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My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of war-time. These memories, which are my life—for we possess nothing certainly except the past—were always with me. Like the pigeons of St. Mark’s, they were everywhere, under my feet, singly, in pairs, in little honey-voiced congregations, nodding, strutting, winking, rolling the tender feathers of their necks, perching sometimes, if I stood still, on my shoulder or pecking a broken biscuit from between my lips; until, suddenly, the noon gun boomed and in a moment, with a flutter and sweep of wings, the pavement was bare and the whole sky above dark with a tumult of fowl. Thus it was that morning.

[aceofturtles]

How Familiar Are You With James Acaster's Classic Scrapes?

I've read the book

I've listened to the audio book

I've listened to his segments from Josh's radio show

I've read and listened to the book

I've listened to the audio book and his segments from Josh's radio show

I've read the book and listened to his segments from Josh's radio show

I've done all three

I've heard of his scrapes but haven't actually heard any told in full

I am unaware of James Acaster's Classic Scrapes

Voting ended onJun 12

Reblog for sample size, if you please. {:

[ryebreadgf]

[rainformation]

formative years? aren’t they all?

[absolutejamer]

show me a permanent self and i will show you a facade or a corpse

[thelastgoodcountry]

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

[cosmicanger]

[nobrashfestivity]

Man Ray, Untitled, Taken during his visit to Carl Kjersmeier’s African art collection, 1939

[bisonwares]

Mackerel test complete! 🎏

Really happy with how these new patterns are coming out, sockeye salmon is up next!

Made with 100% wool felt

[bobbole]

Palestinian children were prevented from going to school by razor wire and israeli soldiers — so they sat down and studied right in front of them (via AndreyX)

[crreature]

11 year old Huda, April 26, 2026, via CNN

[baddingtonbitch]

i bet daniel craig and rachel weisz are engaged in forms of full time kink we can't even comprehend. like if he leaves even one speck of crust on her tea sandwiches she puts him in a christening gown and hunts him on their estate

[fortuneaday]

[oldshrewsburyian]

If she felt, beneath his amenity, a kind of delicate dangerousness, like that of some fine surgical instrument, she ignored it as unimportant; for she had as yet no clear perception of forces that did not directly affect her.

The Custom of the Country, Edith Wharton

[caribbeanangel]

Alice Smeets, The Ghetto Tarot.

[acidgirl]

this line delivery has lived in my head for 10 years

[lapetitsyrene]

I should be allowed into every museum's archives actually

[slunch]

tl;dr: all "algorithmically" pushed stuff on a newsfeed is mostly ads. nothing that's really surprising form this vulture article, but it is dismal and makes me grateful for one website where you only see things from people you follow WITHOUT horrible short-form video content

[bitchking-of-angmar]

The Feed Is Fake

What if every viral song, movie, meme, influencer, and celebrity drama in recent memory was the result of a stealth marketing campaign?

https://web.archive.org/web/20260515113210/https://www.vulture.com/article/social-media-feeds-chaotic-good-projects-clipping.html

Have a paywall free link to the source!

[segamascott]

[artisheaven]

Jerry Akin, Alabama, 1895, said to have lived to 133 years old