“I never have gaffes, or apologising for something that I said… I never have to clarify, because I think very carefully about what I say.” - Kemi Badenoch, September 2024
What is this constant nonsense about how people shouldn't be judged for their past actions and comments and affiliations. Of course they should. What else should they be judged for if not that
People of Dagsion, hear me now, as I declare that three more years of Fire Emblem discourse... has begun!
It is really quite something to watch Iran decide it has so little fear of US willingness to exercise power that it can openly humiliate the President without meaningful consequence. And its seems likely theyre right
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2d agoSince Trump claimed Iran was engaging diplomatically, Iran has fired on a commercial vessel and targeted a U.S. base in Kuwait. It appears he’s directing his outreach toward the wrong folks.
Certain posters are not beating the allegations that a certain type of British journalist is incapable of extending empathy to anyone other than the 50 or so colleagues they run into at dinner parties, a grace they extend to those 50 people but think minorities & the disadvantaged are unworthy of
Reporter: Xi told you that China would not give or sell Iran any weapons. A new report says Iran will get 400 rocket launchers from China. President Trump: That would be surprising. He told me he wouldn't partake. He knows I would be quite disappointed.
i've developed quite an antipathy to "just let people enjoy things" thought on almost every conceivable axis. how about you let people critique things
Jul 24-27 poll of 15,887 U.S. adults (±1.0 points) Which would you pick: instantly receiving $50,000 or flipping a coin for a 50% chance to win $1 million? % who'd take the sure money | the coin flip 🇺🇸 65% | 25% 🇬🇧 73% | 21% (Britons asked in £) yougov.com/en-us/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
ChatGPT requests are starting to turn up as evidence in criminal trials and these ones are going to be hard to beat
⚡️ Iran and North Korea have already attacked Ukraine by arming Russia, Zelenskyy tells Sky News.
Reports that Iran is calling this an escalation and so on, need to note that Iran has been supplying missiles, drones and explosives/munitions to Russia for the war in Ukraine for years via the Caspian Sea shipping
H I Sutton@covertshores.bsky.social · 2w agoTwo key arms running ships reportedly hit by Ukrainian drones (OWA-UAVs) in Caspian: Russian flagged PORT OLYA 2 (IMO: 9481881) - sanctioned Russian flagged BEGEY (IMO: 8943210) - sanctioned Oil platforms & 1 x Pr.1241 TARANTUL Class missile boat also reportedly hit
The decision of so many people to keep using X in its race-war phase has made me a bit more cynical overall about the ability to draw moral red lines. It’s beyond disappointing.
Lobby/politics journalists in the UK realising they're going to spend the next few years frequenting a random branch of The Slug & Lettuce in central Manchester
andy burnham comms operation is becoming too modern too too fast. he’s debuting as a vtuber tomorrow
The bushfire situation around Bordeaux is looking incredibly grim. The larger fire to the west of the city has expanded into the rural-urban interface around Lège-Cap-Ferret/Arès and has completely cut off the Cap Ferret headland. A second smaller bushfire is also raging to the south of Bordeaux.
(I also think this freak out from some of the lobby is going to become ever bigger as they realised Burnham is largely focused on socials + direct content and not communicating via them. Interesting one to track)
Aaron H. Ellis@aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 2w agoMaybe his team are cognizant of the fact that jankier content does bigger number than slickly produced ones?
This is shockingly real, the Madera County Young Republicans endorsed Democrat Adam Gray
Lawyers: “well there could technically be a tenuous connection between bridges and power plants and IRGC military use, so one could make the argument tha—“ President Grandpa: “FUCK IT, WE’RE DOING RETALIATION BOMBING. MASS PUNISHMENT FOR EVERYONE.”
People are really uncomfortable with a tax level that would bring us up to sustainably providing existing service levels and I have no idea what you do with that if you want to provide even more services.
there’s a funny irony to naughty dog’s intergalactic having physical sony media porn in their reveal trailer
Problem with Doomsday (and every Avengers film) is the stakes are supposed to be so incredibly high and yet they never call in Superman. Ridiculous.
All firings so far... have we ruled out the possibility that "Manchesterism" means governing without a cabinet?
This game was always going to be trash because of stadium. The raw ass energy of the New York Jets haunts the place and is too powerful for even these elite athletes to overcome.
The Co-Operative Party getting it's first Prime Minister, 99 years after entering a permanent electoral pact with the Labour Party
