Extremely cool. You love to see it.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 8h ago

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

Who among us can honestly say that we, like the moon, have not seen better days

'Is it Leo Kottke, with splashes of Basho’s magpie-like collecting of other cultures? Or Kottke’s technical chops strained into Flynt’s bold and bull-headed guitar playing? Wherever it’s coming from, I like it a lot.' Sir Richard Bishop - Hillbilly Erotica - Rum Music For August buff.ly/V5CWmzU

Think of Sir Keir black-clad in front of a billowing sixty foot union flag, talking about his government’s awesome plan to win over Tories and the far right with historically remarkable National Front migration crackdowns. What, is this worse than that? Or is it the same shit, but even dumber.

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3h ago

It’s wild how Kemi is just this funhouse mirror of ten years of horrible UK politics and media, showing the rest of them their reflections with deeply unsettling and embarrassing distortion. What she’s doing is IMO little different to what they’ve done, it’s just more ham-fisted, crass and idiotic.

DHS's new visa rules for int'l students studying in the US are, as you might imagine, bad. The link below offers a useful summary. A key thing is that students can now only get 4-year visas, including PhD students, rendering such degrees all but impossible. www.fisherphillips.com/en/insights/...

Begging you to see Blanche's attempts here as a desperate act to get Christian nationalists to vote for him. He is using the tried and true strategy: "I may not be saint, but voting for me means saving millions of babies." I explain here: axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily...

Axis Daily Brief | Josh Hawley Wants More Than an Attorney General

The Hidden Ties Between Josh Hawley and Leonard Leo, and the Fight to Outlaw Abortion through Exploitation of the U.S. Attorney General Confirmation Process

axismundinetwork.substack.com

Rewire News Group@rewirenewsgroup.com · 3h ago

1. Now-deleted audio shows that Acting AG Todd Blanche privately told faith leaders the DOJ is working to make the 2022 Dobbs decision, which revoked federal abortion protections, “permanent in every single state.” Blanche also suggested a crackdown on the mailing of abortion pills.🧵

James Carville is presumably dying in a ditch somewhere.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 3h ago

seriously, they seem to be passing that particular test just fine right now

I'm very happy to have got the chance to participate in this project, and particularly enjoyed reading *this* post lol

Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com · 3h ago

In March of 2011, Ursula wrote a colorfully titled blog post about colorful language: "I remember when swearing, though tame by modern standards, was quite varied and often highly characteristic." On this week's episode of In Your Spare Time, author @vajra.me reads "Would You Please Fucking Stop?"

I thought I had caught Restore in some brilliant trap because Restore calls for banning halal butchering so he’d also be inadvertently banning kosher butchering—‘haha!’ I said, ‘Lowe’s caught himself in a right pickle!’ I said—but lo and behold, he admit it!

BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR CENTURIES OF SOUND WILL HAVE DEVELOPED MARCONI'S DEVICE FOR LISTENING TO THE PAST AND WILL HAVE HIGH QUALITY FLACS OF BUDDY BOLDEN'S BAND FOR YOU TO ENJOY

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 7h ago

SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

this is truly motivating me to use inshallah even more than I already do after all it’s the faster and more fun way to say “if the good lord’s willing and the creek don’t rise,” speaking as someone with Southern roots.

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 3h ago

starting my compilation/collage of right wing white dipshits losing their shit over the word “inshallah”

I was lazy tonight and just had sourdough toast and Gouda cheese for dinner. So nice!

Version of LinkedIn but for pervert glasses which invites you to upgrade to Premium to find out ‘four other people’ who filmed you today

IT'S OFFICIAL! The Republic of Nauru changes its name in English to Naoero

And the Voice of the Vacuum Cleaner was heard in the Land.

I guess the cat is out of the bag, to coin a phrase. Ronaldo has graciously agreed to consider taking the role after much pleading from MGM. He wishes to be paid in wheatgrass and tube treats.

The Independent@the-independent.com · 10h ago

James Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’

Where might the renowned genius Kemi Badenoch have got the idea that it’s fine to snuggle up with horrifying racist cranks and far right psychos, provided enough newspaper dorks are willing to agree that actually they are committed antiracist anti-extremists, and in fact the victims of prejudice?

It says "for those who are a wee bit too greedy..."

I have read Joshua Bonehill-Paine’s blogpost from April entitled “Inside the Mind of an Antisemite -and How I Escaped It”. It’s a fascinating account of being consumed by hateful, extremist ideology. You know what’s not in there? An apology. To Luciana Berger or the wider Jewish community

So a strange thing one can do in Chiang Mai is get a massage from women prisoners, smack dab in the Old City Well, turns out that when Bangkok took over Chiang Mai in the 1800s, it bought its old royal family's palace and turned it into a women's prison. So if you want to visit the old palace...

Women's Prison Massage Chiang Mai | Skills & Community

The women's prison massage programme in Chiang Mai. What makes it different, where to find it, what to expect, and why it matters.

chiangmaiambassador.com

The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.

Based on their rate of growth so far, microphones will be absolutely huge by 2030. Podcasters will be talking into microphones the size of beer casks

an Avatar-style Bond, where the new Bond has to meditate to access knowledge possessed by his previous incarnations (represented with archived footage of Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, and Craig) in order to learn the relevant skills to defeat the criminal organisation

The Independent@the-independent.com · 10h ago

James Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’

KB managing to personally associate herself with this screw up for, like, legit no reason at all... quite something.

Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 4h ago

Joshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash

I don't actually see any evidence of this? As far as I can tell most academics response to the Wilson piece (those who have seen it at all) was "huh, fair enough - I liked the film tho". I'm guessing this isn't registering because low key calm responses aren't flashy or memorable.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · 23h ago

If the academy gets pulled into coming out swinging against the biggest adaptation of Homer in probably a couple generations off the back of one prominent scholar deciding to be Reviewer 2 to Nolan's work, it will say, IMO, pretty damning things about academia's ability to foster public engagement.

"Dems have got to be prepared to inherit a munitions-and-readiness hole that is going to be expensive to fill, but which will need to be filled." No? Not necessarily? And not without attaching massive audits and institutional reforms?

Every Child A Changeling by Samantha Pellegrino "I sat up on one arm and peered into her crib. She was gone. In her place was wrapped a sallow, horned little boy." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

I don’t think Americans know what it’s like to lose lose a war. Yes sure the US lost in Vietnam but obviously the costs were way bigger for uh the Vietnamese

Embrace tradition:

Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · yesterday

Most normal carrier landing