Nancy *still* cuddling Diane's bump. I mean, I would too, but on live TV? #strictly

1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose. Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵

As I've said many times, the most sensible way to determine what the party wants & prioritizes is by looking at what it does when it has power to act, namely, when it has a trifecta at the state level. Take Minnesota:

I've been walking around Disneyland all day with this shirt. Nothing I've worn before has ever gotten me more compliments, positive comments, fist bumps and high fives.

Is Nancy... cuddling Diane? #strictly

With the last few constituency declarations, I think Connolly has just passed MDH as having the single largest individual mandate in the history of the State. Congratulations @CatherineGalway!

It occurred to me that a good response to the racists hanging tricolours from lampposts and trees to intimidate immigrants would be to manufacture and hang *more* tricolours with attached "Céad Míle Fáilte" banners...

Aljaž's moustache actually suits him; words I thought I'd never say. #strictly

Who the hell is this guy with the teaspoon and napkin and pocket square? #strictly

Congratulations #moldova and congratulations to President Sandu on a tremendous electoral victory in the teeth of massive interference! I really look forward to the day we can welcome you into our EU family!

Ok this is just lovely. Why can't the men's game have personality-filled portraits like this instead of Everyone Looking Very Stern And Resolute? Normalise whimsy! #rwc2025 #can

Here’s the thing: we do not concede *one inch* to the far right. Ever. Anywhere. They are not just another political player. They are a threat to everything our ancestors fought and died to protect. They are not to be appeased. They are to be stopped. Rip down the flags wherever you see them. 3/3

Whatever logo is printed on the #rwc2025 balls; it looks on TV like a gigantic bloodstain.

I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational. First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares. Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.

Mandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to Jews https://youtube.com/watch?v=dFjOb9DGS1w Incredibly powerful.

Coming to an iPhone near you… https://youtu.be/rm44SV8xUDo

*« Until the movement is marked by the joyous, defiant, singing of revolutionary songs, it lacks one of the most distinctive marks of a popular revolutionary movement, it is the dogma of a few, and not the faith of the multitude. »* – James Connolly https://youtu.be/5BRHuiRyVEE

Not enough people are talking about the fact that the BBC have been streaming the "Dugga Doo" song from *Doctor Who* for two weeks now, and are showing no signs of stopping… https://www.youtube.com/live/uR30rwqtibk

Oh myyyy... #finland #eurovision

Finding myself loving the Dutch song. #eurovision

And Hungary is allowed to remain in the EU because…? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/14/hungary-poised-to-adopt-constitutional-amendment-to-ban-lgbtq-gatherings

At least they spelled her name correctly…

No Gods. No Masters.

I… don't know what I expected, but it wasn't this. https://infosec.exchange/@SwiftOnSecurity/114330377434619403