Just want to remind folks that this keeps happening. Burials of assumed-important ancients discovered to be women via genetic testing, after decades of them simply being assumed to be male. The patriarchy is incompatible with reality.

Jens Notroff@jensnotroff.com · 5d ago

The #BronzeAge #UptonLovellShaman​'s burial in Wiltshire has long been considered an important religious figure & metalworker. It's been barely questioned someone of such status must be male. But now #aDNA analysis revealed that the body is in fact: a woman. 🏺 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Book of Boba Fett (Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine, 2022): The hovertain, art by Anton Grandert

New York Transit Museum@nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 2w ago

#TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay in 1966, the New York Central Railroad broke the American rail speed record with its experimental M-497 railcar. Nicknamed the “Black Beetle,” the M-497 was a marvel of engineering. It was able to reach a speed of 183.68 mph, becoming America’s first high-speed train.

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

Gillian Anderson has officially revealed the upcoming 1,478-piece LEGO set for THE X-FILES. The set is centered on Mulder’s office, paired with a forest clearing scene and a hovering UFO. Includes 8 minifigures, featuring Mulder, Scully, The Flukeman & more. August 4.

I'm an Anastasia the Patrician girlie but St. Eugenia and St. Euphroysne also ruled (all three were from Alexandria, transmasc HQ I guess???)

AOC on a movie that made her cry PabloReports: When’s the last time a piece of art—film, music, whatever—made you cry? AOC: Okay, let me go with the worst time one made me cry. I was on an airplane watching… what is that movie? The one about aliens with a linguist? Arrival. With Amy Adams.

Did you know that Sam Neil designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it? He's fought for aboriginal rights and he's also a Kiwi. 5 years blood cancer free and he's a hero. Also Fuck Cancer.

Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)@ela-bambust.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Neil has been a class act fighting for aboriginal rights for decades and I'm so fucking glad to hear this

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Guided By Gumbo@guidedbygumbo.bsky.social · last yr.

The movie holds up. As does this great anecdote courtesy of Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum.

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

They crunch us and bleed us dry and leave the broken bones for scraps, and they make money every step along the way

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: Xbox will cut 3,200 jobs as part of a major reorganization, and divest from five studios: - Compulsion and Double Fine will go indie - Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will be sold - Arkane to enter consultation process Here's the full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bald sind es 250.000 Unterschriften!! 💪🫶 Wer noch nicht unterschrieben hat, kann das weiterhin tun, um Informationsfreiheit in D zu retten & damit unsere Demokratie zu schützen. Und Ihr könnt noch mehr tun: Mails schreiben an SPD-MdB. 📧 Lasst uns da weiter dranbleiben! #Informationsfreiheitsgesetz

FragDenStaat@fragdenstaat.de · last mo.

Die Spitzen von CDU, CSU und SPD wollen das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz abschaffen – einen Grundpfeiler unserer Demokratie. 2025 haben wir den Angriff der Union aufs IFG gemeinsam abgewehrt. Das schaffen wir auch heute – unterzeichnet jetzt unsere WeAct-Petition! weact.campact.de/petitions/sp...

Which was your favourite beer? "I don't know. I don't remember. I'm tired."

Bryan Fischer@bryandfischer.bsky.social · last mo.

Messi, asked which of his World Cup goals was his favorite: “I don’t know. I don’t remember. I’m tired.”

A24 announces that they want to put storyboard artists out of work. That's what the headline should be written as. Becuase we should be honest about what these AI "tools" are trying to do, and who it is trying to circumvent. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Google Invests $75 Million in A24 to Develop AI-Powered Filmmaking Tools

A24 and Google have struck an AI research partnership that will see the independent studio work to develop new AI-powered technologies for filmmakers.

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Inzwischen hat die Petition von @michaelgromotka.bsky.social über 700 Unterzeichner_innen! 🙌 #DLFreform Die 1.000 kriegen wir auch noch voll, oder? www.openpetition.de/petition/onl...

Die Programm-Reform des Deutschlandfunk (DLF) stoppen! - Online-Petition

Sehr geehrter Herr Raue, kürzlich haben Sie bekanntgegeben, dass das Programmschema des Deutschlandfunks zum 30.11.2026 grundlegend reformiert werden soll. Die bisher bekannt gewordenen Eckpunkte der ...

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Amrei Bahr@amreibahr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hui, schon über 500 Unterschriften! Da geht noch mehr, oder? #DLFreform

Sir Ian McKellen.

Endlich wieder #nipponconnection in Frankfurt 🎌 Podcasts wie immer parallel zum Festival bei @schoener-denken.de und danach auch bei uns und den Festival Bericht dann bei #bedroomdisco und unsere Watchlist bei #Letterboxd boxd.it/UyZz0 #filmsky #filmfestival #japan

Die Leitung steht schon, nach den Nachrichten geht es los!

Kristin Eichhorn@drkeichhorn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Vorankündigung: Über Bedeutung und Lage der #Geisteswissenschaften diskutiere ich am Donnerstag, den 7.5. zwischen 14 und 15 Uhr in BR2. Weitere Gäste sind Eva Geulen und Rüdiger Heinze. #IchBinHanna #LauteWissenschaft www.br.de/radio/bayern...

In the 90s, Harrison Ford was the right age to play the president in movies. In 2026, Harrison Ford is the right age to play the president in movies.

Spitzenmanager haben ihre Gehälter seit 2019 um 54 Prozent gesteigert, während die Gehälter von normalen Beschäftigten um 12 Prozent gesunken sind. CEOs verdienen inzwischen das 490-fache ihrer Mitarbeiter. Aber WIR leben über unsere Verhältnisse.

Zero desire to open the comments.

There will never be enough victim-blaming to make up for poor infrastructure and missing leadership. But it sure makes a nice distraction for decision-makers hiding from responsibility, right? Classic ad by our own @tomflood.bsky.social for @visionzerovancouver.ca. #UrbanTruth

Es wäre doch einfach zu geil für die AfD-Light Regierung unter #Merz, wenn ein psychisch kranker Migrant (wichtig!) einen fürchterlichen Anschlag verüben würde, der 2 Wochen lang die Schlagzeilen bestimmt, um von der ganzen skandalösen, mutmaßlichen hochkorrupten Lobbypolitik der #CDU abzulenken.

Wann kommen wir endlich vom Grundrecht auf billigen Sprit und billiges Fliegen zum Grundrecht auf bezahlbare Mobilität für alle? #Fairkehrswende jetzt!

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo, the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

theguardian.com

Das hat nämlich diverse Implikationen: - Sie werden gefügig gemacht für einen Arbeitsmart, der sie ausbeutet. - Das kritische Denken wird unterbunden, was wiederum dem ersten Punkt zuarbeitet. - Die Wahrscheinlichkeit psychischer Belastungen steigt (denn da sind Selbstzweifel ein guter Weg).

Die müssen verstehen, dass sie manipuliert werden an ihren Fähigkeiten zu zweifeln, damit man ihnen das Produkt möglichst effektiv verkaufen kann.

🧵 3 papers by me & my team Ullrich Ecker Fabio Carrella Emily Spearing Almog Simchon ask an urgent question: if you tell people they're being manipulated by AI — deepfakes, AI-written articles, microtargeted ads — is the manipulation defanged? Thread 👇 1/10

I was already in love with Project Hail Mary and then a prop from Power of the Daleks turned up. 👌🏻

Tom Morello opening speech in Minneapolis 🔥