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@Haste and well idk but I guess engaging with people probably helps you be a better journalist/reporter too?

@aeleoglyphic I was going to ask which word you meant. I supposed it's "concern troll" but "doubt caltrops" and "concern anchors" are awesome bonus terms too!! 👌 @alice

Donald Trump is trying to apply the #ThirumangalamFormula in Greenland 👀

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3352813/greenlands-pm-slams-indecent-bid-buy-locals-signatures-us-adhesion-petition

@erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social @amanda@social.spejset.org @vaurora@mstdn.social ooh so should I!

@ChrisHolladay @Nonilex and it wasn't even much of a play! Iran had made it pretty clear that Dr. Araghchi's visit was part of a three-nation tour and nothing to do with the US of A

@bri7 @Haste @odd interesting! That sounds kinda fun actually: having to actually do a bit of digging to come upon a hidden public conversation instead of having it done for you

@benroyce haha yes, I was going to remark on that, although I'm familiar enough with US politics to guess it was meant to be seen with the colours (and image) "reversed" as it were 🙃 @sennoma @Scrimshaw9 @maya_b @gerowen @ariarhythmic @Mastodon @mellifluousbox

@amyworrall@mastodon.social @amanda@social.spejset.org @nicklockwood@mastodon.social it's especially annoying if it's in answer to a question I asked expecting that person's informed opinion. If I wanted an LLM-generated response, I'd have generated it myself (Or not, because I don't use LLMs or let the reverse happen, but that's besides the point...)

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org this is so cool. I didn't know that The Little Trashmaid had been printed too! Something to start saving up for 😇

@maxleibman ooh why didn't I think of that before 👀

@CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk gosh, who would have thought we'd be witnessing the evolution of onomatopoeia? 😮

@Morgunin@rollenspiel.social that's actually so true 👀

@Natasha_Jay omg!! Great find. On my reading list for tomorrow 🤩 (I wish it wasn't on Substack, but anyway...)

@Nonilex even I would have left Islamabad without meeting Witkoff and Kushner, had I been there

@Heliograph omg!! Now I want to get one actually haha Also coincidentally listened to this not long ago https://www.lorepodcast.com/episodes/300

This is what happens when people overcome the constant propaganda of "a vote for a third party is a wasted vote" and "we need to vote for the second worst option because it's better than the worst", and instead come together to vote for a candidate they actually want 🗳️

Hope other states and democracies around the world, especially those stuck in the rut of a two-party system, can learn from this 💡

(I don't know how good TVK's governance will turn out to be and how good a job they can do, but the point is that they, a new party with no prior electoral history, are being given a chance over more established rivals. This itself is, I think, a positively development for democracy)

https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/index.htm

#TNpol #Elections #Democracy

Too many fun things happening in Bangalore tomorrow that I won't be there to attend 🙁

(Because I'm in a different city)

https://blr.today

...and once again, #BandcampFriday manages to come round only when I'm low on funds Everyone else, enjoy!!

@Chrishallbeck@mastodon.social oh no cue for me to get off this screen and get onto a different screen 😅️