The authoritarian takeover attempt is here: And their incompetence is seemingly the main hope we have of stopping it.

‘There were no warning signs’: what happens when your partner falls into the ‘manosphere’?: You suffer.

There’s only one way to fight the climate greenlash: appeal to the naysayers’ self-interest: ‘If green policy is going to survive the culture wars, it needs a new pitch - cleaner air, cheaper bills and healthier cities’.

Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard: Perhaps the letter with their ludicrous demands was sent only by accident (or perhaps they just didn’t expect the pushback?).

Harvard’s Decision to Resist Trump Is ‘of Momentous Significance’: ‘…rejecting the Trump administration’s demands on hiring, admissions and curriculum’

Inside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, Where Abrego Garcia Was Held

Barking at female staff and blocking doorways: Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools: ‘A rise in misogyny and racism is flooding UK schools as pupils ape the behaviour of figures such as Donald Trump and Andrew Tate after exposure through social media and online gaming, teachers have warned.’

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’

Young Men Voters May Be More Likely To Swing Back: ‘Net approval for Trump declined by 29 points among young men registered voters, a significantly bigger shift than any other demographic’.

A crack in the manosphere: Joe Rogan’s guests are revolting: Everyone has some limit, so I’d like to believe.

UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war: Special relationship becoming unspecial.

Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system: ‘Observations by the James Webb space telescope of a planet called K2-18 b appear to reveal the chemical fingerprints of two compounds that, on Earth, are only known to be produced by life.’

UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war

Legal definition of woman is based on biological sex, UK supreme court rules

Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins: People might regret using their actual email addresses.

Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media m: No thank you.

OpenAI is building a social network: More competition is better, but why is it always the torment nexus companies that want to do this?

OpenAI ships GPT-4.1 without a safety report: Self-regulation doesn’t work shocker.

She was chatting with friends in a Lyft. Then someone texted her what they said: Is your cab listening to you?

The rise of end times fascism: ‘…the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating.’

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads: Another American import we really don’t need.

‘Electoral wake-up call’: dozens of Labour MPs risk losing majorities over welfare cuts: ‘…almost 200 Labour MPs have a majority smaller than the number of recipients of personal independent payments in their constituencies’

Federal Workers Told to Remove Pronouns From Email Signatures After Trump Order

Trump White House Won’t Respond to Some Journalists Who Display Their Pronouns: ‘refusing to answer a straightforward request to explain the administration’s policies because of the formatting of an email signature is both a concerning and baffling choice’.

Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18”: ‘When print outlets bury one of the largest nationwide protests in recent memory, they’re not being neutral arbiters.’