Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)

drsurekhadavies.bsky.social

16 August 2026 16:53

Wildfires across southern Europe. Legislators pushing for more data centres & less tech regulation are enabling this & other climate disasters. The general public doesn't need "genAI", better labelled as ecocide-plagiarism-IP-theft-surveillance-psychosis-enslavement-radioactive-waste machines. 1/

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

16 August 2026 02:59

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

ArtButMakeItSports

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20 July 2026 09:34

Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan

ArtButMakeItSports

artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social

15 July 2026 02:44

At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890

The Associated Press

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28 June 2026 04:22

Iran has been eliminated from the World Cup in heartbreaking fashion, narrowly failing to advance past the group stage in a politically charged tournament where the team played its matches amid tight restrictions imposed by the United States.