Sean of the Dread

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Really looking forward to having to migrate from the centralised social platform faking federation to the federated social platform faking centralisation

I love London for this reason.

Exactly. As you know, I'm very fond of Manchester. A while back there was an analysis of UK demographics and it came back with the datum that Manchester was the most cosmopolitan city in the country, with more varied ethnicities than anywhere else. I was delighted. A homogenous city is a dull city.

Saying 'I went to X place and saw no white faces' is the same as saying 'only white people can be British' and should get you hounded out of politics. The absolute ghouls.

Cow Lane

Not one government has told Israel to stop kidnapping their citizens in international waters and let them bring baby formula to starving babies. What a shameful time to be alive

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I’m so embarrassed to be British. We have attacks on Muslims. Attacks on Jews and Jenrick with his vile rhetoric attacking everyone. I’m so sorry for everyone. We are so lucky in our country can’t we just be kind?

5 times I've been through the 'break / ban encryption' debate.

1st time was late 90s, trying to get encryption to use AT ALL.

Imagine what progressive tech could have built if we didn't have to drop everything to fight this BS off every few years.

Support your local digital rights org. Please.

I grew up in the UK in the early eighties. Every time I see this flag, I am reminded it was used by members of the NF shouting racist slogans and beating people up.

I too feel fear when i see this flag. Not because of the flag itself, but because of people who brandish it as an excuse for violence

Blipverts

Two Irish novelists have now done more to break the blockade and end man-made famine in Gaza than the entire UK government.

(Naoise Dolan on the flotilla and Sally Rooney with her words and deeds)

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

I do not think "tolerant" means what they think it means.

Although Stool Pigeon was good

Still touring on the back of that song

Oh hey.
This is nice.

But I can see the argument against, Especially if you live in a country where they were introduced from outside the ecosystem and quickly become apex predators. E.g. Australia

Oh just fuck off

What, Brexit? Oh whoops.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Branding, hookups with other companies, and the general push to stuff AI into everything just before the bubble collapses and everything explodes

Tidal

Always were dot gif

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

Woah. Another reason to move to Ireland.

It makes you once again wonder what era they’re harking back to. Jenrick is about my age. There’s never been a Birmingham that wasn’t extremely multicultural during his life.

It’s very straightforward racism.

Right OK

Carbonated or still?