July September

This headline from the weekend is a useful frame for discussing the autism announcement that's coming today. www.salon.com/2025/09/21/o...

please stop saying shit like "real christians don't do this." Real Christians do. They're sitting there right now doing it. They joined that kind of Christianity with the explicit intention of doing exactly what they're doing right now.

And ... scene.

Did this story not get any traction because it turned out to be about gendered violence? Really weird for 3 police officers to be killed in a shooting and it not be plastered everywhere. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Happy Tenth Pigiversary. 'David Cameron had sex with a pig.' 'That seems plausible. I assume it was a dead pig?' 'Correct.' <- literally every British person, ten years ago this very day.

Ah yes, consumers were hoping there was a fridge that cost two or three times what a fridge costs because it has a screen that plays ads at you, made by a company that made $15bn profit last year.

It would be great if we remember who was right about everything, all the time, and listen to them moving forwards.

This 'skill' will be obsolete by 2027. This is like going to school to learn cheat codes for Elder Scrolls IV. Might as well teach how to fax. The demand is going to be for people with critical thinking skills, ethics, who can research.

Hmmmm, interesting 'most watched' blip you've got there, Logan's Run on YouTube.

How it's being reported in the UK.

I do have a half formed thought about how it's the decline of public good stuff that is not that inexpensive but hard to make profitable - loos and flower beds - that lie at the root of our problems as a society. I think it's downstream of the decline of local government?

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

So that's something. That's really something!

It's a reference to Prothero in V for Vendetta, isn't it? www.wonkette.com/p/did-stephe...

Reducing the number of 'small boats' by 100% will not short circuit Reform, they'll move on to the next made up thing, invisible zeppelins or something, teleporting werewolves, whatever, and the same people will be the same angry.

BBC news showing the Trump protest in London, Sylvester McCoy has just appeared on a vox pop.

Admittedly not an expert here but I feel like the answer here might be "yes"

Algorithm news: I just bought a French movie poster for Dougal and the Blue Cat *, and the 'related items' include a French movie poster for Three Colours: Blue. * I'm sooooo evil.

William Shatner seems to be in the ape make up from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. youtu.be/zffLs6L3r4w?...

Yes. GO TO THERAPY.

A set of 29 stone tools, including blades and points for hunting, butchering and cutting wood, were found neatly arranged as if carried in a leather pouch that decayed

Pips just isn't that good. Once you understand the rules and controls, it's not actually a 'game', as such.

The only people who haven't noticed this entire sector is making promises that sound great until you give five seconds' thought to it are the people spraying money on it. [starts clock] Glasses that tell you about things you're looking at are the future [4,5] Wait, that's obvious nonsense.

Republicans tell coal plants, steel mills, and oil refineries to stop worrying about how much carbon dioxide they emit. They can still claim the tax break for using carbon capture tech, the GOP will take their word they're doing it and it's working out great. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

This (a) is often true but (b) puts me in an awkward position

"meanwhile" #twinpeaks #laurapalmer #davidlynch #twinpeaksfanart

My Who/Trek crossover idea: The Enterprise flies into the last moments of the destruction of a great spacefleet. They hear a manic, gloating voice glorying in the destruction. They beam aboard the only survivor. The Dalek barks 'protect me from the warlord known as the Doctor'. Opening titles.

'And it's another great day in law enforcement history.'

Also shows the power the prime ministers office has! One statement and the narrative of BBC website completed changed. Earlier today it was far right rally turn out and more questions about Mandelson. One statement and the government has a chance to be on the front foot.

Next caption: 'Oceans are now battlefields'.

Are you in #London? I will be there Oct 16 in conversation with @cnlester.bsky.social about #trans #history and the Weimar era Institute built by Hirschfeld—we have always been, we will remain, we shall overcome 🏳️‍⚧️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brandy-sch...

every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing

I don't think the US will see the sort of civil war people have been talking about, but I think we might have just seen the inciting incident of an actual low level shooting war between right wing factions.

Yesterday: No suspect in custody. "We will jump to the conclusion it was a radical trans leftist, we should persecute all people like this person" Today: Suspect in custody is from Utah, his dad is a Christian pastor. "We can't jump to any conclusions about this person's background or ideology".

Quite possibly my favorite exchange in the history of the internet.

If they made the (real) Avengers now, casting people the same age Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg were, then it could be Ben Whishaw and either Emma Corrin or Zendaya, and I started typing this thinking 'I'm making the point my generation are old', and ending it by thinking 'so remake The Avengers'.

I think one of the most fitting things is that the discourse around Charlie Kirk's death takes the form of a 'discussion' or a 'debate', but ... it's not. We all have our positions, no one's mind was changed yesterday, our guesses about the shooter's motives are self-administered Rorschach tests.

I don't think political murder is ever a good thing, and am genuinely a bit worried about what comes next: I've read the words "Reichstag fire" from multiple people, which feels a bad sign. But this drift from "this was bad" to "he was a SAINT" is dreadful. Yes, civility matters. So does content.

The biggest danger on Bluesky is a trans person will persuade you to try Warhammer 40,000 and that’s all you’ll spend money on forever

Huge if Tzu

I mean, sure, I can certainly believe that almost everyone else he knows is worse.

Science: www.scientificamerican.com/article/auti...

Everyone writing about Perseverance today should be asking how many of the scientists and engineers who were involved in this discovery no longer work for NASA bc of Trump.

We're at the 'that's a forged signature on my signed confession' stage.

No notes bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Watching in real time as America discovers how absolutely shitty FIFA is.

So, guys, I appreciate these GOP moves aren't ideal: 1. Trans people banned from owning guns. 2. The government decides your gender identity. But taken together, President AOC could ban guns with just one neat trick.

OK, we live in a world where some idiot values 'I've been trying for six years to build a robot tattooist' at seven million dollars.

He doodled little girls' breasts on a signed confession and the Dem leadership want to focus on graphology.