But the other piece of evidence -- the point of this thread -- is that we now have an example of what it looks like when US political & corporate elites *really are* obsessed with and committed to something. Namely: AI.

If you have a LARGE follower count, pls know that Scott Horton is a chronic thief of posts. He also gets things very wrong and won't take posts down. No matter how nicely you ask. Please unfollow him and do not repost. Although he steals everything, Horton was recently verified by Bluesky.

The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true

He wasn’t thinking about the Romans? Weird.

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS: THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI

The UK government is prioritising X as a communication took because that is where regular families get their news apparently.

won't someone think of the smol bean landlords price gouging people

Huh, interesting. So are we saying that lots of the insane shit posted by @realDonaldTrump on truth social isn’t actually the *real* Donald Trump, but some random staffer? Is his cognitive decline that bad then? Feels like something we should know.

Ain’t gonna lie: this is me when I sit down with a bowl of ice cream to watch movie.

No where near as serious as watching grown men cosplaying school boys running across a field and kicking an artificial pig’s bladder. That is proper sport!

Well that’s just what happens when you decide to use the “surveyor” the seller recommends. Next you’ll be saying you’re surprised to discover the waste outlet pipe runs into a ditch at the back of the garden.

There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.

HMG is prioritising Nazi Nonce Club because Nazi Nonce Club told them the joint was absolutely banging, honest guv, everyone is in there, rocking out, watching child porn and throwing Nazi salutes.

Your regular reminder that ICE (Immigration Compliance and Enforcement) is actually a thing in the UK: www.gov.uk/government/p...

this is very funny www.foxnews.com/media/jd-van...

For the FES, I wrote a short brief about how mainstream party strategies have fueled far-right success. They move toward more anti-immigration positions to win voters back. This does not work, but shifts public opinion to the right. Parties then react to shifts in public opinion. A vicious cycle.

Awww shucks, the culture warriors are losing the political battle just because the unrelenting sociopathic greed of their mega-rich donors is ruining peoples’ lives ☹️

So the American right really is doing the work to start a civil war huh?

I do keep saying this needs to happen to people for society to recover, but those shared socioeconomic networks neutralise any accountability - it’s nearly impossible to chastise any member of the elite, even for something as disgusting as rape of a child because they circle the wagons every time.

"I didn't do the right thing, but I think I deserve credit for knowing what it was"

“Starmer favoured George Osbourne” also underscores The Suit Guy’s point that “elite power operates through shared socioeconomic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds” huh?

Christ, management have to ram an AI solution into everything these days eh?

Too many people on bluesky think Charlie Brown had hoes.

Most of the footage you see from ICE observers in Minnesota comes from the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I talked to observers in the northern suburbs, who say they're taking on the same mission in very different conditions. (1) share.google/ei9giIFLsuEJ...

Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else. newrepublic.com/post/206088/...

“Ample parking”

This is the more interesting finding to me - women getting treated interrupted more and more adversarially isn’t unexpected and it seems obvious why - but this *is* interesting. I doubt women are attracting bigger and more diverse audiences because they are women. What’re they doing differently?

I sort of assumed they’ve been doing that for years - pretty easy way for an angry divorced guy to flex the power the state gives him to punish his ex-partner.

Answer 1: keys either in my pocket or on key hook (or my desk, or the kitchen table or…) Answer B: I use my watch to make it beep. (Unless it’s run out of battery)

Once again I am forced to point out that the tech bros’ great secret is to just reinvent the wheel every 10 years, but add the latest investment fad onto it.

We have *Chicken **Noodle ***Soup *pigeon **cheese string ***Sewer water.

Lithgow is a weird casting choice because: why would you place Lithgow against sexy snape and deny all those thirsty internet weirdos their sexy Snape-Dumbledore fanfic?

This is an argument for increasing state provision of pre-school childcare. Other people having visibility of children reduces the risk of homicide it seems. Also: parents can’t easily kill their children while someone else is looking after them.

One of those necessary, but depressing reads.

BREAKING on ft website: Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans www.ft.com/content/fdf7...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Peter Mandelson was actually a genius pick for UK Ambassador to the Trump Whitehouse. He was right in there with all their worst crimes and schemes - you really can’t buy the sort of access that joint enterprise in a conspiracy grants you.

Ooh ‘members proper toilets?

It’s interesting how right at the end of this Yaxley Lennon explained to Matt Goodwin exactly what he needed to do to win the support of the far right and Matt went out and did the work.

I'm not being facetious. Epstein was apparently giving talking points to the people pushing anti trans rhetoric in the UK.

It’s interesting how overly-woke left wing student nonsense will get picked up by mainstream news and centre left politicians are made to scramble to condemn whatever it is, but conservative students can do shit like this and everyone will be like “legitimate concerns” and “not relevant.”

Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.

“Then found her passport in her purse and fled” is a real ‘yikes’ moment: they knew they fucked up!

This is a good point re: Portland today This wasn't on federal land It wasn't when agents were claiming to do any enforcement activity It was federal agents shooting gas at children and union families in the streets Im not a lawyer, but I dont see how qualified immunity counts here It's assault

This photo made me understand class in America in a way that I was unable to process before seeing it. The rich enjoy class solidarity on a level that is unimaginable to most people.

Calling something out as “performative” has a little less bite once you have the oppressive forces of the state directing violence at people for performative acts.

I guess I just misinterpreted his multiple emails asking Epstein when he could go to the island

Interesting article, though I think it’s positive is a little forced. www.ft.com/content/b474...

Paris pollution maps are a delight to behold

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

“New Yorkers can amass in astonishing numbers, their worries and passions never becoming populism. Fairly or not, they are assumed to read books.” Sounds familiar, happens in the UK too.