today in 'nothing means anything anymore': 'michael gove made orwell prize judge'

Indigenous Australians share the racist messages they receive online: ‘No one’s feeling safe’ Australia has announced an inquiry into racism and hate directed at First Nations people, as Lidia Thorpe says racism has ‘never been this bad. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

wtf is happening. do we need a bucket brigade at the coburg rsl?

From Kodansha's "Light Hole" papercraft stop-motion branded film, featuring Akira, Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell and many other mangas. Directed by Toru Katori (Animation director: Takuro Oishi). Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIL_...

As long as the costs of war are disproportionately inflicted on segments already deemed to be less worthy, less grievable, less human for whatever pre-existing reason (internal class, racial, cultural divides, etc.), you will find people who cheerlead the bombing of their own country.

The lesson, which resonates with the previous episodes of Listen to the Native Voices we had with Venezuelans, is that the line that divides humans into grievable life and dehumanized, expendable, and ungrievable life cuts across ethnicity and nationality.

All these fucking fascist flag fucking freak guys!! Are the worst guy! You could encounter at just the grocery store! Never mind have lead your whole state!

darwin basically describes in a few sentences how new theories become paradigms a la ts kuhn (laudatory). basic (also laudatory).

Also, when you ask @attackerman.bsky.social why everything is awful, you have to let him cook

Bandcamp Friday today, so a little thread of retored/curated very old mostly cylinder recordings I've put up. First, the king of the banjo (as a lead instrument) and Ragtime pioneer, Vess L. Ossman! centuriesofsound.bandcamp.com/album/a-bunc...

We should be taxing the fuckers into the ground. War profiteering used to be a bad thing… www.afr.com/companies/en...

As seen in the Nelson airport, a contest to make the best tiny chair out of a beercan. My cold hard heart softens

Huh and yet it seemed like such a winner of an idea

i had a girlfriend do a hard sell of infinite jest to me and at 20 pages or so i literally hucked it at the wall and refused to pick it up again. we didn't last very long but i don't regret it.

within my lifetime the consent manufacturing machine has been decommissioned and scrapped. the very idea that wars need to be sold to a relevant public is just gone. nothing has to make sense according to any criteria other than the whims of whichever rich guy has his finger on the button

welp there it is

conservative opinion always starts with we can't have nice things and moves swiftly to the prerogatives of power trump all, before ending with putting jews in ovens. absolutely nothing of value for egalitarians.

Ohara Koson (1927)

#LunarEclipse FAQ: Q: Is it safe to look at? A: Absolutely! Unlike a solar eclipse, there's no UNsafe time to look at a lunar eclipse. Q: Do I need a telescope? A: Nope! Best view is with naked eye. Just look up! Q: Does the eclipse portend terror & doom? A: Not at all! The news has that covered.

What if there was a mindful way to steal people’s art, pollute Black neighborhoods, and raise everyone’s electric bill?

we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.

This obviously very stupid but is it also smart? We’ll talk to some liars after this break.

I don't know if this relation is causal, but these are the results one should expect when using an LLM for "target identification". People are choosing to place these products in such positions, where their purpose is laundering of liability. www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-2...

@skywatch.blue hello - the labeling on this post seems unwarranted: bsky.app/profile/kirk...

A reminder that Girl Scouting of America has welcomed trans and nonbinary girls from the first one that asked, has always had lesbian and bi members and adults, never declared bankruptcy to avoid paying for sexual assaults, and never poached the other side to recover from said bankruptcy.

If you would like a 4K restoration of “Space: 1999” then you may soon be in luck. “They Filmed It 50 Years Ago, But You've NEVER Seen It Like This | Space: 1999 4K Restoration BTS” www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx9i...

posting, once again, the well-established definition of the crime of aggression in the rome statute for the ICC

@albomp.bsky.social didn't really have any moral capital left to spend, so i guess it's not surprising that he keeps digging himself a bigger hole, but this is obscene

oh no. that's absolutely the worst lesson to learn.

Sad Forebodings of What Is Going to Happen (plate 1 from The Disasters of War) — Francisco Goya, 1810-20

The Apotheosis of War - Vasily Vereshchagin, 1871

UN special rapporteur on counter terrorism and human rights Ben Saul is “deeply disturbed” by Australia’s support for illegal US/Israeli aggression against Iran in violation of the UN Charter. “Preventive regime change is an international crime.”

kubrick was way ahead of the curve www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7N...

john simm is criminally underrated. he's great in this role and in life on mars, but i loved him even more in state of play and was completely devastated by the lakes.

Some excellent headlines from the April 1963 National Eagle, the Portland, OR newspaper edited by the future chair of the Oregon Republican Party.

While I was doing my taxes, they passed 1,000,000 whistles shipped! I am just so proud of this group of internet strangers who decided to Just Do a Thing as hard as they could, and so grateful to all of you who helped us do it! We're still shipping whistles! >>> whistlecoven.com

Facing a $1.2-billion deficit, Nova Scotia's budget is reducing funding for 21 programs for communities. According to First Nation leaders, the cuts will affect treaty education, the Mi’kmaw Health Authority and food security initiatives.

I've written up a brief script for anyone who wants to call or write your representatives regarding this bill (yes, even the ones you think won't care). PLEASE DO THIS IF YOU ARE ABLE. This bill *cannot* pass. You can find your representatives here: www.congress.gov/members/find...

I need y’all to understand that if I didn’t already know he’s a soulless bought-and-sold-by-billionaires transphobic ass with no moral center who gets a sick glee from destroying the few possessions of unhoused people, I simply will never vote for anyone who lets his staff retweet Richard Hanania.

god i wish you all would use a fucking hashtag. anyway, happy avoid all media day to those who celebrate.

EVERYONE GET MORE WOKE NOW!!!!

good afternoon baalti.bandcamp.com/track/overbi...

How far back in time can you understand English? A story where each paragraph travels back in time. Unless you’ve studied middle English I doubt you (like me) will make it back further than 1200.

In addition to other motivations, every person who resists 'AI' groupthink should take Mencken's advice, quoted by @harrysimmons3578.bsky.social onboard. We needn't justify ourselves to the idolators.

Why does the Australian Future Fund hold a $100 million stake in Palantir? www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/20/c...

84 disability group homes in Victoria have closed since the state government privatised their operation to five providers in 2019. These are highly specialised homes and staff are not easily replaced www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Perdue banning all Chinese students just for national origin. No other reason. The Harper's Letter crowd must be crafting a humdinger of a new letter over this one. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Go on, Cracker Barrel, and tell us the difference. 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

when i hear 'purity culture', etc

disappointing but not surprising. Cory’s libertarian ideals have always been what gave me pause about him and his work. this is an excellent rebuttal and rebuke of Cory’s posturing on LLMs. the neologism seems to have come for the neologist.