Sophie Gilbert

Incredibly depressing chart lol. Barely moving the needle!

I get hangovers from extroversion now

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

The kids don't know about the Amanda Bynes poster hastily airbrushed to avoid implying she endorsed peace

Two photos. The first shows Catturd tweeting: Name one US inspired regime change that hasn't ended in absolute disaster The next tweet shows him posting an AI illustration of Khamenei turned into a pile of dust. It says "I'm eliminated."

Two tweets. The first shows Laura Loomer promoting her show, where she says "A message has been sent that we are not interested in going back to the way politics were prior to Donald Trump, prior to 2016. We don't want warhawks. We don't want any more Neocons. We want American First. Period. End of discussion." The next tweet says: Today is a great day. Our military is amazing. @PeteHegseth is an absolute killer. Now you see why the Deep State worked so hard against him. It’s great having a Sec War who has Infidel literally tattooed on his body. He actually gets it. God bless him.

Two tweets. The first shows Will Chamberlain tweeting: The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars. If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position. The next tweet shows him posting "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead." The tweet has a USA flag attached.

Two tweets. The first shows Gunther Eagleman tweeting: "Warmonger Lindsey Graham just rushed to Fox to advocate for U.S. involvement as soon as he could. He is also pushing for a US-backed regime change in Iran. I would like to renominate Graham to get a one-way ticket to the frontlines of every war he wants America involved in." There's an attached video of Graham speaking. The next shows Eagleman tweeting: UST IN! President Trump is HARD AT WORK all weekend after the massive strikes on Iran! He’s already on the phone with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte! Trump is a machine!" There's an attached video of a news segment about the war in Iran.

manufacturing consent through lowly paid influencers

Claims of 40 dead after an Israeli airstrike on a elementary girl’s school in Iran
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Meta Says It Cares About Kids. New Documents Tell a Different Story. For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes.

NEW: Documents viewed by @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @kait.bsky.social give a candid look at how Meta approaches the issue of child safety. For years, it dragged its feet on features that would help prevent groomers from targeting kids, explicitly prioritizing growth and engagement instead.

I recently discovered something that has markedly improved my experience of daily life: if you Google something and add “-ai” after the search term, it gives you search results without the AI overview

Kash Patel chugging beer.

Pete Hegseth chugging champagne.

FBI Director Kash Patel and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth establish a joint task force in the lead-up to war with Iran.

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see

"If society can’t stop it, it can show it disapproves." The tenor of how boys abuse girls online is so familiar but the tools have been turbocharged.
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❤️ thank you

Why the 'Wuthering Heights' Movie Is Infantilizing Everyone is 12 now, all the time.

And also about """"""Wuthering Heights""""""" and everyone being 12 www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

An Extraordinary Account of a Dangerous Marriage Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is an astonishingly honest look at her life with a man who did the unthinkable.

This week I wrote about Gisele Pelicot's extraordinary book and the problem of "shame must change sides": What happens when men don't feel it? www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

This was exactly how Caroline Pelicot (too rageful) and Gisele Pelicot (too calm) were criticized in court

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Pardoning drug lords but deporting sick little kids straight from the hospital really sums the whole thing up doesn’t it

My current obsession is the casting decisions that led to Leo Woodall, our most endearing lunk, playing a math genius, a piano prodigy, and an English professor in short order.

State Dept. orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications Pennsylvania Reps. Madeleine Dean and John Joyce have proposed bipartisan legislation that would allow nonprofit public libraries to continue to serve as passport acceptance.

The SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, mostly women

It requires ID that matches your birth certificate or passport

If you’ve had a name change, your birth certificate won’t match

The State Dept is banning libraries from processing passport applications

They don’t want certain people to vote

Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein

Imagine emailing JEFFREY EPSTEIN to complain that most men aren't interested in women their own age www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this

'Diziam para a nossa geração que sexo é poder’, diz autora de livro sobre cultura pop e feminismo na virada do milênio Em 'Garota sobre garota', britânica Sophie Gilbert analisa como produtos como Spice Girls e ‘Sex and the city' influenciaram as relações entre as mulheres millennials

Hoje no Globo a Talita Duvanel entrevistou a @sophiegilbert.bsky.social sobre o livro que traduzi para a @todavialivros.bsky.social

Babado para quem acompanhou a cultura pop nos últimos 30 anos. oglobo.globo.com/cultura/livr...

Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist

You Can’t Kill Swagger My old corner of The Washington Post raised some of the best journalists in the business.

"We laughed so hard that the New York Times staffers sitting in their office beyond a plywood wall would shush us—for which we would toss pencils at them." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286

What you did there was incredible. I'm so, so sorry.

This is horrible. The WaPo's Books section has a brilliant band of critics and editors and has developed a genuine identity in the book world. I'm heartbroken for a staff that has done such consistently great and dedicated work.