But if you frame it as “to protect the sanctity of sports day we need to inspect the children’s genitals” I take a pretty immediate and immovable stance.

This is absolutely *insane*. This is one of the most spectacularly terrible ideas I've ever heard. Yours, one of the reporters who spent 18+ months of his life going through the Edward Snowden leaks.

Perfect setup for a Pressdram v. Arkell response.

I hadn't clocked the significance of the number of stars. Thanks, Dan.

Honestly baffled as to why @annecomics.bsky.social thought that blocking me for this was a useful way to respond to being given this information.

This tracks. (Although I am slightly annoyed that on the "vibes" question the options for how it makes you feel are "Bored," "Uneasy," "Curious," "Excited" and "Scared," and not the one that actually applies to me, which is "Furious.")

I see Germany is enjoying the traditional English World Cup experience, by losing to a former colonial possession on penalties.

Bluesky dot jpeg

So much for the Planck "Constant".

The disconnect here – the total lack of appreciation of what AI is doing to the pipeline that makes experts in the first place – is a big part of the problem.

New exemplar for dictionary definitions of "victim blaming" just dropped.

Moment of interception of a Russian ballistic missile over Kyiv caught on video (smoke plume from an earlier interception visible too). Ukrainian military monitoring channels say all five Russian missiles just launched at Kyiv were intercepted.

Great news. I also propose that if we're going to start doing this sort of thing on the regular, at least one Royal should board wielding a cutlass, to restore a tradition in abeyance since the Altmark incident.

Your straits are past dire.

Most spectacular online bullseye I've seen in a while!

I’ve been investigating inauthentic online activity around Tulsi Gabbard for 7 yrs, and now hundreds of pages of leaked docs confirm what I found: a network of fake accounts has been working for years to boost Gabbard and attack her critics. My latest: weaponizedspaces.substack.com/p/tulsi-gabb...

Every time I see Lavrov, I think "Ian Paiski".

Would cutting courses such as these, given the student results they engender, not have a disproportionate effect on university rankings in academic league tables? And thus do far greater long-term damage to university survival prospects than is being taken into account?

I watched The Lazarus Effect last night and it's basically Event Horizon but the spaceship is Olivia Wilde. Which makes sense: I always thought the spaceship in Event Horizon was very good-looking.

It is not, in fact, a new one.

i kid you not: this is essentially the stuff you see on Russian state TV about Ukraine

Block this person. Antisemitism has no place in liberalism.

Popehat's been suspended? Popehat?

A cartoonist of some genius.

Four fictional characters that represent me.

I have written a lot, in the past, about the psychology of railway modelling and the various psychological needs it satisfies, but setting all that to one side: do the things you find *fun*. Give yourself permission to experience pleasure. The world is full of duties and cares; make space for *you*

This is demonstrably untrue. www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/new-pol...

Interesting how a decades old movie seems to have seen our current predicament 🤔

Truly a momentous day in UK politics. Also, Americans: take heart. Such results are possible. Apply the law without fear or favour and ensure that bad men are made to answer for the harm they have done, no matter who they are.

I might have known @gailsimone.bsky.social was involved in this somehow.

Oh this is a *disaster* disaster and the signal on it’s been low. This is a fire crossed with a toxic chemical release crossed with an unthinkably huge amount of meat about to spoil which is another toxic chemical release crossed with vermin opportunity. Los Angeles.

Keir Starmer has resigned, making him the sixth Prime Minister to leave office in the last 10 years.

The rickroll to end all rickrolls.

Before it happens - and because it's almost inevitable this week - a reminder that rail buckling is a thing that happens because of extreme weather events, and is basically unsolvable because of the need to also prevent rails from cracking in the winter www.networkrail.co.uk/rail-travel/...

"The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam" is a great rule to have against AI content

He tried to tell us all, repeatedly, but we did not listen, and only belatedly did we realise that yes, Keir Starmer's father made an absolute tool.

Among the top 3 comments I, a professional academic editor, will leave on your paper: "The first time you use an abbreviation, you must explain what it stands for."

Florida Surgeon General announced ALL vaccine mandates will be ended As a polio survivor, i was joyous when a vaccine became available. No other child would endure such fear & suffering. He said "who am i to tell u what to put in your body. it's God's business". Hes a doctor! This is lunacy

Purple Emperors high in the canopy on Bookham Common in Surrey this afternoon @savebutterflies.bsky.social Always a sight to treasure @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Theft of fencing infrastructure is a serious rural problem.

The ultimate Scotland match.

Stop. Asking. For. Rage-Fuelled. Protests. Whether. Hot. Or. Cold.

Heads up brummies - cherry reds is being review bombed by fascists as they refused service to some anti-immigrant protestors yesterday. If you’ve ever had a nice drink or meal there then maybe today’s a good day to leave your own review.

A man is running through the streets of Moscow yelling "Brezhnev is an idiot, Brezhnev is an idiot." The man is promptly arrested. He is put on trial and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He got 10 years for insulting the General Secretary and 15 years for revealing a state secret.

That's a very solid success. Disabling 6 air defence systems – including at least 4 radars – is impressive... and will be consequential, I'm sure.

Russia's SKYFALL nuclear-powered cruise missile is such a nasty piece of engineering that *even without a warhead* it's essentially a radiological weapon. Read this thread for the science.

Nope. 2022, dir. Jordan Peele.

Joe was *so right*.

I feel useless because I could do the job but can't get the job. He feels useless because he has the job but can't do it. We are not the same.