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the u.s. is bullying other countries into withdrawing from the i.c.c.

These are few and far between but avidly awaited, brilliantly researched, beautifully produced, an absolute treat for anyone remotely interested in history!

Episode 21 is now live for subscribers! This time we look at the Majapahit Empire which arose in the 13th century on the island of Java. With the haunting sounds of traditional gamelan music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.

ok reasonable

ChatGPT requests are starting to turn up as evidence in criminal trials and these ones are going to be hard to beat

I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:

Good grief, this hits home.

Gefeliciteerd! 🎂

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Brilliant and far-reaching new investigation into George Cottrell and former Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami by @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...

this has been fascinating to watch unfold this season so far. Short version: the new power units (engine + battery) have a bunch of AI stuff. This is meant to optimise power deployment duting races. except it keeps doing weird shit the drivers can't stop/control. And they are NOT happy.

and when i say the drivers are unhappy with the weird AI shit in the cars, i mean "George Russell swearing over the radio just before the AI shit contributes to Lewis Hamilton crashing into him" unhappy. unsurprisingly, this exchange did not make the live broadcast (sponsored by various AI firms).

All religion is shit. Part 91827364.

NEW: Who funds Nigel Farage? And why has it taken till now for any journalistic scrutiny? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social who has tracked him for a decade exposes how the UK press & regulators looked the other way 🧵👇

Thinking about how Osprey, a publishing house almost entirely devoted to publishing military uniform/equipment fetish material disguised as dry but picture heavy non-fiction tomes, put out a book dismantling the right wing mythologization of Sparta with an absolute all-timer table of contents.

Someone at a senior level in UK government needs to very publicly tell the US it is none of their business who the UK PM appoints.

I think you'll find they're called pervert glasses.