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Cynical autistic historian on technological, legal, & political history; focus on aviation. Politically center-left under EU standards. NAFO member. He/him
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Kneecap have responded to Sharon Osbourne, who is calling for the revocation of the band’s US visas over their Israel message at Coachella. “Her rant has so many holes in it that it hardly warrants a reply but she should listen to ‘War Pigs’ that was written by Black Sabbath (her husband).”

Variety quite literally considers it more “aggressive” to use the word “genocide” than to commit genocide. variety.com/2025/music/n...

Beautiful! You have no idea how the pro-genocide folk and chunks of Twitter are losing their damn minds over this. The far-right have no hold on the youth nor on events like Coachella.

It’s #WIPWednesday! 🧶 This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops. Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta. Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky

i have always admired and looked up to dickerson and this is a very good example of why

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.

#sinners

Jake Tapper: "One 60 Minutes source tells me, 'The lawsuit was baseless. Bill Owens wouldn't apologize. He wouldn't bend. He fought for the broadcast and for independent journalism and that cost him his job. It's shameful.'"

Resistance is NOT futile

“Perhaps we are in the downfall of the broken way. This was not built to last. Inequity , injustice is not built to last” - AOC @aoc.bsky.social

Que chingados con esta gente!!! There is no way this will end well considering they're already relating autism with diseases.

Uh fuck no???

They won’t fire Hegseth unless and until they can find someone equally suited to the project of destroying American institutions and endangering American lives.

🇨🇭🇪🇺 Switzerland’s Federal Department of Economic Affairs has joined the EU’s restrictions on eight Russian media outlets, - Radio Svoboda ❗️"Eight organizations have been added to Annex 25, and existing entries for 158 individuals and organizations in Annex 8."

Hegseth had booze on his mind at 8:30 this morning

This is who we are now?!

they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to April 22, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine 🔷 Yesterday 1,130 enemy, killed or wounded, including 118 UAVs and 26 artillery systems

Over 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement opposing the Trump administration's treatment of higher education institutions reut.rs/42Vhp3x

Something I have always been aware of but apparently some men less so - reading @jess-davies.Sky.social ‘s new book

Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool

The source for this claim was not legit but fuck it why not regurgitate kiwifarms shit like it's real

#Ukraine frees abducted #teacher after four years of torment in russian-occupied Donetsk Natalia Shylo was seized and imprisoned on fake ‘spying’ charges based on social media posts when she tried to visit her sick mother in occupied Horlivka khpg.org/en/1608814578

AOC: I was watching earlier today on TV, someone was saying, “Why are AOC and Bernie going to Idaho?” I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter

Folks who are citizens of other countries and are considering travel to the United States for a vacation or work or whatever: I strongly advise against it. You will not have protection from the illegal actions of this administration. It's not worth it. Don't roll the dice by traveling here.

There we go.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Who is going to do something? This is Kim Jong-Un shit.

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

They don’t care. They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family. They don’t care. They think it’s funny.

"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...

This video gives information about the M5.2 #earthquake near Julian, CA. 🧪 ⚒️ For the full video visit youtube.com/shorts/Msr3s...

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart wore a helmet bearing the signature of all living Formula 1 champions including Michael Schumacher as he drove one of his title-winning cars for charity at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.

BREAKING: Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.

BREAKING: Ecuador reelects President Daniel Noboa, a conservative millionaire with a divisive no-holds-barred crimefighting record.