this is obviously bizarre targeting, but it also strikes me as deeply immoral for Instagram (a massive driver of body insecurity) to be pushing plastic surgery ads

Re: German regional results, I’d be interested in any breakdown of the BSW electorate - is their much evidence about whether their voters would otherwise have gone AfD?

a testament to the strength of social democracy as a brand

NWneilwarner.bsky.socialSep 1, 2024 5:08pm

The Phalanges, the notorious right-wing Lebanese Christian party named in emulation of Spanish fascists, officially also calls itself the "Social Democratic Party".

Meanwhile, over on X

delightful English seaside

This is rather interesting. From an article on @samfr.bsky.social’s blog by Sam Friedman about his new book (“Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite”) written with Aaron Reeves.

charging someone money to attend your wedding is barbarian behavior. i’m 90 percent sure there are bible stories about God murking a dude for showing such little hospitality

JLhoovybaby.bsky.socialAug 30, 2024 1:21am

This may sound harsh but I think 90% of people featured in the NYT Culture Section should be executed without trial

Experiencing property envy for the Castle of Argol

i think Harrington is the only left wing author to be positively spoken about by both Democratic congresspeople and also the Black Panthers

press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...@nescio13.bsky.social substack post the other day)

Truth and Truthfulness