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This is, objectively, a lethal deployment of "less lethal" weapons. The directions for the use of these weapons expressly tell folks NOT to do this.

submitted 5 hours ago • 11 comments

As always, fantastic essay by Devereaux. Everything's gold, but NB the correction of gibberish "general of the Felix legions"; firm statements re soc history of Rom army; link to K. Coleman interview (complete w screenwriter saying "historians have an agenda too"). ("Barbaren" good on equipment)

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

There is a "mobile sauna" down by the local beach these days. I'd never been in a sauna before. Certainly never been in one and then gone for a swim. In possibly unrelated news, I'm very tired tonight and feel weird in a vaguely pleasant way?

submitted 5 hours ago • 2 comments

Too many people have taken and run with this as "ha ha white sox fans knows about that" but I think we can discard the cynicism and talk about how this is all extremely good social guidance. And there was this part too!

submitted 10 hours ago • 8 comments

this means the life cycle carbon emissions from just one Rivian electric SUV are greater than ONE THOUSAND frog bikes

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

If anybody is wondering why the British especially are laughing so hard at the US Army "marching", this below is Monty Python being both extremely silly and taking the piss. Notice how much effort they've still put into getting it exactly right.

submitted 18 hours ago • 21 comments

What cowards these brave companies are, to be sure.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

A quarter of major US corporate backers pull out of Dublin Pride over Trump fears

submitted 11 hours ago • 5 comments

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

TIL that there is a company that provides helicopters to cherry orchard owners in America to fan the trees if the weather gets too hot. We are doomed.

submitted 16 hours ago • 9 comments

The other piece I would like to know more of is information. Some friends asked me the other day how my new book is doing; I get zero information about sales until my royalty statement, 45 days after the end of the quarter. I once tried to get that data a few days early to support an apt rental app+

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

You know, I've spent far more time in my life than I ever really wanted to trying to deal with wanting to peel off my own skin/run away from my own life/just fucking stop. What could I achieve, without needing to constantly work around that, I wonder.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Hey, @mordant.bsky.social, @mkhardywrites.com: your Gothic novel is pretty damn good. What are you doing next? (Seriously, lads, The Needfire is weird and compelling. Though maybe it's only weird to me because I'm not much for the gothic mode. Compelling af though.)

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

The violence referred to: 1. Someone driving into marchers in VA, 2. Someone driving into marchers in SF, 3. Threat to legislators planning to march in Austin, 4. Hours before, the assassination of the former MN speaker (a Dem), her husband, and shooting of a Dem state senator and his wife.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Today, fantasising about taking the ferry to Cherbourg, the train to Paris, and a night train to Milan followed by a night train to Bari and a ferry to Corfu. Minor alternate fantasy: from Milan, train to Palermo. Look, I've a bit of cabin fever, okay.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Referring to events in Ballymena as "disturbances" is a euphemism too far. We are witnesses to a pogrom. And it behoves us to say so, loud and clear. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

Pork Chop gotta be behind the camera. "Damn, human and dog are doin' stupid shit again. Lemme start recording."

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

More of this tone please 😏

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

When you think, oh, let’s watch a video to learn something, and then you um well you sure do learn something oh my god

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

We have lost all contact with our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, communications have been cut off. This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive". We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.

submitted 3 days ago • 35 comments

relooted is being made by a team of developers from numerous african countries, but only its white south african creative director was able to demo it to summer game fest attendees. this was most certainly not always the plan

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

The world is on fire along multiple vectors, yes, and I am keeping my eye on that, as well as working hard (writing) and living my ordinary life, and meanwhile, my latest novel released this week, which I'm incredibly excited about. It's like a constant state of whiplash.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

<endless screaming>>>>>>>

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Just so we are all clear This is the same camp that Ras J Baraka was arrested at and LaMonica McIver caught a FEDERAL charge for investigating because they did not believe the conditions were humane So the two Black legislators who actually did something ENTIRELY correct

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments