The Bellman
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Parttime Polymath. History, photography, HEMA, books, woodworking. Amateur curmudgeon.
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Driving didn’t “naturally” become inevitable. We designed a society that make driving inevitable in most places. We can design something different
September 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Driving didn’t “naturally” become inevitable. We designed a society that make driving inevitable in most places. We can design something different
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Tinderbox Britain: How conservatives ended up praying for violence iandunt.substack.com/p/tinderbox-...
August 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Tinderbox Britain: How conservatives ended up praying for violence iandunt.substack.com/p/tinderbox-...
I need to spend more time here. Threads is getting a bit Twitter to be honest.
August 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I need to spend more time here. Threads is getting a bit Twitter to be honest.
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Fascism sets in EXACTLY like this. Days go by. Nothing improves. The people wait with bated breath for SOMETHING or SOMEONE to help. Court orders, but no enforcement. Time passes. We become desensitized. Life goes on. Rights are chipped away. Life goes on. People die. Life goes on.
May 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Fascism sets in EXACTLY like this. Days go by. Nothing improves. The people wait with bated breath for SOMETHING or SOMEONE to help. Court orders, but no enforcement. Time passes. We become desensitized. Life goes on. Rights are chipped away. Life goes on. People die. Life goes on.
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Part of a Woolwich park could be built upon under plan from Berkeley homes www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/05/23/c...
Concern about proposed loss of park space at Royal Arsenal in Woolwich - Murky Depths
Residents at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich are concerned about a new proposal by Berkeley homes to build across a green space
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Part of a Woolwich park could be built upon under plan from Berkeley homes www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/05/23/c...
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So, covid.gov now redirects to, uh, this... www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19
THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak
covid.gov
April 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
So, covid.gov now redirects to, uh, this... www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
AWS CloudShell – A surprisingly neat trick – The Occasional Masthead
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March 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
McSweeney’s are keeping a remarkable journal of all the shit Trump 2.0 is doing
occasionalmasthead.net/2025/03/29/k...
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Keeping the receipts – The Occasional Masthead
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March 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
McSweeney’s are keeping a remarkable journal of all the shit Trump 2.0 is doing
occasionalmasthead.net/2025/03/29/k...
occasionalmasthead.net/2025/03/29/k...
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Important PSA. Outrage even at outrageous things can burn you out. www.scientificamerican.com/article/outr...
Feeling Outrage Fatigue at the News? These Tips May Help
Repeated exposure to outrage-inducing news or events can lead to emotional exhaustion. An expert who studies online outrage says there are ways to cope
www.scientificamerican.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Important PSA. Outrage even at outrageous things can burn you out. www.scientificamerican.com/article/outr...
I predict that by the weekend the IDF will be bombing Gaza again using Trump’s declaration of hostilities as a pretext. Hamas and Hezbollah will take up arms again and the whole shitshow will continue.
February 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I predict that by the weekend the IDF will be bombing Gaza again using Trump’s declaration of hostilities as a pretext. Hamas and Hezbollah will take up arms again and the whole shitshow will continue.
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people, the new administration is a) completely unconcerned with the actual law and b) very online
please stop posting about the crimes you want to commit, especially in my replies
your opsec is not as good as you think it is if they decide to go after you for whatever reason
please stop posting about the crimes you want to commit, especially in my replies
your opsec is not as good as you think it is if they decide to go after you for whatever reason
February 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
people, the new administration is a) completely unconcerned with the actual law and b) very online
please stop posting about the crimes you want to commit, especially in my replies
your opsec is not as good as you think it is if they decide to go after you for whatever reason
please stop posting about the crimes you want to commit, especially in my replies
your opsec is not as good as you think it is if they decide to go after you for whatever reason
Remember how back in 2016 we’d use Twitter to find out if Trump had accidentally gone to war?
February 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Remember how back in 2016 we’d use Twitter to find out if Trump had accidentally gone to war?
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When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are.
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit cheerleaders have gone awfully quiet – so let me remind you what they did to Britain
If we do talk about it, we start to recognise the gulf between their words and reality
inews.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are.
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
I love watching HEMA tournaments. It’s great to see fencers doing their best to follow the advice and teaching in the historical documents to skip up and down like a rabbit on cocaine.
January 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I love watching HEMA tournaments. It’s great to see fencers doing their best to follow the advice and teaching in the historical documents to skip up and down like a rabbit on cocaine.
The knee jerk from some of the left and center to blame this plane crash in Washington on Trump is as irrational and conspiratorial as anything from the MAGA crowd. Just silly. It’s not the way to fight the fight.
January 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The knee jerk from some of the left and center to blame this plane crash in Washington on Trump is as irrational and conspiratorial as anything from the MAGA crowd. Just silly. It’s not the way to fight the fight.
I’m just gonna say I didn’t expect a shooting war between NATO and the US to be on the 2025 agenda.
January 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I’m just gonna say I didn’t expect a shooting war between NATO and the US to be on the 2025 agenda.
And then my life would have meaning and purpose and I’d be part of a supportive community.
January 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
And then my life would have meaning and purpose and I’d be part of a supportive community.
The Independent Life of Data – The Occasional Masthead
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January 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Anyone saying “oh the American ChristoTalibanFascists are a minority” miss the point that the Taliban, and fascists in general, were minorities.
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun” (Mao Zedong, 1927)
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun” (Mao Zedong, 1927)
January 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Anyone saying “oh the American ChristoTalibanFascists are a minority” miss the point that the Taliban, and fascists in general, were minorities.
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun” (Mao Zedong, 1927)
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun” (Mao Zedong, 1927)
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I went over to permanently deactivate my Twitter account and some of you are still just…over there? Tweeting? Promoting your content?
I hope you’re rethinking this today.
I hope you’re rethinking this today.
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I went over to permanently deactivate my Twitter account and some of you are still just…over there? Tweeting? Promoting your content?
I hope you’re rethinking this today.
I hope you’re rethinking this today.
So it looks like Threads is following the Twitter path and veering toward a gutter full of porn bots, scams and Nazis. Let’s see if this site does the same when the money runs out.
January 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
So it looks like Threads is following the Twitter path and veering toward a gutter full of porn bots, scams and Nazis. Let’s see if this site does the same when the money runs out.
Does anyone here remember frogs?
January 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Does anyone here remember frogs?
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An early contender for headline of the year…
January 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
An early contender for headline of the year…
Back in 2014 I would not have anticipated a campaign for honest video game reviews to lead to the collapse of democracy and the idea of a cohesive United States.
January 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Back in 2014 I would not have anticipated a campaign for honest video game reviews to lead to the collapse of democracy and the idea of a cohesive United States.