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Cat & hedgehog.

"today i learned that brent crude, the trading classification for two types of petroleum, was named after the brent oilfield in the north sea, which was itself named after the seabird, the brent goose.

this fact has profound implications for geopolitics: the iran war can now be officially proclaimed a wild goose chase; trump is a silly goose; starmer wouldn’t say boo to a goose; let’s have a gander at oil prices; bad idea, that gave me goosebumps; petrostates are the goose that lay the golden egg; and if this whole charade carries on for much longer our goose shall be cooked" —@merothwell

Fissures of fire 2026.

marble floor to the rain
rainbird in do-si-do
the world
in its far claims tarries
in the dark rains rocking
a realm void of Fillmore

"Maybe this is what the cinematography of gothic films is trying to tell us with all the shadows, all that chiaroscuro. Everything has a shadow, especially pain."