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On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

ceo caught on video stealing a hat from a kid at a tennis match. ceo caught on video cheating on his wife at a coldplay concert. guys i’m starting to worry cameras make ceos turn evil

For god’s sake someone remind the bbc.

“The whole world left us alone to die” – one family clings to life in Gaza As Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel will ‘take control’ of all Gaza, we look at what his military campaign has done to ordinary people

This is one of the toughest articles we have published to date

“The whole world left us alone to die” – one family clings to life in Gaza

As Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel will ‘take control’ of all Gaza, we look at what his military campaign has done to ordinary people

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs

In Trumpland, ‘defending free speech’ means one thing: submission to the president | Rafael Behr By claiming that any regulation is censorship, the White House is bullying Britain to abandon online safety laws and digital taxes, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Column, on the spectacularly bad-faith/ideologically contorted White House demands the "free speech protection" be a factor in UK-US trade talks www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

By ‘noteworthy’, you mean, of course, ‘disgraceful’.

In conversation with Will Hutton Will Hutton likens Trump’s tariffs to “mafiahood” in a powerful interview on politics, fairness, and the future

In conversation with Will Hutton

“You mustn’t believe that capitalism is magic…it does produce wealth, it does produce innovation…but it has a propensity to inequality, a propensity to monopoly, a propensity to oppress and exclude…”

@northeastbylines.co.uk

Effective altruist who supports the tariffs because they reduce shrimp imports and therefore shrimp suffering

Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery WASHINGTON—Lambasting the current program as wasteful, bloated, and entirely unnecessary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for steep cuts Monday to the number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous recovery model. “We must cut through the red tape bogging down what could be a far more efficient AA,” said Hegseth, who slammed the 12-step program as […]

Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
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'The Anti-Democratic Tyranny of the Office For Budget Responsibility' A decades-long trend of outsourcing democratic decisions to unaccountable institutions like the OBR is leading Britain towards ruin, argues Neal Lawson

🔴‘The Anti-Democratic Tyranny of the Office For Budget Responsibility’

A decades-long trend of outsourcing democratic decisions to unaccountable institutions like the OBR is leading Britain towards ruin, argues Neal Lawson

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To Build a Better Democracy, Start by Rethinking Your Relationship to the Internet | TechPolicy.Press Ivan Sigal writes that many of us, caught in the amnesia of our endless scrolling, seem to have forgotten that we control our attention.

Ivan Sigal writes that many of us, caught in the amnesia of our endless scrolling, seem to have forgotten that we control our attention. But if enough of us act, he says, we will create the demand signal that builders of technologies that privilege human agency need to validate their work.

The amazing part of this is that it’s exactly as logical as the stupid fucking basilisk in the first place

Four panel cartoon panel 1: a biblically accurate angel appearing, saying "be not afraid" panel 2: a person labeled 'monster fucker' thinking "would." panel 3: the angel saying "..." (meaning: speechless) panel 4: the angel, with an angry center eye, saying "be more afraid"

I'm going to use this slimmest of excuses to post one of my favorite cartoons

SO to all my faerie smut girlies and monster fucker they / thems, we successfully stole the basilisk from the men

A screenshot of a social media post from the account "GET A GRIP" (@docrussjackson ), timestamped 1 day ago, with a blue checkmark. The post quotes a previous post by "Martha Kelly" (@MarthaKelly3 ), which reads: "Under capitalism, it’s normal to let children go hungry, let banks force people out of their homes, let sick people die for lack of access to healthcare. But the idea that billionaires could just be less rich – not poor, not struggling, just less rich, is considered insane." The quoted post is followed by a reply from "techsiren" (@techhsiren

Just less rich. That’s all we’re asking.

Vladimir Solovyov says Russia won't agree to a ceasefire YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov asserted that there will be no ceasefire and peace will happen only on Russia's terms. He mocked American politicians who pledged to stand with Ukraine, but now their support is nowhere to be seen.
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Simpsons "HA-HA"

Oh! She has! In at least one interview she talked about the briefings she's received on counter-intelligence. She has made music videos to click tracks instead of audio so it wouldn't leak.
Taylor Swift is a legitimate security expert like almost nobody in the world. She has to be. She's the target.

BREAKING: HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom. Protests are erupting across America to reject Musk's billionaire regime. This is how we beat fascism.

Mass direct action.

picture of a street sign ziptied to a pole that reads "Be a responsible citizen. Properly dispose of your dog's waste." There is a picture of a pile of poop and an arrow pointing to a Cybertruck. The sign goes on "Place it into the nearest Cybertruck. If you see Elon Musk, you may also deposit it directly into his mouth. CITY CODE ELNZ-A-DKHD. DEPT of @FOLAFIA, CITY OF NEW YORK"

NYC artists catching up to London now

What a different world we could have.

/2 My particular view is that we have a simultaneous surge of (1) classic anti-Semitism — hatred of Jews as Jews (2) reckless employment of classic anti-Semitic tropes in political discourse, and (3) bad-faith portrayal of all criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic. It’s a hideous mess.

The problem with the question is ambiguity of the term “antisemitism.” It is widely used in bad faith to describe opposition to policies of the government of Israel, or support of the Palestinians. That’s not to say it’s not real — it is, and it’s rampant.

War and no peace: Putin’s war with Ukraine threatens us all Ukraine is fighting Putin on behalf of us all, and the war is likely to last years. What sacrifices are we prepared to make to stop him?

As the US withdraws support from Ukraine, Andy Brown looks at the reasons that a win for Putin would endanger the whole continent of Europe.

The man on tape hitting his wife in public embraces accused rapists and human traffickers as corporate America throws money at them. Repulsive.

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt