Rules Don't Work

@rulesdontwork.bsky.social

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LIFE GOAL: GAMING STUPID SYSTEMS Regulation, justice, climate - are among things I work on. Science fiction, Baroque music, Frank Zappa are things I don't work on and enjoy very much. Support đŸ‡șđŸ‡ŠđŸłïžâ€đŸŒˆđŸłïžâ€âš§ïž Neurodivergent and bipolar (FTW!) Irredeemably woke

Screenshot from electricitymaps.com on 25 June 2026 at 9.45AM showing France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland as the lowest per Kwh emitters in Europe (along with Albania), followed by Spain, Portugal, the Baltics, Austria, Greece. Though not in the "worst" category, Germany and the UK are very much in the "not great" category
Photo du supposé Martinet Noir, juvénile mais pas oisillon. Il est au sol, ne tient pas bien sur ses pattes et reste collé au seuil de la porte.
Little Sheltie looking up with round black eyes
Small three colour Sheltie on grass background
Half liquefied cat
Cat, curled up
Plein de coeurs roses et violets
Excerpt from Joana Reid, MP's Wikipedia page, reading: In 2025, Reid wrote for both the Daily Record to criticise Nicola Sturgeon's support for transgender rights and in LabourList to celebrate the Supreme Court decision on the Equality Act's definitions of man and woman.[9][10] In October 2025, she faced criticism from Scottish National Party politicians and local councillors after stating that their party had "turned Glasgow into a sanctuary for asylum seekers through their own virtue-signalling policies".
Tweet by Donald Tusk, Poland's PM, on 22 March 2026: The news that Orbán’s people inform Moscow about EU Council meetings in every detail shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. We’ve had our suspicions about that for a long time. That’s one reason why I take the floor only when strictly necessary and say just as much as necessary.
Tabby/white cat leaning out of his carrying-bag-made-into-house through it's central opening with his head turned upwards like "yes how can I help you?"
From KUT NEWS website: Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned. The Trump administration is sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration enforcement to a single group shelter in South Texas. The decision was made over urgent objections from the administration’s own health and child welfare officials, who say both the facility and the region lack the specialized care the girls need. That’s according to seven sources who work at the Office of Refugee Resettlement within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which handles the custody and care of children who cross the border without a parent or legal guardian, or are separated from family by immigration authorities. All of the sources declined to be named for fear of retaliation.
Tricolour cat yawning hugely and with his front legs wide open
NYT post "Elon Musk told employees at xAI, his artificial intelligence company, on Tuesday that the company needed a factory on the moon to build A.I. satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space."
Vue sur le MĂ©kong Ă  travers les arbres
Vue sur le MĂ©kong Ă  travers les arbres
A decorative elephant at the entrance of a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos
Sheltie and cat brother relaxing / sleeping / playing together, curled facing each other, cat half drowning in dog fur, all atop just one armchair. She is 3 colour and he is tabby and white
Three colour Sheltie on the bed, posing in profile
Post from Spanish satirical website EMT saying "Denmark changed the name of Greenland to Epstein Island so Trump stops talking about it!"
Post text: The rule of law is still intact in the US and we will deal with this. I don't know why the ICE agent felt threatened but appearances at this time are that he overreacted, to say the least. Full investigations will be carried out by multiple parties.
Mignon chat roulé en boule avec la patte sur la frimousse car il fait froid!
Screenshot of Reddit comment (text is in my post itself)
Last rays of a sun already set, reflecting on clouds seen behind the ridges of the Esterel
Chaton tigré - blanc et petite chienne assortie dormant collés l'un à l'autre sur un bon fauteuil
Chat tricolore rayé les yeux fermés, couché sur la mousse, devant Jésus et les autres santons, dans la crÚche
Comic books author with a beard and a Santa Claus costume in his sleigh, with a mix of animals hitched to it: two deers (looking upset), one tyrannosaurus, and the author's dog (all of them have Christmas Deer head ornaments). The author shouts: AHEAD! OUT WITH LAZINESS! and advertises his most recent books, and says they have to ensure there are enough in all the bookstores! Tyrannosaurus asks the dog: "can I eat him?"
Programme de concert GEORG FRIEDRICH HAENDEL (1685-1759) MESSIAH - HWV 56 Composition: entre le 22 aoĂ»t et le 14 septembre 1741. CrĂ©ation: le 13 avril 1742, au Music Hall de Fishamble Street, Ă  Dublin. GWENDOLINE BLONDEEL, SOPRANO PAUL ANTOINE BÉNOS-DJIAN, CONTRE-TÉNOR LAURENCE KILSBY, TÉNOR ALEXANDRE BALDO, BARYTON-BASSE CHƒUR ET ORCHESTRE DE L'OPÉRA ROYAL DE VERSAILLES THEOTIME LANGLOIS DE SWARTE, DIRECTION avec le gĂ©nĂ©reux soutien d Aline Foriel-Destozot Lundi 15 dĂ©cembre 2025-20h Basilique Saint-Bonaventure
Opening paragraph from this review: Indebted to Biblical Hebrew and Rabelaisian French, tohu-bohu means ‘[t]hat which is empty and formless; chaos; utter confusion’, or so claims the electronic edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) — a fitting sobriquet, I suggest, for the meretricious Comparative Law: A Very Short Introduction (VSI), a text easily assignable to ‘comparative law’s dark side’.
A Sheltie and a young cat, both 3 colours, looking liquefied with sleep on a striped blanket - sound asleep together
Pink evening clouds on a background of light blue
Sheltie and kitten grazing some catnip together, surrounded by their very own mess of toys
Kitten in a nice loaf position on a pretty cluttered dining table, eyes half closed
Happily running Sheltie dog in a field brightly lit by the winter sun, bare trees and river in the background
Sheltie dog and kitten with assorted colours sleeping together, the cat is laying on the dog as it were a large pillow
3 colour young cat and 3 colour Sheltie laying down happily on the floor in the exact same position, on the side, parallel to each other, looking RELAXED
An adorable Sheltie dog looking at you like "yes I am adorable and happy because I am running outside and you are with me and yay!"
Drawing of Trump made up of different pieces: most of them labeled 'asshole', one 'greed', one 'racism', his face 'orange paint', "small hands", and a ridiculous red tie winding on the floor
A Christmas tree made up of an army of smiling (generally, at least) cats - the top has one cat holding another cat, this one in horizontal position, holding a star with a very distraught-looking mouse!
Tankie account called Drew Habits posting There's liberals in the comments below this who are defending not just the highway of death but also the US wars in Iraq, Vietnam, Korea, etc., and yet they still pretend they're the good guys You barely even have to scratch them anymore
Pope Leo in a plane, standing in the aisle, holding a baseball bat with a very concentrated look, like he wants to show intent and purpose!
Photo of people on a balcony watching as apartment buildings are topped with fire smoke. Text: Hong Kong fire that killed at least 94 ‘under control’ but hundreds missing Death toll rises to 94 as rescuers try to reach people trapped in upper apartments of high rises.
Wikipedia Map of Chongqing Municipality with the following comment: The municipality of Chongqing, China, whose administrative jurisdictional area is approximately the size of Austria, has the largest population of any city proper; over 70% of its residents live in rural areas.
View of Dhaka Airport departure hall
A banyan tree in a side street of the leafy neighborhood of Gulshan
A concrete truck and a passing passenger train under an overpass in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Some people taking opportunity of stopped traffic to cross the road.
Joli chat tricolore et tigre devant un meuble vitré plein de porcelaines diverses
Post gaucho-nihiliste disant "une carriÚre n'est possible que dans la compromission avec le capitalisme et le fascisme désolée"
Lovely Sheltie dog asking for cuddles by laying on her back and curling her paws
Tricolour kitten happy and smiling in sleep, curled up
User Theophite posts: somehow the crown we threw in the gutter is going to be waiting for us to pick it up when we're able
User Drunk on Mystery posting: Much like USAid, if the rest of the world wanted to replace what the US has done for the last 80 years, they would have been doing it already
Angry goose meme
Little tricolour cat rolled in semi snail (his head is a bit out so not perfect snail)
Absolutely perfect little snail imitation by a happy tabby cat