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Racists are the real victims /s
Hours after refusing to apologize for a racist video posted to his Truth Social account, Trump hadn’t let go.
He spent last weekend complaining to allies about Republicans who had condemned the video depicting the Obamas as apes, questioning the lawmakers’ loyalty and vowing consequences.
He spent last weekend complaining to allies about Republicans who had condemned the video depicting the Obamas as apes, questioning the lawmakers’ loyalty and vowing consequences.
Trump privately lashes out at GOP lawmakers over racist video blowback, sources say
While President Donald Trump had critical words for Republicans who spoke out against him, he’s been less critical of the unnamed staffer whom the White House blamed for the debacle, telling reporters...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Racists are the real victims /s
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South Africa has yielded the oldest direct evidence of poisoned hunting weapons. The find pushes poison-based hunting deep into the Pleistocene and reveals sophisticated chemical knowledge, planning and tool use far earlier than previously documented. Ars Technica buff.ly/3ySienA
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These 60,000-year-old poison arrows are oldest yet found
Hunter-gatherers probably derived the poison from the milky bulb extract of a Boophone disticha plant.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
South Africa has yielded the oldest direct evidence of poisoned hunting weapons. The find pushes poison-based hunting deep into the Pleistocene and reveals sophisticated chemical knowledge, planning and tool use far earlier than previously documented. Ars Technica buff.ly/3ySienA
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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civil society and right groups orgs that often keep a tab on and organise campaigns against these evil corporations are overstretched and underfunded. this internal memo from Meta is insidious and sickening
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
civil society and right groups orgs that often keep a tab on and organise campaigns against these evil corporations are overstretched and underfunded. this internal memo from Meta is insidious and sickening
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NUDE ELON MUSK: The invisible clothes I'm wearing are a product of xAthleisure, which will roll out self-dressing outfits within two years at the latest
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
NUDE ELON MUSK: The invisible clothes I'm wearing are a product of xAthleisure, which will roll out self-dressing outfits within two years at the latest
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
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In the biggest rollback of physics policy yet, the Trump administration will repeal the finding that gravity keeps you stuck to the ground
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
In the biggest rollback of physics policy yet, the Trump administration will repeal the finding that gravity keeps you stuck to the ground
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Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning
It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Kudos to whoever it was at the @financialtimes.com who went with those air-quotes!
Jim Ratcliffe says he is ‘sorry’ for offending ‘some people’ with immigration remarks
Ineos founder has come under pressure to apologise for claim the UK was being ‘colonised’
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Kudos to whoever it was at the @financialtimes.com who went with those air-quotes!
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The spreadsheet on this clay tablet, which is almost 4,000 years old, is organised into columns for furrowed area, grain produced, land not sown, and the field’s name.
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The spreadsheet on this clay tablet, which is almost 4,000 years old, is organised into columns for furrowed area, grain produced, land not sown, and the field’s name.
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
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That about sums it up.
February 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
That about sums it up.
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Just to underscore:
Trans people, we aren't "issues".
Me, I'm not an "ideology".
I'm a human, like anyone else.
The only "ideology" here is those bigots who use such rhetoric in their effort to dehumanize trans people — because they want us gone.
Trans people, we aren't "issues".
Me, I'm not an "ideology".
I'm a human, like anyone else.
The only "ideology" here is those bigots who use such rhetoric in their effort to dehumanize trans people — because they want us gone.
Polling on trans issues is difficult to interpret. It becomes even more difficult when pollsters use politically charged terms like 'transgender ideology.'
Great new analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Great new analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
When Trans Issues Become ‘Ideology’ — Assigned
Two surveys of Americans, published just days apart, reveal the limitations and revelations of polling.
www.assignedmedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Just to underscore:
Trans people, we aren't "issues".
Me, I'm not an "ideology".
I'm a human, like anyone else.
The only "ideology" here is those bigots who use such rhetoric in their effort to dehumanize trans people — because they want us gone.
Trans people, we aren't "issues".
Me, I'm not an "ideology".
I'm a human, like anyone else.
The only "ideology" here is those bigots who use such rhetoric in their effort to dehumanize trans people — because they want us gone.
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Gda Galvin said Brett was wearing a high-vis jacket and helmet. It was a dry day, the road conditions were good and there were no obstructions.
Cyclist ‘convinced he would die’ after being driven over by SUV making illegal turn
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Cyclist ‘convinced he would die’ after being driven over by SUV making illegal turn
Rider ‘still tortured’ by sound of his breaking bones, court hears
www.irishtimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Gda Galvin said Brett was wearing a high-vis jacket and helmet. It was a dry day, the road conditions were good and there were no obstructions.
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Am torn about this chart - it shows that despite the always defeatists talk, Europe and the EU in particular have stepped up for their security.
However, it also shows that the level of support is still notably smaller, and in consequence Ukraine has suffered.
However, it also shows that the level of support is still notably smaller, and in consequence Ukraine has suffered.
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Am torn about this chart - it shows that despite the always defeatists talk, Europe and the EU in particular have stepped up for their security.
However, it also shows that the level of support is still notably smaller, and in consequence Ukraine has suffered.
However, it also shows that the level of support is still notably smaller, and in consequence Ukraine has suffered.
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I've never known anyone who was obsessed with immigration who wasn't an out and out loser and an absolute racist bigot.
I'm saying it because it's simply not said enough.
I'm saying it because it's simply not said enough.
February 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I've never known anyone who was obsessed with immigration who wasn't an out and out loser and an absolute racist bigot.
I'm saying it because it's simply not said enough.
I'm saying it because it's simply not said enough.
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At one point a media hysteria accused Tavistock risking to be sued by thousands.
Reality:
…8 complaints
……in 10 years
………for a clinic handling 12,000 users at any time
Yup.
Reality:
…8 complaints
……in 10 years
………for a clinic handling 12,000 users at any time
Yup.
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised | A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture | Marie Shrewsbury
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
At one point a media hysteria accused Tavistock risking to be sued by thousands.
Reality:
…8 complaints
……in 10 years
………for a clinic handling 12,000 users at any time
Yup.
Reality:
…8 complaints
……in 10 years
………for a clinic handling 12,000 users at any time
Yup.
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Create Your Own Luck*
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Create Your Own Luck*
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
Congratulations to Liam Donnelly and Tony Hayes, newly crowned O’Brien Booksellers of the Year. As custodians of Hodges Figgis they run an amazing bookshop. Well deserved winners. @theobrienpress.bsky.social @thebookseller.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Congratulations to Liam Donnelly and Tony Hayes, newly crowned O’Brien Booksellers of the Year. As custodians of Hodges Figgis they run an amazing bookshop. Well deserved winners. @theobrienpress.bsky.social @thebookseller.com
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Congratulations to Liam Donnelly and Tony Hayes of Hodges Figgis Bookshop, Dublin, who were named The O’Brien Press Booksellers of the Year 2026 at the Bookselling Ireland Conference in Waterford this evening!
@thebookseller.com
@thebookseller.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Congratulations to Liam Donnelly and Tony Hayes of Hodges Figgis Bookshop, Dublin, who were named The O’Brien Press Booksellers of the Year 2026 at the Bookselling Ireland Conference in Waterford this evening!
@thebookseller.com
@thebookseller.com
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Within two hours of subscribing to NatSocToday for the purposes of this investigation, the Substack algorithm directed the Guardian’s account to 21 other profiles featuring similar content.
Some of these accounts regularly share and like each other’s posts. Many have thousands of followers.
Some of these accounts regularly share and like each other’s posts. Many have thousands of followers.
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Within two hours of subscribing to NatSocToday for the purposes of this investigation, the Substack algorithm directed the Guardian’s account to 21 other profiles featuring similar content.
Some of these accounts regularly share and like each other’s posts. Many have thousands of followers.
Some of these accounts regularly share and like each other’s posts. Many have thousands of followers.
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