Levels of bellendry hitherto unseen.

reminder that this funds a raging bigot who is actively contributing to the deaths of trans people, and a cumulatively horrific sociopolitical atmosphere for gender non-conforming people in her home country

and if you aren't from the UK, trust me when I say this is not an exaggeration

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Why I think things have got MUCH worse for Russia in the last week or so...

A short thread.

Many are pointing at the rise in the price of oil, and saying that things are getting better for Russia.

I disagree strongly.

That reminds me, must deal with the lizards coming out of the TV.

It has an excellent parkrun.

Never underestimate the insanity of Peter Thiel.

Mad as a bucket of glittering ballsacks.

Thinks ppl who lobby for tech regulation are "harbingers of the antichrist", an antichrist is enroute, that *he's* been sent by God to save us.

Now he's out here challenging the Pope 😆

1/5 The Russian Paradox:

Most people both underestimate and overestimate Russia.

The country is weaker and has far less potential than before the full-scale war began, yet it has become a far greater threat to Europe

Please just storm the White House already.

Cheltenham Festival ends with four horse death – two on last day Envoi Allen and Saint Le Fort both died on Friday on the last day of Cheltenham Festival.

Fuck this disgusting ‘sport’ and fuck anyone who watches and supports it.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Water is the new oil. Nations will soon be going to war for it.
Underground aquifers that took millions of years to fill are running dry. It takes 50,000 litres of water to produce one kilo of beef.”
- Philip Wollen

Given that humans are morally bankrupt, odds are they won’t take action in time.

If Palestinians had set fire to a synagogue in Israel you can bet news channels here in the UK would cover the story.

But a mosque in the occupied West Bank set on fire by Israeli settlers? Nah.

Starmerphiles are odd.

Not unpleasant. Odd.

They list Labour policies that almost any plausible Labour leader would have delivered & present them as proof that Starmer must remain.

At the same time, they excuse a string of daft decisions that most alternative leaders would never have made.

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These are the people who decide for governments whose door gets kicked down and which children get dragged off to camps.

A bit of joy in a sea of cack.

Zack on stage at wembley.

Trans rights are human rights.

Thank you, Wembley.

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It’s a piece of sodding polymer.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

Green win shows progressive voters are now voting against Labour as well as Reform Gorton and Denton byelection shatters Labour strategy of neglecting its core base while focusing on Reform defectors

I generally assume that political parties know what their constituencies think better than the rest of us do: they spend so much money on polling and focus groups.

But I would be *amazed* if they understood how viscerally they are loathed by young progressives for pushing trans people under a bus.

Olly Alexander: ‘Trans Mission is about joy and positivity for the trans community’ All-star lineup of musicians, actors, authors and allies will gather at Wembley Arena to show support and raise funds for the trans community

“Trans Mission is about joy and positivity – it’s an opportunity to send a bold and loud message that we stand with the trans community, we are stronger together and we won’t be silenced.” – @ollyalexander.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4rjs3u5

AN IDIOT'S GUIDE TO BRITAIN'S MIDDLE EAST POLICY🧵

Q: Why does Britain support authoritarian regimes in the Middle East?

A: Stability.

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Yes we can no we didn’t Those who cannot learn from past failures are condemned to repeat them (apologies to Santayana)

I've been fortunate enough to meet many formidably smart, fully committed, & thoroughly decent people who, for years, have strived to try to avert dangerous climate change.

They failed.

Saying that does not lessen my gratitude to them, 1/11

www.technosphere.earth/yes-we-can-n...

A reminder. Israel currently stands accused of a genocide in Gaza, an illegal war in Iran, mass displacement in Lebanon and attacking Syrian sovereignty. Is this designed to be the new norm? Shifting focus away from Gaza into more widespread chaos and instability?

What a duck head.

They fund it in Gaza. They're doing it to Venezuelan fisherman. They're doing it in Iran. They're doing it in the streets and in concentration camps to immigrants in the US. They've done it to US citizen protestors on the streets in Minnesota.

There are no limits to what they are capable of.

If Muslims do this we call them radical terrorists and drop bombs on them.

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Money for nothing? Really?

If you use generative AI willingly, if you engage in cryptocurrencies willingly, if you need ChatGPT to type out your emails and live your simulation of an actual life then you have compromised your soul unblinkingly and are someone who simply chooses to feed the beast for your own convenience.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?