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I love to torture myself seeking fine-grained understanding of events over which I have no control.
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Good coverage in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage heckled at launch of Reform Jewish group
Jewish activists interrupt speech at synagogue and accuse party of paving way for persecution of other minorities
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Good coverage in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Court reverses funding cuts to organisations providing services for decades to about 26,000 people, mostly children, who would lose access to social workers and support services. (Veels geluk Sus, ek is baie verlig. @kraaibos ) groundup.org.za/article/cour...
Court reverses funding cuts for child care
Mahikeng judge ruled that nine non-profit organisations providing child protection services must have their funding restored within ten days
groundup.org.za
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Court reverses funding cuts to organisations providing services for decades to about 26,000 people, mostly children, who would lose access to social workers and support services. (Veels geluk Sus, ek is baie verlig. @kraaibos ) groundup.org.za/article/cour...
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What if next time you went home for a lovely homecooked meal you instead found a smorgasbord of cuisines from all around the world, featuring delicacies and treats from every culture and background, all laid out for you to enjoy? Let's see where your so-called "tolerance" is then!
Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
February 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
What if next time you went home for a lovely homecooked meal you instead found a smorgasbord of cuisines from all around the world, featuring delicacies and treats from every culture and background, all laid out for you to enjoy? Let's see where your so-called "tolerance" is then!
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11 February 1990
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 AM
11 February 1990
So no. They haven't cracked driverless cars. They've just exported drivers' jobs to the global South.
And no, it doesn't matter if they don't actually drive the cars full time. It means they can pay people even less. But clearly the AI is not capable or routinely managing driving on real roads.
And no, it doesn't matter if they don't actually drive the cars full time. It means they can pay people even less. But clearly the AI is not capable or routinely managing driving on real roads.
It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 AM
So no. They haven't cracked driverless cars. They've just exported drivers' jobs to the global South.
And no, it doesn't matter if they don't actually drive the cars full time. It means they can pay people even less. But clearly the AI is not capable or routinely managing driving on real roads.
And no, it doesn't matter if they don't actually drive the cars full time. It means they can pay people even less. But clearly the AI is not capable or routinely managing driving on real roads.
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I think this kind of reporting is important. Just because a state may be perceived as anti-LGBTQ - it still has Queer ppl.
I’m struck how ‘Queer’ is now so common. Up to the 70s it was usual for Gay men to describe themselves as Queer. Then it switched to Gay & Gay ppl to encompass everyone. [1]
I’m struck how ‘Queer’ is now so common. Up to the 70s it was usual for Gay men to describe themselves as Queer. Then it switched to Gay & Gay ppl to encompass everyone. [1]
Elska Magazine features intimate photographs of queer men in southern Balkans
The latest edition of the photography magazine Elska saw the team head to the southern Balkans and the city of Pristina.
gcn.ie
February 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I think this kind of reporting is important. Just because a state may be perceived as anti-LGBTQ - it still has Queer ppl.
I’m struck how ‘Queer’ is now so common. Up to the 70s it was usual for Gay men to describe themselves as Queer. Then it switched to Gay & Gay ppl to encompass everyone. [1]
I’m struck how ‘Queer’ is now so common. Up to the 70s it was usual for Gay men to describe themselves as Queer. Then it switched to Gay & Gay ppl to encompass everyone. [1]
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mRNA vaccine technology remains one of the greatest innovations in science that has happened in our live times. Nothing can change this fact and certainly not the FDA refusing to review a mRNA flu vaccine.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/h...
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s application for mRNA flu vaccine, company says | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said Tuesday, in another setback for the technology tha...
www.cnn.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 PM
mRNA vaccine technology remains one of the greatest innovations in science that has happened in our live times. Nothing can change this fact and certainly not the FDA refusing to review a mRNA flu vaccine.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/h...
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
Although it’s a clear sign that the US leadership is dumb enough to kill their own golden goose and has no secret strategy, their crippling of science will hurt the whole world.
Yes, other countries will take over leadership but the pace of knowledge will slow overall.
Yes, other countries will take over leadership but the pace of knowledge will slow overall.
I'm kind of depressed to see countries like Canada frame this as an opportunity. No one benefits from the collapse of US science. And you certainly don't benefit anyone by poaching a few big names while doing no other meaningful increased investment in your own research ecosystem.
February 11, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Although it’s a clear sign that the US leadership is dumb enough to kill their own golden goose and has no secret strategy, their crippling of science will hurt the whole world.
Yes, other countries will take over leadership but the pace of knowledge will slow overall.
Yes, other countries will take over leadership but the pace of knowledge will slow overall.
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I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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‘Tödlein’, Death as an archer.
Made from pear wood.
Dated to before 1519; artist: Hans Leinberger
www.khm.at/kunstwerke/t...
Made from pear wood.
Dated to before 1519; artist: Hans Leinberger
www.khm.at/kunstwerke/t...
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 AM
‘Tödlein’, Death as an archer.
Made from pear wood.
Dated to before 1519; artist: Hans Leinberger
www.khm.at/kunstwerke/t...
Made from pear wood.
Dated to before 1519; artist: Hans Leinberger
www.khm.at/kunstwerke/t...
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shooting up contraband cancer mRNA vaccine behind the Cyber Arby’s in 2034. the Ring camera on the Wells Fargo across the street recognizes my shape using LIDAR and releases an HHS sanctioned Bobby’s Bullet Buddy drone that shoots each of my nuts clean off one at a time
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
shooting up contraband cancer mRNA vaccine behind the Cyber Arby’s in 2034. the Ring camera on the Wells Fargo across the street recognizes my shape using LIDAR and releases an HHS sanctioned Bobby’s Bullet Buddy drone that shoots each of my nuts clean off one at a time
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Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it.
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
February 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it.
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
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i have a melon-sized hole in my bathroom tile awaiting repair, and whenever my cat is hungry/i'm ignoring her pleas for extra snac, she starts yelling into it like she's trying to alert my neighbors of the starvation situation
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
i have a melon-sized hole in my bathroom tile awaiting repair, and whenever my cat is hungry/i'm ignoring her pleas for extra snac, she starts yelling into it like she's trying to alert my neighbors of the starvation situation
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A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released
ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…
www.thenational.scot
February 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
While I'm skeeting about singing, IMO Sam Cooke is the greatest male singer in blues derived music ever. Because he could tear it up like you hear him doing live in Harlem when singing to a black audience but he could be silky smooth like Bing Crosby (but with more personality) on sweeter tunes.
February 10, 2026 at 9:05 AM
While I'm skeeting about singing, IMO Sam Cooke is the greatest male singer in blues derived music ever. Because he could tear it up like you hear him doing live in Harlem when singing to a black audience but he could be silky smooth like Bing Crosby (but with more personality) on sweeter tunes.
I just want to be able to effortlessly sing like Sam Cooke, Chris Robinson, and Etta James at will.
Is that too much to ask? How hard could it really be...
Is that too much to ask? How hard could it really be...
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I just want to be able to effortlessly sing like Sam Cooke, Chris Robinson, and Etta James at will.
Is that too much to ask? How hard could it really be...
Is that too much to ask? How hard could it really be...
Trying quite seriously to improve my #singing in the rock/blues/rnb style. I've got to say: I think this may be the most annoying instrument to practice at home. Worse than sax. Worse than drums.
I absolutely cannot practice most of it when my partner's home. Strangled cat noises drive her mental.
I absolutely cannot practice most of it when my partner's home. Strangled cat noises drive her mental.
February 10, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Trying quite seriously to improve my #singing in the rock/blues/rnb style. I've got to say: I think this may be the most annoying instrument to practice at home. Worse than sax. Worse than drums.
I absolutely cannot practice most of it when my partner's home. Strangled cat noises drive her mental.
I absolutely cannot practice most of it when my partner's home. Strangled cat noises drive her mental.
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1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it.
Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i...
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Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i...
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Is our Government Complicit in Genocide?
The Genocide Convention imposes obligations on states and individuals not just to punish the crime of genocide but to actively prevent it. Two years into the war in Gaza and over 20 months since th…
rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 AM
1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it.
Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i...
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Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i...
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Starmer came to office through deceit. This outcome was predictable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones
Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Starmer came to office through deceit. This outcome was predictable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%.
Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.
Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.
Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.
Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.
Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.
Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%
NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%.
Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.
Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.
Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.
Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.
Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.
Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.
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if ai was a cheat code for shit people would be shipping a shocking amount of new amazing stuff but they are NOT!!
February 10, 2026 at 3:28 AM
if ai was a cheat code for shit people would be shipping a shocking amount of new amazing stuff but they are NOT!!
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I love how in French there’s like 99+ ways to say “I don’t care” 😭😭😭 they got so creative with it
February 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I love how in French there’s like 99+ ways to say “I don’t care” 😭😭😭 they got so creative with it
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it's cool to see @avclub.com thriving again
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 AM
it's cool to see @avclub.com thriving again