What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵 www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...

Friends, the OP has restricted replies on this post so I reach out to you: where is the data on HIV AIDS deaths by year of birth/generation? Is it likely this isn't easily available because it's not how epidemology works? I've looked through UNAIDS, WHO etc but can't find anything pertinent.

Jacob Elordi needs a better stylist. If you're going to shove pearls in the cuffs and collar (open what?) then maybe a covered placket on the shirt so the clear buttons don't distract.

NO WARRIOR CAN FIGHT ALONE. ASK FOR HELP IF YOU NEED IT.

This is not the worst timeline.

My insta is firmly curated into yarn arts, sewistry, cafes and bakeries, offline (ie non-fandom) friends and a smidge of lady sports. The insta algo is easy to train into submission. Unlike threads. Recently it's gone off-piste and has been sending me a fountain of queer and sporty queer joy.

Kristie's dress was ❤️‍🔥

My new favourite thing is queer and/or Russian people respond to Heated Rivalry. Love to all my queer sibs. 💖

YOU MUST TOUCH SOMETHING SOFT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.

I suspected it was a bad idea to have a meeting when all the humans were running out of brain capacity.

Today, friends, I want to recommend you watch this video. You don't need a reminder of why you love Eowyn so much, but maybe take half an hour to feel your love shared.

This thread 🥰

Oh good, maybe the security level would go from barely adequate to mostly adequate.

It's some kind of a time in the world that while creepy men are using creepy tech tools to abuse (mostly women and girls) and suffering no repercussions except the tiniest bit of global outrage driven pushback, TV gives us a masterclass in consent by a young man with a young man. How do I feel? 🤷‍♀️

The red on this cyclamen is giving me the joy this morning, friends. I hope you are getting through the day. Big breath, glass of water. Get in.

Unrelatedly is there a fan age older than fandom old? Because the 20-somethings are elders now, legit because they all grew up in HP and/or its contemporary fandoms.

I fell down an insta hole, washed up on the shore of a PhD in fandom student, and screeched to a halt on a comment that mourned, as an aside, that the youngs don't know what Dead Dove is anymore.

These were pre-blocked for me by block lists I follow. Thanks bsky community.

Tom Holland Lip Sync Battle - Umbrella. Because every platform should have ready access to this evergreen joy. #music #dance #tomHolland www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

Champions.

This is such a hilarious argument. How often have you seen characters picking pubes out of their teeth after oral sex or, if in possession of a vagina, taking a post-missionary position pee break?

What? The AI companies have misrepresented what they're doing and how it was done? That's unpossible!

Thinking this morning of the delight of 90s queer Canadian film. In retrospect my own youth of independent film appreciation was pretty much because that was where my people were visible on screen. I wonder how many I can find on SBS? A home festival is called for.

The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased: We don't understand -writers -books -festivals -the arts -audience -what our job is -how to resist interference -the gravity of our mistake -how to apologise. So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.

I hereby award C. Wilcox the inaugural Lola Montez Golden Whip Award for Most Comprehensive Response to a Press Representative, 2026. I mean, I think we may as well bestow it now, surely.

Vicious attacks on Cathy Wilcox for this perceptive cartoon, including the standard accusations of "antisemitic" and "Jew-hater", only go to prove her point: The Israel lobby in Australia is, indeed, a lobby for Israel. As an Australian of Jewish background, #IStandWithCathyWilcox. #auspol

“Cultural sensitivity” means destroying an entire arts festival rather than allowing a Palestinian person to come along and talk about her new novel.

100%. We’ve seen the dossiers on individual targets that get compiled and sent to institutions in coordinated assaults. They’re incredibly detailed. The intended effect is overwhelm, and most institutions are not equipped to understand or resist it.

Why not start with Randa Abdel-Fattah's latest novel? Discipline, which is pretty bloody relevant to Randa's being disinvited from the Adelaide Writers Festival: www.readings.com.au/product/9780...

Stephen Jay Gould wrote that orchids are “jury-rigged from a limited set of available components.” To my mind, it is from such limits that ingenuity learns to bloom. Wishing you a lovely evening and a fantastic Friday! 💛 #ColorADay #YellowThu #orchid #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

now i’d normally i’d agree pory, but i watched ep 3 of heated rivalry last night and this man is literally vacuum packed into this shirt

I would die for this queerer remake of Smash.

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Elizabeth Appell Good morning and a wonderful Tuesday! #dailyflowers #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #gardening #nature #winter

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I don't generally feel safe around any bunch of heavily armed people, thanks. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Deserved.

I was contemplating this prompt. Fandom has taught me that there's no interest so niche that I would not find a kindred spirit. Then @damnslippy.slippy.me posted about 'beautiful Canadian necro movie' Kissed and I thought, hello again, fam.

listen C-Ent boyfriends are good but have you considered: C-Ent girlfriends ☺️

#bloomscrolling is so good for the soul

🌱 More Dahlias in June💕💛💜💚 #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowerfeed

What Chaos have dropped their ep 6 reaction. I mean, sure everyone deserves a holiday break but guys, guys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebwO...

Relevant to your new interests, my friends?

So very Silicon Valley: four decades of attempting to solve problems that don't exist. Occassionally creating a useful thing that is hobbled in the next update.

truth

I am passionate about my volunteer group, LGBT Books to prisoners. If you are in the Madison Wisconsin area you can drop in to a session. Our group accepts book donations and of course money donations. lgbtbookstoprisoners.org

Now hankering for a MurderBot R U OK public service ad.

@firefox.com I have been a user since Firefox was the Phoenix Project and a Mozilla user since Netscape died. A pivot to AI is not what I (or many users) want, I just want a browser. Efficient, performant, sure. AI product is going to be an easy uninstall across all of my devices.

Do you play the merge game Seaside Escape? Will you talk with me about the story & characters? I just had a Derya and Christos moment and I hadn't yet recovered from Albert taking care of Marco! Not to mention they're growing up the children OMG Thalia my favourite, briliant gremlin. I'm at lvl 674

Does anyone else look at hot men wearing suits without shirts or undershirts and get slightly stressed by the airing/drycleaning issues?