Lots of very good insights, for instance (about a hypothetical American journalist who has just found his child badly injured after a hostile air raid):

This part is also horrific:

Here’s a similar article not behind a paywall and a picture for info. ndpa.org/drowningdoes...

Mr Beaver knew what he thought about AI.

We should sauté them. (Check the alt text for a bilingual explanation.)

And of course there’s this, which should be canon but isn’t.

Same old, same old. This is about the Canadian Exclusion Act in 1923.

Now as ever, this is relevant.

And of course there’s this absolute banger: “Twenty-eight million people dead? Couldn't we just... wound some of them?”

Favourite books this year: Bad Company, Blood over Bright Haven, Butter, Cuckoo Song, Failed State, The Iron Seraglio, James, Moderation, Someone to Build a Nest in, The Summer War, The T in LGBT, and Wearing the Lion. #Booksky

Surprisingly clear view of Mount Baker from the SkyTrain.

I mean, how would the lions even govern? What are they governing? What do the gazelles and elephants get out of it? The only way it works is as a very clear satire of feudalism and capitalism.

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon at the Dome in Vancouver, which was pretty fantastic and mellow. @spacecentreyvr.bsky.social

Fantastic non-verbal ending to an excellent production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona (AKA Bros Before Hos, 1589 edition) at @bardonthebeach.bsky.social

Saturday morning cartoons with cereal at @riotheatre.bsky.social today. Jem, Superman, Mr T, Mission Magic, Return to the Planet of the Apes.

Finally got some Ryan Reynolds eggs this morning.

Weekly reminder from Ivalice:

Jamjar Canteen after watching Fantastic Mr Fox at the Rio this afternoon. @riotheatre.bsky.social

Looking forward to this.

Ah, those were the good old days. Not.

Not quite the same but it’s what comes to mind.

Just been to Nijo Castle in Kyoto where the Shōgun installed nightingale floors which sound a bit like there’s always someone playing a xylophone in the corridor while you’re trying to work. “The next person to try and play “The Rains of Kinkakuji” on the floorboards will be executed, I mean it.”

Notable that the only UK newspaper today not condemning Trump and Putin on its front page is the Daily Telegraph, which instead leads with “trans doctors given clean records”. So sad to see what’s become of a once respected broadsheet.

Amazing evening at the Invictus Games closing ceremony. Thank you all for your service.

That actually makes me want to vomit. It’s from Wikipedia, by the way. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by anything in the US prison system, but this is particularly horrific.

So, who’s going to tell Donald that he’s declared all Americans to be female? We’re all female biologically from conception until 9 weeks at the earliest.

Now that could have used more testing before it became Denmark’s biggest export.

It also seems pretty clear that Musk didn’t make it through his childhood without trauma.