“Hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you or why you don’t own a kelly bag,” he wrote. To which Epstein responded: “It’s the tail of distribution , no really smart women – none.” @jkutzie.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org.

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Resignations are not enough.

Something a bit different. Looking at the documentary on the display truck that went to tour America promoting the show in 86/87. Interesting background and chat with two of the documentary contributors.👍🏿 How times have changed. Play out is new to me, and I like it.👏🏿 ❤️❤️➕🟦 🚶🏿‍♂️🎧📻

Funny how Kirtaner STFU about his psych eval. I wonder why 😂

There are moments without pasts or futures, orphans in deep time.

Me with a scoop/exclusive Five days after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest, federal authorities “directed” NY law enforcement authorities to “stand down” their investigations related to Epstein, new documents released by the Department of Justice show. Part of new Timeline on NY and Epstein.

ALLONSY www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...

🎶 Look at my son 🎶

The Creation of Adam

I just realized there is a surprisingly strong circumstantial case that I'm secretly someone awesome who I would gladly take the fall for if it ever came to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdy...

Aliens laugh at humans for measuring things almost exclusively through its electromagnetic properties, usually filtered through organic or inorganic detectors (or most of the time, both). Kltpzym: "What do they mean 'dark matter'? They can't see it?" Kosh: "They do not know how to look."

i'm sorry but illegibly brainstorming on a notepad is just better than brainstorming on a computer

Other fun facts about Tourrette’s! People are oft ignorant & judgmental as fuck b/c ableism, eugenics & social conditioning. Coprolalia is intrusive & involuntary urge/behavior to say offensive things There are no highly effective treatments for Tourrette’s & people do need to own their shit.

Force yourself to post with alt-text with this one simple trick. Ableists hate it!

I have these encounters memorize, and have been known to quote "any cxnt could do it"

I'm trying to get better at writing alt-text for images, so feedback is welcome, and so are reminders if I fail to do it

This is the energy I'm bringing for the rest of the year. Also sleepy. A sleepy, unhinged witch!

I've given up on having space for physical media, but if you're gonna get physical media.... why not this flawed but enjoyable piece of the Doctor Who universe?

All I can think is "Luz is Team Aqua"

Anonymous has also been mercilessly targeted for infiltration, with some of the biggest names of Anonymous (Gregg Housh, Kirtaner, BB, Sabu, etc.) having a documented history as federal cooperators. Some info at the link, lots more out there that I didn't get to talk about at @hope.net last year.

"bluesky is dying" nobody cares. true posters will write "my dog a chonky boi" or "fuck Matt Yglesias" on a torn rag, stuff it in a bottle, and throw it into the ocean

There are many ignorant takes on Tourette Syndrome on the internet due to the BAFTA clip. Many things can be true: 1) What was said was horrible & racist 2) BAFTA should have handled it better & warned audience & presenters 3) Also most Tourette sufferers involuntarily say things they dont mean

Democrats: "Apparently people don't love genocide?"

In the last few months, I've gotten lots of new followers, so I figure it's time for me to do one of those introductory threads. I'm Emma Best, and I'm an activist, historian, and journalist. Less impressively, I'm also a huge geek and fan of speculative fiction (esp. Doctor Who). /1

YouTube's AI is so terrible it determined that because I like "animal rescue groups" I'll also like "zoos" and "cages."

“(ICE favorability is) almost break-even with people who get their news from Twitter. Compare that to other social media platforms like Reddit and TikTok, where over 70% of voters viewed the agency unfavorably.” You are what you (choose to) eat

The conclusions about student cognition aren’t the interesting part for me so much as the money being spent on youth surveillance that isn’t leading to better learning outcomes. Teachers are being laid off, schools & libraries are closing, books are being banned.

Congress asked Les Wexner about a damning email to Epstein leaked by DDoSecrets and made public alongside @jmail.world and @dropsitenews.com After learning about Epstein's first arrest, Wexner wrote: "you violated your own number 1 rule...Always be careful." The email: jmail.world/thread/e5597...

There is one way - and one way only - to determine who your favorite Doctor is: Listen to @bigfinish.bsky.social's intros and figure out who prompts the most goosebumps when they say "For The Love Of Stories"

If any tech people do happen to have the ears of billionaires, I am here with my wallet open saying I would pay EXTRA for devices and software that don't have AI in them. Please take my money.

live free or die

I keep this image on my desktop now because of how often I have to use it.

If some lost media *actually* becomes found because of an article I'm writing, I'll lose my frickin' mind.

how we shot the opening (Camden) scene Doctor Who The Star Beast. New footage. Edits. Tensions. Rehearsals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXb...

Tech bros about to invent a magic lamp but instead of cursed wishes it tells you to self harm and sends all your info to the government.

"That person is too hot to be cis" is still batting 1,000

When we talk about ACAB sometimes it's easier for people to get this point Cops are bastards not just bc they do evil (although they do plenty) but also bc they are enforcing systemic inequity and injustice laws even when they aren't the worst of the worst The same applies to politicians

The govt has been trying (in spurts) to declassify UAP info for years. The biggest hurdles are that agencies refuse to comply with automatic declassification requirements and the National Archives can't declassify other agencies' records. If you want real declass, give NARA that authority.

Like moderation - but without the catharsis of banning an account or reporting bad actors to the police - this kind of reporting involves repeated exposure and investigation to a broad spectrum of traumatizing behaviors, many of which are difficult to predict in advance.

Do you have a counseling background and some availability? Want to volunteer to some help? I‘m glad to help set up office hours/verify journalists for access. I’ll create an contact to verify reporters once I have something to offer.

Cis journos who fancy themselves our allies - one of the best things you could do right now is push some human interest stories about trans people like this into the mainstream.

Get off Facebook. But if not, follow @obversebooks.co.uk new page

Die Epstein-Akten zeigen, wie der US-Finanzier versuchte, Kontakte nach Russland zu knüpfen, auch mit Putin wollte er sprechen. @daniellaufer.de, der mit @frederikobermaier.com & unseren Partnern recherchiert hat, hat darüber im @derstandard.at Podcast gesprochen www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

The Muppet Who Knew Too Much The Muppet Who Knew Too Little The Muppet With the Golden Gun

"Dang, @arcbeatlepress.bsky.social should really have a Starter Pack. I'm surprised they don't. Should I say something? Lemme just double check first. Oh. Hell yeah." Publishers of cool shit: www.arcbeatlepress.com/about.html