‘At the funeral of Andrea Feldman (a Factory acolyte who had killed herself), Candy Darling asked for Feldman’s fur coat and received a reprimand. “But she doesn’t need it where she is,” Darling protested.’

Nicole Flattery on a Warhol favourite: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Learners at 287 South African public schools only have access to pit toilets. 174 of those schools are in the Eastern Cape. The Department of Basic Education had an initial target of supplying all schools with appropriate sanitation by the end of 2016. https://theoutlier.co.za/charts/chart/88628

I've got a new long read for you, in which I climb Truro Cathedral, turn into a conspiracy theorist about church spires, and try really hard not to interrupt a Christmas carol concert.

It's packed with pretty pictures and you can read the whole thing here: jayhulmepoet.substack.com/p/truro-cath...

Over the past 4–5 years, Facebook has sunset tools (chiefly CrowdTangle) used by researchers and journalists, made data difficult and expensive to get, and iced out academics studying disinformation.

Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.

‘Do Not Train’ as a standard setting on platforms rather than requiring users to opt-out is about to become a much bigger conversation.

Housing collapse: 82% fewer RDP/BNG houses were built in 2023/2024 than in 1998/99
Just 42,773 government-funded houses were built in South Africa in the 2023/24 financial year., an 82% decline from the 235,635 houses built 26 years ago in 1998/99. https://theoutlier.co.za/charts/chart/88257

Female employees earn 25% less than men in South Africa. Women's median monthly earnings in 2022 were R1,200 lower than men’s. Women’s median earnings are only R800 higher than the minimum wage. https://theoutlier.co.za/charts/chart/89851

Isn't it nice to know a lot?
And a little bit not . . .

🎶 She wore an
Itsy bitsy teeny weeny…

Day one of conference in Lamu: get severe tummy bug. It’s 31C outside at 9:30pm and instead of cold beer, I’m mainlining (literally) rehydrat. 0/10. Would not recommend.

Don’t know who dragged your cheese under the desk I was sleeping honk shoo

Did you know The Bell Jar, The Handmaid's Tale, The Feminine Mystique, and more all appeared on Sesame Street in the 90s?

The @muppetwiki.bsky.social team finally created a page for my favorite little-known running gag: Prairie Dawn's Feminist Literature collection muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Prairie...

‘Mag die bome groen bly
en die sterre wit,
en mag daar altyd mense wees
wat mekaar sonder skaamte
in die oë kan kyk -
want die lewe is 'n asem lank
en die sterre op die Anderplek donker’ - Breyten Breytenbach

Logged onto fb to be met by a picture of my cousin, who tragically died today 10 years ago. A decade is such a long time but for grief, so short. Rus sag, Albert.

“Yes, there’ll be a hip hop routine with you and Aiden,” - a phone call snippet that just walked past the office. How will I ever know how it went?

What's the word for the fear of posting out of fear that in 10 years someone will say 'share your first post' and it will be uh ... this.