Shortarse
@shortarse.bsky.social
He/him. Generally a bit of an arse.
Here in case the South African trashes twitter still further.
Here in case the South African trashes twitter still further.
Oh look. A tipping point.
At this point, it's increasingly unavoidable that if you're going to the polls to stop Reform, labour are now no longer the best way to do that.
Which makes the long standing need to vote for the lesser evil obsolete.
And hey, for once, you don't have to vote for evil.
At this point, it's increasingly unavoidable that if you're going to the polls to stop Reform, labour are now no longer the best way to do that.
Which makes the long standing need to vote for the lesser evil obsolete.
And hey, for once, you don't have to vote for evil.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (=)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDM: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 5-6 Nov.
Changes w/ 29 Oct.
RFM: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (=)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDM: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 5-6 Nov.
Changes w/ 29 Oct.
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Oh look. A tipping point.
At this point, it's increasingly unavoidable that if you're going to the polls to stop Reform, labour are now no longer the best way to do that.
Which makes the long standing need to vote for the lesser evil obsolete.
And hey, for once, you don't have to vote for evil.
At this point, it's increasingly unavoidable that if you're going to the polls to stop Reform, labour are now no longer the best way to do that.
Which makes the long standing need to vote for the lesser evil obsolete.
And hey, for once, you don't have to vote for evil.
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don't vote labour, you risk splitting the anti-reform vote!
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
don't vote labour, you risk splitting the anti-reform vote!
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This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
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Call them cunts and tell them they get nothing. Spit in their stupid faces. Put extra Asians in the Christmas adverts and explicitly say you're doing it to fuck them off. Tell them *no* for once Jesus actual Christ lads. Not "this is unworkable" or "this is expensive". Just no.
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Call them cunts and tell them they get nothing. Spit in their stupid faces. Put extra Asians in the Christmas adverts and explicitly say you're doing it to fuck them off. Tell them *no* for once Jesus actual Christ lads. Not "this is unworkable" or "this is expensive". Just no.
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It's not confused and it's not hapless. They got what they wanted and got the center-right to establish it as the new common m normal. Then, consistent with the behaviour of all right wing racists for the last century, they refused to take yes for an answer and upped their demands.
More confusion from the hapless Philp/Lam team
“It is now our formal announced policy to restrict benefits to anyone who is not a British citizen. That is policy.".
Obviously, that would mean tearing up the Conservatives' own Brexit deal with the EU.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
“It is now our formal announced policy to restrict benefits to anyone who is not a British citizen. That is policy.".
Obviously, that would mean tearing up the Conservatives' own Brexit deal with the EU.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Tories deny they have thrown out plans to toughen up indefinite leave to remain
Plans to retrospectively remove the settled status are no longer Tory policy, a spokesman suggested on Wednesday.
www.independent.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It's not confused and it's not hapless. They got what they wanted and got the center-right to establish it as the new common m normal. Then, consistent with the behaviour of all right wing racists for the last century, they refused to take yes for an answer and upped their demands.
Think he can be made to promise?
My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”
October 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Think he can be made to promise?
And if you don't believe the Tories could stoop so low, look at what their MPs and ex MPs are coming out with, now the restraints are off. Listen to Michael Gove, for example, Lee Anderson, or Katie Lam. The "decent Tories" were more than happy to share a party with them.
Whenever I hear about the decline in standards from the old days of Decent Conservatism this is the first image that comes to mind. The man who drew this was given an OBE.
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And if you don't believe the Tories could stoop so low, look at what their MPs and ex MPs are coming out with, now the restraints are off. Listen to Michael Gove, for example, Lee Anderson, or Katie Lam. The "decent Tories" were more than happy to share a party with them.
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Whenever I hear about the decline in standards from the old days of Decent Conservatism this is the first image that comes to mind. The man who drew this was given an OBE.
October 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Whenever I hear about the decline in standards from the old days of Decent Conservatism this is the first image that comes to mind. The man who drew this was given an OBE.
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
Fair enough. If they want to join us in doing so, then welcome. They're welcome to compromise their values in doing so - or more likely not, if they actually oppose fascism already. All you're asking for is that I compromise mine for their convenience.
Folks demanding political / ideological purity fail to see that this is no longer a movement belonging to the left / liberals. This is an opposition against fascism. By definition it must be big tent. Failure to grasp this: see divided oppositions in Eastern Europe as your failed examples.
October 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Fair enough. If they want to join us in doing so, then welcome. They're welcome to compromise their values in doing so - or more likely not, if they actually oppose fascism already. All you're asking for is that I compromise mine for their convenience.
That's all it would take?
Sounds good. Do that.
Sounds good. Do that.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
That's all it would take?
Sounds good. Do that.
Sounds good. Do that.
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What does it mean, if the Sensible Moderates in government and media talk and behave like far right crackpots?
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What does it mean, if the Sensible Moderates in government and media talk and behave like far right crackpots?
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I support Green and Polanski, but...I also think we need to be wary of a cult like mentality, in the sense of centred on a charismatic leader.
Our support needs to be broader, imv.
Our support needs to be broader, imv.
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I support Green and Polanski, but...I also think we need to be wary of a cult like mentality, in the sense of centred on a charismatic leader.
Our support needs to be broader, imv.
Our support needs to be broader, imv.
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"The Greens could be on their way to replacing Labour as Britain’s major left-wing force come the next UK vote.
Should that happen, then Labour and the Tories deserve to share the same gravestone."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Should that happen, then Labour and the Tories deserve to share the same gravestone."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
The New Left: the Greens are on the rise all across the UK and it spells ruin for Labour
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
The New Left: The Greens are on the rise and it spells ruin for Labour
North and South of the border, it’s boom time for the Greens. They’re capitalising on Keir Starmer’s abandonment of the left and could even…
www.heraldscotland.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"The Greens could be on their way to replacing Labour as Britain’s major left-wing force come the next UK vote.
Should that happen, then Labour and the Tories deserve to share the same gravestone."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Should that happen, then Labour and the Tories deserve to share the same gravestone."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
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“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”
This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.
But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.
But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
www.wired.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”
This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.
But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.
But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
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When ICE agents use excessive force and flout state laws, why are they not being arrested on the spot? Why are the state and cities not telling their troopers and police to watch what is happening and intervene when necessary to protect their citizens.
October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When ICE agents use excessive force and flout state laws, why are they not being arrested on the spot? Why are the state and cities not telling their troopers and police to watch what is happening and intervene when necessary to protect their citizens.
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I again note that all the lobby hacks appear to have known McSweeney and Starmer were a Peter Mandelson production, and they seem to have known very well that the incoming Labour government would be a Tony Blair Institute enterprise. And it looks like they kept this largely to themselves.
October 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I again note that all the lobby hacks appear to have known McSweeney and Starmer were a Peter Mandelson production, and they seem to have known very well that the incoming Labour government would be a Tony Blair Institute enterprise. And it looks like they kept this largely to themselves.
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One thing social media really is quite helpful for is tattooing politicians with the logos of the various corporate interests that they tacitly work for, and will openly work for after they leave politics.
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
One thing social media really is quite helpful for is tattooing politicians with the logos of the various corporate interests that they tacitly work for, and will openly work for after they leave politics.
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Welcome to Starmer's Britain, where protesting genocide is terrorism and requires oppressive laws limting the right to demonstrate, but actual terrorism is not terrorism at all.
While the PSNI were in London arresting disabled people for holding signs, the PSNI in NI will do absolutely nothing about this
October 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Welcome to Starmer's Britain, where protesting genocide is terrorism and requires oppressive laws limting the right to demonstrate, but actual terrorism is not terrorism at all.
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Fucks sake. If you, Lammy - correctly, IMO - are seeing Farage as at best adjacent to outright fascism, then why are you not doing everything in your power to build a wide and deep coalition to beat him like a drum, rather than conceding to his every whim, and this giving him what he wants?
Some background lore, for non-Brits: Farage isn’t an organic phenomenon that leapt unbidden from the populace. He was always the tame, hand-fed house wingnut the Sun, the Mail and the Telegraph used to troll the Tories, cranked up or tamped down, depending on those newspapers’ immediate requirements
October 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Fucks sake. If you, Lammy - correctly, IMO - are seeing Farage as at best adjacent to outright fascism, then why are you not doing everything in your power to build a wide and deep coalition to beat him like a drum, rather than conceding to his every whim, and this giving him what he wants?
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The crankier Israeli ministers came right out instantly saying that the plan was to huge reduce the population the Gaza Strip then herd the remainder into a human zoo. And that’s what happened. This is among the worst war crimes, we established at Nuremberg you get hanged for participating in it.
September 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The crankier Israeli ministers came right out instantly saying that the plan was to huge reduce the population the Gaza Strip then herd the remainder into a human zoo. And that’s what happened. This is among the worst war crimes, we established at Nuremberg you get hanged for participating in it.
Yes, yes we are
In less than 24hrs, with no mass publicity campaign behind it unlike with the Brexit ones, and as best I can tell, just an outpouring of disgust.
In less than 24hrs, with no mass publicity campaign behind it unlike with the Brexit ones, and as best I can tell, just an outpouring of disgust.
September 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yes, yes we are
In less than 24hrs, with no mass publicity campaign behind it unlike with the Brexit ones, and as best I can tell, just an outpouring of disgust.
In less than 24hrs, with no mass publicity campaign behind it unlike with the Brexit ones, and as best I can tell, just an outpouring of disgust.
Are we nearly there yet?
September 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Are we nearly there yet?
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The ID consultation will likely take longer than Starmer has left as PM. So there's that.
September 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The ID consultation will likely take longer than Starmer has left as PM. So there's that.