PointyShinyBurning
@pointyshinyburning.bsky.social
Code. Combat sports. Leftism.
All views secretly yours.
All views secretly yours.
For next time I forget the right way to put the annoying JSTOR chapter PDFs back into a single file is:
1. Download them in order
2. qpdf --empty --pages $(for i in $(ls -tr *.pdf); do echo $i 2-z; done) -- ../OUTPUT_BOOK.pdf
1. Download them in order
2. qpdf --empty --pages $(for i in $(ls -tr *.pdf); do echo $i 2-z; done) -- ../OUTPUT_BOOK.pdf
January 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
For next time I forget the right way to put the annoying JSTOR chapter PDFs back into a single file is:
1. Download them in order
2. qpdf --empty --pages $(for i in $(ls -tr *.pdf); do echo $i 2-z; done) -- ../OUTPUT_BOOK.pdf
1. Download them in order
2. qpdf --empty --pages $(for i in $(ls -tr *.pdf); do echo $i 2-z; done) -- ../OUTPUT_BOOK.pdf
Huh, seems like the reason Mexicans say "mi casa es su casa" is because it's conventional politesse in Nahuatl (from a religious play related in Lockhart, The Nahuas After The Conquest)
January 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Huh, seems like the reason Mexicans say "mi casa es su casa" is because it's conventional politesse in Nahuatl (from a religious play related in Lockhart, The Nahuas After The Conquest)
Swiss camels!
arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
Yes — Camels Really Lived in Basel During the Roman Era! - Arkeonews
Evidence from recent archaeological research in Basel shows that hybrid camels really lived in the city during the Roman era.
arkeonews.net
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Swiss camels!
arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
You, a white boy: inshallah
Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, building his living room:
Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, building his living room:
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
You, a white boy: inshallah
Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, building his living room:
Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, building his living room:
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Make Nvidia 20 Dollars Again
April 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Make Nvidia 20 Dollars Again
You couldn't pay me to read the fucking thing but I must admit the reviews of Nuzzi's book are bringing me joy.
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
You couldn't pay me to read the fucking thing but I must admit the reviews of Nuzzi's book are bringing me joy.
A new ska revival would fix the male loneliness epidemic, I'm pretty sure.
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A new ska revival would fix the male loneliness epidemic, I'm pretty sure.
@equatormag.bsky.social Really appreciate your work! Any chance of an RSS/Atom feed for articles? Makes it a lot easier for the terminally online like myself to make sure we don't miss anything.
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
@equatormag.bsky.social Really appreciate your work! Any chance of an RSS/Atom feed for articles? Makes it a lot easier for the terminally online like myself to make sure we don't miss anything.
This stuff is like crack to me. I demand deeper and deeper dives into every aspect of Neom for the rest of my life. 10 volume investigation report, 50 hours of Netflix content with MBS played by Navid Mohammadzadeh, roman à clef written by the junior architects; I will never tire of it.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This stuff is like crack to me. I demand deeper and deeper dives into every aspect of Neom for the rest of my life. 10 volume investigation report, 50 hours of Netflix content with MBS played by Navid Mohammadzadeh, roman à clef written by the junior architects; I will never tire of it.
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this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
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Imperialism in one country.
I was on a panel at Conservative conference today where the UAE model was seriously proposed as a direction to take Britain’s immigration system.
Or the maid, with the employer with grabby hands and nothing to eat but bread and noodles, no bedroom, and no way to leave.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
October 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Imperialism in one country.
Just got ID'd buying a beer when I'm 42 in a couple of weeks.
September 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just got ID'd buying a beer when I'm 42 in a couple of weeks.
There would be more dignity in the broadsheet media simply printing page 3 than this increasingly desperate scramble to drag out a non-story that justifies big pictures of Sydney Sweeney every fucking day
August 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
There would be more dignity in the broadsheet media simply printing page 3 than this increasingly desperate scramble to drag out a non-story that justifies big pictures of Sydney Sweeney every fucking day
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It was the honour of my life to be elected to represent my community
I’m also the son of a migrant
This is Reform’s man in London has to say about the likes of me. Apparently I shouldn’t be allowed to hold office
Fuck him. Fuck Reform UK
I’m also the son of a migrant
This is Reform’s man in London has to say about the likes of me. Apparently I shouldn’t be allowed to hold office
Fuck him. Fuck Reform UK
August 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It was the honour of my life to be elected to represent my community
I’m also the son of a migrant
This is Reform’s man in London has to say about the likes of me. Apparently I shouldn’t be allowed to hold office
Fuck him. Fuck Reform UK
I’m also the son of a migrant
This is Reform’s man in London has to say about the likes of me. Apparently I shouldn’t be allowed to hold office
Fuck him. Fuck Reform UK
Occasional Zoe Williams Banger Claxon🚨!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The way to tackle obesity in the UK is to make healthy food affordable. But the government won’t admit it | Zoe Williams
We can’t fix this crisis with vouchers, loyalty cards or supermarket displays. Either prices have to come down or incomes have to go up, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Occasional Zoe Williams Banger Claxon🚨!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Do we want Screamers (1995) because this (www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...) is how you get Screamers (1995)
Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all
Cheap, scalable and highly autonomous, these weapons are developing quickly – and experts say they should prompt a global rethink about security
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Do we want Screamers (1995) because this (www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...) is how you get Screamers (1995)
Me: *through sobs* you can't just point at any old shit and call it 'progressive' you fucking bell-ends
The Labour Party: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The Labour Party: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Downing Street exploring options for ‘progressive’ UK digital IDs
BritCard proposed by Labour Together as way to avoid another Windrush scandal and reduce visa overstayers
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Me: *through sobs* you can't just point at any old shit and call it 'progressive' you fucking bell-ends
The Labour Party: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The Labour Party: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I think I would actually be very mollified if someone were to send me an edible arrangement.
May 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I think I would actually be very mollified if someone were to send me an edible arrangement.
Had a dream that I was eliminated in the first round of a competitive wedding planning TV show hosted by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
May 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Had a dream that I was eliminated in the first round of a competitive wedding planning TV show hosted by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
They "missed" by like a foot from 15 feet away? How can anyone provide an even faintly plausible explanation of how that can happen accidentally? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution
Records obtained by the Guardian indicate shooters missed the target on Mikal Mahdi, which lawyers say caused prolonged suffering
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
They "missed" by like a foot from 15 feet away? How can anyone provide an even faintly plausible explanation of how that can happen accidentally? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thinking of becoming a Paracord Guy. Just gradually replacing all my possessions with versions that can be unwoven into emergency hammock-construction supplies.
April 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Thinking of becoming a Paracord Guy. Just gradually replacing all my possessions with versions that can be unwoven into emergency hammock-construction supplies.
Annual call to make Bede the Patron Saint of England as he a) actually had something to do with the country and b) actually existed #StGeorgesDay
April 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Annual call to make Bede the Patron Saint of England as he a) actually had something to do with the country and b) actually existed #StGeorgesDay
Make Nvidia 20 Dollars Again
April 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Make Nvidia 20 Dollars Again
Imagine not wearing a proper suit at the White House
March 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Imagine not wearing a proper suit at the White House
Well lads, I've been served a pint in one of these and I'm a reactionary now
March 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Well lads, I've been served a pint in one of these and I'm a reactionary now