witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

Real talk I hope Vince Gilligan and David Duchovny know how many suicides they prevented with these two lines of dialogue

This is so random? What next ‘asylum seekers banned from shopping at M&S’?

she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October

maybe they outsourced to ChatGPT the job of checking there haven't been any other projects with names like terra/luna that would evoke extremely negative reactions

This is absolutely damning.

Does anyone familiar with FOIA requests follow me that can advise me on a question I have about White House records?

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People are saying Starmer won't leave much of a legacy but I think that's nonsense frankly The UK was officially declared a country of trans genocide by the Lemkin Institute under his tenure

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New: Allies of Andy Burnham are preparing to welcome him with a ‘mini-rally’ in Westminster this afternoon Starmer expected to resign before that, after Peter Kyle acknowledged the PM was considering the "political realities" this weekend observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...

Girl same! I also feel betrayed by Labour!

Anyone writing their thinkpieces about how burnham united the left is lost in columnist-brain: Starmer “united the left” at the general election, but it wasn’t passionate support, he was simply the least worst option.

im not really fond of making comparisons to racism but ‘trans lovers’ is some ku klux klan tier shit.

During the campaign Burnham explicitly said he supported Shabana Mahmoods incredibly restrictive immigration plans but go off Camilla

They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes

Insanely too little too late, but wild

Some people shrug off the use of illegal (ghost or cloned) licence plates as low level crime, evading speeding tickets and congestion charges etc But increasingly police are aware of their role in organised crime, and even murder - like that of 21-year-old Kyron Lee observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

BAN THE PERVPODS

I don’t have strong views on the u16 social media ban but if these platforms are so harmful, why does the govt still use them for comms? Likewise, while kids (and everyone else!) should be encouraged to socialise in-person, they now have far fewer options following brutal cuts to youth services

the government are taking tough action to stop any daughter of yours going out dressed like THAT

Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago.

This is besides the point but I don’t think the Prime Minister should ever be delivering news wearing something that is done up by a zip

Tbf it is actually wild that chatbots that can simulate sexual relationships weren’t already only for 18+, but you do not under any circumstances have to hand to Starmer for that one

Am I the only one who remembers not being allowed to go outside and socialise as a child because my parents were convinced I would immediately be abducted? Like being on the computer was the only solution

The solution they’ve proposed is more invasive age verification requirements for everyone so if you don’t have a valid ID I guess you’re not responsible enough to handle that YouTube makeup tutorial

On the day where we're banning socials for U16s, is there a proper analysis of this new type of boomer slop overrunning Facebook? It seems to be done for creator payments now which, when combined with cheap AI image generation, is like an insane fever dream compared to the cheap memes of the 2010s.

Politicians congratulating each other about the social media ban for under 16s on X, the one stop child pornography and far right radicalisation shop, is beyond satire

An instagram ad just began with “this is what the SOCK INDUSTRY WONT TELL YOU” good lord what has Big Sock been hiding from me now

This thread contains more impressive investigation than the Times article it’s referencing, chefs kiss

If there is an outlet interested in detailed reviews of every library and leisure centre in Southwark and recommended combinations of the two, my inbox is open

Welp there’s no unseeing this

In one of the devil wears prada 2’s many brand collaborations google Gemini is asked how to dress like Nigel and the best it can do is… try a three piece suit. AI companies are telling on themselves how dogshit they are

This via r/LondonFood is very cool ❄️ Someone has scraped the UK government's register of air conditioning inspection reports for commercial premises and created a database of London's cafes, pubs and restaurants with AC:

They’re trying to girlbossify the pervert glasses, we’re maybe 6 months away from Reese Witherspoon arguing that more women should be covertly filming strangers, for feminism

It really does feel like there’s a concerted effort in the UK to demean the value of education, coming from some of the most highly educated people in the country.

Written by the health "reporter" at the NYT who is constantly questioning every minute detail of youth gender care, seen here writing with praise about conservatives abusing testosterone.

Australia’s Federal Court offers a lesson in how courts can read equalities legislation in a way that recognises “sex” is not a term fixed by biology or birth while also challenging the discriminatory effects of gender stereotyping and policing. The UK Supreme Court could learn from this approach. 🏳️‍⚧️

this is exactly what i kept saying yesterday. for all how scary it is that reform won so many seats they are actually tanking. they're tanking harder than labour are. the only party really, truly, on the rise is the greens.

It’s official: I no longer work for the Observer, they have decided to move away from data journalism. Which means I’m now looking for work! I'm a data journalist who has worked on award-winning projects, and I'm excited to really be able to work on stories that matter 🙏

This is also a huge reason why we don’t have functional data privacy laws, because when politicians are campaigning they want as much access to your data as possible

“I am not involving myself with politics“ Mr police man says on his tour of media shows to comment on politics

Can someone explain to me why we shouldn't police incitement to hatred against some groups but we should against others?

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So so so tired of conversations around sex education reform that begin and end with “consent!” As if teaching the concept of consent flips off the “rapist” switch in a persons brain

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i'm going to get a good grade in "not being murdered", a thing that is both normal to want and possible to achieve