An interesting thread if you're thinking 'how do we reach people who believe ICE is justified in what it has done!?

Could the people who are posting that 'Everyone in Europe hates Americans now' for the love of god, shut up? You're making us look like idiots.

I've been having one of those differences of opinion with a colleague, where he thinks that sending an error message to an internally colleagues that starts 'Oopsie-doodle!' is fine, and I think it's patronising and unprofessional...🤷‍♂️

Their idea is literally equivalent to saying, "We'll hire Star Trek screenwriters to come up with technobabble chemical names, and then we'll spend billions to make those drugs and see if they cure the disease." ChatGPT is a Large Language Model and has no idea what chemistry underlies the names.

Do I know any scientists based in Antarctica? Or who can put me in touch with someone? Reposts gratefully accepted!

This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way. Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.

Bluesky, I don’t really know how you work yet but please send me indie romance, romantasy and cozy fantasy authors to follow! Extra love for authors writing queer, disabled, plus size characters! ❤️🏳️‍🌈🥰

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

In case you are unaware that digital images are also being manipulated to depict women and children as victims of physical violence. It's not just about bikinis.

Hey, fellow Southern Californians - Please amplify this wide and far.

Good luck to anyone starting the year with a new health regime. Here’s how mine always goes.

This thread is delightful! Make sure to read the alt-text

US military forces should not be permitted to use UK military bases in order to intimidate our European allies

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Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.

So today is the final day of my career break, and tomorrow, I'll be back at work for the first time in six months. Surprisingly, I'm not feeling particularly nervous about it and there are definitely people I'm looking forward to talk to (others, not so much...) 1/2

We also met a woman walking her dogs this afternoon. One was a cocker Spaniel puppy, only a couple of weeks younger than Coco, and at most half Coco's size...

Coco had a weigh-in today to check the dose for his flea treatment. 12.3kg! He's not going to be a small dog...!

See also Reform and the Labour Party in the UK...

If the use of the word 'compliant' doesn't scare you, I don't know what to say.

I see that our beloved PM is again showing the moral leadership we've cone to expect...

how all youtube ads sound to me

Well, this is how Coco is rounding off 2025!

This is god-tier Rickrolling!

Okay this is a very stupid and niche ask, but is anybody aware of a resource that has information about military uniforms across Europe ca. 1670-1750 which is searchable by both Nation (eg all Prussian uniforms) and by colour schemes (eg that used colours X and y) or anything like that?

I was one of the data points in this!

In light of the Levy Review potentially giving transphobes oversight of medical research on trans healthcare, Trans Safety Network recommend English trans people OPT OUT of their healthcare data being used in research. Information on how to do this can be found in the quoted post and thread.

I am laughing helplessly at this whole thread. nailed it

HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering* ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin DETECTIVE: ME: are you getting apricot notes

In the pub last night, accosted by a chugger (Brit: charity mugger) in a tabard saying their company is raising money for a charity and will we pledge for the disabled kiddies. My friend S: Are you a registered charity? Him: We’re raising money for a charity. /1

This is an absolute disgrace. Trump talking points coming from the UK government. And a Labour government at that. I know I've said this before, but all Labour policies are doing is losing support from their base and not gaining any from Reform/Tory voters. But they keep on trying...

Hey Wes, I can save you the trouble. The reason a lot of people are struggling with their mental health in the UK is it fucking sucks here. Aside from usual late-stage capitalism stuff, everything that could be cool about living here has been systematically made worse by people like you, you cunt.

Rich? Your prosperity pie chart...

Boss fights. Yes, I'm at least semi-serious!

We took the hound to the vet this afternoon for his second lot of jabs. He's put on 2.1 kilos in the last three weeks! He's going to be a big dog, apparently...

I am particularly happy that the word 'shenanigans' has come back into common usage in the last few years. It's just got a lovely ring of joyful mischief about it!

Oh Fuck Off

Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!

it is absolutely the tech companies fault that people now assume they’re doing something evil and sneaky even when they actually aren’t (regarding the latest Google kerfuffle) like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore

So I’m getting into my truck at the grocery store and a voice yells “Hey! Young lady!” I am 48 so I did not turn, but then I see wild waving out a truck window. Old man straight off Duck Dynasty, full camo, beard to his sternum. He says “Your bumper sticker! Read books, punch Nazis?”

All I can say to this is What the Actual Fuck!

I'm a CIS man, but I have unfashionably long hair and look more like my paternal grandmother than I look like anyone else in my family. I'm just _waiting_ to be challenged going into a bathroom (I've been misgendered a few times now).

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Since 31st October 2024, at least 340 trans people have lost their lives to anti-trans violence, or suicide. Transphobia kills. Please be an ally every day. tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports?from...

🕯 Today we pause to remember the trans people whose lives were taken by violence this year. Those lost to hatred, and those lost to the unbearable weight of living in a world that too often refuses to see their worth. We hold every name and every story in our hearts. #TDOR

when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor

I don’t know what to say anymore other than to remind those in power that refugees are human beings with equal rights who, along with their children, deserve a safe, stable & integrated life in their communities and that what they’re breaking now with this performative cruelty can’t be fixed later.

"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE GIRLS "UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN thank you for your attention to this matter

Speaking not as a writer, but as a subscriber to both F&SF & Asimov's, I'm appalled by how the publisher is behaving. The reputational damage they are doing to venerable magazines, not to mention driving fantastic writers from their pages, is immeasurable.

What gets me most is that somebody approved this to be displayed in public! I suspect the people who physically put it up will need a lot of therapy...