*hisses like a cat* BAD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up. Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵

"Amuro!"

"We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive force, we'd be unstoppable, but we won't do that." "I don't have to use force, I don't want to use force, I won't use force." None of this is even approaching a 'guarantee'...

"ratio of chinese to Indian restaurants near military bases" good grief, that's literally a bit from a 1970s BBC sitcom youtu.be/oJ-9R6NCZ0A?...

Apparently they were reluctant to publish this version

When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States. It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.

This is straight out of Succession: Larry Ellison named a giant yacht "Izanami" after a Shinto deity, but quickly renamed it after it was pointed out that the name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards!!!

This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.

#TFW you come into work and find WSUS has decided to download an extra TB of Windows Updates despite *no changes* to your products and classifications.

Tonight Matthew, I will be... @mrbasilpesto.bsky.social

Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

Instead of buying this, you could go to therapy.

Hold Sam Altman and every one of his execs personally liable for manslaughter.

My mind read the last 2 words as ‘rich cunt’. Which actually made the sentence make more sense.

One thing that I notice is that books and games that use AI text keep getting caught out because they cut and pasted the text and didn't remove the prompts or replies. Which suggests that using AI goes hand in hand with a general "fuck it, that'll do" lack of attention to detail throughout.

You will be visited by 3 spirits

It's nothing to do with immigrants. It's tax - she supports the party that are going to drive down her tax bill.

Posted without comment. #F1 #Lando

Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide

@beefanddairy.bsky.social !!!

On one hand, this is just typical FIFA corruption. On the other hand, this is a shrewd bunch of guys realising they just have to ply the toddler with trinkets so he doesn't torpedo their expensive ball-kicking show.

Since genAI has completely fucked the market for home computers, I guarantee there'll be an article complaining that people are playing older and less resource-intensive games and how this is killing the AAA gaming industry

YESSSSS

So..? But... What the hell.!? ... !!!

A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers. www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...

My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:

One of his most iconic roles. RIP

Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed. time.com/7336204/meta...

When I heard someone say Epstein trafficked more than a thousand women, it stopped me cold. Then I remembered this and it clicked: it all ties back to white supremacy. Epstein was obsessed with genetic engineering, eugenics, and “improving” humanity, including his own DNA. It’s documented. 🧵

Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.

"I just automatically purchased 1000 tissue boxes as a joke. This purchase cannot be stopped. I am sorry if you cannot eat this month, but, remember to keep feeding your overlord Bezos bank account"

Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in. Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/

For real, check this out. Evil.

Dead School Theory

February 1937 Tory campaign against BBC "bias". To be fair, if Captain Maule Ramsay was leading the charge, "left-wing" probably covered everything up to and including Mussolini...

Which one is more English?

Trump falls asleep shortly during a health announcement in the Oval Office.

Narrator: "it didn't..."

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Just a reminder that Clair Obscur was caught doing almost exactly the same thing FIRST (launching with some AI 'placeholder' textures that got patched) and yet somehow caught like a tenth of the flak. Making an example of one while smiling and shrugging for the critical darling sits wrong with me.

This is all of us