So glad Reuters and the rest published that 'quote' from Grok earlier. No need to follow up on how that's going now.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
So glad Reuters and the rest published that 'quote' from Grok earlier. No need to follow up on how that's going now.
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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@hookland.bsky.social thick in my dreams. Drinking in a pub garden walled off by heavy privet, I raise my glass to an open-armed statue of a woman with no head, say: ‘David says it’s the headless ones that follow you home.’ My friend and I stare at a wet ham salad any Englishman would be proud of.
January 4, 2026 at 5:15 AM
@hookland.bsky.social thick in my dreams. Drinking in a pub garden walled off by heavy privet, I raise my glass to an open-armed statue of a woman with no head, say: ‘David says it’s the headless ones that follow you home.’ My friend and I stare at a wet ham salad any Englishman would be proud of.
Given enough time we all end up arguing with a joke on social media.
I appear to be biologically immune to reality tv. Maybe someone should study me and create a vaccine.
The interesting thing about the Traitors now it is a mature franchise is that everyone involved is playing it as a game to the point that they can't edit out the meta-gaming anymore.
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Given enough time we all end up arguing with a joke on social media.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:03 AM
The odd thing about Starmer is that he seems to have absorbed the idea that voters like leaders who talk tough, but seems to have interpreted that as meaning they talk tough about how things are, but not about what they’ll do.
‘Things will get better eventually’ isn’t the most inspiring of messages.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Sir Keir Starmer: This year more of you will start to feel richer
Decades of decline aren’t erased in months, but we are providing immediate action to help with the cost of living
www.thetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
The odd thing about Starmer is that he seems to have absorbed the idea that voters like leaders who talk tough, but seems to have interpreted that as meaning they talk tough about how things are, but not about what they’ll do.
Lol, what?!
How is that possible?
That’s worse than when I was living in India!
Do you guys just not have standards?!
How is that possible?
That’s worse than when I was living in India!
Do you guys just not have standards?!
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Lol, what?!
How is that possible?
That’s worse than when I was living in India!
Do you guys just not have standards?!
How is that possible?
That’s worse than when I was living in India!
Do you guys just not have standards?!
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it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
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I think a big chunk of the "linux is hard" sentiment stems from the fact that most linux users do weird things with their computers. basically this:
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I think a big chunk of the "linux is hard" sentiment stems from the fact that most linux users do weird things with their computers. basically this:
AI doesn’t make CSAM, people make CSAM.
Anyone collaborating with us to make illegal content using the tools we created to make illegal content will face the same consequences as they would if they did it alone.
We will also face the same consequences as if they did it alone: none.
We will also face the same consequences as if they did it alone: none.
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
AI doesn’t make CSAM, people make CSAM.
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Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
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So, billionaire friends knew and Congress didn’t?
That seems sus.
That seems sus.
January 4, 2026 at 3:54 AM
So, billionaire friends knew and Congress didn’t?
That seems sus.
That seems sus.
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This does not apply to the grifter class who have a close financial interest in American and Russian bankrolling of their online activities.
January 3, 2026 at 1:05 PM
This does not apply to the grifter class who have a close financial interest in American and Russian bankrolling of their online activities.
The thing is: admitting you made a mistake is hard and doing so public harder.
Our brains have evolved such that admitting an error induces psychological pain because doubt means hesitation, which can prove fatal in the wild
Cognitive dissonance wouldn’t be a thing if admitting errors didn’t hurt
Our brains have evolved such that admitting an error induces psychological pain because doubt means hesitation, which can prove fatal in the wild
Cognitive dissonance wouldn’t be a thing if admitting errors didn’t hurt
There is a certain power that comes from having the balls to admit you were wrong about something and that, with the wisdom of time, you wouldn't say thet now. Odd how rarely people online seem to realise that.
January 3, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The thing is: admitting you made a mistake is hard and doing so public harder.
Our brains have evolved such that admitting an error induces psychological pain because doubt means hesitation, which can prove fatal in the wild
Cognitive dissonance wouldn’t be a thing if admitting errors didn’t hurt
Our brains have evolved such that admitting an error induces psychological pain because doubt means hesitation, which can prove fatal in the wild
Cognitive dissonance wouldn’t be a thing if admitting errors didn’t hurt
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now, it might seem odd that political commentators who advocated for the uk to leave the eu because of their belief in “the nation state” to be supportive of america’s annexation of venezuela, but what you have to remember is that those people didn’t actually think that, they were lying for money
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
now, it might seem odd that political commentators who advocated for the uk to leave the eu because of their belief in “the nation state” to be supportive of america’s annexation of venezuela, but what you have to remember is that those people didn’t actually think that, they were lying for money
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
Mar-a-Lago Situation Room?!
Isn’t Mar-a-Lago a fucking hotel?
How the fuck is that in any way secure?
Are we still sharing intelligence with these clowns?
Isn’t Mar-a-Lago a fucking hotel?
How the fuck is that in any way secure?
Are we still sharing intelligence with these clowns?
They’ve got Twitter up on the big screens in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago makeshift “situation room.”
Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.
Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.
January 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Mar-a-Lago Situation Room?!
Isn’t Mar-a-Lago a fucking hotel?
How the fuck is that in any way secure?
Are we still sharing intelligence with these clowns?
Isn’t Mar-a-Lago a fucking hotel?
How the fuck is that in any way secure?
Are we still sharing intelligence with these clowns?
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As much as this government is all impulse/no plan in some areas, they are hyper-consistent in their quest to re-segregate all elite spaces and fully restore / re-impose white male dominance across all spheres of life. The defining project of Trumpism as a political project.
"...about a dozen senior career diplomats who, before the start of the Trump administration, had gotten assignments to be deputy chiefs of mission overseas were told they would no longer have those jobs. Most of them were women or people of color."
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
As much as this government is all impulse/no plan in some areas, they are hyper-consistent in their quest to re-segregate all elite spaces and fully restore / re-impose white male dominance across all spheres of life. The defining project of Trumpism as a political project.
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Trump just posted this photo of the sharpest minds in our intelligence community hard at work during the Venezuelan operation.
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Trump just posted this photo of the sharpest minds in our intelligence community hard at work during the Venezuelan operation.
For the first time in human history the winner of a Nobel Peace prize and the winner of a FIFA Peace medal are in conflict over the future of a country formerly at war.
January 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
For the first time in human history the winner of a Nobel Peace prize and the winner of a FIFA Peace medal are in conflict over the future of a country formerly at war.
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Terrible take. Literally every FIFA Peace Prize winner has done this.
No FIFA Peace Prize winner has ever done this before
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Terrible take. Literally every FIFA Peace Prize winner has done this.
Genuine lol
Apparently I got off lightly. Husband tells me the other option at the shop had a whole orange slice in there.
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Genuine lol