stephen root is one of the greatest character actors of all time. argue with a garbage can.

A door blows open in your mind when you learn about the suffix -le, it explains so much. People used to add it to verbs to mean ‘more than once’ or continuously—so originally, to ramble is to ‘roam’ on, to jostle is to joust repeatedly, and to sparkle is to emit lots of sparks.

There's a Pizza Hut in North Carolina that is untouched by time; red cups for beverages, light fixtures, jukebox, table cloths, and even has the salad bar oh my god

I respect the sentiment but also I watched this on live television

France still has a genuinely Bonapartist political party. They currently control 15% of regional seats in, of course, Corsica

I find it genuinely very strange that it was not until I was in my thirties that I realised the scale of Maxwell’s shelling of Dublin, and learned of his proclamation ahead of it, of the North King Street Massacre, and of the official whitewashing of said.

im just learning that elijah wood was not in the same room as dominic monahan during this interview, couldnt see him, and did not know it was dominic doing an accent asking the questions. i thought they were just doing a bit together 😭😭

Dick Sandwich Massachusetts, Essex, Salem and Beverly Crew Lists and Shipping Articles, 1797-1934

Famously noone ever left the office early on Friday to go to the pub pre WFH

Congrats DublinLGFA all Ireland champions

NEW: Is the internet changing our personalities for the worse? Conscientiousness and extroversion are down, neuroticism up, with young adults leading the charge. This is a really consequential shift, and there’s a lot going on here, so let’s get into the weeds 🧵

lastchants the thicc husband & father You got it newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…

Kurt Vonnegut on buying an envelope

this scene is included in every compilation of greatest movie moments of all time but goddamn it thats the truth

rabbit-holing on Wikipedia while researching this lead me to one of the most depressing graphs i've ever seen you see that big population gap, at 45? that's not due to WWII. not directly at least. the actual WWII gap is up above 65—you can tell not just by the math, but by the

french scooby being called Scoubidou is frying me

Putting wheels on this cross to bear is the best possible metaphor for American Evangelicalism

Jane Goodall died today. While smarter and more informed people will talk about her work, I want to share a snippet from her Wikipedia page - the two greatest paragraphs ever on Wikipedia. The first parts are amusing and interesting, but the last sentence elevates it to high art.