Alexander Gilbert

Apparently Franz Josef and Sisi had neither an Austrian nor a Bavarian accent. 🤔 Who knew?

I’m sure that’s not counting all the votes that were cast for him in the last election, no…

Or planes. The vast majority of people who overstay visas arrive by plane 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Woof

Seriously need some kind of change management process for public buildings.

If Trump Tower is anything to go by, it’ll be shoddily built using inferior materials, and tacky AF.

Fuck you @mcdonaldsuss.bsky.social

Decision to cancel my wapo subscription: reaffirmed ✅

Flawless

Sorry to rain on your parade, but the starlight we can see with the naked eye is no more than about 20,000 light years away. 🥺

Semmelweis discovered the link between childbed fever and handwashing. Shocking how fiercely doctors opposed something so simple! But a mix of obstinacy and mental illness meant he was never widely recognised in his lifetime. A sobering read about genius and the cost of being ahead of your time.

After reading Beard’s Emperor of Rome, I moved on to SPQR—turns out a lot of what I learned about early Rome in school was myth or oversimplified. Beard gives an excellent picture of how Ancient Rome actually functioned, and how its legacy still shapes the way we live, think, and govern today.

I WISH ChatGPT was making it.

All the money in the world, and they still look like cheap trash.

I’ve read nearly every Mozart biography there is—from Nissen to Einstein to Landon—and I enjoyed The Reign of Love. I really appreciated the insights that Swafford’s expertise as a composer brings to his exploration of Mozart’s works. It offers a nuanced, deeply informed view of his creative genius.

I know that’s not how it works, isn’t that the whole point?

The same percentage of their income that you pay.

“A disgusting human being, inside and out”

I agree, I think people are way too generous in ascribing intent to the president’s actions, like he has some kind of master plan. He’s just throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. What little success he has is probably just an accident.

The Ritz ain’t that expensive.

This, this, this 👆🏻

Talk of 3rd terms right now is designed to distract us from the tanking economy.

Trump talking about this right now is designed to distract us from the tanking economy, in particular the stock market sell off.

You don’t need to turn the government into a company to implement a universal basic income. Governments and companies exist for different purposes, and so are fundamentally different.

The next Democrat who runs for president needs to run on a “The Government is not a business” platform.

Pre-election, he also went to see President Zelenskyy, and had photos taken with him. The guy is a grifter and conman is of the highest order. We knew this.

Also, guess what? The government is not a company, therefore does not behave like one.

Full clown car on display 🤡🎪