Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month Age verification for all.

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

A cartoon of a news report. The picture shows a government official doing a press conference flanked by goons. The headline reads “A man attacked federal bullets with his body” Underneath the picture is a quote saying “those bullets had families”

US government rn

England’s High Court Warns Lawyers to Stop Citing Fake A.I.-Generated Cases

"OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, recently said that its latest technologies hallucinated 51 percent to 79 percent of the time when asked general questions." (New York Times gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/w...

ICE is now detaining high school students with no criminal records, who are here legally to seek asylum.

But this isn’t just impacting immigrants.

These officials show up hiding their identities, showing no IDs, offering no transparency, stealing ppl away.

This is a safety issue for all of us.

Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts

A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035. 

Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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I will forever be haunted by this footage.

Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.

What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪

Gazan detainees tell BBC of torture by IDF and Israel Prison Service Interviews with five men held in the months after the Hamas attacks reveal allegations of violence and abuse, adding to reports of misconduct by military and prison staff.

The IDF are setting people they arrest on fire. Dear God.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump's FEMA ends grants that help prepare for hurricanes. Louisiana hoped to get $721M. President Donald Trump's administration canceled a FEMA program that helped Louisiana prepare for hurricanes. The state had $721M in applications for money in the pipeline.

They just torched $721 million in hurricane prep for Louisiana. Because saving lives is “waste, fraud & abuse,” right?

Louisiana was counting on this. Right before hurricane season, too.

And in the Speaker’s backyard. This is actually insane.

www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...

"Pink", what a beautiful name, in these gloomy times.

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists:

www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...

Israel and Türkiye may be heading for a collision. Israel has asked the US to pressure Türkiye not to set up three new military bases in Syria and establish a stronger intelligence presence.

Hard to see Erdogan agreeing.

Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.

A WIRED investigation reveals that billion-dollar scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands are enslaved—are using Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to stay online and keep their operations running.

Never liked karaoke!

Mars Sucks... thanks @activista-ph.bsky.social
www.activistalosangeles.com/mars-sucks #climate #earth

Partei mit dem höchsten Stimmenanteil in den Landkreisen und kreisfreien Städten CDU/CSU AfD SPD Grüne dpa• 107264 Stand: 400 von 400 ausgezählt Quelle: Bundeswahlleiterin

The Vote distribution in Germany's snap election. Looks like the Cold War is back.

Did you know #Aleppo soap is the oldest soap in the world? Made in Syria for over 2,000 years, it’s 100% natural, crafted only in winter, and now a #UNESCO heritage treasure! 🌿🧼

Get ready for a real impact on February 28th! We’re boycotting all corporate giants—If it’s not a small business, it’s off-limits! No gas, no fast food, no Amazon. If they can’t hear us, we’ll make them feel us.

(PHASE 1)

I was scrolling through the comments on a debate about non-violence in politics. And I come across: "Gandhi was dealing with the British, not Israeli settlers." ... 👀 ... I laughed 😭😖

The robot Johnny 5 from the movie Short Circuit photoshopped to be wearing pope regalia

ready for our next pope

Exactly.

Interesting, I don't know 🤣

We may have left the EU in 2016 after lies, misinformation, and promises of prosperity that have not materialised

Luckily for us, the EU isn't that far away, it's just next door

Anyone else want the UK 🇬🇧 to rejoin the EU 🇪🇺 ?

watercolor petri dish collage Roses are red violets are blue microbes make up a third of your poo

Happy Valentine's Day!
The old ones are best 🧪🐡🦠

Power Causes Brain Damage How leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise

Facts
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The NSA's "Big Delete" Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...

1. EXCLUSIVE

Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.

The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work

Cela semble absurde, et j’ai été choqué la première fois que je l’ai compris, mais la France – il n'y a pas d'autre mot – est bien un paradis fiscal pour milliardaire

Explications détaillées 🧵

A French public media outlet has discussed the feasibility of turning Gaza into the new Riviera... with a professional from the tourism industry. Or "how to discuss the acceptability of ethnic cleansing" 🤦