research shows that the average number of white people in an internet controversy because they said something racially insensitive then used autism as an excuse is around three hundred on any given day, although it is highly variable, peaking around holidays

to be fair to the Brexit Party, they did launder their foreign money through small donations (because larger donations must be declared)

this is a pivotal scene in my memory. like if you don't understand what's going on in this scene you don't understand this book at all

white supremacists gonna white supremacy

it's lowest common denominator messaging and it does save lives. I know so many people who think it's unsafe to mix any cleaning products, even like dish soap and disinfectant, but if the messaging was "don't mix bleach and ammonia" more people would get hurt

I was asking people what they thought the EU would do if there was an openly fascist government in the US (the answer was and is "business as usual") and nobody ever even thought about the question, they thought the notion of a fascist government anywhere in the West was patently ridiculous

If the current government isn’t final proof that the British press cannot be appeased by craven, wormlike obsequiousness and unquestioning obedience, then I wonder what it would take. Should we just put maybe four newspaper editors in charge, and let them fight it out? It’d be less tiresome.

companies go bankrupt because they contract for a fixed fee and are then subject to the whims of directors who don't want to plan sequences up front

You go to Disney World and see someone dressed up as Mickey Mouse and you're like "ok, a guy in a Mickey Mouse costume." You see someone puppeteering Kermit and you're like "holy shit. It's him. It's Kermit the Frog."

I got up for a lemsip and a custard tart breakfast and got straight back in. I think I'm getting the balance right today.

it's not just that, the community is really hostile to any kind of commercial activity whether it be self promotion for creatives, sex work or mutual aid

I need a new phone and computer and complete rejection of gen AI is my #1 priority

"I don't care if trans people, immigrants, Palestinians, the disabled and the homeless die under Republicans or Democrats but I would definitely get mad if the Dems had policies that might kill Real People like me"