1/ King Charles III is leading the Western war against Russia, says warblogger Alexey Zhivov in a particularly unhinged rant. He portrays Charles as working for a shadowy conglomorate of business interests, pedophiles, and LGBT people which Russia is heroically resisting. ⬇️
Lookit. Deep down every Irish person wants to spin some yank a yarn that gets cited as fact in some factual text. We told an Irish American girl that when the Muppets was released in Ireland, Kermit the Frog was called Dermot the Frog because Cromwell’s son was a Kermit.
Tricia Lockwood@tricialockwood.bsky.social · 2w agothey are WHAT
[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
AI geniunely democratizes the creation of art. This is mostly bad, because the average person has terrible taste.
ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 4w agothis lady on threads posted this big huge thing about how artists are just jealous that everyday people can now use AI to create better art that gets more attention so i click through to see her “art”… i wish there was an unveil feature here:
elderly dog enters aviation course to show that he can still learn new tricks
Every day I have push start this fucker and every morning I find it at the bottom of the hill again!🤬
they should have farmers markets for city boys like me where we can exchange locally grown firearms and drugs
The UK economy has three major industries: Warhammer, Onlyfans and Little Alex Horne
Dan Davies@dsquareddigest.bsky.social · last mo.As I keep pointing out, does no one understand Ricardian comparative advantage anymore. FACT: China produces over 1 million engineering graduates per year FACT: To date, China has not produced a single internationally marketable game show format Where does it look like our advantage lies?
Took a picture of my friends dog at the train station and may have created the best horror movie poster ever
'Everyone in UK public life has quiet quit their jobs but will get really angry if you point that out' latest
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Electoral Commission appears to be straightforwardly wrong about its role and responsibilities in law as the regulator when it says publicly "Information about any potential attempt to evade the controls on donations is for the police to consider". It is the core job of the Electoral Commission
"don't you have something better to be doing wi..." NO I DON'T I HAD TO DO IT
Spencer Ackerman@attackerman.bsky.social · 2mo agoClassists believe that when Odysseus returned to Ithaca and plucked the bow string it actually sounded like X Gon’ Give It To Ya by DMX
This whole piece is absolutely wild. Of course we know renters are treated appallingly at the bottom end of the scale, but look how even these people paying £4300 a month (!!) for a one-bed flat (!!!) can’t get their landlords to behave decently
Josh Spero@joshspero.ft.com · 2mo agoThis is the wildest pass-agg eviction email you can imagine as.ft.com/r/810bfb3d-8...
I know exactly why, poindexter. It’s because it looks cool as fuck
I’m beginning to suspect that wasting years dragging feet on military aid to Ukraine and playing escalation management games, giving an aggressive militaristic Russia the time and resources to ramp up its war machine to full power against the free world, might not have been the brightest idea.