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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 58m

"Your honour, yes it's true that I killed him deliberately and premeditatedly, but that's not murder, because murder is when it's bad whereas in my opinion it was good when I did it, and I have a right to express my opinions so you can't force your definition of murder on me."

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 1h

Was thinking of precisely that lmao. Like yes, it's about as clear-cut an example of discrimination as you can get, but "discrimination" has negative connotations so Sears is too cowardly to just honestly argue "Some discrimination is good".

Dakota @dakota.bsky.social · 1h

@alexsaysstuff.bsky.social sorry for tagging you out of the blue but weren't you just talking about how Scalia did exactly this a few days ago?

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Sinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · 7d

In open access:

Journal of Genocide Research @journalgenocide.bsky.social · 7d

We published the open access article 'Organized Callousness: Gaza and the Sociology of War' by Siniša Malešević and Lea David in our forum on Israel-Palestine on May 11.
tinyurl.com/st55f868

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 5h

Doesn't quite rise to the heights of Cypriot diaspora representation in British culture, which is of course Dragons' Den.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 7h

Personally I've been using Timmy Chamalletts

Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 7h

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 7h

- Vyacheslav Molotov, 1940

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 11h

I don't think the pollster is fake, but they do have a weird methodology which seems to consistently oversample more Reform-voting demographics.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, the last serious 2SS talks were in 2009, and it's not really been the PLO obstructing them since.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 13h

Also Remain/Leave phrasing, while it might have been neutral in 2014, is now obviously going to be too tarnished by Brexit and likely people confusing the question as being about being in the EU rather than the UK.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 13h

Also that wasn't actually the question wording Salmond wanted anyway! He wanted "Do you agree that Scotland should be an Independent Country?"

Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 14h

Take this claim, from Guy Stenhouse's col. Setting aside the absurd argument and the fact that the Electoral Commission Q testing for 2014 concluded the Q was unbiased and easily understood, you would expect the SSA data to tally with the SiU question if the latter were "the real question".

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 14h

The English evening papers on 25 November 1953:

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 14h

And you lost to a HUNGARIAN

James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 14h

Okay THIS is how I find out once again I haven't got the Nobel prize for literature is it, awesome, cheers guys

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 14h

A day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine: common in polar latitudes during winter.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 14h

Then again, I only drink Diet/Zero versions of soft drinks so rules might be a bit different for that.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 14h

I'm confident that's still allowed, I'm sure I've had that in the past few months.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 14h

completely intentional 😜

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 14h

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 15h

SNP-MEK dual membership

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 15h

Similarly, brands make less of an effort to appeal to you because, well, you're not going to be a long-term customer...

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 16h

Hollow laughter

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 16h

I like the way he's decided to look like a Tory from the 1970s.

Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, and it turns out the guy with the umbrella is definitely a new breed of activist

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 16h

The Cardboard Lady

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 16h

So, now we know what the party leaders need to do to win over voters.

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 18h

I feel the need to draw everyones attention to this truely cursed bit of polling

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 17h

Clearly vegetarian need to create a German city called Veggieburg.

Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 17h

In short, you can call it a "hamburger" if it contains meat rather than ham, because everyone knows what a hamburger is; but you can't call it a "veggie burger" if it is veggie-based, because that would be confusing. 🙃

Anna Strolenberg @annastrolenberg.volteuropa.org · 1d

Today the EU parliament voted to ban the word burger if they are made with plant protein, instead of animal protein. 🤦🏻‍♀️

They claim it’s to stop consumers being ‘confused between meat and plant products’ - solving a problem that nobody had!

This new rule leaves a bad taste in the mouth…

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 17h

I can remember these exact same kinds of shortcomings at regarding "Activate", the terrible Tory attempt to copy Momentum. No effort to actually try to appeal to younger voters, just proclamations that now we'll be popular with them.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 17h

I was all for the War on Sugar until I disappointingly discovered it didn't mean Alan.

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