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UK jails nonviolent climate activists for 4 years over road plans, bars juries from climate facts. Study of 1300: repression kills fear, ramps resolve for sabotage like cable snips. Cuffs forge unbreakable rebels from the beaten. #UK

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Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future & why CEO Alex Karp's self-serving manifesto that’s steeped in oligarchic hubris & authoritarian nihilism metastasizes into every aspect of public & private life is one big beautiful, tone deaf broadside? www.thenation.com/article/soci...

In the latest Guardian Blind Date: One small step for romance, one giant leap… away from each other when one of them claims the Moon landings were faked. My review:

Maybe we should all be thanking Starver for giving us The Frankie Goes To Hollywood effect

Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are all planning huge layoffs. Amazon got $17.5B in federal tax breaks last year. Jeff Bezos is worth $271B. Meta saved $13.7B in taxes. Mark Zuckerberg is worth $231B. Microsoft saved $12.5B last year. Its CEO is worth $1.3B. This is what a rigged economy looks like.

@pipinou.bsky.social please don't repost stuff from that shitrag

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Read Sandel’s book, y’all. It has explained so much to me. The next step is to work out democratic ways to replace the tyranny of merit with a new social contract.

It’s the 91st anniversary of the world learning of the murder of criminal, blackmailer, and police informant Jim Smith. His demise, then, might not have been entirely surprising – but it was discovered because a shark in a Sydney aquarium vomited up his left arm in front of a crowd of spectators 🧵

“We have been witnessing the astonishing picture of one of the greatest powers the world has ever known wilfully weaken and undermine itself so that it no longer is either willing or able to play its accustomed role in the international system”

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart. Ukrainian officials say the second, on Feb. 14, 2025, was caused by a Russian drone, sparking new anxieties about Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor.

This is for today’s #vss365

Whoever called the faction of the press who still want to attend the White House Correspondents Dinner the ‘Access of Evil’ I salute you

The sugar pushers are desperate

News Flash:They Are Wealthy Not Smart (that's why he wants to be able to buy 'intelligence') #WeWereJustFineWithoutYou #MoneyCan'tBuyIntegrity www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

As Michael Sandel explained in The Tyranny of Merit, as the promise of meritocracy reveals its emptiness, those raised in the system who do work hard but fail to advance feel a sense of meritocratic humiliation, fuelling the rise of populists like Farage www.theguardian.com/books/2020/s...

Some personal news: I will not be attending the White House Correspondents Dinner tomorrow night.

I think Dems might underperform slightly in Virginia in November.

You could have funded USAID and given $30bn of firepower to Ukraine, and not be on the verge of tanking the global economy.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

The birds have just delivered a beak-scrawled note: you don’t watch us, we watch you.

These UCLA students have more integrity than the Whitehouse Press Corps. They care more about justice & our Constitutional rights than our Department of Justice. It's time that EVERYONE follow in their bold footsteps. Throw sand in the gears like these brave Bruins. Stand against #ICELawlessness

It says it'll be free on Tuesday

had to double check that this wasn't a parody account

To everyone feeling "political fatigue"—I get it. But remember, the other side is counting on you staying home. Take a breath, then get back in the fight. We’ve come too far to let up now. ✨ #KeepGoing #Progressive

It's not resurgent demand. The demand never went away. Intel couldn't manufacture fast enough, and now it has *caught up with* demand somewhat, and still has more catching up to do. Interesting that Musk has gone to them though... does rather imply the bigger fabs didn't want to do business.

So, so wrong. You can never know if someone is actually guilty, even if they've been found guilty. Look at all the cases where people are proven innocent later. If they're dead you can't apologise, can't free them. And, most importantly, nobody should have the right to take a life

Rose of Nevada (2025). Unnerving, unsettling, divine. Feels like it's the grandchild of The Wicker Man, but better. It's folk horror, even though online it says it's science fiction. Mark Jenkin has made it otherworldly, like it's been found in a cellar 40 years after it was lost #FilmSky

The new book Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King is an essential volume for King fans. Read our full review: bloody-disgusting.com/books/394771...

I've had a response to this. "We've always done this" seems a bit gaslighty. Anyone seen them do it for literally any other party, and when?

“Why is Keir Starmer rewarding this bullying behaviour with a state visit from the King?” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Something a little unusual for our collection is this document from the late 17th or early 18th century. It's in our catalogue as 'A page of handwriting practice, possibly in Urdu'. Does anyone know what it says?

This - all fucking day long.

#61: Coffee Machine

Women’s Prize winner Rachel Clarke slams ‘empty and vacuous’ books that use AI: ‘How does that constitute art?’ www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

The new central Palantir systems have no data opt outs (using data pseudo-anonymisation as a reason) & any existing national opt-outs you have in place are superseded. The new system is distributed with local instances installed at health authorities / surgeries which might offer opt outs.

For this alone, that he remains a fellow of the @royalsociety.org is a lasting stain on the organisation.

Ghislaine Maxwell abused young women & girls alongside Epstein for years. As young as 14. In multiple states. Convicted in a federal court. She belongs behind bars. I’m beyond disgusted that any of our colleagues would suggest a pardon. The real question is why has no one else been convicted?

You have to listen to this to grasp how his brain is mush.

Trump is about to hit REM on camera during an Oval Office event. It's just incredible.

Ok this is really cool. Researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Seville have created a hybrid device that can generate energy from both sunlight and rainfall. A single raindrop can generate a potential difference of 110 volts, enough to power a small portable device.

OK - in Harvey Weinstein trial, now Beverly Hills Montage Hotel manager on the witness stand. Inner City Press is covering the trial matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/fallen-sta... & will live skeet, thread below

Even as a critic who has tried to write about MJ’s legacy with nuance and grace, I appreciate the clarity the director of Leaving Neverland brings to the table

Listen to this brilliant interview by Andy Tobias on BBC Radio Scotland explaining how important the commitment to meet our familles by the PM was yesterday. @tessamunt.bsky.social @sorchaeastwood.bsky.social #chinookjustice youtu.be/X5p_e3RCWdY

Do your allergies feel worse than normal? You’re not alone. Allergy season isn’t just longer than ever before … it’s more powerful. Find out why. #ThisIsClimateChange

Despite the author's demurring, I didn't find Notebook a "silly" book in the slightest. I am a person who would like to take 10-mile walks while being deep in my own head, but my feet won't let me do that much walking, so I very much enjoyed taking 10-mile walks in Tom's head.