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strange. fabric doesn't normally fall like that across an arm.
you know how if you are gifted a funny nickname from that cool older kid it rocks, but if you try to give yourself a nickname it's obvious and everyone makes fun of you
be loud for america is probably one of the most cogent things a dem politician has said in recent years
Buried 35 paragraphs in: "Violent crime in Chicago has dropped significantly in the first half of the year, according to official data released by the city. Shootings are down 37% and homicides have dropped by 32% compared to the first half of 2024, while total violent crime dropped by over 22%..."
Glinners only bail condition being "Do Not Post" really proves that even the legal system has looked at him and gone "this man is posting so badly we have to arrest him". If he'd stopped posting fifteen years ago he'd still have a wife, family, friends, career.
"Holy mother of..." The astronaut stared out the viewport. "Hey! Come and look at this!" "What's up?" The space station commander drifted over. "Oh. Yeah. Keep quiet about this." "Really?" "It's not harming anyone." In the Pacific Ocean down below, the Kaiju's mating dance sank below the waves.
Been 25 years at this point without doing so. #proud
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
Texas loaded busses with desperate migrants and dropped them off in Chicago like trash in the middle of winter. We welcomed them into our communities. Now Texas is sending its National Guard to terrorize them on our streets. In our neighborhoods. What the fuck.
starmer is doing all the anti-immigrant and anti-trans "popularism" stuff the centrists are demanding US dems do and this is the predictable result:
Look, we all know that Starmer is atrocious on this issue but I think it’s at least important to acknowledge what the Telegraph have pieced this together from.
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
Have deleted the post about Starmer's reaction to Gl***er's arrest because, as several people have pointed out, Starmer's words were certainly cowardly and insipid, but the Telegraph's framing of them was sufficiently dishonest that I'd rather not spread their spin and add to the ragebait.
If scientists are loving Bluesky, but Glenn Greenwald and Matt Yglesias hate it, I know I’m in the right spot.
The discussions on the right are getting so openly genocidal.
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
Spec-fucking-tactular Guardian. What a way to say you've never read the book and only know the pop-culture version that's been so bastardised its hardly a shadow of what the original was.
One cool thing that happened on NextDoor in my predominantly Latinx area of L.A. was that people mobilized by a) sharing whenever they saw ICE gathering anywhere, like a Home Depot, and b) offering to run errands for their neighbors who were afraid to leave the house. Chicagoans, take note!
Pritzker should also be prepared to block roads and cut off water and electricity from buildings occupied by invading troops.
I’ve done my own research and ChatGPT said he died so
There is also the radical alternative of listening to your Hugo team when they try to help you avoid making stupid decisions.
This explanation made it click in such a thorough way that the battle victory music from Final Fantasy XII immediately started playing in my head.
I think that every time Trump is not physically on camera, we start insisting he must be dead, like babies who think mommy vanished behind her hands. Then we keep doing it until they wire the whole White House with cameras like a season of Big Brother.
America heartbroken to discover president somehow still alive
Well, there we have it. Keir Starmer comes to the aid of a man who was arrested for inciting violence against trans women.
Vivian Wilson was featured on another magazine cover so naturally, Elon has spent the last few hours binge posting heinous anti-trans screeds. www.thecut.com/article/vivi...
I mean, I hate to say I told you so, but this is what happens when you make your plans based on RFK Jr promising you that he can reanimate someone by replacing their blood with raw milk.
cor imagine if he died on live tv though lol
This is so sad.
Oh dear. Oh dear. 😏
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Wow! @zackpolanski.bsky.social winning 84% of the vote is amazing, obviously, what a buoying moment, that a pro-trans, pro-Palestine, unashamedly socialist leader can not only win a leadership election but ALSO can cut through and be covered by our mainstream news channels.
"I do think flags are really important. It's what brings us together" is ridiculous thing to say Look forward to Private Eye starting a regular new column, Me and My Flag
My boy won. LF GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
how has having the same policy/views on immigration as nigel farage worked out for the labour party? all they’re doing is chasing the votes of people who are never gonna vote for them
the british media heard the phrase "beat them at their own game" once and immediately & irrevocably forgot there was any other way to beat the right
Question to Zach Polanski at the leadership announcement: "Q: How can you take on Nigel Farage when your policy on immigration is so different?" Everything wrong with British politics and media summed up so succinctly in a single absolutely unhinged question.
yes. tasting fabrics is one of the easiest ways to test fiber composition. natural fabrics, such as wool, cotton, and linen, breakdown in the digestive tract. synthetics such as polyester will not. so to test fiber composition, eat the garment. if fibers appear in your poop, it was synthetic.
Do NOT fuck with Artist Alley folks. We’re a family and won’t hesitate to attack AI cuckoos in the nest.
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
You know what I think is a a sign something is seriously wrong? No leaks. I can’t imagine White House preventing any leaks unless they’ve tightly restricted those who are around Trump Who’s CiC right now? Can Trump perform his job as well as he could 2 wks ago? Is it worse than Lloyd Austin?
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” @johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
What a huge loss in the world. Graham Greene brought characters to life and authentic representation to the big screen. RIP, Mr. Greene.
Or you could have paid us properly.
dude, you could have learned to be an engineer, a producer, a luthier, an agent, a manager, a music clearance specialist, a film music supervisor, a dj, a record label mogul, a venue owner. there are so many ways to be near the power of music even if you suck at making it. don't give me this shit.
(…HEADCLUTCH)
white houses only do this when they're very distressed
Trump's been increasingly looking like one of those things from the beginning of The Fifth Element and we're supposed to believe everything's fine, come on.
omg did Rudy Giuliani kill Trump in that car crash, dress him up in his Rudy clothes and steal his phone and now Rudy is swanning around the White House just Truthing and waving and the US government is wondering why things seem a little off?
JUSTICE FOR THE EM DASH (from @ellecordova.bsky.social) youtube.com/shorts/XKsPa...
She did a great job!
Terrible, unhelpful "enhancing" notwithstanding, the thing that strikes me about that blurry photo, other than the overall very bloated appearance, is that you can't see any of his hair coming out from under the hat. Usually at least some of that polyester candy floss is tufting out somewhere.
I used to be able to detect a joke before I took an arrow to the knee. -Blueskyrim
E-Bow the Letter 🙂
I've said this before and it bears repeating: One way we'll know if and when a real machine intelligence happens is that it will create art that is an artifact of its own intelligence, not ours, and it likely to be absolutely incomprehensible to us human on first approach. How cool with that be.
Beside myself at the little string of fairy lights
Keir Starmer was on 5Live with Matt Chorley earlier and said he has a St George's Cross in his flat and then he said "I'm a supporter of flags" hahahahahaha. Imagine that in Alan Partridge's voice. Exactly, you can't, Partridge would never be that saa-aa-aaaad.
this is fine futurism.com/typo-ai-doct...
My own blanket policy is not to share things that are, in my evaluation, clearly AI generated. This leaves a lot of things still available to share!
The Morning Monty says “come hither,” for he has no sunbeams and he would appreciate the warmth of a good snuggle.
Haemorrhaging support every day, wrecking what would have quite an easy nice legacy, making the lives of minorities actively worse and making sure I feel anxious and depressed all the time....Sir Keir has played a blinder again!
FWIW I think most of the criticism on Bluesky of Bluesky is from the point of view of those that need social media for their profession, campaigns, or exposure. I think most civilian users see it as a place to hang out, express themselves & thoughts, chat shit, see interesting or fun stuff etc.
Sam Altman: ChatGPT is like having access to PhDs, 24/7! Every PhD I know: i don't even remember what it was like to have a three-figure bank balance and all my undergrad students are on their phones so much that they cannot be said to be sentient.
What am I, the board of directors? It's a tool. It's a product. I'll use it the way I want, and if it's not around any more I'll find something else to do with my time.
Punchy Lib Dem source quote about Kemi Badenoch's supposed offer from Stamford, as detailed in this excellent story by colleague @jessicaelgot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What's the most amount of red flags you can fit in a paragraph?
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein wasn’t just a story — it was a prophecy about hubris, recklessness, and the chaos created by people who refuse accountability.
This is a lie on an absolutely colossal scale - the figures show that tariff revenue has increased by $20 billion/month - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... would take over 30 years to reach $8 trillion at this rate
can we get three people to do this in quick succession for a really good mini storyline
"In England all the boasting and flag-wagging, the "Rule Britannia" stuff, is done by small minorities. The patriotism of the common people is not vocal or even conscious." (George Orwell - "England Your England" (1941)
They're still not gonna vote for you, pal
Oh nothing, just the actual Prime Minister telling people they’re entirely correct to drive asylum seekers out of their communities
ChatGPT is basically just your mum's mate's husband at a BBQ. How do I know this? Because wayyyyy back when ChatGPT was still quite a novelty I typed in "how to make more money as a performer" and ChatGPT suggested looking in to: voiceover work. Hahahaha ok ChatGPT, I'll get right on that!
I really liked this read.
Thread. (Ye gads…) :/
I knew Guiliani was loyal, but I didn't realize he was get-rear-ended-in-New-Hampshire-to-pull-focus-from-a-death-watch loyal. That's really fuckin' loyal.
Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business
This is awesome of them to do, but also what an indictment of the way things are that it's a valid marketing tactic
The thing is, every time you defend Newsom as a great candidate and what “we” need, you’re telling trans people that you’re willing to throw them under the bus You can sit in my mentions and whine about how I’m criticizing Newsom too much and I will continue to highlight how your transphobia sucks
'Miss Meh' because then your catchphrase When you show up could be "Did you miss meh?" 😀
This is just stressful
This is about him pooping himself to death and I can't wait to understand!
It's the only logical solution! 🙂
Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
Imagine how much money could have been saved just by going with an actual human to begin with www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Status report, "(Theoretically) Quiet Sunday Afternoon) dep't: Nothing to do but (a) edit current book, (b) install new drive in busted clock (without previous experience), and (c) wind up trolling a (probable) freelance-writer-services scammer. See it unfold here: www.tumblr.com/dduane/79339...
😍 I also love that all the way down here in Alabama, I got to learn so much about NYC. More campaigns that joyfully teach me about different parts of our country, please!
this is who keir starmer would climb over broken glass to get to vote for him
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
Executive, as in execute the law. Not create the law. A lot of people need to retake high school civics.
Not sure whose fault it is primarily that most people don't seem to know that the president is basically a manager whose job is to carry out the will of Congress, and not The Country's Boss
To some extent, it's Dick Cheney's fault, for pushing his "unitary executive" theory during the W administration as well as normalizing this sort of constitutional loophole-hunting.