Supermarket deli shelf with cold cuts labeled “KRETSCHMAR TURKEY OF THE BONE”

Dark Souls boss-ass cold cut name

A person with measles flew into Logan last week, Boston health officials say The Boston Public Health Commission said anyone who spent time in Terminal C between midnight and 2:30 a.m. on April 14 may have been exposed to the highly contagious respiratory virus.

The Boston Public Health Commission said anyone who spent time in Terminal C between midnight and 2:30 a.m. on April 14 may have been exposed to the highly contagious respiratory virus.

New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.

NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math.

less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)

Judges order $60 million collected from Vladimir Plahotniuc’s account The judges ordered today the collection from Vladimir Plahotniuc’s account of about 60 mill...

www.moldpres.md/eng/society/...

The judges ordered today the collection from Vladimir Plahotniuc’s account of $60 million US, which represents damage caused by the embezzlement of 3 banks targeted in the bank fraud case, including a late-payment penalty provided by law.

A good day in Moldova!

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

3/ Police officers not wearing numbers are usually the most violent toward protesters.

This was true on Saturday with police without ID targeting anti-fascists.

Not wearing shoulder ID is a deliberate tactic - to avoid accountability for their actions.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

2/ The only purpose that failing to display epaulettes serves is to reduce the accountability of officers.

GMP's own Uniform Policy & Dress Standards states that:

"All officers and staff in uniform are required to wear epaulettes clearly showing their collar number on both shoulders at all times."

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

Greater Manchester Police, in riot gear, with their absent shoulder ID circled.

1/ In Manchester on Saturday, Police officers were once again deliberately not wearing their identifying shoulder epaulettes.

Don’t worry! We have pictures.

Netpol has noted a trend in which public order (riot) police are increasingly failing to display identification.

Venture Colonialism: The Global South is Being Invaded by Venture Capital

Tech Fascism and the New Man

Venture Colonialism: Who Will Build the VC Cities?

The Fake, VC-Engineered Social Movement for Crypto

Crypto is the Currency of the Venture Capital State

The Venture Capital Military Strategy

Alex Winter On Despair, Activism and the Mental Schism of Child Stardom YouTube video by The Small Bow

I really enjoyed this interview with A.J. Daulerio at the small bow. They’re doing good things over there.

ICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data reveals Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.

Pulitzer-worthy reporting here from Minnesota immigrant news @sahanjournal.bsky.social.

70+ children detained during Operation MetroSurge.

30 sent to Dilley. Two dozen held >20 days, a Flores violation.

7 still detained as of March 10. ~20 have been deported.
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

As an old-school software dev, brought up on detailed code reviews, exacting standards, and precise documentation, seeing the new world of vibecoding is completely baffling. That it also doesn't work makes it double baffling. I'm used to "stupid but it works" but "stupid and also crap" is 🤯

‘The Wayback Machine Has Been the Best Archive for Preserving Our Digital Lives’: CounterSpin interview with Lia Holland on the Internet Archive "DOGE set a goal of eliminating 20% of government websites, whereas everything that's been deleted now is living in the Wayback Machine."

"Frequently, the Wayback Machine is used for accountability at publications like the @nytimes.com. They will change the content of articles, or take things down, just like any corporation that is archived on the Wayback Machine."

fair.org/home/the-way...

A Dürer-drawn celestial chart on a broadside with text and image parts. The image part looks like long lines travelling.

You see a Dürer-drawn celestial chart: an analog computer from the early sixteenth century. Have a seat, and enjoy this short paper instrument's 🧵 for #skystorians and more:

Oh, a stochastic system is somewhat good at finding security flaws?

Yeah that’s called fuzzing and we’ve been doing it for decades.

This statement is based on the CTO of Mozilla (an AI company by now).

This deep analysis goes through the Mythos docs available and shows that that model is really not a bit advancement at all www.flyingpenguin.com/the-boy-that-cried-mytho...

10 French phrases using péter in contexts you may not expect From expressing anger to calmness - to breaking wind - péter changes meaning depending on context

Still exists in modern French: www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/ten...

here's one of those insane, horrible connections of the contemporary era

the primary liaison between the UAE and the genocidaires in the RSF over this time has been Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

the owner of Manchester City football club

a soft looking and somewhat worn felt swan with a big beak and trailing feathers

thinking about this 1500 year old plush swan made of reindeer wool

Apartheid Apartments | Projects | Darren Cullen Satirical estate agent art installation about Israeli apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories by Darren Cullen aka Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives

This shop is the home of ArtBomb, Doncaster's experimental arts festival & pop-up art space, & occupied by radical dissenters, the Unitarians.

I'm just relieved nobody is talking about how I said I bought a house in Clacton, then admitted it was in the name of my girlfriend, Laure Ferrari, even though she couldn't afford £885,000, which conveniently meant I avoided £44,000 in tax.
Please don't share.

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

Turn off auto updates for Google

Something lacking from this coverage is that "usage" probably isn't even - there are probably a very small fraction of users consuming the vast majority of energy, mostly through agents, coding and video production

This isn't "rapid adoption", it's rapid digital bloating and inefficiency.

While obvs intended as a joke, I think Theresa May, Priti Patel or Suella Braverman would be v criticised for doing taser + deportation jokes. (Windrush scandal ought to deter them).

Politics of racism & deportation is much more visible since July 2024 + Trump making legitimising these jokes ???

Politico report the Home Secretary was asked who out of Zack Polanski, Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch or Ed Davey she would taser or deport.

Mahmood replied: “All of the above.”

So Home Secretary is herself able to joke about deporting Badenoch, Polanski & Farage.

(Farage ought not to reciprocate)

Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated | TechCrunch Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1% and 3% of the total streams, and 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized.

Oh.
techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/d...

ubiquislop.

Full report is available here: assets.nationbuilder.com/b4b/pages/16...

Push for EU membership to galvanise progressive support, report argues A new report by Best for Britain shows that a push for UK membership of the European Union would galvanise support among progressive voters. The report highlights that a pro-membership position offers...

🚨🚨New @bestforbritain.org report argues I think convincingly that a push for UK membership of the EU would galvanise support among progressive voters, recognising that other halfway options such as customs union or EEA are would offer to limited benefits. 🧵 www.bestforbritain.org/push_for_eu_...

This is your reminder that it's been ten months since the assassination of Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, and there hasn't been even a hint of justice for her family, friends or colleagues.

The one para version.
(But do read the 2,300 or so preceding words).