It's International Coffee Day. A moment to put our caffeine-based differences aside and unite against our common enemy: soup.

Sad to hear about the passing of the Michelangelo of Movie posters, RENATO CASARO. The Man painted so many iconic posters, specially in the 70s/80s: CONAN, TERMINATOR, DUNE, TOTAL RECALL, DANCE WITH THE WOLVES, BLOW OUT, FLASH GORDON, RAMBO, NEVER-ENDING STORY, and the list goes on and on. 1/2

Milli Vanilli is of course, the plural of Milius Vanilius.

"God is Change, And in the end, God prevails. But meanwhile… Kindness eases Change. Love quiets fear. And a sweet and powerful Positive obsession Blunts pain, Diverts rage, And engages each of us In the greatest, The most intense Of our chosen struggles" — Octavia E. Butler, 'Parable of the Sower'

Immigration is just an excuse for them to be racist. They don't care that 84% of sex offenders are white. They don't care that immigrants are no more dangerous than anyone else. They don't care about 'protecting women' or lowering crime. They just care about being racist.

So exhausting..

"“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said @adiod.bsky.social , a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute based in Bremen, Germany. “These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Hey. It’s my birthday. If you’d like to make my day, you could sign up as a paid subscriber to my substack. I’m building back up after a couple of years of burnout, and I’m excited to be back writing- and your support would mean a lot. lauriepenny.substack.com

2 million signed to stop the ID card rollout. I know these petitions are all but useless, but this does seem a surprisingly unpopular proposal. The very premise of them stopping illegal immigrants from working makes no sense whatsoever so it makes you wonder 🤔 petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...

Fucking get them Queen

Prior to becoming a dad of young children 13 years ago I was in a Russian phase, reading Bulgakov and Dostoevsky. Being a Dad has introduced me to such a wonderful change of scene and I'm much, much happier... you might think this is the result of the kids but the literature is clearly a factor 😂

Well don't I feel stupid

Baby #goats jump on the sheep's back... You're welcome! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 #bluesky #nature #animals

TONIGHT! We are at Levenshulme Night Market from 5-9pm. Loads of hot food from around the world. Music. A bar. It’s free entry. Weather is nice. SEE YOU THERE

I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol. Not because of vaccines. Not because of some headline. I’m autistic because that’s how my brain works. Stop treating us like a problem. Start listening to us.

Believe trans people when we tell you the 'science' behind the Cass Report is as solid as the 'science' behind paracetamol causing autism.

once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system

I often consider that people like U2 may be God's way of demonstrating the dangers of taking yourself too seriously. Seems an important lesson,I dunno

You know that thing you'd like to do but feel underqualified for? The fact you'd like to do it means you're ready to give it a go

WTAF!? Scammers using Google Drive's notifications. Crafty buggers. Be careful out there people

Capybara was a majorette in her/his past life... 👀♥️ #bluesky #animals #nature

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

How come I can write "Sisyphean" correct first time, every time, but I cannot write "aproppriate" first time EVER?

imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.

Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today. https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia

This is exactly the right way to think of this; precisely what I'm saying, yes

The debate around LLM use is showing very clearly how the public need better tech education. Instead of being told tech is flawless and amazing, and any issues are your fault, we need more information better journalism, and public education on tech and how to use it safely or well.

I saw this story, I saw the horrible comments that were left about it, the poor lady was 80. I went on a rant about how we have to move past shaming people for being manipulated or scammed www.linkedin.com/posts/lisa-f...

If you see anything for donations to help the people of Panjab, it would really be appreciated. This is *really* bad. It’s going to have a massive effect on crop yields for the world (esp. flours).

Trans people are about to be banned from being able to use the bathroom when they leave the house but sure, trans people are the threat

If no one is going to die, its not a real deadline - so maybe just chill

The latest Batman reset really feels like someone doing an incredible job with very broken tools. I'm aware of how hard it can be to overcome DC interference as a writer so I'm seriously impressed with what Matt Fraction has done - I just wish DC would willingly throw out their bad decisions

Please, we’re so close.

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't." — Shakespeare "Though this be a method, yet there is madness in 't." — Reviewer of AI code

Grimsby Town keeper Christy Pym after their massive win against Manchester United in the EFL Cup “I’m a Man United fan so I’m half fuming.”

I see Ofcom are now the world police and that's how the Online Safety Act will be made to actually work? www.bbc.com/news/article... Not enough room for all the facepalm emojis

Italian photographer Ray Giubilo with a one-in-a-million shot of Jasmine Paolini at the US Open

did y’all know that single mothers actually do less housework, get more sleep, and have more leisure time than married mothers? all while spending the same amount of time caring for their kids?

I was interviewed by Stories Ink Australia. If podcasts aren't your thing, this is a written piece. storiesink.com.au/close-up-wit...

Sex Matters has managed to raise the 50K to take Hampstead Heath's Ladies' Pond to court for being inclusive. Let's spread the word and encourage people to donate to GoFundMe to help combat this bigotry. www.gofundme.com/f/working-fo...

Being told that communicating in gifs is cringe GenX behaviour that should die with "direct phone calls" (WTAF?) somehow makes me want to do it so much more

Mark Twain on unit testing: "A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval."

OSINT folks, the bar has been raised

The mainstreaming of far right discourse 2015 to 2025 in two pictures. The first is from a right wing troll that caused widespread outrage. The second is a supposedly serious journalist just asking questions

Hot damn - it's like Jamal Campbell rifled through my prized comics and pulled everything into a story just for me: ✓ Zatanna ✓ Dr Fate ✓ Rag Man ✓ Wonder Woman ✓ Blue Devil ✓ Etrigan Really satisfying story and as always his art is just perfection. Could not ask for more. 🤌Thank you Jamal!! 🙏

Being a journalist is easy, you just pretend to be surprised about all the stuff people warned you about 2 years ago

The people of Liverpool and even a journalist doing us all proud in the face of all the anti-immigration chunder www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Every time you walk around this gate, a sheep bites a random child

infuriating. I know a bunch of cons follow me. don't do this. AI has already stolen the work of hard working and passionate artists with real heart and pov. the artist's potential to make $$ in these convention spaces is more vital than ever. fuck off with this.