Canada’s version of this may just be the convoy thinking taking over the CPC and provincial conservative parties, but that is probably not where it stops

The Pistons being fun and relevant again is brilliant, and I can barely put into words how proud I am of Cade Cunningham. With Haliburton recovering and Ja Morant sabotaging his marketability and reputation, now is the perfect time for Cade to rise. Excel and Nike had better market him properly.

It's impossible not to notice that the same operatives in UK media that eagerly built Jude Bellingham up to be the national saviour are gleefully tearing him down while taking care not to criticize certain England internationals. They would *never* treat Phil Foden like this.

i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate

Keir Starmer thinks the only way to combat the fascism and the far-right is to placate them every step of the way by implementing inhumane policies that nobody who elected Labour voted for. He's literally paving the way for Farage, Reform, and unrepentant racist fascists to seize power in the UK.

People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link) The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...

Historically, when millions of educated and disillusioned young people realize the social contract is broken beyond repair, it doesn't bode well for democracy. The speed in which AI is wiping out entry-level jobs should be motivation enough for governments to start implementing UBI.

The whole point of this is the cruelty and sadism. Labour are pandering to their contemptuous vision of the British public as a rabble of mindless racists who want to relish the sight of poor, helpless, racialised people abused; who see those people as inhuman and want them treated as such.

It would be helpful if American schools taught kids that Hitler admired US racism and patterned many of his antisemitic laws on our anti-Black laws. Instead, we're teaching the Holocaust less altogether. Hitler also admired American antisemites like Henry Ford. Bigots attract each other. . . .

I don't know why we still call them ICE and treat them as a legitimate organization. They are an armed Militia and should be designated as a terrorist group. No other legal force in America wears masks and strips people of due process. They are a terrorist organization

The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT

Immigration raids in Hawaiʻi are especially ironic since the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was illegally overthrown and the Hawaiian Islands annexed by the United States against the will of the people.

That the IDF opening fire on UN peacekeepers won't prompt immediate and deafening condemnations from every corner of the globe, a cessation of trade with Israel, economic sanctions, and the expulsion of diplomats is a damning indictment of how useless international law has become.

I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte. ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018. We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:

The UAE is heavily involved in football around the world, and reportedly involved in the atrocities in Sudan. This weekend's Morning Star column on how football's use as a geopolitical and sportswashing tool means it is often linked to conflicts and humanitarian crises.

It remains a complete mystery how the Pelicans didn't come to this conclusion at any time last season, or during the summer. Allowing Willie Green to start *this* season when the wheels had fallen off already is malpractice from the front office, but especially Dumars. He needs to go too.

Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops. Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.

A sleekly choreographed video showcasing UBTECH's latest creation. We're years away from widespread integration of humanoid robots with the dexterity required to replace humans in industrial factories and construction sites, but when it begins in earnest, it'll be a flood. We need UBI before that.

I know this is terrible but I'm thinking about how theres sites that allow these assholes to bet on international childrens sports, theres probably kids out there getting death threats from these losers for not catching a ball

Considering its the Telegraph, this is a thoroughly researched piece that nails the rise of Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and fascist, white nationalist, neo-Nazi Groypers. Now if only Tim Stanley could apply the same incisive lens to the British far-right, Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage, and Reform.

De'Aaron Fox went straight ISO on the last play with Gary Payton Jr. draped all over him. What a gift for the Warriors. I refuse to believe the Spurs drew that up in the huddle. Wemby has to touch the ball there.

Insane recovery by Wemby to stifle Curry's drive on the fast break *and* block Jimmy Butler at the rim. What are we even watching.

That whole sequence was incredible, not just the dunk (which should have counted due to the Rule of Cool). From Draymond trying to dig into his chest and get in his head, to the spin, to the dunk and the foul, to the primal scream... everything. Even if it didn't count.

The refs might have called off that Wemby basket, but that clip of him dunking on Draymond's head is gonna live forever

Mon dieu. Draymond deserved all of that. He went chest to chest with Wemby, grabbed him before the ball was even inbounded, and still got dunked on. Now the refs are saying no basket. Rubbish.

Anyone can be a rising political star so long as they successfully game algorithms that amplify extreme, provocative, abusive, or flat out racist content. Not requiring substantive, fact-based policy positions anymore to run for office is how grifters, groypers, and white nationalists got elected.

I might have mentioned this in France a couple of summers ago but Steph vs. Wemby is pretty fun.

I don't even know what to say anymore when Wemby does obscene stuff like this. There's no defence for it.

Kon Knueppel is balling out in his Wisconsin homecoming. He just saved Miles Bridges from being a scapegoat by drilling that triple. He's got 32 on the night.

No idea what the endgame is for Charlotte with LaMelo leading them, but Kon Knueppel and Tre'shaun Mann are worth building around. They're both intriguing young talents.

Throwing bureaucratic roadblocks at homeless people doesn't help them, but it does make them easier to demonize-- which is what this policy is engineered to do. Whatever good Scott Turner hoped to accomplish as HUD Secretary, pushing this deliberate cruelty will follow him for the rest of his life.

Political self-preservation will outpace unquestioned fealty to Trump because of his involvement in Epstein's child sex trafficking ring, but we're clearly in Mickey Mouse territory. Institutions and individuals that normalized this need to be torn down and exiled from positions of influence.

it's got to be kind of surreal, gathering in the white house SITUATION ROOM like you're in some kind of high-stakes political thriller but it's for crisis meetings on what to say about your boss paying for handjobs from underaged models in the 90s

He's spiralling. It bears repeating that innocent people don't threaten to burn down the world and shitpost incoherent word salad when they're confronted with facts they don't like. I'll be shocked if Trump hasn't bombed Venezuela between now and when the Senate votes to release the Epstein files.

People that suspend their disbelief for magic, dragons, demons, ghosts, talking animals, and dozens of humanoid races yet draw the line at Black people existing in fantasy and Sci-Fi aren't being subtle with their racist hatred. The far-right propaganda issues in online gaming are worse than ever.

Anyone that uses "woke" as a pejorative or a stand-in for a slur must immediately be challenged on precisely what they believe "woke" means. Don't debate them. Hound them until they either tell on themselves, or storm off in a huff. Racists and bigots should never be able to hide behind euphemisms.

My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.

my wokest opinion is that land acknowledgements are fine. people knowing a little bit about the land you're on, even if one isn't invested in a land back project, is not particularly worse than the status quo, even if one comes by this info in a way that is somewhat cringe and forced

Trump and Hegseth keep committing murder www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Last caller summed it up well, @mrjamesob.bsky.social. Remember, re: social media platforms— if the service is free, you are the product. Bombarding users with ads is easier if they're angry, scared, or fascinated. Algorithms trained in emotional extortion amplify racist content to do this. #LBC

My main takeaway from the Epstein emails is the lack of concern for potential consequences re: his sex trafficking that everyone in his orbit routinely displayed. We aren't where we are if people with money and power can't buy or barter their way out of being held accountable. That has to change.

One thing that seems like it would be potentially valuable right now is for some kind of private/academic consortium to try to compile and release data about the state of the economy, since it seems like official stats are almost certainly going to be either nonexistent or wildly unreliable.

The number of reporters, politicians, pundits, institutions, and billionaires personally benefitting from the Epstein status quo of denying, obstructing, and pretending not to know anything is greater in the US than it is in the UK. Also, they're all protecting each other. Case in point, the NYT.

The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

something I find very telling is the attitude among normie dems these days in Trump 1.0, the Times was the center of the “resistance” - often fueling with the Post for what felt like daily scoops in Trump 2.0, the paper’s disinterest in actual adversarial reporting is noticeable and people are mad

The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative. The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.

"I have met some very bad people....none as bad as trump. Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous." Jeffrey Epstein 2017

Look, I know we’re all rightfully pissed about the current Epstein stuff, but you should really set aside some time and read this piece. There’s a reason “mitigating the effects of climate change” is one of my key policy positions.

Republicans feigning ignorance re: the underage girls that Trump raped and abused while in league with Epstein is a damning indictment of how deep the institutional rot goes. That prominent legacy newspapers like the NYT have aided in protecting him is beyond vile. They all freaking knew.