So youโre telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?
05.08.2025 15:02 โ ๐ 4846 ๐ 1912 ๐ฌ 36 ๐ 14@georgeous.one.bsky.social
51. Semi-retired widower of an amputee. Son of an economic migrant. Maybe ADHD. Confirmed HIV+. Self ID as gay. Trans ally. (he/him)
So youโre telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?
05.08.2025 15:02 โ ๐ 4846 ๐ 1912 ๐ฌ 36 ๐ 14CROWD BELOW: "Jump! Jump!"
05.08.2025 16:47 โ ๐ 1532 ๐ 249 ๐ฌ 171 ๐ 35Content creator lets 350 men poo on her head. youtu.be/ZZsQ8luuYoY?...
05.08.2025 16:14 โ ๐ 80 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 15 ๐ 2I'm really not feeling this new Mariah song. It sounds like album filler for a forgotten RnB girlgroup in 2010.
05.08.2025 17:02 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Prohibitions are not spells.
Law is not magic.
When you prohibit a thing, all that means is the thing may be attended by different legal consequences than before.
The thing is not extinguished by a mere prohibition: it can continue but in a different way with different (and unforeseen) effects.
Having just returned from the UK, permit me to make a few observations.
Dear Brits:
Let your politicians know that the geopolitical, economic, and social landscape has changed a lot since early Brexit.
As an exercise in self-harm, it's run its course. Return to the EU, ASAP.
BBC repeatedly contrasts people who arrive in the UK after crossing the Channel in small boats - an irregular/illegal journey - with others who might arrive here by a legal route.
If there had been a legal route for the last few years, there would have been no small boat gangs.
#bbcpm
IIRC self defence isn't actually a defence, it only mitigates the sentence.
This is a comment on the crowdgrifter, not Will, who absolutely would be unable to claim self defence in light of this post. ๐
r/NoStupidQuestions u/Brief-Cut-1228 Who is actually against women being topless if they want to be? It has always puzzled me why it is illegal for women to be topless if they want to be especially in the correct settings like at the beach or pool and or other places where generally it is ok for guys to not wear a shirt. RedSonGamble My pastor said we only cover women's breasts in public be god made the areolas to appear like giant eyes to ward off predators. Since women usually have larger ones this can cause panic and fear in horses
I snorted
05.08.2025 08:32 โ ๐ 1187 ๐ 267 ๐ฌ 63 ๐ 82That's so weird. I actually love fucking tacos. ๐
05.08.2025 15:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A China shop in San Fernando is openly selling Michael Kors knockoff handbags. Absolute scenes! ๐
05.08.2025 15:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Furthermore, *everything* is political. Our entire lives are lived under politically decided regulations.
Also, boardgames? Like Monopoly? ๐ฐ ๐
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate theonion.com/left-wi...
05.08.2025 14:00 โ ๐ 2538 ๐ 404 ๐ฌ 49 ๐ 53Not peer reviewed, but it is A Thing.
05.08.2025 14:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That it is. When I lost Neale, I was lucky enough that my work health insurance included therapy. I hate to think where I'd be without that. But I'd still like to think I wouldn't be creating an avatar of him. That's creepy af.
05.08.2025 14:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It's 40 years since Kate Bush first ran up that road, ran up that hill and ran up that building and 20 years since I made this ฬถdฬถeฬถaฬถlฬถ ฬถwฬถiฬถtฬถhฬถ ฬถgฬถoฬถdฬถ gif.
05.08.2025 14:02 โ ๐ 205 ๐ 38 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 2Website: Please log in with your username & password
Me: *tries*
Website: That's not your password
Me: *hits "forgot password" button*
Website: Sent the link to your email
Me: *clicks link, types in new password*
Website: You can't use that, it's your previous password
Me: SETS COMPUTER ON FIRE
The parents didn't just agree to this, they actually proactively had it created.
05.08.2025 14:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0It's possible to do this at an OS level. Windows, iOS, Android, whatever, could potentially be the age verifier and websites can then read that identifier and block or not. Parents could then set up their kids' devices accordingly. No data shared whatsoever.
But the OS people won't do it.
โThis is my local community. Iโm worried about my children.โ
Thatโs what a woman told GB News at the anti-migrant protest at the Barbican in London.
Problem is, she said the same thing at a protest in Epping days earlier. ๐คฆ โ
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/05/o...
Is that whole article based on one solitary tweet?
05.08.2025 13:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Would you sell cocktails?
05.08.2025 13:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Plane safety
Looks like this is what we do when they play Jess Glynn
05.08.2025 06:25 โ ๐ 52 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 0Kids at racist and/or dangerous bonfires... totally fine of course
05.08.2025 13:10 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Belfast Telegraph front page - โDrag queen kidsโ event shouldnโt have happenedโ DUPโS Lyons indicates there will be no repeat of controversial library storytelling #TransAgendaClips
A drag queen storytelling event for children should not have taken place in an east Belfast library, the Communities Minister has said. Gordon Lyons also indicated that future events wonโt take place. It comes after a protest was staged outside Holywood Arches Library last week during an Eastside Arts Festival storytelling by two drag queens. The PSNI attended the protest and two people were escorted away to ensure there would be โno breach of the peaceโ. Mr Lyons said: โThis event should not have taken place and it has compromised the perception of our public libraries as a welcoming and inclusive space for all as set out in the Libraries NI policy. I have directed my officials to liaise with Libraries NI to ensure that policy is faithfully implemented.โ Green councillor Anthony Flynn said: โThese events are safe, joyful, and inclusive. What those protesting actually fear is a world where kids can grow up free to be themselves.โ Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said a drag queen storytelling event should not have taken place in an east Belfast library last week. Hosted by Eastside Partnership, it was held in Holywood Arches Library and featured two drag queens reading stories to children. The event was advertised as โsuitable for all ages and familiesโ and aimed to โchampion individuality and inclusivity amongst its young audiences, featuring sing-alongs and dancingโ. The minister said: โThis event was not appropriate for children. I understand that Libraries NI was not the organiser and that it was a venue booking made by Eastside Arts Festival.โ Lady Portia read stories to the children, while Miss Dora Belle interpreted them using British sign language (BSL). Mr Lyons said the event didnโt fall within Libraries NIโS policy. โThis event should not have taken place and it has compromised the perception of our public libraries as a welcoming and inclusive space for all as set out in the Libraries NI policy.
โThe โDrag Queen Storytime with BSL Interpretationโ event is one of our longest running events and returns every year based on the positive feedback from those who attend and engage with the event."
05.08.2025 10:42 โ ๐ 99 ๐ 25 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 4And just like that, the DUP minister bans drag story hour from libraries in N. Ireland.
1. The Department of Justice refuse to act on far-right due to a ministerial strategy of appeasement with loyalist paramilitaries & the far-right.
2. DUP censors LGBTQ+ existences under the cover of disorder.
Elizabeth Warrenโs perfect โmic dropโ moment.
05.08.2025 00:03 โ ๐ 1818 ๐ 533 ๐ฌ 63 ๐ 56Great picture choice. Ham-faced. Like someone ordered David Cameron from Wish.
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