So many female journalists I know has at least one me too story they couldn’t get over the line because it’s so hard. You need so many victims to go on the record. And for so many good and understandable reasons - like fear of being sued - victims are scared.
Literary writing famously attracts well-adjusted extroverted people who just love spending large amounts of time in the public eye.
@ItsBCJim The bad part of getting older is that you become an NPC, the good part is that being an NPC rocks. Nothing like walking down the street with a thought bubble that's just a sandwich you're looking forward to. Protagonism is best left to teens and the insane
Whilst paying at the checkout recently, I noticed a circular, faded imprint in the leatherwork of my wallet. At once, I was confronted by the tragic realisation that cause of the mark is an out of date condom being kept in the smal zip pocket for so long.
70% of my kids class went as KPop Demon Hunters and that included the boys and that's a conservative estimate. The boys have KPop Demon Hunters hoodies at her school too. This is a ridiculous statement
Graph of Australian diesel imports sourcing by country since 2004. Shows a very great increase in 'other Asian' sources over the last decade, with Singapore slowly declining, becoming a minor source. Data through January 2015.
Graph of the day: crudeoilpeak.info/australian-d.... How many knew this split? I didn't; would have said majority Singapore.
It is again now apparently, after others have restricted exports!
Amanda Smith @AmandaSmithSays Thinking again about how the names Arctic and Antarctica just means "bears" and "no bears." reluctantbroodingdads So as an Antarctic expert I need to add to this that we had not in fact been to Antarctica when it was named. The ancient Greeks decided that because there was an Arctic at the top of the world, with bears, there had to be an opposite at the other end, without bears. Which is kind of ridiculous except that the f🌫️ckers were dead on
A fake image of Artemis II astronauts in a small front porch raft waving to the camera outside the capsule with a Navy recovery boat in the background and orange buoyancy balloons in the water.
This image circulating is fake. The front porch was much larger than that and held several Navy recovery personnel as well. Real images can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/nasah...
first impressions of the Lego smart brick, before I do any actual tearing down: wow, I forgot how good they are at working with plastic. the injecton molding remains impeccable, at least for this specific piece (I know about their recent QC issues elsewhere)
they're literally high heels with Animal's face at the front and "animal" and "louder" on the sides and they're ORANGE FUR
Gonna get married in the Animal-from-The-Muppets heels.
interesting that when a movie with female protagonists does poorly the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists and when a movie with female protagonists is a huge hit the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists
I accidentally scheduled an appointment with an ontologist instead of an oncologist & bad news: I failed my metaphysical
A "wartime" poster that says: "Using Generative AI? You're Prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead! Don't surrender your creativity to the Tech Billionaires' control!"
I missed this from @phineas.bsky.social when it originally came out but it sure feels relevant at the moment.
Also, you can buy this as a print from the artist here:
www.inprnt.com/gallery/phin...
ESCAPING ASTRONAUTS RECAPTURED
DARING GETAWAY CUT SHORT JUST PAST LUNAR ORBIT
SPACE CRIMINALS BROUGHT BACK TO EARTH TO STAND TRIAL
"We're all in this big blue boat together." SAYS NASA SPOX IN NEW STATEMENT. "No exceptions allowed---not on our watch!"
MOST SUCCESSFUL BREAKOUT ATTEMPT SINCE 1972
Here’s the story of one of them. Awful www.thestranger.com/forced-out/f...
sign on a building but a bunch of the letters have fallen off and it says “TIO CENTER”
buy, sell, or trade new and used uncles
nasa employee: oh hey y'all are back
astronaut: Jerry's verified?
nasa employee: yeah, so? Where u going?
astronaut: *turning off their phone and getting back on the rocket ship* Jerry's verified.
Giant squid even! m.youtube.com/watch?v=4njX...
Alex says "well, economy's fucked. Time to start camming." She asks herself "what's my niche?" She gets an idea. She has set up a sexual version of Cow Tools. Her friend says "I don't get it..."
(fake) Tom Scott video thumbnail featuring 1973's The Wicker Man. "Can this ritual bring their apples back?" I will be blocking anyone who makes an "oh god the bees" reference, that is a different movie not worthy of discussion.
"The Scottish island of Summerisle, home of the best fruit in Britain. The first thing you notice? No churches. The farmers here practice a fascinating form of pre-Christian worship…and I just learned I'll be playing the lead role in their annual May Day festival. First stop: my costume fitting."
cackling. better things are possible
Yeah, well *I'm* fed up with politicians who took until 2026 to realize an energy system which relies on constant extraction of resources sets you up for this very thing to happen one day.
Alternatives are here! We've been talking about them for decades now!
It's not that complicated!
OWLBEAR CUB ALERT
Mini Modu @MinModulation X.com the strait was open when the american military was woke and gay Ironic.
I’m stealing bangers today
Jeez it would be nice if words actually meant something!
That’s right. As it should be.
Mr Bombadillo Mr Tom Bombadillo
Mr Bombadillo Mr Tom Bombadillo
What’s the bet she got that number from Kerry Stokes and it’s how much of his own money he spent defending this turkey
Petrol price in 2012: 137p
Petrol price in 2026: 158p
Difference: 15%
Zone 1-5 TfL journey in 2012: £4.20
Zone 1-5 TfL journey in 2026: £5.30
Difference: 26%
Inflation since 2012: 45%. If it simply increased in line with inflation, a litre of petrol would have been 200p today.
Diesel roar on the way to Oslo - already a queue on E18 The demonstration known as "Diesel Roar" has set its course for Oslo. Not everyone is happy about it. The diesel roar on the way to Oslo, here at Liertoppen on the E18. Video: Frida Lristine Kjelseth Tønsaas, NRK Kaspara Stoltze – JournalistJournalist Dina Gjertine Svendal Kleiven – JournalistJournalist Stian Wasjo Simonsen – JournalistJournalist Published today at 09:40 Updated one minute ago The case is being updated. Hundreds of vehicles and diesel protesters are driving towards Oslo, Friday morning. The action, known as the "Diesel Roar", demands lower and more predictable fuel prices. – We are driving directly towards Oslo without stopping along the way, says the leader of the action group in Bamble, Vidar Tellefsen, to NRK.
No one should actually do this, but imagine if climate activists blocked the pathway of these trucks, so that the police would then have to come and arrest / jail / fine all the climate people so that the trucks could go back to blocking traffic for everyone else
www.nrk.no/vestfoldogte...