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Silly psy cartoon for the weekend!

Romanian far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu does a Nazi salute as he leaves the prosecutors office following his detention. MAGA fascists are normalising explicit Nazi gestures across the world.

I won’t be surprised if the House Un-American Activities Committee is resurrected next. 🤬 www.thepinknews.com/2025/02/26/d...

This, from 2021, has aged like milk.

DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

WaPo, Page One. “She hoped for change, but not like this” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Comment on our local ham radio net on major issues at Death Valley National Park, due to massive loss of rangers. Not enough staff to keep bathrooms/facilities clean, because so many rangers have been fired. 🤢 #NPS #NationalParkService

Today's @usatoday.com front page First US death from measles in 10 years First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US All of this fully preventable

Martin Parr: The 1980s seaside snaps that sparked a controversy

A Brief History of Let’s Get Back to Teaching the Basics 🧵

This evening York is lit up to mark 100 years since our founder, Joseph Rowntree, died 🌃 Rowntree was a confectionery businessman, social reformer and philanthropist. Find out more about him and the centenary here: rowntreesociety.org.uk/joseph-rownt...

Wow. "The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard."

#Wholesome

After 1,000 National Park Service employees were abruptly fired on February 14, staff banded together to signal “dire distress” by draping an upside-down American flag from the 3,000-foot summit of Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan monolith.

stormzy clears things up

The grandmother in question is 7 years younger than Toby Young. And they were simply informing her that a complaint had been made.

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Ukraine resolution at the UN called Russia an aggressor and demands the full withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders. The United States, Israel, and Russia voted against it. Every free democratic country around the globe voted in favour. #EndImpunity

Acting Deputy Attorney General of the USA directing a bank to freeze assets no longer under federal control. Top prosecutor refuses to comply. She then resigns because she is not willing to fabricate a crime on behalf of the administration. USA: you're truly fucked. youtu.be/N-K7hcdKueA?...

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

They tried to cancel John Crace from covering the right-wing jamboree at ExCel but no one can stop him filing copy this good www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A List of Things Banned by Schools 🧵

Criminals are running amok inside our government and nothing will be done about it because—oh, that’s right!—America voted for a convicted criminal to be in charge of all federal law enforcement See how that works

This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.

Are you single today? Deceive people by walking around with a bunch of flowers. Then smack them repeatedly against a bus shelter to add intrigue.

In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server. Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

An opportunity missed...

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: So here’s how it’s going to go down—this is going to be very rough. But the big wake-up call is for our American friends. For example, Kentucky—the number one purchaser of Kentucky spirits in the world is Canada, and all our provinces have just pulled it off the shelves.

Earlier, in Post Office. Clerk: “How would you like to send your parcel?” Woman: “Through the post”.

We now have over 100,000+ followers on @bsky.app. Thank you all for preserving the memory of Auschwitz with us.

Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy’s letter to Senators setting the truth about her cousin RFK jr Straight He is truly unqualified in every way possible.

For all my Bluesky geeks... 😉😆😁

Today is Lerwick #uphellyaa and I thought I would share some of the incredible costumes from past years #Shetland

Well, I tried Deepseek. A lot more reliable than ChatGPT, but curiously can’t say anything about the Tienanmen Massacre, although it is happy to talk about other controversial Chinese issues.