As an historian I often wonder how people learned nothing from the twentieth century and how we have fallen into the mess and rise of fascism yet again and here we are. People simply *don't care* that they are in a military alliance with and dependant on a fascist state when capitalism requires it.

I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane

Alton Towers: Look, more disabled people have been making use of our thing that's for disabled people. So we're restricting access to people who have difficulty standing, level access or urgent toilet needs. Y'know, the REAL disabilities.

ok, whoa. the DOJ just told me that the unredacted version of the document in question contains an image of a victim’s face overlayed on the face of the Mona Lisa image. so, that's why it's redacted. jesus christ

I still remember the sexual harassment training I had to sit through where the guy giving it rolled up his sleeves like he was getting down to work

Please for the love of god how do we remove this man from office.

I'm so dumb, is loosing 46% of your company's value in six months strategic 4d chess?

Just your periodic reminder that the assisted dying bill allows doctors to raise the option with anyone, including those who have not so much as hinted at wanting to die, including people with learning disabilities Does that sound extremely safe to you?

This is like a scene out of Monty Python. ICE agents get a name back from face recognition and multiple agents start calling out "Maria! Maria!" to see if a woman in custody reacts. (Presumably if she does that's a match???) It didn't work, so they ran the app again and got another name.

This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen: A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained" But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.

Hey, remember that time I said that pointing out that AI is giving bad data to ICE is missing the point because ICE doesn't actually care if the data is good? Check out how right I am.

Okay but Zack Polanski has been coming out with bangers

"These extraordinary rumours are yet to have been matched with any hard proof" 👀

Trump spread so many false election claims that an angry, riled-up mob gathered in D.C. and attacked our Capitol building on January 6, 2021.

Art!

it’s really funny how Labour figures were lining up to get these kinds of photographs taken

"What would you think to be thus used? This is the stranger's case. And this your mountainous inhumanity."

"As co-chair, Beth, now 68, faced down intimidation from anti-trans groups to oversee a vote that cemented the Association’s inclusive ethos in 2024. It was, she says, 'the hardest thing I have ever done, and also the thing I’m the most proud of.'"

New: Immigration agents have shot a dozen people since Sept--yet police are often skipping any investigation After agents near Chicago killed a man, an officer asked if chief who would investigate. The answer: “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer” www.propublica.org/article/why-...

as my friend group's resident tech person the one thing i tell them they should all get is a media server for £100-150 you can ditch all of your streaming services and essentially run your own hyper-personalised one that will always have something YOU want to watch on it because YOU put it there

Read this whole astonishing document. it should be taught as an object lesson in what volunteering to assist a fascist government does to your mind, body, and soul.

2026: The concentration camps don't INTEND to kill the (illegally detained) prisoners. The deaths are merely a by-product of neglect, rampant disease, inhumane conditions, refusal to provide medical care, beatings, retribution, and transfer to foreign torture prisons and third world war zones.

Spanberger is a moderate Democrat who used to work for the C.I.-fucking-A. It should put the actions of Schumer and Jeffries into perspective for everyone. Are they Republicans? Because they sure act like it. They need to get the fuck out.

If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can: drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.

This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..

This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):

This is right. The calculation was, "He's a piece of shit, but he's our piece of shit." They just didn't know he wasn't ours.*

I love hearing this, but I also wish reporters would differentiate between “machine learning,” which does amazing stuff like this, and “large language models,” which puke up slop and make CSAM on ex-Twitter. Not all “AI” is the same!

Man I’m so tired of letting these rich motherfuckers tear apart our society to pull the copper out of the walls, leaving all of us to try to pick up the pieces while they jet off to their private islands

jesus

As a former British civil servant I’m astonished at how accepted such lobbying from a foreign country has become. One could understand such influence from the US or the Commonwealth, to some extent. As an Irish person it does make me wonder if National secession movements in Wales, Scotland & …

I’ve just had to block someone for antisemitism. I will not tolerate this or any other hatred. I will also block anyone who seeks to make this about other religions [including Christianity]. The association with references to Nazism are also antisemitic & racist. I may have to lock comments.

If you are not British, you may not understand that the destruction of a war graveyard, with fallen soldiers buried, is considered sacrilegious & horrific. In nearly every case, worldwide - including this cemetery - locals tend them out of respect. It is beyond offensive to treat them in this…

Here’s what the UK Labour govt got in exchange for providing military, weapons & logistics support to the far right Israeli govt, in their genocide* in Gaza. Maybe all those Labour MPs, who get financial support from the ‘friends of Israel’ lobby groups**, might reconsider?

i live in a nice area but as an example, the money they spent to on this would probably pay for a couple of years of maintenance of the pitches where 150 kids get to play football every weekend at the local club i coach at. if you want to know where the government's priorities are

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

Unbelievable

The Republican party deliberately purged its more liberal elements. Everyone knows this is true based on their own knowledge of history. There has not ever been a powerful Republican counterpart to the Democratic Leadership Council.

🧵 Reactionaries need conservatives to support them to gain power. And they do this principally by lying that the left "are the real extremists." Below is a chart you might see often. It's worth considering. Besides the study's problematic questions, it's not measuring politicians. It should be.

In political science, there's a longstanding metric for this called DW-NOMINATE. It's been validated and used for decades. It shows the opposite of the graph in the first post. And it matters a lot more.

It seems even more unlikely that Wes Streeting will ever be Labour leader or PM now and I think that's worth taking a minute to appreciate

Don’t let the Labour right separate themselves from Mandelson. He has been at the centre of it for 40 years, they all owe their positions to him. It’s been clear what an immoral and unpleasant figure he is for a very long time, they are all complicit, especially Morgan McSweeney.

Dear American film goers, you do not want to dress like the "jimmies" because you look like Jimmy Saville. Look up his crimes if you need to know why. #28yearslater www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Clips, photos, and even dedicated fan accounts of the Jimmies are circulating, showing viewers turning up to screenings dressed as the “Jimmy Gang”, wearing tracksuits, gold chains, cigars, and the signature white bob, seemingly unaware of the real-life Savile scandal that inspired them.

Thinking about idiot americans with no context dressing as the Jimmies (jimmy sabille) from 28 Years Later and not understanding why the Brits are screaming at them. *Sigh* what's your cultural equivalent of real life horror being repurposed out of context by idiots? (Aside from nazis and blackface)

I make all of these by hand once you order. Just me and my sewing machine, and (of course) the occasional troublesome cat, so sharing (and ideally buying) is much appreciated!

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