Lapsed New Yorker in Shakespeare's home town. I write and podcast about Apple, Scrivener, computer security, music, and photography.
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Kirk McElhearn
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The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning.
Two tier journalism
Took this video of a guy getting detained and a citation for putting his hand in the water an hour ago.
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amanda moore 🐢
Adam Bienkov
This. People have looked askance at me for years because I have portable AC units. Yet they all have heating to protect them from the cold. Most years, the AC gets used for about two weeks, but we’re already almost there and it only June.
People who give their kids iPads without headphones in sit-down restaurants ought to be hunted for sport.
UK PM decrying hatred of Muslims… on X, the site whose owner whips up hatred of Muslims
Kirk McElhearn
Happy summer solstice to all those who celebrate the coming heat wave in the UK.
I guess I should be glad that I’m 6 feet tall.
I find it quite disturbing, and a symptom of capitalism, that the UK government can’t do anything without worrying about the reactions of the “bond market.“
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I see a few people saying “stop talking about the algae, there are bigger deals” and yeah sure, but the fact that the White House *thinks* the Reflecting Pool is a bigger deal than war or the economy makes it a big deal—and it is both metaphor AND embodiment of our whole squalid government now 👇
