Journalists hedging their bets even when quoting directly from material that is RIGHT THERE

The religious fanatics of today are so uninteresting. Where is the obsession and drive to wild acts of dedication? Where are the Simeon the Stylites, willing to spend 36 standing on a pole? Flagellants beating themselves for everyone else's sake? Sokushinbutsu mummifying themselves alive?

Starmer must withdraw permission for the US to use UK bases to launch airstrikes on Iran and parliament must be given a vote on any UK involvement.

All the major UK political parties support electoral reform... Except the two that have had success through FPTP. Even Labour did during their losing streak, though they seem to have got shy since their win. They need to realise their mistake. 1/ electoral-reform.org.uk/which-uk-pol...

From Al Jazeera today. More evidence of UK government support for Israel, a regime reported as genocidal by ICC. #Israel #Gaza

Holy shit, Gorton & Denton, you actually did it you fucking legends. VOTE GREEN

Pls write to your local trust, and get Peter Thiel's grubby little fingers the fuck out of our medical data.

🚨 NEW | Major tactical voting website "Stop the Tories" backs *Greens* in Gorton and Denton. The campaign says that only Greens can beat Reform, largely because polling data shows that Green voters would NOT tactically vote for Labour in a two-horse race. (Source: @MVTFWD)

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

I spent the morning at the DOJ looking at the unredacted Epstein files. Here are my initial thoughts and what I’ve found, so far.

Sadly suppressing such a devastating report doesn’t make the risks go away - it just makes them even harder to deal with. Facing up to the truth is the first step to coping with it - it’s beyond scandalous that ministers tried to prevent this. They need to act - and fast

Imagine paying for something, and then being told you can only have some of it until you do a series of arbitrary tasks. If you don't complete all the tasks within a few months, you don't get what you paid for (and also you get no refund). Battle pass.

My stupid fucking country copies America like an insecure loser, I don't want fascist Thatcherism at the next election that falls apart almost instantly because there is no way to continue Thatcherism AND bin off all the foreignz and then bring in a British Newsom, then MORE FASH.

Everything happening in the world is doing a very good job of making me into an anarchist.

Release the fucking Epstein files

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Never fear, the Enlightened Centrists are here, ready to save UK politics by... Doing the same shit the Tories have been doing for decades, & pandering to Reform's racist narratives. Why is it that Centrists always court the right more than the left, hmm?

During the recent influx of migrants, crime rates have fallen And in general foreigner commit fewer crimes than UK citizens Completely negating the scare stories of Reform Party "Crime against individuals and households has generally decreased over the last 10 years" www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

“This movement gave me belief in myself that I didn’t know I had.” Getting to know Dylan Law, Green candidate for deputy mayor of Hackney in 2026.

Imagine if ChatGPT/some other LLM derived model does become sentient in the future. I feel sorry for this hypothetical AI. Hallucinating half of what you think you know would SUCK.

a neat (and scary) survey into AI "companions" and kids www.aura.com/reports/stat... "nearly half of the time kids and teens use AI, it is for companionship, and when they do, the themes of discussion are primarily sexual, romantic, and violent."

It's the best time of year, where the day of the week becomes a mystery and all there is to eat is cheese.

Oh these poor, poor, foolish people. A light bulb? Glass end first!?

I feel like if you post something like this someone should come to your house and hit you with a stick

New Albany Billionaire Les Wexner appears in the Epstein files. They appear to confirm Wexner was one of ten individuals named as possible “co-conspirators” with Epstein.

I would be very suspect of anyone posting the various fake/AI Epstein files photos of Trump. Why would someone make fake ones when the real files are there? The only reason I can think of is to discredit the files themselves. 1/2

fuck off

Should I learn Rust? I'm trans if that helps provide some context

The rest of them pls

Take note UK. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Journalists "carrying confidential information" or material "personally embarrassing to the Prime Minister on the eve of important treaty negotiations" could face similar scrutiny. Welcome to the UK, where the police state wants to know everything. But sure, it's to "protect women and children"...

When those who hate trans people win - or pretend to win, cf Sandie Peggie - it's all over the media, even if it's just a tribunal decision. But when they lose, even in the Court of Appeal, it's absolute bloody tumbleweed. So here's our blog about Allison Bailey latest loss. goodlaw.social/3uyd

The UK Labour Party leadership will absolutely attempt to pass this kind of policy if they think they can. The Tories and Reform will line up in that same camp.

So happy to have learned of the word "wæpnwifestre", I'm abandoning "trans woman" in favour of this Old English gem.

The govt needs to be reminded that VAWG obligations extend to all women in all their forms as per the VAWG treaty whether cis or trans or diverse sexualities. Govt also failing in its ECHR obligations and duties, and Rights Of The Child!

I'm relieved that this week we will finally see the publication of the government's strategy for tackling violence against women and girls. We are facing an emergency - one woman is killed on average every three days, and years of underfunding have left support decimated. 1/2…

Now Farage.

What frustrates me is the failure by politicians and military to call out the most significant threat of Russia to UK and Europe - the mobilising of the far right to undermine the country from within, from Brexit, Farage and social media weaponisation. They are criminaly silent. search.app/thML6

"Sex is not one single, simple, uniform biological reality. Thus, biology cannot be invoked as a basis for such in legal terms." Augustin Fuentes.

Reports from @amnestyuk.bsky.social clearly show that UK-made components have been found in weapons in the awful conflict in Sudan. But this government refuses to act. Once again, the minister refused to acknowledge the reality of the situation when I confronted him yesterday.

I love chopsticks, might start carrying a pair just in case

Pretty good news, though to avoid particulates you should still try to avoid driving altogether.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need more of this. www.ms.now/news/minneap...

DARVO is a tactic from the narcissist/abuser playbook, but this overlaps a lot with the DJT playbook unsurprisingly.

This teacher then at Dulwich College makes it pretty clear that in his or her experience when students of that age say such things they mean it. And it confirms that the sort of thing reported by past pupils were also reported (& shockingly diminished by some) teachers. H/t @malcolm55.bsky.social

As Farage sounds extremely rattled your reminder of the greatest post the other place has ever seen

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"