Jo Zebedee@TheSecretBookshelf

Yep. This. Watching a new generation of hardliners being honed :(

This is disgusting. Rationalizing the bombing of a school that reportedly killed 108 girls.

But since she asked,

"Currently, 161 public schools operate on military installations across the United States."

www.militaryonesource.mil/education-em...

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Statement issued on Iran pulling out of 2026 World Cup as replacement named Iran could lose their spot at the World Cup this summer due to the ongoing conflict with the USA.

Iran pulls out of 2026 World Cup in USA after current holder of the FIFA Peace Prize starts war to distract from child rape accusations www.sportbible.com/football/foo...

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

Well he can feck right off the bat

Joining us with their best queer reading recommendations, the Book Witches, friends Sami and David, met 8+ years ago while working in a coffee shop and have been stuck together ever since!

They are looking forward to sharing some recommendations with you all!

You want SKYNET? Because this is how you eventually get SKYNET.

This guy gets it.

Anti AI shop real-life cartoon by @redsquiggles

HOW TO FIND NAZIS: 1) POST "FUCK NAZIS" 2) WATCH FOR THE "DON'T CALL PEOPLE YOU DISAGREE WITH NAZIS!" COMMENTS 3) YOU FOUND THE NAZIS.

fuck nazis

We now go live to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor!

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.

Our next guest is Byddi Lee, author of Barren, The Rejuvenation Trilogy, and March to November. She publishes flash and short fiction, and manages Flash Fiction Armagh. Byddi also writes for stage, including her climate-change play Toxic Relationships. For more information, visit www.ByddiLee.com.

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.

If you're in a position to vote on this, do the South Pacific a solid and vote for Brisbane.

The last time Worldcon was scheduled down here it was 2020 in Wellington and it didn't happen in person. Will have been 18 years by 2028 since we got an accessible in-person con. Put the World in Worldcon.

Still no better bit of prophecy than this from @jessehawken.bsky.social in 2018 😡

A good day convention planning for @norncon.bsky.social :)

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Starmer says he will pursue “closer economic alignment” with the EU.

“We must look at where we can move closer to the single market… the prize here is greater security and stronger growth.”

He can do that easily of course because he has freedom of movement as an Irish national

On the relaunch of his iconic take on Irish mythology, The Call, it’s perfect to introduce guest Peadar Ó Guilín.

Peadar’s first novel, The Inferior, "a stark, dark tale,” was translated into eight languages.

His next novel, "The Sword Garden", will be published by Wizard's Tower Press, in April

image from today's hearing

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them

(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

Guest announcement!

Oisín McGann is an award-winning writer and illustrator. His latest novel is 'Steel-Plate Subversive', an alternative history espionage thriller.

He lives somewhere in the Irish countryside, where people don't have to hear him ranting about AI slop.

@oisinmcgann.bsky.social

Elmo @elmo · 1h That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰 Based Yankee @thebasedyankee You and Bad Bunny should be deported

It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."

Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation

The Washington Post has laid off every reporter and editor covering the Middle East and Ukraine. Looks like Trump doesn’t want any reporting of those critical areas.