Offbeat Humor

This is one of the most brilliant things I’ve seen on the web. I saw it a few years ago and then couldn’t find it. It’s such a gem. https://t.co/YhWS2bEBAj

— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 13, 2026

 

Data Talks

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is almost entirely funded by government refugee resettlement grants. It’s over 80% of their revenue. https://t.co/wSILOJSdSE

— Hunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort) August 10, 2026

 

A Pupil's Temptation by Kenton Nelson

A Pupil's Temptation by Kenton Nelson (America, 1954 - )

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History

All of the US Foumding Fathers rejected democracy , understood as a regime type. It’s important to distinguish between democracy as a regime type (bad) and as a moral aspiration for equality, self government under God, and ordered liberty (good). In this latter sense one aspires… https://t.co/j7ZTvWUhJ6

— eburke (@JamesWHankins1) August 8, 2026

 

An Insight

this might be the best tweet ever written pic.twitter.com/PM5nXvLKa7

— JT (@jiratickets) August 8, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

I never expected... this is the developmental process of a mosquito. 🦟 pic.twitter.com/NqPzTy7PbC

— Amazing Nature (@AmazingNature00) August 11, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

Just be careful, claiming that they lack free speech carries a mandatory minimum 2 year jail sentence. pic.twitter.com/LIpNc8dud6

— Wee Todd Edd. (Gat/Gatself) (@Baurakale7) August 11, 2026

 

Data Talks

There's a gender gap in support for nuclear (in the direction you would expect) in virtually all countries pic.twitter.com/Amrl28ihiL

— John Rain (@johnthenoticer) August 8, 2026

 

Fireflies by the Kinu River, 1930 by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Fireflies by the Kinu River, 1930 by Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan 1847-1915) 

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History

He lost his squadron in the confusion of a dogfight, climbed back up, and found a formation of American bombers being torn apart by more than thirty German fighters.

There was no other Allied aircraft anywhere near them.

He could have waited for help. He attacked instead.

This… pic.twitter.com/4cxg8rO3HJ

— Untold War Stories (@UntoldWarFacts) August 8, 2026

 

Measurement by A.M. Sullivan

Measurement 

by A.M. Sullivan

Stars and atoms have no size,

They only vary in men's eyes.

Men and instruments will blunder

Calculating things of wonder.

A seed is just as huge a world

As any ball the sun has hurled.

Stars are quite picayune

As any splinter of the moon.

Time is but a vague device;

Space can never be precise;

Stars and atoms have a girth,

Small as zero, ten times Earth.

There is, by God's swift reckoning

A universe in everything.

I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.

From Moby Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville.

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off — then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings toward the ocean with me. 

 

An Insight

Stephen Kotkin explains the real reason Marxism keeps attracting intellectuals and young people, even after the body count.

It is not because the theory works. It is because it offers something far more seductive: total, rapid transformation and a special role for the… pic.twitter.com/H03ROpqH9c

— Commentary - Sowell Economics (@sowelleconomics) August 8, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

>A Catholic Bishop gets put on prime-time national television in the 1950s
>No script, no teleprompter, no celebrity guests, just him, a chalkboard, and the Gospel
>Hollywood completely writes him off as boring religious programming
>Proceeds to absolutely dominate the TV… pic.twitter.com/I7AFXHv7ha

— Trad West (@trad_west_) August 9, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

I ran into a “Republicans for Talarico” type lady here once, came into my replies talking about how she was a lifelong conservative Republican voter who’d been forced to support Democrats because of how radical the Republican Party had become, so I searched her history and found… https://t.co/9k6DEAjPBY

— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) August 10, 2026

 

Data Talks

It is one of the most embarrassing replicated findings in the social sciences. Think of the most unpleasant stereotypes about either sex or any ethnic group, and if it has been studied rigorously, it almost certainly has some validity. That still means modest R-squares. But… https://t.co/lN9A4oEqKR

— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) August 9, 2026

Summer Breeze, 1995 by Alice Dalton Brown

Summer Breeze, 1995 by Alice Dalton Brown (USA, 1939 - )  

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History

That was 10 years ago

Imagine 10 years from now pic.twitter.com/lVZSdBkLOS

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 9, 2026

 

An Insight

All the people promoting Arday seem to be women - agents, editors, co-authors, professors:

Arday’s book editors—Dawn Davis and Kris Doyle

Eve Claxton - co-wrote the book with Arday

Jennifer Gates - Arday’s book agent

Prof. Hilary Cremlin - called Arday's research, "the… https://t.co/epTZXikXSd

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 7, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

People often get upset when turtles are released so far from the shoreline, But for those who don't know, There is a process involved; Although it might seem cruel to make them walk across the sand dragging their own weight, that trek is vital for their survival for three…

— Amazing Nature (@AmazingNature00) August 8, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

A woman and her pet dragon.

Illustration from 1912 by German/Czech artist, Anton Robert Leinweber (1845-1921). pic.twitter.com/cnzq45BtSf

— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) August 10, 2026

 

Data Talks

Incredible 2022 thread of mathematician having a breakdown over the fact that when he put his lectures on YouTube, for free with zero barriers to entry, 90% of his audience was male ,"contributing to gender inequality in mathematics." pic.twitter.com/9jC4e10FHQ

— arctotherium (@arctotherium42) August 7, 2026

 

Shuffleton's Barbershop, 1950 by Norman Rockwell

Shuffleton's Barbershop, 1950 by Norman Rockwell (USA, 1894-1978)

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History

Wow, what an amazing performance!

I dare you to give this a listen without dancing…

H/T to @ScottMcCreaWest for posting this gem. pic.twitter.com/kNouib1ybT

— The Ways of A Gentleman (@Gentleman_Ways) August 8, 2026

 

An Insight

This is the most to-the-point headline the West has ever faced, perhaps. https://t.co/aUBPBo9CHK

— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) August 6, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

Roman marble sculpture of four puppies, curled up asleep together. Unearthed from the ruins of the House of the Faun in Pompeii pic.twitter.com/98Yr8DddKV

— 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐄 (@ConsulofRome_) August 7, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

Polish pianist Waldemar Malicki seamlessly incorporating the interruption of a Nokia ringtone into his music during a live performance. pic.twitter.com/xru0KP3NHJ

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 8, 2026

 

Data Talks

This article is incredible.

America is so rich that its idiots out-earn average and somewhat above-average smarts Britons. https://t.co/FdwqYFRe9I pic.twitter.com/b26KjFQBoD

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) August 7, 2026

 

Lavender Bay Interior, 2024 by Richard Claremont

Lavender Bay Interior, 2024 by Richard Claremont (Australia, 1965 - )   

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History

Mosaic of the Archangel Michael (13th century)
from Church of Santa Maria dell' Ammiraglio pic.twitter.com/PrTXFC4D74

— Marysia (@marysia_cc) August 7, 2026

 

An Insight

The key to the successful counterattack is staying calm while your opponent gets frustrated and irritable.

— 33 Strategies of War (@33StrategiesBot) August 7, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

Vince Guaraldi was the brilliant composer and pianist behind the Peanuts cartoons.

It was quite controversial to use modern jazz in a kid's cartoon, networks hated it, but introduced many kids to jazz.

He was only 46 when he died in 1976, but left such a legacy! pic.twitter.com/eqXVEI3wMF

— Hollywood Horror Museum (@horrormuseum) August 8, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

doctor dog treating sick cat, 15th century pic.twitter.com/QAK0BNg17m

— weird medieval guys (@WeirdMedieval) August 8, 2026

 

Data Talks

FUN FACT: a toilet roll that looks half used has only 38% of the paper left pic.twitter.com/aHfbv17Vwv

— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) August 7, 2026

 

Night Landscape 1943 by Thomas Hart Benton

Night Landscape 1943 by Thomas Hart Benton (USA, 1889-1975)

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History

I learned during my reporting years ago: The military are our vaccine guinea pigs.
They always have been.
The industry/military partnership can study adverse events without reporting them publicly or even telling the soldiers that’s what they may be suffering. (It’s… https://t.co/sPKQIvbOQB

— Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️‍♂️💼🥋 (@SharylAttkisson) August 7, 2026

 

An Insight

I needed my lawn mowed. I asked an American for the name of a company.

He said, "Get a kid."

A kid. Not a service. A child.

I asked which kid.

"Any of 'em."

I asked where one obtains a kid. There is no directory. There is no listing.

He said, "Ask around."

I asked around.…

— NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 (@japan_nobunaga) August 7, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

That hauntingly beautiful soprano voice soaring over Faramir's doomed charge on Osgiliath in Return of the King belongs to Ben Del Maestro, a young soprano whose vocals in Howard Shore's score turn one of the film's most tragic moments into pure poetry. pic.twitter.com/GIXGfWH2nD

— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) August 7, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

This same scene occurred on five continents. pic.twitter.com/h87zQVuvPV

— i/o (@avidseries) August 6, 2026

 

Data Talks

With some very minor exceptions, the data center buildout is happening in red states (historically some purple but on a go forward basis, red).

The data center question is entirely a red on red issue. It’s impossible to build in blues and power is expensive, hence no one is even… pic.twitter.com/mRbyO00ltD

— nic carter (@nic_carter) August 6, 2026

 

The West Wind Isle by Childe Hassam

The West Wind Isle by Childe Hassam (USA, 1859-1935)

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History

I read soooo many film scripts when I lived in Los Angeles in the 2010’s.

My husband worked in creative development so he’d send me scripts after he read them to get my “female perspective.”

As someone who’s read hundreds of scripts (and have very normie commercial taste), I… https://t.co/l7SBeI3E3y

— Brittany Hugoboom (@BritHugoboom) August 7, 2026

 

An Insight

"we tried avoiding the economy but ended up accidentally creating an economy in the process" is one of my favorite genres pic.twitter.com/HiPY3gXo7X

— Benjamin (@bschne) August 6, 2026

I see wonderful things

That fresh smell after rain is called petrichor.

When raindrops hit dry soil, they release plant oils and geosmin from bacteria, creating that rich, earthy scent. pic.twitter.com/K3zKB45WZw

— Science girl (@sciencegirl) August 7, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

After being told that I care too much about ancient woodland & not enough about the economy, I have decided to cut back on the amount of idiots I listen to pic.twitter.com/Qfp1p1wdZY

— The English Oak Project (@TheKentAcorn) August 7, 2026

 

Data Talks

now remember how much harder it is for the white men to publish. it’s compounding https://t.co/cTgT6hkEPk

— zxy (@zelinarxy) August 7, 2026

 

Wide Lands of the Navajo by Maynard Dixon

Wide Lands of the Navajo, 1931 by Maynard Dixon (USA, 1875-196)

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History

Pectoral of Horus with Sun-disk, 1300's BC. From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. pic.twitter.com/C4u2EfQKKU

— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) August 7, 2026

 

An Insight

Sobering thought, but sometimes the future has to wait until a wayward older generation dies off.

Old Testament: after the Israelites escape from Egypt, they incur the Lord's wrath through their lack of faith (even though they had recently witnessed miracles). He responds, "Your…

— The Chivalry Guild (@ChivalryGuild) August 7, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl, cobalt blue with yellow/green spirals, fire-polished, with diameter of 5in (13 cm), dating from 2nd/3rd century BC. Convincing 3-D effect of spirals when seen in detail (at R). For details of the ancient technique, see https://t.co/aiINmGda4p pic.twitter.com/39bEN3uj0e

— Journal of Art in Society (@artinsociety) August 7, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

How to distinguish Asian languages

[📹realromanvice] pic.twitter.com/Vz3E2naUhE

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 7, 2026

 

A Meeting by Wendell Berry

A Meeting

by Wendell Berry

In a dream I meet

my dead friend. He has,

I know, gone long and far,

and yet he is the same

for the dead are changeless.

They grow no older.

It is I who have changed,

grown strange to what I was.

Yet I, the changed one,

ask: "How you been?"

He grins and looks at me.

"I been eating peaches

off some mighty fine trees."

Data Talks

Did you know if you demoralize the populace, dismiss the importance of law enforcement, and reduce spending on police, people will give up on calling the cops and the statistics will then indicate crime is down and you can declare victory? A neat trick. https://t.co/UjJN7QTgca pic.twitter.com/w4BJ7DYVzS

— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) August 7, 2026

 

Pont-Neuf, 1872 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pont-Neuf, 1872 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (France, 1841-1919)

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