This is so good. I know most of them but those new to me are 100% firecrackers.
Posts by John Lister
a horse, tire track, oil wells on fire, a hellscape.
From Steve McCurry’s series War, Kuwait, 1991.
www.stevemccurry.com
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
He also chose to wear, of all things, a black shirt
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
Say it like you mean it. Imagine how tiresome an ironic KLF would have been.
Ceramic statue of a dog sitting back on its hind legs has a little circular object on his head which might be a spout if the statue is hollow and is used as a jug or vase
Seated Dog, Colima Mexico, ca. 100 CE
Antifascist stickers spotted in Dundee, Scotland
World Of Twist discovered and covered Life and Death at some point during the Napoleonic Wars open.spotify.com/track/3uGotR...
Wonderful record, thanks for reminding me to dig it out.
youtu.be/c1a9QgbKw8g?...
youtu.be/kFwhTx_hVIQ?...
This person took this when they called the race
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
This is what the Stasi did in East Germany - it's crazy how fast and how unopposed the US is falling into this
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
Another closeup of Mr Cardinal on birdcam.
#birds
The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,” Lambert noted.
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
📸: Bastien Hall
MCs wanna beef then I play for keeps
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.