Fun fact: in the 1940's a unit of computation was the kilogirl. 1,000 hours of work by a woman whose job was literally: computer. That was how you'd measure how much computing you were doing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_i...

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

the fact that romancelandia is like 30-50% lawyers is an ongoing joke that we all get, but folks outside the romance community never expect and keep running into like a bird flying into a window

Qanon was never about taking down actual pedophiles and pursuing justice for victims. It was about smearing any and all prominent liberal figures while protecting and empowering actual pedophiles. Qanon was a movement of pedophiles, protecting pedophiles.

So, let's get this straight. Christopher "Moot" Poole created 4chan as a gathering place for hentai and CSAM enthusiasts, started /pol/ the day he met with Jeffrey Epstein, then /pol/ memed Trump to the presidency and birthed Qanon, a conspiracy theory in which Trump is a good person who hates CSAM.

This gets us one step closer toward the final form of Tesla, where the only thing it sells is pieces of paper that say “we swear this isn’t a Ponzi scheme.”

I’ve got the banana socks!!! #heatedrivalry

Gar are the only surviving members of the ginglymodi clade of fish that first appeared 240 million years ago. The ginglymodian lifestyle is slow, their DNA mutates about a thousand times slower than everyone else. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginglym...

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

"The real question here isn’t why Heated Rivalry is a hit—it’s why this kind of romance series is so rare in the first place." The great @gavia.bsky.social returns to Fansplaining with an incisive piece on Heated Rivalry, romance publishing, and the TV industry. Read or listen to an audio version:

The regime obviously thought they'd be able to take out a few dozen scary-queer-weirdo Antifa types in black masks and then successfully cow the rest of the Coastal Elite Liberal class into terrified silence: they were not expecting "totally fearless mass nonviolent resistance by entire cities."

Looking forward to the day when we win hard enough to not need articles like “what are the paramilitaries spraying at you?: a helpful guide”

Hudson and Connor with a fan in Venice, Italy yesterday via FR0CIO

More TikTok shenanigans — users are reporting the word “Epstein” won’t go through in Direct messages 🤔

Masters of the Universe trailer includes the pronouns of He-Man, outraging right-wingers https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/23/masters-of-the-universe-trailer-includes-the-pronouns-o-erm-he-man-outraging-right-wingers/?utm_content=1769419200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake

side benefit of tonight's "dude is astonished at basic logistics" discourse: getting to read everyone's examples of grassroots community action 😊 one of my faves: nordic ski races ⤵️

That fascists are trying to dox and harass journalists who are embedded in rapid response chats to get realtime info is a good argument for why journalists embedding in activist spaces should do so anonymously and operate a secondary device for non-activist spaces/work. Opsec applies to you, too!

I know you all love The Fartlantic today because of that one article but please try to remember that they played an instrumental role in the rise of fascism in the US and you do not, in fact, have to hand it to them.

At about 1m20 the most non-elite US mall ninja shows up with a bafflingly seemingly self inflicted bleeding nose, tucks a shotgun under his taint before tossing a munition canister god knows where, then starts shooting at journalists. If you saw this in a war videogame you’d think it was broken.

Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment. Excellent article!

imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus

Outside a Minneapolis hotel is a lone agent, swaying, baffled, with a bloody nose he may have given himself, fumbling with the pin of a smoke grenade, demanding to see the MPD (which weren't there), and trying to hold his gun between his knees. Can't make this shit up.

Governor Abigail Spanberger, the first woman to be elected governor in Virginia, has signed an executive order that stops local police from acting as ICE agents. The order rescinds a previous order that directed local law enforcement to pursue immigration-related enforcement duties.

Y'all. Please. Today and every day. Do not write down criminal intent. Do not post about doing illegal things. Don't email your revolutionary plans via gmail. Don't make murder jokes on discord. Use a tiny bit of filter. Don't assume you're too insignificant to matter. Just don't write it down.

In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS: Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring. Here's a weird starting point: There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr. Cats that roar = genus Panthera Cats that purr = genus Felis

ICE is leaving Vietnam-style death cards in the wake of their kidnappings because they are the saddest, most embarrassing military wannabes to ever live coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...

And this is why we should never refer to killings, massacres or other atrocities as 'tragedies'. A 'tragedy' is an unfortunate but unavoidable event for which no-one is to blame - that is the definition. To call the inevitable result of deliberate policy a 'tragedy' is a denial and a whitewash...

I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.

"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂

One more time, syntax matters. I do hope the snake had a good time, though.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

A reminder today and every day that if someone posts about politics like they're being paid to -- especially if they post like they're being paid to entrap you into saying something illegal -- block them. Either they're being paid to entrap you or they're too stupid to know how to get paid for it.

I'll also add, if you can't protest for whatever reason, replying to people on the ground at protest sharing content with alt-text and captions can be a good way to participate. I'm very pro team alt-text, but also have sympathy for how hard it can be to type in the cold for people on the streets.

stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

As Adelaide sets a new record for its hottest Australia Day, other parts of SA are enduring conditions that are even more sweltering, with the mercury climbing above 49C in Ceduna.

Venezuelan family seeking asylum -- entered legally, both parents with college degrees -- took their 7-year-old to the ER for a nosebleed and fever. ICE, which is now targeting hospitals as well as churches schools, blocked the child from getting care and detained them instead

The answer is yes. It's hard to stress how important Linux is about to be. www.theverge.com/news/658584/...

You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"

The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.

Trump eliminates rape protections for trans people in ICE facilities and prisons https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/16/trump-eliminates-rape-protections-for-trans-people-in-ice-facilities-and-prisons/

absolutely correct. you can’t take a loaded gun to a protest. you gotta save that shit for walmart. or a church. or a school. there are RULES.

Perhaps the most politically important thing about Zohran Mamdani is that it seems like he really, really likes New York and New Yorkers.

Signal will never message you like this. If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL. DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.

TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list. They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.

One way to rein in AI is force Robot Voice only and make them type (beep boop) after every sentence.

NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.