So i'm "cringe", am i? What if i do these sick dance moves? I suppose that's "cringe" too?

History has mocked the Trojans for being gentle, trusting souls who believed in their hearts that the big horse was a gift from their friends

More persecution of guys like this pls

IT'S SNOWING IN EDINBURGH I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE EASTER

I literally went out and bought that ladder specifically to do this only for it still to be too short. What a world

All fun and games having high ceilings until you need to change the lightbulb. Short king problems 👑

Tried one of my old cardio workouts from my fighting days today. Got through it okay, was feeling pretty good about it, then gave myself a stitch by sneezing. Getting old is so cool I love it

'Connecting with local people' but they're English 🙁

Btw after leaving London at 6pm I made it to Leeds at 2am if anyone is keeping score

'Here's how to make AI sound like you!!'

Thank you. I don't need this service because I already sound like me.

You won't believe this but I'm having trouble with English trains. Been stuck for over 2 hours in a place called Grantham (?)

Hearing lots of English people talking about 'Paddy's Day' this week. Struck me as odd at first, but what could be more English than stealing something from the Irish?

Posts de Quentin Deranque : à l’Assemblée nationale, le malaise grandit Les révélations de « Mediapart » sur les nombreuses publications racistes et antisémites de Quentin Deranque bousculent les députés, qui avaient rendu hommage mi-février au militant d’extrême droite …

Another appalling example the French mainstream elite had given up on countering the resurgence of the far right (or really was never that concerned)...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...

Already classified as 'extrême gauche' ahead of the municipal elections 🫠

Coming back to Quentin Deranque, these are some of his tweets, uncovered by Mediapart, if anyone thought that when I called him a neo-fascist I was being some Woke Leftist Calling Everyone He Doesn't Like A Fascist. It is *unhinged* that this man was given a minute's silence in the National Assembly

Definitely - funny to see the EEN go all 'Dundee man lost at sea' over it but overall really sad to see 🥲

Truly believe this is the funniest way the Edinburgh Evening News could have framed this particular story

It gives me no pleasure to say this, but a points deduction for both teams is the only appropriate solution I fear 👀

Circling back to this

Red Lines: The death of Quentin Deranque, the demonisation of the French left, and far-right mainstreaming (Fraser McQueen) - Reactionary Politics Research Network This article by Fraser McQueen discusses the demonisation of the left in the aftermath of Quentin Deranque's death

Yesterday the main opposition party to Macron and the far right in France was classified as "extreme left"

This is a further step in the demonisation of the left and the concurrent mainstreaming of the far right

@frasermcqueen.bsky.social's piece is illuminating on this
reacpol.net/antifascism-...

Red Lines: The death of Quentin Deranque, the demonisation of the French left, and far-right mainstreaming (Fraser McQueen) - Reactionary Politics Research Network This article by Fraser McQueen discusses the demonisation of the left in the aftermath of Quentin Deranque's death

I wrote for Red Lines @reacpolrn.bsky.social about the killing of French neo-fascist Quentin Deranque & the demonisation of the left/mainstreaming of far-right politics. Grateful to all three editors, and to @aurelmondon.com for the invitation! Link below:

reacpol.net/antifascism-...

Red Lines: The death of Quentin Deranque, the demonisation of the French left, and far-right mainstreaming (Fraser McQueen) - Reactionary Politics Research Network This article by Fraser McQueen discusses the demonisation of the left in the aftermath of Quentin Deranque's death

🟥 Red Lines 🟥

'The reaction, from far right to centre left, to Deranque’s death has been nothing short of shameful, particularly at a time when the far right and fascism are increasingly powerful'.

Read more on @frasermcqueen.bsky.social's analysis for Red Lines 👇

reacpol.net/antifascism-...

Getting this one in early but Mandelson didn't kill himself

7 years (!!) today since the happiest picture of me ever taken. Do not miss this at all tbh, a sport that needs you to constantly stress over your ability to make weight (even when not fighting soon) was a terrible mix with my character/brain wiring, but lots of good memories/lessons from it too.

Goodness, if only there were some extremely fucking obvious explanation for why Rangers would have been given nine minutes to find a winner.

BBC subtitling guy got a bit nervous I think

'Come to our workshop on harnessing genAI for academic work' - thank u. I would rather have kidney stones ❤️

Turned up to a lecture theatre this AM to find it was locked. Waited in the rain with 90 students for 10 minutes. Estates got there and opened the door, which was apparently unlocked after all, very easily. A story that sums up my general hapless vibe perhaps better than any other.

Me, someone's mean teacher: you will never amount to anything

(Internally: I certainly hope I won't be proven wrong about this)

Yeah the 'beurette' trope def seems relevant! Nacira Guénif's distinction between beurette/française voilée too (in La République mise à nu par son immigration, 2006)