21 March 2020 … at the beginning of the pandemic.

One for @sturdyalex.bsky.social methinks

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

A worthy endeavour As an Information Technologist myself, I’m very glad the society isn’t limited to this field, not least because Society for Hopeful Information Technologists has an acronym that will get all the wrong attention

Definite "zort" sound at 35s www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

U.S. Separation of powers, a quick guide: The executive debases the law The legislature deserts the law The (supreme) judiciary deletes the law

Sorry, I couldn't hear you! I was listening to my Pizza Hut AM radio with pan pizza headphones from Radio Shack

Iran's supreme leader issued the order to crush the protests with unlimited violence on 9 January. Trump lied that help was "on its way" on 11 January. Since then, tens of thousands of Iranians were slaughtered. The uprising has finished. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...

Medieval jobs that no longer exist No 49. Dragon gigolo

1/ Thoughts: It's good when people who didn't agree with me change their minds. However, exactly how much grace I offer them post-revelation depends on a range of factors. My tent is big and so has room for many people. It's also large enough that I can let someone in but not sit with them.

Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?

part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis

Disco Inferno 🔥🔥🔥 #BurnsNight

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

The man shot in Minneapolis today. Renee Good. Gov Walz and Mayor Frey. A woman recording ICE in Maine. All domestic terrorists according to the Trump regime. It’s a lie. A big, authoritarian lie.

Heartily recommended. Forget “What the Papers Say”. This is what the papers _should_ be saying. Top tip: Yes, it’s quicker to read it, but do yourself a favour and listen to Ian’s velvet tones via the audio version. You won’t regret it.

I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Given that any non-US citizen needs to give their social media details at the US border, and that all true British citizens today will be posting today that Trump is a petulant, know-nothing little shit, why don’t they just shut the border to UK citizens and stop the faff?

Oh the huge manatee

Nigel Farage takes time from his busy schedule of breaking the MP’s code of conduct to crawl even further up the Mad King’s rectum

Top marks to the AP photo editor who picked that image to go with this story. That’s been my expression for at least the last 12 months

And is the negotiated settlement with Greenland in the room with you now, Mr President?

This should be posted under every post Farage sends and quoted at him in every interview he gives - forever.

The UK was better off in the EU and Europe was better off with the UK in it. All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow. WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.

"One case we never considered, however, was how to betray and attack our own allies. We did not ask what to do if the president becomes a threatening megalomaniac who tells one of our oldest friends, Norway... he no longer feels 'an obligation to think purely of Peace'" JFC

"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"

Anyway, if I were the Labour press team I would be digging up absolutely every single positive thing Nigel has said about Donald, every photo of the two of them hanging out etc etc and I would be preparing to dump it like a bucket of cold sick over his head.

I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.

For those of you not versed in British history, it would be over 100 years until Sir Robert Peel stamped out the illicit trade in helium that caused people to talk so high in coffeehouses.

Given all the other recent Conservative defections he's accepted, "I've always thought Robert Jenrick was a fraud" reads more like a recommendation than a criticism

Lib Dems’ socials game is top notch right now

Do Anakin Skywalker's U-turns really matter if he ends up in the right place?

You’re right—swallowing the bird was a half-measure. The bird did eat the spider, as planned, but now you have a bird in you. It reminds you of swallowing the spider to catch the fly. You’re seeing the pattern. Would you like me to suggest some animals which could eat the bird?

"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

Right… so… I’ve started 2026 by investing in British Stock IS RACHEL REEVES HAPPY YET???

Weirdly I never have to explain to my ideological allies that racism is bad.

Disgraceful article by BBC News. It's abundantly clear from the videos what happened. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I hope Renee Nicole's bravery lights the blue touchpaper of mass civil resistance. Not just for the sake of America, but for the whole world. Murders like hers, especially caught on video, have a recent history of doing that. She was a warrior. They are cowards killing, quite literally, The Good.

I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

What just happened ... Comedy: Jamie Kaler

Whatever's going on between Trump and Putin will soon be made clear. Trump now has world's largest oil reserves and a powerful lever. If he cuts Venezuelan production, prices rise and Russia fights on. If he lowers prices, Russia implodes and Ukraine wins. Which path will he take? (h/t R_YP) 5/

Reminder: The US has refused to join the International Criminal Court because it argues extraterritorial justice is incompatible with national sovereignty and citizen's rights.

World leaders generally treat the rules around directly targeting one another – and civilian administrations – with a fair bit of respect, because what goes around comes around. Bombing raids and removing a president without a declaration of war quite literally changes the rules.