Jessica Melita
@jessicamelita.bsky.social
"Come to Massa Marittima, the town where good dick grows on trees"
May 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"Come to Massa Marittima, the town where good dick grows on trees"
The odds of me finding enough the hours any time soon to watch another series are poor to nil, but I congratulate Pop Culture for making Prestige Television about the fella who (spoiler) invented the chef's hat #careme
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef%27...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef%27...
Chef's uniform - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The odds of me finding enough the hours any time soon to watch another series are poor to nil, but I congratulate Pop Culture for making Prestige Television about the fella who (spoiler) invented the chef's hat #careme
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef%27...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef%27...
Sometimes Brussels comes through
April 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Sometimes Brussels comes through
The friggin relief
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The friggin relief
Half a million years of modern humans and fried potato products have only existed for a fraction of that, what a time to be alive
March 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Half a million years of modern humans and fried potato products have only existed for a fraction of that, what a time to be alive
I smoked for a few years in my stupid youth, not for long but long enough to be functionally addicted. Still get the occasional craving. Luckily I have easy access to Belgian cafes, where the coffee is indistinguishable from old cigarette butts.
March 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I smoked for a few years in my stupid youth, not for long but long enough to be functionally addicted. Still get the occasional craving. Luckily I have easy access to Belgian cafes, where the coffee is indistinguishable from old cigarette butts.
Everybody knew this administration was going to be all Perfidious US about Ukraine but the fact that they’re doing it like this is making me think the first time that these dumb assholes are going to get us all killed
March 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Everybody knew this administration was going to be all Perfidious US about Ukraine but the fact that they’re doing it like this is making me think the first time that these dumb assholes are going to get us all killed
Reposted by Jessica Melita
I think about this headline all of the time.
February 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I think about this headline all of the time.
Americanos are americanos. People all over the Americas drink the shitty filter coffee which the americano mimics while vastly improving. If you want to rename something how about not applying a noun exclusively to US residents that applies to two continents full of people
February 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Americanos are americanos. People all over the Americas drink the shitty filter coffee which the americano mimics while vastly improving. If you want to rename something how about not applying a noun exclusively to US residents that applies to two continents full of people
I've probably watched "Spartacus" (a 65-year-old movie about a 2,100-year-old war) eight times and every time I hope the war goes the other way
February 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I've probably watched "Spartacus" (a 65-year-old movie about a 2,100-year-old war) eight times and every time I hope the war goes the other way
Woooooo we’re number two!!!!!
February 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Woooooo we’re number two!!!!!
My New Year’s resolution was figuring out how to crack eggs with one hand. Turns out it’s really easy to do it if you don’t mind fucking up the egg
February 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
My New Year’s resolution was figuring out how to crack eggs with one hand. Turns out it’s really easy to do it if you don’t mind fucking up the egg
Wrong! The worst title translation ever is "The Travels of Marco Polo", which in Italian is "Il Milione" - roughly, "Stuff My Buddy Emilione (his nickname) Said" while evoking the idea it's about a million places.
The worst book title translation ever is Chiara Frugoni's "Medioevo sul naso" (leads with eyeglasses!) into "Inventions of the Middle Ages". It's a lovely book and deserves better. We've got "on the nose" as a metaphor for obvious too, we could have done it
www.laterza.it/scheda-libro...
www.laterza.it/scheda-libro...
Scheda libro - Laterza
Un Medioevo inaspettato dalle mille invenzioni, un racconto affascinante, una storia documentata di sorridente ironia e di immagini colorate.
Altro che secoli bui. Occhiali, bottoni, anestetici, s ....
www.laterza.it
February 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Wrong! The worst title translation ever is "The Travels of Marco Polo", which in Italian is "Il Milione" - roughly, "Stuff My Buddy Emilione (his nickname) Said" while evoking the idea it's about a million places.
Sometimes I zone out on how well rich people understand class warfare compared to everyone else in mainstream politics. They are acutely conscious that the key to successful parasitism is the devaluation of labor.
There's a lot of talk about AI robbing creatives of their livelihood. But it doesn't stop there, if you work in a call centre, accounting, content development or any other at risk career, you are just as fucked and everyone should be just as concerned for your welfare.
February 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sometimes I zone out on how well rich people understand class warfare compared to everyone else in mainstream politics. They are acutely conscious that the key to successful parasitism is the devaluation of labor.
The problem with reading well-researched or well-annotated books is they suddenly end 100 pages earlier than you'd been prepared for because of all the notes etc. Just kicks the legs out from under me
February 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The problem with reading well-researched or well-annotated books is they suddenly end 100 pages earlier than you'd been prepared for because of all the notes etc. Just kicks the legs out from under me
The fun thing about rooibos tea is that no matter how you pronounce it or how your interlocutor pronounces it you both always know when you’re talking about it
February 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The fun thing about rooibos tea is that no matter how you pronounce it or how your interlocutor pronounces it you both always know when you’re talking about it
I assume this was already explained at the time but now I think it’s clear “Everything Everywhere All At Once” killed the MCU. It said all that ever needed to be said about multiverses just as the MCU apparently had nowhere left to go besides multiverses.
February 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I assume this was already explained at the time but now I think it’s clear “Everything Everywhere All At Once” killed the MCU. It said all that ever needed to be said about multiverses just as the MCU apparently had nowhere left to go besides multiverses.
If exercises needed marketing campaigns all single-leg squats would need is Belgian public transport. Since I started doing them regularly I’m like Uluru surrounded by tumbling dice on that atrocious metro
February 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
If exercises needed marketing campaigns all single-leg squats would need is Belgian public transport. Since I started doing them regularly I’m like Uluru surrounded by tumbling dice on that atrocious metro
“The Unwomanly Face of War” probably needs to be required reading
February 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“The Unwomanly Face of War” probably needs to be required reading
The worst book title translation ever is Chiara Frugoni's "Medioevo sul naso" (leads with eyeglasses!) into "Inventions of the Middle Ages". It's a lovely book and deserves better. We've got "on the nose" as a metaphor for obvious too, we could have done it
www.laterza.it/scheda-libro...
www.laterza.it/scheda-libro...
Scheda libro - Laterza
Un Medioevo inaspettato dalle mille invenzioni, un racconto affascinante, una storia documentata di sorridente ironia e di immagini colorate.
Altro che secoli bui. Occhiali, bottoni, anestetici, s ....
www.laterza.it
February 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The worst book title translation ever is Chiara Frugoni's "Medioevo sul naso" (leads with eyeglasses!) into "Inventions of the Middle Ages". It's a lovely book and deserves better. We've got "on the nose" as a metaphor for obvious too, we could have done it
www.laterza.it/scheda-libro...
www.laterza.it/scheda-libro...
Say what you will about what an appalling language German is, but it is really good for describing German weather.
February 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Say what you will about what an appalling language German is, but it is really good for describing German weather.
History books are literally full of empires that just needed to not fuck up. Empires with everything to lose, being sold out to their enemies from within when they would have been impregnable from the outside. It's still jaw-dropping to watch in real time.
February 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
History books are literally full of empires that just needed to not fuck up. Empires with everything to lose, being sold out to their enemies from within when they would have been impregnable from the outside. It's still jaw-dropping to watch in real time.