The Tory opposition leader says that the Labour government's proposed act of 'performative cruelty' against refugees and their children is "small step in the right direction". Have we not learned that appeasing fascists is never a good idea? How about about appeasing the Greens for a change?

Do we have any indication yet of how long we will have to endure this endless drivel about the BBC's terrible left wing bias *cough* and how the perfectly truthful and reasonable US president (he who has never lied about anyone!) has been maligned by it ?

I don't know who needs to hear this, but in the real world on 31/07/2025: Number of new socialist parties in the UK = 0 The number of members of new socialist parties in the UK = 0 I genuinely hope that changes, but we need to avoid deluding ourselves. Living in a fantasy world helps no one.

I wonder if there's a more concise description of "people who privately share a racist joke" 🤔

A man on Radio4 just said that while he's cleaning his teeth, he has started reading books rather than looking at his phone. My main takeaway from this is that older people who go on about how young people can't concentrate on anything anymore tend to be people who are unable avoid talking bollocks.

I would marginally prefer: "GROK rolls out defense companion, lands department of pornographic anime contract" ...although I may change my mind once I've overthought it some more.

...or perhaps it dawned on someone in his PR department that publicly admitting that he supported Trump's run for US president while he was sitting on evidence that they were a rapist and pedophile is not a good look.

He didn't say anything. Training an AI model with limited data curated by his sister will produce something that is more of a representation of her relationship with him. Although meaningful, it's also a misrepresentation. There are ethical issues with AI pretending to be something it's not.

The world has gone topsy-turvy, and it's getting increasingly hard to figure out what's what anymore. Reviewer #2 was actually nice to me...

Trans men’s insight on this is so fucking valuable in understanding the nuances of what’s going on with men. We need to be amplifying them, and hopefully cis men can realize what is actually the source of their loneliness.

In case you lot over the pond are feeling like you're the only ones, on the news after some UK local elections this morning, I heard a jubilant fascist congratulating "our great leader" and talking about "returning Britain to its glorious past." It looks like we'll be in the same boat soon.

My GitHub commit messages are going downhill again. Think I need a holiday...

I wish the BBC would stop saying that that murdered paramedic Refat Radwan "died". He was killed: deliberately shot dead at close range while doing his job. It was a murder and a war crime. Don't call it anything else.

People in the USA & beyond are being punished, fired, defunded, deported, disciplined & silenced by Trump’s administration for their opinions & beliefs. In unprecedented numbers. I thought the ‘anti-woke’ warriors really hated this stuff? They all seem to have disappeared…

Anyone know how the NATO treaty works when NATO country attacks another NATO country? My understanding is that the attacker would breach Article 8; also, under Article 5, all other members have to attack the aggressor, but in doing so, they'd be attacking a NATO member, so... erm... 🤔

I am no economist, so I am a bit baffled by the chancellor on BBC Radio 4 this morning. Could someone explain to me in layman's terms how cutting a disabled person's benefits will result in them having more money?

Just heard a broadcast from the UK state information ministry (AKA the #BBC) in which an ex-Bullingdon club member likened Attlee's government to Nazi Germany. What a way to start the day! Is this what passes for journalism these days?

Punchline timing that most comedians would kill for.

"No single political party can get away with lying, stealing, and cheating forever. That's why we have two political parties." ~Alexei Sayle

Which is why I launch my new range of toys: Cisformers. They either start off as a car or a robot, and they stay that way

This story is major. Here's why it matters: 1) It creates an interesting precedent. Interactions with chatbots are FOIable. 2) It shows how our public officials are relying on these technologies, and that's a public debate that is healthy to engage in. But even more importantly 1/

I wish people would stop saying "the left want to do X," or "the right want to do Y." It is almost never true.

This, absolutely. Device dependence is problematic for every generation, but it also seems to be a convenient way of not talking about our appalling legacy that so many young people have to live with.

Helena Hauss, 'Hell Hath No Fury' (2019)

It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.

My feed is awash with outrage at the awful developments in the US. It seems the world is raging at him and maybe he won't last that long. That is how my feed feels... The reality is that his popularity is climbing in the US and throughout the world. Social media is good at blinding people...

Note to anyone conducting CPD to staff at a university. Don't use Myers-Briggs. There will be psychologists...

So much redundancy on the Internet. All these social media posts floating around crying "Mr President I voted for you please don't deport my wife / sack my husband / make my medication unaffordable" etc can all be replaced with this one fun video. Much better. youtu.be/8QGy9D_c1pY?...

My new favourite error message: "Check if there is a typo in brilliant-mustang clueso io." Okaaay...

I am not normally given to nationalistic sentiment, but every now and then I love my country.

Solidarity with @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social, rage because yet again some very powerful men have found a way of exploiting women, girls and abuse survivors. F*ck you Elon Musk, may you rot in hell.

If I have to think about this, then so do you, so there! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I had a dream about a book in which a group of data scientists were marooned on a island with nothing but a hard drive full of xml data and a laptop. They all slowly went feral and ate each other. It was called "Lord of the Files"

I had hoped that one of the benefits of ditching Twitter in favour of being on here would be not having to see all that stupid and inane bigotry and whining from the rich and the right-wing, but people keep posting screenshots of it. Anyway here is a picture of a sarcastic squirrel

here come old laptop he come bootin up slowly he got broken touchpad he need one more update he got no space on this pc one thing i can tell you its got no warranty

An advert jingle they just played on the radio clearly states that 'Only the crumbiest, flakiest chocolate, tastes like chocolate never tasted before.' WTF! How do they know that if no one's ever tasted it? This feels like psychological warfare...

We are the Lego Orgy Society. Our motto is “build it and they will come”

Trans and intersex people in the UK need you to be loud about the new "deception as to sex" guidance released which makes trans and intersex people legally guilty of rape if we don't disclose our gender identity and/or the sex we were assigned at birth before sex. This especially harms sex workers!

Thank f*ck for that! isitchristmas.com

This whole thing reeks of punishing lippy women who don't know their place. Solidarity with my admirable friend Charlotte Proudman - my regulator needs to take a good long look at itself in the mirror. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec/10/bar-standards-board-barrister-charlotte-proudman-hear…

Films should be like videogames and if you stop paying attention the main character should go to sleep or tap their foot impatiently.

Korean kids don't even get a coup day off

Crikey this morning's Reith lecture was an absolute corker! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Saying “Everyone is a bit autistic" is like saying that everyone is a bit of a millipede because they have legs.

Somebody should invent a word for that feeling when you have just been diagnosed with #adhd, and your first prescription hasn't arrived yet...

This year's chillis were rather late owing to disasters with seedlings, and various other distractions. Chocolate Habaneros this year, smokey flavour and pretty fiery.

Today, oi ar bin mostly distracted by... ...images of 1920s motorcycle dealerships!

Today, oi, ar bin mostly distracted by... ...Denisovians!

Just been formally diagnosed with ADHD. Will all those people who are surprised by this please gasp in amazement. All those who aren't may gasp sarcastically...

My personal favourite flounce out of Twitter...