It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.
I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.
Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted
Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.
70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind.
Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.
Made my voice heard today in an historic strike! Couldn’t be more proud to support SEIU 1000 and be a BC fan right now ✊🤘 (sign not made by me but is awesome nonetheless lol)
Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter attended the second annual ball of the British Museum, in London.
The chosen theme was red, and celebrates the ancestral pigment used in human art throughout history.
Benedict’s photograph was shared on Sadiq Khan’s Instagram account.
The British Museum Ball raises funds for the museum and its Artistic Director last night was Es Devlin (“Hamlet”, The Barbican, 2015).
we could make mechanical birds more affordable if the government invested in automaton trade schools, built more housing so craftspeople can afford to pursue this noble trade, and lowered trade barriers with countries that also produce mechanical singing birds
"what if a man disguised himself as a woman to win at sports" yeah is that man goofy? like goofy from the walt disney cartoons? who the fuck are you thinking about
ok the other thing about the trans bathroom thing like "what if a cis guy pretends to be a trans women to go into the women's bathroom" is like. do we live in bugs bunny world. like are people constantly disguising themselves to sneak into locations. like are u also at risk of falling in quick sand
a field guide to Skarsgårds:
if silver fox he be, that's Stellan you see
unsettling but hot, Alexander you've got
only dread doth you fill, then behold, that is Bill
Do we really need to explain to people that it is really, REALLY important to read to young children? Like, you, personally, need to read to your child - your voice, your face, your hand gestures, your lap, your arms, your closeness. What kind of parent doesn't know this in their bones?