignorant of hugely popular things that don't match your tastes and interests. People aren't lying about that because they think it makes them look cool.

The most implausible round of combat I’ve had yet in Fortune’s Weave (Dietrich chapter 10, some spoilers visible if you’re looking hard enough)

Historians, does anyone have any good recommendations for up to date books on Imperial Japan/Japan’s SWW? I’ve been reading several books around it but realising there’s a big gap in my knowledge and the only book on it I know of (Toland) turns out to be over 50 years old

Look, I'm a simple man, I just don't think we should have party spokespeople arguing that some British people shouldn't be allowed to run for election because of their ethnicity.

Great to see Puritans writing the sports news.

kingdom hearts 4 if nomura locks in

Fake Muppet Show Guests@fakemuppetguests.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Chadley!

If the right is like this, what conversations can possibly be held with the right?

Magmar's Trolley Problem

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK’s Makerfield by-election candidate, Rob Kenyon, had a SECOND deleted social media account, and the archived posts are damning. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/21/r...

Objectifying women, peddling conspiracy theories and calling for violence: Makerfield Reform candidate’s SECOND deleted account exposed – HOPE not hate

By Paul Kershaw and Sarah Hadley On a deleted social media account, Reform UK’s candidate in the upcoming Makerfield parliamentary by-election, Rob Kenyon, made creepy...

hopenothate.org.uk

If the UK ever has a King Philip it’ll confuse people because he’ll be Philip II, but nobody knows about the Philip I, which was Philip II

‘Bye, bye, old friend’: Ted, the dog from Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, has died aged 13

‘Bye, bye, old friend’: Ted, the dog from Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, has died aged 13

As well as penning a Sunday Times bestseller, the terrier had been a regular in the BBC comedy series since 2020 Sad news for fans of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Ted has died. The dog, a patterdale terrier mix, first appeared on the BBC fishing series alongside Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse in 2020 and had regularly joined them on their river-based adventures since. Continue reading...

theguardian.com

Turns out I was giving Polanski too much credit on Ukraine. What the fuck is he talking about here? Putin has an ICC warrant for the industrial kidnapping of tens of thousands of Ukrainian kids & rewarded the soldiers who massacred civillians Bucha with medals for their ‘bravery’

Orbán used to sink other people’s campaigns… the torch has been passed on

Molly Jong-Fast@mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m incredibly obsessed with JD Vance sinking Victor Orban

So, BlueSky, one of my passions is the study of tea in WW2. I need you to watch this oral history from three ex-tea ladies from the Bermondsey WVS. Because you could guess for ONE THOUSAND YEARS and you would not guess where it is going... #skystorians #history #tea

came up in my Facebook memories last time I shared it... man, this SMBC @zachweinersmith.bsky.social cracks me the fuck up

wet_haybale joined PeasantChat. <puddlesipper> wellcome ye back <wet_haybale> ta <puddlesipper> hast tha seen the moon this eve <wet_haybale> nay be it ftrange ? <HimWhatEkes> tis red <wet_haybale> that be new ? <gleanmachine> Zounds man do ye ever look up? <wet_haybale> not unlefs it pleafe milord

He has been very unfair to Bowser, very unfair. Bowser is a very good friend of mine, Bowser. I call him Koopa. We golf together all the time, did a lot of deals together, collected lots of coins. His son went to school with Baron.

a blurred image of a group of cartoon characters standing on top of a green field .

ALT: a blurred image of a group of cartoon characters standing on top of a green field .

media.tenor.com

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

How far back in time can you understand English?

An experiment in language change

deadlanguagesociety.com

distracting us from corruption which is distracting us from January 6th which is distracting us from Trump-Russia which is distracting us from ivermectin which is distracting us from Access Hollywood which is distracting us from… I think at the very bottom of the list it might be Trump Steaks?

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Well, see, he's gotta divert attention to Canada to pull it away from murdering people in the streets which he did to divert attention from embarrassingly failing to seize Greenland which is diverting attention from murdering another person in the streets, which...

She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..." www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained

From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

mprnews.org

Top trivia!

The Mary Rose Museum@maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The first person recorded wishing someone "Merry Christmas" was Bishop John Fisher, in a letter to Thomas Cromwell #OnThisDay, 22nd December 1534. "And this our Lord God send you a mery Christmas, and a comfortable, to your heart’s desire." 🖼️ Wikimedia Commons

the vice president is a klansman

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10mo ago

JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"

I heard there was a mighty fish With solitude its fervent wish When hungry, their demeanour's even ruder They're known to bite their prey in two They'd even have a go at you The silver and the salty Barracuda

DONALD TRUMP FIVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING ME: And, you know, the Game Awards, they gave Best Music to God of War instead of Xenoblade 3, and it was very unfair

tomorrow's newsletter is literally called "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and boy isn't this a darling example, a phrase popularised by full-on racists on Elon Musk's Twitter now being bandied around in the mainstream press and sold as a Labour term