I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.

The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

it's so funny that Greenblatt bent over backwards to these people and annihilated his organization's credibility with anyone left of center to get absolutely nothing from the right

Suddenly media outlets are noticing the catastrophe enveloping Gaza.

We warned you what Israel would do from the start.

There are no excuses.

Don't let the complicit erase their guilt 👇

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A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

There’s a great interview with Nick Park about Wallace And Gromit in last month’s Empire, and this bit in particular stood out. It sums up what artists have been trying to say about AI. The mistakes and the learning aren’t things to be bypassed, but a vital part of the process 🤟

“Today, DEI has become the new N-word; the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism.”

My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts.

Sorry, but it has to be said:

Had a great time seeing Lake Street Dive supported by Alisa Amador in Bristol last night!

This is brutally hilarious. Shot and chaser.

the democrats lost because they hid biden was going senile, didn't do a primary, delayed kicking him out while doing a bunch of embarrassing infighting, promoted an unpopular candidate, & had her run as a conservative palling around with the fucking cheneys. they fucked it all by themselves

What Musk did was as unambiguously a fascist salute as it's possible to give. There is no way that could be interpreted in good faith as anything else.

Radon xkcd.com/3037

hmmmmmmmmff 🍷

I think this is an excellent assessment of where the Labour Party is and what it needs to do.

The right is winning because it has a good story and isn't afraid to make an argument.

New Sufjan Stevens album is gooood.