The idea that any of us is asked to make an argument for our Britishness is not only insulting and patronising but also pretty fucking racist

Sathnam Sanghera@sathnam.bsky.social · 2d ago

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

Did a cat write this?

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4d ago

Researchers who study the happiness of nations often look at measures like health and wealth. But a new study considered another factor as well: Cats. Examining data from 93 countries, the study found a positive association between cats and happiness. https://wapo.st/4zf9yv1

Happy Fullmetal Mean Girls Day, to all who celebrate.

I've read through my employment contract 3 times and at no point does it specify that I can't unleash bees in the office

We should have known, of course. We might have looked like the IRA on a mission, but left to their own devices the police at the checkpoints had just reverted to their default position. They were only stopping black people.

genuinely can’t remember for the first so Americans, without searching, what do you think these two things are

Aidan O’Brien@aidanobrien.bsky.social · 2w ago

Do they have "dogging" in America, or is it called something weird there? What do they think fly-tipping is?

I wrote "ouch" on a piece of paper and sent it through the photocopier. What happened next chilled me to the bone

Science Magazine@science.org · 2w ago

Can the new cutting-edge AI models feel pain? They at least behave as if they do, according to a recent study. The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided #AI researchers. https://scim.ag/4hHU6BA

The far right in France has accused Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian writer whose novel has been widely acclaimed, to have used AI to write it The accusation is, unsurprisingly, based on shaky grounds as described in this excellent article but the damage is done www.mediapart.fr/journal/cult...

Thélyson Orélien : mécanique d’une polémique

La campagne accusant l’écrivain canado-haïtien d’avoir eu recours à l’IA est orchestrée depuis l’extrême droite médiatique. Mais elle prend aussi son essor dans le vertige de ce que l’usage des outil…

mediapart.fr

We know too well why the far right is doing this and the consequences are very clear and yet so many continue to tiptoe around the far right media as if they are a legitimate part of a democratic debate rather than the enemy of democracy pure and simple

It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.

Our beavers have been a lot less eager ever since IT clamped down on their access to what our furry friends claim are legitimate beaver-themed websites.

Plenty of other reasons to hate AI: It's making people stupider. The Trump/Musk slop art. It's destroying journalism. It's environmentally damaging. The attempts to force it on us are part of a larger anti-democracy project. But deadly robot armies ain't it.

Anyway, I know that the "we're all going to die by a robot army" hype is really fun for folks, and so that's going to have way more power than the "nah, dawg, that's dumb" skepticism. That's my cross to bear. But please do consider the possibility it's just very silly hype.

Ultimate Man shook my hand and then told me exactly how I was going to die.

Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.”

If you’ve been ingesting a load of AI-related bullshit online and despairing at your fellow human beings I can highly recommend living with a four year old who, when picked up from school, shouts DADDY WE MADE A MONSTER OUT OF TWIGS

Is it too much to ask from the Prime Minister of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to grab the largest microphone and television camera in his immediate vicinity and shout "STOP TRYING TO LYNCH ASYLUM SEEKERS YOU RACIST CUNTS!" from the top of his lungs? Yes. Apparently.

writing a paragraph this stupid is a great way to get St James, the patron saint of the vast pilgrimage economy of the Middle Ages, mad at u

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 4w ago

Man shut the FUCK up

My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine

"Where Reformers stand out is in the lack of public spirit. They are more inclined than traditional Tories to think that most people would cheat an honesty box, and twice as likely to say they themselves would keep a bag of banknotes they found in a bush". www.economist.com/britain/2026...

The misanthrope party

Reform UK’s miserabilist streak is Nigel Farage’s asset, and his problem

economist.com

This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life

Did I just imagine section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023?

Thomas I-G@thomasig.bsky.social · last mo.

PM's office today have tacitly agreed with Kent Police's assessment that the blocking of Dover Port was a "lawful protest". There's currently no real pressure from anyone in govt, opposition parties or media to arrest masked thugs and their organisers from breaching the peace, disruption etc

Today, the anniversary (one way or another) of three deaths: one that wasn’t supposed to happen, because Henry II, Count of Champagne and King of Jerusalem, was only 31, but on this day in 1197 had a slight mishap with a window...

we have got to become comfortable once again with calling dumb selfish assholes, dumb selfish assholes

THEY ARE ALL NOW IN THEIR FORTIES, WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY 'IN BETWEEN' AT THIS POINT? LOSING THEIR VIRGINITY AND THE ICY GRIP OF THE GRAVE?

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last mo.

Netflix has started production on a third Inbetweeners film, with main cast returning.

Has your cat been gaining weight and staying out at night, only to arrive home reeking of marijuana? These are just some of the signs that a neighbour is trying to entice them away ...

The unsettling rise of cat seducers: ‘My little companion was missing – and I was consumed with anger’

theguardian.com

"In what must be the most plausible line of dialogue in any film about litigation, one member of Coyote’s legal team wonders aloud about who will pay for the photocopying."

Damning silence from Labour on their Napoleon III exhumation policy