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If ICE didn't wear masks, we wouldn't know they're Government Hitmen.

For those Americans wishing to brush on their Britishisms:

When someone is described as looking gormless, this is what that looks like.

People don't necessarily have a problem with AI.

They have a problem with being strong-armed into accepting spyware masquerading as AI, & tech billionaires trying to hoodwink us into thinking their AI is benign.

Copilot is reading private emails, FFS!

Nadella is a snake-oil salesman.

When we do get to the "burn down datacentres" stage, can we plunder them for RAM first? AI is driving prices up so fast that I'm wondering if I'll need a mortgage when I need to add more to my PC.

That doesn't describe Trumpelthinskin, sadly.

It's not hate.

It's fear.

Tourists generally prefer to visit countries where they know they will be both safe and welcomed. In particular, countries where the government is not a potential threat.

That doesn't describe America right now.

of exploration - and IMO only a total and utter numpty would expect otherwise.

The only two Trek series where I'd expect significant similarities would be SNW and TOS, because they're about the same ship, and many of the same characters, during immediately consecutive periods of time.

I think a series about raw young cadets learning to be officers is inevitably going to be about as similar to a series about the most elite officers on the fleet's flagship as a series about a small crew marooned decades from home, the crew of a remote space station, or humanity's very first mission

I think we all know that, in Trump's mind, "best" means "most likely to gain Epstein's approval".

He also personally profits from alcohol sales, when one of the major contributory factors to the Russian demographic crisis is male impotence caused by alcoholism.

Right now it's America that holds the Trump card in the National Enshittification competition.

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When Norfolk Police ask Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor if he has any special dietary requirements whilst in custody:

The activities of Epstein and his cronies are being investigated by the UN as crimes against humanity, so it's a pretty big snowball already! It will be interesting to see how Trump responds if the UN demands the full unredacted files.

You could liquidise the camel.

Perhaps that means Muskrat will spend eternity in a large glass jar? That's an idea I can get behind.

I don't think the words "either" and "or" needed to be included in that sentence.

"registered female at birth" - like trans men and some genderqueer people. Perhaps those of us who fit into that category should join, citing the new membership requirements, and raise holy Hell when they try to say 'no'.

expense of the US miltech sector. Europe will be competing with America for critical resources like rare earths, trade deals with developing economies, etc.

Agent Orange put us on a course to become your rival.

Trade terms might not matter. At both the EU and state level, Europe is enacting protectionist policies. Several countries, including France and Switzerland, just banned US apps from government use if European equivalents exist. Investment into domestic military production & R&D is soaring, at the

That reminds me of this:

Remind me, the worm that ate his brain, was it something like a pinworm, hookworm, or roundworm, that you'd ordinarily find in the human intestine?

Neurodivergence has its advantages.

Forty-one pounds from wallet to waistline.

So is cassava, and both Lima and kidney beans.

And how many Rethuglican senators and representatives would be left? Which SCOTUS justices would need to be impeached and replaced? (I predict Kavanaugh and Thomas.)

It was a song for the first cold war, and we're now in a second.

In one of Agatha Christie's novels, Poirot determines that the killer is faking a phone conversation with another character because they say her name too frequently for it to be a normal conversation. In reality they murdered her before going to see Poirot, and had an accomplice make the call.

True, however what matters for Starmer's political career is public and media perception of his decision to block Burnham.

I think it has to be safe to eat, which is an interesting benchmark when dealing with mushrooms. Chicken-of-the-woods, oyster mushrooms, and others that are ordinarily safe are toxic if grown on yew. Common ink-cap is toxic when combined with alcohol - an example of a two-part poison.