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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

Funnily enough I'm revisiting Prison Break at the moment but I'm not counting in season 5 seeing as it was a shitty, cynical attempt to rekindle its viewers' interest after reaching a definitive conclusion, so in short, no.

🧵 Today’s news: Proton turned over payment info for a Stop Cop City account. Not good — it's state repression in action.

Controversial opinion: We don't think this means all activists should abandon Proton for docs/email.

It depends on your threat model. Let's explore.

(Long thread incoming 👇)

So is this one of those "If we offend everyone then nobody can be offended" things or

a brick with the number 3 on it sits on a table Alt: a head banging against a wall, forever

Nothing I like better than asking for help, detailing exactly what the problem is and what you've done to try fixing it yourself, only to be given a description of the problem rather than anything remotely approaching an actual answer.

LOVE IT

SO FUCKING MUCH

1 Inquiry for New York Times Good afternoon, My name is [REDACTED] and l am a reporter for the New York Times. I am researching how much money the Palestinian diaspora community has sent to support Gazan families since the war in Gaza began. Does your team track this figure? I really appreciate it. With gratitude, [REDACTED]

Palestine Diaspora Movement Hello [REDACTED] We do not collaborate with The New York Times. Your email asks about money sent to Gazan families "since the war in Gaza began." Let us first correct the premise. This is not a war. It is a genocide. Calling it a war is part of the problem. It obscures the reality of a colonized people being massacred by a military machine backed by the United States and defended, sanitized, and rhetorically softened by institutions like yours. The New York Times has spent far too long parroting Zionist propaganda and laundering Israeli state narratives while Palestinians bury their dead. That kind of coverage does not merely misinform. It helps create the political climate in which Palestinian slaughter becomes explainable, defensible, and forgettable. So no, we will not be sharing any figures, internal data, or community information with a paper that has so thoroughly damaged its credibility on Palestine. Quite frankly, we would rather chew jeans than help The New York Times extract from our community while continuing to fail it. Do not contact us again for this purpose, The Palestine Diaspora Movement Team

“Quite frankly, we would rather chew jeans than help The New York Times extract from our community while continuing to fail it”

lmaooo GET EM

Alan Cumming, Bowen Yang Help Launch Necessary Foundation to Support LGBTQ Filmmakers "There is, in this moment, enormous political pressure to delete queer people from American media, and that includes young filmmakers who are being shut out of the industry,” said executive director A...

Hello I am very excited about this

A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.

🎉 Live on Kickstarter! 🎉

We've Always Been Here: A multicultural art book celebrating queerness throughout history, with illustrations from over 50 incredible artists! 🌈

Get the book and limited edition merch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#ZineSky #Zines #LGBTQ #LGBTQArt #QueerArt

Microsoft Bans Term 'Microslop' From Official Discord Server Stop hurting Satya Nadella's feelings.

This might be my fault, lol

Microslop is upset

A meme of a summoning circle with the words "Catastrophic Gen Ai Bubble Collapse" in the center.

One day this stupid thing will work.

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

Blade of Miquella: An Apparel Collection A small collection of apparel themed around Malenia from Elden Ring. Tote bags, T-shirts, Hoodies and more to unlock with stretch goals 1046 euros raised by 15 backers with 71 hours left. Image shows a hoodie and behind it is the Malenia artwork that is featured on the hoodie

The hourly countdown has begun, and there are only 71 hours left to help me get some phone charms made as a stretch goal on my Kickstarter!
#EldenRing #Art

the people of manchester have spoken: britain demands trans rights and drug liberalisation

Played the first section of RE9 - pretty good so far!

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

Let's all take a moment to think about what a terrible night Nigel Farage is having

every nonbinary bish wants - to kiss a cryptid (featuring mothman) - an and to "men and women" (featuring bob the drag queen) - a creepy familiar (featuring black phillip) - a quiet place to lurk in peace (featuring a candle-lit library) - the perfect leather jacket and boots - to shapeshift (featuring werewolf ginger from ginger snaps)

✨️ super extra tired of seeing gendered memes so i made one for the genderless ✨️

The first teaser for Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is here 👀

Starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. In theaters August 7.

Preorders for QUEER TASTES are now live via From Beyond Press 🖤

frombeyondpress.com/books/queer-...

This incredible speculative fiction anthology of Black authors is so close to their funding goal with 8 days to go! Let's help them get there for the amazing editors involved, and the lineup of authors so far, and those to come as well!

a man in a suit and tie looks at his watch Alt: a GIF from Twin Peaks the videogame

Happy Twin Peaks day

The sad Oompah Loompah.

Happy Willy Wonka Experience Anniversary to all who are celebrating.

a digital collage with a pink, purple, green, yellow, and teal gradient overlaid on all the images. the images include a horse carrying a bucket, a cluster of mushrooms, a grub, a birds talon, a cicada, five spiders, two flower buds, a hand with an eye over the back of it, and a microscope slide of atoms. there is white text that reads "get weirder or die miserable." the background is black and there is a slightly grainy texture

get weirder 🫵

Regulate platforms, not children – Commissioner urges caution over social media bans - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int Strasbourg 23 February 2026

Several European countries are considering social media bans for children. We must regulate platforms, not children.
I urge caution:
✅ Focus on "safety by design"
✅ Demand algorithmic transparency
✅ Enforce the #DSA & #HumanRights standards

Read my Shout Out👇
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

Ryan Coogler’s X-FILES Reboot Finds Its Star & A New Streaming Home Three years after it was announced, we finally have a concrete update on Ryan Coogler's reboot of THE X-FILES. Find out what we know here.

Three years after it was announced, we finally have a concrete update on Ryan Coogler's reboot of THE X-FILES. Find out what we know here.

Fuck yeah, Mandelson got arrested, now get the rest of them.

*Kier Starmer, watching the same news* "I wonder if it's time to consider letting him back into the Labour party again"

Congrats!

Good stuff!

Nice one!