Rhys Needham

"Of all the books I have ever reviewed that purported to offer a serious thesis, this is without question the most deranged. If you are seeking a Christmas present for someone you really don’t like, give them a copy."

Abhishek is now just one behind Maxwell and Rohit 💪

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To prove it, he's going to put both on a sandwich at once at eat the sandwich?

Kieran Healy calls this one of the two American ur-choropleths. Most countries only have one of these. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...

Ancient armored bottom-feeder is first seagoing amphibian reut.rs/4yLInYd

Transport nerds never change, please (via @londoncentric.media)

sons of bibliography

nor does gravity

“First, I’d like to say how excited we both are to be here with you this morning.”

John Thomas Salutes www.findagrave.com/memorial/166...

just building on this thread shitting on RFK, the mosfet, the literal foundation upon which all modern electronics (particularly computers) is built, was invented by an egyptian guy named mohamed atalla en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed...

Meanwhile, one of the most harmful policy movements in America right now is a property tax revolt that is shifting us away from our most economically efficient tax, all so property owners can have a little more in their pockets next month.

Ethics aside, this take could use some contact with reality. Biden's expanded CTC didn't motivate recipients to vote to maintain it. Trump offered $5000 checks and it hurt him in the polls. The empirical claim that welfare creates single issue voters just doesn't hold up.

Typical woke Labour ideology. Pandering to Peruvian ursine immigrants.

Biden and Wyden tried to target these loopholes but Kyrsten Sinema and Jon Tester said no.

It's hard to believe but Democrats ran for decades against the "Bush tax cuts" and then made most of them permanent. Then ran against the "Trump tax cuts" and then didn't repeal them either.

For the fabulously wealthy, paying taxes is pretty much optional. They can borrow against their vast wealth, which is mostly an untaxed capital gain, without paying taxes. When they die, the capital gain goes to zero. And loopholes exist to bypass the estate tax too.

My god he even has the facial hair of a 19th Century municipal socialist.

On this day in 1895, a Czech Catholic of Jewish origin was born in Žatec. On 10 Aug 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt, and on 20 Aug 1942 to Riga. He perished in the Shoah. His name was Ing. Josef Hoffmann.

On this day in 1886, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and then on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she was murdered. Her name was Anna Kohnová Please support @sobibor.org

On this day in 1941, a 38 year old Polish man perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 6 months and 23 days. Before being imprisoned he was a butcher. His name was Stefan Krupski Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

hate when a blurb for a book is "a page-turner..." yeah that's what a book is, idiot, congratulations on your first day alive

Slightly less funny than Queensland unionist-turned politician, Grace Grace, being her married name and not having kept her maiden one.

Thinking about this and getting annoyed at how dismissive people were to the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, where Lucas' hands-off approach gave us a decent glimpse of what it would look like if a major media franchise went into fair use

Left or right

perfect, no notes

27 October 1918 | Norwegian Jewish woman, Tonny Segal, was born in Kristiania (today Oslo). She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

At least 62 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a community in northeastern Nigeria, the country’s emergency agency said.

Where we are a a country: the Secretary of State warning a Nobel Peace Prize winner not to peaceably assemble because that won’t lead to democracy. www.axios.com/2026/10/27/r...

What’s that you say? Liz has a new book out which even the Telegraph is saying is even more unhinged than the last one? Wonderful, I’ll post this then.

26 off the first over for India. Half to the 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

I've never been a religious person so can anyone help me out with this one? I'm stumped

On this day in 1942, a 7 year old Dutch Jewish girl arrived at Auschwitz with her mother where they were murdered after selection. Her father perished in 1944, date and place unknown. Her name was Jansje van Velzen Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

"Arabs don't produce literature" man as one of the most acute victims of US imperialism the Arab World has produced some of the most trenchant works of art dealing with the absurdity of living under an illegitimate authoritarian regime and Americans dealing with MAGA would do well to learn from them

On this day in 1942, a 7 year old Dutch Jewish girl arrived at Auschwitz with her mother and brother (5) where they were murdered after selection. Her father was placed in a work camp but escaped, went into hiding and survived. Her name was Rita Krammer Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

The history of the Western Desert Campaign is Punctuated by Churchill yelling "GET ON WITH IT" at various commanders, usually at the worst possible times

both the SPD and the KPD were pretty inept in response to Hitler's rise to power and if you think one of them was more responsible it's more about which one you align with ideologically than about the actual historical facts.

That this is in THE WASHINGTON POST is almost too much irony to bear.

England are still waiting for their first ODI win in Pakistan since 2005...