I'm good, thanks. It's only a dip if it goes back up.

Systematic murder and torture as a matter of deliberate state policy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Bit cheeky with the numbers, but ok, good.

Thanks so much to DJ McDowall for writing and Gerry Hassan for publishing this review. Had a bit of a cry at some bits. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/16/s...

Swinney's insistence that only an SNP majority (rather than a pro-indy majority) gives Scotland the right to a referendum is extremely irritating and his latest stuff about "if we get an SNP majority we get a referendum because precedent" is extremely fucking stupid

@jennbudd.bsky.social If you post ai lies you're never worth attention.

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

On the day it happens, and it will, the executive power provisions within the Communications Act of 1934 and the National Emergencies Act of 1976 will allow him to kill switch the US internet. He will. Plan for that now, because it includes your US-based cloud storage and hosted SAAS applications.

This is the lobbying group dressed up as a think tank that refuses to reveal who funds it. What if the money is coming from someone with an interest in nuclear power plants? That would be relevant, right?

I do personally think it’s quite funny that we have multiple instances of ppl running social media websites and then getting extremely butthurt that the users of said site don’t like them. it’s just very funny how it keeps happening

So, the Israelis abducted British nationals in international waters, which is, uh, piracy, and then tortured them, which is a crime against humanity. So that is a casus belli, is what that is. Like, this country should actually be discussing war at this point!

@ohnosusan.bsky.social adding me to a "can you not " list might be more useful if you said what behaviour you're objecting to.

Reminder that an IDF prison guard is on on camera raping a Palestinian man to death, and when arrested, masked armed soldiers raided the base where he was detained and forced his release. He then went on TV and became a celebrity.

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This is a moment of huge danger. There are 4 Scottish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla and others from across the UK. The Labour government must speak out. All activists on board must be given safe passage.

I've just been talking to pasangers on #GlobalSumudFilotilla 3 ships have been intercepted Israeli officials have threatened to detain and charge with terrorism offences Previous passengers claim that Israeli officials have tortured detainees Our government must act now. Platitudes are not enough!

sfa oh

ice cream and jelly when Tony Blair dies

Two tier headlines. SNP accused of using indyref donations for other SNP activities. Sturgeon & her partner arrested. House ransacked. Charges dropped. The other, over £700,000 undeclared "donations" is an "admin error". No arrests. All. Perfectly. Normal.

How's the t going, lads? A promising start, you say. Except we don't believe the promises.

Javascript programmers be like );

Labour charging VAT on taxi fares but not aviation fuel for domestic flights shows... priorities.

This is the person the GOP are seeking to canonise.

All the people who sneered at Polanski (and at the Scottish Greens) for not immediately promising to stand aside in favour of the mailing list that may never be a party might want to think about what's the most likely route to a meaningful left bloc in parliament at this point.

I'm not usually (ever) one for praising the LibDems but Ed Davey has made a valuable difference, yes.

Here’s a lovely piece from The Observer to lift your spirits: competitive ball kicking through a small Parisian window observer.co.uk/news/interna...

Peter Kyle, who I already knew was a total slug, going on the talk shows to say the march means free speech is alive and well in the UK! what about the free speech of people who can't go outside in case they get the shit kicked out of them! you stupid loathsome spineless craven little bastard

The shooter was a groyper.

Is she playing the author?

Turning Point USA made a literal watch list of professors, primarily women, queer folks and people of color, and made us targets of political violence. I’ve received hate mail and harassment and death threats off and on for nearly a decade in part due to that man’s organization so 🤷🏽‍♀️

Arguing that gun violence is not a real problem worth tackling under a banner that says "prove me wrong" then getting shot is levels of irony hitherto unseen.

Yes! #SportsBall

Powerful new Banksy mural on the Royal Courts of Justice building shows a judge hitting a protester lying on the ground with his gavel, with blood splattering the placard.

Ordered a pump but got an arcelik. Good service.

Oops, slept through Park Run*. *I've never done Park Run. Do no Park Runs start at 11.30? Is Park Run only for enthusiastic early birds? You know what...fuck 'em. Fuck them and their jolly early morning starts. (mood)

It's a simple point. It's an easy to implement change *that shows intent*. Evidently none of the major parties have that intent.

The Edinburgh Minute jumps next level impressively.

Dammit, I'm not getting used to this.

Loud Bengali chat.

The single most important thing to understand about digital futurism is this: When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.

"if progressives vacate the terrain of anger, the far right will take it"

Policing by consent? The daft pricks have utterly fucked it.

A racist hatemonger, released on licence till she's finished her sentence for a crime she admitted, is well into her "I'm the real victim here" media tour. And the entire UK media is lapping it up. Is any outlet going to give similar profile to the people targeted by the mobs she helped incite?

I'm seeing a lot of attacks on the newly released riot inciter for over eating. Do fuck off. She's racist scum - attack her for that.

"@gabrielmilland.bsky.social has blocked you", lol, ok.

Least surprising outcome.

The state of Texas is not good.

The Online Safety Act limits access to Wikipedia but *not* gambling sites. #MuchSafety #ProtectAreKids

Class. You know what's really going to fix the internet? Sorting out those bastards at Wikipedia, for running a vast and free user-fact-checked information site dependably for the last two decades. Well done everyone.