It’s 2026, in Oklahoma has finally made child marriage illegal. Congratulations? Also WTF.

gwen does fantastic work as usual on some of the 401,000 trans people who’ve had to flee hostile territory in their own country in the past 18 months.

On that day, the fash 'peacefully expressed' themselves by doing sig heils and throwing full beer bottles and cans, fireworks and trash at us while we were kettled outside a Trafalgar tourist shop for several hours. This has, for some strange reason, never been mentioned in the papers

💥WIN💥 After we put them under legal pressure, Instagram have reinstated a video telling how Liv Nervo was tricked into pregnancy 👇 https://goodlaw.social/lrc6

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

I’m so tired of this. Of course you need to pay some level of heed to the people lending you money, but you cannot prioritise their wellbeing over having a functional government. She’s right, if the argument for Starmer to stay is pleasing bond markets then we might as well all not vote!

We’re backing the call to end the mixed-age couples rule #FixMixedAgeRule “People who've worked hard all their lives shouldn’t have to struggle in retirement” Josie Irwin, UNISON Read the open letter on @independentage.bsky.social signed by UNISON and others www.independentage.org/about-us/cam...

This is simply bonkers. The White House is in active discussions with DOJ about settling Trump's lawsuit against the IRS in his favor, *precisely because* a judge might soon throw it out. WH apparently wants DOJ to agree to "settle" the lawsuit *before* that happens. Utter insanity.

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

If you are in central London on Saturday to march with the Palestine Coalition, don't forget these five key 'Know Your Rights' messages – and share them with others who may not know them

Every clause makes it worse.

Straight and bi women: "the ideal man looks like an exhausted dad with a little gut." Straight men: "I'm going to hit myself in the face with a hammer, then go to the gym for 14 hours a day to look like a jacked twink. Where are you going? Ladies?"

There are multiple reasons to avoid LLM use.

Bit of a coincidence that shortly after receiving £5m in cash for his "lifelong security" his waitress girlfriend bought a very expensive house with cash for him to live in so he could win his seat as an MP. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

crucial context: Peter Mandelson was sacked from the first New Labour government for having a £373,000 *loan* (not a gift) from a Labour colleague (Geoffrey Robinson) to buy a house

Elsevier: we will join the lawsuit against Meta for copyright infringement for AI training. Elsevier: Yes, this AI representation of an ear is an accurate representation for this mathematical model. Fig. 1. Schematic figure representing (...) the cochlea. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I’m sure this is definitely fine Hantavirus Brit, in 60s, found in Italian bar instead of in quarantine | News World | Metro News metro.co.uk/2026/05/13/h...

Objectively hilarious

🧵 With a leadership contest apparently imminent, it got me thinking about the first Labour leadership campaign I worked on … No, not Jeremy Corbyn in 2015, but nine years earlier – the John4Leader campaign, which began in 2006 shortly after Blair had set a timetable for his departure ... 1/n

You will note the Prime Minister didn't hold a panicked press conference where he spoke at length about the importance of defeating Islamophobia and that the press didn't engage in a full scale hysteria operation.

This is not about policing the actual, physical, marches themselves. It is about policing public perception by making them equivalent so far right racism & violence becomes the same in the public's mind as pro-peace anti-violence & anti-racism

"I was cancelled by the right" tours should be a thing 🤷‍♀️ It happens far more frequently.

To be very clear, I'm not trying to use the AI — I'm just trying to read the court documents. It's clear that the AI is programmed to replace offensive language. But what does that mean when it's being used to summarize historical documents? What happens when people rely on the summary?

Antonio McDowell spent 23 years in prison for muder before being exonerated. He said a certificate of innocence “signifies freedom,” but Cook County prosecutors are fighting to block the court order he badly wants.

Why are Lib Dem councillors propping up a Reform administration in Leicestershire? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Texas is banning students from writing on LGBTQ topics and removing any references to gender identity and sexual orientation. You'll never guess what the author here hasn't covered but then immediately wrote this piece.

We tried to have these convos at the sci-fi club I ran at uni in the 2010s and you’d have 3-7 feral cis woman-who-like-men saying YES we think Charlie Day is sexy and 2 or so loud cis men going NO YOU DONT YOU PREFER CHRIS EVANS STOP LYING AAAAAAA

The next Labour leader must move decisively away from the status quo to beat Reform. That means giving power and wealth to working class people. It means a democratic revolution, rent controls and public ownership of water. It means someone who isn't Wes Streeting.

Absolutely fuck you, Amazon. When I bought this device there was no mention of my purchase being time limited at your discretion. It does not require software updates, so the only "support" necessary is that kindle books are available in a format that can be sent to it. This shouldn't be legal.

So Luke Akehurst's pal who has been banging on about narrow boat tax was also the one who did the job on Rayner, and she's just been cleared of any wrongdoing. So looks like he is indeed just a slimy little factional snitch trying to whip up scandals out of stuff nobody should be caring about.

This is such an important story. by @aneripattani.bsky.social

“because suicide prevention in the US has historically been seen as a medical issue—the responsibility of clinicians who can provide medication or therapy—economic solutions are frequently left out of the equation.” 🛟🧪

i don't think this needs to be in the news, it is just a weird guy posting

Uh. "These findings suggest that companies may benefit from shifting their marketing efforts and product development toward consumers with lower AI literacy. In addition, efforts to demystify AI may inadvertently reduce its appeal."

Rawbraining it

Well, that Express headline was always going to raise a few eyebrows!😳 Starmer is responsible for embracing polygamy to appease Muslims, and so he's increasing their benefits?? That's the implication. After all, this "started in April", right? Wrong! 🧵1/25

Microsoft researchers find AI models and agents can't handle long-running tasks

Dalton Eatherly goes by Chud the Builder online. He is a livestreamer who is known for hurling racial slurs at Black people in public places and provoking confrontations. He shot someone today Clarksville, TN. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I have mentioned before that I am a big proponent of paying dignified wages for simple clean up. I think it serves multiple valuable functions. For one, it keeps things attended to. But also, it makes everyone safer. Improves behavior. Weakens arguments for automated surveillance or police presence.

National disgrace: workers taking bosses to court forced to wait until 2030. Govt has reduced resources for employment tribunals. Stressful for workers. Rogue employers are more likely to get away with abuse, wage theft and wrongful dismissal. Justice delayed is justice denied.

When I attended the ILGA conference last year there was a closed session with the Human Rights Commissioner for the problem cases: Hungary, Albania and the UK. I think this map flatters the UK and we are worse than it shows.

Jonathan Haidt is a grifter who is much closer to right wing conspiracy theorists than he is to any serious social scientists trying to solve complex problems like social media harms and youth mental health. Good to see students at his alma mater pushing back www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

Sex Matters and their fellow transphobes want to see trans and non-binary individuals entirely excluded from society. Fortunately most people don't. Overwhelming majority of people who use these ponds want them to be trans-inclusive. It is great they are remaining so. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

Hampstead Heath chiefs recommend ponds remain trans-inclusive spaces with improved facilities www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...

Other documents from the same court case transforms "Robin a Negro" into "Robina Black." The handwriting is perfectly clear, but the AI is programmed to replace what it says with something it doesn't say.

In addition, Family Search frequently utilizes prison labor to digitize materials they make available so it's just a turducken of exploitation activehistory.ca/blog/2026/04...

I am not worried software is suddenly going to decide it wants power over humanity. I am worried about what people who already have power over humanity can do with that software.

If, as reported, there was some sort of dispute between Starmer and Mahmood over immigration policy, it‘s pretty clear over on the bad site who won