Kulturkampf

[Alpacx]

Ken Jennings Bluesky update

[benji]

Jesse would know considering all his own chasing of trans women that Brianna Wu has evidence of but won't release to protect the dignity of the victims.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

[Alpacx]

Somebody's gunning for a US Supreme Court spot.

[DavidCroquet]

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…like unpackin this juicy gock out my pannies, terf!

[HaughtyFrank]

The plagiarism story continues

Now even the threats he received are put into question

https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2026/aug/01/playbooks-plagiarism-pigs-head-new-claims-surrounding-cambridge-professor-jason-arday

[HaughtyFrank]

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[Alpacx]

Now I know what Jordan Peterson is talking about when he mentions lobsters. 

The plagiarism story continues

Now even the threats he received are put into question

https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2026/aug/01/playbooks-plagiarism-pigs-head-new-claims-surrounding-cambridge-professor-jason-arday

When Arday was asked about his claims by the Guardian, he stood by them. “To be honest with you, I thought you’d just believe me,” he said. “Why would I lie?”

[DavidCroquet]

Somebody pass the butter!

[Nintex]

[Potato]

Somebody's gunning for a US Supreme Court spot.

Female author on female author violence. 

Very progressive. 

But Maguire writes trans characters, so that's ok.

[Potato]

I'm not watching his retarded bullshit, but please tell me he's not calling Halo, "the greatest franchise of all time"?

[Alpacx]

The only time watching an Asmongold clip is defensible is when he's talking about someone dumber than him (so... Hasan Piker).

A new Arday lie has hit the towers.

[HaughtyFrank]

When Arday was asked about his claims by the Guardian, he stood by them. “To be honest with you, I thought you’d just believe me,” he said. “Why would I lie?”

Okay, he might not be lying about the autism

[Potato]

The only time watching an Asmongold clip is defensible is when he's talking about someone dumber than him (so... Hasan Piker).

A new Arday lie has hit the towers.

Wrong, bitch. It's never defensible to watch a streamer. You should always kill yourself after watching so you can relieve your family of the shame.

[Polident]

I'm not watching his retarded bullshit, but please tell me he's not calling Halo, "the greatest franchise of all time"?

fwiw Halo was huge in the 2000s. If you’re of a certain age, it is formative franchise.

Somehow every major space sci fi franchise from Star Trek to Star Wars, Mass Effect to Halo, just went in the toilet. You may be thinking there’s Dune, but everybody sort of forgot they tried making a bene gesserit tv show.

[benji]

[benji]

[HaughtyFrank]

A fun moment for the sheer panic the opposition suddenly shows

[Alpacx]

A fun moment for the sheer panic the opposition suddenly shows

I love how the point of orders went something like "we're supposed to be like the House of Commons, props aren't allowed." "Palestinian flags were allowed a few debates ago"

[Besticus Maximus]

Lawrence fox is an absolute fuckwit, the worst part is he was married to billie piper

[Alpacx]

Yes, these bags smell and attract rats, but there is no guarantee that the dumpsters will fully alleviate either problem. Instead, they will introduce worse problems.

The bins will contribute to the sense of New York becoming more “sanitized” each day, where it is gentrified and perhaps physically cleaner but losing its character and history.

[HaughtyFrank]

[tweet]https://x.com/archpaper/status/2083285382834118949[tweet]

Yes, these bags smell and attract rats, but there is no guarantee that the dumpsters will fully alleviate either problem. Instead, they will introduce worse problems.

The bins will contribute to the sense of New York becoming more “sanitized” each day, where it is gentrified and perhaps physically cleaner but losing its character and history.

Your culture is trash and rats?

[Nintex]

and McDonalds 

[HaughtyFrank]

This is probably the better video



There is something to be said about Devs just putting stuff in a game because they think it's cool and not looking for the deeper meaning behind the Master Chief or something.

(Though not like Bungie didn't lose their way either)

[Besticus Maximus]

Sure halo sucks now but Asmongold was never good  

[Nintex]

I'm surprised how bad it actually is after watching the Dunkey video.

[HaughtyFrank]

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[benji]

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[HaughtyFrank]

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X, the everything app

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The spain immigration crisis sure is fun

People like Hasan Piker and Mehdi Hasan (what's the deal with Hasans) endlessly blaming Israel instead of Morocco. Then there's the Spanish prime minister who is mad at his EU colleagues and tells them that this has absolutely nothing to do with him declaring 1.2 million illegal immigrants to citizens last year. Don't you dare call that a pull factor

The increasingly isolated Sánchez hit back that his EU partners were responding in a “selfish” and “unlawful” manner to the sudden influx of some 50,000 unauthorized migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in North Africa.

While almost all those migrants have now returned to Morocco — and none crossed into the EU mainland — the 22 leaders raised “serious concern” over the threat to the EU’s frontier, and zeroed in on Sánchez’s move to grant legal status to up to 1.2 million unauthorized migrants as a “pull factor” that fueled the crisis.

https://www.politico.eu/article/ceuta-crisis-22-eu-leaders-letter-spain-pedro-sanchez-migration-policy/