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Yet another reason for foreigners to never set foot in the USA again. On top of Israel using AI software (Lavender) to generate target lists of Palestinians, the IDF routinely uses spyware to stifle dissent and trample civil liberties in Gaza. Privacy in the US is about to become a pipedream.
Once upon a time, asinine conspiracy theories were limited to obscure corners of the internet. Now, they're everywhere, all the time, and people are falling for this crap with increasing regularity. When disinformation outpaces facts, it's everyone's problem. We're so doomed as a species.
"You are not more powerful than Twitterβs algorithm." This is it. This is the whole ballgame. I do not understand how people don't get this.
Vance follows a coterie of online Nazis on X, has described Curtis Yarvin as a major intellectual influence, and openly attacks immigrants in blood and soil terms. The response of most of the political press? "Doesn't look like anything to me."
The world's largest academic association of genocide scholars - the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars - has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering
I think this is it. Despair is easy and you get to feel wise, and it doesn't really place any obligations on you or force you to speak out or do anything, really.
Let's call it what it is: pundits who punch down at Bluesky do so because they view it as an existential threat to their milquetoast brand of centrist political contrarianism. They know they can't build the audience to be relevant here simply by selling the same drivel they pander over there
It's impossible to have a rational, fact-based conversation about immigration because facts are boring and don't support easily digestible lies and flat out hatred that garner more clicks, attention, and outrage. Also, the speed in which hateful lies are amplified is a problem that won't go away.
Please talk to some Black people before dismissing the psychological impact of having Feds running around the neighborhood hemming people up en masse.
Several of my aunts and uncles worked in the NHS after immigrating to England alongside Windrush Generation. They dealt with an unfathomable amount of racism. The NHS would fall apart overnight without doctors and nurses of foreign origin. Either these racists don't know that, or they don't care.
Oh no. I'm so sorry you had to endure this.
The inevitable outcome of gifting unrepentant racists a wide berth to spew hatred under the guise of "legitimate concerns". They've been emboldened for years. And of course, Sky News blurs their faces to protect their identities. Can't have them face accountability for committing crimes on air.
We will never see a news article demanding anything of the sort from any establishment Democrat. The seething contempt for Muslims, the Southeast Asian diaspora, and Arab American voters is usually unspoken, but Zohran has dragged it all out into the open. They're not even bothering to hide it.
Yeah, she looked like peak Naomi. I'm rooting for her, in no small part bc she had her first kid a few months before I did and I love that her daughter is now old enough to see her crushing it out there π₯Ή
*James Trafford. No idea why I called him Max. My point on Guardiola burying him behind Donnarumma still stands. Hopefully this doesn't damage his confidence.
It's the Epstein Client List.
This is where I'm at re: the Marc Guehi transfer falling apart. It's good news for Palace fans that the raid on their players is over (for now), but it's a damning indictment on the club not having a replacement lined up while Glasner publicly fumes about it all. #CPFC
Remember how important Twitter supposedly was as an organizing tool according to western media when it was involved with the Arab spring and the Hong Kong protests? But now they're trying to put that genie back in the bottle
Mistreating fans, alienating supporters groups, repeatedly hiking ticket prices, making matches less accessible-- the foreign mercenaries running the Man City front office have done it all. Worse, their exploitative multi-club ownership model was the template for other groups to emulate.
Burying Max Trafford behind Gianluigi Donnarumma (who I like!) feels like such a betrayal, but Manchester City has slowly mutated into everything I hate about modern football. The likability of past squads papered over *a lot* of this, but it's impossible to ignore how soulless the club has become.
A change of scenery unleashed the best of McTominay, so hopefully Rasmus Hojlund lights it up at Napoli. He vastly underachieved, but getting away from the lack of service and the malaise of toxicity at United should help him. #MUFC
Already bad when people in your country try to get you rounded up and kicked out. A foreigner doing it, and stoking the sentiment, including with bigoted lies at scale, because his wealth and media control enables it, is insane. Itβs already caused considerable harm, and appears to be getting worse.
Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions β and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
Afghanistan earthquake kills 622 with more than 1,500 injured reut.rs/3I2YVGJ
Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced. Recognised refugees - so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger - will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
The public, politicians, but especially the press need to realize that they're being played. Appeasing unrepentant racists like Farage that want to do away with immigration and the asylum system is a fool's errand. No matter what you offer them, they will always move the line further to the right.
Luis Suarez has always been a rancid piece of shit. Every journalist that gifted him soft coverage to rebuild his image during his Barcelona years can't act surprised that he would do this. He needs to be gone. Now. I don't follow MLS, but I'm glad the Sounders embarrassed Inter Miami. #LeagueCup
I would hate being the spokesperson for a known pathological liar and toady lickspittle like Giuliani. How do you even run PR for him?
universe loading the bases for a walkoff grand slam
I think we're in "just hand the league to Liverpool" territory now. What an obscene amount of firepower they have. Β£125m for Alexander Isak isn't the kind of fee that Newcastle can turn down, and this felt inevitable the moment they overpaid for Nick Woltemade. #LFC
π¨ Talks ramping up tonight over deal for Alexander Isak to join Liverpool from Newcastle United on #DeadlineDay. #LFC saw Β£110m bid rejected earlier this summer having previously indicated willingness to pay #NUFC Β£120m. Now at crunch point @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...
Also, criticizing Arteta over his gameplan against Liverpool is an effective tell on who knows what they're talking about. Had he tried to turn the match into a fast-paced track meet at Anfield, Arsenal gets run off the pitch.
And there it is. Rayo have been pressing for a goal. Barcelona have gifted them far too much possession and given away one too many corners. It finally burned them. No defender near Fran Perez at the far post. 1-1. #RayoBarca
Well would you look at that. Kemi Badenoch seems to have lied one too many times, and it didn't take long for Stanford University to offer up receipts. She literally can't help herself.
Oh wow. Dani Olmo had ages to line that up with nobody near him in the box, yet he skied it over the bar. That's awful. Barca should be up 2-0. #RayoBarca
Barcelona are up 1-0, but it'll be a minor miracle if nobody gets injured playing on this wretched pitch. And on cue, Alejandro Balde gets chopped down from behind by a Rayo player. #RayoBarca
IMHO, they know he's mentally (and physically) unwell, and are spit-balling exit strategies that don't result in personal humiliation for him and catastrophe for the regime.
Dominik Szoboszlai, eat your heart out. What an electric free kick. Slot it into the montage of the season right now. He curled that up and away over the Arsenal wall and beyond the outstretched hand of the keeper. 1-0 Liverpool #LIVARS
To a large degree, the collapse of American power is driven by the stupidity of its leaders.
That's two goalless draws for Newcastle in three winless Premier League matches. The end to the Alexander Isak saga can't come quickly enough. They need goals in the worst way. #NUFC
Anything short of nationwide wildcat strikes is insufficient. The Georgians and every country that sought to drive out an authoritarian regime understands this.
Torpedoing the reputation of a global corporation by hastily adopting AI instead of paying employees a dignified living wage seems like bad business to me, but then again, I'm not a CEO, so what do I know.
Even IMDB got in on it. Him knowing there will be massive street parties nationwide when he croaks is so satisfying.
I've always liked him, but he spends more time rehabbing than anything else. He's not on outrageous wages, but I can't imagine someone with Botman's injury record will fetch a fee that high.
Sven Botman might actually be made of glass. He's coming off for Harvey Barnes. #NUFC
2025's cyberpunk future is getting your ankles obliterated in the produce aisle by the del monte banana robot at ramming speed
I eagerly await the public firing squad the Coventry councilmembers will face once the general public realizes how toxic an organization Peter Thiel's Palantir is. It beggars belief that they would willingly hand over social workers' records and private info about children to a fascist eugenicist.
My thoughts exactly. Bruno Fernandes bought Ruben Amorim until at least after the international break-- and I'm not convinced that's a good thing. #MUFC
BREAKING: At least 50 Palestinians, including 10 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, sources in the besieged enclaveβs hospitals say. π΄ LIVE updates: aje.io/x0kczn
That they've made it near impossible to get rid of is proof enough that they know how wildly unpopular it is.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Thanks to Americaβs ever shifting trade policies and Trump, LEGO has stopped shipping more than 2,500 pieces from its Pick a Brick program to both the United States and Canada. π www.404media.co/lego-stops-s...
There isn't a reason why Meta and other predatory tech companies shouldn't be sued into oblivion. Zuckerberg himself has said that he prefers the company of AI chat bots to humans. As a reminder, he also created Facebook to compare the hotness of people in photos he didn't have permission to use.
They were likely racially profiled, arbitrarily stopped, and are being detained because DHS (and the regime) have criminalized being Black, Brown, or any shade in between.
𧡠The Venn diagram of animal torment, domestic abuse, far-right politics, and racist hatred of asylum seekers and refugees under the guise of "legitimate concerns" or "just asking questions" is a perfect circle.
Anyone that thinks we don't have white Christian nationalists and extremists (and that's exactly what MAGA is) in Canada is being wilfully naΓ―ve. Margaret Atwood is the most famous author in Canadian history. If her books are being removed, nobody else's are safe. We need to stamp this out now.
They're literally putting you out of work.
Mainstream media organizations haven't considered anyone murdered by Israel worth defending. That this view extends to their own employees isn't the least bit surprising.
This entire piece is *chef's kiss*. The WNBA would boot out a player like this. Michael Porter Jr. will platform anyone and legitimize misogyny, ignorance, and conspiracy theories. Worse, MPJ genuinely believes he's enlightened or "free" due to being cancelled before, so we can't call him a troll.
Itβs really important to remember that Republicans are cruel and mean and ruthless as any bully, but also like any bully they are a bunch of piss-pants cowards who run crying to their favorite podcasts when they get mean looks in restaurants.
I did not see senior staffers at the CDC walking out on the job and possibly leading a wildcat strike happening this quickly. When scientists and epidemiologists are in lockstep over how dangerous it is having an inept jackass like RFK Jr. in place, everyone should be listening to them.
Oysters are wildly popular depending on the region, but I refuse to eat raw anything for this exact reason.
Remember when people scoffed at Stuttgart asking Bayern Munich for β¬75m plus for Woltemade. They are now set to receive almost β¬90m all in from Newcastle United. That's the new transfer reality.
Which is the confusing bit. Stuttgart initially wanted 100m euros for him, but that must have dropped significantly (at least by ~25m) for Newcastle to pony up for him.
Secret mission indeed. The Premier League looting of the Bundesliga continues. Nick Woltemade is a lovely footballer, but this is a stunning overpay. Newcastle need to escape the Alexander Isak saga, but I thought they had to sell him if they wanted to turn around and spend this kind of cash. #NUFC
The correct retort to anyone that says this is, "He's an amoral, cognitively declining rapist that's establishing a white nationalist and fascist regime."
It's *the* story in the UK every day because the right-wing newspapers aren't going to lay the blame for the country being in the state it is on 14 years of Tory austerity, or the super rich expanding their fortunes and influence at the expense of everyone else.
π¨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member βyou need to get the f*ck out of here. Iβm going to make you leave.β
The John Roberts SCOTUS hates the rule of law *almost* as much as it hates Black people being able to vote. I said what I said.
You have to be kidding me. Border Patrol have always been the absolute scum of the earth, but this is a new low. The reckoning for these cretins can't come quickly enough.
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
This was shared in the Second City Cop group today and the responses are predictably awful. Includes what appears to be a CFD Lieutenant (Leverenz) saying "get over it you baby." One of the other cops commenting here (Turney) is married to *another* cop who was at January 6th, so. That tracks.
Good for Taylor Townsend, standing up for herself. The "classless" and "uneducated" crap that Ostapenko spewed at her isn't even subtle code.
This feels like the biggest bait and switch of all time. OpenAI may as well rebrand and call itself Big Brother instead.
it's so wild that Manchester United played a league two side in the cup and still played a 3421 with a dedicated DM, stay at home CBs and defensive WBs because there is no other system they are allowed to play
It really has been all downhill for Man United since Ruben Amorim ran off Marcus Rashford, with one embarrassing result after another. I didn't think he would last past Christmas, but he might be gone far sooner if things keep up like this. Losing to Grimsby Town is unforgivable. #MUFC
Cunha and Mbeumo both miss penalties, Ε eΕ‘ko opts to go tenth. What a transfer window.
Oh no, Mbeumo. He smacked it off the underside of the bar. Grimsby Town pulled it off. And here comes the pitch invasion. #MUFC
A wretched penalty from Matheus Cunha prolongs the shootout. That was awful. #MUFC
And there it is. Harry Maguire with the header. 2-2. Grimsby were so close to winning this in regulation time. You would think that keeping track of Maguire in the box would be at the top of the scouting report. #MUFC
And of course, United claw one back. Mbeumo fired that into the left corner for 2-1. Grimsby have worked too hard to let the match slip away this late. #MUFC
That should have been 3-0 for Grimsby. The attacking player looked level, but the offside flag went up. I don't even know what to say anymore. This is abject from Man United. #MUFC
Club Brugge are up 6-0, and it doesn't even feel that close. Max Aarons being sent off early didn't help, but this kind of capitulation isn't something that a manager can survive. The Rangers players look like they've quit. This could easily get into double figures for Brugge too. #UCL
Every autocrat eventually crashes their economy through a combination of incompetence, hubris, and sheer stupidity. Trump outstrips everyone else in all three categories.
Grimsby Town's squad cost at the end of May 2024: Β£263,409
Whoever it was in the Man United front office that signed off on the Onana transfer should never work in football again. Having a keeper that alternates between poor and "WTF!?" is beyond parody. #MUFC
Grimsby Town are up 2-0, and Onana might have to go into hiding after this. Their fans are derisively chanting that Ruben Amorim should expect to be sacked in the morning. It really doesn't getting more humiliating than this for Man United. #MUFC
That none of the children's faces are being blurred out is revolting. They've just endured something traumatic that will haunt and scar them for life, yet the press still stampedes to surround them with cameras. No parent should allow this. It's beyond pathetic.
Once again reminding my fellow journalists that you donβtβ¦you donβt have to do this Trauma-informed reporting, for the love of god Where the fuck is this childβs parents
The video of the Minneapolis shooter was as incoherent as it was scatterbrained. The easy access to firearms must be dealt with legislatively, but it's impossible to nail down any one motivation amidst all of the shooter's different contradictory political opinions.
These children were probably praying when they were shot to death at catholic school. Donβt give us your fucking thoughts and prayers. Trump got rid of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Trump gutted the resources that were in place to keep our communities safe.
It shows such a basic lack of political understanding that Labour didn't go straight on the attack over this. Just because most people are worried about immigration being too high it doesn't mean they're psychopaths.
"By contrast, in 2025 thus far, Bluesky has driven "a hundred times as many page views" to Southern Fried Science as Twitter." arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Almost four years out from an election & paying *the actual fucking Taliban* to torture & murder people who risked their lives to escape them is getting the full βboth sidesβ treatment in Brexit Britain.
Also, considering the fascist regime currently rolling back civil rights, labor protections, and occupying cities with the National Guard, people will be even less likely to give up their guns. IMHO, the Sandy Hook Massacre was the end of any reasonable gun debate in the US.
Sierra Leone imported enough solar panels in one year to make up 65% of their entire nation's generating capacity. If you're not preparing for massive drops in fossil fuel demand, you're not paying attention. electrek.co/2025/08/25/c...
It's beyond alarming that the vast majority of Americans don't realize (or care) how rickety their democracy and institutions are because of the fascism. Literally everyone outside the US can see this for what it is.
My knowledge of LGBTQ+ issues is scant (but growing), but nobody should be surprised that toxic white gay men that sit atop the hierarchy of LGBTQ+ community feel kinship with MAGA and a white nationalist fascist regime that exalts and worships whiteness while demonizing everyone else.
This is actually making me physically sick. They waited until the first responders and press got there, then they hit the hospital again. /