Andrew

The degree of lying, the utter shamelessness of it is breathtaking.

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

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I’d do a Crowdfunder but that’d be taking the piss.

Monstrous

Fuck this guy.

The dude abides. More of this sort of thing

MDANT 🙏

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

To be fair, he’s not someone used to passing many exams.

He’s so achingly small. A 6 year old inside that bloated wreck of a carcass

A lot of libertarians who have been screaming in my replies about "authoritarianism" and "tyranny" for the last four years are conspicuously quiet right now.

Curious.

The MD list of Alternative National Treasures: Jane Goodall 🙏

In recent years, we've witnessed ugly scenes of division and violence across towns and cities in England. Sadly, we have started to witness similar creep into Scotland and Ireland. At the root of it lies years of scapegoating - polificians and enabling, right wing media pointing the finger at minorities while ignoring the real struggles faced by the working class. Communities are breaking under the weight of poor housing, crumbling services, low-paid work, rising costs and capitalist greed. Instead of taking responsibility, those in power seek an easier target - blaming refugees, and asylum seekers for their own repeated failures. The Irish who fled famine were once met with the same hostility. Today, people escaping war, poverty and oppression face those very same suspicions and attacks. Our own club was born trom immigration, from people arriving in the east end of Glasgow with little more than hope. As Celtic supporters, it is particularly important we do not allow resentment to be furned against those now seeking safety and prosperity in our city today. Glasgow, and especially Celtic Park, should be a place of justice, inclusion and solidarity. This season, the Green Brigade will continue our initiative of inviting refugees into the North Curve - beginning with this afternoon's match. It you see our guests in the curve today, please continue to offer a warm welcome and remind the world that Celtic supporters reject racism in all forms. REFUGEES WELCOME

Very nice touch by the Green Brigade
#celticfc

Just mad lies. Trump believes him, there is no excuse for anyone else doing likewise.

When l was a kid, bedtime was 9pm and l couldn't wait to grow up and go to bed anytime l wanted.

Turns out that's 9pm.

He most certainly does.

John Lewis.

#ResistanceRoots

“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.”
— John Lewis

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

JustGiving pays £25.8m dividend to American owner The charity platform made the payment to the Nasdaq-listed Blackbaud after revenues rose by 9.7 per cent to £64.5m

The very uncharitable profits of JustGiving which takes fees, a cut of gift aid, and then asks donors for a tip! bit.ly/4nzZpDV much better to give directly to the charity, but if you do use JG always set tip to zero. But you can’t stop it snaffling some of the Gift Aid

YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly The Hidden Gifts of Autism A Unique Perspective

I asked Ben about how people with Autism have a brain that works "differently," but different doesn't mean broken. I just loved his response.

youtube.com/shorts/kr9pc...

Hugged a self-described racist jailed for inciting racial hatred at his party conference.
Threatened to ‘don khaki’ in the event of Brexit being frustrated.
Disseminated the racist lies of an alleged rapist & stayed silent as racists responded by setting fire to buildings full of foreigners.

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

Photo of Jeff Bezos £300m privat yacht

'Stop the boats' is the right thing to do, only we're demonising the *wrong* boat people. #Bezos #Musk #Zuckerberg