So our new Foreign Secretary is mainly famous for having once fucked a dead pig in the mouth. And that's not even an allegory for the time he was Prime Minister.

Does anyone else realize how batshit insane this is no matter what side of any issue you're on? (from NY Mag's Artforum piece)

Artists and collectors turn on each other as the fallout of the Artforum letter continues. On both sides are those who would prefer the other be seen and not heard. trib.al/H9y6vWg

2.2 million liters of red wine flooded a town in Portugal after distillery tanks burst apart

Garden of Earthly Delights

RIP Giovanni Anselmo. His 1969 'Untitled (Structure That Eats)' is as good as it gets: Wry, odd, poignant—ingenious.

Sunak was Chancellor when he sat next to Johnson as he told MP’s “We’ve ensured there will be a FREE hospital car parking for EVERYBODY who attends a hospital” With patients, visitors & staff shafted on parking he should either honour it or admit the Govt is patently dishonest

just signed the petition demanding Liz Truss's honours list is scrapped. 49 days of chaos in office should not justify her promoting her friends to a lifetime seat in the Lords. Will you sign too? 250k and counting.... you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/liz-… via 38 Degrees

I wonder whether historians in 2100 will look at 2024 as a geopolitical inflection point… A thread.

Rejoin?

Why is someone stealing rare editions of Russian books from libraries all over Europe? lefigaro.fr/culture/la-bib…

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline #EACOP is a carbon bomb waiting to happen. But without insurance, it can't go forward. US insurance giants are feeling the heat now more than ever. Now is our chance. Let's tell insurers to stop insuring the EACOP share.eko.org/839459238t?ref…

Israel has killed over 11,500 Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank since October 7th, when 36 Israeli children were killed. It’s impossible to imagine that number. This is what it looks like. A line 5km long. (Location: Bournemouth Beach)

Only 999,999,999 years, 364 thousand days, and 12 hours until Lee's next batch of coal is ready.

This week we laid out a memorial to the more than 11,500 Palestinian children and 36 Israeli children who’ve been killed since October 7th. It was a line 5km long of children’s clothes. Huge thanks to the volunteers who came to Bournemouth and made this happen #CeasefireNow

Walking through a very wet Chelsea—perhaps 1 in 5 galleries has decided to take a snow day. I'm the first visitor at one space. "There's no fucking snow day for me," the dealer tells me proudly. Thank you, sir.

The assassination of Alexey Navalny becomes increasingly obvious. The officials have given three alternative causes of his death & are blocking autopsy. They are refusing to give his family his corpse. Does anybody still support Putin?! washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/…

This Old Babylonian clay tablet, written in cuneiform 3,700 years ago, may be the oldest customer complaint letter yet discovered. The copper merchant Nanni details at length his anger at a sour deal, and his dissatisfaction with the quality assurance and service of Ea-nasir.

I need to borrow around $10 million sothebys.com/en/buy/auction…

Reminder: Nigel Farage loved Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget