Josh Glendinning
@joshglendinning.bsky.social
Shameful dilettante. Terrible at posting
I'm not sure Zach realises what he may have unleashed
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm not sure Zach realises what he may have unleashed
Reposted by Josh Glendinning
It’s always worth remembering that this utterly horrific wave of mass death inflicted on some of the poorest people in the world was for literally nothing. It hasn’t even been for some monstrously cynical benefit to someone, it hasn’t saved money. It is just some of the purest nihilism imaginable
Even in this place, I feel the sheer scale of foreign aid being demolished isn't fully appreciated. As it stands, it is perhaps *the* most catastrophic change to preventable deaths in our lifetimes, and the salience - even in presumably friendly spaces - is basically zero
apnews.com/article/myan...
apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It’s always worth remembering that this utterly horrific wave of mass death inflicted on some of the poorest people in the world was for literally nothing. It hasn’t even been for some monstrously cynical benefit to someone, it hasn’t saved money. It is just some of the purest nihilism imaginable
This is very cute. It reminds me of going to see an ice hockey match. They announced "please welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs" and these four very elderly men plodded out onto the ice. I said to my now fiancée "I don't think we stand much of a chance".
September 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This is very cute. It reminds me of going to see an ice hockey match. They announced "please welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs" and these four very elderly men plodded out onto the ice. I said to my now fiancée "I don't think we stand much of a chance".
Reposted by Josh Glendinning
Happy Saturday! Presuming you are not marching to, er, 'unite' the country, why not spend your afternoon with some internet (the good, non-radicalising sort)? Web Curios! The semi-acceptable face of 'too online'! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-12...
September 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Happy Saturday! Presuming you are not marching to, er, 'unite' the country, why not spend your afternoon with some internet (the good, non-radicalising sort)? Web Curios! The semi-acceptable face of 'too online'! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-12...
Reposted by Josh Glendinning
Ignore what is a rather beautiful afternoon (in southern England, at least) and instead pay attention to my words and other people's (excellent) links in this week's fun-packed* edition of Web Curios
*Definitions of 'fun' may vary
webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-08...
*Definitions of 'fun' may vary
webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-08...
August 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ignore what is a rather beautiful afternoon (in southern England, at least) and instead pay attention to my words and other people's (excellent) links in this week's fun-packed* edition of Web Curios
*Definitions of 'fun' may vary
webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-08...
*Definitions of 'fun' may vary
webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-08...
@adjwilson.bsky.social has just pointed out that I bear a striking resemblance to Emile Zola. There are many worse historical doppelgangers
June 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
@adjwilson.bsky.social has just pointed out that I bear a striking resemblance to Emile Zola. There are many worse historical doppelgangers
Som and I have just happened across the international glossary of shit. I love that it was produced by a proper academic international development organisation. She hits me every time I say the Bengali word though archive.ids.ac.uk/clts/sites/c...
archive.ids.ac.uk
June 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Som and I have just happened across the international glossary of shit. I love that it was produced by a proper academic international development organisation. She hits me every time I say the Bengali word though archive.ids.ac.uk/clts/sites/c...
The Tiny Awards are a fantastic project to celebrate all the wonderful little things that are still out there online. Have a look
For the past few years, me, Kris at Naive and Matt at Reddit have been running the Tiny Awards, celebrating the good bits of the web. THEY ARE BACK IN 2025 AND NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN! Please tell your friends and share the link, as a small act of resistence to everything being shit: tinyawards.net
Tiny Awards
This is the home of the Tiny Awards, which, since 2023, has celebrated the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web.
tinyawards.net
June 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Tiny Awards are a fantastic project to celebrate all the wonderful little things that are still out there online. Have a look
Very happy to see that, after last year's very inadvisable nesting location, the swans in Burgess Park have this year successfully hatched a brood of half a dozen signets
May 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Very happy to see that, after last year's very inadvisable nesting location, the swans in Burgess Park have this year successfully hatched a brood of half a dozen signets
Omg what??? The baby is being chucked out of the bar/womb??
May 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Omg what??? The baby is being chucked out of the bar/womb??
Just spotted the Hellraiser series on VHS tapes neatly arranged into a formation on top of a bus stop on Old Kent Road. What does it mean?
April 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Just spotted the Hellraiser series on VHS tapes neatly arranged into a formation on top of a bus stop on Old Kent Road. What does it mean?
Why is there a young Kent Brockman in the crowd at the monorail opening?
April 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Why is there a young Kent Brockman in the crowd at the monorail opening?
Was listening this morning to a short radio interview with the author of this book, Ghosts of Iron Mountain, which sounds fascinating. Desperately hoping the QAA podcast invites Phil Tinline on for a deeper discussion soon @travisview.bsky.social @annieknk.bsky.social @jakerockatansky.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Was listening this morning to a short radio interview with the author of this book, Ghosts of Iron Mountain, which sounds fascinating. Desperately hoping the QAA podcast invites Phil Tinline on for a deeper discussion soon @travisview.bsky.social @annieknk.bsky.social @jakerockatansky.bsky.social
Heartily endorse this. It's a great way to find hidden gems
Reminder that there's loads of great stuff on iPlayer under Storyville, eg Agent of Happiness, Against the Tide, The Gullspang Miracle, Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle, etc www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Storyville
Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries, shining a light on untold stories from across the globe.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Heartily endorse this. It's a great way to find hidden gems
Is he/she...dabbing?
Newcastle upon Tyne, 1969, by Elliott Erwitt, French-born American photographer, b.1928.
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Is he/she...dabbing?
Big fan of this guy
February 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Big fan of this guy
Minor point but implying that Lancashire also has an east (or non west) coast is a great way to rightly erase Yorkshire
Allison Pearson is pissed off that the Southport murderer has pleaded guilty and the witnesses will now be spared having to relive their ordeal in court because she wanted her chance to write about a trial.
January 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Minor point but implying that Lancashire also has an east (or non west) coast is a great way to rightly erase Yorkshire
Look at this face we spotted at the theatre last night
December 31, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Look at this face we spotted at the theatre last night
Today I discovered (in Manchester of all places) that a version of Vimto has been manufactured in Saudi Arabia for over 80 years and is very popular at iftar parties
December 29, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Today I discovered (in Manchester of all places) that a version of Vimto has been manufactured in Saudi Arabia for over 80 years and is very popular at iftar parties
Ah yes, the five stages of difficulty
December 15, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Ah yes, the five stages of difficulty
Sadly the inquisitive canine's references don't check out
December 13, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Sadly the inquisitive canine's references don't check out
The vanality of evil
December 11, 2024 at 2:22 PM
The vanality of evil
Reposted by Josh Glendinning
So for anyone who, for whatever reason, can't quite get on board with a 10,000 word newsletter each week, @shardcore.bsky.social has kindly reseurrected the CurioBot - all the links from Web Curios in your feed, and you don't have to wade through ANY of my words to get them (although you still can)!
December 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
So for anyone who, for whatever reason, can't quite get on board with a 10,000 word newsletter each week, @shardcore.bsky.social has kindly reseurrected the CurioBot - all the links from Web Curios in your feed, and you don't have to wade through ANY of my words to get them (although you still can)!
Reposted by Josh Glendinning
Friday! Lunchtime! LOTS OF AMAZING LINKS! Web Curios! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-15... (NB - to anyone who doesn't know what this is, Web Curios is a weekly newsletter full of interesting links. It is far too long, and most people who encounter it dislike it quite viscerally)
November 15, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Friday! Lunchtime! LOTS OF AMAZING LINKS! Web Curios! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-15... (NB - to anyone who doesn't know what this is, Web Curios is a weekly newsletter full of interesting links. It is far too long, and most people who encounter it dislike it quite viscerally)
Saw this product in the shop and couldn't help myself
November 10, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Saw this product in the shop and couldn't help myself