ChatGPT is so good at bullshitting, it might even render an English public school education obsolete

There should be a term for when a piece of writing implants an idea in the reader, but so lightly that the reader thinks they came up with the idea on their own—and scorns the writer for missing it

Liberal Anarchist Or Anarchist Liberal, depending on mood

I feel like I should know this. But what actually happens when someone posts on instagram about needing to rent a flat in a random city for a random month next year? Like, does someone see that and start booking a month-long holiday, or…?

“The Pope” is not the Pope’s official job title. The media invented the term to sensationalise the papacy, shortening it from his full title, il Papo di tutti Papi

These best of 2022 lists with the shoot-on-sight energy of the acquaintance sloshing mulled cider on your sock at the Christmas party. “You haven’t read The Books of Jacob yet? You MUST. Snap snap it’s not going to wait” Umm yes it will dickhead, that’s how books work

People say classical music is hard to get into—and it is. Imagine if you heard a moving song on the radio and the announcer was like “That was The Beatles 13th album, 6th track, one of my favourites” and you just had to know those numbers meant Let It Be

‘Twas the night before Christmas And in my gmail Not a brand was disturbing With news of a sale

Not naming the brand, but day 12 of my advent calendar was empty to raise awareness about inequality in the chocolate industry, and it’s the only thing I remember about that advent calendar. Good job, I guess? My awareness is raised. I hate you

The Earth is a Windows 95 screensaver on a billion year cycle

Imagine making a seven and a half hour movie and then risking it all on a pun title

Germany bombed mainland Britain (London, Edinburgh, Great Yarmouth..) with Zeppelins in WW1, killing 500 people. The attacks stopped when the Brits invented an incendiary bullet that could not only pierce the Zeppelin’s bags, but ignite the hydrogen inside..

For centuries we’ve slept on wool mattresses in the alcove above the wood-burning fireplaces that serve as oven, hob, water heater, and literal centrally heating. And all of a sudden you want to tell me that’s a fire risk

The first stage of recognising a mistake is failing to recognise a mistake

I will continue to use X until the day my phone’s app library stops offering the X app when I type in “twi—”

Reading a 600 page novel because a 50 second video told me to

Novel in a sentence

See note xi on page 103, says the footnote. As if I can be bothered to read what the author can’t be bothered to write