“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
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This women's group wanted to raise £1,000 to help the victims of last night's attacks in Belfast. It's already at £56,000.
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We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
chuffed.org
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
Book that my kids adored now feels to them both like an AI threat. Tech bros ruin everything.
Reminder! 🥲
I literally feel this photo thrilling through my nervous systems like the roll of a wave. Sigh.
Sea Lions On A Shirt
i have absolutely fucking had it with 100% of all of this shit. gambling websites, lies, cryptocurrency, rampant corruption, lies, deep fakes, lies, plagiarism, devaluation of expertise, lies, bile, abuse, violence, bombs, genocides, lies, plutocrats, oligarchs, and lies. fucking enough. rules time
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
thunk2much
Yeah, I just looked, and it says "paid partnership" at the bottom of that post. If Democrats take the House and/or Senate, they should subpoena these people immediately
Thor Benson
prediction markets doing press and paying people to make society trust they’re accurate, then giving someone the trump admin has hailed as a “journalist” a paid sponsorship post to cast doubt on elections is horrifying. prediction markets need to be made illegal immediately
James Hutson
James Hutson
This! About time someone really took Twiggy to task like this.
I've never been sucked into his corporate reputation laundering.
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2/ “We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers” explains the trap: these facilities require massive grid upgrades, but the financing can get socialized through rates, subsidies, and opaque agreements. The public carries risk while the upside benefits the billionaires. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN6B...
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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The awarding of a pitiful $150 million in compensation to the long-suffering Yindjibarndi people may be the apex moment in Twiggy’s life mission as a false prophet.
Of all the many interdimensional portals to be found in the British countryside, the 'Green-Lane-As-Tunnel-To-Paradise' type of interdimensional portal is definitely one of my favourites.
