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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 3h

Wow. That's a lot of wrong to fit into a very short space.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 8h

These guys destroyed USAID (budget $28bn) causing a potential 14m preventable deaths by 2030 because the deficit but can find $40bn to bail out their buddies who stand to lose money in an Argentinian crash.

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Literatura Fantástica @literfan.bsky.social · 5h

En la vida del historiador del género, a veces salta la sorpresa; unas veces grande y otras menos. Voy a comentaros la última:

Algo (1963-1991) fue una revista de divulgación científica editada en Barcelona por Hymsa, surgida tras una primera etapa como semanario enciclopédico (1929-1938)

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9h

Solidarity is the only way

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Katharine the Geek @katharinethegeek.bsky.social · 5h

"...a series of deadly ILLEGAL strikes..."

Fixed it for you. Grow a spine, NPR!

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 4h

The UN has heavily criticised the UK for overreach and restricting freedom of expression www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

The protesters will go to trial, but not for terrorism. So there is zero evidence that PA are a terrorist organisation.

UK: Palestine Action ban ‘disturbing’ misuse of UK counter-terrorism legislation, Türk warns

GENEVA – The UK Government’s decision to proscribe the ‘Palestine Action’ protest group under terrorism legislation raises serious concerns that counter-terrorism laws are being applied to conduct th...

www.ohchr.org

Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 4h

But it still isn't terrorism. Even under UK law (which is Draconian by European standards), it still isn't terrorism. Otherwise they would have been charged with those offences.

They spray painted the aircraft. The offence is the act not how much the damage was.

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 4h

The protesters who sprayed the planes have been charged with criminal damage and entering a prohibited place. They have not been charged under terrorism legislation.

The UN has heavily criticised the UK for overreach and restrictions of the right to protest www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

UK: Palestine Action ban ‘disturbing’ misuse of UK counter-terrorism legislation, Türk warns

GENEVA – The UK Government’s decision to proscribe the ‘Palestine Action’ protest group under terrorism legislation raises serious concerns that counter-terrorism laws are being applied to conduct th...

www.ohchr.org

Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 4h

I didn't say that at all, as you can clearly see. I was being facetious about the security.

There is plenty of legislation to cover criminal damage, even if it costs millions.

How much do you think the suffragettes cost govt & businesses? How much did the greenham protests cost?

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents cosplaying as soldiers are assaulting and detaining veterans who served in actual combat

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 14h

FFS

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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John Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 1d

when i called emergency services after being stabbed, the person on the phone said 'sir, do you think you might be panicking?' which implies there are people who get stabbed by strangers on the street and are like 'oh well, tuesdays am i right?'

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 1d

honestly the thing about protein powder being loaded with dangerous levels of lead explains a ton about the collective mental breakdown of about 1/3 of our country

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson @lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social · 1d

The whole architecture of American law inherently distrusts the competence and good intentions of law enforcement -- and *that's a good thing.* -OS

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 14h

Monbiot argues that the proscription of PA is the most illiberal thing any govt has done in the last 30 years. Even the 80s Tory anti protest laws (like the 1986 public order act S5 & the 1994 public order act w the notorious "repetitive beats") weren't such notable threats to freedom of expression.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 15h

Ooohh, not a Milton scholar but want to see this anyway.

claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle.bsky.social · 1d

a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587).

the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.

A close-up image of a handwritten note in a sixteenth-century book. The note reads: 'Spenser repor / teth otherwise / [o]f this Knight / [D]ialogue of Ire- / [la]nd / [p]. 76.

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Kyle Gunderson @kylegunderson.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it's just me but if someone changed their "Department of Defense" to the "Department of War" I don't really think they should ever be considered for a Nobel Peace Prize because they really aren't into the idea of peace.