Fortunately, this is extremely unlikely to pass, but the fact that it can even be discussed makes me feel ill as it further moves the Overton Window in a terrifying direction.

Oh no

Bangaranga has prevented WW3

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders. Aluminum is an ADJUVANT. It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine. That’s it.

these are all actual headlines from the washington post. you can literally track the rightwing ideological shift over time towards supporting billionaires & transphobia.

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

This gets right to the heart of the logic of the Roberts Court re-writing the Voting Rights Act into a statute that permits the consideration of race only if it is used to disenfranchise people of color:

wednesday bringing some good news, for a change www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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The legal basis for sharing Vaccination Progamme personal health data with the National Crime Agency seems to be a stretch. Anyone agree/disagree? Have the NHS considered unintended negative consequences, because I can think of a few.

Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.

> [AI]'s not worth the harm. Imagine an orphan crushing machine and the blood is donated for surgery. Sure, the patients are getting surgery but is it worth keeping the orphan crushing machine? Maybe you could open a blood bank where people can consensually donate blood. Have you thought of that?

When somebody says AI is unethical they are saying it because of sociological constants. Like harming others being a core part of how these models operate. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Real nice process you got here. Be a shame if someone developed an app for it.

Happy St George's Day to all that celebrate.

When Einstein developed general relativity the closest thing to a practical application that could even be imagined at the time was a slightly more precise description of where to look for the planet Mercury in the sky, and yet now we’d all be literally lost without it. Anyway: fund basic research.

without discussion, information or notification. It's the danger of how this government works: abusing secondary legislation to make changes without ANY sort of oversight. To note: that data is being shared with Palantir and Oracle. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

I didn't know about this Signal For Help hand gesture until today. I'm quite sure that a lot of other people don't know it either (as demonstrated in this video). If you just learned it now too then it was worth posting. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_...

For the people who missed it

One of the great slogans of our age.

Like a number of other people - more than I would have dreamed possible when I first met Rachel Pollack and the GLF TS/TV/DQ group 55 years ago this September- I'm having my contribution to the community recognised today. #TDOV

London stands with the trans community, today and every day. On Trans Day of Visibility, remember you are loved and wanted in our city 🏳️‍⚧️

Love this one @jackshoulder.bsky.social @museumbums.bsky.social

I have a British constitution joke but I didn't write it down.

Gorillaz

I'm delighted that Trump is encouraging an acceleration in the move to renewables. He might just have had a positive effect large enough to offset the negative impact of him pulling out of the Paris agreement. (I promised myself I'd try to look on the bright side of this shit show more)

HISTORICAL FACT: People used to use "y" as th - "ye olde pube" etc - because Y is close to T on the keyboard and they weren't as good at typing back then

#TodayInQueerHistory March 10 (1987) ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) begins to coalesce after Larry Kramer (known for his play The Normal Heart) gives a speech at Manhattan's Lesbian and Gay Community Centre, calling for an AIDS activist group.

Holy cow, Ukraine offered to help the US prepare to counter Iranian drones, but the Trump regime turned them down, too focused on pushing the narrative that Ukraine “has no cards” and should surrender to Russia. But now the US is back, asking for help after attacking Iran and getting fire back.

Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.

David Attenborough [whispering]: “As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

Today is shaping up to be a real peach! Whatever you’re up to, wherever you are, I hope your day blossoms beautifully!

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

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if you think the greatest threat to effeminate gay boys is the trans movement and not the cis straight men who overwhelmingly exclude and brutalize them then you should walk into the ocean immediately

The Home Office radicalises every minister that falls into its clutches. Being appointed to a HO brief should automatically trigger a referral to PREVENT.

We are really going to regret the technology we have built.

Quite rare to see a chart that says quite so overtly that no one involved has the slightest clue what’s happening here

Watching dystopian sci-fi movies as a kid: Uh, major plot hole here. Are we supposed to believe the human race would be dumb enough to allow robots to become its master? Watching the world today: Oh.

We're fucked. www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

I think this article (from a black man and a father to a child with similar disabilities) is a good take on the incident. variety.com/2026/film/aw...

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No shit...

Security experts have urged people to be cautious with the viral agentic AI tool, known for being highly capable but also wildly unpredictable.

See also ‘I VERIFIED MY LINKEDIN IDENTITY. HERE'S WHAT I ACTUALLY HANDED OVER [to Persona Identities, Inc. Based in San Francisco, California’ thelocalstack.eu/posts/linked...

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