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"Wellington City Council spokesperson Richard MacLean said "it would be nice if the people involved would just grow up and stop being dicks"." PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA RESPONSE OF THE YEAR

The biggest endorsement I can make for Bluesky is that replacing Twitter with this app on my phone probably improved my general mood when I’m on my phone by 20-25%. I know there are better reasons but it is what it is!

I posted a screenshot of the headline yesterday. Here's the entire Borowitz Report: www.borowitzreport.com/p/man-feared...

I strongly second Krugman's "letter to Europe." The EU should tell Trump to take his tariff and shove it. Hitting U.S. consumers with a huge tax increase is not smart policy, but as a reality TV show star, what does Trump know about economics? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...

Back before the Internet, we thought the reason for human stupidity was the lack of information options. I’ll put it this way: That wasn’t it.

If there's anyone at the New York Times who wants to actually cover politics, there's apparently an entirely new presidential administration in power now and it sounds like they're doing some crazy shit that might actually matter, unlike whatever the fuck this is?

Again, as these decisions were being made, the response from people of responsibility was “no one cares about starving kids in Africa or whatever.”

DB does it again. Paris to Budapest in a day to catch the late night train to Romania. DB reschedules the 2nd train of the day to arrive in Vienna 53 minutes later, killing the 55 minute connection. No full refund cos "under 1 hour". Here, have a voucher. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social @bahn.de

Thanks Microsoft Teams for that not-at-all-chilling message 😧

The difference just 4 years can make when land is released from overgrazing. Nothing was planted here: all these native trees, wildflowers, etc, came naturally, along with loads of butterflies, birds, + other animal life. THIS is how we reverse nature loss. #Rewilding 🌍

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

All the “price of eggs” voters are in my replies right now saying we “shouldn’t focus on rising prices.” You can’t make this shit up folks.

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A rare bit of good news in a world that is getting increasingly dark ...

💙💛 "Mom, don't worry, I ate, everything is fine": Zelensky addressed his mother on the occasion of International Mother's Day.

Interesting piece which reveals a lot of the tech bro ignorance of government: DOGEr comes in, expects to find lots of inefficiency, is at least willing to acknowledge he was wrong unlike the hard core ideologues.

I hope everyone understands that we are the baddies

Legend

Malnutrition and hunger are becoming increasingly prevalent in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s total blockade enters its third month.

Mark Warner on Republicans: "I do think we're getting close to them stepping up, but the problem is going to be, how much structural damage is going to be done before my Republican friends find their voice and voice publicly what they're already saying privately?"

Given that most, if not all MAGA merch is made in China, I'll be really curious to see what happens to their pricing and availability 😁

“We are breaking the bodies and minds of the children of Gaza. We are starving the children of Gaza. Because if we do nothing about it, we are complicit in what is happening before our eyes.” — Michael Ryan, WHO Emergencies Chief

My main takeaway from the Australian elections is we need to start running muppets

Canada, we’re with you! TRUMPISM IS REPUDIATED IN AUSTRALIA! #auspol

Perhaps a word with the photo editor is in order...

The man who has never accepted responsibility, apologized, or admitted a mistake in his entire life isn’t about to start now.

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

this is genuinely remarkable - www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happe...

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…

that single sentence is going to drive me insane

Governor Pritzker has officially run out of fvcks. More Democrats, scratch that, more AMERICANS need to follow suit.

You have been watching the greatest economic disaster strategy from an American President in history.