KathyF

Why am I not surprised to see Bill Richardson's name here?

I’m calling bullshit on this bullshit.

I thought a lot of the criticism of Shapiro was unjustified but now I'm convinced. What is he thinking?? Kirk wasn't an elected official, he was a young firebrand with racist and misogynistic views who does not deserve such respect.

Every single “conservative” accusation about campus speech, viewpoint diversity, & the marketplace of ideas was a confession.

Populist Right-Wing Parties Lead Polls in Europe’s Biggest Economies For the first time, far-right parties are leading in the U.K., France and Germany, the latest sign of growing voter discontent across the continent.

Bleak:

www.wsj.com/world/europe...

One of the best

“Give your kids an extra hug and kiss today.”

Jesse Merkel spoke at a news conference outside Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where his 8-year-old son, Fletcher, was one of two children fatally shot at a back-to-school Mass on Wednesday.

Read more: nyti.ms/45HBSKN

Buckinghamshire, but thanks anyway! They did work through most of it, but it was really coming down hard! Hoping for greener grass today!

Our gardeners happened to be here the one time it properly rained all summer! They stood under the porch and watched. Sigh.

The Colorado River is going to run dry if we don’t act now.

We came together to create Colorado’s first Water Plan when I was governor. We need to work together once again to ensure our kids and grandkids can inherit a river that continues to support our way of life in the West.

I am doomed. This summer has been brutal. Another scorcher today.

Heatwaves are making people age faster, study suggests Exposure to high temperatures could result in long-lasting damage to health of billions of people, scientists warn

Heatwaves are making people age faster, study suggests

- Research is a ‘paradigm shift’ in understanding how damaging prolonged high temperatures are to health, showing the impact can be lifelong

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study Study analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm

Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study

Story by @dharna.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It’s actually even worse than that: the original post did not invent it either. It was copied from Reddit and the user has an extensive history of AI and Reddit generated content.

bsky.app/profile/tnew...

Thomas Payne Follow @thomaspayne.bsky.social And while the right wing story was constantly changing, the police report and the story from the teenagers both remained consistent. The teenagers say that big balls was harassing and trying to pick up the 15-year-old girl, and when he wouldn't leave her alone the boy jumped in to defend her. Judge Releases Teens Charged in 'Big Balls' Assault in Blow to Trump The case caught the attention of Donald Trump. © www.thedailybeast.com August 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM & Everybody can reply

Scott Horton Follow @robertscotthorton.bsky.so... The police report and the story from the teenagers both remained consistent. The teenagers say that Big Balls was harassing and trying to pick up the 15-year-old girl, and when he wouldn't leave her alone the boy jumped in to defend her. This was the entire pretext for the military occupation of DC. Judge Releases Teens Charged in 'Big Balls' Assault in Blow to Trump The case caught the attention of Donald Trump. © www.thedailybeast.com August 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM

1. An anon invents a story about Big Balls that’s not in the police report or in the Daily Beast piece he links to.

2. The post goes viral because it tells a story a lot of people want to hear.

3. A Columbia Law School lecturer with 10K followers copies the original BS post.

Misinfo is bad!

LOL, he blocked me, which is a shitty strategy to kill posts that alert people that you are posting disinformation. He is doing this systematically to others also.
Folks, if you don't like being lied to, block: @thomaspayne.bsky.social

I wish Biden had done that. We might have President Kamala now if he had.

Screenshot of viral, baseless BlueSky post

Screenshot of Adobe stock photo page showing that account's profile picture is AI-generated https://stock.adobe.com/images/Young-adult-man-hiking-in-the-winter-forest-generated-by-AI/710231013

The account that made this viral post uses a AI-generated stock photo as their profile picture, and the main claim that Big Balls "was harassing and trying to pick up the 15-year-old girl" is not in the article.

We are not immune from disinformation.

Loved Cornwall, but the saddest thing when we drove back into England, were the tatty, Temu St George's flags on some motorway bridges, like Farage's used wank rags, and the red spray-painted bed sheet that said 'Vote Reform!!!' like it had been done by a 10-year-old. Britain is better than them.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

The UK hasn't offered Covid vaccinations to under 65s in several years now.

I remember a Beeb producer phoning me
'What do you think about [] again remind me?'
'[]'
'OK sorry, I forgot we already have someone who thinks that'

I mean I can understand the thought process but

For all the Americans who keep holding up the BBC as the model of fair journalism, please read and ponder:

Same rules here in the UK, but we have no RFK so why is that?

They’re looking for like minds. After four years the civil service, including the FBI and Justice department will be unrecognizable.

trump is hard to understand because normally — absent the enormous wealth and protection he was brought up in — someone like trump spends basically his entire life in prison.

[writing the constitution]

Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"

Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that

Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down

My latest watch: Rabbit Hole, with Kiefer Sutherland. An absolute riot, with surprises all along the way. Just when you think you know what's happening, a new twist arrives. I literally shouted in joy at the last one. It's on ITV here in the UK, no idea how to find it in the US. But worth searching!

this site boos him but he's clearly right and we need to be able to deal with this phenomenon instead of pretending it's not true