Iran's government is more hardline, its people are poorer and more isolated, the region's on fire, and the global economy feels like its about to go into shock
If you want to know why people wanted to avoid war with Iran for so long, you're finding out in real time
Reminded of the best wrestling commentary line ever delivered by Matt Striker (of course): "Of all the things I have seen, that was the most recent"
musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68
actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67
Happy Gary Retrograde everyone!
The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman
I see NZ has supplied the latest edition of "American posters on Bsky don't realise other countries exist and have elections"
There’s an Indian journalist in Israel right now reporting in Hindi about how bomb shelters in Israel will allow even the pets of Jews in but will not open its doors to the Indian workers our shithole government sent in droves to make up for genocided Palestinian labor. Apartheid regime.
(Beartato and Reginald, in a museum, gaze upon the Mona Lisa) BEARTATO: There it is. The Mona Lisa. The most famous painting in history. REGINALD: Wow! What's it do? BEARTATO: It... what? REGINALD: Why's it famous? What's it do? (Beartato thinks.) BEARTATO: I don't know. REGINALD (to nearly museum employee): Excuse me! Sir? What's it do? EMPLOYEE: You're the first person to ask! Watch this! (The employee yanks a pull-string. Mona Lisa's eyes spin around and her mouth opens like a puppet) MONA LISA: Honk honk! Honk honk! (Everyone is delighted. This is true art.)
True Art
Fortunately we have had a many years ongoing priority to reduce transport inflation by having the mass movement of internal goods focused on rail fulled by renewable electricity.
(listens to earpiece) Oh No.
9 games that made me. I was always a PC gamer and went down a mainly real time and turn based strategy route
Made with my9games.com
Check this then to rub salt in the wound
Courage and conviction which is more than the entire spineless lot in National. By the way I see National cratered in the latest poll out today too. Seems Aotearoa is sick of them and Luxon as well
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
ACT is mad about the recommendation to ban nudifier apps, and I think that was my submission, so... sorry? Lol. I think that apps and websites whose primary purpose is to generate sexualised deepfakes without consent should be banned 🤷 #nzpol
When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
IT IS NOT THE JOB OF A PUBLIC BROADCASTER IN A DEMOCRACY TO REPORT THE NEWS IN A WAY THE GOVERNMENT LIKES. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOT OKAY FOR MINISTERS AND POLITICALLY-APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS TO DICATE INDIVIDUAL EDITORIAL DECISIONS. THIS SHOULD BE FUCKING OBVIOUS.
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
You know what you could do today instead of doomscrolling all day is go pick up a copy of Persepolis. It is stunningly good.
Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,
I have enjoyed our exchange of letters about which of our parties is best placed to stop Reform. Hannah Spencer MP and I trust that you agree that this question has now been resolved once and for all.
Thanks,
Zack Polanski
As a Jewish person, I’m not exaggerating that the far right want nothing more than absolute humiliation, dehumanizing, and death to all trans people.
This all-too-familiar sight is happening right in front of our eyes—and I’m not seeing nearly enough decrying and anger to feel remotely comfortable.
National party website screenshot: Labour’s blanket speed limit reductions must end 27 April 2023
Beehive press release screenshot: 28 September 2024 Government delivers sensible approach to speed limits Hon Simeon Brown
NZ Herald screenshot: Papakura student road patroller hit by car becomes fifth child run over since start of term Tom Rose Journalist·NZ Herald· 27 Feb, 2026 05:00 AM
Cause, effect.
National owns this by scrapping permanent speed reductions around schools.
hey this is legitimately terrifying and if you're not paying attention to this you need to be right now
Totally not of this government's making... #nzpol
This is what I need cis folks to understand.
It's been a decade.
Imagine living TEN FUCKING YEARS watching as a blatant, artificial campaign to erase your personhood, your identity and your safety chugs along, increasing in power every single day, and most people don't care or dismiss it
This case exposes a serious flaw in our anti-corruption regime: contracting out public services means corrupt people can't be prosecuted for bribery www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
they essentially promised him needed accommodations (editing, no mic) for his condition, and not only didn't follow through, but instead did the opposite. BBC stole the dignity of so many people that night and turned what should have been a celebration for everyone into hurt, shame, and pain
Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin. Even worse, it was his shout
Iran Worried U.S. Might Be Building 8,500th Nuclear Weapon
Iran Worried U.S. Might Be Building 8,500th Nuclear Weapon https://theonion.com/iran-worried-u-s-might-be-building-8-500th-nuclear-wea-1819573283/
Standing up for the smallest of minorities is important because when you accept the premise that one group are expendable because small or ‘insignificant’, you have accepted the idea of the expendability of human life in general, and the enemy will use your acquiescence to pick off yet more.
X is not a public square, it’s a private platform. If Nazis come to your bar, you punch them until they go away. But if the bar owner welcomes nazis and says “no I want them to stay” you find another bar.
THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
It was someone I follow looking for a fellow queer academic with experience in the interface of sociology/law/colonialism to blurb their book so I thought of you. But they did seem quite shy about asking people directly so I may have inadvertently put them on the spot. :/
Have you asked @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social? I think it might be in their area.
