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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

new toon: morning briefing www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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Morning briefing

A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow.

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Dr Miranda Fay Thomas (they/she) @drmirandafay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Absolutely delighted to say that I’ve just signed a contract with Cambridge University Press to write a new short book (Element) in their Shakespeare Performance series. PERFORMING CALIBAN will explore how this character has been portrayed in UK theatres. I can’t wait to share it with you all.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Jacob Lawrence was born on this day 109 years ago.

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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Labour Day weekend is the Sunday evening of the calendar year.

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Doctor Crispin @doctorcrispin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wordle 1,903 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Today it’s Lake America, but tomorrow the propaganda coming from south of the border could be both more serious and insidious, and the actions of Google, Apple and other companies show plainly that they will not be on our side." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

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ANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies | TVO Today

The president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it?

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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The silk stocking slave owners the Americans revere as their Founding Fathers contrived a political system in which it is impossible to declare non-confidence in a government. Shame, that.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If he means it’s working to enact regime change he’s correct, he’s just confused about in which country

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Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Stanley Cursiter’s ‘Twilight’ (1914), National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Origin story of my book Stroll

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Actually, it shows Trump, yet again, that bullying us with illegal tariffs gets him whatever he wants.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I've met Dr Fauci and have two publications with him He has advised seven U.S. presidents across 50+ years of public service The man is a public health legend To see him being treated so badly is gutting

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

THE PRINCE - in Hollywood! Watch the full show now: www.dynasty.tv/products/the...

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Girl the reputational damage is coming from inside the house. Your damage is load bearing.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 27/07/2026

'Cat Among the Cushions' Sarah Bowman

painting of a black cat settled comfortably on an armchair with several pillows

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thank god there are no gender studies classes anymore otherwise we might be able to figure out what's going on here.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/07/2026

JK Rowling through her TERF organization, Beira's Place have sent Amnesty International a demand letter seeking a full retraction of their report, a public apology, and a bar to future criticism of gender critical groups as anti rights orgs. If they don't comply, they'll commence legal action.

The first page of a formal, typed legal letter dated 14 July 2026. It is addressed to the leadership of Amnesty International UK: Helen Horton (Chair, Amnesty International UK Section), Sandy Ruthven (Chair, Amnesty International UK Charitable Trust), and Kerry Moscogiuri (Chief Executive). The contact information and phone numbers in the top-right corner are redacted with a large black block, and a footer at the bottom is also blacked out.
The subject line reads: "BEIRA’S PLACE | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK PUBLICATION DATED 8 JULY 2026".
The body text states that the sender acts on behalf of Beira’s Place, a sexual violence support service for women in Edinburgh and the Lothians. It asserts the legal right under the Equality Act 2010 to provide single-sex services and references the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers to define "woman" by biological sex. The letter strongly objects to page 20 of a newly published Amnesty report titled "A growing threat; the anti-rights movement in the UK", which allegedly categorizes Beira's Place as an "anti-rights organization." The letter calls this categorization "grossly offensive and entirely without foundation."

The second page of the formal legal letter, maintaining the same clean, typed layout with a heavy black redaction block covering the footer at the bottom.
Under the heading "Defamation and Malicious Publications (Scotland) Act 2021", the text argues that labeling Beira's Place as "anti-rights" is defamatory and legally actionable. It claims the report has caused severe damage, including threatening correspondence and a 600% spike in hostile website traffic. The text notes that Beira's Place, with the support of its founder J.K. Rowling, will not allow its reputation to be tarnished.
Under the heading "Remedies", the letter lists legal demands to avoid litigation, including:
A permanent withdrawal of the Amnesty report and its methodology.
A public letter of apology on the homepage of Amnesty’s website, apologizing to Beira's Place, its staff, and service users, as well as acknowledging the protected belief that sex is real and immutable.

The final page of the typed legal letter, featuring a large black redaction box covering the signature block in the middle and another covering the footer at the bottom.
The page contains the conclusion of the legal demands, including a third remedy requiring Amnesty to commission an external investigation into how the report was published.
The letter warns that if Amnesty does not agree to these terms, counsel will be instructed to prepare for court action. It concludes with a note that J.K. Rowling, as founder of Beira's Place, will make a formal complaint to the Charity Commission or other appropriate regulator and supports other listed gender-critical organizations taking their own legal actions. It signs off with "Yours faithfully" before the blacked-out signature block.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On this day in 1902, Venice's famous Campanile collapsed into a pile of rubble, taking out the Logetta as well.

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic: 🎆 A Scarry and Busy, Busy Day at Washington DC's Freedom 250 Celebration - Brought to you by the Inner Hive, including long-time member Evan F. and new member Bev Ball. JOIN US TODAY at patreon.com/rubenbolling/membership - See it right here, folks:

Richard Scarry pastiche showing cute animals doing MAGA things at Washington DC's July 4th celebration

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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

White Pony Club

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The USA celebrates its 251st anniversary

Scene from Planet of the Apes where humans find the Statue of Liberty mostly buried in sand on a beach

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

they’re calling it the most friday thursday in history

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

hi, fake fascist monument expert here! this is not funny, they only do this when they’re in extreme distress

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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 02/07/2026

I believe this too. It’ll be a typical Six Flags fireworks show, followed by Trump posting in all caps that IT WAS THE MOST SPECTACULAR EVER IN HISTORY and billing taxpayers for 30 times the actual cost of the rockets 😐

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 25/06/2026

The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Trump promised an unconditional surrender in Iran. Today, he delivered on that promise.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

2 important things about today's column 1st, we need to talk about how insane it is that Elon Musk abused his X platform to whip up violent race riots in Belfast, and yet 3 days later becomes the world's 1st trillionaire. How is this real? 2nd, also important... www.inquirer.com/opinion/elon...

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PMinTO @pmi73.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Yes! - every time there is some event in Toronto it gets so overcrowded bc WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH EVENTS and public spaces/streets for the number of people who live here. Give people more places to have fun and get out! There needs to be multiple ped-streets and multiple festivals at the same time.

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Colman O'Sullivan @colmanos.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

On legitimising yet another pogrom.

Some prefer to step two degrees away from the above conclusion, blaming the violence not on one discrete crime, but rather on long-simmering discontent about “unfettered immigration”, to use the words offered by loyalist MP Jim Allister, in the wake of last year’s Ballymena riots. Such riots are appalling, the argument goes, but their anger reflects a legitimate concern; that immigration has simply gone too far.

Again, we risk demeaning ourselves by pointing out that rates of migration into Northern Ireland have never been connected to any rise in crime, and represent a tremendous benefit to the economy, from workers in hospitality and agri-business sectors to manufacturing and academia. Migrants are most beneficial in the health and care sectors, with 22 per cent of carers in the state coming from outside the UK and Ireland, without whom Tracey Reid, chief executive of the Northern Ireland Social Care Council, says the sector “could not survive”. Such statistics are, of course, broadly similar throughout the UK and Ireland, and were regarded as truisms until it became seemingly gauche for any prominent newspaper or politician to repeat them, in favour of contorting gymnastically to flatter the perceptions and prejudices of those who just hate migrants for entirely racist reasons. No matter how much they contribute to society, and no matter how few of them there are.

A compelling argument that this is the case can be found in the demographics of Northern Ireland itself. Its current population is just shy of two million. According to the most recent figures available, net migration in the state between 2001 and 2023 amounted to around 62,000 people, including less than 2,400 refugees in secure accommodation. Ballymena, which until this week had been the most prominent site of anti-immigrant violence in the state, sits in the Mid and East Antrim council area, which has seen fewer than 5,000 international migrants settle there this century. Only 3 per cent of Northern Ireland’s population belong to any ethnic minority at all.

For those of us who find the constant discussion of “the immigration problem” dehumanising and dishonest in any context, it’s revealing to see it deployed in places where immigration barely exists, not least for what it might suggest about such legitimate concerns everywhere else. We are left to presume that any number of non-white faces, no matter how few, is a salient enough horror for locals that their concerns become legitimised automatically. Even one, it would seem, is one too many.

Most confusing of all has been the near-total absence of any context regarding who, exactly, is committing all this violence. The reluctance among media outlets to specify that these pogroms are the work of far-right loyalist gangs is particularly odd, given that such groups are fond of signing their work. The LVF, and associated gangs, have for decades sprayed their tags on the houses of the people they burn out, whether Catholics, economic migrants or refugees. Even now their graffiti proudly adorns walls and estates, demanding they be reserved for “locals only”. I’m old enough to remember when the LVF attacked the specially modified home of a severely disabled child because his family was insufficiently Protestant. I’m old enough to remember it because it happened less than two years ago.

When loyalist gangs burned Catholic families out of their homes in past years, there were few stern and sombre pleas that we should understand the arsonists’ concerns. Nor was there a reflexive jolt to place such acts in a context the perpetrators themselves might have liked, perhaps by drawing direct links between their violent acts and the existence of alleged crimes committed by disconnected Catholics many miles away. That this same logic is no longer applied to vast acts of violence against dozens of non-white people of all nationalities in Belfast, purportedly due to the actions of a single man from Sudan, is as preposterous as it is repulsive.

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Context for Belfast riots

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

the exciting adventures of space commander trump www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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Space Commander Trump

A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow.

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 03/06/2026

eavesdropping on a couple of english lit academics in st. john, i overheard confirmation of what is surely going to be the biggest literary news story of the year

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Okay, for the next 30 days, I am listening to nothing but the blackest gayest music ever created. It's all midnight rainbows for the month of June. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6c...

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Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

YouTube video by SylvesterVEVO

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Maggie Serota @maggieserota.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

If I were an action hero, this is what I’d say to the bad guy before the kill shot.

Screenshot from the paywall on a Wired article that reads: “You’ve read your last free article.”

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 29/05/2026

3/ We need to help Cuba right now, even if it bothers Trump: Canada should send immediate humanitarian fuel aid, in as much quantity as we can quickly assemble. And we should be speaking out loudly on the international stage: US military action against Cuba is absolutely unacceptable!

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 19/05/2026

I don’t say this lightly but this piece about a French Ponzi scheme might be one of the best stories you read all year, with unbelievable twists and turns www.ft.com/content/56af...

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The rise and fall of the Madoff of manuscripts

Gérard Lhéritier lured investors by selling shares in literary treasures. When suspicions grew, he was exposed as the architect of a €1bn Ponzi scheme

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

lol it's driving me nuts not finding an explanation for this anywhere

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BAJA BLAST BLAINE @shrekromancer.gay · 06/05/2026

these 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 things they neither lift nor peel. I can't remember the last time I didn't give up and stab the damn thing to get it open without dealing with this bullshit

one of those fucking lift and peel container seals, with the stupid ass plastic tab made of the most slippery material known to man fucking kind. god just looking at it makes me mad. fuck these things to hades

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