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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 39m

Me: I'll just schedule an event on/around the weekend one of Edinburgh's big fire festivals, halloween, a major international rugby match *and* the crossover of daylight savings in the UK and US. What could go wrong? 😅

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 2h

Bunch of my stuff for Wee Con just landed and I am kicky-feeting so hard about it :D I can't wait for people to see

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 5h

A man digging for worms in southeastern Sweden discovered a medieval hoard containing pearls, pendants, silver rings, and an estimated 20,000 coins. Archaeologists determined that most of the silver coins date to the 12th century.

Up to 20,000 coins from Early Middle Ages discovered by man digging for worms near Stockholm

A man digging for worms at his summer house in Sweden has unearthed a stupendous treasure: a silver hoard of up to 20,000 coins from the Early Middle Ages.

www.livescience.com

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 16h

I think the key to understanding Britain is that JK Rowling’s oddball fantasy about an elite class of special people - far apart from the scum mass of regular humans - being trained by mad, cruel bastards to be weird, unpleasant, superior judgy wankers, is more or less accurate.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 20h

I’m getting a sense here that of course the lads want to crack down on the avalanche of racism in our university hate factories, but maybe not if it involves arresting students who go to Oxford, because they are real people who actually matter.

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golden julia sugarbaker @nephila.bsky.social · 18h

This right here.

This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18h

it is ALWAYS worth pointing out who gets to be just a helpless little innocent precious baby boy at the age of 34, vs. who is framed by the cops as a big scary dangerous man whose candy bar might be a gun when he's barely in middle school, or described as a "13-year-old woman" by her predator

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 15h

Compare n' contrast Young Republicans to Black children (byline reads "CPE Editorial Staff" - it me.)

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molly 🏴‍☠️🪴 @aproperpirate.bsky.social · 14h

ofmd grew its following thanks mainly to word of mouth, got renewed because its fans loved it so loud and hard, and nearly two years after its inexplicable cancellation is showcased in the “popular tv” category on hbo max. that’s some powerful art.

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 18h

This was written 280 years ago in a document about subduing the Highlands in Scotland. Nearly 3 centuries and we still see folk using exactly the same playbook and terminology and 'reasons'.

As the natives have still some arms amongst them, in spite of the good Endeavours of the Troops, some shift should befaln upon to strip them intirely of them, or a priviledge granted to the Colonies to have some to protect themselves and their Cattle from the fury and resentment of the Natives, who no doubt will look upon them as Invaders of their Rights, Spies on all their Actions, and Informers Established to lay open all their Evil practices.
It is easy to perceive by the General Savage Character of the people, that the thoughts of such Evils must kindle in their Breasts the blackest flames of Malice and Despair, and hurry them onto the perpetration of all the Evil Suggestions of their barbarous Inclinations, which according to Ancient Custome, will be the Murder of people of all Sexes and Ages, the burning of Houses, and the Cutting of Cattle to pieces with Swords, Durks or knives; yet if at first they meet with a vigourous resistance, it may be hoped that the impetuosity of their fury, will be in some measure allayed, and in a little time quite subside, and possibly hinder them from Rebelling for the future.

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 19h

In Mar 2020 I wrote ep 3 of Leverage: Redemption, in which Brianna mentions growing up w/ "the return of actual Nazis". It aired in July 2021, AFTER a Capitol rioter wore a "Camp Auschwitz" shirt, & reviewers on IMDb quoted the Nazi line & complained Leverage had gone woke.

And here we fucking are.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

deeply sick of all the goddamn nazis

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 19h

Update time! :D
archiveofourown.org/works/542974...
#OFMD #OFMDfic

A Little Restraint
Fyre

Chapter 110: Something Weird
Summary:

All things considered, Stede wasn’t surprised that he slept like the dead.
It had been quite the busy day and between running around the shops, doing the decorating and then the soothing release of the lines wrapped around him. He wasn’t sure how long he and Ed had lain in an emotionally tangled heap on the cushions in the living room, but it was certainly pitch dark outside by the time the eventually tumbled into bed.

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 20h

Not to mention these kind of sensors have a tendency for racial bias in their programming. It's like digital sensors for even something as basic as a hand-dryer sometimes only react to paler skin tones.

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 22h

Methinks my neighbours might be ready to kill me for all the packages they're gonna be asked to take in, if they arrive when I'm at work 😅

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 23h

A blessing for my MP. May your life be as restful and peaceful as you have made it for the people you profess to represent. May you experience the emotions that such experiences bring. May you understand all you have been a part of it and live with that knowledge for the rest of your days.

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Lizzy ‘Slutty Ed’ Leo 🩷💜💙 @lizzyleo.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe, just maybe, if we keep going, if we keep creating and loving and sharing joy, it will buy them another 🙂‍↕️ 🤡

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 1d

Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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jace 🏴‍☠️ @jacemerlyn.bsky.social · 1d

“we all need to learn to live together” bitch jkr wants me thrown in a mental hospital for my gender AND my sexuality why dont you tell her she needs to learn to live with me

Mr Buttons 🏴‍☠️🤡 oops I asked for a reason to clown 🥰💜🦄 @mrbuttons284266.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrible.

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 1d

After hearing Izzy calling people "dog" one too many times, he goes "well, that makes sense now" 😂

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John Edwards @euclidianboxes.bsky.social · 1d

"I don't hear her talking about women's rights, I just hear her talking about trans people." absolutely spot on about Rowling.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
https://goodlaw.social/icp3

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

goodlaw.social

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thrilloilogy 🍉 @thrilloilogy.bsky.social · 1d

Watch what's on those trucks. They're purposely giving people high-carb low-nutrient food cos they know that'll fuck them up after such severe starvation

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 1d

It has been a very OFMD-y couple of days in my mail deliveries :D Bumheart yesterday, these two today! #ywmalp #ofmd

two postcards on a laptop keyboard, one a black and white drawing of the revenge, the other David Jenkins' naval officer in cat form.

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