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Do not fold, bend, mutilate, or spindle.
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Negative: freezing!
0 to 10: Cold!
10 to 20: Mild!
20 to 30: Pleasant!
Above 30: hot!
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
0 to 10: Cold!
10 to 20: Mild!
20 to 30: Pleasant!
Above 30: hot!
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
Celsius is the scientist temperature measurement in that it’s the most conceptually coherent , Fahrenheit is the engineer temperature measurement in that it’s actually optimized to be useful for it’s main use case of communicating everyday temperatures.
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Negative: freezing!
0 to 10: Cold!
10 to 20: Mild!
20 to 30: Pleasant!
Above 30: hot!
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
0 to 10: Cold!
10 to 20: Mild!
20 to 30: Pleasant!
Above 30: hot!
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
I love Wikipedia.
February 15, 2026 at 10:44 AM
I love Wikipedia.
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i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
"Wuthering Heights", or as I would describe it, ""Wuthering Heights"".
February 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"Wuthering Heights", or as I would describe it, ""Wuthering Heights"".
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31 years ago today, Homer Simpson, dressed as Krusty the Clown, traumatized a group of children when he pummeled the Krustyburglar at a franchise event.
“Homie the Clown” first aired on Fox on February 12, 1995.
“Homie the Clown” first aired on Fox on February 12, 1995.
February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
31 years ago today, Homer Simpson, dressed as Krusty the Clown, traumatized a group of children when he pummeled the Krustyburglar at a franchise event.
“Homie the Clown” first aired on Fox on February 12, 1995.
“Homie the Clown” first aired on Fox on February 12, 1995.
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Had heard rumblings of this but it really is exciting - a lost eighth century Syriac world chronicle which seems to contain among other things an independent source tradition on the Arab Conquests!
Well this is bloody exciting, potentially. New chronicle covering Near East/E Med discovered.
medievalworlds.net?arp=0x004102d6
medievalworlds.net?arp=0x004102d6
medieval worlds • no. 23 • 2025
A truly sensational find is presented in volume 23 of Medieval Worlds: a newly discovered Christian world chronicle in Arabic, which Adrian C. Pirtea examines in a preliminary case study. We furthermo...
medievalworlds.net
February 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Had heard rumblings of this but it really is exciting - a lost eighth century Syriac world chronicle which seems to contain among other things an independent source tradition on the Arab Conquests!
I remember the TV of my childhood,
With all the cartoons and their jokes.
When there was thick ice on the windows
And the kids inhaled second hand smokes.
With all the cartoons and their jokes.
When there was thick ice on the windows
And the kids inhaled second hand smokes.
New genre of Binmenism (cf @danhancox.bsky.social ) slop has dropped: nostalgia for watching tv in the nineties
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I remember the TV of my childhood,
With all the cartoons and their jokes.
When there was thick ice on the windows
And the kids inhaled second hand smokes.
With all the cartoons and their jokes.
When there was thick ice on the windows
And the kids inhaled second hand smokes.
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"Thomas was and is naturally deafe and also dumbe, so that the order of the forme of marriage used usually amongst others which can heare and speake could not for his parte be observed… the sayde Thomas, for the expression of his minde instead of words, of his own accorde used these signs…"
Sign language was used in a Leicester Cathedral wedding in 1576
Leicester Cathedral held a service on Sunday to commemorate the 450th anniversary of a wedding there in which sign language was employed. A...
liberalengland.blogspot.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"Thomas was and is naturally deafe and also dumbe, so that the order of the forme of marriage used usually amongst others which can heare and speake could not for his parte be observed… the sayde Thomas, for the expression of his minde instead of words, of his own accorde used these signs…"
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I’m Going to Be Sacked for Shagging About
Is that a dolphin in a bathtub?
the-fence.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Watching the final season of Stranger Things, and I see that Netflix has inherited the CBBC's strategic reserve of gunge (last used in 1999).
February 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Watching the final season of Stranger Things, and I see that Netflix has inherited the CBBC's strategic reserve of gunge (last used in 1999).
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Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
"How many levels of south east London pub are you on?"
"Like, maybe 3 or 4 right now my dude."
"You are like a baby. Watch this."
"Like, maybe 3 or 4 right now my dude."
"You are like a baby. Watch this."
February 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
"How many levels of south east London pub are you on?"
"Like, maybe 3 or 4 right now my dude."
"You are like a baby. Watch this."
"Like, maybe 3 or 4 right now my dude."
"You are like a baby. Watch this."
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An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
One of the byproducts of Christian nationalists' fascination with the Crusades is that the lack of awareness that 'war is bad and should stop' has been the default position for every papacy since at least the mid-nineteenth century.
February 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
One of the byproducts of Christian nationalists' fascination with the Crusades is that the lack of awareness that 'war is bad and should stop' has been the default position for every papacy since at least the mid-nineteenth century.
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I think often of the women in the Louis CK story—how they all left comedy and never went back, but he’s still going. It’s everywhere and it’s such a loss for them and for us—for things they’ll never make that we’ll never see.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I think often of the women in the Louis CK story—how they all left comedy and never went back, but he’s still going. It’s everywhere and it’s such a loss for them and for us—for things they’ll never make that we’ll never see.
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On the tube this morning.
February 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
On the tube this morning.
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I can think of nothing -- literally nothing -- in the world I want enough that to improve my chances of getting it I'd inject acid into my penis.
oh fuck yeah we are Olympics maxxing already
February 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I can think of nothing -- literally nothing -- in the world I want enough that to improve my chances of getting it I'd inject acid into my penis.
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Times article has an incredible illustration
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Times article has an incredible illustration
People assume that Bezos is ruining the Washington Post into the ground for self-interested reasons, but quite a few billionaires have radicalised politicallu over the last few years (Musk, to a lesser extent Zuckerberg). Why do we assume Bezos is different just because he doesn't talk about it?
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
People assume that Bezos is ruining the Washington Post into the ground for self-interested reasons, but quite a few billionaires have radicalised politicallu over the last few years (Musk, to a lesser extent Zuckerberg). Why do we assume Bezos is different just because he doesn't talk about it?
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Gervais’s Law: celebrities should never share their political views except in a sitcom, Netflix comedy special or national arena tour where they can pretend they’re just joking even when they’re clearly not
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Gervais cited his own 2020 Golden Globes monologue, in which he urged winners not to use their acceptance speeches "as a platform to make a political speech."
decider.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Gervais’s Law: celebrities should never share their political views except in a sitcom, Netflix comedy special or national arena tour where they can pretend they’re just joking even when they’re clearly not
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(AP) Punxsutawney Phil has been indicted on 17 counts of wire fraud.
February 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM
(AP) Punxsutawney Phil has been indicted on 17 counts of wire fraud.
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Let's check in on the Twitter Files guy -- who insisted that the behind the scenes decision-making on content moderation was the most important issue of our time -- and see what he thinks about the publication of communications involving the most notorious sex predator of our generation.
February 2, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Let's check in on the Twitter Files guy -- who insisted that the behind the scenes decision-making on content moderation was the most important issue of our time -- and see what he thinks about the publication of communications involving the most notorious sex predator of our generation.