The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Shocked but not surprised to find out that Badenoch opposes bureaucratic controls and central planning - except when it comes to immigration when they are absolutely essential (via @anthonypainter.bsky.social)/

Every plot summary I read for an upcoming film makes me feel like there’s a gas leak in my house

Six colourful fuck offs from around the world: 6. Go comb a monkey (Brazil) 5. Go ski into a spruce (Finland) 4. Go fry some asparagus (Colombia) 3. Go get fucked by a blind bear (Albania) 2. Go take it in your ass from a runaway donkey (Italy) 1. Go back home, your mother made you waffles (France)

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A Japanese way of telling someone to get lost is 豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね, which means “go hit your head on a corner of tofu and die” * This isn’t very nice because it’s essentially telling someone they should commit soycide ** apologies if that tofu joke is tasteless

Possibly the best tweet and community note ever

He's got a sequel up.

not that i'm implying a psychosexual motivation. but it is a bit weird

is there a reason in particular to call Israel "she"? he didn't bother with Ukraine: "Sir Keir described their meeting in Kyiv as "very constructive... we were able to discuss the support that Ukraine needs and the justice that it deserves"." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...

Keir Starmer meets Ukraine's President Zelensky in Kyiv

The Labour leader promises his party's