Jbird Speaks

[speakupjbird]

From today’s Dagen’s Nyheter:

Experten: ”Trump är en åttaåring som skriver ett argt brev till jultomten”

DN:s Carl Johan von Seth träffade Mark Leonard, chef för European Council on Foreign Relations, och Adam Tooze, chef för European Institute

Ska man ta gårdagens meddelande från Trump till den norska statsministern på allvar? Att han tänker strunta i freden för att han inte fick Nobelpriset?

Adam Tooze: Det är egentligen bara ett meddelande sent på kvällen från en bortskämd gammal man. Som en åttaåring som skriver argt till tomten efter att inte ha fått julklappen han vill ha. ”Herr Jultomte, jag tror inte på dig längre. Nu tänker jag vara en stygg pojke.”

Shall we take seriously yesterday’s message from Trump to Norway’s prime minister? That he will ignore peace because he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize?

Adam Tooze: It was really only a late-night message from a spoiled old man. Like an 8-year-old who write an angry letter to Santa because he didn’t get the present he wanted. ”Mr. Santa Claus, I don’t believe in you anymore, and I guess I’ll be a naughty boy now.”

[speakupjbird]

"[subject.] You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."

–Obi-Wan Kenobi

Fill in the subject of your choosing.

[speakupjbird]

”I wish Harris well, partly because I sincerely believe that my tween daughter — and possibly our guinea pig — would be a better president than the megalomaniacal, incurious, unqualified lout who is the alternative.”

John McWhorter

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/opinion/black-joy-race-harris-oprah.html

[artofdiana]

THIS IS FINE.

[speakupjbird]

The Gävlebock edition.

[browsethestacks]

Arthouse Muppets

Art by Bruce McCorkindale

[darkhawk1126]

@sarahcolleenjane @edensmidian @cupcakesinwonderland80 @carnalreincarnated @misssquirrel @hootiedoom @ersatz-emojicon

[aiweirdness]

Dec 4, AI-generated advent calendar.

The prompt was to generate a "set of Christmas-themed images, clearly labeled in capital letters as an aid to someone learning English."

Full interactive advent calendar

[depsidase]

[thequeeninyellowlace]

I have never wanted an imaginary thing more than this.

[speakupjbird]

Now i want one too.

[callmebliss]

Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way way opened to it?

[macleod]

I've seen this passed around a few times, and I have one thing to say:

It's online. The book was carefully and wonderfully recreated online by hand. You can find it here. The entire book is this easy.

calculusmadeeasy.org

[speakupjbird]

This looks really cool, actually. Time for a refresher!

[vintage-halloween]

[oldshowbiz]

The Political Cartoons of Herblock.

[daltongraham]

Sadly, still relevant today

[weirdmageddon]

glad to know people will still be experiencing this video for the first time this daylight savings

[speakupjbird]

It’s not quite as bad here, but still, today the lights, which turn on automatically 15 minutes before sunset, went on at 3pm today. An unhappy milestone every year.

[speakupjbird]

Joe, looking at the popcorn scattered on the outdoor balcony two days after the party: ”I really thought the tits would have taken care of that by now.”

Jennifer: ”The patriarchy in a nutshell.”

Joe: ...

Joe: ”I meant the birds.”

Jennifer: ”Not really better.”

[speakupjbird]

Citizenship ceremony at Uppsala Castle on National Day 2022

Happy national day from one of Sweden's newest citizens! Here's a gallery of pictures from the little ceremony for new citizens that was held at the castle this morning.

It was a good ceremony – four speeches, none of them too long, three of them memorable, and one in which the speaker almost got a little verklämp.

[speakupjbird]

Glad national dag från en av landet nyaste medborgare (det är jag)!

[secretkittendetective]

Excuse me while I crack up because Lidl has now jumped onto Swedengate and created ads that says "Stroganoff for everyone. Even for the friend in your room".

[Rough Translation: Did you also have to wait in your friends room while they had dinner with their family? At ours, the money will last so everyone can join. That is Lidl]

[speakupjbird]

@roomthily

[liberalsarecool]

[youmissedthememo]

David Jenkins, creator of smash hit and cultural phenomenon Our Flag Means Death, everybody.

[speakupjbird]

@traakigogik in partic for the truth about Pratchett