Macklemore: Palestinian children are people. Robert Kraft *actively getting a handjob from a strip mall prostitute he refuses to tip*: We must ban this hate speech from every stadium in America. Let me call up my friends, the Epstein client list. Ed Sheeran: Good point, sir. Both sides, sir.
Yes, now that you mention it, 'Mustn't condemn or punish fascist action; it might cost us the fascist vote,' does sound like a pretty naive and self-destructive way to conduct and safeguard liberal democratic politics. Nevertheless,
her very existence was an indisputable reminder of how many things framed as inevitabilities were actually just someone’s choice. there actually is enough money for everything. the wealthy could fully fund literacy and public health and the arts and child welfare. they just won’t
Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 4w agoBy almost any measure Dolly embodied "the American Dream." Some people will come from nothing and make it big and consider the problem now solved. Others will remember that there are still others with nothing and use what they have to help.
Well, well, well… www.newscientist.com/article/2585...
Suggesting that ADHD is a myth is pseudoscientific and dangerous | New Scientist
ADHD is a real condition that can have serious consequences if undiagnosed. An ill-informed documentary that suggests it is a modern, social construct could cause harm, says Caroline Williams
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I’m here to break the hearts of ICE supporters
Walked outside and immediately felt something drip on my shirt, looked up and it's a commando that a the Predator strung up. The mayor campaigned on fixing the Predator problem but all he did is set up a Tableau dashboard where you can see the number of reports. Which has selection bias btw
The Tour De France reminds me of the greatest post in Defector history defector.com/dave-mckenna...
Dave McKenna Insists They Have Ham Trucks In France | Defector
The topic in Defector’s internal chat on Friday was a ban, in the nation of France, on smoking in most outdoor spaces. How can the French—the French!—ban smoking? David Roth observed that “this feels ...
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Either Mission Impossible 2 or any/all of the Hobbit movies. At least I had a nap in the Hobbits
Defector@defector.com · 2mo agoWhat's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...
Draconian tech bans are a sham designed to punish kids for the sins of the adults who've ruined our world, whether online or off. It's high time we began policing them, not our children. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Séamas O’Reilly: Social media bans for children ignore the scorpions in the room
We already have ways of mitigating online harms – they are enshrined in laws we refuse to enact
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Apparently, you're not allowed to post: “BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!”
Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 3mo agoThese are the exact words she posted: “BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!”
turns out being deliberately antagonistic towards the people who elected you in order to court people who would under no circumstances ever vote for you is not smart
Kids are on their phones too much. I don't know why they don't use the many youth clubs, public swimming pools, community clubs or sports facilities successive governments and skint local authorities have underfunded, closed or sold to property developers.
A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.
Look I know Owen Jones isn’t to everyone’s tastes, but…
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo agoNot yet worried about tyranny in Britain? This is why you should be | Owen Jones
Picky-eating American children are afflicted with a form of privilege we don't talk about enough: not-dying privilege. To explain, @amybrown.xyz kicks off our TASTE week: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/picky-book-r...
Pickiness tastes like trauma
How American children became the fussiest eaters in history (and why they need to check their not-dying privilege).
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labour's anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies will never win them any votes, because "the UK's problems are caused by immigrants" is both a fundamentally incorrect idea and trivial to outflank on the right. "well, we'll be twice as tough on immigrants then. vote reform"
Kelsey Atherton@atherton.bsky.social · last yr.Man Kier Starmer is going to have a full-on freakout when he learns you can turn directions other than "right."
Not once in the 80s, 90s or 00s do I recall a politician urging the public to embrace email, mobile phones, texting, two factor authentication, online banking, air fryers, or to replace all their cassette collection with a CD collection. So forgive me if I smell a rat.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo agoLiz Kendall urges UK public to embrace AI as government makes first £500m fund investment
I’m not proud of it but if Forrest Gump started talking to me on a bench I’d have left
Strikes me as an absurd threat, either we need the 4000 new training places or we don’t
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
Fuckin A this is the best news I've seen in a bit
Goose@phatcussy.bsky.social · 7mo agoget wrecked Kid Starver
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
