The Arlington National Cemetery Memorial apparently has deleted references and information on everyone interred there who wasn’t a white straight man from their database - attempting to sweep their existence under the rug. My thoughts on this obscenity cannot legally be shared on this platform.

20 years ago today, Pet Shop Boys released their album, Fundamental. Songs include "Indefinite Leave to Remain", "I'm With Stupid" (about the UK/US "special relationship"), and "Integral" (about ID cards). 20 years later and they could re-release it without much change. 1/4

New blog entry: The Enshittification of History: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...

#AusPol "If we can all agree to call misinformation by its normal name – lies – then Pauline Hanson lies."

The annual Cities Service Boston commemorative service, in partnership with the 6th Machine Gun Battalion Association, Bass Point Reserve, Shell Harbour. discover.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/1...

I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

can you share this for me . im in it youtu.be/VsbUzvuVx-8?...

Unfortunately, I dont think this was done on purpose (as some kind of meta-joke). Just another case of #AI #Psychosis

Old review of @scalzi.com book, Fuzzy Nation - via @doctorow.pluralistic.net As it says, a masterful, likable reboot of one of the great sf classics. memex.craphound.com/2011/05/16/s...

So one of the 40 ‘entrepreneurs’ sold his business to Domain for $180 million How is this relatable to the 99% of Australians who’ll never have access to this kind of wealth? Pathetic MSM even the ABC championing the 1%

More trouble for Cricket Australia, this time from within. michaelwest.com.au/cricket-aust... #Cricket #Aus #CA

The Religious Right is desperate these days to pretend that "Christian Nationalism" is (1) a recently-invented term and (2) a pejorative invented by their enemies, but neither of those claims is remotely true. Here's a short thread, but I'm sure other historians will have examples too.

There is going to be a LOT of bullshit about trusts. So let's keep our eye on the ball. Bugger all people use them. But millionaires do and they get a LOT of income through them And they do that because they can avoid paying tax.

The craziest thing about the AI boosters is when they say “you can’t do this without AI” “I can’t make an event flyer without AI” when we all remember just 3 years ago how we all got along fine without it.

Is Meta / Facebook dying ? Mark Zuckerberg Is running Meta into the ground NY Times archive link archive.md/https://www....

A couple of weeks ago Marc Andreessen posted an extensive "do not hallucinate" type of warding prompt for "AI" on the former Twitter and the Internet responded as you would expect and as it should have, with effusive mockery futurism.com/artificial-i...

Gift link. I love this man so much. What a treasure. Martin Short and the Secret to Finding Joy While Surviving Tragedy www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/m...

They weren't Nazis! Cleese made the German characters deliberately too young to have been around during the war, hence innocent victims of Fawlty's xenophobia!

Albanese describes the proposal for a 25% gas export tax as of "the far left" which is an interesting way for a Labor PM to describe the ACTU live.thepoint.com.au

For you to understand how much the world has changed, in the 1970s as a second grader we were REQUIRED to watch the TV show adaptation of ROOTS. REQUIRED. www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...

🧵 on #AI and #Support

"how long does it take to build a data center, and how much data center capacity is actually coming online?" #AI #Bubble

Excellent show. Imagine in a housing crisis the ‘public housing’ #budget is to house US troops stationed here!! Thank you @davemilbo.bsky.social for your outrage. #auspol

The thing about Patel — and everyone in this admin — is that they do the *absolute worst fucking thing possible* IN EVERY SCENARIO. Like, “Patel went to Hawaii and then did a luxury snorkel trip” -somewhere- would he corrupt, but expected. Why, of all places, at a sacred site?? That takes effort

FYA, www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra... At first glance, a bit expensive, but includes a lot of stuff besides "just a reprint"; from artwork to a foreword by @scalzi.com

"Another test to make us prove our loyalty” Exclusive Bretheren re-emphasise ban on pets (apparently, includes service animals and other working dogs) www.smh.com.au/national/my-...

My next book, *The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI*, will be out in about a month. 1/

the single greatest use of The Boys Are Back In Town in silver screen history and Paul Bettany should have won Best Supporting Actor for his Chaucer portrayal one of the most purely fun movies ever made

NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #117” buttondown.com/stilgherrian... The Budget invests in tech sustainment, Kickstarter dumps adult content, robot lawnmowers get hacked and go rogue, and way too much AI news.

Bruce has a history of knowing history, and despite "never working a day in his life" (a direct quote from his Always show) has consistently worked hard for the disadvantaged.

I like the line "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑛."

Efficient Storage and Transport of fruit (in this case, Peaches) destroys the taste and sensation of eating it. I knew this was the case for, say, tomatoes and apples, but didn't realise it's impact on other fresh food. ambrook.com/offrange/sup...

This comparison of Trump—ailing, sunsetting, obsessing over monuments to himself—to the ancient emperor Ozymandias is so good. From @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social, on our pod. Check out this exchange: newrepublic.com/article/2102...

#26th #Trump "On April 30, 2026, thirty-six American physicians slipped a document into the Congressional Record that every future historian will be forced to reckon with." thegrimhistorian.substack.com/p/36-doctors...

"This idea of stability no longer dazzles voters, not because people suddenly crave chaos, but because the status quo already feels chaotic to them." #Auspol Via @TimDunlop.bsky.social tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-not-so...

“I see there is a housing shortage, which is a great opportunity for me, a Porsche owner, to profit” is a very sympathetic case study, great work here from the Oz

Nurses have made my cancer diagnosis & treatment so much easier to handle. Their care, compassion & humour have made the last four years so much better than it could have been.

“Shut up, stop saying it’s a golden calf of Trump!” (It is a golden calf.) www.wonkette.com/p/if-you-hav...

Stage 4 cancer here. This sounds almost punitive

🧵 on scrotalmaxxing, which is a) a real thing, and b) weird as it sounds.

1/ 🙏 @jacksonwryan.com for the story For >20 years, Pauline Hanson's shown us who she is by targeting immigrants, Asians, Muslims, Voice to Parliament, Indigenous Australians, native title, Welcome to Country & more It's gutting to read about "scientists keen to converse or snap selfies" with her

You're not looking through 12,000 new Artemis photos, so here are some of the best: defector.com/youre-not-lo...

Sure, not all men, but it's always a man ... And no bail ? WTF ?

Thoughts on an Australian based team (Sydney 'Roos or Melbourne Boxers) ? Or would the time zones screw things up too much? #NFL

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Thanks for all the interesting, funny and thought provoking reading, @scalzi.com and Happy Birthday !!! Even it is partly selfish (see abobe), i hope there's many more to come 😀

🧵 on Jesus & Christianity

It's really, really wild to see how widely One Nation's racism and white supremacy has been erased. First by centrist media and now, frankly, by a huge number of white progressives / left groups in Australia who are rhyming more regularly with Hanson