Anathema Device @anathema_device@wonkodon.com

Fox News opened up its 7pm and 8pm blocks with coverage of the “antifa poster”. This was the first time the supposed poster was actually included in news coverage, but still no info about where it came from or how it was verified.

A brief glimpse at the “antifa poster” — with instructions to “bring rocks, heavy objects, pipes, etc” — makes it clear that it’s fake. They manufactured an entire news cycle based on a fake antifa poster. But that’s just the beginning! 3/

Before the Tyre Nichols video was even released, right-wing media had already launched a disinformation campaign surrounding a supposed “antifa poster” calling on protesters to “burn it all down.” The claim stems from a Daily Mail article, which didn’t report where it obtained the alleged “antifa poster,” nor did it show any proof of its existence. 1/

I just leave this charming little piece for #Caturday: a terracotta figurine of a #cat playing the harp.

From #Egypt, #Roman period, late 1st century AD.

On display at Museum August Kestner, Hannover.

Have a lovely #weekend!

#weekendvibes

Today’s #muesli or #granola was a success! I’m very satisfied with the result. The jar is an old instant coffee jar, about a 3 litre size (originally held 500 g of fairly bad instant coffee). Recipe here https://www.recipetineats.com/homemade-granola-muesli/

At the protests in Los Angeles tonight, there were multiple stringers with professional camera rigs acting aggressively, shoving people, getting in people's personal space, and trying to provoke fights. After the protests disbanded, at least three of these stringers were seen huddling with LAPD.

Hey everyone, @kathryntewson is back with *another* spectacular blog post about DoNotPay. After telling DoNotPay's CEO that she didn't violate its terms of service... he disappeared... and changed the terms of service to say you are no longer allowed to "test" DoNotPay with inauthentic legal issues. Really. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/27/ai-lawyer-has-a-sad-bans-people-from-testing-its-lawyering-after-being-mocked/

Asking women and femmes to stop letting this nonsense continue. We have to build expectations that men should live in clean spaces with basic hygiene because whyyyyy is this not a thing??? Cishet men need to stop wallowing in filth and calling it masculinity 😩

Good Morning Tootlescoots! A quiet day planned after yesterday’s festivities, and before our little road trip tomorrow. I’m also going to try and re-do my hair curly (just scrunching, no curlers).

Today’s pic is of native brachyscome daisies along a path edge at Dad’s. I just love their colour!

Chaos and controversy in the lab! A trainee posted this photo comparing imaging types using a banana as a reference and mayhem ensued:

Does MRI-banana have a spine? Did x-ray banana drink barium for its imaging suggesting it has intestines?

If bananas can have spines and intestines in this scenario, then why does the banana not have a brain for an f-RMI? (A question raised by #neuroscience colleagues)

Alan Cumming has given back his OBE, expressing concern over its links to what he describes as the "toxicity" of the British Empire. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
https://news.sky.com/story/alan-cumming-gives-back-obe-over-links-to-toxic-british-empire-12796667?s=09

Today's dumbest, most annoying story is that telco lobbyists have successfully fed a completely bullshit story to right wing rags about how Gigi Sohn supports "sex trafficking" because she's on EFF's board, and EFF is (correctly) against FOSTA (which a court is likely to declare unconstitutional) https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/27/new-dumb-attack-against-gigi-sohn-tries-to-shame-her-for-being-on-the-effs-board/

From the men's bathroom at North Street Standard in #Bedminster #Bristol #UK #Art

For 18 months, too many have accepted #COVID19 hopeium, as fact, leading to the abandonment of masks, distancing, testing, and other activities to stem COVID. And because of that unfounded hope, the virus has transmitted widely and mutated rapidly. It was our hope that doomed us to high levels of disability and greater risks of more dangerous variants. If we'd demanded reasonable hope instead of unfounded hopeium, the world would today be a safer (and ironically, more hopeful) place!

Gimli has settled in for the morning. I hope he has some good suggestions for my meetings.

#Gimli #LOTRcats #cat #catsofmastodon

“Comparing the incidence rates in the COVID-19 and matched control groups, we found a 42.63% higher likelihood of acquiring autoimmunity for patients who had suffered from #COVID19.” Those with COVID had higher risks of:

Rheumatoid arthritis 42%
Diabetes Type 1 with Insulin 25%
Multiple sclerosis 20%
Celiac disease 55%
Guillain–Barré syndrome 114%
Hashimoto thyroiditis 42%
Graves' disease 41%
Ulcerative colitis 30%

Be safe. COVID isn't just the flu. #WearAMask

He seems to have forgotten that everyone else on the planet had to deal with these, too. It's just they didn't impose economic sanctions on themselves and destroy their international reputation for the sake of a bit of dick-swinging. Twat.
"The UK has been dealing with 'economic headwinds caused by a decade of black swan events', Hunt says – a financial crisis, an international energy crisis" (GPLB)
#UKPolitics #BrexitBrokeBritain #EnoughIsEnough #TaxTheRich #FuckTheTories

@anathema_device I still have an air of disbelief when I watch it all unfold, I really do, just never seen the likes of blatent corruption and incompetence in a government, it really is like watching some comedy show. Growing up I remember days if a prominent politician had an affair or caught speeding, they were out door, cos they were held to higher standards 🤷‍♀️