Brit in Oz. Writer, editor, musician, complimenter of dogs, defender of facts, daughter of lesbian farmers. Little patience with tossers. She/her
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A brief review of recent technical “errors” at Meta:
1. Restricting the Facebook pages of Brazilian president Lula who is in a runoff election against a Trump-favored candidate
2. Shutting down the pages of Albanians protesting Jared Kushner’s plans to build a luxury resort in the country
3. Rejecting ads for a documentary critical of Elon Musk
4. Shutting down the No Kings instagram page in the middle of a major anti-Trump protest
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prue: albo has created a toxic environment where people think it’s ok to run over their political opponents with their car
also prue: I want to run over my political opponent with my car
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Posting here, deeply appreciate the help I've gotten so far, I'll reply to individual donations tomorrow
ok well, I'll link prints below but I also have 15 dollars to my name if you'd like to help out considering I'm not going to be seeing any of that blue check cash ko-fi.com/grouponlobotomy
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Looks like what runners and cyclists feared could come true: Trump’s plans for a new golf course at East Potomac Park seem to eliminate the existing three-mile roads that circles the island. It’s a popular destination for running, riding, and driving access to Hains Point.
New: Trump says that East Potomac Golf Course will close on Nov 15 for the redesign by Tom Fazio.
“Restoration work will begin on the Fazio Design on November 15th, when the old Course will be closed to play. The new Course will be opened in approximately 15 months.”
This comes as there is a heated legal dispute right now about whether the government can redesign the course.
Depressing number of men on the left not getting that two things can be true at once: political interests can be blowing up a story for their own purposes AND a guy’s creepery (which afaik wasn’t egregious but still matters) was excused because his party was happy to ignore women
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So-called openpoll continuing to close off criticism, now blocking journalists. Well that's one way to stop people looking too closely at its One Nation connections.
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A trans woman died because of the UK’s new hospital ward policy forcing them men's wards. Joelle was only 27 — a musician, coder, and daughter. This is what happens when they care more about demagoguery, backwards views of sex, non-existent risk than people's well being.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Joelle's case dates to 2023 after a Conservative minister's ward announcement, not the Oct 2026 NHS biological-sex guidance. The Trans Legal Clinic page ties it to that earlier event.
translegalclinic.com/justice-for-jo…
bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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What kind of fuck ass country has multi generational school shooting survivor families
Mom who survived school shooting coaches son through Oregon attack: 'Please be as quiet as possible' trib.al/0dxoVCa
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Incase you missed it yesterday, an Israeli marketing firm used website ads to distribute spyware created by Israeli developer Candiru and all it took for it to infect people’s phone was visiting a website with the infected ads on it and then allowing the ad to load on the page.
There are potentially hundreds of millions of people with Israeli spyware on their phones right now and they have no clue.
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Guardian: "Labor and Coalition block bill that would ban incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth."
Looking at my local Tasmanian senator @polley_helen - you are a disgrace for not supporting this bill.
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Azerbaijan is denying girls the right to go to school. But not a peep from the West, since Azerbaijan is allied with Israel
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Gary Oldman giggling at farts dubbed into his movies, then laughing 'til the tears roll down his cheeks, may well be the happiest minute of your day!
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Okay, I'm breaking character here. This is not a satire post. My 2-year-old son is in a wheelchair that we can't fit into our car. We are not eligible to apply for a wheelchair accessible vehicle until he is three--and even then we would have to pay about £13,000 towards it (which we don't have).
The idea that disabled people get given free cars willy-nilly is bullshit. My son has to attend regular appointments at various locations. He has a team of specialists dedicated to helping him with an extremely rare neurological condition that means he needs around the clock supervision.
He can't even hold his own head up so a regular car seat is out of the question. He was using a baby seat, but he's outgrown that. It's really tough for us to get around because misinformation from pricks like Nigel influences public opinion. Does this seem right?
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When I voted against the proscription of Palestine Action, I and many others warned of the draconian consequences it would bring.
Since then, we’ve seen thousands arrested and criminalised simply for holding a sign.
And now this injustice against one of the finest writers of her generation.
An utterly disgraceful attack on freedom of expression.
This ban must be overturned.
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Totally insane levels of corruption and abuse of power are swirling all around us and my sense is that as angry as voters are about the cost of living they mostly are so awash in cynicism about politics that they don’t understand how egregious Trump is.
Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate-- then were told to lay off. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
