I wonder what fresh and exciting ways people will find to minimise the significance of the renaissance of the extreme right in... Germany.
We’re about 15 minutes away from polls closing in Saxony-Anhalt There is very heavy police presence in the city centre and a protest has just blocked the main hub where all of he trams connect Follow along for live updates:
A sundowning old man, addicted to AI slop, surrounded by supplicants and apparatchiks, with control over the US nuclear arsenal.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoA string of absolutely bonkers Truth Social posts from Trump in the span of about 10 minutes
Lest not forget, Konsa also did this on his full Arsenal debut.
I dunno, I still feel that not enough people talk about the American President being out of his fucking mind.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: The 2 people used in American Gothic by Grant Wood stand next to the iconic painting. They were Wood’s sister, Nan Graham, and his dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby (1942). 📷 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Archives
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
This 1979 CIA map of Afghanistan shows the country’s major ethnic groups on the eve of the Soviet–Afghan War, making it one of the most historically important demographic maps of Cold War Afghanistan. More Declassified 1970s CIA Maps: brilliantmaps.com/cia-maps-...
Two-thirds of NYC’s income growth since the pandemic went to the top 1%. The richest 0.001% — about 50 families — saw their average income soar from $315 million in 2019 to nearly $600 million a year. It’s time to build a city that works for everyone.
This was clearly not an act of spontaneity. Dozens and dozens of men travelling down, all wearing black, all wearing masks is anything but a spontaneous protest. An infuriating response.
Thomas I-G@thomasig.bsky.social · 2d agoStop calling far-right thugs 'protesters' ffs.
Who would ever have thought that the BBC’s political editor would put out a single source claim that was both false and also great propaganda for Reform…
BBC report on the radio makes a point of saying the mood was “intimidating but not hostile” in Dover this morning, right before describing the massed men wearing balaclavas and blocking key infrastructure as shouting “Whose streets? Our streets.” I dunno, lads: sounds intimidating AND hostile to me
Gerard McCarthy's response to Maureen Lipman is so fucking good
Imagine if math were taught this way instead of as dry and repetitive exercises…
Inigo Quilez@iquilezles.bsky.social · 2d agoDistorting space with sine functions #math
Federal corporate political spending has already reached nearly $650 MILLION ahead of the midterms, according to Public Citizen. That’s an all-time high — and we’re still months away from Election Day. Big Money is the real threat to “election integrity.”
