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Posted 12 hours now, and NOT ONE commenter has chimed in to say "hate to burst your bubble but that darkling thrush has been dead for ages now" or words to that effect. Maybe there is hope for the internet....
New Year's Eve, and 125 years old today is 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy.
(And when I myself read this poem, I often find myself becoming aware of that blessèd Hope from that frail and gaunt thrush ✨️)
(And when I myself read this poem, I often find myself becoming aware of that blessèd Hope from that frail and gaunt thrush ✨️)
December 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Posted 12 hours now, and NOT ONE commenter has chimed in to say "hate to burst your bubble but that darkling thrush has been dead for ages now" or words to that effect. Maybe there is hope for the internet....
RIP
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December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
RIP
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Kind of embarrassing to realize only at this age that the ground around Wuthering Heights (that is, a prominence or escarpment emerging from the grasses of the moors) was probably capable of being described as a heath-y sort of cliff. A heath-cliff, if you will
December 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Kind of embarrassing to realize only at this age that the ground around Wuthering Heights (that is, a prominence or escarpment emerging from the grasses of the moors) was probably capable of being described as a heath-y sort of cliff. A heath-cliff, if you will
Eight comments so far, and NOT ONE has made a joke involving "Moons Over My Hammy." Shaking my gosh-darn head....
My favorite sex position is the Denny's Grand Slam
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Eight comments so far, and NOT ONE has made a joke involving "Moons Over My Hammy." Shaking my gosh-darn head....
Thinking of developing a stage persona "Milton John," doing passages from Paradise Lost to tunes from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
December 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Thinking of developing a stage persona "Milton John," doing passages from Paradise Lost to tunes from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
In addition to being a wonderful and hilarious cartoonist, Zach always asks very interesting questions here, ones that I usually want to know the answers to. (Less fortunately, his commenters are mostly people like me. And l don't know but want to offer my speculative, unhelpful musings.)
Hey econs, question:
Maybe it's just the books I read, but... why is it that even non-American authors focus a lot on American economic data? Like it's totally normal for a UK-based economist to get in depth about labor in Detroit. Is there just more data available on the US?
Maybe it's just the books I read, but... why is it that even non-American authors focus a lot on American economic data? Like it's totally normal for a UK-based economist to get in depth about labor in Detroit. Is there just more data available on the US?
December 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In addition to being a wonderful and hilarious cartoonist, Zach always asks very interesting questions here, ones that I usually want to know the answers to. (Less fortunately, his commenters are mostly people like me. And l don't know but want to offer my speculative, unhelpful musings.)
"Look in the mirror and take one thing off."
--Coco Chanel, inventing strip solitaire
--Coco Chanel, inventing strip solitaire
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"Look in the mirror and take one thing off."
--Coco Chanel, inventing strip solitaire
--Coco Chanel, inventing strip solitaire
Some troubling historical resonance as Venezuela responded to the US deployment of the carrier USS Gerald Ford by sending out the cruiser "VS Airplane Boarding Stairs"
December 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Some troubling historical resonance as Venezuela responded to the US deployment of the carrier USS Gerald Ford by sending out the cruiser "VS Airplane Boarding Stairs"
You're falling down on the job, internet
December 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
You're falling down on the job, internet
Check it out, dude---the Jacobins are celebrating ya moms
Today is Décadi the 20th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate the grub-hoe.#JacobinDay
More information on the grub-hoe
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate the grub-hoe.#JacobinDay
More information on the grub-hoe
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Check it out, dude---the Jacobins are celebrating ya moms
I refuse to believe this is true and, therefore, conclude that some Wikipedia vandal has, evidently, done Tom Stoppard incredibly dirty
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I refuse to believe this is true and, therefore, conclude that some Wikipedia vandal has, evidently, done Tom Stoppard incredibly dirty
Good argument that the most "alpha male" guy of all time is the protagonist of "Omega Man"
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Good argument that the most "alpha male" guy of all time is the protagonist of "Omega Man"
IN THIS HOUSE
at R'lyeh
WE BELIEVE
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu
at R'lyeh
WE BELIEVE
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
IN THIS HOUSE
at R'lyeh
WE BELIEVE
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu
at R'lyeh
WE BELIEVE
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu
It's kind of neat that there's a city in the Americas named Cartagena, which is named after a city in Spain named Cartagena, which is named to mean "new Carthage," which itself was named "new city"
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It's kind of neat that there's a city in the Americas named Cartagena, which is named after a city in Spain named Cartagena, which is named to mean "new Carthage," which itself was named "new city"
Remember: it's lie / lay / lain; lay / lady / lay
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Remember: it's lie / lay / lain; lay / lady / lay
"The Hoodlum's Lament"
Outnumbered, outgunned, disarmed & unmanned
Things haven't gone exactly as planned
Outnumbered, outgunned, disarmed & unmanned
Things haven't gone exactly as planned
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"The Hoodlum's Lament"
Outnumbered, outgunned, disarmed & unmanned
Things haven't gone exactly as planned
Outnumbered, outgunned, disarmed & unmanned
Things haven't gone exactly as planned
On the one hand, the second American revolution, if it comes, will reinvigorate democracy and the commitment to human rights.
On the other hand, we'll get new calendar days called the 13th of Hay Fever, in celebration of kale
On the other hand, we'll get new calendar days called the 13th of Hay Fever, in celebration of kale
Today is Quartidi the 14th of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate endives.#JacobinDay
More information on endives
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate endives.#JacobinDay
More information on endives
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
On the one hand, the second American revolution, if it comes, will reinvigorate democracy and the commitment to human rights.
On the other hand, we'll get new calendar days called the 13th of Hay Fever, in celebration of kale
On the other hand, we'll get new calendar days called the 13th of Hay Fever, in celebration of kale
"My kid could paint that"
--Mark Rothko's dad
--Mark Rothko's dad
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"My kid could paint that"
--Mark Rothko's dad
--Mark Rothko's dad