They need fixed forward firing 50 cals or 20mm cannon. Ukraine needs Spitfires.

Let’s mine the busiest shipping lane in the world. What could possibly go wrong? Also, if you think people trying to get into your country without permission should be met with lethal force, you’re a terrible person and should think about what it was that made you like that.

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

A vision of hell. You can have this or you can have actual art made by real people who know what it means to love, to strive, to triumph and to have their heart broken. I know which one I want.

First stop on my tour of Korea and Japan was the Maritime Museum in <checks notes> Amsterdam?

The people of the Middle East are, of course, famously tolerant of outsiders just helping themselves to their land.

This is obviously some exciting new meaning of the word stabilise of which I was previously unaware.

Rachel said Lisa Murkowski reported the average # of calls coming into the Senate is 40 Now it is over 1600 a minute and they can't keep up KEEP IT UP!!! KEEP IT UP!!!

Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue. TWENTY. As in, they call that getting slammed. So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind. TWENTY is a lot.

RFK Jr & his kids are vaccinated. Because he knows vaccines are safe & effective. Yet he makes millions of dollars causing preventable illness & death by telling other people vaccines are harmful. 1/

Went to see Conclave tonight. If you don't know it it's a movie about selecting a (fictional) pope. I was optimistic, could have been dull, but I was expecting political shenanigans and I was disappointed. Really enjoyed it.

Been reading your posts.

Something good that the government are doing. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I hadn't believed it until I saw with my own eyes. DeepSeek is programmed not to answer certain basic questions of fact.

Up there with his assertion that babies belong in mangers 🤣

“Society has the right to decide how technology is used and pass legislation accordingly. People have the right to use technology which respects their choices and does not try to hack them into perpetual empty engagement.”

This youtube channel is delightful. He’s making a map of the USA using wood from the state tree of every state, but you get a little story about the biology, history and uses of the tree, or whatever is interesting. Great stuff.

The authorities are coming for Murdoch rag The Sun.

Tip from @snowjob.bsky.social If you have a whitehouse.gov link you want to access and it is down, try replacing "www.whitehouse.gov" with "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov" The national archives is still doing its job for now.

Yeah. We kept letting folks push and not *technically* be breaking any rules/laws while making every discussion space miserable, and at a certain point we just have to say "you are making this place suck, you aren't here in good faith, and you don't belong here" to these fucks.

This is the way.

I think our best response is to reject AI completely, and try to destroy its reputation. Make "made by humans" a mark of quality.

This is gross and wrong and unsubtle. But it's just the beginning, AI is most certainly going to be instructed to give biased, inaccurate answers to further the causes of its billionaire owners. That's going to be a lot more difficult to spot.

Party of law and order eh?

It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...

Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' got its first big win with Trump declaring there are only two genders. This is an agenda that will see laws passed to push gays back into the closet and women back into the kitchen. Our trans siblings are in the front line of this fight, so now more than ever

The world’s suicide note just got to be signed. Al Gore has proved inconveniently truthful for a very long time now and is hard to ignore.

When someone tells you who they are, believe them.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

So, I jumped in to SAS Rogue Heroes (S 2) last night. It's entertaining and all, but I HATE this little snarky disclaimer at the beginning. There is a difference between making historical mistakes and suggesting the real history doesn't matter or is just a boring "lesson." Short 🧵

So, people "invested" millions of dollars in "literally nothing." Truly capitalism has reached its final, most perfect form.

America are going backwards. Decriminalisation of abortion is LONG overdue in the U.K. Please sign, share on other platforms. Send to friends. Ask them to forward it too. We need to protect ourselves. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

It really baffles me why some think it's okay to be shitty to a generation of young people who gave up THE MOST to protect their elders, have had THE CRUELLEST possible transition to adulthood, are getting THE LEAST amount of state help, and are facing THE WORST future prospects.

SpaceX is often praised for their cheap development methods - but they're only cheap because other people bear the actual costs.

Watched a bit of Death in Paradise at xmas. It remains a mystery to me how the Uk/French governments haven’t sent some sort of police task force to Saint Marie, it must have a homicide rate that’s off the charts.

You bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. You are not online. It is 217 BC. You are the general Hannibal, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn.

“Our Employment Rights Bill which is the biggest upgrade to workers rights in a generation, includes measures that will end the scandal of fire & rehire, preventing exploitative zero hours contracts & introducing basic rights from day one, secure wages, secure jobs” 👏 Keir Starmer #PMQS

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

Post your favourite Doctor Who, wrong answers only. Actually, I'm pretty sure Death in Paradise and Doctor Who are the same show - regenerating main character, cast of assistants, puzzle of the week, etc.

A functioning democracy does need a variety of voices, and that includes some sane, moderate conservatives.

Saw a crow today who was breaking open nuts by flying up high and dropping them onto the pavement. I knew they did it but it was nice to see it. I do like a good crow.

EU Foreign Affairs diplomat Kaja Kallas: “Russia started this war so Russia must pay the price of it. “Today Ukraine will receive €3bn from our G7 loan which will be repaid with the proceeds from Russian frozen assets. “This will support Ukraine’s economy and free up Ukrainian money for defence.”

Please be kind and helpful to the wildlife !! 🙏🏻