Who possibly could have seen the landmark Supreme Court decision of LEOPARDS v. PEOPLE'S FACES (2024) leading to this moment?

The Australian government has relaxed fuel quality standards for 60 days

bluesky is fun, you talk to yourself and sometimes someone responds

Reminder that Tehran has a population greater than London, this is not a trivial amount of people we’re talking about here.

This aged well. No really - it did.

Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion and The Terror, dies aged 77 Award-winning science fiction and horror writer died in Colorado on 21 February with family at his side Dan Simmons, the author of more than 30 novels and short story collections spanning horror, political thrillers and science fiction such as Hyperion and The Terror, has died at age 77. Simmons died in Longmont, Colorado on 21 February, with his wife and daughter at his side, his obituary announced. Continue reading...

Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion and The Terror, dies aged 77

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

this is all a giant boon for Russia btw who gets a much needed price boost to their sanctioned oil exports.

The Washington Post sacked all of its Middle East correspondents a couple of weeks ago. Useful.

I think we are heading towards a power struggle and a civil war at large.

BREAKING: Iranian state TV has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US air strikes today.

A tearful host on state TV's channel one announced the news live on air.

Pete Hegseth announces that the U.S. has gained control over Iran's alcohol production facilities, will perform personal inspection.

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A Rohingya refugee wanted freedom. America left him for dead in frigid Buffalo. | Will Bunch U.S. Border Patrol abandoned a blind, disabled man at a doughnut shop, miles from his home — a new low for the Trump regime.

The family of Nurul Amin Shah Alam waited for hours at the county jail, expecting a joyful reunion with the Rohingya refugee unjustly locked up for a year

No one told them CBP had arrested him, then dumped him at a closed donut shop to die

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Jesus. Netflix calls it quits, the Ellisons and Paramount will get all of Warner, including CNN. Bari Weiss's sphere of influence grows. And no matter what you think of CNN or news in general, it's a big legacy brand with a lot of reach, that will now shift rightwards pretty hard.

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

CNN is gonna be a shit show now that Paramount has become the only bidder in town for WBD.

46.8% ?😭 that's less than half of the constituents voting

pete hegseth convenes emergency push up contest over cuba crisis

The state of the onion

Official Team GB Paralympic photo, with the the crests and everything, and a professional headshot, but it's for "Pickle, A Very Good Girl", who is a black labrador, with a hi-viz harness and a red collar.

Some of you like dogs, in which case you may appreciate that guide dogs of Team GB for the Paralympics get official photos

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

If we are really serious about ‘Australian values’ we should float them on the stock exchange to see how much they’re worth in relation to other country’s values

I had ALP winning a minority government. Really took me by suprise, when they secured the current majority that they have.

SAM ALTMAN: "People talk about how much energy it takes to train an Al model ... But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart."

“Evil starts when you treat other people as things. There are perhaps worse crimes, but they begin when you treat other people as things.” - Terry Pratchett

what do you mean they didn't realize this before

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