Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.

Trans+ people ARE under attack - obvious to anyone I regularly support people who, for genuine and well-founded reasons, are afraid to engage with NHS clinicians and staff I shouldn't have to do this, but the NHS is institutionally transphobic and is causing real-world harm, so I do

"However, the lack of passage of bills targeting transgender people means that these attacks will only last for as long as we have Trump in the White House" - makes certain assumptions about democracy, or at least the power of Congress, surviving in the US. www.erininthemorning.com/p/democrats-...

Being “Peaceful” and “Law-Abiding” Will Not Stop Authoritarianism A Message from Germany crimethinc.com/MessageGermany In this analysis, anarchists from Germany explore how events from German history should inform those who are resisting the consolidation of authoritarian power in the US today.

Spot on.

'We have limited this to exaaaaactly the margins of the law' is not a sentence you hear from anyone who gives a damn about the reason behind the law, just the fear of punishment.

But yeah, there is still every chance that exactly the same crimes can be committed against British women and children, they’ll just now have no direct evidence that it’s happened. Musk is fighting hard to keep CSAM and exploitative material on Twitter. That’s the story.

“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”

Imperialism is bad. When you look at a political map of the US it usually ignores these nations within their borders and pretends they don't even exist - rather than recognising their sovereignty.

Very complex, we voted for government who embraces US Imperialism and all the capital investment and corporate exploitation that this entails. How can they turn on their pay master now? Stand against ALL Imperialism. Paul will you join us in Condemmning, Russia, Israel and America?

It's all about this. Rampant impunity everywhere. Men who think rules are for other people. Because they are rich. Because they have nukes. Because they own the tech. Sometimes all three.

if any other site contained a child sexual assault image generator the government would ban the site and prosecute the owner(s). these ppl are cowards and we should get rid of them at the earlier opportunity.

Why are they waiting? The law band anyone facilitating the creation of CSAM, they don't need a new regulation for this...

Hey do you know anyone organizying in rural South Jersey? In a few months we will have immigrants working our fields and I wonder if anyone is organizing for ICE here. Or will they stick to cities?

Having a go at yer man

Oh hey, Discord is taking a survey on whether users want generative ai slop machines crowbared into every crevice. They obviously want to but this is an opportunity to hurt a shareholders feelings and that's rare enough these days. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I went on the Trashfuture podcast to talk about the Levy Review, the NHS’ latest disgraceful attempt to paper over the violence it does to trans people trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/preview-wh...

The Government is facing growing criticism over its handling of the X deepfake scandal. Tech experts, teachers’ unions and Women’s Aid are calling for regulation of the platform, while the Media Minister says it is a matter of personal responsibility. More on #VMNews

Me: "Hey grok, can you generate an image of the government fumbling the bag really hard on people using you to generate CSAM?" Grok: "I don't need to generate that image, it already exists"

The Irish govt is so afraid of Musk's political power that it will do nothing to prevent the monetisation and dissemination of CSAM on X - to quote the odious gowl who now owns the platform, let that sink in. Not only should they have left the platform en masse, the Dublin offices should be raided.

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Online safety is for making queer kids feel isolated and suicidal, not about stopping CSAM.

Remember when Nestle convinced African women that baby formula was better than breastmilk and thousands of babies died as the water was contaminated?

Complain to change dot org thsst they are hosting a misleading petition about Enoch Burke. If more people complain that actuysign the petition, then there is a chance it will annoy them enough into taking action!

I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.

The government says it wants to hear from you, but we know this isn't true because it is running its consultation over Christmas and it only put up critical information on 23 December, and then on a different website. They really don't want you to see what impact the new rules will have.

The Democrats can’t save us because they agree with him. They would support Hitler if he just did form B-3186 in triplicate before doing the Holocaust.

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'" - WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

i think everyone has really got to kill the voice in their head that says "oh they wouldn't go _that_ far"

guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story

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Sorry but we literally debunked this like last month when he did this dog whistle. Fintan O'Toole literally did the maths, in the Times no less, that showed that this isn't true. Why are we bothering to publish such an obvious lie when we know it's a lie?

One of our amazing @neuroprideireland.bsky.social community members is hosting this meet up on 3rd Jan - it may be chilly but spending time with community will warm the hardest heart (also there's a cafe close by). Sign up at the Eventbrite below #Spéirghorm m.independent.ie/regionals/li...

Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.” www.404media.co/google-has-c...

The holocaust wasn’t the main issue during WW2. If Hitler hadn’t conducted his expansion & proved an existential threat to Britain, US & Russia, he would have completed his Final Solution. In the same way, people are happy to save donkeys and murder Palestinian men, women & children.

99% of what you need to understand about the relentless murder of our living planet, in one word: CAPITALISM

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“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”

think the epstein conversation’d be more bearable as a survivor if i thought more people talking about it nonstop were committed to the kind of radical politics that might one day lead to a just society for us but it’s mostly libs using it to dunk on big cheeto the same way they’d use elonia stuff

Only 5 Fianna Fáil TDs voted to restore the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy)(Amendment) Bill. 35 voted against. They're the only major party where none of the female TDs supported the bill. We have antichoice extremists at the helm. The work of Repeal is not done #spéirgorm

🚨 New records released under FOI show the Department expect pharmacists to question trans people to access the free HRT scheme. "Pharmacists will be able to query" despite the PCRS acknowledging "it would be practically very difficult to identify the reason people are using specific products".

i wish people would stop saying that people like me being driven forcefully out of public life and murdered is a distraction from stuff that matters

So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.

UK Key economic sectors face post-BREXIT challenge in 2026: the Gender Critical Data Chickens come home to roost. Today, Trans Exile Network, which helps trans+ people, their families and anyone perceived as trans to flee the UK in the present climate released the following update.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...