Northern Lass
@joderello.bsky.social
Watching America reelect Trump from the UK, is like watching your mate get back with an abusive ex, and then us tip toeing around him because we're worried he'll get angry and smash things up.
February 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Watching America reelect Trump from the UK, is like watching your mate get back with an abusive ex, and then us tip toeing around him because we're worried he'll get angry and smash things up.
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we finally did it boys. we got our own freedom fries 🥲
February 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
we finally did it boys. we got our own freedom fries 🥲
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"This Week in Democracy – Week 3: Shadow President Elon Musk in Full Control"
Check out Zeteo's new project to document, line by line, day by day, week-by-week, the attacks on democracy and a free press in this Trump second term.
All the authoritarianism laid out in 1 place!
Read/share/subscribe:
Check out Zeteo's new project to document, line by line, day by day, week-by-week, the attacks on democracy and a free press in this Trump second term.
All the authoritarianism laid out in 1 place!
Read/share/subscribe:
This Week in Democracy – Week 3: Shadow President Elon Musk in Full Control
Zeteo's new project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.
zeteo.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"This Week in Democracy – Week 3: Shadow President Elon Musk in Full Control"
Check out Zeteo's new project to document, line by line, day by day, week-by-week, the attacks on democracy and a free press in this Trump second term.
All the authoritarianism laid out in 1 place!
Read/share/subscribe:
Check out Zeteo's new project to document, line by line, day by day, week-by-week, the attacks on democracy and a free press in this Trump second term.
All the authoritarianism laid out in 1 place!
Read/share/subscribe:
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In my years of covering internet culture I’ve always tried to impress upon people that social media algorithms + audiences actively incentivize and reward behavior and people that are almost comically evil and stupid. Anyways now that culture is running the country
February 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In my years of covering internet culture I’ve always tried to impress upon people that social media algorithms + audiences actively incentivize and reward behavior and people that are almost comically evil and stupid. Anyways now that culture is running the country
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An incredible photo from Berlin this evening.
An estimated 100,000 have been on the streets in the German capital today to protest against the Far Right and fascism in Europe.
#Resist
(📸 Ricarda Lang)
An estimated 100,000 have been on the streets in the German capital today to protest against the Far Right and fascism in Europe.
#Resist
(📸 Ricarda Lang)
January 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
An incredible photo from Berlin this evening.
An estimated 100,000 have been on the streets in the German capital today to protest against the Far Right and fascism in Europe.
#Resist
(📸 Ricarda Lang)
An estimated 100,000 have been on the streets in the German capital today to protest against the Far Right and fascism in Europe.
#Resist
(📸 Ricarda Lang)
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Poor Elon Musk, he's accidentally spoken at an AfD rally which people are now going to deliberately misinterpret
January 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Poor Elon Musk, he's accidentally spoken at an AfD rally which people are now going to deliberately misinterpret
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Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people
January 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people
I've been inspired to set up a monthly donation. You can donate as little as £1 a month. Can you imagine if enough of us who can manage even a bit signed up, the message that sends back to the dissinfo bros?
Just made a donation to Wikipedia. I encourage you to do the same if you can
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
January 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I've been inspired to set up a monthly donation. You can donate as little as £1 a month. Can you imagine if enough of us who can manage even a bit signed up, the message that sends back to the dissinfo bros?
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Whoever dubbed this new US administration, the "Nerd Reich" was frankly a genius.
two men standing next to each other holding a computer monitor that says gamblers all star on it
ALT: two men standing next to each other holding a computer monitor that says gamblers all star on it
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Whoever dubbed this new US administration, the "Nerd Reich" was frankly a genius.
The mental gymnastics that the right wing press must be doing right now after Elon's Nazi salute will be incredible.
January 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The mental gymnastics that the right wing press must be doing right now after Elon's Nazi salute will be incredible.
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Me, losing to my intrusive thoughts: I’ll just check social media for thirty seconds, how bad could it be
*sees the Elon picture*
Me: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
*sees the Elon picture*
Me: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
January 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Me, losing to my intrusive thoughts: I’ll just check social media for thirty seconds, how bad could it be
*sees the Elon picture*
Me: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
*sees the Elon picture*
Me: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
I've just joined signal and encouraged a couple of group chats to migrate there. This feels like an efficient way to get people from WhatsApp to signal, move the group chat there for just group chats, then all of a sudden loads of mates are on there and it's a default.
January 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I've just joined signal and encouraged a couple of group chats to migrate there. This feels like an efficient way to get people from WhatsApp to signal, move the group chat there for just group chats, then all of a sudden loads of mates are on there and it's a default.
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Two of my favorite comments I've gotten from Chinese RedNote users during Q&A.
Q: "What do you think of Donald Trump?"
A: "I think America will be his 7th bankruptcy"
Q: "What do you think of Elon Musk?"
A: "If a person is not liked, not even by his own family, then he is a failure"
Q: "What do you think of Donald Trump?"
A: "I think America will be his 7th bankruptcy"
Q: "What do you think of Elon Musk?"
A: "If a person is not liked, not even by his own family, then he is a failure"
January 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Two of my favorite comments I've gotten from Chinese RedNote users during Q&A.
Q: "What do you think of Donald Trump?"
A: "I think America will be his 7th bankruptcy"
Q: "What do you think of Elon Musk?"
A: "If a person is not liked, not even by his own family, then he is a failure"
Q: "What do you think of Donald Trump?"
A: "I think America will be his 7th bankruptcy"
Q: "What do you think of Elon Musk?"
A: "If a person is not liked, not even by his own family, then he is a failure"
When can we start referring to the United States of America, as the United Oligarchy of America?
UOA! UOA!
UOA! UOA!
January 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When can we start referring to the United States of America, as the United Oligarchy of America?
UOA! UOA!
UOA! UOA!
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"It's now something that nobody else has. Elon Musk hasn't got a round egg has he?"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'One-in-a-billion' round egg discovered in Devon
Alison Greene says even Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, does not have a round egg.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"It's now something that nobody else has. Elon Musk hasn't got a round egg has he?"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
I've just discovered Google docs text to type (I know - late to the party) but can mumble down all my thoughts while I'm cleaning and then bang them into ChatGPT to write a blog for my website. What else is a luddite like me missing guys? I want all your mental load saving tips!
January 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I've just discovered Google docs text to type (I know - late to the party) but can mumble down all my thoughts while I'm cleaning and then bang them into ChatGPT to write a blog for my website. What else is a luddite like me missing guys? I want all your mental load saving tips!
I like this - world's biggest wealth hoarder definitely feels more fitting.
We’ve got to stop calling Elon Musk ‘the richest man in the world’. He is not.
He is the man who hoards the most wealth.
You are only rich if you are loved.
He is the man who hoards the most wealth.
You are only rich if you are loved.
January 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I like this - world's biggest wealth hoarder definitely feels more fitting.
I listened to @helenpidd.bsky.social and @oliverburkeman.com on this pod last week and immediately downloaded 4000 weeks to listen to. I hit a wall before Christmas feeling chronically overwhelmed and this book is seriously helping. Highly recommend.
I enjoyed talking to @oliverburkeman.com about the merits of half-arsing things - and how to take small steps towards being a happier, more generous and productive person in 2025 www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
How to have a perfectly imperfect 2025 – podcast
Instead of making grand new year’s resolutions, the smallest steps could lead to a more joyful life, says Oliver Burkeman
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I listened to @helenpidd.bsky.social and @oliverburkeman.com on this pod last week and immediately downloaded 4000 weeks to listen to. I hit a wall before Christmas feeling chronically overwhelmed and this book is seriously helping. Highly recommend.
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Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
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Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
January 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
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Absolute garbage of a headline - what just happened is that a bill to protect vulnerable young people was voted through www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tory bid to force national grooming gangs inquiry voted down by MPs
MPs rejected a Tory amendment calling for a grooming gang's inquiry by 253 votes.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Absolute garbage of a headline - what just happened is that a bill to protect vulnerable young people was voted through www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is who Elon Musk really is. Don’t buy a Tesla.
Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
TESLA = TRUMP
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is who Elon Musk really is. Don’t buy a Tesla.
Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...