Tweets of the Week: 12 February 2024

Ken Layne is impressed by the British monarch:

The most important news story of the last several years:

A conversation between Otto von Bismarck and U. S. Grant:

T Greer on the Iliad as post-apocalyptic literature:

Tom Hamilton’s wife gave their child some shocking news about herself:

Ready for duty, and they couldn’t be happier about it:

Paul Schofield proves that some people will get mad at you for saying the most anodyne things possible:

deepfates says something obvious but odd about videogames:

harleyskooky tells us about one of the greatest missed opportunities in the history of the movies:

The Weekly Retro shares the greatest single work of portraiture produced in North America in the 1970s:

A tremendously sweet story from Dr Dave Thompson:
From Latif Nasser, another story that begins within the family circle, this time ending very far away:
Staroxvia is assembling a periodic table of national flags:

William B. Fuckley on one of the ways in which inclusion policies ensure that the same people get included generation after generation:

Classical Memes For Hellenistic Teens has a motivational poster to share:

No Jesuit Tricks shares the greatest moment in the history of Kingsland, Arkansas:

Cranky Federalist tells the truth:

Tweets of the Week: 20 May 2023

Lane Moore on longevity:

Brian Gaar on happiness:

A thread in which Cranky Federalist takes apart the stories of the USA’s alleged founders:

A classic from Swear Trek:
Eric Adler notices something odd about his academic colleagues:
MatCro writes dialogue:

Sam Haselby has had it with our current crop of “public intellectuals”:

Mister Bossy speaks up for the literary canon:

The Sunny Side of Franz Kafka presents a shadow of Franz Kafka:

Buddyhead puts some numbers together:

Christopher Rees reminisces about a ceremonial occasion that went well:

A classic from Murrman5 about what happens when you give advice:

Adam Cerious asks for a price check:

Law Boy learns about a criminal defense:

Tweets of the Week: 26 March- 1 April 2023

Cranky Federalist reminds us of the Golden Rule:

Mind of Marisa tells a sad story:

Alice from Queens links to an old piece by Matt Bruenig (who is not the son of Matt Groening, very confusing):

Rabbi Ari Lamm reads the Bible in Hebrew, as for example in this thread about the Serpent in the Garden:

Abby Denton shares an insight into the worldview of English speakers:

Monica Hesse measures the passing of the years:

A courtroom exchange: