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Powerful white men once equated Black people with monkeys to justify their abduction, deportation, enslavement, lynching and segregation.

The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.

There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.

A tray of colorful drinks on a display stand at CVS that sat “the flu shot” on them

America: where you can sell a random “wellness” drink at CVS, claim it “may” somehow “reinforce” your immune system, and literally call it “The Flu Shot.”

NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.

It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)

Does this look like a big laser to anyone else

part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis

This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.

ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.

I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.

I mean, sure, if there was a war and they snuck up on some soldiers by adopting the trappings of civil aviation, you might call it a war crime. But since there wasn’t one and they snuck up on some civilians who were probably fishermen and at worst drug dealers, it’s just fuckin murder.

uh holy SHIT?

"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."

Big chunk of #MotoGP news on the site, all the background you need:
- Seat wing ban is off again
- Save Phillip Island
- Brazil hotel price gouging (thanks @jutesser.bsky.social)
- Where will Acosta be riding in 2027?

motomatters.com/news/2025/12...

Years ago, Musk’s statements would likely have raised alarm among advertisers on the platform he has owned since 2022. IBM and Apple, among others, pulled ads from the platform in 2023 after Musk praised a far-right poster’s call for white pride and agreed with antisemitic, anti-immigrant statements. But Musk responded with a campaign of legal harassment, and Trump administration officials worked conditions discouraging dropping ads from platforms like X into a major ad company merger proposal. Earlier this year, one ad consulting firm CEO told The Wall Street Journal that brands were “afraid of the legal and political ramifications” of not advertising on X.

anyway one of the richest guys on earth is posting racist shit again and uh chilling effect go brrr www.theverge.com/news/837423/...

Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?

Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.

Updated an old spreadsheet. Since the introduction of sprint races, a MotoGP racer is on average twice as likely to miss a race in any given season due to injury, and an average race weekend is likely to have two absent racers.

This is exactly what I said would happen when I analysed the NHS 10 year plan. Clever words are hiding the reality-people are agitating to pull as many services out of hospitals as possible. Why? Because it’s a lot easier to privatise services that way🚨
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’

Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Episode 522: Portuguese GP Review – Aprilia arrival? The clock is now ticking on the final days and hours of the 2025 MotoGP season so Adam, David and Neil go through the big talking points (plus our usual categories and listener questions) from the Med

Simply the Bezt? Adam, Neil and David talk you through #MotoGP at Portimao. Is Aprilia the best bike now? Pedro Acosta and Fabio Quartararo maturing and improving. Ducati's backsliding, KTM improvements, and more. With added "catching on fire" story.

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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found at https://www.ft.com/tour. https://www.ft.com/content/485594b3-5a72-4ae1-aa93-8ee987be1569 Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform is to offer users the chance to trade on the outcome of elections and sports games, extending the US president and his family’s involvement in the booming prediction markets sector. The Trump Media & Technology Group, which controls the social media platform, on Tuesday announced it would partner with Crypto.com to introduce “Truth Predict”, which would allow users “to react instantly to developments in major current events”.  Crypto.com previously donated $11mn to Trump causes. Earlier this year the Securities and Exchange Commission closed an investigation into the company, and on Friday, it announced that it applied for a US bank charter. In August, TMTG also signed a multibillion-dollar deal to buy Cronos, the tokens issued by Crypto.com, which sent their price soaring. “For too long, global elites have closely controlled these markets — with Truth Predict, we’re democratising information and empowering everyday Americans to harness the wisdom of the crowd, turning free speech into actionable foresight,” said Devin Nunes, TMTG’s head.

Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?

Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.

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YouTube video by Paddock Pass Podcast Has Aprilia replaced Ducati as MotoGP's top dog?

Well, that was a surprise! Do we have a new best #MotoGP bike? David, Adam and Neil go through what happened at Phillip Island. Was this win down to the rider or the bike? Did a double long lap penalty cost Bezzecchi victory? And what's up with Ducati?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RS...

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

Trump rolled YouTube into paying $22 million for his ballroom “This is a political payoff, pure and simple.”

Here’s @tinanguyen.bsky.social detailing the results of the incredible settlement YouTube paid to Trump for no reason except cowardice www.theverge.com/policy/79135...

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

This is the same story all over Europe. Parrot the rhetoric from the far right, and you lose your own voters and push the far right voters even further into the arms of the far right. Happened to the VVD in NL, Tories in UK, Labour in UK.

Try standing for your principles for a change

I hate telling this story, but when tear gas is in the news... telling always feels importantm

Tear gas is an abortifacient.

When I was tear gassed, we were trying for a baby.

The following day, I bled in a way I never have before. Like no period of my life before or since.

Horror movie stuff.

Pedro Acosta, riding a blue and orange KTM RC16 MotoGP bike, on the exit of Turn 16 at Misano. He is riding the outside of the kerbs, with both wheels off the ground, and it looks like he is flying. Probably because he is. Behind him is a blurred Red Bull logo.

Red Bull gives you wings, man. What a photo.
#MotoGP Pedro Acosta at Turn 16 in Misano

The V4 Yamaha YZR-M1!