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Looking forward to #eurovision tonight (despite my Israel-based reservations), but have family stuff to do today. Visiting the Olds up north.

”Explain that to you mother.” The Irish #eurovision commentator after Finland’s entry…

The sand is fun. #eurovision

Is it just me, or are there significantly more strobes in this year's #eurovision ?

Latvia has strains of medieval chant. Love it! #eurovision

No Kings, in the US. #MontyPython

“The lesson of 1933 is you get out sooner rather than later.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/yale-canada-fascism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.9YG9.urnpUEc47S6O&smid=bs-share

Specifically the petition to ban conversion therapy practices is lacking enough votes from: - #germany (49.9%) - #sweden (49.96%) - #Netherlands (94%) - #austria (25.5%) - #Slovenia (83.14%) - #portugal (24.46%) If you're a citizen of these countries you can help advance a ban on conversion […]

The genius at work. Bigly.

The Times -On March 15, for the first time since it was founded during the Second World War, Voice of America went dark. Two months later, the broadcaster’s website still leads with news of that day as if time had stopped […]

For Silicon Valley, AI isn’t just about replacing some jobs. It’s about replacing all of them "...I recently found myself at a dinner in an upstairs room at a restaurant in San Francisco hosted by a venture capital firm. The after-dinner speaker was a tech veteran who, having sold his AI […]

worth reiterating that medicaid cuts are already here the administration abruptly stopped reimbursing hospitals at the beginning of the year. It threw my wife's nonprofit hospital employer into financial chaos, resulting in her entire team getting fired a month ago

Absence of wire service reporters from today’s Air Force One flight overseas“breaks with decades of precedent and limits access to critical information about the president’s actions abroad.” - National Press Club President Mike Balsamo […]

03:17. I should be asleep, but I've just woken up after a very vi vid dream in which I was vigorously exercising. My heart is racing and I can't get back to sleep. I'm still tired.

This.

brain-dead sheep…. https://ghost.report/2025/05/11/trump-2-0-the-end-of-america-because-of-the-american-people/

Salt Lake Tribune- Utah students make a film about WWII incarceration at Topaz, and find a link to Trump’s deportation policy. https://www.sltrib.com/amplify-utah/2025/05/11/topaz-film-by-u-utah-students/

'Rice Field' from the series 'The Scenic Places of Tokaido' - Utagawa Yoshitsuya, 1863. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe

we've reached the point of metal gear 1 sneak techniques working

Oof, am I happy that I went to school in a time when #AI was unusable for that, at least a lot more then it is now Must be so very frustrating seeing everyone fly by with AI when you're trying to actually learn something There really is a generation coming that only cares about some […]

May aliens come and rescue us from this mess. Or dolphins. https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/may/10/are-we-heading-for-another-world-war-or-has-it-already-started?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I made an image. Thought it was apt " #Trump admin is preparing to welcome the first group of white S African refugees to US as early as next week..despite admin's restrictions on refugee admissions from other parts of the world.. The assertion that minority […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

#introduction Hello! I'm a husband, father, and absent-minded spirit. Born an engineer, I’ve journeyed through electronics and computing to web dev, with a love for old things—railways, canals, and ancient builds. I volunteer as security at #CAMRA beer festivals across the UK; hard work, but […]

Happy Europe🇪🇺 Day https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/schuman-declaration/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20250508-europe-day-schuman-declaration-feature-story&utm_content=visual #EU #Europe #Europa #europatag #EuropeDay

In my day job, I work for a media company that focuses on the toy industry. Apropos of nothing, I decided to add the Mastodon plushie (aka #Plushtodon) to the latest products on our Toy Insider website. Please boost this so our editors will frustratingly tell me to stop trying to make Mastodon […]

I've probably said enough left leaning, anti orange Felon things here to be deported from the USA should I ever want to visit, or indeed transit through any airport. I wonder how long before they start going after overseas critics like Russia has done?

FFS #Trump Administration Fires #Librarian of #Congress Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first #AfricanAmerican & the first #woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats. #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #hate #racism #sexism #misogyny […]

I wonder how long before #trump is claiming he appointed the new pope, the best pope, by ordering the Vatican to choose an American pope.

Ok, I might stop after this one: The new Pope has a degree in mathematics from Villanova University. This guy doesn’t just understand sin. He understands cos.

Please note, #USA, I will never knowingly consume American beef, chicken, eggs or pork as I don't want to eat the growth hormones, and you have lower food standards than the UK.

So jealous of Canadians noticing what a shitshow far-right government is and actually deciding to show up and defeat it. It’s amazing what can be accomplished when people learn from past mistakes instead of repeating them.

Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a CDC letter #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol […]

More folks need to see this—and spread it. We’ll see more of these this year: “Somers, NY – In a shocking turn of events at a recent Republican town hall in Somers, New York, constituent social worker Emily Feiner from New York’s 17th Congressional District was […] [Original post on podvibes.co]

Miller and Vought are toxic. Here's one example, Miller time: ‪Steve Vladeck‬: Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the […]

I was asked by a 20 year younger friend how my internet was back then. I needed a moment but then I told her the story of an IRC channel and how we made the day for a young girl who happened to be on our IRC channel. Because this is what my internet was like back then and I wish sometimes it […]

I wonder if Americans have realised that Prince Harry's children, especially if Harry reconciles with the royal family, will be in the royal succession, and eligible to run for president. Is this some long game to make America British again? It looks like they need help. #maba

Of course the orange sociopath won't seek a third term. He will engineer things so that he has to reluctantly accept it. His ego won't take anything else. I hear that he wants to reopen Alcatraz. It would be ~~such a shame~~ hilarious if he ended up there.