Monkeytime

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

Somehow manages to be wildly antisemitic, antivaxx and viscerally fundamentally wrong in a single sentence

omg so gorgeous

Karl's post about Carr at Techdirt is also very sharp and worth a read: www.techdirt.com/2025/10/06/w...

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Spare me Trump being celebrated as a peacemaker. The war on Gaza could have been ended at any time in the last two years with a US president telling Netanyahu to "stop the holocaust," as Reagan ordered Begin in 1982.

Lol

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

Great article about the complexities of open vs. closed adoptions and the emotional burdens of each. "In about half of states, agreements regarding post-placement contact are not court-enforceable, regardless of any stipulations put in writing." That part should definitely change.

ICE thugs are instigating violence themselves as well.

In Chicago, they shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball. He's suing for the violation of his free speech rights. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Clip via @mskellymhayes.bsky.social.

Texas man in 'boogaloo' movement pleads guilty to firing at police station during Floyd protest Ivan Harrison Hunter, a self-proclaimed member of the “boogaloo bois,” is accused of firing 13 rounds from a semi-automatic assault-style rifle at a Minneapolis station.

Another riot in Minneapolis was instigated by a right-wing agitator who was convicted of shooting into a police station and setting it on fire, in the hopes of starting a civil war.

A self-described "boogaloo boi," he drove up from Texas to create a false flag.

Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

The very first riot after a George Floyd protest was started by a white supremacist nicknamed "Umbrella Man."

He spraypainted "free shit" on an AutoZone, broke the windows, and encouraged others to come in. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-h...

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

Y'all told these motherfuckers it was OK to let trans people lose their rights. Now they're banking on people letting them abandon everyone who looks vaguely Latino as well as actual immigrants. Who are y'all advocating for moderation gonna abandon next?

Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.

Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

Do you think he's single

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Remember how Belichick got hired at UNC in the first place, folks. Part of the NC GOP's obnoxious top-to-bottom takeover of the state university system.

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Jim Lee openly disparaging AI in no way guarantees anything, no one knows what the future of AI is and no one knows who will be in charge at DC Comics down the line. But I think it's important that a popular artist publicly shot AI down. Fans and artists ignorant of or using AI need to hear this.

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Divided locker room, disastrous results: Players, parents blame Belichick culture for UNC problems Multiple sources with knowledge of the inner workings of Bill Belichick's program say that UNC football's losses are a product of a divided locker room, a disorganized coaching staff and a failure to ...

“It’s a complete disaster”

“Toxic environment”

“"He has not talked or had a conversation with most of the guys on defense. They don't even have his number."

“The lack of experience the coaches have, it's ridiculous.”

"Nobody likes him.”

Bill Belichick, $10M college football coach.

lol old enough to remember what a stupid decision hiring him at that price was from the start

Hey, just remembered at 5pm I was overdue for COVID and flu vaxes, went to the CVS site, found the nearest store, got an appointment online for 6pm and biked over. Insurance covered both. Easy as those pies I made from the apple trees in Carroll Park last month. October is a good month for vaxing.

Circling back to this with my fave part of the entire piece, ate her up and left no crumbs:

77-year-old Maine Gov. Janet Mills has apparently been coaxed into jumping into the Maine Senate race, challenging Graham Platner in a Democratic primary.

The 40-year-old Platner has become a favorite of progressives and Democrats wanting a more muscular response to Trump. He has raised millions.

Even if Democrats end up back in the White House they will start babbling about unity and moving forward and no one will go to jail for any of this shit. So yeah. She doesn't fear any consequences because Democrats have given her no reason to