Why did no one tell me Patrick Radden Keefe had a new book out? I'm disappointed in all of you.

Tech founders are so innovative that they invented feudalism.

Well that's not disturbing at all.

Scottish Greens manifesto is out, compare and contrast

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Rating: 4.5 In a nutshell: Natalie is a tradwife influencer with five kids and one on the way. She lives on a farm and posts on social media about her life (keeping the two nannies and many farmhan…

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Yet another reason I won't be voting for Scottish Labour next month. Disgusting. Anti-trans policies have no place in Scotland (or anywhere, but we're talking about Scotland at the moment).

Fucking hell. I hate what so many have chosen to make of this world. We could be enjoying each other's company, reading and watching and listening to great art, cuddling animals. Instead we're wondering if the evil man that 80 million people elected will literally destroy humanity. Cool.

A middle-aged white woman with brown hair pulled back smiles at the camera, wearing maroon running top, black running vets and blue finishers medal. There is a finish line in the background and people standing on the grass.

Today I ran the ABBA 10k in Glasgow. It was pure joy in a time when joy is needed. I did actually train for this and managed to shave 3 minutes off my last 10k, and get my best ever 10k and 5k results. Wild.

Remember to be skeptical about literally anything you read online today. God I hate this 'holiday.'

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Two orange ish brown higland cows next to part of the trunk of a tree with grass on the background. One is an adult cow with horns grooming a small calf.

The best way to start the day.

Am I alone in this? I love the Scotland men's team's new football kit. More men in pink please!

Remember in 2024 when there were no trans women at the Olympics to bash so they just made one up? Really indicative of the whole transphobic backlash: elite panic about a problem that couldn't be more imaginary

Unfriendly reminder to anyone considering this compromise that Alex Pretti was killed by CBP. A continued blank check for their reign of terror is just as unacceptable as ICE $$$.

This framing is appalling and, importantly, just fucking wrong

- "just $1" is $1 too much, because the charges are illegitimate
- it is not illegal in Georgia to induce one's own abortion, so I don't know what "illegal abortion" the AP (or the prosecutors) are talking about here

Scotland's universities are cutting hundreds of jobs.

Four VCs took home £3.2m in two years.

Make it make sense.

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Major engineering work delivered at Glasgow Central during emergency closure Network Rail engineers seized the rare opportunity of the closure of Scotland’s busiest station to deliver an extensive package of maintenance and renewals that would ordinarily have taken around ten ...

Talk about making lemonade out of lemons.

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Fucking hell. That's so horrible.

kind of seems like the people saying data center energy use is overstated were full of shit

So disappointing. Wild that we require people with a terminal diagnosis to just live with the pain and suffering. It would be amazing if there were cures and better pain management but where those don't yet exist, forcing people to stay alive who do not want to seems like actual torture.

Hot take: listening to The White Album (The Beatles) for the first time in many years. Guys - it's like really good.

New NHS England Review Excluded 97% Of All Trans Studies To Say Care Doesn't Work The new review has led to a ban for HRT through the NHS England system under the age of 18.

1. A new NHS England Review excluded 97% of all trans care studies to conclude that trans youth care doesn't work.

It explicitly violates several guidelines around reviewing literature, and appears to be politics masquerading as (shoddy) science.

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I have had eight root canals in my life. Today I learned that three of them need revision. The average failure rate is 20%, but mine is more like 35-40%.

Not cool, teeth. Not cool.

(But I am thrilled to have access to modern dental care and the ability to pay for it.)

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Someone who is good at labor markets please help me better distribute capital my workforce is dying

YES. I've heard similar things from relatives who are professors. Fingers crossed these young folks help bring about the downfall of genAI.

The NHS has now stopped all medication - puberty blockers and hormones - for trans minors. For most, unless they get drugs from other sources, this means a lifetime, in an increasingly violent and transphobic society, unable to pass. Under Wes Streeting NHS policy is harm and death for trans people.

The only consistent thing Labour seems capable of doing is punishing people who have done absolutely nothing