Ben
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love is the plan the plan is death
wreck of the deuschland? more like uh . wreck of the bitchland
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
wreck of the deuschland? more like uh . wreck of the bitchland
'What a story if I get with Pedro Pascal'
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
'What a story if I get with Pedro Pascal'
frank gehry is dead, post straight lines
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
frank gehry is dead, post straight lines
is this the most embarrassing time there has ever been to be alive
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
is this the most embarrassing time there has ever been to be alive
absolutely incredible big mood behaviour
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
absolutely incredible big mood behaviour
there's no such fucking thing you stupid cunt
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
there's no such fucking thing you stupid cunt
regrettably this fucking rocks
Actual Soviet poster about achieving the five-year plan in four years, just in case anyone wanted to know the origins of that famous example in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
regrettably this fucking rocks
i can still win this
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
i can still win this
they're actually doing all this so that they have a recording to show to Guantanamo detainees and break their spirits instantly
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
they're actually doing all this so that they have a recording to show to Guantanamo detainees and break their spirits instantly
is cloudflare fucked again
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
is cloudflare fucked again
i'm sorry but be fucking serious. shut the fuck up. a BBC liveblog for this shit. fuck off, actually
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i'm sorry but be fucking serious. shut the fuck up. a BBC liveblog for this shit. fuck off, actually
is there anything more catastrophically 00s than "hot, ready and legal" and "the secret files of Abu Ghraib" headlines sharing a Rolling Stone cover
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
is there anything more catastrophically 00s than "hot, ready and legal" and "the secret files of Abu Ghraib" headlines sharing a Rolling Stone cover
I'm playing a lot of chess this year and one of the reasons why - other than just being a nerd who doesn't know when he's beat, what with how I'm fucking terrible at chess - is that it's instructive to get into a field that has been "solved" by AI for more than a generation.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm playing a lot of chess this year and one of the reasons why - other than just being a nerd who doesn't know when he's beat, what with how I'm fucking terrible at chess - is that it's instructive to get into a field that has been "solved" by AI for more than a generation.
not sam fucking kriss doing the "psych, that paragraph was written by AI" in the new york fucking times
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
not sam fucking kriss doing the "psych, that paragraph was written by AI" in the new york fucking times
is it your listeners, joe
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
is it your listeners, joe
warhammer lore is really complex and literary, actually, it's a lot like Milton
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
warhammer lore is really complex and literary, actually, it's a lot like Milton
that's fucked up, why was the pope praying there when it blew up
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
that's fucked up, why was the pope praying there when it blew up
the annoying thing about saying you work in publishing is that the question you get is "so do you ever want to write a book yourself?" and the reason is annoying is that for 95% of people in publishing the answer is "deep sigh]...yes"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
the annoying thing about saying you work in publishing is that the question you get is "so do you ever want to write a book yourself?" and the reason is annoying is that for 95% of people in publishing the answer is "deep sigh]...yes"
extremely monkey's paw. we stopped speculating about the budget's contents but instead we get two months of "should the head of the OBR be ritually disembowelled on live television?" and "did Rachel Reeves bamboozle the simple folk of the nation with her shadowy witchcraft?"
it may not feel that way. it may feel like we are fated to dwell in this morass forever. but, by my blade, i swear to you that one day we shall actually see the Budget released and not have to speculate about it for six weeks solid jesus fucking christ i'm so fucking bored
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
extremely monkey's paw. we stopped speculating about the budget's contents but instead we get two months of "should the head of the OBR be ritually disembowelled on live television?" and "did Rachel Reeves bamboozle the simple folk of the nation with her shadowy witchcraft?"
the blizzard of year-end lists hitting on Dec 1st is too much. save it for the 15th, lads
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
the blizzard of year-end lists hitting on Dec 1st is too much. save it for the 15th, lads
What use have We for an odd elephant?
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What use have We for an odd elephant?
becoming one of those guys who used to smuggle bibles into the Eastern Bloc, but for getting a suitcase full of Sally Rooney novels past the patrols on the Dublin-Holyhead ferry
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
becoming one of those guys who used to smuggle bibles into the Eastern Bloc, but for getting a suitcase full of Sally Rooney novels past the patrols on the Dublin-Holyhead ferry