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There was a lovely piece in the weekend FT about Hu Anyan, a warehouse worker & courier in China who has emerged as one of the country's new literary talents. www.ft.com/content/0350...
The ‘wild’ writer who told the truth about work in China
How a Beijing courier’s story struck a chord and escaped the censors
www.ft.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
Cats wearing bras on their heads with the soundtrack of the “habemus papam” announcement is a TikTok trend.

The internet will not be defeated.
Orange and white cat with a white bra on its head Grey and white cat with a white lacy bra on its head
May 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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reshetz.bsky.social
To end the war, text STOP to VLADIMIR
April 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?"

This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote for HistoryExtra , but here's an excerpt!
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Table showing cost of items in the 14th C., and the equivalent value in eels. The table has 3 columns: "You want to buy", "It Costs", and "But in eels?" The table shows you that: 2 doz. eggs costs 1d, or 6 eels A gallon of the best ale costs 1.25d or 8 eels 1 sheep costs 1s 5d, or 106 eels 1 cow costs 9s 5d, or 706 eels A 2-story cottage costs £2, or 3,000 eels The d. here means penny, from the latin "denarius." There were 12 d. to a shilling (s), and 20 shillings to a pound (£). As far as I know, no one was buying cottages with eels. This is more to give you a sense of relative costs. But wouldn't it be interesting if you could buy a house with eels? This chart leaves unanswered the question: "What about the next-best ale?" and suggests and entire spectrum of ale gradations. Which makes good sense, of course. But also, you certainly wouldn't want to spend your eels on inferior ale!
April 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Kurt Vonnegut man
Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."
April 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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junlper.beer
sure, groceries are getting too expensive and planes are dropping out of the sky every day, but have you considered you now have the Opportunity to invest in DookyCoin, the legal crypto that let’s me steal from you?
February 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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siana-georgi.bsky.social
PAY YOUR FUCKING TAXES AND STOP BLOCKING AMBULANCES, YOU FUCKING MORONS 🤬🤬🤬
February 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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dankaszeta.bsky.social
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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jamesfloveiv.bsky.social
This:
January 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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eladiobobadilla.com
Updating my CV this morning.
January 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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kellalena.bsky.social
Looking back on 2024 like:
Alicia Silverstone from the movie Clueless looking back with an “oops” expression. The caption is “looking back on 2024”
January 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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anandwrites.bsky.social
He died as he lived, clicking “Forgot password,” then checking his inbox for a code, then putting in that code, then setting up two-step verification, and then waiting for the text message that doesn’t come, and then calling the 800 number, and then downloading an authenticator app, and dying.
December 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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aljwhite.bsky.social
Bluesky is getting so good
paulisci.bsky.social Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · Dec 9
A List of Things People Blamed on the Tango

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December 10, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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vineyille.bsky.social
Ugh FINE I'll show up to work "sober" to lead the department of defense. YES without "sexually assaulting" everyone, christ anything else?
December 5, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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lalegault.bsky.social
Respect my trans homies or I am going to identify as a ducking problem
December 2, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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uncleduke1969.bsky.social
“I don’t know why you don’t just leave him, Elaine.”
A cat sits staring at the camera, elbow on a counter, next to a glass of wine and some flowers.
November 29, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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rodger.bsky.social
Tweet from 2013 that says: hi, grandma? can u come pick me up from my rap battle? it's over. no, i lost. he saw u drop me off & did a pretty devastating rhyme about it
November 25, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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November 22, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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vladchoc.bsky.social
Math problem. I have three apples and am traveling towards you at 17mph. It's not really a problem, more of a warning. Apple time, bitches.
November 22, 2024 at 5:09 AM
wafflyversatile.bsky.social
Re. Wealthy Landowner Protests and broadest shoulders etc. - Henning Wehn: “We don't do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities."
November 21, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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caithuls.bsky.social
[me doing body positivity] I love my skin prison
November 19, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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hellobonjour.bsky.social
I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.

#woke
November 21, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
The two genres of starter packs are “piss goblin pals” and “data statistics and economists from the school of London”
November 19, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
As snow and ice is coming, here’s a list of my ten favourite gritter names…

10. David Plowie
9. Nicole Saltslinger
8. Creedence Clear-Road Survival
7. Spreddie Mercury
6. I Want to Break Freeze
5. We Will Rock(salt) You
4. Super Spreader
3. Thaw and Order
2. Gritter Thunberg
1. Snow-be-gone Kenobi
November 21, 2024 at 11:29 AM