a thing historians will marvel about when they study this era is the extent to which the "war is a thing that happens to poorer, browner people" class went about systematically dismantling every aspect of the global political order that confined the costs of war to poorer and browner people

We need to keep fighting payment processors. Call them and email them daily. Send letters through the mail. Do all that with your elected representatives too.

Social media: try out this new cool logo maker we made from your new game you're excited for! 5 minutes later: we regret to inform you it was made with the death robots who will ensure no one gets a job again

The submission comes just one day after UN experts warned the EHRC’s new code must ensure "transgender people [can] lead safe and dignified lives" in a stark intervention to UK government Read more 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-t...

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

U.S. ICE claimed that nearly 200 people, “the worst of the worst illegal criminal aliens” were arrested in Nashville. Records reveal that Tennessee Highway Patrol & ICE racially profiled drivers, & that majority had no criminal record www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

Vandaag in ‘Water is nat’ deze ontdekking van wereldformaat. Zag echt helemaal niemand aankomen. Via @sylvanasimons.bsky.social

The amount of events and festivals around the country using genAI for their promotional images is slightly maddening. All about supporting local, except their local artists.

Een minister van Buitenlandse Zaken die in de eerste week van zijn ambtstermijn doodleuk zegt dat "het internationale recht niet enige kader om de situatie te beoordelen is." Als het dat niet altijd wél is, is er geen internationaal recht meer.

The "We can't rely on America, we should build a special, closer defence relationship with Europe" is such an easy sell for much of the public that of course the Labour headbangers can't grasp it.

Toen ik tijdens gesprekken met experts hoorde dat de wereldwijde handel in granen 🌾🌾🌾 en soja wordt gedomineerd door een handvol bedrijven, raakte ik nieuwsgierig. Toen ze me ook vertelden die bedrijven een 'zwarte doos' zijn, werd ik alsmaar nieuwsgieriger. Het artikel: www.ftm.nl/artikelen/de...

a big problem for Labour is that one of their main attack lines on the Greens - defence - forces them to make the case that this man is not just a reliable strategic partner, but should remain our main one

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

I didn’t know Microslop was a thing until I saw headlines about Microsoft trying to ban Microslop on its Discord. Now I shall say Microslop a lot. That’s how it works. It’s good when Microsoft, a company that likes genocide and environmental destruction, doesn’t like things.

This game is about to release into Early Access TODAY and I have a spare giveaway key. I'll post it into the replies for anyone to grab once this post reaches 500 reposts

I have always suspected there are now many, many times more young people accessing gender-affirming healthcare than before Streeting’s puberty-blocker ban. I recently mentioned this to a feminist lawyer abroad who told me this is exactly what happens when governments ban abortion… 1/3

This is respectfully disingenuous beginning with which viewpoints they overwhelmingly choose to platform and hire on the opinion side. In addition to that, there's a difference between sharing viewpoints you disagree with and sharing viewpoints that are based in lies.

‘Advocacy groups ‘ you mean minorities

#savespeech #stopcensorship So far no news outlet has covered the +18 censorship of Jinxxy. This is shameful as we are already on a slippery slope against adult content. If you can, yell at paypros NOW and ask them why warbetting and AI CSAM is ok, but LEGAL ADULT CONTENT isnt.

Many transition via DIY resources. I've never seen an endocrinologist or a psych because I don't want to go through a combative and adversarial diagnostic process to access what I need. The healthcare risks are along the lines of "increased risk of breast cancer because I have breasts now."

Oh and just remember - once you’ve decided a minority’s human rights are up for debate, you’ve decided HUMAN RIGHTS ARE UP FOR DEBATE. To everybody who framed all of this as “The Trans Debate,” well done! You’ve opened the door to The Anybody Debate.

For years we said they’re going for a genocide of trans people and for years we were told to “stop being so dramatic.” Now we’re at the point of human experimentation with the explicit goal of eradicating us. Can we call the genocide a fucking genocide now?

Just throwing it out there: telling people that they have legitimate grievances about immigration will never reduce the sense of grievance. This isn't how anything works and a government that paid even the merest attention to social science research would know their approach helps the far-right.

Reform win a seat: The true Volk have spoken and we all must listen. Greens win a seat: Early reports that Muslims may have ‘voted’ (an ancient Islamic practice designed to steal elections). How severely should the franchise be limited in response?

Niet alle mannen maar wel deze man die zijn vrouw voor het leven verlamd sloeg. Ik zag beelden van de vrouw die door merg en been gaan; hoe ze haar verklaring aflegt in het ziekenhuis, terwijl ze alleen kan knikken en hoofdschudden. Verschrikkelijk. Het was de man die ze vertrouwde. Haar man.

Twee ministers van Buitenlandse Handel negeerden meermaals exportbeperkingen voor militair materieel. Deze waren bedoeld om te voorkomen dat Nederlandse goederen zouden bijdragen aan mensenrechtenschendingen in het conflict in Jemen. Het kabinet legde het beleid bewust naast zich neer.

Blanket bans aren't about fairness. They are about discrimination.

Lotje in het NOS Journaal over de hack bij Odido: ''De verantwoordelijkheid om zo min mogelijk data te verzamelen en die ook niet langer dan nodig te bewaren ligt bij de bedrijven zelf. Dat is simpelweg een wettelijke verplichting.” npo.nl/start/afspel...

Well, yes, trans people are getting drugs; yes, from entirely unregulated sources; yes, without counselling; yes, without blood tests; yes, they are self-administering; yes, without clinical oversight; yes, risking long term harm; yes, it is highly suboptimal. What did you think would happen?

HRT medications are generally far safer than eg. paracetamol, which is widely available from supermarket shelves in the UK and incredibly cheap. Also we shouldn’t need “counselling” to get them; they should be available without prescription as they are in many other countries

We weten nu in ieder geval waar die 'vrijheidsbijdrage' voor bestemd is: andere volkeren naar de vergiffenis bombarderen namens dictatoriale bondgenoten.

Nieuws: voormalig ministers Kaag (D66) en Schreinemacher (VVD) negeerden wapenexportbeleid. Tussen 2020 en 2023 schoven ze een regel terzijde, die moest uitsluiten dat Nederlandse spullen gebruikt werden bij mensenrechtenschendingen in een bloedig conflict in Jemen. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ka...

As far as I see it English manga publishers CANNOT use AI translation, actual human translation & editing is the only competitive edge they have over fan scanlations what are something like 80% MTL and terrible these days. They are also free- you compete with bad but free with a quality product.

The NYT style guide

Ik heb het nog niet gelezen maar raad het wel alvast aan, speciaal aan de mannen die denken dat ze er al alles over weten.

De Box 3 wet gaat op de schop omdat rijke beleggers boos zijn. De bezuinigingen op zorg, gehandicapten, werklozen en ouderen gaan ongewijzigd door. Die zijn ook boos, maar niet rijk.

I genuinely believe if you PROPERLY re-nationalise rail and make the ticket system as simple and cheap as possible then you'd be secured in government for a hundred thousand years

Met @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social en @bartschuurman.bsky.social betoog ik in @volkskrant.nl dat de druk op de liberale democratieen in de EU, vanuit zowel het Kremlin als vanuit Washington, en met steun van uiterst rechts in Europa, systematisch wordt onderschat www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

Incredibly funny (disgusting) seeing all the "sensible" people on here posting about how they "are no fans of Trump BUT" are apparently happy for him to illegally attack another county and install a leader that he picks? Sure guys. Ok. I'm sure it's going to work this time.

If you can, please set up donations to The Trevor Project and find local trans support groups. Trans people need to know we love and support them no matter what this fucking monstrous admin does.

They don't *need* AI to make these decisions. But they *want* AI to make these decisions. Because the tech gives them plausible deniability--something to blame (other than themselves) when things go wrong.

i just fucking hate war. i'm fucking crying rn. you people dont understand any of this. you dont understand war. you think you do, but you dont. no human being should have that happen to them. you dont hate war enough. you dont have a fucking heart, you have addictions. you're fucking junkies.

“You can’t attack Iran without the proper permits.” - the neoliberal consensus

DHS wants to incarcerate 1500 human beings in a WAREHOUSE in a town where the population is about 2000 people. It's gross.

There are 3 uses of these words (1) People who set the standard, ie 4ch (2) People who use them seriously / to signal membership with an ingroup (3) People who use them ironically, either to mock or to signal awareness of the ingroup but a decision to remain outside 3 is missing in this article

All the headlines <insert national iranian figure> has “died” You can and should say “assassinated” or “killed in contravention of international law” It is a factual statement

NYT out here passive voicing like its a cop killing a minority for backtalking at a traffic stop

Deeply disappointed to learn this. News need to not be silent about this, payment processors are still censoring adult content. Please keep putting pressure on paypros. We need a campaign again or something. #stopcensorship #savespeech

The entire millennial identity is being prepared and groomed for a version of the world that stopped existing by the time we reached it we slammed into a horizon painted on a brick wall like fucking looney tunes