This is nice!

Futurism@futurism.com · 13h ago

They're even more unpopular than data centers.

We need to do something about the weird alliance of American techbros and Russian imperialists funding race hate in the UK and Europe. There is no point in spending money on weapons if our enemies rot us from within.

Spent the last few hours sewing up my pants. Well, again. And in some pretty red/black linen chambray! #sewing #sewsky

I talk to new writers about this this kind of "feedback" a lot. I've had folks point out many things they feel are harmful or bad tropes or contributing to erasure/stereotypes in my books. What I have to ask myself is: is this still true to the vision/xp *I* have for the book?

Krista D Ball is Canada's Snarky Potato@kristadb1.bsky.social · yesterday

I'm not going to tag Ursula in this (though she's welcome to reply) because my thread isn't going to be about the Astarion book or if BG3 is a "horny" game or any of that nonsense. Instead, this is about the online demands for the perfect rape victim in fiction. (thread)

Excellent thread here on the mechanics of how discourse is distorted.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · yesterday

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

Would have liked the extra teeth part of Iron Lung to go on a little longer… #bodyhorror #IronLung

I’ll die on the hill that digital purchases shouldn’t be legally allowed to be deleted, removed from user access, etc because at that point that isn’t purchasing a game or product but rather renting it Once you digitally buy a game or media you should get to forever own your copy no matter what

If she doesn’t like public displays of sexuality I assume she’s against Farmer Wants A Wife, The Batchelor, Love Island and a myriad of other TV shows that shove heterosexuality in people’s faces

🤖 SBS News bot (unofficial)@sbs-news-bot.bsky.social · yesterday

Pauline Hanson still doesn't like Mardi Gras, says sexuality should be 'behind closed doors'

The problem that people have with the Albanese Labor government is one of distorted perception (delusion) People still expect that a Labor government will behave in a manner that Labor governments 50 years ago behaved in That ended in 1975, the expectation is a delusion #auspol

Never forget that One Nation's trans bashing is a deliberate strategy to distract from their only goal - to distract us while serving and enriching their billionaire masters. Trans people have always been here and make up less than 1% of the population and hurt no one. 🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️

I blocked one tool yesterday who thinks I’m just biased on this. No, I actually read the legislation. The ALP is not your footy team.

Any Labor brokens saying you *have* to support them because just think how bad the LNP would be, need to FRO. The legislation makes it possible to cut funding streams by 99% purely by Minsiterial discretion. The ALP did the Libs work for them.

Dr Monique Ryan@mon4kooyong.bsky.social · yesterday

The government’s NDIS cuts aren’t aimed at rorting and waste. They’re aimed at vulnerable Australians. They will force disabled people out of their homes and limit their ability to engage with their communities www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Have Australian governments used the _years_ they've had to prepare for the arrival of H5N1 to do ALL that they could to protect our birds and mammals? I don't think they have. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

The two species NSW is racing to protect after fifth case of deadly virus

A Victorian little penguin has died from the disease as the CSIRO revealed how bird flu winged across the world to arrive at Australian shores.

smh.com.au

The Segal State: the Office Australia Never Voted For Part 1 An important piece by Andrew Brown on Michael West Media. Thx @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social. #auspol #Antisemitism #Zionism #education michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-st...

The Segal State: the office Australia never voted for - Michael West

Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal holds power over what Australians may say, teach, report and believe. No election gave it her. Andrew Brown

michaelwest.com.au

Had lunch with two friends, one British and the other American, last week. American’s child has severe ADHD, and the British guy was “does the medication *really* help” and she rather sharply bit his head off over it.

Behemoth & Leviathan, LP@harkov311.bsky.social · 5d ago

Do people just genuinely not understand that ADHD is a medical diagnosis with a medical cause? Is that what's going on here?

"Sleeper climate issue" - phrase used by the media and political establishment to deflect from decades of their #ClimateCrisis minimization and/or denial, while benefiting from fossil fuel lobby advertising, political donations, and lucrative board appointments. See also "hypocrisy". #auspol

Wendy Harmer@wendyharmer.bsky.social · yesterday

No idea why the Sydney Morning Herald is calling this a "sleeper" issue. The science has been in for decades and residents & activists banging the drums as loudly as they can! www.smh.com.au/environment/...

One Nation are extreme transphobic bigots and should have no place in public life. #transphobia #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

One Nation senator says parents who support their trans children are engaging in ‘child abuse’

‘There’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness,’ Tyron Whitten says on YouTube show

theguardian.com

The evil of John Howard's racism still affects Australia It was Howard who said Asian immigration is not good for our social cohesion Hanson was so inspired by this, she joined his party They gave permission for others, even local councils, to be racist www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

‘Systemic racism at work’: Sydney council plan for compulsory English shop signage condemned as ‘kind of crazy’

Strathfield council plan ridiculed for making life harder for small business and failing to consult local communities

theguardian.com

I mean kicking 200,000 people off a disability support scheme, some of whom will die because of it, so you can afford invisible fascist submarines, yeah. It's social murder, and shouldn't be normalised.

Imagine being an ALP Minister of the NDIS and thinking it is good that the LNP "has been extremely constructive" in discussions over how to agree with you legislation to cut the NDIS

FUCK Labor. They could save everyone more money and hassle by rolling disability supports into one nationalised model administered by the states but it's too easy to eugenics the problems away because not enough abled people give enough of a shit. #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Minister won't commit to delay NDIS exit if supports not ready

The NDIS minister will not say if the government will delay participants' exit from the scheme if foundational supports are not ready, but has insisted the government will not leave people in freefall...

abc.net.au

#jayvik 💦

there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.

It's correct, but it's still surprising to see it. I'm so used to the GOP's platform getting laundered by every media outlet. Good job, Wikipedia editors, for nudging the overton window.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 2d ago

ICYMI, over the past two weeks, English-language Wikipedia editors have engaged in a successful effort to change the first paragraph of the Republican Party entry to reflect its current status as a "neo-nationalist" political party. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republi...

Fascinating detail.

daniel sieradski@self.agency · 7d ago

private equity is destroying everything and must itself be destroyed

"I note your comments in the ABC article “NDIS minister says government ‘not contemplating’ need to delay cuts” today, specifically “the government will not leave people without support”. The government, your government, already leaves people without support."

Vanessa Smith@normalness.bsky.social · yesterday

A quick email I fired off, because it pisses me off when the government claims people with a disability get supports. I'm tired of all of us who are unsupported being ignored. No delays to NDIS cuts – email to Minister McAllister normalness.com/2026/08/16/n...

There’s a vocabulary reserved for the poor: “blowouts,” “handouts,” “unsustainable.” There’s no equivalent vocabulary for the $16.3bn a year flowing to mining and gas companies — even as it grows faster than NDIS spending. blakandblack.com/2026/08/15/t...

I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.

Thinking, as I often do, about this tumblr post

👁️🍄🪸@bloomfilters.plus · last wk.

watching cis people repeatedly fail to find a way to counter the conservatives' emphasis on sex and thus watch them hopelessly struggle as conservatives bring back extremely invasive "sex testing" and defund or destroy women's organizations and social spaces is so. wow lol

Yuuuup. Understanding how LLMs and generative "AI" work is not some sort of secret knowledge, nor at its heart an unenduringly complex topic, and it turns out writers, who generally how to do research, are in a good position to get a bead on them.

Lauren Thoman@laurenthomanwrites.com · yesterday

I’m so tired of genAI apologists telling me I only hate it because I don’t understand it. I hate it *because* I understand it, you absolute toenail.