Iron Spike

ironspike.bsky.social

20 October 2026 11:52

Disappointed but not surprised. It's Not Real/Bad Unless It's Happening To Me strikes again. They signed up to gleefully watch other people suffer; it never occurred to them Trump would also be indifferent to THEIR suffering.

Iron Spike

ironspike.bsky.social

20 October 2026 11:51

And Nien Nunb, voiced by Kenyan student Kipsang Rotich, was speaking in his native Kalenjin and in Kikuyu. This translates as "All you over there, come here." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7nV...

🎃 Killy Witches 👻

tillybridges.bsky.social

20 October 2026 11:44

the sound that this alien probe makes in Star Trek IV? literally Leonard Nimoy going “wub wub wub wub” into a microphone

London Review of Books

lrb.co.uk

20 October 2026 11:38

On our Close Readings subscription podcast: James Wood and Adam Thirlwell explore Dag Solstad’s ‘Shyness and Dignity’, a novel that avoids the expectations of realism to explore the psychological and cultural impact of the realist tradition. Listen to an extract: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

Nash

radiodeadair.com

20 October 2026 11:35

76% voted to stay part of Canada. You almost never see numbers like that in an election. Would that ours will go so well ...