Incredible simultaneous Rorschach test for “are you a reactionary leftist uninterested in indisputable reality?” and, if so, “are you literate enough to understand a joke making fun of you?”

i think everybody who wasn't an adult in 2006 is unprepared for how fast and how totally they're going to pretend trump never existed

'I vigorously dispute that I asked the so-called Equality and Human Rights Commission not to totally do trans people over' is quite the message from a Labour Party that has completely lost the plot.

I feel like my sympathy is more with those harmed by him but I do feel like, fuck, how did you end up like this?

just wanna get this lad a jam sandwich and a good talking-to. he seems so unhappy! people in his life are letting him down and we're all suffering for it.

Thinking a lot today about the inheritance of grief.

the nsfw discussion channel in my insane transsexuals server has turned to an extended discussion of orgasm denial structured through the medium of mtg mechanics.

What kills me if the pull quote about prescribing it to teenagers. It is fully banned in the UK, thanks in large part to the Daily Mail, for only one group of teens: trans kids.

Finished Omens of Chaos tonight. It's a fun, light-hearted romp and a perfect palette cleanser from all of the Warhammer novels I'd been reading. @seananmcguire.bsky.social did an excellent job of giving the Magic nerds a lot to chew on while making the book perfectly accessible to everyone else.

YouTube kept showing me clips from this show, The Promised Land, which is essentially a mockumentary-style telling of events post-Red Sea amongst the Israelites. Which is a pretty fun premise but I just get this tingling so I look up the production company and, yes, they're specifically Christian.

has the Labour party simply considered electing a guy called billy english as its leader

glad to see that Hungary has rejected American-style authoritarianism

Just played a commander game with this commander. Some Excellent Simic Nonsense.

"On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the global Jewish population stands at 15.8 million... a figure that remains below pre-World War II levels." www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world...

Had a dream that Zohran Mamdani had his own Magic card.

Abolish the Home Office. I'm not even saying we don't need a government department that handles visas but a) also being the Cops Department creates a certain culture, b) the current department is irredeemably stupid and evil, you can't reform this.

This is nothing:I worked on a case where the HO got the applicants solicitors address wrong so sent their docs to a fish and chip shop. Who binned them HO then admitted they had messed up and the person could reapply. If they resubmitted with original docs. Which they had sent to a the shop.

So I have been thinking recently I want to try my hand at making Magic: the Gathering YouTube stuff - kinda want to have a go at the creative outlet. I feel like this style of video where one has a little static image with different poses (PNGTubing?) works well.

yankposting

I do not get super excited by space travel but it's really amazing we can get them back again safely. Like that is the coolest part for me

I find this to be a deeply troubling statement to make in a Jewish publication. (jewishcurrents.org/when-jewishn...)

it feels very much like the "kamala will send you to war" memes were more about people who disliked a woman giving them orders outside of pornography

How it feels to assemble your thesis committee and select a date.

The aftermath of the Israeli attack on Barbour in Beirut.

I hope one day we, and the world, can live free of the shadow of our past and the moral compromise of our present. But it is not today, I guess.

When the beloved is very eepy but is driving you to the station anyway out of love.

This is such a good service! I am now kinda surprised that London doesn't operate something like this.

It’s not a smear to say Hasan has repeatedly engaged in antisemitism. It’s not a smear to say he’s trafficked in sexism and bullying behavior. It’s not a smear to say he’s happy to be an ally to trans people unless one criticizes him, in which case he explodes.

“I never thought Elon would muffle *my* legitimate news sources” says guy who uses the “Elon muffles legitimate news sources” app.

The new wave of Democratic tax-cut plans has spurred a “wonk revolt” from liberal and moderate policy experts. The latter say the math won’t add up. The former say treating taxes as a punishment undermines the liberal project of a safety net. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

the fact that this is what he does when he knows his base is starting to lose enthusiasm (they’ll never actually abandon him) should be a case-closed piece of evidence against any fool who spent any of the last 10 years saying MAGA was about economic anxiety rather than racism and sexism.

Last week I was at an academic thing in Sweden where I made some new friends, including one person who is originally from Beirut. They're a lovely person who I think would very happily spend their days thinking only of mathematics and its formalisation. That isn't a luxury they get to have.

Show you truly understand Scottish & Welsh politics by describing elections for the Scottish Parliament & Senedd as local elections. They love that

Basically every thing you’ve ever heard about something being a traditional pagan festival or practice, especially anything claimed Celtic, was made up or redefined by some neopagan bloke in the 1970s.

the truly online were here long before September began and they (we?) will be here long after September ends

Will you join us in fighting to protect trans workers? 1. Write to your MP about the workplace regs: actionnetwork.org/letters/fix-... 2. Let us know if your employer has changed their approach to trans inclusion: form.typeform.com/to/uycRij58

Two of my favourite people snuggled up together.

Look I'm sure the Professor has people on Shuffle Up and Play who aren't hot trannies or have massive "friendly chaser" energy. I just haven't yet seen those episodes.

I really worry that the growth of antisemitism in America is going to be something a lot of non-Jews are going to be complacent about at best.

Actually I think you’ll find the meme just mentions AIPAC, criticism of Israel is not anti-Semit- oh dear LORD

fucking hell oh my god oh my fucking oh eurgh god what a eurgh oh god

Honestly why would you go to the moon when you could go mini golf instead?

POV: you got up late and have not fed the absolute lad.

that's win win win

Portes is right. I have definitely come to see the value in political education, because "emotionally cathartic slopulism" has already taken over the Right and I think it could easily do so on the left too if we don't hold the line on, like, actually insisting that it matters you get things right.

some real will stancil hours here for this poor gentleman.

So I haven't really been paying attention. There's some moon stuff happening?

It seems I can't move my foot.

"I think that gay men are basically pathetic" is a wild thing to say with your own mouth as part of insisting that you want para-homophobic slurs to go with calling people the f-word.

Oh fuck off.