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Hey. 👈 Go Irish.
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I can’t believe LegoLand Brick Week fell on half-term this year, again! What remarkable luck!
February 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I can’t believe LegoLand Brick Week fell on half-term this year, again! What remarkable luck!
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Pancake Day tomorrow, so a busy day of getting the pancake tree out of the loft and festooning the living room with pancake cards and batter. What will Father Pancake bring you tonight?*
*pancakes, probably
*pancakes, probably
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Pancake Day tomorrow, so a busy day of getting the pancake tree out of the loft and festooning the living room with pancake cards and batter. What will Father Pancake bring you tonight?*
*pancakes, probably
*pancakes, probably
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This is not only superb analysis, it is also superb writing.
Amazing analysis of pub closures in the UK, by @laurenleek.eu, and the corporate interests behind them. Some important political and policy implications open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?
How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM
This is not only superb analysis, it is also superb writing.
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Thought about this a lot lately
February 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Thought about this a lot lately
WWWWWWWWEELLLCOME
I won’t be able to appreciate this until daylight, but the Bacchus windshield shade is both hilarious and terrifying and I can’t wait to use it every day.
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 AM
WWWWWWWWEELLLCOME
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Even if you fully intend to vote for whoever the Democratic nominee ends up being, there’s a huge difference between doing that quietly in November 2028 and loudly announcing it years in advance with zero conditions attached.
What's the purpose of saying that there's no position so extreme that someone could lose your vote? Especially this far out? You're effectively giving possible candidates the all clear to move as far right as they'd like. This seems foolish.
February 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Even if you fully intend to vote for whoever the Democratic nominee ends up being, there’s a huge difference between doing that quietly in November 2028 and loudly announcing it years in advance with zero conditions attached.
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Doogie Howser was in Starship Troopers
I asked actor Neil Patrick Harris about political art at #Berlinale today. He didn't want to engage and said: "I'm always interested in doing things that are apolitical".
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Doogie Howser was in Starship Troopers
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here’s how i know trump’s brain is cream of wheat: a woman who lasted only 49 days as prime minister shows up and he’s not like “she’s a failed prime minister, very bad, i don’t want to be seen with her”
🚨 PICTURED: Liz Truss meets with Donald Trump at his golf course in Palm Beach
February 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
here’s how i know trump’s brain is cream of wheat: a woman who lasted only 49 days as prime minister shows up and he’s not like “she’s a failed prime minister, very bad, i don’t want to be seen with her”
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My brain when I hear "pairs figure skating"
February 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
My brain when I hear "pairs figure skating"
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Threes up
February 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Threes up
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huh, was there any time recently when a reconciliation bill devoted a giant amount of money towards investments like that
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
huh, was there any time recently when a reconciliation bill devoted a giant amount of money towards investments like that
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trying to see if this loops perfectly on bsky
February 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
trying to see if this loops perfectly on bsky
The state also claimed sovereignty over three historical peoples: Frisians, Gutes, and Wends.
February 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The state also claimed sovereignty over three historical peoples: Frisians, Gutes, and Wends.
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They're still out there. The goofs and spoofs. If we can only find them.
Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time
Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time
February 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
They're still out there. The goofs and spoofs. If we can only find them.
Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time
Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time
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It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Sobek!
February 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Sobek!
Ok this puts us on schedule for Fat Tuesday. BE ADVISED.
February 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Ok this puts us on schedule for Fat Tuesday. BE ADVISED.
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Mother: so you run a school?
Charles Xavier: a school for gifted youngsters, like Timothy
Mother: but it’s a real school right?
Xavier: oh my yes
Mother: so he won’t be trained to kill
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
Mother: but he won’t actually have to do it
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
Charles Xavier: a school for gifted youngsters, like Timothy
Mother: but it’s a real school right?
Xavier: oh my yes
Mother: so he won’t be trained to kill
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
Mother: but he won’t actually have to do it
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
February 15, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Mother: so you run a school?
Charles Xavier: a school for gifted youngsters, like Timothy
Mother: but it’s a real school right?
Xavier: oh my yes
Mother: so he won’t be trained to kill
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
Mother: but he won’t actually have to do it
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
Charles Xavier: a school for gifted youngsters, like Timothy
Mother: but it’s a real school right?
Xavier: oh my yes
Mother: so he won’t be trained to kill
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
Mother: but he won’t actually have to do it
Xavier: oh no he certainly will
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"Half the country thinks—"
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
Wrote about the Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show and the Melania movie as the latest in a larger project to make the American right *seem* far more popular and culturally relevant than it actually is.
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-real...
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-real...
Nothing Real Can Emerge From The American Right's Unreality
The idea that the US is split exactly down the middle politically and culturally infiltrates everything
badfaithtimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"Half the country thinks—"
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
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Something extremely funny could happen tomorrow
🚨 PICTURED: Liz Truss meets with Donald Trump at his golf course in Palm Beach
February 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Something extremely funny could happen tomorrow
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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them