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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

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

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!

submitted 10 days ago • 729 comments

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

submitted 10 days ago • 83 comments

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...

submitted 11 days ago • 19 comments

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.

submitted 14 days ago • 92 comments

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?

submitted 18 days ago • 159 comments

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

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

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

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 22 days ago • 231 comments

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 🌍

submitted 22 days ago • 30 comments

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...

submitted 22 days ago • 363 comments

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.

submitted 22 days ago • 123 comments

@jreinermd.bsky.social

submitted 23 days ago • 124 comments

Cool

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 24 days ago • 14 comments

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

submitted 26 days ago • 62 comments

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.

submitted 30 days ago • 110 comments

I hope everyone understands that we are the baddies

submitted 31 days ago • 353 comments

Legend

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 34 days ago • 73 comments

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?"

submitted 34 days ago • 808 comments

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 😁

submitted 33 days ago • 1957 comments

“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

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

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

submitted 34 days ago • 61 comments

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

submitted 35 days ago • 1336 comments

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

submitted 37 days ago • 7 comments

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

submitted 38 days ago • 2872 comments

“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

submitted 38 days ago • 778 comments

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

submitted 38 days ago • 22 comments

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…

submitted 39 days ago • 1024 comments

ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…

submitted 40 days ago • 656 comments

that single sentence is going to drive me insane

submitted 40 days ago • 463 comments

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

submitted 39 days ago • 66 comments