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Billionaire Real Estate investor opposes house building plan. How surprising. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So: In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.

What NZ activist group can I join that is like the absolute opposite of Destiny Church? There must be some way to balance out their passionate intensity.

Any agreement to end the war in Ukraine that does not restore Ukraine’s borders and freedom is pro-war, as it would reward Russia’s aggression.

I work in the tech industry, specifically human-AI interaction. The personal data they collect from you is worth more than your out-of-pocket expense for that "smart" mattress, home assistant, security camera, dishwasher, etc.

I have been told if you have nothing nice to say it is better for you to say nothing at all, and so all I shall say is that in these dark times we must take care of each other. (though I recognize that those making these times dark will not think this is a nice thing to say).

Personally I hope we find out that what Gollum was doing while wandering about looking for the ring was either solving a series of cozy murders (Precious We Wrotes) or performing in an incompetent hobbit amateur dramatic troupe (The Ring that Goes Wrong)

I imagine that after they removed everything that could implicate Trump from the Epstein Files there wasn’t much left to release.

Their aesthetics help to reinforce a system of gender where everyone fits in a pink box or a blue box, where the highest status people in the pink box are the pinkest and the highest status people in the blue box are the bluest, and where the whole pink box is lower status than the blue.

Peaceful protests are not a threat to our country. They don’t need to be “quelled.” They’re what free people do in a healthy society. They should be welcomed.

Here I am in NZ, just hoping for an influx of very clever, very weird, very fun people who tragically no longer feel welcome or safe in the US. We aren’t perfect, but we would love to add your distinctiveness to our own.

When you’re used to being the center of the universe, equality feels like oppression—and accountability feels like persecution. Republican panic.

The Empire Trikes Back

Judge Reyes is asking if the DoD cited a Beyonce album in their anti-trans policy, would the attorney demand she ignore common sense and just listen to the album. DoJ attorney has no idea how to respond.

The new US leaders seem to have failed to realise “run the government as a business” really means “run the country as a business”. A business must train its employees to to their job. A country needs to educate everyone, often for roles that aren’t paid and jobs that don’t exist yet.

This timely reminder from Carole Cadwalladr. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Possible fundraiser opportunity / opportunity for some good natured hilarity. My Captain's Hat is dying. I have a lot of field work coming up. I will wear (almost) any hat, provided you: A) Send me the hat B) Donate to an ocean conservation charity. Interested? Let's chat. DMs open.

Conservatives prefer the past. Progressives have hope the future. The political contest used to be over the majority in the centre, who were broadly okay with how things are right now. That centre has diminished, because folks are sad or angry about the now, whether or not it’s actually terrible.

He’s going to pay Egypt to take the Palestinians, repair the walls around Gaza, and build his own Monaco to rule. A new Age of Colonialism is upon us. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

This is like the Opium Wars. “You won’t take our dangerous exports so we’ll hurt you” www.bbc.com/news/live/c8...

Hey Canada, here’s an idea. Agree to join the USA under two conditions: 13 states, not one; and require that a formal method to leave the Union is added to the Constitution before you join. Then withdraw at the last minute (blame Quebec) and watch California and Texas secede.

Crazy #skeletoncrew idea - all the kids’ parents pull out red lightsabers and it all turns #runaways for S2

Those last scenes of C3 E118 felt like they were deciding the fate of Campaign 4 Exandria in real time. Obviously the deities, but maybe also the system? The fungal species on Ruidus have a Daggerheart vibe.

Chess players gonna end up on a potential regicide watch list.

But how will they remember their heritage?

At the recent international conference on influenza (OPTIONS) they specifically said we are limited in our ability to control infectious diseases because we need more social science. It's no good having tip top tech eg mRNA vaccines if people don't use them

I guess we recorded a holiday album???? 🎄🥳 #CriticalRole youtube.com/playlist?lis...

i've sobered up and the cold is getting to me so I may have to retreat from history

I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

NZ is out of step from our peer countries in not having Capital Gains or Inheritance Taxes. Both target the asset-wealthy and should be a good match for traditional labour values. But getting out the youth vote is vital, as they are the ones who should benefit. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Every time conservatives say “centralising is more cost effective”, what they really mean is “my golf buddy has a catering business and he says he’ll do it cheaper”. They ignore the local employment benefits entirely. www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/02/f...

Subtitles aren’t just for deaf or hard of hearing players. They’re important for players in loud environments (who can’t use headphones), non-native speakers who rely on text to follow dialogue, and many neurodivergent folks who struggle to focus or process audio quickly. Just to mention few.

National and the Coalition's plan for New Zealand #nz #nzpol #atlas #privatisation So it can be "privatised" and the public can be sharecroppers for the corporations.

We all think plastic pollution is a problem, and it is. In the nearly 70 years between 1950 and 2019, the world produced a total of ~9.5 billion tonnes of plastic. But all the plastic we have EVER produced weighs as much as CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024!

Pretty crazy someone can be charged federally with interfering in an election and those charges get dropped because they win an election.

A Brief History of People Have Lost Their Sense of Humour 🧵