@fesshole most children’s shows and books irritated me so much with their stupid cutesy names and absurd storylines…that my kids weren’t allowed to watch them (they could watch the Simpsons or South Park because I thought they were funny). I used to read them adult fantasy like Lord of the Rings and some kids books like the long out of print 😿 What a Mess

Brilliant advice, which I don’t always follow…but should

Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/15/dont-argue-with-strangers-and-11-more-rules-to-survive-the-information-crisis

New phrase used by oldest to describe me “whirlwhim” 😂 (better than yesterday’s which was “squirrel on crack”). Where does he think he got his #ADHD from 😂

@QasimRashid this is an Australian satirical piece, but it captures it brilliantly

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/democrats-shocked-by-the-landslide-election-of-left-wing-candidate-offering-left-wing-policies-to-left-wing-voters/

Satire….but

“Mamdani has not been following the party line in the New York Mayoral race – instead he insists on offering left-wing positions and policies that most left-wing voters would expect from left-wing candidates.

Weirdly, this has resulted in a huge following of working class voters who don’t really feel too well looked after by the late-stage capitalism and relentless social cleansing that is ravaging the streets of New York”

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/democrats-shocked-by-the-landslide-election-of-left-wing-candidate-offering-left-wing-policies-to-left-wing-voters/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAN4gOFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR7Dd5KgWdGsYaGCXPD8WaP5jpWe_0G0VlD92Vn7f1590xSaTnQKI299KODEKw_aem_pQ2BfeLE1UiC9W0z1LJKiA

I love it! 😂

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/eight-famous-poems-rewritten-by-your-asshole-cat

This is probably my favourite song of the decade! Wow! #florenceandthemachine #musicbymen

https://youtu.be/Za6m4SPsbtU?si=d1wvoLz10YtXcoNU

This is my very very best favourite song of at least the decade. Wow! #florenceandthemachine #musicbymen

https://youtu.be/Za6m4SPsbtU?si=d1wvoLz10YtXcoNU

@jeffjarvis brilliant and extremely disturbing article, albeit also bizarre to me, in Australia

I begged Der Spiegel to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/trumps-crusaders-christian-nationalists-are-gaining-a-solid-foothold-in-washington-a-643ab80d-fd36-4b45-924a-20fcef6b2e03

Aaaaaaaaaah❤️

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-06/how-valerie-became-the-worlds-most-notorious-sausage-dog/105832548?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

No surprise. “The findings consistently showed that people who rated Trump’s presidency highly were more likely to score higher on malevolent personality traits like psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism. These individuals also scored lower on benevolent traits, such as humanism and a belief in the basic goodness of others.”

These facts about dark personalities seem too weird to be true but are backed by science https://www.psypost.org/these-facts-about-dark-personalities-seem-to-weird-too-be-true-but-are-backed-by-science/

“At MIT, I study the history and future of education technology, and I have never encountered an example of a school system – a country, state or municipality – that rapidly adopted a new digital technology and saw durable benefits for their students.”

What past education technology failures can teach us about the future of AI in schools https://theconversation.com/what-past-education-technology-failures-can-teach-us-about-the-future-of-ai-in-schools-265172

@vwbusguy lol I suck so badly at that game (definitely NOT gud, I’m still trying to beat Lace 😂), but it’s the most fun since I completed #eldenring

How generative AI is really changing education by outsourcing the production of knowledge to big tech https://theconversation.com/how-generative-ai-is-really-changing-education-by-outsourcing-the-production-of-knowledge-to-big-tech-263160

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”

- Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

#Silksong YAY I love it soooo much, been trying to find a game as addictive and fun as #eldenring …FINALLY! I know #nightreign is awesome but I don’t like co-op

Capitulation leads to more capitulation. We need corporations that will fight for democracy, and must BOYCOTT those who won’t.

#BoycottDisneyABC #FCC #Sinclair #Nexstar #BrendanCarr #ABC #Paramount #Disney #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #JimmyKimmel #USPol