I was just about to add Mr Blue Sky 😀

Palantir's CEO published a manifesto arguing Western tech firms have a "moral debt" to US military dominance, that AI weapons are inevitable, and that "some cultures are dysfunctional." This isn't just a regularly evil tech or defence contractor, it’s a fascist political project.

Commonwealth Court rules the state constitution includes a fundamental right to abortion • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Susan Frietsche, of the Women’s Law Project, said the Medicaid coverage exclusion was the single largest barrier to abortion access in Pa.

This is a wonderful decision for Pennsylvania! And calling abortion a fundamental right is a satisfying slap in the face to the extremists on the Supreme Court.

Never forget!

Reagan was a piece of shit.

More to the point, there is nothing RIGHT with Trump.

He's ALWAYS been morally and ethically bankrupt, and, arguably, a mentally ill megalomaniac. Now, his aging body and mind are betraying him, causing his carefully constructed facade of competence to finally crumble.

Seemingly benign #AI-generated deepfake videos & images are in fact HARMFUL. Thanks to everyone training AI for their own amusement, it's becoming more difficult for many to recognize & paving the way for the proliferation of manipulative & dangerous misinformation & outright lies.

Case in point:

AI and capitalism. End them both 💣💥

It's insidious. Once upon a time, fact-checking was a valued.

Unlabeled #AI-generated deepfake videos & images are actually HARMFUL. Thanks to everyone training AI for their own amusement, it's becoming more difficult for many to recognize.

Nonsense like this is paving the way for the proliferation of manipulative & dangerous misinformation & outright lies.

A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek), with the handle @magyarpeterMP. The post reads: "Until 31 May, the Orbán puppets may voluntarily step down from their positions. This applies to the President of Hungary, the President of the Curia, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary, the President of the Constitutional Court, and the Prosecutor General. On 12 April, the Hungarian people voted for a complete political transformation. If these officials do not step down voluntarily by 31 May, then — on the basis of the mandate received from millions of Hungarians — we will remove them from office." At the bottom, the timestamp reads "3:04 AM • Apr 21, 2026" alongside "19.9K Views".

Peter Magyar is not playing around at all. He's going to purge every single remnant of corrupt Orbanism. This is exactly how Dems need to be when they retake power.

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Virginia Woolf, more than a hundred years ago:

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) 🎥

Directed by Jack Clayton

#FilmSky

Great film! For me, it captured the feel of the book so well, and the casting was perfect.

This is amazing news!

Aside from shingles (now gratefully vaccinated), I've never been so desperately ill as when I had Lyme. It was actually fortunate that I became very sick so quickly. After being told it was "probably heat exhaustion", it took an ER visit to be properly diagnosed & treated.

Every single article I read about Madonna at Coachella mentioned that she’s 67. Not one article I read about Nine Inch Nails at Coachella mentioned that Trent’s 60.
ISN’T THAT WEIRD?
It’s almost as if everything Madonna has ever said about misogyny is true, or something. 🤷‍♂️

Mine is less epic and entirely unprovable: The plane crash that killed JFK jr and Carolyn Bessette was not an accident.

We can’t trust Palantir with our NHS data Is this really the company we should be entrusting with our health service’s digital architecture?

"Palantir is not just a problem of profiteering from our national healthcare system— it's a fundamental threat to the democratic control of our public infrastructure + the privacy of every citizen. By giving our taxes to this company, we are aiding their operations everywhere."

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This is a war based on lies

Obvious as it is to most people, even humorous unlabeled AI-generated deepfake videos & images are ultimately HARMFUL. Thanks to everyone training AI for their amusement, it's becoming more difficult to discern. The consequence will be the proliferation of dangerous misinformation & outright lies.

Three cool scientists introduce their work "Our new theory has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal, but we feel its depths and intricacies are best appreciated on the limited-edition vinyl release."

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

"He isn't ghosting me! Don't be silly. Donald's just so busy with Iran right now... But once they open the Strait of Whatever, he'll fix my passport. Everyone knows Trump would never abandon a loyal friend!"

Anyone stuck sitting behind her was PISSED.

If I were to say, "I don't think White people have suffered enough for their political decisions," would your first thought be:

You WANT white people to suffer?! That's terrible, you racist!

OR

You're not wrong; historically they've made plenty of terrible choices that impact OTHERS.

Tucker Carlson is a smug, opportunistic and self-serving hack. His dishonest, lucrative career is thoroughly galling, but the fact that his disgusting rhetoric resonates with so many Americans – who make his career possible – is an indictment of our entire country.

John Roberts' wife is not the only Supreme Court spouse to shake down people with business before the court to give bribes. Ginni Thomas has a "consulting firm" (AKA a PO Box for checks) to funnel money to Clarence. #Corruption

Jane Eyre & Mr. Rochester embrace beneath ancient, gnarled trees below a gothic, windy sky & full moon in this woodcut-esque illustration, which is deliberately stark & artistically graphic in its contrasts.

Illustration for Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre by Fritz Eichenberg (1901-90)

Chopping off the head of a fish belly white Jesus on the cross in the MIDDLE EAST...on a SUNDAY?! The nerve.

As if that's the worst atrocity ever perpetrated on a Sunday by an Israeli soldier.

Coachella is removing these videos, so they might be about to learn about the Strokesand Effect.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online