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Comparing something unhuman to human is a weird, arbitrary metric.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtvbhx6dpk2x","date_published":"2026-08-25T07:14:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-25 07:14","date_timestamp":1787642091,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96605166","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://andrewfordlyons.net\">@andrewfordlyons.net</a> Experimenting with ATProto stuff this evening… pdsls.dev/at://did:plc…</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtu4lesqqk24","date_published":"2026-08-24T20:14:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-24 20:14","date_timestamp":1787602477,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96605167","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://andraswf.bsky.social\">@andraswf.bsky.social</a> It’s not even close to accurate, either. He’s seriously twisting himself into knots to try to make his argument work.</p>\n<p>Cofnas is telling the public that his work at Ghent is on supporting “race realism” and the “hereditarian revolution.” The university rightly acted because that’s not his job there.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtsody5ivk2p","date_published":"2026-08-24T06:27:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-24 06:27","date_timestamp":1787552837,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96605168","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://andrewfordlyons.net\">@andrewfordlyons.net</a> Ah, thanks!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtrcwllers2p","date_published":"2026-08-23T17:30:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-23 17:30","date_timestamp":1787506216,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96605169","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://andrewfordlyons.net\">@andrewfordlyons.net</a> The disproportionately of coverage in these two cases is white feels.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtqjmmql5226","date_published":"2026-08-23T09:57:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-23 09:57","date_timestamp":1787479039,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96605170","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://andrewfordlyons.net\">@andrewfordlyons.net</a> The gaslighting is going to be throughout all the articles on it since he was an original source for so many of them on the endless pile-on of Arday.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtqf4jjmg226","date_published":"2026-08-23T08:36:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-23 08:36","date_timestamp":1787474203,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96605171","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://andrewfordlyons.net\">@andrewfordlyons.net</a> The press calls Nathan Cofnas an “academic” but doesn’t use quote marks. 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There’s nothing academic about  the fictional idea of “race realism,” which is a term to dress up racism.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtqevgm2cc26","date_published":"2026-08-23T08:32:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-23 08:32","date_timestamp":1787473965,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96605172","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://irisvanrooij.bsky.social\">@irisvanrooij.bsky.social</a> Big tech is introspection hostile in the main.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtocp2j4gs2v","date_published":"2026-08-22T12:48:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-22 12:48","date_timestamp":1787402884,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96149952","content_html":"<p>This book belongs in the shop’s religion section.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F8f876c9a3d.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Book titled 'The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge With AI' by Ray Kurzweil, with a price sticker of £5, is displayed among other books on a shelf at Foyles.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/08/21/this-book-belongs-in-the.html","date_published":"2026-08-21T11:53:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-21 11:53","date_timestamp":1787313208,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/117133359160240278","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtlp6v7zyi2q","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DcTRrHXlvcn"]}},{"id":"96149018","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://andrewfordlyons.net\">@andrewfordlyons.net</a> The only place that regime’s symbol can represent actual resistance to tyranny is in Folan’s very confused head. In the real world it’s one of the symbols of it. The entire party is less for putting this nuttery in proximity to decision making.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtjyk6gtqs2y","date_published":"2026-08-20T19:35:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 19:35","date_timestamp":1787254544,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96149019","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://georgemonbiot.bsky.social\">@georgemonbiot.bsky.social</a> This is why I simply opted out of the entire format of these shows long ago.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtjt5cekwk2b","date_published":"2026-08-20T17:59:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 17:59","date_timestamp":1787248744,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96149020","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://inplacesdeep.bsky.social\">@inplacesdeep.bsky.social</a> Read Treasure Island to my kid when he was 4 or 5, and The Hobbit before that. Both were kids books as far as I’m concerned, but I guess it begs the question of why wouldn’t they be? Some of the best books are kids books.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtjbx3snqk2b","date_published":"2026-08-20T12:51:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 12:51","date_timestamp":1787230282,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96149021","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://paulbernal.bsky.social\">@paulbernal.bsky.social</a> Generally just don’t do verses outside of biblical, poetic or metrical writing.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtj2jtds5k26","date_published":"2026-08-20T10:38:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 10:38","date_timestamp":1787222321,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96022770","content_html":"<p>Found meme…</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F275a4910b7.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"600\" alt='Found meme:&amp;10;\"Treat your body like a data centre. Consume as much water and literature as possible. Upset local city councils with your existence.\"' loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/08/19/found-meme.html","date_published":"2026-08-19T08:41:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-19 08:41","date_timestamp":1787128870,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/117121278249224767","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mtgdj4mk6r22","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DcNyEjGIDx9"]}},{"id":"95865304","content_html":"<p>Ghosts in the Machines: <a href=\"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/08/16/ghosts-in-the-machines.html\">andrewfordlyons.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/08/16/ghosts-in-the-machines.html","date_published":"2026-08-16T13:33:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-16 13:33","date_timestamp":1786887183,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/117105439398764593","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mt7cglxaq722","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DcGlHEHnBBz"]}},{"id":"95035438","content_html":"<p>Lady sure does enjoy fleecing a human rights group.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F25abe03d5f.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A Failed Stint At Amnesty International&amp;10;After graduating in French &amp; Classics from Exter University in 1986, Rowling worked for a while at Amnesty International, doing translation work. However, she found the job tedious and spent a lot of her time, writing stories on the computer “when no one was looking\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/08/01/lady-sure-does-enjoy-fleecing.html","date_published":"2026-08-01T16:24:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-01 16:24","date_timestamp":1785601441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/117021176659089594","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DbgQueelH9k"]}},{"id":"94038771","content_html":"<p>There’s no use case for anthropomorphic AI except to leverage psychological vulnerabilities for profit. Anthropomorphic behaviour is a solved problem. There are 8+ billion units available on the planet already with this feature.\n<a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/25/schoolboys-ai-girlfriends/\">www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026…</a></p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F8e288db901.gif\" width=\"358\" height=\"600\" alt=\"The Telegraph&amp;10;The terrifying rise of schoolboys making AI girlfriends&amp;10;Boys as young as 12 are now in romantic ‘relationships’ with chatbots, and it’s affecting how they treat girls in the real world\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/07/15/theres-no-use-case-for.html","date_published":"2026-07-15T11:16:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-15 11:16","date_timestamp":1784114215,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116923710421375006","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/Daz8FqQFJ8I"]}},{"id":"93779925","content_html":"<p>It’s really a sad state of affairs when the voters in Clacton-on-Sea only have the choice between a joke candidate and Count Binface.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fcount-binface.png\" width=\"440\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A person dressed as a superhero with a bin on their head called Count Binface is promoted as the hero we didn't know we needed with the slogan Make Britain Clean Again.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/07/10/its-really-a-sad-state.html","date_published":"2026-07-10T16:24:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 16:24","date_timestamp":1783700649,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116896606574618033","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mqckqb5nlr2t","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DannQ6JlO5Y"]}},{"id":"93367054","content_html":"<p>Are You In the Weights? <a href=\"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/07/03/are-you-in-the-weights.html\">andrewfordlyons.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/07/03/are-you-in-the-weights.html","date_published":"2026-07-03T11:47:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 11:47","date_timestamp":1783079275,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116855884821313257","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mpqi267s672f","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DaVGGwIlHT9"]}},{"id":"93244677","content_html":"<p>After Venezuela’s devastating earthquake, many communities are without power or communications. <strong><a href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/internet-for-rescuers-and-earthquake-victims-in-venezuela\">Donating here</a></strong> will fund emergency satellite internet, generators and phone-charging stations in the hardest-hit areas.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/07/01/after-venezuelas-devastating-earthquake-many.html","date_published":"2026-07-01T11:57:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 11:57","date_timestamp":1782907040,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116844596802352772","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mplhmweq6q2e","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DaP9k74nBOs"]}},{"id":"93070080","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>Extremes put enormous stress on farms, power grids, ecosystems, and lives. Subway stations, sewers, roads, bridges, transmission cables, and foundations are all designed with a tolerance level. Supercharged with carbon, nature breaks our engineered world. Never forget: the economy is a ‘wholly owned subsidiary’ of nature.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><strong>— Kate Mackenzie &amp; Tim Sahay,</strong> in <em><a href=\"https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/global-boiling/\">Global Boiling</a></em></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/06/28/extremes-put-enormous-stress-on.html","date_published":"2026-06-28T13:03:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-28 13:03","date_timestamp":1782651797,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116827869877164218","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mpdzwfvtnx23","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DaIWw0glKLI"]}},{"id":"92574007","content_html":"<p>I don’t recommend people stay on Elon’s hell site, but if you are going to be there then you better be shit posting as good as Captain Pike.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fanson-mount-best-captain.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" alt=\"Anson Mount 👋 @ansonmount:&amp;10;“If I did that, then I wouldn’t be able to brainwash your children into transgenderism and perform the delicate data-mining operations that will allow us to steal the next election for AOC and then force you into slavery with all the other white people.”&amp;10;Quoted reply from fight for the red @fightforthered:&amp;10;“Off to bluesky with the rest of the whiny bitch celebrities im guessing”\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/06/20/i-dont-recommend-people-stay.html","date_published":"2026-06-20T22:29:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-20 22:29","date_timestamp":1781994554,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116784795870349242","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3moqvsmu2352s","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DZ0xJNpmrB0"]}},{"id":"92047964","content_html":"<p>I’ve no idea who made it, it’s undoubtably AI slop, and yet it is arguably museum worthy art for our times.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fwh-playpen-ai-slop.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"502\" alt=\"An oversized, colorful baby play mat and activity gym is set up on the South Lawn of The White House where Trump's hillbilly cage match monstrosity is in actual life.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/06/12/ive-no-idea-who-made.html","date_published":"2026-06-12T15:29:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-12 15:29","date_timestamp":1781278191,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116737848000269379","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mo42n7u2az24"]}},{"id":"91694782","content_html":"<p>RIP Marjane Satrapi, author of the influential indie comics that have continued to find new readers for over 25 years, and are especially relevant now.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F4f1d71a1be.jpg\" width=\"523\" height=\"600\" alt=\"NO WAR WITH IRAN!&amp;10;&amp;10;The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together &amp; we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you &amp; your government is much bigger than the difference between you &amp; me. And the difference between me &amp; my government is much bigger than the difference between me &amp; you. And our governments are very much the same.&amp;10;&amp;10;— Marjane Satrapi\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/06/07/rip-marjane-satrapi-author-of.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T11:23:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 11:23","date_timestamp":1780831422,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116708571990919610","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mnp2lzkn3q26","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DZSGvNlFjoB"]}},{"id":"91205648","content_html":"<p>Fascist rhetoric wrapped in a css stylesheet aimed at co-opting retro, ironic 1980s nostalgia is still fascist rhetoric. America is going backwards, but more like the 1930s, and in Europe. If you’re waiting for an election in 2028 to save the U.S., that’s going to be too late.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Faliens.webp\" width=\"348\" height=\"600\" alt=\"This is the White House's tweet on X promoting it's new aliens.gov site. Tweet says: they don't belong here. The Truth has dropped. The site says &quot;they walk among us&quot; shoes an &quot;arrest map&quot; of alleged illegal migrants, which we know is over-egged, lots of people are being falsely arrested, even deported. Below that it has, in white house font, the domain: aliens.gov.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/30/fascist-rhetoric-wrapped-in-a.html","date_published":"2026-05-30T11:24:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 11:24","date_timestamp":1780140273,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116663273691237642","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DY9gYR_FCuV"]}},{"id":"91179878","content_html":"<p><strong>INTERVIEWER:</strong> “So, how do you write, exactly?”</p>\n<p><strong>J. G. BALLARD:</strong> “Actually, there’s no secret. One simply pulls the cork out of the bottle, waits three minutes, and two thousand or more years of Scottish craftsmanship does the rest.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2929/the-art-of-fiction-no-85-j-g-ballard\">source</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/29/interviewer-so-how-do-you.html","date_published":"2026-05-29T22:44:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 22:44","date_timestamp":1780094645,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116660283046278201","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mmzmepupmk2s"]}},{"id":"91169812","content_html":"<p>The Trump Administration <a href=\"https://thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-second-votegov-and-its\">is rebuilding the federal government</a> and removing the agencies.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The National Design Studio says its job is to redesign how Americans experience their government but I think the job that they’re actually redesigning is how the government experiences its citizens. <strong>— <em>The Drey Dossier</em></strong></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/29/the-trump-administration-is-rebuilding.html","date_published":"2026-05-29T19:38:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 19:38","date_timestamp":1780083537,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116659555482109232","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DY70Kqij9wZ"]}},{"id":"89961326","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>The world’s bullies can still break cities. What they can no longer assume is that broken cities mean obedient people.\n<strong>— John Sipher,</strong> <em><a href=\"https://tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-age-of-asymmetry-the-weak-have-learned-how-to-make-the-strong-bleed\">The age of asymmetry – the weak have learned how to make the strong bleed</a></em></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/12/the-worlds-bullies-can-still.html","date_published":"2026-05-12T09:24:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-12 09:24","date_timestamp":1778577863,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116560879182360595","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DYO8TicFJ-0"]}},{"id":"89897178","content_html":"<p><strong>\"<a href=\"https://radiofreesyria.com/internationalism-is-not-a-luxury-but-a-survival-mechanism/\">Internationalism Is Not a Luxury, but a Survival Mechanism</a>\"</strong></p>\n<p>Superb interview with Syrian author Leila al-Shami and Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kyselov on the vestigial Eurocentrism and American exceptionalism of the Western “anti-imperialist” Left in an increasingly multipolar world.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/10/internationalism-is-not-a-luxury.html","date_published":"2026-05-10T20:03:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 20:03","date_timestamp":1778443428,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116552068857632841","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DYK75DWnz0e"]}},{"id":"89864577","content_html":"<p><strong><a href=\"https://youtu.be/5VgErk37hcI?si=2sR_h3V-YCOTe2VL&amp;t=830\">Greater Israel: How a fringe settler fantasy went mainstream</a></strong>\nIsrael’s settler movement has moved from the fringes to having influence over key Israeli institutions, including the media, where a constellation of voices is pushing for Israel to conquer new territory. <em>— Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post</em></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/09/greater-israel-how-a-fringe.html","date_published":"2026-05-09T22:08:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 22:08","date_timestamp":1778364530,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116546898154894946","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mlhb3bpcaz2x","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DYIlaFXlrFZ"]}},{"id":"89858084","content_html":"<p>Went to the city to see the Banksy statue on Pall Mall. With Reform sweeping so many council elections this week its arrival is well timed.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F418d04bebe.jpg\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A statue by Banksy depicts a slightly corpulent man in a suit holding a large flowing flag, set against a clear blue sky. The flag covers his face. The pose is as though he is walking ahead. One foot is on the plinth and the other is ahead, nothing underneath as though he is walking off a cliff, blinded by nationalism.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/09/went-to-the-city-to.html","date_published":"2026-05-09T18:33:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 18:33","date_timestamp":1778351627,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116546052864812113","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mlgv2vi77l2m","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DYIMztfFJzU"]}},{"id":"89754930","content_html":"<p>I have the #KeepItOn <a href=\"https://www.accessnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/KeepItOn-Internet-Shutdowns-2025-Annual-Report.pdf\">2025 report on internet shutdowns</a> in a tab on my browser.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Not a single day of 2025 passed without at least one internet shutdown.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/07/i-have-the-keepiton-report.html","date_published":"2026-05-07T08:56:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 08:56","date_timestamp":1778144194,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116532458038576343","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mlatunrszz2g","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DYCBJIFFioh"]}},{"id":"89382643","content_html":"<p>Something broke in Lusaka <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://andrewfordlyons.net/uploads/2026/statement-zambia-rightscon.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Press statement from the Republic of Zambia, dated 29 April 2026, saying the RightsCon 2026 Summit in Lusaka has been postponed to allow “comprehensive disclosure” of information about proposed thematic issues and further consultations to ensure alignment with Zambia’s national values, policy priorities, and public interest.\"> : <a href=\"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/01/something-broke-in-lusaka.html\">andrewfordlyons.net</a></p>","summary":"Zambia’s last-minute cancellation of RightsCon was more than bureaucratic theatre. It was a signal of a harder, more adversarial world in which regimes feel more comfortable impeding civic organising.","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/01/something-broke-in-lusaka.html","date_published":"2026-05-01T13:05:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-01 13:05","date_timestamp":1777640757,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116499472077315528","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mks74mhx2s25"]}},{"id":"89301256","content_html":"<p>The revolution will not be podcasted: <a href=\"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/04/30/the-revolution-will-not-be.html\">andrewfordlyons.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/04/30/the-revolution-will-not-be.html","date_published":"2026-04-30T09:26:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 09:26","date_timestamp":1777541162,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116492944353452940","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mkpce3354k2h"]}},{"id":"87664083","content_html":"<p>No, the chatbot didn't cure that dog's cancer <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://andrewfordlyons.net/uploads/2026/1775371464651.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Auto-generated description: A man smiling next to a dog is featured with a message about using AI to create a cancer vaccine to save his dog.\"><img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://andrewfordlyons.net/uploads/2026/1775058262135.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Auto-generated description: A smiling man sits beside his dog, who is wearing a bandana, accompanied by text about using ChatGPT to help develop a custom vaccine for the dog's cancer.\"> : <a href=\"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/04/05/no-the-chatbot-didnt-cure.html\">andrewfordlyons.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/04/05/no-the-chatbot-didnt-cure.html","date_published":"2026-04-05T22:44:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-05 22:44","date_timestamp":1775429081,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116354525068766894","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mirtc5vumd2l","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DWxGndgFjfb"]}},{"id":"87662412","content_html":"<p>This is a test of a plugin. It is only a test.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n      <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-e46xdcUo\">YouTube Video</a>\n    </p><img class=\"video-thumbnail\" alt=\"YouTube Thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"><div class=\"video-play-button\"></div>\n  \n \n\n <a href=\"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/04/05/this-is-a-test-of.html\">andrewfordlyons.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/04/05/this-is-a-test-of.html","date_published":"2026-04-05T21:37:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-05 21:37","date_timestamp":1775425026,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}