So far this week I have been given a fossilised horse tooth, had a shipment of Japanese used books arrive and learned to cook peach galettes.
Riding uncharacteristically hopeful vibes, which the realities of the larger world are gonna come for any moment now...
I've now pushed through the "wheeee, this is fun and I'm learning new stuff!" part of the project to the "this is hard, I wonder if this was such a great idea" part of the project 🤣
Black Achilles
The Greeks didn’t have modern ideas of race. Did they see themselves as white, black – or as something else altogether?
by Tim Whitmarsh
Books about Achilles at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=achilles
8/12/2026Und nun überlege ich, was heute noch alles schief gehen kann 🤔
Today @civicwhitaker.com@bsky.brid.gy is back, this time on a favorite topic of mine: restoring the Office of Technology Assessment
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ifsuximqaivczh4fie2opnuk/post/3msusjfxd622h
8/12/2026"Yeah our software works with Linux"
Says the sales rep, "no problem"
Fast forward a few month:
"Yeah we used copilot to convert this script from powershell to bash"
след като убийците в Пловдив правиха руски неонацистки жестове,изведнъж,ти да видиш, руските пропагандисти и рубладжии у нас се загрижиха, че много се политизирал случая.
тва са същите хора, дето месеци наред ляха помия за "ППДБ педофилската секта" и Петрохан.
ебете се, бе! ебете се с руски кактус!
Ihr werdet schon sehen.
”En lähde nyt avaamaan sen enempää hallituksen nollatoleranssipolitiikkaa, johon ei varmaan kukaan enää usko. Haluan uskoa tässä maassa edelleen hyvään ja rakentavaan, mutta se on selvää, että perussuomalaiset on avoimesti rasistinen puolue.”
👏👏👏
I wrote about my facelift because I think radical transparency is the only way …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/opinion/face-lift-feminism-plastic-surgery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.41A.iDeS.txuivXDVNVBK&smid=nytcore-ios-share
That was a cameo I didn’t see coming… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zn1pGRgEoo&feature=youtu.be
New tune setting: Castle Kelly
8/12/2026Unfortunately car rental companies very rarely have a “silly” category within their fleet.
Blink and you’ll miss it, but apparently I was in a BBC news report from Belfast last week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyg3Gu1f-p4
Honest question, can you still use eclipse glasses from 1999?
Kind of important to know. Oliver is very proud that he kept these for 27 years but ehhhh if it makes him blind idk how happy I’m gonna be that he did.
Blink and you’ll miss it, but apparently I was in a BBC news report from Belfast last week:
Als Sofortmaßnahme gegen Hitze und Klimakrise wird die Bundesregierung heute Abend die Sonne verdunkeln.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Albert Einstein
📐 SVG: ‹feConvolveMatrix›
Applies a matrix convolution effect, such as sharpening or embossing.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Element/feConvolveMatrix
Just found out that an ancient spot near where I live was partially destroyed by some absolute COCKWOMBLE with a disposable barbecue. No prosecution, no blame attached, just the usual weak hand-wavy "Oh those things should be banned" when they're still generally on sale everywhere, even in the current climate destruction. I mean fuck fiddling while Rome burned, we're cooking sausages, baby!