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On #WorldGothDay I always remember the one goth at our college who, when asked what he'd been up to on the weekend, simply replied "hung around the shopping centre scaring kids".

RIP bozo *TULSI GABBARD RESIGNS AS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: FOX

Hope your calves cramp up www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How he looked on Hinge v how he turned up to the date

You could make a delightful farce where Trump sends the Cuban invasion plans to junior's best man and a 'congratulations on your big day' telegram to the Joint Chiefs.

Shergar.

"Come, Holy Spirit, come again, and, like a cleansing fire, refresh us and renew us". #LectionaryPrayers for Pentecost Sunday Year A, May 24 2026

Waymo said it was pausing its driverless taxi service in six cities in Texas, Tennessee and Georgia amid concerns that its cars might drive into flooded roads. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

works great!!

Fancy Russian Shahed aka Geran-2, serial number 80000. This is what terrorizes Ukraine each and every night.

💥 Russia: February 20th Flamingo cruise missile strike on the Votkinsky Plant. Manufacturer of ballistic missiles Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal, ICBMs Yars & Bulava. Located deep in the rear on the western edge of the Ural Mountains, 1,350km from Ukraine.

RFK Jr. Rushed To Gym After Heart Attack

I'm here all night trek.epicrandomness.com

I'm trying for the Burnham graphic design contract again...

On Newsnight, fall in net migration was attributed "spectacular ... Shabana Mahmood at Home Office obviously making some real changes happen there" by Helen MacNamara, former dep Cabinet Secretary. Net migration data (Jan-Dec 2025) not impacted by Mahmood becoming Home Sec on 6th Sept 2025

Outside of “they were/are both bad”, that is.

Somebody on my Facebook timeline saying that they are teaching the rise of Hitler at preset and the parallels with Farage are terrifying and it’s taking every single ounce of politeness not to point out there are simply are no parallels.

What's refreshing is that Burnham didn't take it lying down. He engaged this excuse of a "journalist" online and as soon as he did Calgie seems to have gone "offline" Funny that

Windsor-based XRC Robotics has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence for its RHINO uncrewed ground vehicle, in what the company describes as the first time the UK has fast-tracked a robotic platfo https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/army-awards-first-fast-tracked-ugv-contract-to-uk-startup/

3 years ago today. The user name "@provemewrong411" seems to have proved itself wrong and deleted it.

A defence project comes in early? But space command probably has help...

As part of the UK Supreme Court's visit to Glasgow this week we welcomed Lady Simler to GCU Law. It was great to have the opportunity to interview her about her background and for our Law Clinic students to share their work with her, explaining how we're promoting access to justice in the city.

What sort of threat would be needed to make 🤡Trump🤡 stay away from your wedding? 🤔

[the irony is that while @rentouljohn.bsky.social describes himself as the "last Blairite", Blair as PM would have, correctly, described this as a lazy, populist attempt to dodge the issues, and explained why a Labour government needed to be both pro-immigration and pro-control..}

Entirely evidence-free wibbke from @rentouljohn.bsky.social/ @the-independent.com here. Has cutting immigration been good for growth or public services? No. Has it reduced racism/community pensions? Also no. Has it helped Labour politically? Also no. Also LOL But.. "it's a good story"

There's only one perfect Airplane! movie...

MAGA does a lot of cultish things but one of the clearest signs MAGA is a cult is their willingness to listen to this megalomaniac ramble incoherently for an hour.

wussup Hermannplatz 💛

From studying by candlelight in a tent to an offer from the University of Glasgow. A Palestinian student who lost everything in the war is now desperately seeking support to take up his place this September. Full story 👇

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I simply cannot stress deeply enough that if I am dictating text to a computer, and I say "Hi", and the computer writes down "I hope this finds you well" instead, I am going to delete every trace of that software from my machine and then hunt down every single person responsible for creating it.

I reckon the new Spaceballs movie will rekindle interest in the franchise

These dancing robots still fail to be convincing

And boom. Waymo shutdown in Nashville too...bc...weather forecast. Waymo's ridehail is now shutdown in more (6) geos than it is open (5). And this isn't even their worst problem/defect. www.expressnews.com/business/art...

Another thing: intentional or not, there's a political subtext in inviting Anthropic over to the Vatican next week. Many take issue with the Vatican tying itself to *any* AI company, but Pope Leo has been critical of Trump, and Anthropic is arguably the AI company the Trump admin dislikes the most.

Via @clairegiangrave.bsky.social in Rome: Silicon Valley turns to Rome as Pope Leo XIV prepares AI encyclical —> religionnews.com/2026/05/22/s...

A 13-year-old in Russia faces possible transfer to a boarding school for juvenile offenders after police filed “LGBT promotion” and extremist symbols reports over something his attorney described as a joke. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

⚡️Ukraine liberated 590 square kilometers of territory this year, 'forcing Russia toward diplomacy,' Zelensky says. Ukraine has liberated 590 square kilometers of territory from Russian occupation since the beginning of the year, President Volodymyr Zelensky said May 22.

Aberdeen South by-election nominations closed today; it's the Holyrood 6, plus the "Alliance for Democracy and Freedom". Conservative candidate Douglas Lumsden was re-elected as a North East MSP a fortnight ago; SNP candidate Richard Thomson was MP for Gordon from 2019 to 2024.

Arbroath and Broughty Ferry is the quieter ballot of our two concurrent Westminster by-elections: no Greens and no micro parties. Despite being more marginal in 2024, probably an easier SNP win, given Labour's complete collapse since then and how far behind Conservatives were

The State Duma is set to take up a bill on May 26 that would punish Russian citizens abroad for offenses against the country's “interests” — including violations of foreign-agent rules, media “abuse,” spreading “extremist” content, and equating Soviet and Nazi leadership. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

I can't stress this enough: The relationship between the Vatican and sections of the AI/tech sector detailed in here has potentially *huge* political implications. Even wilder: no one seems to know exactly how it's gonna play out over time.

Full results of the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election for the Highlands and Islands region now available here. This includes full regional vote breakdown per constituency.

Independent gas station chains, which handle about 40% of fuel sales in Russia, can no longer restock their gasoline supplies. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Ouch. Beijing wants to pay domestic Russian prices for Russian gas. This is x5 times lower than what Beijing currently pays for Russian gas ($258 old price, they want $50) Xi has Putin over a barrel. www.saratoga-foundation.org/p/kitaizatsi...

Top Reform councillor loses job - but the reason is unclear www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln...

Ukraine's General Staff on May 22 rejected Russian claims that an overnight Ukrainian drone strike killed six people and injured dozens of children in occupied Luhansk Oblast, saying it had struck Russian military targets in the area.

In case you're wondering, yes, Trump's schedule lists him at his golf club in New Jersey this weekend. You can't expect him to attend his son's wedding with a demanding schedule like that.

What are the odds he ends up going golfing that day?