Today I learned about the Plutonomy Memo. You'd think this was dystopian fiction written by an anti-capitalist as it is way too on the nose. But no, it's sickeningly real. elpidio.org/2018/02/12/c...

Psychic driving on a global scale courtesy of the media. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic...

Two sexualities: straight and political

fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you

Got an e-mail today from APHA explaining the upcoming benefits of aligning with the EU on imports. Apparently leaving the EU reduced red tape so much that we are aligning with the EU to reduce red tape. Almost sounds like Brexit was a complete crock of shite. #Brexit #BrexitBenefits

Sent an e-mail to customer support. It included 1 sentence and my ID number. Their response: Before we can proceed I need you to give me your ID number.

This demands investigation! Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the top Democrat on the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a

www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Cu... Conditions in US concentration camps become closer to 20th century German ones by the day. #SouthDakotaTruth

As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.

“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a University of Minnesota expert on infectious diseases and pandemic preparations.”

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined. The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

Also Star Trek, also Superman.

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My quote of the day History is a vast early warning system. Norman Cousins

2016: Boris Johnson making the case for Brexit, "Let us take back control of our borders" 2025: Dame Angela Eagle, "We have had no prospect of returning anybody to France since Brexit, as the Withdrawal Agreement didn't contain any kind of returns agreement"

“When you are in a situation where even the caregiver starts to faint, that means the entire humanitarian structure is collapsing. And this is exactly what we are observing today in #Gaza,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini tells @news.sky.com Aid must flow into Gaza at scale.

France, UK, Canada, Portugal, Australia, Andorra, Australia, Finland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, San Marino, Malta, and Slovenia will recognize or formally back Palestine as a state at the UN this September. #3E #FreePalestine

Can confirm 😠

Dune, 1965

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If these people want to plug themselves into a Lotus Eater machine and never bother our reality again, I'm all for it. Unfortunately they can still vote.

If you regularly read the news and try to discuss it with another person you will sound more insane than a raving street preacher. Waving a big REPENT sign mumbling something about the bureau of labor statistics

rich people after moving to Austin:

Orange Monday. Acrylic on canvas. 🍊

Good and good. news.sky.com/story/scotla...

COVID is the deadliest virus ever when they talk about the "lab leak" theory to gin up outrage, but just a mild little cold when they talk about masking and public health measures to gin up outrage.

If I understand this correctly, porn is now banned in the UK for anyone over 50 but still easily accessible for 14 year olds with the slightest understanding of the internet?

There are people who get angry about leaves. Hard to believe but true.

I remember when this happened.

This story needs a LOT more attention.

Lord spare me from people who reply to e-mails with phone calls. I don't need 10 minutes of vague blah blah. Focus your thoughts and write 2 sentences.

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

Ug. Involuntary Charlie Kirk. Who, it seems, is terrified of NYC. I’m a city dweller and periodically field questions from rural relatives about city safety, so I’ve noodled on this a bit. One theory I have is that cities, for better or for worse, force you into routine small social interactions.

Is there any setting or plugin that hides all closed / no reply allowed posts? I'm not interested in people who think Bluesky is a blog and make provocative statements while hiding from responses.

Every blue-haired they/them liberal arts grad living in NYC is tougher than this sad little bitch.

Darkly funny: signs appearing across central London, protesting Starmer’s use of anti-terror laws against peaceful pro-Palestine protesters.

Both the Trump administration and Florida have been lying through their teeth about who is being detained at the Everglades detention camp.

Give that bagpipe player any damn thing he wants. /

Bluesky continues to inject unwanted lewd content into my timeline. But let's take this as a learning opportunity: Lewds aimed at hetero men: All hot, young women. Lewds aimed at homo men: Broad range of hot to very average, young and old. Lewds aimed at any kind of woman: N/A???

Theo Von gets a lesson in the problem with destroying USAID. Ah well. He should have thought of that before he helped Trump get elected.

85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity. There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.

If there's one thing you watch today, make it this Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza Part 1/3

Superman woke? Superman's values haven't changed but America's have.