so tempted to delete all my bluesky history and be more mindful with my posting

I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.

If you know or hear about any journalism / communications /media job leads in London, please tell me so I can put it on my big spreadsheet thank you

do i know anyone in nyc

oh my god

clocked my ADHD from ten paces away

Absolutely devastated by the news about West Yorkshire mass transit this morning, ngl

somebody hire me pls

I am a serious individual.

I'm calling a town meeting because we can't all be bottoms. Some of you have to start topping. We live in a society.

I think what we’ve seen and is often not given enough attention is the constant reframing of the “concerns on immigration” debate. Remember when it was mostly about Polish and Romanian people? Then it was about specific kinds of Muslims, and now it’s about the racial threat posted by brown people

i'm in my performative male bag this year

Caved in and finally started watching Heated Rivalry.

Great, another piece of news about potential direct trains between Germany and London

ahoy

ahoy

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS

embarrassed to say I know exactly what this was about

somebody hire me pls

How utterly spineless.

wait sorry for being offline for a while guys, was just settling into my new job at the OBR, what did I miss

some photos back

Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop" The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"

the thing about foreign students is that theyre one of the easiest groups to drive away. their very presence in your country is the result of a massive effort on their part. sure you can say "i'll charge them each a gorillion dollaridoos" but you dont hold them hostage like you do your own citizens

the great tragedy of olivia nuzzi is being publicly exposed as someone who is not only fucking the access man for access but also the text man for texts

Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...

I‘m seeing a disturbing trend on local Facebook groups of people replying with AI/LLM responses to requests for advice on really serious issues. First, the OPs could have done that themselves. Second, the stakes of the queries are very high. Finally, the generic advice is sometimes very wrong.

they’re up to their old ‘katsu style’ trickery again, this time it’s christmas themed… somehow

An immigrant leaving the US because they’re one ICE goon away from being disappeared into a camp isn’t privileged. An academic leaving the US because their research funding has been halted isn’t privileged. Some guy from a blue state judging others for prioritising their own safety, is privileged.

Everyone talking about the DC Sub Guy, as if there are guys in DC who aren’t subs 🤔

If I ever met Eva Longoria I would tell her that her name was almost an anagram of Evangelion

i don't really care that lumiose city is in danger, i'm aura farming rn

why would zohran mamdani do this

legends za photo mode goes so hard

certain oomfs take note

does anyone wanna link battle with me and Nick sometime

look at this bulbasaur, so obedient. not like that horrible horrible charmander.

good for HER

took my stupid dog son out for tea

today:

Funniest thing about the gooner article is the author trying desperately to describe the function or basic concept of a discord server like a space alien from the 1950s

call me チャーリXCX the way i'm back doing lines

no edit we die like men api.omarshehata.me/substack-pro...

the reason i only date english people is because one of my worst fears is hearing german in the bedroom

Indiegogo kind of screwed me, but that doesn't mean this ship is sunk!

open invitation: does anybody with little or zero experience want to be my Japanese buddy / do the Genki textbook classroom exercises with me?

Nick was musing recently on how early modern English speakers would spell the same word fifty different ways, mostly based on vibes. ‘How did they pick one spelling over the other?’ People on social media still do this, though. Maybe we should ask them?

Voters’ anger is largely focused on asylum, and perhaps on low-skilled immigration. The government response seems to be focused on making sure no high-skilled immigrant will ever pick the UK in future, and the ones currently here will rapidly rethink their decision. This will not end well.