the new Brexit one simple, easy panacea for every complex problem take back control!

DARVO abusive manipulation: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender there are deep structural problems in the world — and migration is one result — but constantly kicking vulnerable people is not leadership in any shape or form

a disregulated militia

This is horrific and barely being reported on in the UK media. Shame on the British government. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

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New from @kattenbarge.bsky.social: X influencers are using Grok to unveil Muslim women in hijabs and show them being beaten by men. Women in sarees are also being stripped: www.wired.com/story/grok-i...

interesting to note that in a year of this scandal, nobody expects any moral leadership from the Palace I guess Musk can't cause British royalty any more reputational damage than Andrew already has

Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any." China:

I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.

"I'm afraid there's many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances." - President of the Royal Society. The Royal Society continues to be happy to be associated with, indeed honour Elon Musk with fellowship, despite the Grok scandal. I will never understand this.

Musk is now doubling down on the other site, totally unhinged I don't think there is any way to get him to comply, given the state of the USA's ruling cabal as well could be the stupidest reason for NATO to come crashing down, but some white men are really that arrogant, toxic and entitled

gotta say, the vice president saying "watch this" about a video that ends with a dead mother being called a "fucking bitch" is [unprintable]

I'm wondering about The Handmaid's Tale — how a fictional dystopian patriarchal regime exercises its public power over women I haven't seen it — I really don't want to — but surely this type of violence is beyond anything imagined there? (I never want to see again Pan's Labyrinth) beyond dystopia

Very thrilled to join the wonder that is @thebraag.bsky.social !! #ukpoets #poetrysky

If the video Hayes is referencing here is authentic, then Good was murdered in cold blood by a man who had no reason to be afraid because he was angry at her for talking back.

I'm not going to watch it but I thank my trusted people who are reporting on this so I don't have to.

we should definitely bet the global economy on shiny nonsense/abuse machines

Characteristically excellent thread from @sundersays.bsky.social I don't know of anyone who has done more to expose the realities of X, especially on its continual failure to remove overtly racist material.

at this point the Royal Society is bringing itself into disrepute by repeatedly ignoring it's own charter and clearly stated values it would also be a good place for a permanent visible protest until Musk's Fellowship is permanently suspended

very disappointing. There is a code of conduct for Royal Society fellows - it's not a value judgement to say that Musk has contravened it! see relevant bits of code and the Royal Society stated values below.

But our job now is maybe the most American thing of all. It's to find a way to live with people who are genuinely different from us, and want to shoot us in the face.

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK" The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"

sometimes retaining civility demands not being docile e.g. when people are killed at will

🚨 AI Minister Niamh Smyth says it isn't appropriate for the Government to maintain a presence on X and will speak to the Taoiseach on the matter. Says the European Commission should immediately suspend Grok while investigations are continuing. More on @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Just stopped my bike to check in on a hijabi sister on Oxford's High st because I didn't like the way a drunk white man was speaking to her. She was fine, but it reminded me of being rescued from a drunk man by 3 members of the actual national Ice-Hockey team on a train in Sweden. (1/3)

one year and one month ago (but Sunak, perhaps even more than Cameron or Osborne, is too wealthy to be accountable for his choices in subservient British culture)

So yes, my instinct here was right. It appears that only the most public “@grok” prompts are being stopped. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

This is very cool! (Two of my favourite things coming together — etymology and computer science!)

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

"To some degree, Mr. Trump’s confrontational approach and embrace of trade wars helped seal a deal between the 27-member European Union and four South American nations...Indeed, countries across the world have stepped up efforts in the past year to sign trade partnerships that do not include the US"

carnyx only parp when they are extremely distressed

I've finally got round to watching the #DiggingForBritain episode with the carnyx. Both it & the boar head standard are absolutely breathtaking, but I was distracted by the subtitles during the demonstration! 😂

Mike Johnson is truly nasty

Stop. Drawing. Lines. On. Maps.

the two sides? 'predators' and 'prey'

If you wonder why so many people get refused asylum and have to appeal, one reason is that the Home Office do weaselly things like this with the evidence about risks on return, with the apparent intention of encouraging its staff to refuse entirely meritorious claims

it's not even off for non-subscribers genuinely just generated these now, not creepy at all

any argument X will hold paid users accountable is broken by (3)

‘I wanted to be a sexy carnyx’

Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.

'There have been countless studies of misogynoir (discrimination that uniquely affects Black women) in the workplace and they all come to the same conclusion.' 'Being a Black woman at work means being judged negatively for behaviour that would be innocuous in another person.'

British society horrified by the unhinged lunatic in the White House

the problem with jackboots

picture says a thousand words award

full version (only one of the many people already killed by this rogue regime)

"Instead of acknowledging migrants as the survivors of climate collapse – fuelled by the global north, which is responsible for 92% of excess global emissions – these political parties emphasise 'overpopulation' and 'opportunism' in the global south."

Keith Porter (43)

different state (OR not MN) different agency (CBP not ICE) same fascist racist tactics: aggressively stop cars with non-white occupants same blatant lying afterwards

How Hindi Cinema is Preparing India for Violence Once humiliation is naturalised as a civilisational condition, violence no longer appears as aggression but as rectification. At the centre stands a familiar figure: the forgotten man who must be able to say ‘I am not a bad person’ —Anubhav Singh