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Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.

“The researchers aim to show that the ‘inevitability’ of AI is just a marketing frame perpetrated by the industry and that pushback is a lot more possible than we often see.” Yes!

1/4 Shrunken heads

1. Ask your local grocery shop if they have any bruised/damaged apples they can't sell
2. Peel, core, carve
3. Sacrifice some red wine (keeping it organic means you can return them to nature)
4. Soak the apples for a long as you can be patient, at least 1 hour
#Halloween #Samhain

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

Excellent news that there's some pushback against 'AI' in academia, even if university management seems firmly in the pocket of big tech. Also, top name for a Glasgow professor - Wim Vanderbauwhede.

I hate it when the clocks go back. Dark at 5pm. It’s like the day is over before it gets a chance.

Two months since the brave signatories of the Katrina Declaration spoke out against Kristi Noem's destruction of FEMA. Two months of her bullying and retaliation against the #fema36.

FEMA employees risk their lives and their careers to save Americans in need.
➡️ STAND IN SOLIDARITY: zurl.co/wHvfW

Everything I know about Enoch Burke, Conor McGregor, Maria Steen (and countless others)... I know against my will. They are constantly driving the national narrative.
So much of our media is dominated by a format of asking "Does this dipshit have a point?. We'll discuss for 3 weeks".

He’s been! He’s been! Old Father Time has been, and he’s left me an extra hour!

Death Star

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

🚨 Aggregate of national #aras25 tallies
(albeit only partial in some constituencies):

Catherine Connolly 63%
Heather Humphreys 30%
Jim Gavin 7%

Roughly 13% of votes nationwide are spoiled/invalid

@virginmedianews.bsky.social

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

Polluting and costly: growing gap between PHEV claims and reality The gap between real world and official PHEV emissions is widening WLTP emissions Real-world emissions PHEV models emissions gCO2/km 2021 50 35 0 38 3.5 times 134 2022 33 4 times 137 2023 28 5 times 100 120 139 140 In the real world, PHEVs have similar emissions than conventional hybrids and combustion vehicles WLTP emissions Real-world emissions 150 139 135 166 100 PHEV ICE and HEV PHEV ICE and HEV +500€ 0 20 40 60 80 PHEVs operating cost are 500€ larger than what carmakers data suggest Source: T&E analysis of 2021-22-23 OBFCM data collected by the European Environment Agency, EEA car registrations 2021-23, EAFO, Weekly Oil Bulletin T&E

Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing

The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here

www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...

Finally a tool for automating confirmation bias.

It's been so tiring coming up with things I'd like to be true, then finding confirming sources after the fact to demosntrate how right I am.

Comme le rappelle D Tusk, aucun territoire ne doit être cédé aux russes.
Ne serait-ce que par respect des milliers de héros tombés au combats et de ceux qui ont subi de terribles blessures.

La russie doit dégager et l'Europe doit aider l'Ukraine.

The Muslim Sisters of Éire will feed the cold and hungry on the streets of Dublin this winter.

Graham Linehan will be off spreading hate on the internet and telling Yank Nazis the lies they want to hear.

I'm happier living in an Ireland with the former than the latter.

I have started dating a man who is very nice but does not share my politics. Any advice? "You just have to get the fuck out of there. What are you thinking? He must be incredibly attractive-looking. I mean, what is it? Is he tall? Does he remind you of your father? There's only two kinds of politics these days, and you can't breathe the same air as the other kind."

Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

sumo wrestler is handed a giant bottle of soy sauce

This looks like I made it with AI but no, when the sumo wrestler won the big tournament today at the Royal Albert Hall he was gifted a gigantic bottle of soy sauce.

This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.

This raises an awful lot of questions.

Oh, the grand old Duke of York,
He had 12 million quid.
He gave it to someone he’d never met,
For something he never did.

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

CNN remains a racist Zionist propaganda branch of Israeli terrorism.

Our Ref: Sit/QC 22nd March 1977 Mrs A. Miconi, Flat 17, Lyncourt, The Orchard, Blackheath, London SE3 Dear Madam, We thank you for your letter and payment of £3.80, received on 21st March. Before proceeding, we must whether you would agree to a slight wording amenament of the wording in order that the advertising conforms to our normal style. The words "Socialist feninist" we would prefer to read "Friendly, motherly," thereby allowing the wording to conform. We now look forward to your further instructions, whilst advising you that our next issue is 7th April for which we close for press upon receipt of the first post Tuesday 29th March.

Letter from the advertising department at The Lady magazine, 1977

MYTH: ​My grandmother was deported to El Salvador. FACT:​ No one really knows where she was deported to.

ICE Raids: Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/ice-raids-myth-vs-fact/

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

The musics still playing, even though some of the performers are being carried out in body bags