Reposted by Ex-ape-?Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 3hI met a traveller from Nazi site Who said: Two vast and golden legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, all far-right, Half-cut cult-members stand, whose zoned-, Out fanboy stance, and glaze of ketamine, Tell that its sculptors doen’t "get" irony 4265
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 06/10/2026Well worth reading, by @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social: davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/the-anti-z...davidaaronovitch.substack.comThe anti-Zionism of foolsOn the Corbynising of the Green party 043
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As ever, and for the last time in connection with lying shit Jeffrey Archer, we remember Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed. 27998227
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Knightshayes Court; Studio of Rembrandt, 'Self-Portrait' (prev 'Follower of R'). We proved through dendrochronology and paint analysis that the pic certainly came from R's workshop, but the great Rembrandt scholar Ernst van der Wetering was unpersuadable! 1293
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026besharamagazine.org/a-thing-of-b...besharamagazine.orgTransmission Across Cultures: The Islamic influence on European ArchitectureWriter and art historian Diana Darke brings to light the largely unacknowledged influence of Islamic architecture and craftsmen on the iconic buildings of Europe 000
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...nytimes.comDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 000
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026…even their "expensive" option was cheaper than damn near anything the u.s. offers. Holy shit we are a healthcare garbage fire in so many ways 725267
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s FallFour TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart. 000
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Waitrose's FAUST would be more expensive. 1175
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026From yesterday: Frankenstein's monster's horoscope's illustration. profadamroberts.substack.com/p/the-monste...profadamroberts.substack.comThe Monster’s HoroscopeFrankenstein and the Stars 093
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That 1827 lunar eclipse over England was some kind of crazy. 2266
Reposted by Ex-ape-?swearclock ⌚︎ @swearclock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Shag A Cabbage And Make It A Cauliflower It's 8:00AM 093
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Estel Cooper @estel62.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Help me. Read my book. It's on Kindle/Amazon as an EPUB. It's a must read. 113
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Climate May Have Some Surprises in Store www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Climate Catastrophe Is Still on the TableHarrowing temperature increases remain unnervingly possible. 043
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Catherine Phipps @katyphipps.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Orwell's sex life was also affected by his time in colonial brothels... After spending the night with him, one woman wrote that "he makes love Burma-Sergeant fashion, afterwards saying 'ah that’s better' before he turns over”. At least it would have been quick for the girls in Marrakechi brothels 031
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Gwendoline Hillman — Herbert James Gunn, 1925 072
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Go Ahead and Laugh at Mediums. They May Be On to Something. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Go Ahead and Laugh at Mediums. They May Be On to Something.Research shows there could be benefits to sensing those we’ve lost. 000
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/campaignforthearts.orgPrime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the ArtsSign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere. 063
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026You know how I keep saying that "AI" people since the 90s & 2000s all have the same metaphysical commitments & that the best way to understand them is through the lenses of comparative religious studies in new religious movements, mythmaking, & occult studies? I am not now & nor have I been kidding 9379103
Reposted by Ex-ape-?carljungfranz.bsky.social @carljungfranz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026* ........ In A Terrible Love of War, James Hillman, one of today's most respected psychologists, undertakes a groundbreaking examination of the essence of war, its psychological origins and inhuman behaviors. ........... *youtube.comJames Hillman - A Terrible Love of WarYouTube video by Intellectual Deep Web 132
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Things I was frightened of as a child. 1. Gangs of white blokes chanting racist slogans. Oh….. 415218
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...nytimes.comA Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished. 000
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Why do the RNLI have to explain themselves, and explain the valuable work they’re doing for all our benefits? I think the balaclava fash twats should have to do that first. 826027
Reposted by Ex-ape-?David @daverino.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“Teeth uncovered in Indonesia that are up to 25,000 years old show signs of the person having sucked on whole betel nuts, probably to release pain-relieving compounds. The finding represents the oldest archaeological evidence of habitual drug use in humans” www.newscientist.com/article/2588...newscientist.comEarliest evidence of habitual drug use found in teeth in Indonesia | New ScientistStrange, rounded grooves in prehistoric teeth are thought to have been made by regularly sucking whole betel nuts to extract a pain-relieving compound. This marks the earliest known example of probabl... 2115
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 07/09/202610-Minute Challenge: Angel Oak www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.com10-Minute Challenge: Angel OakWe’d like you to look at this tree for 10 minutes, uninterrupted. 010
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage. 93934442234
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I ask - in a world in which executives can replace the skill of workers, doesn't that mean that the executives get replaced by skilled workers? backofmind.substack.com/p/robot-clas...backofmind.substack.comrobot class traitorsthe future and its ownership 2196
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Esowteric @esowteric.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Be Your Real Self ~~~~~~~ “The Danish philosopher Kierkegaard observed that the most common form of despair is that of not being who we really are, adding that an even deeper form of despair stems from choosing to be someone other than oneself.” ~ Howard Sasportas, The Twelve Houses. 121
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Genius of Yayoi Kusama in Three Works www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe Genius of Yayoi Kusama in Three WorksMarking the artist’s death, and ahead of a retrospective at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum, a critic chooses epic works that highlight Kusama’s creative range and impact. 010
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/09/2026I will always love Dolly Parton for this… “Of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No.” 15980931789
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026How Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/b...nytimes.comHow Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’With “The Disappearers,” the Booker Prize-winning author has written his most personal novel yet. 000
Reposted by Ex-ape-?derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026If you haven’t heard, @trufelman.bsky.social and I started a new podcast about fashion and philosophy. Each month, we read canonical text — Voltaire, Rousseau, Hegel — and talk about how the author's ideas help us understand why we dress the way we do. 372250315
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Wikipedia's Featured Picture of the Day today is this gorgeous geezer: 1171
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...nytimes.comMilo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE (Gift Article)Mr. Yiannopoulos, a prominent early supporter of President Trump, was detained at the New Orleans airport. The Trump administration publicized his arrest and shared a mug shot. 000
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 28/08/2026🌡️ Children bear the worst of extreme heat Under today's warming, children under 10 face nearly three times as many extra dangerously humid days a year as over 60s. 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeb3232 #Science #ClimateChange #Children #Heat 🧪doi.orgAge-specific exposure to human-induced increases in humid heatChildren are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts and will face intensifying effects of climate change during their lifetimes. Here, we show that children already face disproportionate ex... 43316
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 29/08/2026👶 A hospital programme cut newborn deaths Across 16 hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa, a new trial covering 134,630 women cut the odds of early newborn death by 22%. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04599-w #Health #Science #Medicine #Africa 🧪doi.orgA multi-faceted hospital-based intervention for intrapartum care in sub-Saharan Africa: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial - Nature MedicineA stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial showed that implementation of a multi-faceted ALERT intervention that promoted essential practices of intrapartum childbirth reduced the odds of early perinata... 1237
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026www.nytimes.com/video/world/...nytimes.comVideo: Inside a Secret School for Afghan GirlsUnder Taliban rule, Afghan girls are officially barred from receiving an education beyond the sixth grade. Across the country, however, clandestine classrooms have emerged to defy the ban. Our Afghani... 000
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the WorldA playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech. 010
Reposted by Ex-ape-?David @daverino.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Wow - just simply, wow “Scientists first recorded Earth's low-frequency "hum" in the 1960s, but its origin was a mystery. Now it is believed the noise is caused by ocean swells generated in the Southern Ocean, the sound of which echoes across the planet” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auThe mysterious 'hum' of Earth and what scientists think is causing itEarth is constantly humming with an ultra-low-frequency vibration that can be picked up right across the globe and has puzzled seismologists for decades. Growing evidence suggests it is the collective... 5309124
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Esowteric @esowteric.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Secrets ~~~~~ “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” ~ Roald Dahl, The Minpins. 021
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Roses are red Peonies are lace 0123
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/m...nytimes.comTim Curry: A Life in PicturesCurry thrived onstage and onscreen in meaty roles that brought him widespread recognition and generations of dedicated fans. 010
Reposted by Ex-ape-?Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 27/08/2026🧠 Lab grown brain tissue keeps track of time Harvard researchers found human brain organoids grown in a dish age in step with time in culture. Old cells mixed with young ones still "remembered" their age. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10877-x #neuroscience #brain #science 🧪doi.orgHuman brain organoids record the passage of time over multiple years - NatureHuman brain organoids were developed for over five years in culture to demonstrate that brain cells can continue to mature and record the passage of time, following human-specific endogenous programs,... 1214
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/a...nytimes.comYayoi Kusama, Japanese Pop Artist Known for Polka-Dot Paintings, Dies at 97The Japanese artist’s polka-dot covered paintings, phallic sculptures and public performances caused a stir in New York City and Europe in the 1960s. 020
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Your Phone Isn’t a Drug. It’s a Portal to the Otherworld. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Your Phone Isn’t a Drug. It’s a Portal to the Otherworld.The internet is a dangerous place. Folklore can teach us how to move through it. 000
Reposted by Ex-ape-?WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton 378154014303
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/m...nytimes.com‘Point Break’: The Totally Tubular Ride With High-Voltage Buddy Chemistry (Gift Article)Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze were locked in as star-crossed rivals in Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 adrenaline-fueled, utterly earnest surf action thriller. 020
Ex-ape-? @jimbucktoo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/t...nytimes.comSilence, Wolves and the Wild East: Hiking in Portugal’s Côa ValleyA trek in a remote corner of the Iberian Peninsula brought a writer face-to-face with ancient oaks, rewilding efforts and prehistoric cave art. 000