Giovanni Bracchi

well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’

A man shooting the word "Lermen" (Lärmen", being noisy) within a printed text.

A tiny man shooting a word nearby, within a printed text of the European past. Welcome to another #rebus broadside of the later so-called #ThirtyYearsWar. A shootin' short 🧵 for #skystorians

There is very likely going to be a blue wave in November 2026. Trump will do what he can to disturb the election and stop Rs from losing the House. It probably won't work, but the probability of a tail outcome is worrisome, and the attempt is the story

Italian history after 1945 is sadly pertinent if you're wondering about the "after". There was no moment of reckoning after Liberation, no Nürnberg. People just had to coexist with their former oppressors and their enablers. Look up Giorgio Almirante, political father of our current PM.

Screen shot from the show Andor. Someone says to Mon Mothma “They [meaning the Empire] don’t even bother to lie badly anymore.” Mon replies “I suppose that’s the final humiliation.”

This one is resonating today. #Andor

I’ve long maintained that it was a mistake for Congress to have abolished itself.

"there's a new serif in town"

Now is the updog of our discontent

Italy's exports to well-known transshipment hubs like Kyrgyzstan (lhs) and Armenia (rhs) are going through the roof. This is happening more than 3 years after the invasion of Ukraine. You can do this kind of thing, but it makes the EU ineffective as a geopolitical actor. You can't have it both ways.

J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI.

MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

double the entendre and give it to the next person

Mincemeat ☑️

Medieval story time (that is actually about Alligator Alcatraz merch):

Let’s talk about Godwin Sturt and how he merchandized the death of his 12-year-old nephew in 1144.

"Can I show you something"- a child about to show you absolutely nothing, you've never been shown something less

will i understand Conclave (2025) if i haven't seen Conclave (2024)?

R. C. Numantianus' poem "De Reditu Suo" (The Voyage Home) is essentially a long, exasperated sigh in verse

It’s the stupid, economy.

kind of like watching your car go up in flames on the side of the highway. undeniably mesmerizing, but also it's your car

Stay calm and arm Ukraine.

For the 58th time in two weeks:
Europe, stop freaking out over every crazy thing Trump says. He will keep saying crazy things every day, and he changes his mind constantly. Focus on what YOU are going to do to advance Ukrainian victory and undermine Russia.

Unacceptable that this individual is still a peer.

Take it from an American: Stop overreacting to Trump’s crazy statements. He talks without thinking & intentionally provokes to gauge people’s response. Right now Europe’s response tells him: WE ARE WEAK IGNORE US.

none of this stops until they're afraid

i don’t want to alarm anyone but it’s looking possible that the vibes may be (and sorry for using technical terminology it’s just that precision is important here) fucked

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

“Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.”

not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff

Seeing Chip Carter's beautiful eulogy is reminding me of a fancy-people thing that I never learned until well into adulthood.

Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad.
Skip is a nickname for a guy named after his grandfather.
Trip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad AND grandfather.

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather