madeline odent
@oldenoughtosay.com
chaos feed. heritage, history, old buildings, social justice. 🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈. sea witch, professional gargoyle, teller of tales. (she/her)(Oxford, England)
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madeline odent
@oldenoughtosay.com
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okay okay I got the ironing board out, we are halfway thru the adhd cycle
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
okay okay I got the ironing board out, we are halfway thru the adhd cycle
it’s so funny to me that we’re doing the “well groomed capable men are stealing our women” bit again
yall can keep whining about Benito or you could just learn how to dwerk
yall can keep whining about Benito or you could just learn how to dwerk
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
it’s so funny to me that we’re doing the “well groomed capable men are stealing our women” bit again
yall can keep whining about Benito or you could just learn how to dwerk
yall can keep whining about Benito or you could just learn how to dwerk
This is a joke but I am calling it now, at least one of them did that
"Quite frankly, I think it’s time to question our society’s stigma about eating people. It was perfectly acceptable in many cultures in the past."
Just Because I Hung Out in the Cannibal King’s Murder Basement, It Does Not Make Me a Murderous Cannibal
“If I actually wanted to spend my time partying with young women, it would be trivial for me to do so without the help of a creepy loser like Epste...
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This is a joke but I am calling it now, at least one of them did that
Chomp has still had one prime minister more than he’s had birthdays
There I thought we might have been beating Baba's record of having had as many Prime Ministers as birthdays but it looks like not...
February 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Chomp has still had one prime minister more than he’s had birthdays
Lettuce is too long, who’s got an avocado
The way things are going for Starmer, he could be gone before the end of the day.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Lettuce is too long, who’s got an avocado
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Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
masking is not an extreme measure; it’s like, level zero of measures. it’s the easiest possible option
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
masking is not an extreme measure; it’s like, level zero of measures. it’s the easiest possible option
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Don’t know who needs to hear this but one of the puppies on the Puppy Bowl this year is named Chappell Bone
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Don’t know who needs to hear this but one of the puppies on the Puppy Bowl this year is named Chappell Bone
odds on
BREAKING: Keir Starmer is not resigning and will be 'concentrating on the job in hand', Downing Street has said
His mood this morning has been described as 'upbeat' and 'confident'
His mood this morning has been described as 'upbeat' and 'confident'
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
odds on
why do all my joints hurt so much today, wrong answers only
February 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
why do all my joints hurt so much today, wrong answers only
english language division tip for you all:
when non-americans say 'Yankee', they usually mean 'USAian'
when USAians say 'Yankee' they mean a WASP from New England and if they are not themselves from New England, it's not a compliment
when non-americans say 'Yankee', they usually mean 'USAian'
when USAians say 'Yankee' they mean a WASP from New England and if they are not themselves from New England, it's not a compliment
February 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
english language division tip for you all:
when non-americans say 'Yankee', they usually mean 'USAian'
when USAians say 'Yankee' they mean a WASP from New England and if they are not themselves from New England, it's not a compliment
when non-americans say 'Yankee', they usually mean 'USAian'
when USAians say 'Yankee' they mean a WASP from New England and if they are not themselves from New England, it's not a compliment
join my patreon and you too can have the Bad Bunny life
i want to live the kind of life where i have a consultant historian on staff
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
join my patreon and you too can have the Bad Bunny life
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Trains are now crossing the new Botley Road bridge.
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Trains are now crossing the new Botley Road bridge.
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What bothers me most about the way people are discussing the Epstein files is that most seem to be treating the matters they address as things that occurred in the past, for which justice must be done, and not things continuing to happen, with children in urgent danger.
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
What bothers me most about the way people are discussing the Epstein files is that most seem to be treating the matters they address as things that occurred in the past, for which justice must be done, and not things continuing to happen, with children in urgent danger.
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Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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Why is nobody asking if “severe” rain is over diagnosed when it is part of natural weather variation? Instead of flood warnings, people should be helped to find dignity through labour with a compassionate approach to getting those in a temporarily submerged lifestyle back into the workforce.
February 9, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Why is nobody asking if “severe” rain is over diagnosed when it is part of natural weather variation? Instead of flood warnings, people should be helped to find dignity through labour with a compassionate approach to getting those in a temporarily submerged lifestyle back into the workforce.
my mother, cold open: “so I just went and read the lyrics for Bad Bunny’s top five songs”
me: “nooooooooope i am not talking about this with my mother”
me: “nooooooooope i am not talking about this with my mother”
February 9, 2026 at 10:47 AM
my mother, cold open: “so I just went and read the lyrics for Bad Bunny’s top five songs”
me: “nooooooooope i am not talking about this with my mother”
me: “nooooooooope i am not talking about this with my mother”
has anyone written the essay yet on the significance of the sugarcane plants on the stage being actual dancers, real live people, not props? I would read that essay
February 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM
has anyone written the essay yet on the significance of the sugarcane plants on the stage being actual dancers, real live people, not props? I would read that essay
That moment when you forget about the whole of Eurovision existing
The Champions League final in Germany last year opened with Linkin Park
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
That moment when you forget about the whole of Eurovision existing
It does make me proud of our culture that we’ve all pretty universally agreed that a 97 yr old lady dying of a preexisting illness was Liz Truss’ personal fault
And Johnson and Sunak, I suppose, but nobody shat the bed quite like Liz. Killed the queen, fucked the pound, properly pissed off bloody everyone, including Tory voters, all in the space of like a fortnight. Outlasted by a lettuce. Let's not forget her achievements pls.
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 AM
It does make me proud of our culture that we’ve all pretty universally agreed that a 97 yr old lady dying of a preexisting illness was Liz Truss’ personal fault
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I know this isn’t a genAI story but I can’t help but spot a lesson here about “just because you make it doesn’t mean people will show up”
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
I know this isn’t a genAI story but I can’t help but spot a lesson here about “just because you make it doesn’t mean people will show up”
the Venn diagram of Americans who want to retire to Florida and Americans who are scared of Spanish is a circle
February 9, 2026 at 8:04 AM
the Venn diagram of Americans who want to retire to Florida and Americans who are scared of Spanish is a circle
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Mortality rates were so high on sugar plantations during slavery that slaveholders used to coerce enslaved people working other crops like cotton with threats to sell them or their loved ones to sugar plantations.
That’s where the term “sold down the river” came from.
That’s where the term “sold down the river” came from.
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Mortality rates were so high on sugar plantations during slavery that slaveholders used to coerce enslaved people working other crops like cotton with threats to sell them or their loved ones to sugar plantations.
That’s where the term “sold down the river” came from.
That’s where the term “sold down the river” came from.