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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 8h

I mean what the fuck - just dropping scans of a workbench and an electricity box in Scotland into two different "we bombed them because" videos.
theferret.scot/idf-scottish...

The Israel Defense Forces used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos – The Ferret

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

I am laughing, but also holding my head and rocking at how familiar this sounds.

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 1d

“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

The female doctors we were deprived of in earlier decades give me pain.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Is that Sheila Hancock? Goddess.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Cockburn

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Note to offspring: this is the wording for my funeral notice. Change only the names, dates, places. Though if you can hire the Fishmongers Hall, all the better.

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 1d

Funeral Invitation, 1688.

Funeral invitations first appeared in the 17th century, and acted as an admission ticket to both the church and the funeral feast. Pallbearers were often assigned a number on the ticket to signify their position in carrying the coffin.

A funeral invitation from April, 1688. It has an ornate black border with various memento mori iconography around it - like skeletons, winged hourglasses, and scythes.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 1d

Also, stop arguing that human rights depend on wailing "I can't help being abnormal" rather than on humans having the right to live their lives unmolested.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 2d

Ages ago I worked in a university library and I was a skilled photocopier whisperer. Of all the other experiences of my life it was most like owning cats.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 2d

Also "true" of the slides at Stevenage leisure centre, though those were razor blades stuck in chewing gum.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

Podcast I'm listening to: [Real historical person] did not trust Cardinal Richelieu.
Me: Well obviously, Richelieu is a bad, bad dog.

Richelieu from the cartoon Dogtanian and the Muskahounds, who is a dog.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

And just because everything else is on fire: here is Jonny's opinion about me trying to learn snare drum patterns for samba band

A cushion which I am using as a drum, two drumsticks, and a fluffy black and white cat, one of whose very fluffy white paws is on the top of one drumstick, preventing me from moving out. She is looking intently at her paw and planning further mischief.

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Llama God @thellamagod.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to seeing this expanded to also cover cars that have been left for more than two hours...

Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 3d

The British Transport Police (BTP) says it will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

Literally who leaves their bike AT A RAILWAY STATION for less than 2 hours?

Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 3d

The British Transport Police (BTP) says it will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

... close but no, that's a Saunders.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

(Or at least, they don't wrt neurodivergence and mental illness diagnoses)

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

Do you think Streeting knows that diagnosis labels officially have nothing to do with the benefits system, as they don't accurately predict disability? Could he possibly be dog whistling? Surely he would never.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

Literally stopped my subscription because of the endless lies about trans people that have cost lives and significantly contributed to the legitimisation of fascism in the UK. Otherwise you're dead on.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 3d

The true parasite class of the UK.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 3d

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of "terrible" conditions as accommodation provider makes millions.

www.bbc.com

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

Banning people for existing while in Gaza is a pretty toxic way to treat people experiencing a genocide, I guess, and I see that daily.

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

What the fuck exactly does it have to do with the institutions providing education to these adults?

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

She's married to the divinely appointed head of the church, so that's theology now.

Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 3d

I guess if you buy presents as if they're for "a 25 year old woman" rather than your cousin Kirsty who is 25?

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 4d

I'd be interested to know if Farage has been there before in a private capacity or whether he would only go if he got a front row slot.

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