Sophie Lawson

Someone give Matt a microphone, he's spitting bars

The powerful executives who cozied up to Trump didn't oops accidentally forget about pendulum swings. They either: 1) Like the fascism 2) Calculated it was here to stay, so going along was savvy 3) Saw no real downside, no consequences when the pendulum swung Crucial to show them 3 was a mistake

My plumbers seem a little bit confused. 📹 michiko_aoc (ig)

It turns out punishing coup plotters actually is an effective deterrent!

I think it does make sense to me that this specific video riled him up so much because it cuts so quickly to what will be McAfee's huge problem in the coming years: he got hired as the funny, younger, less buttoned-up, "cool guy." And it's clear the kids already don't think he's cool.

I'm so single that even if I subdivided through mitosis, both halves of me would be single, I am so uselessly single that I've been mistaken for a slice of American cheese (etc) but even accepting for how pitifully single I am, let me just say, jesus fucking christ dude no.

It's never a bad day to quote @sandraherrera.bsky.social

Detailed reporting, a ton of fact-heavy context. Worth a read.

This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

your first big assignment

big failure from the NBA to not get two of its teams to move one (1) regular season game. the NBA owns 42% of the WNBA (functionally more, since a lot of NBA owners own teams) and should be invested in wanting the league to grow, even at minor expense to its more popular product

Lula Goes HARD

LRP: motherfucking dark mode strikes again

this is literally like, just a guy getting into his late twenties and realizing his shit is apart and needs to be put together. many such cases. wish it did not have the impacts it does on electoral politics

TURN THIS THE FUCK UP

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.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

US government officials paid by our tax dollars manipulated US policy to interfere in Brazil's election, to punish Lula and push Flavio Bolsonaro to power: insurrectionists supporting other insurrectionists. But they failed. archive.is/7C52g

I understand not needing to break fire code but the only bonus numbers that should count are standing room only, etc. and not a watch party on a screen. Absolutely not an attendance record, even if all teams cook those numbers to some extent.

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

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

went looking for something and found something else, from a far simpler time

I have given up on making any comments about this "coverage". Asinine, pig-ignorant, moronic, piss-poor, yes, take your pick, but also biased, partisan, misinformation bordering on disinformation. France (and Europe) are a blank screen on which British media can project their own neuroses.

Anti-trans bigots are coming to NWSL games looking to provoke violence or other incidents that could go viral. This is the back-up plan: harass and endanger anyone who stands up to them. NWSL is going to have to contend with this. Kicking the can down the road will put too many fans at risk.

Haven't eaten today (which I guess is yesterday) so I opted for a bowl of that Nissin instant soba I like, and, just like any other normal person not suffering from cognitive impairment would, stuck my fingers into the boiling water to check if the noodles were done.

angel city, pls.

there’s no such thing as “strategic bigotry.” I know this because there is no amount of money you could pay me to become a bigot. the democrats who do this agree to do it because they’re bigots

We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; we support you; we protect our own; this is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one of us, you can expect us all

We stand with the Rose City Riveters and our Transgender and LGBTQ+ community. We see you; We support you; We protect our own; This is bigger than the pitch. Hate has no place in our sections, especially hateful messages about gender and identity. If you come for one, you can expect us all.

Here's another good'un. (Performed here: youtu.be/MGSdYFR50Y8)

Pure ripper from Maisie Symonds

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

every male college professor apparently needs to be given a starter pack here is your office, here is your chair, here is a buzzer that will shock you every time you think about fucking one of your students