Really glad I wasn’t one of the schmucks who insisted getting infected repeatedly with a SARS virus was a no big deal, even going so far to branding it as “an inevitable seasonal yuck.”

Nature@nature.com · 8h ago

A severe bout of COVID-19 can wake up an army of dormant viruses hiding inside the body go.nature.com/4fDUY9w

Wow. I'm buying something online made from reclaimed wood by a small firm & I'm having an e-mail discussion with the craftsman who will make it about exactly where holes will go. It's revelatory... I get to talk to an actual person AND I get exactly what I want. I wish the world had more of this!

Me, explaining to the church treasurer why we need 1300 teabags, a can of black spray paint, a bunch of craft supplies, two shovels, three kinds of beer, a triangle (musical instrument), some brasso, and a badge maker in order to glorify The Lord:

Moira Rose: I'm Building A Mystery!

ALT: Moira Rose: I'm Building A Mystery!

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But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

"Ulm Minster (Ulmer Münster) is a Gothic church in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the second-tallest church building in the world, with a steeple measuring 161.53 metres 530 ft"

here's what i think is weird and gross about llm boosters: so, you use it. it works for you. okay? and? i would no more try to talk someone else into using an llm than i would talk someone else into using photoshop i don't understand the impulse, and find it inherently suspect

PANTONE 448 C FTW

Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 2h ago

This is low key one of the most important popular studies that supports the societal importance of art history. So much so that I am doing everyone here a solid by not allowing the article preview to show, the images of which will haunt you for life. english.elpais.com/health/2026-...

Anyway, god bless loop sleep earplugs.

Kate Watson@loreandordure.com · 4h ago

Oh dear, my upstairs neighbours are stompy.

Still doing the "people have evolved over 1000s of years to tell what sex someone is" bit and, counterpoint, people are shite at it. On more than one occasion I was mistaken for my mother, years before I transitioned. Longish hair and glasses and people mistook me, never happened to my sister even

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 5h ago

EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...

The Covent Garden stabbing incident details could not be less terrorism-related. • 47-year-old woman • Mental health issues • Homeless • Scissors recovered at scene • Frequented the area • Known for unstable behaviour • Victims chosen at random www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

America did establish a whole new set of prescriptions which later bemused British users of Microsoft Word (e.g. the which/that distinction).

"However shall we cope with the tiresomeness of language policing" Did I do it right??

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 3h ago

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

Understanding this and its full implications will give you a better understanding of Economy than 99% of the population.

Matt Darling@besttrousers.bsky.social · 4h ago

Basically, recessions are caused by "everyone trying to save money at the same time". This is a problem because at an aggregate level, everyone's income is the same as everyone's spending.

This isn't because people don't care if someone dies. It's because every car driver, every single one, thinks they are the safest driver in the world. SUVs actually make that worse, because the high driving position makes you believe you can spot hazards better than a smaller lower car.

kanchan@kayehm.bsky.social · 5h ago

A UK study found that telling potential SUV buyers that those vehicles directly result in higher fatalities for pedestrians, cyclists and children had zero effect on their decision to buy them. What does work? Financial penalties: Increased fees, taxes, parking. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This article is so bonkers. But also very transparent about the aims of “AI.” Ugh, community and all its friction. Thank goodness AI can relieve us of that.

that rating case is worth more than the BluRay

Your Canadian Girlfriend@yourcanadiangf.bsky.social · 2d ago

Why? Why must everything we enjoy be sealed up with a "grade"? I get baseball cards being put in plastic because you can still enjoy both sides of the card. But a Blu-ray?

And now the next guy left in the genAI prompts! This is all a horror

Please talk about your high libido and your children in separate paragraphs

While I'm talking dialogue, one of my central criticisms of the HBO Hockey Yaoi was that the characters were more interesting when they *weren't* talking.

Emperor Abby (the first pope)@arobertswrites.com · 5h ago

The Hockey Yaoi deal plus the Popular YA novel deal plus the whole ai writing issue makes me think most people just want a story's themes to be spoon fed to them.

Goodnight from the Brackley Crafting Circle and largely unsuspected coven, meeting in the snug of The Old King pub to make a list of local perverts in need of a cursing. Goodnight from Matthew Wrench, his mermaid tattoo singing him salt-kissed lullabies. Goodnight from Hookland.

Overheard Guy with group of friends: I don't drink or smoke. I don't even curse. All of YOU do. I guess I'M the moral high ground here Entire Group: *goes deadly silent* Finally, One Guy: Except you did cheat on your wife, Conner Me: *drinking a bottle of water nearby, chokes, coughs, laughs*

Apparently it’s unprofessional to have a murdered son

Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 4h ago

Christine Wells Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, has learned that the Mississippi Board of Nursing opened a professional misconduct investigation against her following an anonymous complaint, the family’s lawyer said. www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...

Please read and share widely.

with apologies to the young man who left his extremely well-curated spotify account logged in on the hotel tv: if my daughter didn’t hear elmo’s alphabet rap we were all going to die

Remember, if you see someone stealing copper from a data center, no you didn't. youtu.be/xCzkSyAAf4M?...

Suspects steal $100K in copper from data center site

YouTube video by FOX 5 Washington DC

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“Constancy” A6 Zinnia and petally pals original art - a flower whose lore tells of enduring love and absent friends. A6 multimedia. Looking for a new home Details in alt text #bloomscrolling #artist #artforsale #floral #flowerart #mixedmedia #bsnm #mhhsbd #art #zinnia #shopindie #ukgiftam

my extremely boring James Bond opinion is that casting a handsome young dude who can credibly punch bad guys and smolder sexily at ladies is all we need to do here it's James Bond, there's a formula, people like the formula, people will watch the formula

The Independent@the-independent.com · 14h ago

James Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’

I sharpen pencils several times a week and not even for art purposes 🤷‍♀️

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3h ago

I just sharpened a pencil, maybe for the first time since the 1980s.

No, this was only ever the US. Nowhere in Europe used to let people without boarding passes through to airside, arrivals or departures, many many years before 9/11 or the TSA.

Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton)@funranium.bsky.social · 4h ago

Once upon a time, before 9/11, I used to like going to airports just to hang out. While expensive, the usually had neat shops, food and odd museum displays outside gates. TSA ended all that in American airports and any airport with a USA-bound flight. Train stations still retain that charm to me.

the way this absolutely sent me, god and allah both bless, i will be using this forever now

Jamie@crayonsocialism.bsky.social · 7h ago

I heard “inshallah and the creek don’t rise” the other day.