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David Meyer
Ah yes, I remember when Trotsky wrote about how Russian workers should be replaced by low wage immigrants from China so that strong Russian boys would have more time to play girls ice hockey.
It's right there in the manuscript.
It's right there in the manuscript.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com
Q: How do you define socialism personally?
JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
Way back when, I canvassed Twitter for similar tales.
My favourite, and one I still think about eight years later, was this.
My favourite, and one I still think about eight years later, was this.
Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social
Lookit. Deep down every Irish person wants to spin some yank a yarn that gets cited as fact in some factual text.
We told an Irish American girl that when the Muppets was released in Ireland, Kermit the Frog was called Dermot the Frog because Cromwell’s son was a Kermit.
We told an Irish American girl that when the Muppets was released in Ireland, Kermit the Frog was called Dermot the Frog because Cromwell’s son was a Kermit.
I have a chapter about the regulation of misinformation in a forthcoming book. The big question, unanswerable, is what to do when governments and social media companies both use and support misinformation as part of their very essence.
Amil Khan @londonstani.bsky.social
There’s been a whispered question circulating amongst the disinformation tracking community in recent months: “Has the US become a ‘state user of disinformation’ along the lines of Russia, China, Iran, Israel etc
That question is no longer being whispered:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
That question is no longer being whispered:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US pressure pushed some European governments to disown a Vilnius conference on disinformation, which had dared to ask if America itself was now warping European minds.
There is a rather wider minority for abolishing the Monarchy (about 1 in 5 to 1 in 4) than for the controversy of whether only white people can be English (1 in 10). It is weird the media classes are so rarely across how niche this 'controversy' is - about 1/4 Reform voters, but few others
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
‘Now we turn to the controversy that is what is it to be English?’ Nick Robinson says on radio 4 today before talking about Badenoch and Braverman
Couldn’t turn the dial quick enough
Couldn’t turn the dial quick enough
Remember all the way back in September when Jev ranked as the fastest-adopted new model, slashing token costs for a bunch of use cases?
Well, someone's coded up a fast open-source open-weight version that runs locally on your laptop and doesn't use a token.
github.com/Rizzo-AI-Aca...
Well, someone's coded up a fast open-source open-weight version that runs locally on your laptop and doesn't use a token.
github.com/Rizzo-AI-Aca...
Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source.
Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update.
getartcraft.com/apps
Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update.
getartcraft.com/apps
getartcraft.com
Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools
Thiel’s “useful idiot” line was his third attack on the American pope, aired the same day Axel Springer handed him its award in Berlin. JD Vance, who credits Thiel with reopening the door to his faith, said nothing.
Europe's great AI hope, Mistral, just dropped a new model - splendidly named Le Chonk - that it claims beats all other open models on cyber mistral.ai/news/mistral...
mistral.ai
Introducing Mistral Large 4 | Mistral
This is what you get with a bird that evolved to be huge and rock-eating
The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Contents of an ostrich’s stomach extracted after its death. Taken at the Zoological Society of London, ca. 1930: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/contents-of-an-ostrich-s-stomach-ca-1930
I'm sorry what www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
NEW
The morality tale of the Bayeux Tapestry
The story of the FAFO of Harold Godwinson
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7514...
The morality tale of the Bayeux Tapestry
The story of the FAFO of Harold Godwinson
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7514...
prospectmagazine.co.uk
What the Bayeux Tapestry is really about
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