I don’t want to give this “exhibition” anymore publicity, but I find this carnival celebrating serial killers currently doing the rounds utterly disgusting. Not a single mention of the human beings they destroyed - but you can see the weapons used and where the bodies were kept.

In 1771, historian Catherine Macaulay burned herself out so badly writing the fifth volume of her recent history of England that she spent four months eating ice cream and bathing in the sea to recuperate. Writers, I present to you your role model.

In the early morning of Sept 8, 1888 Annie Chapman lingered in the doorway of her lodging house. That night it had been a choice between filling her empty stomach (a baked potato and beer) or affording a bed. It would be the last time she would have to make that choice. 1/3

@naomialderman.bsky.social invitation gladly accepted!

Spending six unplanned months in space is goddamn terrifying

I second this. Big box of photos of my father’s side of the family - some amazing photos of my grandparents in the 1920s and 30s, but I wish I knew the names of the other people in the pictures. Information gone forever, I fear.

As the great X diaspora continues (aka the “X-odus”) it looks like I’ll be dividing my time between here and threads. It’s all getting so complicated. 😩

This missing Princess of Wales thing has become a masterclass in how conspiracy theories proliferate and how much disinformation has replaced actual fact driven news.

Without even taking inflation into account, freelance rates in journalism have been frozen or have gone down, in many cases substantially, since I first started getting paid to write about 20 years ago.

Dagirlcalledlina.bsky.socialJan 29, 2024 12:39pm

I mean it’s not

Important lesson learned - just because it took them 30 seconds on the cooking video to make it, doesn’t mean it will take you 30 seconds (or even 30 minutes) to make it.