It is ABOUT GODDAM TIME

A Synagogue in North London was targeted by an arson attack overnight. I shouldn't have to say this, but after the ambulance attack, I clearly do. If you start talking about a "false flag", or blaming "Israel" for this, you're a despicable human being. www.jewishnews.co.uk/police-inves...

if an emergency room doctor finds out you're trans it's about a 50/50 shot they're going to blame your hormones for the problem without investigating the issue further.

In Stuck Boat news, not quite where you’d expect to find a Stuck Boat but there one is

A charming #Roman enamelled fibula (a pin for fastening garments) in the form of an #owl. Found in the civilian settlement of the Saalburg fort. Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg / Peter Knierriem 🏺

This is kinda fascinating, up until my breakup a few years ago, I still owned the Jansport I used in high school (so it was 20+ years old) and it was perfectly well-made. Now I own a Baboon on the Moon and that's been better than even the Chrome bag I had

new bucket list unlocked for my adhd craft friends:

I am so cold and tired today and can’t work out if it’s actually cold or if I’m just at such a low ebb that my body doesn’t have enough energy to maintain its own temperature (that can be a thing in ME). Either way, I’m wrapped in a blanket drinking tea and I’ve stuck the heating on for an hour.

I looked at this, immediately thought, ‘wow, you need to hydrate more’ then mentally smacked my own forehead because of course, that’s a huge part of the point - trans folk justifiably anxious about using public bathrooms, wind up drinking less so they won’t have to.

Male trees: "where the girls at? Where the girls at? Where the girls at? Where the girls at?" Botanical sexism: "no female trees in urban areas." Male trees: "fine, here's a blast of pollen. How about that hay fever, humans? How you like that? You gon like that, doo-doo-doo."

Relief! The nurse has agreed that I’m clearly not tolerating the 5ml dose of mounjaro and it’s not viable for me to have two days a week of pain, insomnia and starvation. I tried it for a month but it just wasn’t improving. So we’re going to drop me back down to 2.5ml, which I was coping with.

There's a lot going on, so you might have missed Melania's new public statement #EleanorMorton www.instagram.com/reel/DXEplZx...

If you haven’t heard about it yet, the youths are super into IRL human interactions, no AI, and “physical media” (vinyl! DVDs! tapes!) right now and it’s glorious. Like there are 20yo influencers that just read old paper books and talk about feelings.

The Vimes Boots Theory has been running up hard against "are these boots $200 because they're built right, or is that purely a brand positioning thing and they're made of the same 1mm-thick fake leather as the $50 ones"

institutionalized enshittification is another good way to think about it.

I’ve been informed this is the plot of Dune

Magyar on Ukraine: "We cannot tell any country to give up territory. If they do, they are a traitor... What would you do if Russia attacked Hungary? Which counties would you be willing to give up? ...They [international community] should give security guarantees." Big rhetoric change from Orbán.

So once again a man started a wildly successful harassment campaign against a female celebrity who didn’t actually do anything and the internet swallowed it full throated, and the whole thing is revealed to be concocted horseshit he can’t muster anything more than “sorry that happened I guess”

Retraining to move into a lower status job is not going to be met with mass support.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

Yeah… It’s not great… There’s no stability and I think that’s one key aspect of our reality that’s often missed. Everyone I talk to is lost, with job stability that feels precarious, needing to think about retirement, housing while already managing a tight budget.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson: “The Strait of Hormuz was already open before the war. You are the ones who created the war out of nothing and closed the strait to the rest of the world.”

the urge to prevent young people from making any decision the parent or authority figure disagrees with is not about protecting children

it'll be back in three days

Melania makes more statements for some reason youtube.com/shorts/LPFEJ...

British alternate history: Nazis invaded. Everything sucks. American alternate history: The Confederacy won. Things aren't so bad actually. German alternate history: Hitler never showed up. Everything is good. No need to look into this further.

I know a range of parents of trans kids currently looking to flee the UK. I'm looking myself. I got annoyed recently with someone who called this type of flight 'entitled', as though a child & family being forced away from family, friends & the only place they know is a privilege.

One thing (and only one) I'll give Orban credit for: He and his party lost so completely that he didn't even bother trying to claim fraud or stolen votes. He conceded. It's something Trump is incapable of doing, no matter how huge a loss he suffers.

In fairness, British sci-fi is also sometimes: nuclear war. everyone dead. well-loved classic comedy which ran for eight seasons

It's worth noting here that these aren't bombings. This is demolition The IDF are able to freely walk around here and rig these obviously residential properties with demolition explosives, so it's not like there's any threat at all to them This is, VERY clearly, the war crime of wanton destruction

It’s like they are in a cult. Who is this supposed to appeal to apart from JKR? (Who presumably donates a lot of money to them) None of this weirdness addresses the actual concerns of normal people, it’s just weird cult hate at a minority just trying to get through life the best they can.

My mum saying in a tone of utter amazement re my parenting, “you’re making a good job of that wee boy”. I think I replied ‘thanks, what were you expecting?' Special mention to the random bloke who told me that I had ‘wide childbearing hips’. Cheers mate, just what I needed to hear at 17!

Bro misunderstands. This is not the degredation of society. These are the *results.* When the rich and powerful refuse to be restrained by our laws, they violate the social contract and leave people desperate and with no legal recourse. They have fucked around, and are finding out.

The degree to which Butler was a literal prophet with this series is astonishing.

Were Were those the only two options

In the autumn, I ran an experiment where I lifted my dahlias and stored them in our shed. It’s more of a basement really and it’s pretty damp. Alas, as I suspected they might, they’ve rotted. Not having a cold but dry winter storage area is an ongoing gardening problem for me. Ah well.

Hmmm, if I’m sat here wondering whether I should change tomorrow’s eye test then I probably should. It’s just that it’s massively overdue and I do need to get it done. But another week or two won’t make a difference. And I am bloody knackered.

A fat disgusting sexpest king with a string of ex-wives is feuding with the Pope and fancies that maybe he could become head of his own religion, is it?

Explainer 🧵on Hungarian politics and last night’s outcome. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

The story of every far-right movement and party and politician in history. They're all fantasists and halfwits who don't know how anything works, somehow labouring under the assumption that they're brilliant geniuses who could make everything better through the magical power of bigotry.

Went for a walk and a pint and spotted the best example of free will I've ever seen

guy whose says "liminal" too much found dead at the end of a normal hallway

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

Orbán’s defeat is also great news for Ukraine, which has been waiting for the EU money Hungary has been blocking

With almost 90% of the vote counted, it looks like Tisza will have enough seats for the supermajority required to undo what Orban did to undermine democracy in Hungary. This is a huge day for Hungary.

And there it is. www.bbc.com/news/live/c2...

get fucked, orban! so happy for the people of hungary

There’s an Ea-nāṣir gag in Hello Kitty Island Adventure. I laughed.

God I hope Hungarians come together today to fling that rotten old Orbán fuck and all his creeps straight into the sun