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Legendary hater Charles Darwin

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Georges Perec — king of the footnote:

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read this every time I see it, it never disappoints

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youtu.be/kSQ8tZ35t4U

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Delicious

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The situation in the US 🇺🇸 is serious, with the constitutional and political order rapidly changing. KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (kimlanelaw.bsky.social) explains in our editorial what has happened in the past few weeks and what is at stake. verfassungsblog.de/trumps-count...

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It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.

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Brilliance from @privateeyenews.bsky.social !! @bas.ac.uk ❄️🥼🧪🌊

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But the best part is the hint/ghost text in the text field.

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Me, history professor: "Students please don't use AI. It doesn't work, you will fail, and it destroys the environment." Some professional scientists: "Oh the thinking box will read for me!"

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Are you there, Vlad? It's me, Donald.

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I love food and I enjoy cooking. I occasionally make a meal that people enjoy. This from the last column of one of my favourite writers sums up my experience: “Often, good food takes a while to cook and sometimes it requires skill”.

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heckling Coltrane. Scenes

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I hope this is a lot less true than it feels.

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extremely ‘I write editorial comment for the FT’ voice. Completely agree with this and also feel like it’s in part a manifestation of how UK has turned inwards. Even much of the political class seems unaware of how important and significant all this is for UK prosperity and security.

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Just been reminded of one of my favourite stories from the old days of television. Dag Hammarskjöld, UN secretary general, was due in for a Panorama. Before he arrived, they needed to line up the cameras, so floor manager Albert Stevenson, later a distinguished LE producer was asked to step in.

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One day about 18 years ago I was looking around a Yoko Ono exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum when an old wall phone in the gallery rang. This phone was part of the show. I looked around & I saw that it was just me & a security guard in the gallery. He said, “oh my god you need to answer it! 1/5

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If Home Alone was filmed in 2025

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My illegal Pinkerton is driving me to my illegal hotel while the hallucination machine in my phone summarizes the emails my coworkers wrote using their hallucination machines. My burrito travels separately in its own limo. This is innovation and normal.

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Oh damn Prime actually published their failed chatgpt prompt in the description

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Scotland in February is uninhabitable without booze or religion.

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Don't post AI slop. And if you repost by mistake, as I've done, delete it. When you have something to say and attach AI art, you're undercutting your message and hurting artists. Pay or barter for art. There's a reason good things cost money and take time. AI art is harmful and it looks like ass.

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Phone now sends me transcriptions of voicemails. Very confused by this one until I listened to it. Turns out ‘sexy literally’ is in fact ‘Specsavers Bletchley’

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Decorum prevents me from commenting on what little Marco looks like he's doing there but Bibi's face tells its own story.

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I find Elon Musk inspiring. He inspires nausea and a constant pain in the arse.

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An interesting essay inspired by the writer’s attempt to write a profile of Daniel Dennett @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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This “NATO transcript” is fake and I’m sad to see people repost it. I’m reporting it and blocking the account that originally posted it. Always worth checking your sources before you repost stuff that conveniently affirms all your political feelings, whatever side you’re on.

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It is a real mark of Britain's decline that our Elon Musk is this pillock.

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This a Looney Tunes quality that’s weirdly delightful.

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It is with great sadness to hear that the great Tim Radford has died. He was, unequivocally, the best science journalist, and a kind and generous man. I used his Manifesto for the Simple Scribe in lectures for student this very week. It’s faultless. www.theguardian.com/science/blog...

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Prime Target: like Dan Brown, but wading through treacle.

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A homeopath being among roles on the UK skilled worker visa list just shows the government is now pandering to the 0.00000000000000000000001% (Sorry.)

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Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.

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Among the current offerings on Prime Video is Camberwick Green. I click on “Related” and the first suggestion is The Mummy (1959) with Peter Cushing. Hmm.

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Transfer deadline day took a turn www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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