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Frenchy and the Punk have been forced to cancel the remainder of their 2026 performances. gofund.me/8ab2571b1

There will be a handful of people left, horribly mutated by the machine. They will go on a fruitless search for food until only one is left...and that one remaining person will have no mouth.

US may force operating systems to have mandatory age verification, share info with third parties Here lies darkness.

OS-level age verification is the latest development in the generalized first world drive to wipe out what little remains of digital privacy in a panicked response to parents letting their children fry their brains on the internet. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Why US-Iran peace won't last YouTube video by Max Fisher

Iran and the US both want to make peace. It’s in their interests to make peace. So why are they struggling to do it? An investigation into what that peace would look like, and what – or who – is standing in the way. youtube.com/watch?v=Da6Z...

Clannad singer and harpist Moya Brennan dies aged 73 The Grammy and Emmy-winning ‘first lady of Celtic music’ was credited with popularising Irish music and lyrics

The Grammy and Emmy-winning ‘first lady of Celtic music’ was credited with popularising Irish music and lyrics www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Always follow the money.

Donald Trump says two-week US-Iran ceasefire agreed US president says on social media he agreed to suspend attack for two weeks ahead of self-imposed deadline

Trump said his decision is subject to the opening of the Strait of Hormuz www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... | Thanks, Mafia Donald; "nice civilization you got there...be a shame if a genocide happened because you didn't do what I demanded."

Calling it a "massive escalation" is technically accurate, but downplays the fact that the current occupant of the White House threatened genocide. You and your colleagues need to be blunt and use that term: genocide.

Thanks for at least posting about this, Senator.

But don't say "whatever the hell this is." It's GENOCIDE.

And you have to do more. I don't care that you're in the minority. Think bigger. Call for a general strike. Get every D senator to chain themselves to the White House gates. SOMETHING.

Trump says 'whole civilisation will die tonight' if Iran fails to make deal - live updates Trump says

Trump says 'whole civilisation will die tonight' if Iran fails to make deal www.bbc.com/news/live/c5... | The fascist pig currently occupying the White House is gleefully announcing that he intends to commit genocide. This is sickening.

‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards’

Reaction: Trump is an "unhinged madman" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... | Voters could have stopped this in 2024. Congress could stop this now. The only ones benefiting from letting the current occupant of the White House to continue unchecked are those who seek our destruction.

The Iran oil shock is about to hit YouTube video by Max Fisher

The coming global oil crisis, mapped and explained youtu.be/vFb_hb_npV4?...

Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ kids The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice.

An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. apnews.com/article/supr... | "Free speech" should not extend to child abuse.

If you go to great lengths to justify using generative AI in your "creative process" and then turn the comments off, I think you're telling on yourself.

New DHS border buoys in the Rio Grande raise concerns The Trump administration is moving ahead with a new border security project in the Rio Grande — a floating barrier of linked buoys. The effort, known as Operation River Wall, calls for more than 500 m...

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a new border security project in the Rio Grande — not a wall of steel or concrete, but a floating barrier of linked buoys. www.tpr.org/environment/... | We can't have healthcare, we can't have education, but we can have a war in Iran and this idiocy.

As far as I'm concerned, JK Rowling can find herself in the same oubliette as Neil Gaiman and Morrissey for media exiled from my sphere of consumption.

Trump Says He'll Sign an Order to Pay TSA Agents During Shutdown By Chelsea Mes 03/26/2026 18:35:15 [BFW] (Bloomberg) -- "I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation," President Trump says in Truth Social post. • NOTE: Senators Struggle for Elusive DHS Deal as Airport Chaos Worsens To contact the reporter on this story: Chelsea Mes in Sydney at cmes@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Jan Dahinten at jdahinten@bloomberg.net Gabriella Borter

Trump Signs Memo Instructing Blatantly Illegal Behavior That Will Be Used As Precedent For Much Worse

US Treasury plans to put Trump's signature on new paper currency in first for sitting president The Treasury Department plans to print President Donald Trump’s signature on every new U.S. paper bill. Treasury announced the idea Thursday.

US Treasury plans to put Trump's signature on new paper currency in first for sitting president apnews.com/article/trum... | As if the fascist pig hasn't already spent too much time in American's wallets.

Army ups max enlistment age to 42 The update brings the Army in line with the Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard, which all accept recruits up to 42. The Navy accepts recruits up to 41

Those in their late 30s and early 40s can now join the U.S. Army.
www.stripes.com/branches/arm... | I'm still too old to be drafted...for now.

Passengers who don't wish to submit to a body scan can opt instead for an alternate beat down.

Because nothing rehabilitates the image of a man who has slaughtered countless innocent Palestinian civilians like slaughtering countless innocent Iranian civilians.

Lawsuit: Musk failed to make promised payments over 2024 petition signatures The lawsuit claims the man received hourly pay for canvassing ahead of the November presidential election, but it says he wasn't fully paid for the petition referrals.

This WHYY article is about a lawsuit in Pennsylvania where Musk failed to pay petition canvassers in 2024. Wisconsin is mentioned toward the end. whyy.org/articles/law...

The real agenda behind the Iran war YouTube video by Max Fisher

There’s a big question the architects of the Iran war won’t, or can’t, tell us: why is it being waged? youtube.com/watch?v=YBGs...

We are all but sand running to the bottom of an hourglass. And some people will, no doubt, have their words tossed back at them once they succumb to the inevitable uncaring icy winds of mortality.

Former special counsel Robert Mueller has died Mueller, who served as special counsel in the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, was 81.

Mueller, who served as special counsel in the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, was 81. www.ms.now/news/former-...

Tell Congress: Stop Trump's War with Iran Trump's unauthorized war in Iran has already taken the lives of US servicemembers and at least 1,000 Iranian civilians. It has devolved into a larger regional conflict, with missile and drone strikes,...

Tell Congress: Stop Trump's War with Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...

Singer-Songwriter Pleads Guilty To Defauding Streaming Services With AI-Generated Songs A North Carolina singer-songwriter is on the hook for more than $8 million in fraudulent streaming royalties racked up with AI-generated tracks and bots, Rolling Stone reports. In US district court to...

Mike Smith, 54, pled guilty to defrauding streaming services by flooding them with hundreds of thousands of AI-generated tracks and accumulating billions of plays with bots stereogum.com/2492926/sing... | He'll never be known for his music but he managed to bring salami slicing to streaming via slop

I think we'd be better off if sitting politicians didn't endorse candidates. It must be nice to have the privilege of putting your thumb on the scale to influence which coworkers you end up with.

768 days remaining until I can vote for whomever John Fetterman's primary opponent may be.

Now, the total is likely to have exceeded $18bn and counting. Where are America’s war dollars going, in a war that was never declared in the first place? www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...