this could not be less surprising

Absolutely phenomenal work from The Juice on the endless horror that is Palantir. Brevity/soul/wit distilled into a global alarm call.

I’ve decided if I ever turn to religion it’ll be through Catholicism

What is happening??

“Moderate” is not a statement about your beliefs, but about your position in relation to others. In a world of runaway authoritarianism that means being dragged rightward like a tin can on a string behind a car

Ahem. Hello. Excuse us. OI!!! You’re all invited to the virtual world premiere of the first ever (audio) sitcom by and for autistic people (poor things). All the info is here - make sure you’re signed up to our Patreon (free counts) to attend!

Dutch weather service issues first ever code red for heat www.dutchnews.nl?p=269614

There is ONE thing I am looking forward to this heatwave: Pictures of paschal candles that have melted in churches. Here's an example from a few years ago. It's my favourite phenomenon. Because, well... Look at it.

It was used for fertilizers

Some good news: church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

Hahhhaggaafdsa

The clown jerseys are intimidating

Smoking everywhere - offices, schools, everywhere. No seat belts. We never drank water

Alt text: two guys who might be dystopian pool boys clearing toxic waste from an electric green hazardous waste site, hold long poles that might be for spearing mutant fish. Beside them, a regular person hoists a banner that says 'Team Algae'

Oh no 😱

Unsolicited Star Wars opinion: after Andor, the films are UNWATCHABLE

No, that's one of the courses from last year, not the lecture from this week that was being discussed. Here's the link to the lecture series for the conference. Scroll down to the third of four lectures, to see the abstract for the lecture on AI. dhsi.org/institute-le...

Why is Jens Spahn (the Majority leader of the German Bundestag) and Kaja Kallas (the Vice President of the European Parliament) on this list (Peter Thiel’s secret society “Dialog”)?

#andor re-watch

The New Statesman asked me to put down a few thoughts about Belfast. On the politics and media that have failed everyone, and how much, and how little, has really changed. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Ganbare Nippon‼️ 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

Yarareta! 🇯🇵

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While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...

🤯

Fuck screens! Beam me up!

Wow

I’ve been waiting for this all my life!

First world questions: is @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social going to publish Olga Tokarczuk’s upcoming AI-written novel? 🤔

No Star Wars. No Star Trek. Name a favorite sci-fi franchise.

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

@quinnslobodian.com would have a different take on this

Goldens are the best people

Cloudflare beschermt een kwart van het internet tegen cyberaanvallen. Zo ook de websites van Follow the Money. Het nadeel: het Amerikaanse bedrijf moet daarvoor toegang hebben tot ongelofelijk veel gevoelige gegevens. Daarom stapt FTM nu over naar een Europees alternatief. Welke? Dat lees je hier:

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

Trump admin to block Ebola-exposed Americans from US, move them to Kenya arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

"The parallel between these [AI] companies and empires of old is that they have consolidated a historic amount of economic and political power. And the way that they've done this is through the dispossession of the majority" - Karen Hao, speaking at Hay

Convenient? How about useful?

Israël heeft weer op internationale wateren in strijd met internationaal recht een aantal boten van de Flottila geënterd en mensen, waaronder Jesse, ontvoerd. Zoals haar ouders zeggen: “Ieder ander land had direct op z’n flikker gehad, en terecht.” @minister-president.bsky.social wat bent u stil.

Ben Gvir deelde deze beelden via zijn eigen X-account. Flotilla-activisten, waaronder ook Nederlanders, worden als terroristen vastgehouden en moeten met hun polsen vastgebonden en hun gezicht op de grond liggen. Hallo Nederlandse regering??

Vomiting uncontrollably

Life has become a series of sitcom bits

I just remembered I fell asleep hating Olga Tokarczuk last night and my heart sank

I hate this life that makes me want to burn her books

Why the fuck do these people become writers ugh

Damn this hits too close to home

Hell you can do any other fucking job in the world. Why do you feel you have to be a writer