@randahl Dyson can suck my balls. Actually, no they can't. Their terrible vacuum cleaners suck.

I think you can probably see where I'm going with this.

James Dyson wanted Brexit, and when it was delivered, he was so patriotic that he moved his headquarters to Singapore. The man is an arsehole.

@technopoliticsnews Yeah, this #DataViz is 1) excellent, and 2) exactly what I'd expect.

Sunset in Valdemarsvik, Sverige ~20:20

#Valdemarsvik #Sverige

@neil @SylvieLorxu any clues how to import from Google?

@Em0nM4stodon
Goes beyond the national plan.

Each organization needs to have a business continuity plan that includes all significant US- based services, devices, and platforms becoming suddenly unavailable or unreliable.

Every bank, hospital, and utility, for example needs to have a documented, tested, and practiced plan

❗️Russia has launched a fresh wave of sabotage against European arms factories, Western intelligence sources told The Telegraph. The Kremlin reportedly recruits local criminal gangs as proxies, including through intermediaries using messaging apps. Intelligence officials believe the attacks are calibrated to stay below NATO’s Article 5 threshold while testing how far Moscow can push the alliance without triggering a collective defense response. #NATO

hmm

@codinghorror
This is in fact my jam, especially resistance folk songs, and seeing as the only proper folk song on your list is by Pete Seeger, one of my least favorite folk artists, I had to recommend a few i like better. The first is by Pete's half sister, the second by the woman who wrote "Little Boxes," which Pete made famous. The other two are modern treasures.

Peggy Seeger, "I'm Gonna Be an Engineer"
Malvina Reynolds, "The Money Crop"
Carsie Blanton, "Rich People"
Jesse Welles, "United Health"

I could do a whole list just on folk and folk punk, but I'll restrain myself lol

@OpenStars very strange decision

My brain: "Stop. Stop fucking typing. Get out of that chair before our arm is a useless lump of meat again..."

Me: "Just... one... more... shitpost..."

Hit the Brakes: Attorney General Bonta Secures Early Win in Lawsuit Over Trump Administration Attempt to Obtain Commercial Driver Data https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/hit-brakes-attorney-general-bonta-secures-early-win-lawsuit-over-trump

Twitch And Amazon Hit With Lawsuit for Training AI With Streamers' Content https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/2127238/twitch-and-amazon-hit-with-lawsuit-for-training-ai-with-streamers-content?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

Hundreds of protesters marched in Stockholm, Sweden, in solidarity with Palestine and demanding an end to the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide

Breaking | Israeli occupation forces set fire to the northwestern outskirts of the town of Haddatha, in southern Lebanon.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Lebanon

@catsalad I also like eating oranges.

So, the suspicion that the Tangerine Tyrant might declare a state of emergency to pre-empt a Republican beating in the US midterms seems to have moved from the margins (and expressions of the idea here in a more sensible register, of course) to the mainstream.

Given how polarised between the MAGA crowd & the rest, the US has become, the next step is for the prediction of a civil war to hit mainstream commentators.

#USPol #Trump #democracy

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/trump-sowing-election-distrust

Fantastiskt — över 50 000 deltagare i den stora klimatdemonstrationen i Stockholm idag!

SAC Syndikalisterna var på plats i den gröna sektionen, under sina Joe Hill-fanor med texten "Sörj inte – organisera" på engelska, tillsammans med andra rättviseorganisationer.

@bagder what is the internet?

Over 50000 people marched in "The large climate demonstration" in central Stockholm today. The back of the crowd didn't even begin to move until two hours after the start of the march. After an additional two hours, the back of the crowd reached the final destination. By then, we had been standing or marching for about four and a half hours.

This is back to the amount of people marching in climate protests before the pandemic, or perhaps even more.

#climate #climateCrisis