'The Fabians are secretly running the country' surpasses 'chaos with Ed Miliband' in terms of threatening us with a good time...

i missed the donuts at first

Why i avoid Uber at all costs NJ couple hurt in Uber crash cannot sue Judges upheld Uber’s argument they waived the right to the trial when their under-18 daughter said yes to a pop-up in Uber Eats presenting them with updated terms and conditions www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

FRIENDS I NEED YOUR HELP A friend of mine is in desperate need of a room in Dublin IMMEDIATELY BUDGET is €670 Anyone with a room available or know of one, please shoot me a message on here or comment below! And please share this!

The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.

It’s over for us

Farage, apparently being interviewed in Svalbard on midwinter

This is one of two things you really need to know about the ID Card non-policy: it's already been tried, it cost billions, and it delivered absolutely zero benefit. 1/2

"A digital ID makes it much harder for people to work in the illegal economy."** Whut? How?? Are crime bosses asking for ID now? You know a policy is BS when they're excusing it with obvious nonsense. **Heard on the radio as I walked into the room so no idea who it was.

Any UK NSFW creators, enjoyers (or anyone who wants a freedom of speech that's not dictated by payment processors) might want to sign this petition to try and stop said processors from discriminating against legal adult content creators. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

The settlement has been approved!

OCTOTHORPE 144 IS THE LAW. As well as a pleasing rhyme, listeners will know this heralds the episode on 2012’s DREDD! We hope you enjoy the episode, and remember: until your assessment is formally over, you’re still entitled to dispense justice. Listen here! octothorpe.podbean.com/e/144-i-have...

And here’s the population study showing a 100 percent success rate at prevention of cervical cancer. publichealthscotland.scot/news/2024/ja...

I talked to Ukrainian members of Parliament off the rec and turns out they had absolutely no clue what’s going on the US internally. To the point where I had to show them factual docs for them to believe it. Power of twitter, where all get their info. 😞

A robotic backpack, known as GyroPack, uses gyroscopic technology to improve balance for people with the movement disorder ataxia. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/gyroscopic...

“ICE shooting” is trending, and we have to stop using the right’s language and terminology. No one from ICE was shot. Detainees were shot.

Thirty-two years ago today, Myst was released. Happy Birthday, little guy! 🎂

Oh, I like Elsie. She sounds fun

A Welsh superhero! Red Dragon returns to 2000ad for the first time in over 30 years this week... And you can read it over a pint from our comics and magazine library 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🦸 #colwynbay #pub #comics

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks. Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

We've ended up with a whole bunch of imported Japanese fighting games. Mostly Saturn but one Super Famicom. Anyone in the UK who might be interested? List of games in next post. #retrogaming #fightinggames

The PFI disaster Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers. NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed. Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value. Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.

Just finished reading "Human Resources" by Adrian Tchaikovsky ( @aptshadow.bsky.social), a short story set in the world of his "Service Model." :) Creepy and evocative and far too believable! reactormag.com/human-resour...

Leave this on the street to scare your local evangelical

Some of us do.

the most important thing to remember when you see eugenicists who don’t believe that autistic people should exist rambling about “the autism epidemic” is not that they’re wrong about the “cause” (although they are absolutely wrong about it); it’s that they are eugenicists

This is not human rights lawyers being pesky lefties - this is a desperate attempt to stop the entirely arbitrary abuse of state powers when people's lives are on the line.

Removing people with indefinite leave to remain is absolutely vile. Also incredibly stupid.

Danish police are now labeling the drone incident at Copenhagen Airport as “an attack.” The UAVs were guided by a “capable operator” showcasing specific capabilities, approached from multiple directions, lights intermittently switching on and off before ultimately vanishing after several hours.

Next year's @easterconuk.bsky.social bursary is now live! Do apply and don't self-reject, I hear too many talented authors and artists saying "well I would go to Eastercon but I can't afford it." eastercon2026.org/bursary-sche...

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.

This is so wholesome I don’t know what to do with my face.

The USA slipping right back to the Dark Ages, I see. I'm expecting to see RFK Jr putting leeches and trepanation on the list of recommended heathcare. Have they brought up the Four Humors yet?

This is like a perpetual motion device at this point and ultimately, thermodynamics will win.

Rowlett is ready for spooky season

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Firewall upgrade linked to four deaths after Australian telco cut off emergency calls

I've seen a lot of videos lately of women that are peacefully protesting being violently thrown to the ground by angry men dressed in tactical gear with big guns. It's disgusting and jarring, but can I also point out that the women aren't the ones that look weak or scared.

Why would anyone visit the US right now? Both professional & "low skill" international workers are being punished. Tourists are getting black bagged. Your visa can get revoked if you've made fun of some guy who was mates with the president. They're gonna host the OLYMPICS in these conditions??

If you're not totally aware of how bots try to sway minds, here's a good example.

Look, I understand the Rapture is scheduled for Wednesday but on the off-chance it is cancelled I'll go ahead and show up for my book tour event that day anyway

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

❗️Trump:We stopped the conflict between Cambodia and Armenia. It was just starting and it was a bad one.

This sort of shit is why no fucker knows what the actual policies are for Lib Dems and Greens. I'm just a tech journalist, but if I only talked about 'the vibes' of a big tech conference and not the actual products I'd never work again.

I’m worried it can still get stupider

Over on the Other Place I would occasionally put this thread together, most recently during lockdown, four years ago in fact, and I realised I'd not done it here. So, bear with, and feel free to mute as this is an epic (genuinely, I’m not sure we won’t reach hitherto non-invoked thread limits tbh).

I wish I was joking but: the TikTok Evangelicals are convinced the Rapture is happening in three days because of some cows being sacrificed on a mountain in Israel, and now they're all posting advice and excitement about getting taken up to heaven. Christ on a fucking bicycle.