Andy Econo

France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives.

Fuck US big tech, it's all got to go.

Ditch it, all of it. As fast as possible.

Well done France, again 👏

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The cultural rot of neoliberalism.

How US fried chicken craze is transforming British takeaways An internet craze for American-style chicken has come to the UK, but what does it mean for traditional chippies?

I keep seeing these articles about fried chicken in UK but no one address the elephant in the room.
Where does it come from? What do the chickens eat and how are they reared? And treated? What are the conditions and how much pollution this causes? Cheap crap chicken!
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Once again: if you are warning us about the dangers of fascism, and you’re doing it through your Substack newsletter, you are pulling people into the Nazi bar to warn them about the Nazi bar.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live:
(No particular order)

The Replacements
Rachel Stamp
The Prodigy
Brain Dead
Even In Blackouts
The Bouncing Souls
The New York Dolls
Slayer
Colour Me Wednesday
Raging Speedhorn

Poster for the 2000 film Psycho Beach Party. A composite of multiple shots, Nicholas Brendon is most prominent, likely because the success of Buffy around that time made him a substantial draw.

This afternoon's viewing is 'Psycho Beach Party' penned by the wonderful Charles Busch. Very much enjoying his memoir 'Leading Lady' too.

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I live and die by the gif. Expect extreme overuse of Scream Queens in particular.

If you're into horror documentaries, Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched is a phenomenal look at folk horror, Queer For Fear is wonderful, and Mark Gatiss's History of Horror is a particular delight for old Hollywood and Hammer film fans.

Pun not intended but relished.

I'm a total sucker for anything that dives into the context and meaning of horror monsters.

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Trying to save money, but then I found a literary essay anthology on vampires, and a massive hardcover of Treehouse of Horror comics.

Your Sunday morning long read ⬇️

If you’re not trans and you think trans people protest too much…

I’m the mother of Alice a trans woman who died by suicide…

this stuff matters…mainstream media isn’t reporting it because they’re complicit in it…

Here’s why trans people and allies alike protest…

"Walk this way" indeed!

My favourite thing ON EARTH is pointing out the Irish surnames of Reform voters.

Saw matey off Sort Your Life Out with Stacy Solomon do a bit of cleaning with baking soda and vinegar, and I'm now applying said mixture to EVERYTHING I CAN FIND. #cleaning #fizzzzzzzzz

The right of the Labour party are the absolute scum of the earth. At least the right of the Tory party say it with their chest.

Yeah, it was much broader than that, and Israel isn't a democracy, what with all the apartheid. Blocking now, ciao babes.

Oh just purged decent left wingers from the Labour party, thrown trans kids under the bus, pushed for Mandelson's appointment...

I can’t remember how to write 1, 1000, 51, 6 and 500 in Roman numerals.
I M LIVID

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I had a heap of bin bags and lived on 19p rich teas.

You seem nice.

I've made some headway since - there's now a narrow ravine through which a nimble adventurer can reach the loo without fresh bruises.

It's actually a very sophisticated organisational system. I just don't know how it works.

Turns out this was ADHD.

"Being a convicted sex offender did not make Mr. Epstein an outcast, not when he seemed to have something to offer. His transactional amorality actually seemed to add to his appeal to people who were convinced that the rules didn’t apply to them."-- @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

btw idk who needs to hear this, but people who don’t express their prostates have much higher rates of prostate cancer

butt stuff is good 4 u

The news posts on Penny Arcade talk about stuff going on within gaming 3 days a week minimum. And the comics are good.

This is the 3rd time Mandelson has resigned in disgrace since I was 11. I'm now 39. He's an absolute worm.