A lot of people these days dismiss the world of espionage as fictional, as stories made in Hollywood for our entertainment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Spies have always been and still are, among us. I remember being constantly warned about the dangers of ‘loose lips’ while stationed in Germany during the cold war.
There’s been a resurgence of interest in OSINT lately. It’s easy to see why. Americans love spy thrillers.
🧵by Belingcat founder Eliot Higgins⏬

https://nitter.net/EliotHiggins/status/1596454164669906949#m

I am of the opinion that #MurdochGutterMedia is losing its teeth. It's a long-drawn rather than a quick pluck extraction, but in my opinion, it's happening.

Allegory: The animals, victorious, take over. Then the pigs post the “seven commandments of Animalism” including the tenet that “all animals are equal,” they opt out of hard labor and appropriate exclusively for themselves the comforts of the farmhouse. #AnimalFarm #AltRight

Gabor Maté describes the authentic self as (simplified by me) listening to yourself. Your gut instinct as it were. He illustrates with a description of a leopard who 'feels' her predator and acts accordingly.
My gut instinct told me that certain Twitter accounts were fake. I was reticent to follow but eventually joined the madding crowd as those accounts grew. Turns out... many of those accounts are now banned on other platforms because of spamming or inauthentic content. Always listen to self

Rest in peace and power #IreneCara who died today at the young age of 63. May her music and memory be a blessing to all those who love her. 💔

#QOTD

So this happened in September. I had heard he could be a little mean but no, he smiled, looked me right in the eye and said hello.
Meeting the one and only Bill Shatner checked off my bucket list.

With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

Fuck these fucking fuckers

Anti-abortion rights medical groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to overturn the government’s approval of abortion-inducing drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, potentially outlawing medication abortion as the pills have become increasingly important for abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
#abortion #roevwade #SCOTUS #abortthecourt

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/11/18/new-lawsuit-aims-to-revoke-fda-approval-of-abortion-drug/

Again I'll pin this.

(1) Abortion funds will finance women https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds...
(2) Long term and/or permanent birth control will always be available at planned parenthood, no matter what the law says: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
(3) The National Women's Health Network also ships critical reproductive health medications: https://nwhn.org/. We will never go back to unsafe, unsterile abortions because safe medication abortions are available.

McCarthy is such a snowflake.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-slam-kevin-mccarthy-vow-remove-committees-rcna58159

It's pretty fucked up how Margaret Atwood lived long enough to see the fictional dystonia nightmare she wrote about back in 1985 become a reality.

No, The Simpsons didn't predict anything.

We're all just living in that hyperbolic version of the world that the show used to lampoon in the 90's.

Conservatives only hate Sharia law because a white guy didn't come up with it.

And another thing, a lot of schools are criminally under funded, they don't have the money to arm every single teacher to the teeth.

Twitter's main userbase is going to Right Wing Incels and Porn Bots.

Please don’t let corporations in.

I tried using the iPad Air. I just can’t go back to 60fps screens after using the pro 🥹 #firstworldproblems

Kings Of Leon - Sex on Fire (Official Video)

https://youtu.be/RF0HhrwIwp0 via @YouTube

#cosomusic

I think I'm actually looking forward to tomorrow. Is that what it's like to actually like your job? 😂

(I liked my freelance work, but that was pretty much whenever I felt like it so Sunday nights felt the same as Friday nights.)