if firing a geriatric old racist means the government will fall, then it doesn't deserve to stand #nzpol

The only reason BlueSky is a thing is that it gave people fleeing Nazi Twitter a plug-and-play place to reconnect with the people and formerly good parts of Twitter they enjoyed without turning every conversation into an edge lord fight club of bigotry.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Help! My symbolism! It's so overt! And very explicit!

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop

Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.

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nit.com.au/30-07-2026/2...

Aotearoa's first Māori immersive cafe to operate entirely in Indigenous language

A Rotorua café located in the traditional heartland for Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa is asking customers to only order in the Māori language.The country's first fully immersive te reo M&...

nit.com.au

Tech bros: AI is way smarter than humans could ever be Me: points at this ⬇️

Nightmare scenario: humans will be pushed aside by the vastly superior intelligence of AI Counterpoint: www.youtube.com/shorts/rRICy... 😂

Can AI Count to 100?

YouTube video by Mike Mac - Say Something!

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Well the earth sure moved on my wedding anniversary! Whole house was swaying for a while there. 5.9 earthquake centred only 70 miles away. That was a bit scary.... 😁😨

Turn off the videos and R E A D W O R D S

Sir Terry Pratchett has a quote for everything, part 46

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

There's a reason Elon Musk rarely does interviews with real news outlets.

Elon demanding a 'historically accurate' Odyssey is like a child demanding a historically accurate Smurfs movie.

Even more realistic is that a rich guy sets up his own island and stocks it with wall-to-wall predators

the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding

I now have 5 releases from these recording sessions - Fisherman's Blues, FB Collectors Edition, Fisherman's Box, Atlantic Rain, Too Close to Heaven. 190 tracks in total, albeit a handful of double-ups. Either way, a staggering amount of music from the recording sessions for ONE album. I am in awe!

The Waterboys@waterboysmusic.bsky.social · 3w ago

ATLANTIC RAIN- OUT NOW! The 3LP/3CD ATLANTIC RAIN - THE LOST FISHERMAN'S BLUES RECORDINGS is out now. Atlantic Rain contains lost music recorded during the Fisherman's Blues sessions (1986-88) with never heard before Waterboys songs & covers. Order at thewaterboys.lnk.to/atlr

“I don’t want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits,” Trump said at a news conference. “Don’t even talk to them. They’re hopeless, bad people,” the president said. Life comes at you fast 😂😂😂😂😂

FIFA graffiti seen in Jerusalem

its on the other side of the planet.

First time I met Nikki was after a gig, I was a very nervous 19yo fan. Had a chat, then Nikki passed me his mandolin, showed me a couple of chords, and then grabbed his guitar and played a few songs with me. Such a cool thing to do for a young fan 💜

Chris Coleman@chrisseventeen.bsky.social · 3w ago

Nikki Sudden. Taken on the stairs of the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London in the summer of 1986. Today, 19th July 2026, would have been Nikki’s 70th birthday.

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Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

Two new installments of Diary of a City Guard now online – The Ban of the Valar and You Bow To No One. Come behind the scenes of Rings of Power S1 as I meet the real Pharazôn, and tell the tale of the heroic sparrows bringing down a global behemoth.https://roadtonowhere.online/the-ban-of-the-valar/

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The Jetsons lied to us

Yep, checks out.

Live your life so that when you pass, the world reacts like they did for Sam Neill.

Morrissey lacking the self-awareness to realise that his arrogant rants and barbs are exactly why nobody is playing his new releases... faroutmagazine.co.uk/morrissey-bb...

Morrissey attacks BBC for not playing his single

Morrissey has launched an attack on the BBC for not playing his latest single 'Notre Dame', which he alleged was at number six in the charts with "no airplay".

faroutmagazine.co.uk

Ancient hobbits may have fed on the meat scraps left behind by dragons. It's JRR Tolkien's world, we're just living in it. phys.org/news/2026-07...

Ancient hobbit-like humans may have survived on meat left behind by Komodo dragons

Arguably one of the most curious ancient human relatives is Homo floresiensis, a 3-foot-tall species that lived on the Indonesian island of Flores and has been nicknamed "hobbit" for its diminutive st...

phys.org

Never was a humbling defeat more deserved, or more enjoyed by the neutrals. Well done Belgium, mission accomplished.

If I was Team USA, I would simply ask Trump to cancel the two goals scored by Belgium 🤷‍♂️

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

I never knew I needed a Clarkson's Farm/Star Wars crossover. But I absolutely _did_ need it. faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-squire... Top quality from @davidsquires.bsky.social

David Squires on a world where Clarkson's Farm and Star Wars collide

With Star Wars instalments now a constant stream is it difficult to envision? Clarkson's Farm has been harvesting record views for Amazon Prime with an average.

faroutmagazine.co.uk