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A sad but true story.
Ms. Johnson’s fiancé left her at the altar.
According to legend, that’s why she was so mean.
I never got it.
As a shy child, nobody realized I needed glasses until fifth grade. Most teachers, including Ms. Johnson, thought I was an idiot.
I once gave a presentation about Queen Victoria using my poster as a shield.
Nobody could see or hear me. It was perfect.
Queen Victoria started the tradition of wearing a white wedding dress. I’m sure Ms. Johnson would have loved that detail if she could have heard me.
In March 1983, representatives from 55 councils across Britain met in Sheffield, brought together by an abhorrence to an injustice 6,000 miles away. For decades, settler colonialism — backed by successive British governments — had imposed a brutal system of racial domination on the indigenous population, driving them from their homes, and forcing them into […]
It’s become impossible to swipe through social media apps without coming across examples of content presented as racialised dystopia. Framed for British consumption, these usually take on the same visually disorienting tone — a busy local high street, two or more racialised, sociolect-speaking protagonists, and a sprinkling of mild, often innocuous, chaos. Such dramatised scenes, […]
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I am at the airport in Melbourne (again). I’m sitting in the window eating one of those excellent boxes of kale, broccoli, beans, seeds, peas and a boiled egg that I am grateful are now available at airports. Next to me a father and daughter are observing the world – look at how that plane […]
My last post described my attempt to generate a report on housework using Deep Research, and the way it came to a crashing halt. Over the fold, I’ve given the summary from the last version before the crash. You can read the whole report here, bearing in mind that it’s only partly done. As I […]
MS-13 gang members told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed right-wing candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.” The post MS-13 and Trump Backed the Same Presidential Candidate in Honduras appeared first on The Intercept. I’ve long been interested in the topic of housework, as you can see from this CT post, which produced a long and unusually productive discussion thread [fn1]. The issue came up again in relation to the prospects for humanoid robots. It’s also at the edge of bunch of debates going on (mostly on Substack) about […]
Dollar privilege: everyone using the dollar for trade, and the US controlling the system that moves currency around the world is important. When it goes away, and it will in the next five years, I’d guess, the US will take a huge hit to its ability to command the world’s resources and will lose most […]
Australia’s creepiest freaks are tipped to bandy together and challenge the Government’s decision to ban under 16’s from social media, claiming it impinges on their rites. ”The Government can’t take this away from us, who will we chat with online?”... Read More ›
One of the reasons I hired a developer to fix the site is that, on top of the latency issues, emails were being treated as spam because the server was not set up correctly. (I’ve moved to another server company as a result.) Emails are now going out fine, and not bouncing as spam BUT […]
Once eschewed by the Pentagon, the “Jerusalem cross” has been co-opted by the far right — and embraced by Pete Hegseth. The post Official Propaganda for Caribbean Military Buildup Includes “Crusader Cross” appeared first on The Intercept. Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill. The post Congress Quietly Kills Military “Right to Repair,” Allowing Corporations to Cash In on Fixing Broken Products appeared first on The Intercept. “MAHA for airports: Trump officials pitch mini-gyms, more play areas.” - - - Hello, travelers. I’m the airport’s shiny new pull-up bar, and I’m ushering in a bold era of aviation wellness absolutely no one asked for. As my boys, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., explained at Reagan National recently, airports don’t actually need updated terminals or improved escalators. What they’re truly lacking is optics-driven body-suspension equipment, conspicuously wedged between a Shake Shack and a Hudson News for maximum showboating. In his latest broadside, amateur poet (and Health and Human Services Secretary) Robert F. Kennedy...
As the next financial crisis looms, Trump has ordered banking regulators to recite a “humility pledge.”
Both spirits and job security were high for the lobbyists at artificial intelligence startup Anthropic’s holiday party.
MintPress exposes how Stop The Hate UK, an Israel-aligned group, is driving efforts to intimidate journalists and pro-Palestine organizers. The post Stop The Hate UK: The Shadowy Israel-Aligned Group Targeting MintPress staff & anti-genocide organizers appeared first on MintPress News. |
