I keep seeing this take and I can't understand why so many people want to infantilise this man and deny him agency. He's not a toddler or a vulnerable grad student. Why are we granting him the status of moron who needed to be spoonfed the concept of not making shit up.

Good job Germany didn't send Ukraine those Taurus missiles. It really helped prevent an escalation.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2h ago

The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe

“Kemi has instead offered that I become an adviser to the Conservative Party’s Culture and Integration Commission, specifically focusing on how young men become radicalised."

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Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 6h ago

In a post on X he says he’ll instead be advising the Conservative Party on how young men become radicalised

Of all the things to admit on the internet, “I don’t know how bananas work” is one of the funniest

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 18h ago

Spoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.

They allowed a feedback loop of suicide-related content to build up, possibly leading to the suicide of one kid, to provide a control group so they could figure out whether or not safety measures dampened engagement. 10% of users were in the control.

Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 8h ago

This is absolutely awful

FT: UAE's imperial push into Africa UAE is now a bigger investor in Africa than China,UK,France,US! UAE's dark king MBZ is supporting/extracting from african actors (particularly in north africa) with investments in logistics, gold, copper, arms, farming www.ft.com/content/a4c6...

They looked from reality to AI slop, and from AI slop to reality, and from reality to AI slop again, but already it was impossible to say which was which

Alistair Coleman@alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 13h ago

Happy 12th anniversary of the day Kim Jong Un visited the lube factory.

They looked from reality to AI slop, and from AI slop to reality, and from reality to AI slop again, but already it was impossible to say which was which

Alistair Coleman@alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 13h ago

Happy 12th anniversary of the day Kim Jong Un visited the lube factory.

"There shouldn't be any science or scientists in the first place, there should only be MAGA military-industrial R&D," this new form of Trumpistan Lysenkoism is already pretty obvious

Oh so having hobbies is illegal now is it

it does not speak well of the American press corps that they have stood by and let their colleagues - especially women - be publicly abused by this man for a decade.

Top JPMorgan Chase executives had knowledge of the pervasive presence of young women or underage girls at Epstein’s homes.

Some entrepreneurial junior has clipped the recording, and now everyone is enjoying the fun.

RickChasey@rickchasey.bsky.social · yesterday

Shout out to the colleague who just inadvertently interrupted the global sales call with an unmuted mic, declaring “ I’m on the most violent of jack off calls; they’re all fucking jacking off about how great they all are” We have the AI notetaker as evidence…

Pinko lib refers to the color of their favorite newspaper, the financial times

the lists/labelling thing is an absolute shitshow, and I really hope someone eventually takes legal action. A libel action would I'm sure focus minds quite sharply on what a problem they are.

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Today reminds me there was a UK journalist who died and received fulsome tributes from many others. It was considered the height of rudeness when some pointed out none of the tributes had mentioned he'd killed his wife. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ka...

John Kay (journalist, born 1943) - Wikipedia

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Disappointing

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d ago

There is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.

My daughter has just sent me this lovely photo where you get an even better view of the puffin.

Begun, the Franchise Wars have

CineCalendar@cinecalendar.bsky.social · 2d ago

Aug 3rd 2032 - In exactly 6 years time, criminal Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) will be thawed out at the California Cryo-Penitentiary for a parole hearing 📽️📅 Demolition Man (1993)

I recognise the specific context here but “Please, I need my car to meet criminals” is a very funny plea for leniency.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2d ago

Author Lynda La Plante banned from driving for six months

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky

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"Tim, it's Andrew, Andrew Lloyd Webber, I need you to knock up some songs for Evita 2" www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

'He was tasked with making the body disappear': The macabre kidnapping of Eva Perón's corpse

Argentina's iconic first lady died in July 1952. Sixty years on, the BBC looked back at her cadaver's bizarre disappearance – and its 16-year journey around the globe.

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It's quite gripping listening to the Money Stuff podcast, wondering whether Matt will actually let his co-host get a single sentence in.

"people called Lord Sir Professor Something-or-Other ... they'll probably all be fine"

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d ago

Terrific and rightly angry piece this:

Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

Just got around to watching Project Hail Mary. Meh. Not as good as The Martian, and seriously needed editing down

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c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3d ago

Let's explore a specific moment in time: BEFORE radar was invented (~1939) but AFTER airplanes entered warfare (1911). The best way to detect an airplane sneaking up on your border or coastline is with one of these absolutely ridiculous-looking devices. This is a "two horn acoustic locator", 1921.