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@sunriseflight.bsky.social
She/her. Random interests, random languages, random places, mostly 🇧🇪 🇫🇷🇧🇷 . I might be privileged, but I know other people deserve to exist and thrive.
Remember when Google's Motto was "Don't be evil?"
Joyfully playing whack-a-mole with the block hammer.
Remember when Google's Motto was "Don't be evil?"
Joyfully playing whack-a-mole with the block hammer.
Pinned
Stay the FUCK away from these guys.
The conservative think tank behind Donald Trump’s Project 2025 roadmap is looking for new friends across the Atlantic.
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/the-...
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/the-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Stay the FUCK away from these guys.
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
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Trump didn't pardon them out of feelings of guilt (as he's incapable of that). He's sending a planet-wide message that everyone who helps him cheat in '26 and '28 will be will be covered.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump didn't pardon them out of feelings of guilt (as he's incapable of that). He's sending a planet-wide message that everyone who helps him cheat in '26 and '28 will be will be covered.
I'm not even American, but it feels so good to hear a speech full of hope instead of vicious invective.
And to hear someone talk about policies they plan to implement instead of blaming everyone else for their hate and their failures.
And to hear someone talk about policies they plan to implement instead of blaming everyone else for their hate and their failures.
Zohran Mamdani’s writer on crafting a historic victory speech: ‘In New York, inspiration is everywhere’
Zohran Mamdani’s writer on crafting a historic victory speech: ‘In New York, inspiration is everywhere’
The mayor-elect’s address pulled from Socialist titans, Astoria’s uncles and his rival’s father. Julian Gerson explains how the two collaborated on the ‘love letter to New York’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I'm not even American, but it feels so good to hear a speech full of hope instead of vicious invective.
And to hear someone talk about policies they plan to implement instead of blaming everyone else for their hate and their failures.
And to hear someone talk about policies they plan to implement instead of blaming everyone else for their hate and their failures.
I've lived in two Muslim countries, and I know A LOT of Muslims. Charity is part of who they are.
There is no reason for the hate.
There is no reason for the hate.
The woman on TikTok calling the mosques and asking if they’d help her with formula and 100% of them asking nothing but what kind do you want and where are you is the Muslim I am, the Muslim I know. And it really makes the hate that much more unmooring.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I've lived in two Muslim countries, and I know A LOT of Muslims. Charity is part of who they are.
There is no reason for the hate.
There is no reason for the hate.
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Now this is a win-win...
Your kids aren't even playing with their old toys.
So many charities and thrift stores are in need.
Your kids aren't even playing with their old toys.
So many charities and thrift stores are in need.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Now this is a win-win...
Your kids aren't even playing with their old toys.
So many charities and thrift stores are in need.
Your kids aren't even playing with their old toys.
So many charities and thrift stores are in need.
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Pish the Overton window back.
Ever since the reasonable woman lost to an autocrat wannabe, the Democrats have been going through another painful round of debate: Should the party move to the center or adopt a more progressive stance?
But with the election results last week, the debate is over. Or, at least, it should be.
But with the election results last week, the debate is over. Or, at least, it should be.
Did the off-year elections settle the Democrats’ big debate?
It'd better have.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Pish the Overton window back.
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
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Each new law against trans people in society will just become the platform for the next law restricting someone else. Possibly you. Dont fall for it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Each new law against trans people in society will just become the platform for the next law restricting someone else. Possibly you. Dont fall for it.
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Next flight set to taxi the entire trip to take advantage of plentiful supply of ground traffic controllers.
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Next flight set to taxi the entire trip to take advantage of plentiful supply of ground traffic controllers.
Best post in this place.
You can really tell a lot about a country by their votes on the international stage.
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Best post in this place.
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For context, let's look at shutdowns AND who caused them
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
For context, let's look at shutdowns AND who caused them
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TBC: pretty sure every shutdown since I’ve been alive has been bc the GOP wanted to do something insanely fucked up and the Dems were trying to bring them back to a modicum of fucking reality.
I’m exhausted of Dems bailing out Rs every time they inevitably do something else that’s totally evil.
I’m exhausted of Dems bailing out Rs every time they inevitably do something else that’s totally evil.
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
TBC: pretty sure every shutdown since I’ve been alive has been bc the GOP wanted to do something insanely fucked up and the Dems were trying to bring them back to a modicum of fucking reality.
I’m exhausted of Dems bailing out Rs every time they inevitably do something else that’s totally evil.
I’m exhausted of Dems bailing out Rs every time they inevitably do something else that’s totally evil.
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seeing people & interacting with people in person is --wait for it-- actually a good thing *facepalm*
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
seeing people & interacting with people in person is --wait for it-- actually a good thing *facepalm*
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I hate blow drying my hair, my hands are busy and there's too much noise, leading to zero defence against my thoughts.
So it's your problem now:
How much morphological difference is too much when it comes to having satisfying sex with aliens? And when does it qualify as bestiality?
So it's your problem now:
How much morphological difference is too much when it comes to having satisfying sex with aliens? And when does it qualify as bestiality?
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I hate blow drying my hair, my hands are busy and there's too much noise, leading to zero defence against my thoughts.
So it's your problem now:
How much morphological difference is too much when it comes to having satisfying sex with aliens? And when does it qualify as bestiality?
So it's your problem now:
How much morphological difference is too much when it comes to having satisfying sex with aliens? And when does it qualify as bestiality?
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Hi Bluesky,
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hi Bluesky,
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
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Recently a marginalized client and I got a good result at trial on a bullshit charge related to all the fascism. After court, I congratulated the client and said the case was over.
Client was pissed.
"So when do I get paid for all the work I missed and the damage to my reputation?"
Client was pissed.
"So when do I get paid for all the work I missed and the damage to my reputation?"
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Recently a marginalized client and I got a good result at trial on a bullshit charge related to all the fascism. After court, I congratulated the client and said the case was over.
Client was pissed.
"So when do I get paid for all the work I missed and the damage to my reputation?"
Client was pissed.
"So when do I get paid for all the work I missed and the damage to my reputation?"
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London's latest Blue Plaque is a brilliant one. (It was put up at the Tesla dealership in Tottenham by campaigners)
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
London's latest Blue Plaque is a brilliant one. (It was put up at the Tesla dealership in Tottenham by campaigners)
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Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
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get in bitch we're destroying the west
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
get in bitch we're destroying the west