Ooh that’s gooooooood.

Between the Impossible and the Inevitable: The Case for Defiance (aka Never F**king Surrender) I have been hesitating to hit send on this one, because across the world we are all under the shadow of Trump's threat to commit war crimes that will "eradicate a whole civilization" in Iran while Ira...

Claims we have no power to impact what happens are nevertheless an intervention in what will happen, by discouraging participation, by encouraging passivity, surrender, acquiescence. If you insist that a given outcome is inevitable, you are lobbying against resistance.

7 hours of silence from the Prime Minister.

The US is using UK bases. The President is openly talking about destroying a civilisation.

And Downing Street says... nothing.

If you won’t speak up now, when will you?

The President of the USA declaring that "a whole civilisation will die tonight" is not something that arrives out of a vacuum. It is precipitated by the widespread international failure to hold USA, Israel, and their allies including the UK, accountable for their actions for many decades

I love spurs. I've supported them for as long as I can remember. I used to watch them when Dean Austin and Justin Edinburgh as fullbacks. It was a while ago. They've given me some of the greatest moments of heartbreak and frustration of my life. Also, on occasion, moments of absolute joy. I love how we're named after a Shakespeare character. I love how it's more important that his attitude is fearless and relentless than whether he actually wins. I love the daring and the doing. I love the echoes of glory. The appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as manager, despite his having signed and then actively, vocally supported Mason Greenwood, is a slap in the face for survivors of abuse and sexual violence. It's a slap in the face for women who support the club (which is why Women of The Lane have publicly opposed his appointment) and for marginalised people, who are more likely to be victims of these kinds of attacks - which is why his appointment is opposed by Proud Lilywhites and SpursREACH- the LGBTQI+ supporters group and the group representing fans from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds.

I'm not going to go into the details of what Greenwood was accused of here- it's not hard to find the audio recording of him doing it you really need to hear it - nor of the ways in which De Zerbi has supported him while minimising what he did, and portraying him as a victim. All of that is a Google search away if you need to find it. But this appointment is a fucking disgrace. Anywhere where there's huge amounts of money on the line is inevitably going to end up with a lot of people being morally compromised. Other clubs have behaved abominably in similar circumstances. Perhaps Vinai Venkatesham honed his ability to ignore the obvious harms done by tremendously rich men at the expense of women in his time with our neighbours. None of that makes this ok or excusable. A few days ago I would have said absolutely fuck the people at the top of the club for their obvious incompetence and arrogance. Now it's clear that their incompetence is utterly overshadowed by their profound moral cowardice and corruption.

Absolutely fuck them for making it impossible for me to support the team I've supported since I was a child. Fuck them for their pollution of something which, despite it all, still stood for something beautiful, collective, profound and poetic. But far more than that, fuck them for the message they're sending to women supporters and women more generally, and for the harm they're doing to survivors. I'll be at Clapton CFC until these cunts are out of my club.

Fuck Roberto De Zerbi. Fuck Johan Lange. Fuck Vinai Venkatesham.

Say no to fascism on a cardboard sign in front of the WW2 women’s memorial.

This sounds so perfect for my gender non conforming currently a boy who wants to be a boy HIS way kid who loves adventure but never wants anyone to be hurt but also wants to see justice done. Thank you!

Ooh is Dealing with Dragons good for a nine year old obsessed with D&D but who doesn’t like it when characters get too sad or hurt…?

I dunno I reckon my 13 year old daughter and I may be responsible for half the streaming revenue for that track. We are late to the party but now we are at the party HARD.

I dunno I reckon my 13 year old daughter and I may be responsible for half the streaming revenue for that track. We are late to the party but now we are at the party HARD.

He looks like if The Matrix was about being cis.

I feel like my soul left the building a while ago. I wish my heart would let go.

Corbyn did. It’s almost as if left wing socialist policies are… actually popular

Transaction fees are also about BXO split. None of that money goes to the artists so it goes straight from the punter to the venue. They are really problematic in so many ways, and like a previous commenter said, they’re unfair, being a higher proportion of a cheaper ticket.

Head of Visits and Events for the Met police? Oh LinkedIn how well you know me.

Classrooms of children in Iran. Hundreds of people in Lebanon. The ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The message from our political and media class is clear: their lives are less valuable than others.

Every human being matters, and every human being deserves a life of peace.

Public figures not allowed to dislike cats now is it?

If nothing else current political events have united the whole of the UK in their opinion on the 1% who moved to the tax haven of Dubai…

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A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’ primary school A girls’…

This interview is absolutely extraordinary.

‘A genocide isn’t particularly good for the environment.’ Chefs kiss.

Drawing that reproduces a social media post by a user named NUTGUZZLER42 (handle: @hitlerball_lover1488). He reacts to a picture of someone saying "Together we can build a safer, cleaner city for our children!" by shouting "FUUUCK LOOK WHO THE RADICAL LEFT JUST ELECTED FUUUUCK FUUUUUCK WE'RE FUUUUUCKED"

That meme is never not relevant.

Unhinged.

So Labour will take the logical next step and move left and become the party of socialism again, yeah?

This point makes more sense the other way round but I’m VERY TIRED.

And if Reform win, ditto. The left will vote for Labour again when their policies are left wing. It really is that simple.

If the Greens win in Gordon & Denton it would be great if Labour could stop whining about the left splitting the left vote and actually… move back left rather than pandering to Reform voters. An insomniac can dream. (Or not, you know, ‘cos I’m awake).

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