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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Chris Scott (he/him) @chrisdonia.bsky.social · 10h

Authoritarianism is weak to Silly. We need to keep weaponising this.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Chris Scott (he/him) @chrisdonia.bsky.social · 10h

What makes this so bizarre is that it was Theresa May, in most ways a pretty extreme Conservative, who was pushing for improved trans rights. And now every party except the Greens and SNP have become outright transphobes.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

This article is spot on about the UK's descent into anti-trans hysteria. In 8 years, they went from the conservatives trying to make it easier for trans folks to self attest gender to a liberal government implementing a bathroom ban by fiat.

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 6h

An internal police basically only accountable to one man and ignoring the law, disappearing families considered undesirable by a racist regime, children sheltered by neighbours frightened they'll be next.

The myth of the "land of the free" is dead.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 21h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote a thing. Again. Telling the truth is generally regarded as a matter of intention and moral character, but it's also a skill: the ability to delineate accurately what's going on out there and who exactly the parties are....

Categories Are Leaky (Over-Generalizations are Dangerous)

Many people seem to love sweeping generalizations. Not all people, but lots of people I come across trying to discuss the politics of our time fall back on pretending that a category of people is homo...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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Ms Chatelaine @theelaineg.bsky.social · 1d

Bugadifino, I just live in this body

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 1d

Why there aren't regulations that functionally ban anyone losing more than a nominal amount of cash gambling comes down to one single reason - the amount of cash gambling firms put in the pockets of MPs.

People literally sold out by their representatives.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers

www.theguardian.com

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Ms Chatelaine @theelaineg.bsky.social · 1d

Doctor called the other day, said I might have a fatty liver. Today I see the algorithm pushing fatty liver detox quackery at me. The only place this is recorded is in my NHS records or if some trojan was listening in on my phone.

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 1d

Given how thoroughly the BBC, CNN, and Sky News etc were duped by this fabricated video content they should all be publishing headlines today about Israeli military lies used to justify the bombing of hospitals

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 3d

The TikTok outlines that a specific goal of these animations is to multiply their reach by cultivating secondary coverage

And indeed, dozens of major outlets like BBC, CNN and Sky News have aired them, in part or in full, often without context

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 1d

The continuing clearance of anyone who isn't a Labour right loyalist from the Starmer operation leaves only one possible scenario next year:

Any Labour catastrophe in the devolved and local elections will be entirely the fault of the Labour right.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

www.theguardian.com

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Ms Chatelaine @theelaineg.bsky.social · 1d

I know the homework requirements for infiltrating anarchist groups was considered beyond the ability of most cops.

I don't know if it's true but the cat herding aspect leading to meetings being nothing but infiltrators trying to egg each other into violent acts is plausible and Chestertonian

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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 1d

The Attorney General of Texas has ordered an undercover investigation for terrorist conspiracy of anti-fascist and trans groups. The forcefem fiction practically writes itself...

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Omar Kooheji 🍉 @ohmz.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely love these idea of trolling the right by adopting their own symbols as symbols of acceptance and diversity.

Given how pissed off people get about rainbows 🌈 , I wonder how they’d react to this?

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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 1d

Good man on this issue...

johnsweeneyroar @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been appointed to be the local government correspondent of @thenerve_news covering the Russian Spy Party - Нет-нет-нет. Это не «Русская шпионская партия». Это «Реформа Великобритании». Извините за путаницу .

Read @thenerve_news for the latest on @reformparty_uk.

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remotecore @remotecore.bsky.social · 2d

In 2016 we also did another anthology - Thirty Years of Rain - which is still available, marking 30 years of the @gsfwc.bsky.social - wow, nearly 10 years ago! My story is about the end of the world, and witches looking for hope. I do like a theme!
#30YoR #gsfwc40
gsfwc.wordpress.com/gsfwc-30th-a...

GSFWC 30th Anniversary Anthology

Thirty Years Of Rain, the all-star anthology to celebrate the Glasgow SF Writers’ Circle’s 30th anniversary, is available to buy in paperback and ebook formats. The book features storie…

gsfwc.wordpress.com

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remotecore @remotecore.bsky.social · 2d

You know what? Now seems a good day remind people that Gallus exists. A collective anthology by members of the @gsfwc.bsky.social community, put together for the Glasgow Worldcon. My story is about the end of the world, and witches looking for hope. #gallus #gsfwc40
gsfwc.wordpress.com/gallus/

GALLUS

Gallus celebrates Glasgow’s third home turf Worldcon and showcases brand new work from our authors. Some of the writers featured here have been around since the beginning, some are brand new. Some …

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Luke SPELLcourt 🧙🏼‍♀️🦇✨ @lukebelcourt.com · 2d

Yooooo the UK paperback is now available for preorder in Waterstones!! Go get those witches in PAPER!! 🧙✨🔮

www.waterstones.com/book/vampire...

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Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck this guy SO MUCH!

I mean, asking a bank for access to the vault would also kill the bank-robbing industry.

(The analogy might not hold up to really close scrutiny, but that’s how angry I am and how criminal this asshole—and all of AI—is.)

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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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 2d

As discord suffers a massive data breach of people's personal data and ID documents congrats to the UK Government for bringing in the undercooked law that made it absolutely inevitable this would happen, repeatedly

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 2d

I have many questions. Like where's the extra money to pay for drinks and food on extended nights out supposed to come from? The hospitality sector is already struggling because people have had to cut right back on non-essential spending. Venues will likely see the same take but increased overheads.

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 2d

Just not sure this is the answer to low UK productivity

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

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remotecore @remotecore.bsky.social · 2d

today the government is delighted to announce the millionth arrest of a person supporting a prescribed terrorist group, we'll catch them all, don't you worry! every last one of you!

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Ms Chatelaine @theelaineg.bsky.social · 2d

Bought the bitz for my standard chilli today, chipotles, pimentos, black beans and chorizos, the picante ones. Beef, onions, garlic, tomatoes and a wee bit cumin in the slow cooker for eight hours

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 3d

If you're still working at the Post or the Times and think you can just keep your head down and do some good from "the inside," I'm astonished that I have to inform you that you're naive as all fuck.

Join us on planet Fuck You, Make Me.

There's more cachet in leaving than being thrown in the bin.

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Ms Chatelaine @theelaineg.bsky.social · 3d

Mortgage broker dicked me around and ghosted me so long that I lost my chance at the shared equity flat I was looking at. Chased up to find she's left the company so I can't tell her how I feel about this.

"Not best pleased" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here

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