Do we get to choose which swear words?

Today on #WorldPressFreedomDay, we feature the case of imprisoned journalist, media publisher, activist, writer #JimmyLai, who faces life in prison for his work in Hong Kong. Send Lai a solidarity message via English PEN PENWrites campaign: pen-international.org/our-campaigns/… #FreeJimmyLai

The real damage to Royal etiquette occurred when she attacked his consonants.

I don’t believe in an interventionist God But I know, darling, that you do

Medieval Star Wars with added penis.

I hope this gives pause for thought, I fear it won't......Q+A host Stan Grant standing down from ABC show after racist abuse theguardian.com/australia-news…

Robot outsources menial job to low-paid human so it can focus on painting and writing chaser.com.au/general-news/r…

Andrew Leigh QandA Too often what gets overlooked is that it isn't 'social media' as some abstract thing with an abstract label, but our actual society and participants within it. It's not social media, it's "particular people"

Hmm. Could we swap him for Assange?

Dogs holding out a red pill and a blue pill, explaining, "People are capable of believing the most absurd shit."

The Daily Star just about sums it up. #Ashes23

All that Thatcherite pish we’ve had spewed from the media for 40 years about how privatization was going to cut costs for the consumer and save the taxpayer millions. It is what it’s always been: a scam for the super rich shareholders of these companies to shaft the citizen.

Girl Reporter down. Safe journey, Ann Leslie as you join the ranks of our #AbsentFriends 🥃 theguardian.com/media/2023/jun…

the English would never steal something that looked momentarily unattended

Personally I'd be prouder if we didn't have a couple of cheaters representing us, even if no actual cheating occurred on this occasion #Ashes23

"I don’t understand why the famously mild-mannered Usman Khawaja didn’t act more grateful for this lecture in dignity and personal responsibility from a bunch of baying gin-hounds whose wives buy their pants." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We didn't want Blue We didn't want Tip Jar We didn't want Fleets We didn't want Spaces We didn't want multiple competing platforms in walled gardens All we wanted was an edit button.

So, somewhere on a sliding scale between Gandhi and Stalin then.

AI news story writing technology has the working title 'Genesis', apparently. Seems appropriate, seeing as Genesis is immediately followed by Exodus. #journalism #JobTerminator # I'llBeHack

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