The fun part is: this was loudly denounced as an insane conspiracy theory, right up until those books came out that were filled with McSweeney and Reed bragging about how all of it was true, and they really had suckered the press into repeating all of this awesomely dishonest horseshit.

Except they're not opposing renewables. They're opposing us flogging off still more of our natural resources to rent seeking overseas capital. And we can all click on the article to read this

Was this GP struck off just because he asked a Muslim woman to remove her veil? How likely does that sound? 🤷‍♀️ Did he actually ask her to remove her veil 'because he was struggling to understand her?' Let's take a look at what really happened based on the tribunal reports... 🧵 1/25

Be careful you don’t accidentally vote for this lot

Also, if you bought and ate the cake, you wouldn’t immediately be followed by people suggesting you buy and eat many more cakes.

Frank Herbert I apologize for ever doubting you

if you are wondering "but what is it good for then and why are companies pushing it so hard" the answers are "it is good for centralizing power and rationalizing harm" and "because it is good for centralizing power and rationalizing harm"

I've always found the framing around men and women's dating choices re political "opponents" really telling. Men are supposedly more tolerant - but for the most part they're not being asked to date people who literally view them as second-class citizens undeserving of bank accounts and voting rights

Because those agitating against impending climate disaster and for basic human rights obviously pose so much more of a threat to Telegraph types than those who advocate rape, gender exploitation disaster capitalism and other kinds of domination.

The amazing thing is that despite the ongoing decimation of universities, the home office are still pushing ahead to make it all worse.

Oh piss off with your spitebait.

Things are actually worse than shown in the below picture of the biomass of land mammals on earth. A more recent study (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) has found that wild mammals only represent 2% of the total. Everything else is us and our domestic animals.

Exactly one year ago today:

Getting a message saying FORBIDDEN every time I try to access Bluesky feels excitingly like I’m opening an eldritch scroll…

I'm looking at a database of PhD opportunities. It's depressing how many are about AI. "Leveraging Situation Awareness for Human-AI Collaboration to Achieve Operational Excellence in SMEs" It's like if a PhD topic had a LinkedIn page...

A friend’s birthday fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians has been taken down by Facebook. Friend phoned MAP to see if they knew anything and they found out that ALL MAP fundraisers have been taken down by FB.

A friend’s birthday fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians has been taken down by Facebook. Friend phoned MAP to see if they knew anything and they found out that ALL MAP fundraisers have been taken down by FB.

A friend’s birthday fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians has been taken down by Facebook. Friend phoned MAP to see if they knew anything and they found out that ALL MAP fundraisers have been taken down by FB.

"The rise of extreme wealth is one of the clearest signs of this imbalance. In 1987, billionaires held wealth equal to 3% of global GDP. Today this tiny elite, just 0.0001% of the world population, owns the equivalent of *16%* of world GDP in wealth."

We cut legal aid, thereby throwing the most vulnerable to the wolves, then punish them when they get bitten #legalaid #refugeeswelcome #economicmigrantswelcome #fascistreform

He’s not messing about, is he?

People in the future will not understand why we didn’t focus on stopping climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“They reported many positive outcomes from these interactions; most (70%) perceived no negative outcomes.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In India, the alternative ecosystem eventually ate the real one. Faculty from that pipeline now hold top positions in places like JNU and our academic guilds. As the US, as resources and prestige are increasingly concentrated in elite schools, a similar dynamic is already apparent.

Essential thread. There are far too many stories like this.

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

Fantastic. Now do it everywhere else. It is really hard for home ed kids to access exams. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Attacks on academic freedom by authoritarian and populist governments around the world have stalled female representation in science, according to a new study.' Want better science and more scientists? Be more equal. 1/2

The next Scottish Parliament election will take place on 7 May 2026. Here are the deadlines you need to know 👇 20 April: Register to vote by 11:59pm 21 April: Apply for a postal vote by 5pm 28 April: Apply for a proxy vote or free voter ID by 5pm www.gov.uk/register-to-...

I asked my son to help motivate me to get off the sofa and go to bed. He’s chosen reverse psychology. So now he’s shouting, “You can’t do it, you weakling! I don’t believe in you! You pathetic excuse for a human!” I think he’s enjoying this too much.

😂 oh that would be a fitting I can see this being a thing, everyone around the country folding their reform leaflets into little origami models and posting pictures of them with #stoptheboats before voting for whatever party is needed to stop reform Stop the votes?

A sweetheart cabbage used to be 75p in the supermarket. Suddenly it's been renamed hispi cabbage, and it's £1.50. How can you gentrify cabbage? CABBAGE, fgs?

I’ve had a Reform leaflet delivered. What can I do with it, other than burn it, while chanting, “Begone, foul demons!”?

Have you ever had, like, a flatmate, or maybe a brother-in-law…always terribly hard done by, but NOTHING is ever their fault?

They had a display about the Persian empire, at RAM. Don’t take on the Persians unless you are Alexander the Great.

I’m generally anti-AI use, but I can make an exception for this.

Quite apart from the fact the pope is espousing Christian values… Is this from the American political party who have weaponised evangelical Christianity to an insane extent?

Controversial opinion, but I think Leeds is cooler than Manchester.

@oispooky.bsky.social We are at a Sherlock Holmes themed dinner thing at Six by Nico, and the Forty Elephants have made an appearance.

Is it just me, or does the Royal Armouries Museum logo look like a diagram of the female reproductive system?

I just drove to a specific address in Leeds city centre, from the M1, AND WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AT ALL TIMES. Is there a special medal for this?

More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says

It would be hilarious if it weren't so terrifying

It's a good night to read this excellent piece, on the Orban regime's network of financial support for the nationalist right in Britain. For many on the radical right, the tills are about to stop ringing. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

It’s a good night for some Woody Guthrie… youtu.be/dWUa7aAIfLE?...

Could JD Vance come and visit Farage next?

Looks like it’s gonna be a very bad night for Matt Goodwin, James Orr and the Spiked crew….

Where the grass is [redacted] and the girls are [redacted].