Mister Slang

Not an easy rescue and a bit of a rollercoaster but what a great ending youtu.be/pNjxVEYU1tY?...

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AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch obtained NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN photos and videos revealing devastating damage to U.S. bases from Trump's Iran war. Troops and military families describe being abandoned by their own government. “It’s so much worse than people realize.”

@susannaforrest.bsky.social Might 'Caroline' be one of yours? From The Satirist (London) 22 June 1845 p. 199/3. And yes, the entendre at 'ride' is quite consciously double.

P. O’Brien: Time For A Reality Check phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/time-for-a...

Sam Freedman: The straitjacket of power samf.substack.com/p/the-strait...

P. O’Brien: Weekend Update #207: The US-Russia Alliance Is Signed--In Ukrainian Blood phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

Every dog lover should get to experience this… 🐕 Every morning at 6am I get to feed 80 street dogs. 🥘 We actually cook food for 1300 street dogs daily. It looks like the highlight of their day but it also the best part of my day ❤️

This is interesting: articlesofinterest.substack.com/p/one-balacl...

Well-written, clearly argued, and yes, harrowing account of the disastrous events in Ukraine this past week. The one glimmer of light being Britain's 'commendable response'. Do read.

More to the point might be the video released today by Deters himself, saying that he had launched a lawsuit against Guilfoyle for defamation and that he would depose her and Don Jr. and demand subpoenas to clear his name. He also vowed to play a 16-minute phone conversation tomorrow that he claims

Phillips O’Brien: Paying The Price For Trusting The USA phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...

A 90 second tour of some of our very sickest new arrivals. Every dog in this video would be in huge trouble (a couple would be dead) were it not for the medial care. Some very special dogs here ❤️

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

Targeting Data Centers As An Effective Tool Of War phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/targeting-...

OK. We know the Satirist. We know its love for smut, puns, nudge-nudgery and double entendres. What do we think this adornment of the ‘Chit-Chat’ column might mean:

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A mid-19th century sneer (of jealousy): ‘She’s all rouge and ringlets".

Rereading Sam Leith’s Haunted Wood. Realisation that Tom the Sweep’s wicked guvnor and Nigel Molesworth’s head master share the name Grimes’. But so does Waugh’s splendid neerdowell.

Clothing expertise, please: 'a Siberian jock'? Seems like a heavy overcoat made of an animal skin, but there I founder.

Slang has 291 terms for judicial execution. Mainly hanging and electrocution. Mainly pre-mid-20th century. One covers the firing squad. Even the counter-language averts its eyes.

a grandmotherly woman just got booted from the Trump rally for protesting, and she went out like a hero talking trash and flipping the double bird

Who'd have thought, such distinguished antecdents: Richrd Flecknoe ‘Diarium’ 1656 ‘Friday the twentieth of September (if day o’th’ month I well remember)’ Temptations ‘Papa Was a Rolling Stone’ 1972: ‘It was the third of September That day I'll always remember, yes I will’

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For those who use Green's Dict. of Slang, the latest update #40 is now available on line. For more info and links to files of new terms and predated examples of current material, please check jonathongreen.substack.com/p/gdos-updat...

Trump Has a Strange Way of Benefiting From Assassination Attempts nicholasjorcutt.substack.com/p/trump-has-...

Launched in 2016 GDoS digital will (on 12 Oct.) have notched up a decade of updates. This is #40 and here - jonathongreen.substack.com/p/gdos-updat... - are a few comments thereupon, with links to the new terms added and to the predates of existing material. The update itself will be along shortly.

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New post out from @ldfreedman.bsky.social "Operation Vivaldi: The Four Seasons" What have we learnt from Ukraine's successful counter-attack in Donetsk? Looks at command, use of drones, and the Russian's endless capacity for self-deception. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/operation-...

“I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest. I’m fine, and I understand that stuff. You know, my uncle was at MIT for 41 years, and you know, I’m a—I believe in genetics, frankly, and I understand. I understand it much more than I think any president would, because I do have an ability on this.

Phillips O’Brien: Divide And Rule: The US Strategy Towards Europe phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/divide-and...

The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S. today. Testifying under oath was Jack Smith, who as special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice investigated Trump’s attempt

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Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪

@theoldbatsman.bsky.social However much Johnson ( or whoever it was) railed vs puns, I find 'Afghan' infinitely pleasing.

In my latest round of ‘Slang Knows’ best, I offer *ballie up* to put on a balaclava with criminal intent, in order to perform a burglary, robbery, daylight murder, rape, or any other crime that employs the wearing of a balaclava to ensure the perpetrator’s anonymity. Wotcher reckon, Tommo?

Sam Freedman: What happens if the Democrats sweep the midterms? samf.substack.com/p/what-happe...

The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...

VictorianLondon.bsky.social Looking for a digital version of Edited by Edmund Yates ‘Devil in London’, then ‘Asmodeus, or, The Devil in London‘, finally, ‘Asmodeus in London’ (1832). Weekly penny paper. Don't think it's available, but might you have met it?

What use is NordVPN if it blocks and cuts off my wifi connection more often than it permits my workflow?

104-year-old woman imparts some wisdom about the orange shit stain disgracing our White House today. #ProudBlue #FDT

@petersokolowski.bsky.social Would you know an answer? I want to review the book but fear review eds in UK at least nix kindle-only texts.

On cult London crime master Derek Raymond, and the madness and genius of his ‘black novels’ Enter the Factory… harrysword.substack.com/p/enter-the-...

@petersokolowski.bsky.social Is the book going to appear in the UK (or France) in anything but a kindle version?

post à coupler avec l'indispensable atlas sonore des langues régionales, peut-être la page internet la plus réjouissante de tous les temps si on est un peu nerd et curieux atlas.lisn.upsaclay.fr