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What’s that you say? Liz has a new book out which even the Telegraph is saying is even more unhinged than the last one? Wonderful, I’ll post this then.

Wildwood was good, go see it in cinemas if you can.

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Matty with another sizzler. Setting aside the obvious “we don’t want fascism to win anywhere” rebuttal, you know what’s in Brazil? A whopping 60% of the fucking Amazon rainforest. Jair Bolsonaro, Flavio’s dad, oversaw a surge in deforestation. Oh, and we already just missed 1.5 degrees.

Uh, yeah, Marissa Mayer doesn't seem to understand how to be a decent parent or decent human being and the fact that she's willing to openly admit this is 🤯

Repeat after me: Russia has no legitimate security concerns; only its neighbours do. Russia has been the only one invading others.

In Brazil, it appears that voters who opted for eliminated first-round candidates roughly broke even in the runoff (even if the candidates leaned right). But the big difference was: Millions of voters who cast 'null' or 'blank' ballots in the first round then voted for Lula.

The US is not about to have a free and fair election. The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor the ruling party in multiple ways. It's a mostly free, somewhat unfair election. But still one where the ruling party can be overwhelmed by numbers. Hence the term "competitive authoritarianism."

cool, cool

This is a chilling satirical statement and also, I believe, a real risk of allowing the idea that nebulous, unproven biological advantages should result in bans on classes of people in sports to gain purchase.

If anyone would be kind enough to furnish me with some of the other examples of the "CEOs Guide To Robot Parenting" ouevre, I'd be much obliged. I know I've seen at least half a dozen more in tweets or LinkedIn posts.

People abroad don't understand the level of interference Meta & bots had in these elections. 5 days before the election a far-right politician posted a fake news video that got 157 MILLION views on Instagram in 24hs. For reference, GTA 6's reveal trailer got 90 million views on YouTube in 24hs.

Today is Intersex Awareness Day. I am intersex – and did not find out until I was 26! Intersex people are also impacted by the decision in FWS, but this is much less talked about. Intersex people continue to be subjected to non-consensual medical interventions. Intersex rights are human rights.

It struck me that one of the other reasons the fear-mongering “OUR AI WENT ROGUE” bullshit is sucjh nonsense is that you can’t say that and then also say “YOUR DATA IS TOTALLY SAFE WITH US AND WILL NEVER END UP IN THE WRONG PLACES”

people need to grasp how many people there are, how many of those folks are online and how siloed our internet consumption is.

“Ain’t no party like an S Club party”. BOLLOCKS. I went to a B*Witched party & it was EXACTLY the same as an S Club party. Same caterers. SAME MAGICIAN

When first reported, 2025’s jobs reports added up to 1.2 million new jobs. After revisions, the economy added just 116,000 — 90% less.

We’re in a bad equilibrium. A priori, we should be against MPs doing casework because it is a means of building taxpayer-funded patronage - but while some MPs do it, all will. But also some institutions have become unresponsive to citizens who don’t escalate cases.

these people are shameless!

If you can't remember whether the clocks go forward or back in the UK this weekend, here's a handy phrase to help you: the clocks go back this weekend

Matthew Yglesias continues to say that talking about ICE and excessive force in immigration enforcement helps Republicans. He is obviously wrong about this and refuses to acknowledge the data. Way past time for everyone to update their priors on this.

Interesting to note; any and all files within D&D Beyond's Sigil VTT will disappear at the end of this month (thanks to Virtual Battle Mats for the heads up!). Any and all files within will vanish. Thankfully nearly all of the content has been released for free. But still good to note.

Hey everyone, gather around! Elon Musk, the trillionaire defense contractor currently spending >$400m on political campaigns to prop up the party of a deeply unpopular president who launched the Iran War has some thoughts about Ukraine, elites, and money in politics.

literally this comic except he apparently lives in Czechia instead of Nebraska

This is unfortunate. Not only because Asia Kate Dillon is a terrific actor but how this is an ongoing trend with trans/non-binary actors. I mean, despite being an Oscar nominee with a scene-stealing role in a billion-dollar hit/BP frontrunner, Elliot Page said he's not getting flooded with offers.

True - Ukraine has acted like a responsible friend and ally. Russia has not and in fact, Putin calls the US their enemy.

Now, this is something Tolkien would have something to say about. What the fuck are we doing here? I'll summarize books and academic papers for you and answer your relationship questions, no clearcutting required. Make them plant a million new trees. Two million.

We come back to the idea of Execs who really don't understand art or why people make art, in any way, finding ways to absolutely annihilate those that do, in a death of a thousand cuts and then one big 400-person cut. It's heartbreaking. The western games industry kills a NIntendo every year.

we've identified another vulnerability leak. now hackers on the dark web have identified your bad knee and that weird thing your shoulder does if you sleep on it wrong. there's no patch available for this, they're now just keenly aware you feel like your career has stalled out

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

big tech needs a choke chain, a muzzle, and the constant bite of the whip before it destroys this country entirely.