FAKEY NEWS CORNER: Sorry to burst your bubble, but it’s a Christopher Walken doll promoting the 1978 film The Deer Hunter with the addition of a very realistic caption. Why a Christopher Walken doll promoting the 1978 film The Deer Hunter is a thing that exists is another question entirely.

Y2K was real. And fixed for $600 billion. The remedial work of millions of people around the world was so good that Y2K is falsely held up as an example of extreme scaremongering. Instead, it should be celebrated as one of the best ever examples of successful project execution.

Happy tenth anniversary to these unforeseen circumstances.

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

Almost as if IBM remembered how their very expensive highly engineered mainframes were driven out of the market by cheap micros

Pete Miles@petermiles.eurosky.social · 3d ago

Those data centre investments are looking increasingly dodgy. "This already means that one can replace data centres and their expensive cutting-edge semiconductor infrastructure in four out of five use cases."

I know my dancing is fly when I see the look of disgust on young people’s faces

dudes rock

Taxpayers foot the £2,700 a month rent on Kemi Badenoch's six-bedroom farmhouse in Essex. Then she goes on telly and argues that taxpayers shouldn't subsidise other people's rent.

one thought on the lame attempt to bribe the electorate overnight from Trump is that if the bond market thought this was remotely likely to happen, adding a potential $1.3 trillion to the US debt pile would have seen a reaction already, and there's no move in yields further up at all 🤷‍♂️

breaking: XAI announces that they have used an unreleased grok model to solve a major open problem in the field of race science

Trey Parker & Matt Stone announce that ‘SOUTH PARK’ will be renamed to ‘SOUTH AMERICA’. “Inspired by the bravery & patriotism of Apple & Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount -- a Skydance Capitulation.”

nimbys remained unmatched

The right wing wazzocks are claiming London is threatened by Sharia law, but it's Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan who is resisting the efforts by, erm, Tory controlled Westminster Council to cut down on drinking in pubs.

Well, yes, it makes sense that Itamar Ben-Gvir would think the question of sovereignty has nothing to do with the people who actually live there

Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)

All I want is a PM that will oppose fascism.

A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.

Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 7d ago

The Times has run a story this morning about how ‘polite’ the masked men in Dover were to three white ladies on a train. Propaganda in its clumsiest form.

On one of Israel's most popular news websites in Hebrew, Ynet, the report on UK statement on ban of settlement trade - 90% of readers' comments blame the Israeli government and settlers, and many are supportive of UK steps. This is not a scientific measure, but gives some indication

I think the worst part of Labour's response to the fascist mobilisation is Andy Burnham's absence. He's the most popular politician in the country, with social media reach and actual powers of persuasion, and he's saying nothing in public. He can actually be of use here but he's choosing not to

Roses are red Prepare the stomach pump

Mounting 'mystery meat' threats linked by expert to surprising source — Melania Trump

Americans risk exposure to anti-parasite drugs and banned antibiotics in chunks of years-old, potentially rotten meat after a controversial friend of Melania Trump's was invited for a meeting at the W...

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90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."

Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?

Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.

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Has the Daily Mail done a ‘Hooray For The Blackmasks’ headline yet?

cokehead patriotism from knuckle dragging imbeciles too weedy to actually fight for a country, but are handy with their fists towards anyone weaker than them. All cheered on by bots, racists and cosplaying Nazis. I want to see every single one of these pricks sobbing as they're sent down.

Friends, I am appalled at myself for not being aware of this anniversary until today (Yes, the new Viz has arrived)

I have been reminded of the tanker drivers' protests in the late 90s. This from Blair's autobiography seems very apt.

God have mercy, an old friend of mine was one of Orr’s students who had quit his PhD and can only speak about it now

I definitely feel safer knowing that hundreds of masked men can intimidate people in the streets and the government will say "well actually they have a point"