Me: (a smart columnist, looking at claims made by an ex-Tory neo-Nazi booted out of the party for crimes, now standing as a Tory councillor whole doing a rehabilitation tour parroting the agreed media line in his new “anti-extremism” gig) This is extremely convincing stuff, and very worrying.
Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
Anyone not answering the question of "Why Is Europe On Fire?" with "Climate Change" is either paid to obfuscate reality by some ecocidal fossil fuel/AI/military magnate, or has swallowed the boot of such orators so deeply that their very spirit has been rendered a slipper for the bourgeoisie.
If it had been a Muslim who blew up a UNESCO site you’d all be crying about the fall of western civilisation and loading explosives into American fighter jets 🤢
Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 5d ago💥 700 tons of explosives. Israel detonated 700 tons of explosives beneath Beaufort Castle in South Lebanon, in the middle of the night. A 900-year-old Crusader castle that UNESCO just listed as endangered heritage. @sarahabdallah.bsky.social
Today's Daily Mothra! 🦋 🎥 "Godzilla: Tokyo SOS" (2003)
I love capturing those moments where London Underground trains line up perfectly with station posters. With a little patience and a bit of luck, you can end up with some wonderfully amusing and unexpected shots.
Telly today: Is ADHD a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct? Telly next week: Are black people real or is it just our eyes? Telly next month: Hey, maybe trans people are actually giraffes? Telly in three months time: The letter F is an igment o your imagination
putting aside the destruction of rare books, how is digitizing a copyrighted text "transformative" for anthropic but the internet archive is guilty of infringement for the national emergency library
chiller@chiller.eurosky.social · last wk.This is ... horrific
Capitalism: everyone makes a billion pies and one guy steals them all and hides them on this private pedophile island.
Americans once again fail to appreciate how old other places are: no, the electoral system wasn't built for a two-lane road; the two-lane road developed around the system (first political parties began centuries after the establishment of parliament)
Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · last wk.
Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy
as a society we are well past due in establishing No Content Zones where making shit for tiktok is explicitly forbidden
Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
hi, metric expert here! this is not funny, americans only do this when they’re in extreme distress
Josh Drescher@joshdrescher.bsky.social · last wk.It's so hot here that our local weatherman has switched to Celsius "to help psychologically".
It seems self-evident that if you are an allied soldier as a guest on another country's soil you should be subject to their laws and therefore tried for any violation of those laws by a domestic court. I don't understand Britain's reluctance to pick a fight with the US over this.
How the US bypasses British courts to try its military over crimes in the UK
Even sexual assault or paedophilia cases are heard by US courts martial, using an obscure 1951 agreement
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Jet de GO! - Let's Go By Airliner / Print ad / Taito / 2000
The "Serenity Prayer" (*Serenity to accept things I can't change/Courage to change the things I can/Wisdom to know the difference*) is usually cited as pop psychology or addiction recovery advice, but I think there's a place for it in policymaking. 1/
Me: (carrying a toaster) Is there a place I can plug this in? Pool lifeguard: what?
There’s a thing with local government in which they put people in bad housing hoping they refuse it so that they can declare those people as having deliberately made themselves homeless and therefore absolve themselves from their legal obligations to help homeless people
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Homeless families in London temporary housing told not to use air conditioning
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