Leeds former head teacher faces no charges following terrorism arrest for holding up a graphic from a satirical magazine.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9kdq84j3lo
It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡
"And Dardanos' child, #Ganymede, prince of Phrygia, the dear delight of Zeus' bed, dipped deep the bowl of gold [at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis], filling the cups for wine-offerings."
Euripides, Iphigenia …
Happy #AutisticPrideDay! ♾️💙
I’m proudly autistic, my brain works in its own unique way, full of different thoughts and feelings all at once. Being autistic is part of who I am, not something to fix. 🧠🧠
I’m also queer and genderfluid, and that’s just another part of my colorful identity. Some days I feel one way, some days another, and that’s okay. 🏳️🌈☂️
Neurodiver…
Hamburg police have understood what “defensive #democracy” means:
“Does flying the 🏳️🌈 flag violate the neutrality requirement? No! Our neutrality means political impartiality – but not neutrality in value. The flag represents values like diversity, tolerance & equality of rights, which are deeply embedded in our constitution.
Positioning ourselves against hate & discrimi…
To the genocide-loving German from mastodon.social who reported @… for being antisemitic:
Fuck you, you genocide-loving piece of shit, opposing genocide isn’t antisemitism. What you’re doing – conflating being anti-genocide with being antisemitic – is the greatest antisemitism as you’re de facto stating that all Jews are pro-genocide.
> Two years ago, the Flemish Roads Agency (AWV) announced the introduction of the new system: via an app on your smartphone, you can get a traffic light to turn green more quickly.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/07/24/200-000-flemish…
Coworker 1: "I'll have you know there ARE normal people who graduated from HSG."
Me: "Never met any of 'em."
Coworker: "You met me! I'm here! Am I not normal?"
Me: "You are working in this department. If you were too normal, you wouldn't have been accepted here."
Coworker 2 and 3:
"Gooble Gobble one of us! Gooble Gobble one of us!"
London #FT reports on investors that lost billions on #PumpAndDump stock scheme that inflated values of little known traded entities of small US-listed #ChineseStocks that plunged in value shortly after being heavily
The Center Is Not Holding -- The institutionalists are all but extinct. The moderates are fleeing. (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-center-is-not-holding-bacon-tillis-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-trump-supreme-court-congress
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p151#a250630p151