Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts! democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...

Actual chills as my own little goblin cackles manically in the background

“Pull men! Pull it down! Don’t let it reach Herald Square! One, two, thr–“ “MORTAL HANDS CANNOT CHAIN A GOD, HUH-HA.”

Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important. We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."

not sure how i'm supposed to be taking the Star Wars movie ranking discourse seriously when Wrath of Khan doesn't seem to have made ANY of the major lists

Do not use gAI to dunk on gAI. That makes you part of the problem.

Trans folks are people, they deserve to be treated as such

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

I imagine @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social will be getting the usual abuse for speaking out - solidarity with her and all those fighting against hate manipulated by the wealthy right gleefully creating a distracting wedge issue

We would prefer to do this with votes, because we know what horrors war brings. We know, because our forebears cracked crowns, burned Atlanta, razed Dresden, lit two artificial suns in the skies of Japan and more. We would prefer to vote.

Fuck me, i only wish i could rise halfway to this moment

This is exactly the sort of thing religion is extremely powerful for, either they bring hope to the poor folks locked up or they make ICE explicitly frame themselves as in the wrong, and probably prick a few consciences too. (Good inspo for larp stuff too!)

it's not FOR us

“AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations.”

Them: So what have y'all been up to? Me: Haha, you know. The usual. The Usual:

The interesting opposite of this is General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord. Post-WW1 titan of the German army. Who Hitler DESPERATELY courted. von Hammerstein is one of only 3 figures believed to have told Hitler to fuck off to his face. He even thwarted Nazi attempts to politicize his own death. /1 🧵

As promised: another LIMITED run of our Antifa miniatures shirt courtesy of SlowDeath Games. Only in the shop for a couple of days so nobody's waiting forever for these to arrive. Grab yours now, terrorists!

Sadly always relevant

Didn't realise that there's a podcast for Alien"Earth in teh Extras menu on Disney+. Have learned that everyone's new fave guy is called the Eye Midge, and that they pronounce Midge wrong. They've gone with Midge as in Midge Ure, when anyone from North Of England/Scotland pronounces it MID-jee

Outstanding news that should be shared.

The Aussie press not holding back when it comes to its coverage of neo-Nazis.

The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Everyone likes a good meme right? Cheating slightly as this wasnt my first steam account for frankly stupid reasons :D But also involves buying Deus ex which made me chuckle.

Alien, hope they are having fun up there in space doing prequal stuff!

This is the first page I turn to when I’m showing people @molcher.bsky.social’s book about Judge Dredd and modern policing: shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...

"Did you not realize what this would be, being f*cking Gestapo? Quit your job. It's gonna be like this every f*cking day you're coming...anytime you try to kidnap people, we are gonna be here!” A rapid responder yelled at fleeing ICE agents in #Kansas. www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/americans-...

Vitally important to wash your cybertruck with salt water and lemon juice. You'll need 1/8 cup of salt per gallon of water, plus 1/4 cup of lemon juice. Stir well, then use it to wash the vehicle. It's the only way to get a really thorough cleaning.

This feels like some peak Day herald inspiration @wulfboyraff.bsky.social :D

The people who are annoyed at LGBT people saying they'd never vote for Gavin Newsome or Kier Starmer are so ridiculous. They accuse us of being the reason why the "center left" is losing whilst actively opposing those trying to hold their guy to account, encouraging them to pursue worse policies

They're doing this because they're scared.

using "the other guy sucks!" as a voting tactic is bad both because 1) if you announce you're willing to vote for a bad candidate just because the other guy is worse, that's all you'll get & 2) it clearly doesn't work, as evidenced by how the worse parties win at least half of the time anyway

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you. I couldnt actually remember what tv show id last seen until i saw Kieron's because ive been desperately struggling to keep up with youtube myself... but there is another...

I say this a lot but we are all so lucky this generation of fascists came of age on message boards and not stabbing people to death at close range in a trench while the world detonates endlessly around them

I just received a message letting me know about a successful use of this email template. The venue initially seemed to be following EHRC ‘interim guidance’ after an initial phone enquiry. Following up using this caused the venue to make a complete U-turn with written confirmation 🙌

Quentin C. Dubus, the Belgian winner of a golden ticket to play at the Warhammer World Championships in the US has announced he will be boycotting the event

Imagine how pathetic your politics are that you win on a mandate to "stop all the silly stuff" and move on to "the real business" and all you fucking do all the live long day is just the silly stuff. Fight your culture wars because you want to be friends with jowling rowling.

If you see this, post your favourite Pokémon! Gotta be Psyduck, we connected at a spiritual level long ago and have only become more similar with time :D Thank god for medication eh?

Ok gang, it occurs to me that I need a reality check on this one. (PLEASE READ ENTIRE THREAD) I know from personal experience that many protests are not being covered by mainstream outlets. Meanwhile, we’re getting inundated with stories about how various institutions are caving.

Its how i tend to operate in online hobby spaces, i ca put up with the ignorant, the mislead and the idiot but consistently disingenuous or trolling just gets a block

Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.

Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

"The Devil chooses to deceive some people in the following way. He will marvellously inflame their brains with the desire to uphold God's law and destroy sin in everyone else." - 'The Cloud of Unknowing', unknown author, c.1400's

BOOM, there it is 🎯

Now thats some practical application of the Art of War right there :D