In Ireland, it's this kind of unintuitive thinking that gets housing wonks promoted.

Shelterforce@shelterforce.bsky.social · 5h ago

People who cannot afford housing do not stop needing it. They may become homeless, double up, couch-surf, or remain with family. Why is HUD studying ways to “moderate demand”? Read: bit.ly/4yOybzq #HousingPolicy #AffordableHousing #HUD

This advice is accurate for me. Despite being up to 20 Missives I still imagine no one is reading them. I'm only partly incorrect.

Rachel Hope Cleves@rachelcleves.bsky.social · 4h ago

today's writing #inspo 😂

Beavis and Butthead sure did well for themselves.

I don't know who William Powell is but I can tell he's my kinda guy.

Leslie Molson@ladymolson.com · last wk.

Happy birthday to my favorite man, William Powell (July 29, 1892-March 5, 1984).

I'm sorry BlueSky. I know everyone is up in arms about John Cleese and today's right-wing atrocity. But I'm here for this madness instead.

Blue sky nice ghost@rajandelman.bsky.social · last wk.

Me: I had the WORST day. Nothing can come close Katy Perry, recently trapped in a giant bottle because fans refused to roll her towards the stage: Hm

that is in fact literally in the bible. it's Matthew 6:5.

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Rep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."

Yesterday I learned that during appeasement French journalists mockingly called Chamberlain Monseur J'aime Berlin, which is exceptional work. Well done France.

The Odyssey by Homer Simpson.

I completely forgot that the Odyssey is the source material for "O Brother Where Art Thou?"

Sean Marshall@seanyyz.bsky.social · last wk.

Watching THE ODYSSEY tonight

I'll never understand a world where horror like this isn't all anyone can talk about.

Reuters@reuters.com · 3w ago

Security camera footage obtained from local businesses showed individuals who are believed to be U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounding a car and pulling the driver onto the street, in events connected to the fatal shooting of a man in a coastal town in Maine on July 13.

I'm listening to an album that I pretty much ignored in the 90s but friends I am 100% here for it now. All bangers no clangers.

Elastica - Album by Elastica | Spotify

Elastica · album · 1995 · 16 songs

open.spotify.com

Meanwhile in #UKPolitics… 🤪 #VoteBinface

Matthias Eberl@eberlmat.bsky.social · 4w ago

Your assignment for today: Explain this discussion to someone from outside the UK.

Well this is fascinating. (And in typical #BlueSky fashion, sources are cited.)

Sue@choccycake.bsky.social · 4w ago

What about this

Game on, Nige.

Although I treat politics as "sports for nerds!" (to quote John Oliver), I am genuinely worried by R3f0rm. So is it too early to celebrate this as if my team had won the league title?

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 4w ago

just now: farage will call a by election & stand for his seat again

A case study in the concept of value: Extrinsic Value: This performance is going to underpin some @lastweektonight.com sketch to come. Intrinsic Value: This performance is just plain brilliant in itself.

In better news, John Oliver's three-day stint/stunt as a corporate villain on legendary soap opera "General Hospital" appears to be going... fucking brilliantly?? I have watched this clip on a loop for like 20 mins I really, truly need to see the full episodes NOW

(Another very niche musical post but) I was today years old when I learned that my favourite album of all time, The Holy Bible by the Manics, took its artwork almost directly from a 1980 album by Simple Minds.

Unscientific survey: Is this audiovisual joke wildly clever, or is it just for neuro-spicey nerds (like me)?

Douglas Cheape@douglascheape.bsky.social · last mo.

They tell me I’m uncultured, but I’ll always recognise a bit of Beethoven.

....And an even worse idea if said clothing was made in China and you're trumpeting American exceptionalism.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last mo.

Probably a bad idea to wrap your face and body in slim-fit clothing on a day with 101 degree heat. Especially if the garments are made from tightly woven cotton or certain synthetics.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Technically, they’re Remains now.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.

A fifth of Leave voters have died.

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

Trump is the first US president since Jackson to have no pets. Is this a significant fact? Maybe not. Is this a significant fact to discover as you're reading Elizabeth Anderson's "Value in Ethics & Economics" and considering the corruption of intrinsic public goods by market interests? You betcha.

I am *fascinated* by the hubris which grows proportionately with (presidentia) power versus the stubborn resistance of Islamist fundamentalists and microscopic life forms.

Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Breaking News: the algae has agreed to accept $300 billion to consider vacating the reflecting pool

One of the (many) things I don't miss from my life in the UK in 2006, 2010.

Todosco Jones the liminal spaceman@todoscojones.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've still got the meme from last time.

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

Yesterday we celebrated the new Garraí na Gaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie, which features two objects made by contemporary craftspeople: an ogham stone, inscribed "Maynooth University" and "School of Celtic Studies"; & a traditionally-made currach. #Speirgorm #Spéirghorm

Lots in this article to give you the political ick, if not make you angry and fearful.

InfoMigrants@infomigrants.net · 2mo ago

Last week, the EU reached a deal to set up "return hubs" in third countries for people whose asylum claims have been denied. How would these hubs work, and what does the deal mean for migrants? Check out our explainer👇🏾

In fairness, he gave the best speech a small-minded fascist could come up with at an event celebrating the end of a fascist regime.