@highroads
Engineer, science fiction fan. he / him Interests: nature, environment, photography, transportation, science. Let's put our heads together And start a new country up Up underneath the river bed We'll burn the river down
From ZDFheute: Nearly ten years after the Panama Papers, a former co-owner of law firm Mossack Fonseca, Christoph Zollinger, admitted through his lawyers to aiding and abetting tax evasion. He denies forming a criminal organization.
In my U.S. Civil Rights Movements class, we spend a lot of time thinking about historical memory. When movements get reduced to a few iconic leaders, the collective labor that made change possible disappears from view. It also obscures an important lesson: collective action is effective & difficult.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw says culture of misinformation fueled his primary loss: "The truth didn't matter" The fourth-term congressman, who lost decisively to state Rep. Steve Toth, said baseless attacks about his alleged insider trading and gun stances fueled the upset. BY GABBY BIRENBAUM MARCH 6, 2026, 4:25 P.M. CENTRAL REPUBLISH SHARE
"Fire hurts," complains arsonist
www.texastribune.org/2026/03/06/d...
Once again, the “sovereigntists” suffer from being strapped to the foreign policy of not one but two other powers.
In the second half of 2025, one man accounted for almost 40% of all money donated to political parties in the UK: a crypto-billionaire who lives in Thailand.
Britain desperately needs to rewrite its party funding rules.
observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...
Major Gowen from Fawlty Towers pulling a puzzled face
Germans now own the Daily Telegraph and Britain’s Eurovision entry is called “Eins zwei drei”
BP’s new CEO to take home £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor.
Daily pay > annual median pay of UK employee.
CEO pay at one company is a benchmark for another. Others will want more.
Govts, BOE, CBI and other neoliberals talk about wage inflation, but silence on fat-cattery.
“In my career, and to my surprise, I have learnt that success does not overcome bias. Women are doubted until they overdeliver. Women in leadership positions are doubted even beyond that.”
Great piece about being a senior woman in science.
I recognise all of this, sadly.
#AcademicSky
I'm not offened by how stupid they are*.
I am offended by how stupid they think everyone else is.
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* Ok maybe I'm a little offended by how stupid they are.
"regain its image as a fun place to shop for stylish clothing, housewares, beauty products and packaged food at affordable prices" lmao is this sponcon?
the journalism way to write that would have been "improve its image after destroying its brand by pandering to Donald Trump."
Kristi Noem Leaving On A Sex Plane
Jellyfish have survived all 5 mass extinctions which goes to show the best way to succeed in this world is to not have a brain or heart
‘British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government “just in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’
No notes.
as.ft.com/r/65cf2b43-6...
It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.
Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.
Mark Zuckerberg presenting his Pervert Glasses for perverts
I'm not sure about this branding but I'm not the billionaire business genius
Glad people are settling on the term "pervert glasses". Bonus points if you also say it while posting a picture of Mark Zuckerberg or call them Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses.
Well done, Donald Trump, for finding a way to hurt Ukraine and bolster the struggling Russian economy by attacking Iran, you colossal plum.
Corporate Welfare
Rolls-Royce boss defends state aid bid for new engine despite record profits and £9bn share buyback.
Corporate bosses attack benefits for the needy and decent wages for workers but want free money.
No free money for any corporation without equity stake.
archive.ph/oBO3x
a less affluent suburb of manchester just elected a plumber & those who insist we listen to the working class are furious
turns out it doesn't count if you're pro-trans & pro-immigration
Plaque with swallow (Late Period - Hellenistic Period (400-30 BCE)) Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
Plaque with swallow (Late Period - Hellenistic Period (400-30 BCE))
Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
See how Nigel Farage skips straight from Nathan Gill being in UKIP to Nathan Gill being in Reform UK?
Not a word about Nathan Gill joining the Brexit Party and being a Brexit Party MEP and GE2019 candidate before getting 10 years in prison for accepting bribes to promote pro-Russian narratives.
if people are using classified information to place bets, then theoretically others can analyze betting behavior to find signals that reveal classified information.
A paper owned by millionaire hereditary lord who lives in Monaco and pays no UK tax.
6/9. Trump and allies rewarded the Iranians and the Russians and the Chinese by punishing the US researchers who discovered all this and abolishing the agencies that tracked it.
They used hand painted cell animation and classic techniques like backlighting for this video and it looks BEAUTIFUL
youtu.be/ucRulNQsuYQ?...
our government combines the impulse control of pete hegseth, the intellectual rigor of rfk jr, and the attention span of donald trump with elon musk’s signature sense of humor
This is so incredible and the process is part of the story. I think this will be important for future animation projects aswell. What story is there to tell with AI if you just pushed a button? None.
You gotta watch The Gorillaz short its a light in the darkness:
youtu.be/ucRulNQsuYQ
