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It was in the reign of George II that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
I kind of feel like the most insightful thing in any Tarantino I've seen is King Schultz in Django Unchained, who starts as a version of the popular white fantasy of 'being one of the good ones' but is revealed to be an unprincipled dominance-oriented sadist.
Not sure Tarantino intended this.
Not sure Tarantino intended this.
Maturing as a cinephile is realizing Tarantino's a great stylist... but, for all his eccentricities, he's not as insightful as any of the art to which he pays homage nor to the art he disparages.
Tarantino’s Top Ten list of the Quarter Century is funny. Mad Max Fury Road, Lost in Translation, Midnight In Paris, Dunkirk… this is like a program guide for a cable movie channel
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I kind of feel like the most insightful thing in any Tarantino I've seen is King Schultz in Django Unchained, who starts as a version of the popular white fantasy of 'being one of the good ones' but is revealed to be an unprincipled dominance-oriented sadist.
Not sure Tarantino intended this.
Not sure Tarantino intended this.
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New post, more mythos shit. I swear this year of Lovecraft was unintentional. The muse is weird.
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throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...
What do people know about the Mythos?
I don't buy into the premise of a masquerade between the mundane and supernatural. False dichotomy, Enlightenment hubris, strains disbelief,...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
New post, more mythos shit. I swear this year of Lovecraft was unintentional. The muse is weird.
throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...
throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...
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Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
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This brood of blue-winged parrots are all snuggled up at the bottom of a hollow fence post -simply adorable 😍😍😍
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This brood of blue-winged parrots are all snuggled up at the bottom of a hollow fence post -simply adorable 😍😍😍
Is there literally even a single example of this thing 'we' supposedly expect ever happening? If anything I expect the post-cancellation stuff to be a career low point.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Is there literally even a single example of this thing 'we' supposedly expect ever happening? If anything I expect the post-cancellation stuff to be a career low point.
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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No, I 100% agree that computer RPGs these days have too much handholding. I, too, yearn for the days of being able to spend hours crafting my perfect build from hundreds of available options, only to discover that it mathematically cannot survive the mandatory rat fight portion of the first dungeon.
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
No, I 100% agree that computer RPGs these days have too much handholding. I, too, yearn for the days of being able to spend hours crafting my perfect build from hundreds of available options, only to discover that it mathematically cannot survive the mandatory rat fight portion of the first dungeon.
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It basically sucks to be in a situation where you're screaming "It can't be! We killed you!" at a shambling figure that's encroaching inexorably
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It basically sucks to be in a situation where you're screaming "It can't be! We killed you!" at a shambling figure that's encroaching inexorably
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Siren Alligators might be the most specialized human predators. These pack hunters have two distinct ways of mimicking our species.
Juveniles thrash in the water near ships, using their face-like throat markings to appear like a drowning person. The pack attacks when someone attempts a rescue.
Juveniles thrash in the water near ships, using their face-like throat markings to appear like a drowning person. The pack attacks when someone attempts a rescue.
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Siren Alligators might be the most specialized human predators. These pack hunters have two distinct ways of mimicking our species.
Juveniles thrash in the water near ships, using their face-like throat markings to appear like a drowning person. The pack attacks when someone attempts a rescue.
Juveniles thrash in the water near ships, using their face-like throat markings to appear like a drowning person. The pack attacks when someone attempts a rescue.
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Thanksgiving dinner is usually a long, exhausting affair with endless food and boring, unfocused conversation. Skip it this year in favor of a single bowl of Soylent for the table and a lightning round where each family member pitches an idea for disrupting an established industry with AI
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thanksgiving dinner is usually a long, exhausting affair with endless food and boring, unfocused conversation. Skip it this year in favor of a single bowl of Soylent for the table and a lightning round where each family member pitches an idea for disrupting an established industry with AI
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The only library in London with a section on divination.
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The only library in London with a section on divination.
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When Romani history & culture is not considered valuable, interesting or worthwhile racism can grow into policy like this.
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
New Slovenian law treats entire Romany minority ‘as a security threat’
Parliament approves law giving police powers to raid and surveil homes in what are demarcated as security risk areas
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When Romani history & culture is not considered valuable, interesting or worthwhile racism can grow into policy like this.
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Licking their bits, dancing with a feather, and cuddling an egg: some very curious curatorial decisions have been made with these #taxidermy stoats in Birmingham #Museums stores. 🤔
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Licking their bits, dancing with a feather, and cuddling an egg: some very curious curatorial decisions have been made with these #taxidermy stoats in Birmingham #Museums stores. 🤔
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Seems fairly obvious that some of these dipshits are not Christians in any meaningful way - they're millenarian solipsists who attach Christian imagery to whatever their egos tell them is important. In another century they'd be saying that God says they need 8 wives.
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Seems fairly obvious that some of these dipshits are not Christians in any meaningful way - they're millenarian solipsists who attach Christian imagery to whatever their egos tell them is important. In another century they'd be saying that God says they need 8 wives.
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Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
This sounds like a silly test but the hypothesis it provides evidence for is an interesting one: that *any* neutral but unexpected event tends to make observers more pro-social and sociable towards strangers, because it disrupts their routine and makes them pay closer attention to those around them.
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This sounds like a silly test but the hypothesis it provides evidence for is an interesting one: that *any* neutral but unexpected event tends to make observers more pro-social and sociable towards strangers, because it disrupts their routine and makes them pay closer attention to those around them.
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🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
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Endangered Species of the Philippines 🇵🇭
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Endangered Species of the Philippines 🇵🇭
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NEW BLOG POST! I should probably have written this three years ago when it first came out, but Kate Beaton's DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS is a genuine masterpiece and you should all read it.
BOOK REVIEW: Ducks
TITLE: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands AUTHOR: Kate Beaton PUBLISHER: Drawn and Quarterly DATE: 2022 I don’t usually review graphic novels on here, and I’m pretty sure I’ve neve…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
NEW BLOG POST! I should probably have written this three years ago when it first came out, but Kate Beaton's DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS is a genuine masterpiece and you should all read it.