Andy Irving
@andy.soundforsound.co.uk
A sour G, broken high E
A slight shot from my tongue
An endless rap between the songs
Because I like it dumb
Survivor of Juggler's Despair
Fediverse: @[email protected]
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A slight shot from my tongue
An endless rap between the songs
Because I like it dumb
Survivor of Juggler's Despair
Fediverse: @[email protected]
Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/8_TxT5t38AKJVROIBlvz9UFIWA_3PfKkmcAPlcao4
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Time to post my favorite writing of this guy
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Time to post my favorite writing of this guy
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ohhhhh so none of them know yet that they’re not getting $50K after tax withholding, do they
I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.
ICE recruitment is going well.
January 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
ohhhhh so none of them know yet that they’re not getting $50K after tax withholding, do they
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Reading quotes and political commentary about the US protests versus commentary on the Iran protests, I keep hearing the last line of the first verse in my head. Of course, the entire song is relevant for the moment we are in now
youtu.be/4lzqUe1Qfec?...
youtu.be/4lzqUe1Qfec?...
Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up (Audio)
YouTube video by RATMVEVO
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January 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Reading quotes and political commentary about the US protests versus commentary on the Iran protests, I keep hearing the last line of the first verse in my head. Of course, the entire song is relevant for the moment we are in now
youtu.be/4lzqUe1Qfec?...
youtu.be/4lzqUe1Qfec?...
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Jeffrey blocked out two hours a week in his calendar to stop being an abuser, blackmailer and political fixer to hang out with me, Peter Mandelson, an innocent man. We would just chat about Bronski Beat.
Epstein kept me 'separate' from his sexual side because I'm gay, Mandelson tells BBC
Epstein kept me 'separate' from his sexual side because I'm gay, Mandelson tells BBC
Mandelson tells the BBC he won't apologise to Epstein's victims because he was not 'knowledgeable' of the situation.
www.bbc.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Jeffrey blocked out two hours a week in his calendar to stop being an abuser, blackmailer and political fixer to hang out with me, Peter Mandelson, an innocent man. We would just chat about Bronski Beat.
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i mean yes but they're confronting it by openly and heatedly sharing their desire to kill women
Separate from the obvious misogyny of the last few days, it’s been striking to watch the right wing media apparatus really confront the role of normie middle-aged women as a leading and increasingly radical force of opposition to trump
Ladies you “Zumba-ed” too hard!
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
i mean yes but they're confronting it by openly and heatedly sharing their desire to kill women
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I’m old enough to remember the anti-genocide encampments y’all defamed.
January 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I’m old enough to remember the anti-genocide encampments y’all defamed.
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Zack Polanski has the chance to do the funniest thing
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Zack Polanski has the chance to do the funniest thing
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3. Retributory targeting of the economy and employment in Trump voting or swing areas, which is what you save to roll out if there’s actually attempted military action by the US. The goal here is just to wreak as much havoc as possible, so go wild.
January 11, 2026 at 5:59 PM
3. Retributory targeting of the economy and employment in Trump voting or swing areas, which is what you save to roll out if there’s actually attempted military action by the US. The goal here is just to wreak as much havoc as possible, so go wild.
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2. Deliberate targeting of companies with the goal of causing the largest decline in US market capitalization with minimum collateral economic damage. Megacap tech would be the primary target here. This gets fired as the second warning shot if they escalate further
January 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
2. Deliberate targeting of companies with the goal of causing the largest decline in US market capitalization with minimum collateral economic damage. Megacap tech would be the primary target here. This gets fired as the second warning shot if they escalate further
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If I was advising the EU—and I 100% should be—my advice is that you prepare three sets of sanction packages:
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
If I was advising the EU—and I 100% should be—my advice is that you prepare three sets of sanction packages:
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
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We have this in the UK to some extent and we still have a housing crisis??!?
Lmfao what an awesome proposal. One reason you need a 90% income tax rate at this level is these guys are too stupid to have the amount of power they do. Like giving a glock to a 4 year old
January 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
We have this in the UK to some extent and we still have a housing crisis??!?
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Look, does our university fee system create an active market in higher education? No.
But does it function to incentivise investment in your education and encourage aspiration? Well, also no.
But at least it does fund the universities? Ha, you're not going to believe this.
But does it function to incentivise investment in your education and encourage aspiration? Well, also no.
But at least it does fund the universities? Ha, you're not going to believe this.
Not least because if you actually *want* more people to do high paying tertiary qualifications, you’re creating a weird situation where an electrician on a higher salary is paying less tax than an English teacher. Not clear what the value of this is.
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Look, does our university fee system create an active market in higher education? No.
But does it function to incentivise investment in your education and encourage aspiration? Well, also no.
But at least it does fund the universities? Ha, you're not going to believe this.
But does it function to incentivise investment in your education and encourage aspiration? Well, also no.
But at least it does fund the universities? Ha, you're not going to believe this.
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I wrote about a fake child care scandal, the connection to the murder of Renee Good, and the right-wing vengeance ecosystem.
The Moral Panic Machine in Minnesota
From a child care scandal to a state-sponsored murder
stringinamaze.net
January 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I wrote about a fake child care scandal, the connection to the murder of Renee Good, and the right-wing vengeance ecosystem.
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“Banning X for being the CSAM and Sexual Harassment generator is a slippery slope for censorship online from governments”
I’m sorry, did I hallucinate the part where America just decided TikTok wasn’t allowed to exist anymore?
I’m sorry, did I hallucinate the part where America just decided TikTok wasn’t allowed to exist anymore?
January 11, 2026 at 8:38 AM
“Banning X for being the CSAM and Sexual Harassment generator is a slippery slope for censorship online from governments”
I’m sorry, did I hallucinate the part where America just decided TikTok wasn’t allowed to exist anymore?
I’m sorry, did I hallucinate the part where America just decided TikTok wasn’t allowed to exist anymore?
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dumb nazi bitch lmao 😂
January 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
dumb nazi bitch lmao 😂
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Trump very often backs down too. It’s not like there’s no demonstrated roadmap to dealing with him.
Appeasement has a 100% failure rate.
Appeasement has a 100% failure rate.
i suspect there are a lot of morons in a lot of european capitals right now wringing their hands about the risk of escalation. here's the truth: the real risk is failure to escalate. backing down is showing weakness. trump will know it.
show strength instead.
show strength instead.
January 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Trump very often backs down too. It’s not like there’s no demonstrated roadmap to dealing with him.
Appeasement has a 100% failure rate.
Appeasement has a 100% failure rate.
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And still Israel isn’t allowing proper aid into the strip to try and stop this from happening in cold and wet weather
Fourth Palestinian baby freezes to death in Gaza since November https://aje.news/1ryphy
January 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
And still Israel isn’t allowing proper aid into the strip to try and stop this from happening in cold and wet weather
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The same with “cancel culture” and so on. There’s no hypocrisy or inconsistency there, because the principle at stake has always been *who* is allowed to speak and who must listen, not rights in the abstract.
There’s no inconsistency or hypocrisy there. They never believed everyone had rights or that freedoms are universal. They believe in their own freedom and in their unlimited right to smash fuck out of anyone who impedes or resists them. And this is how it’s been for decades, at least.
January 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The same with “cancel culture” and so on. There’s no hypocrisy or inconsistency there, because the principle at stake has always been *who* is allowed to speak and who must listen, not rights in the abstract.
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There’s no inconsistency or hypocrisy there. They never believed everyone had rights or that freedoms are universal. They believe in their own freedom and in their unlimited right to smash fuck out of anyone who impedes or resists them. And this is how it’s been for decades, at least.
January 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
There’s no inconsistency or hypocrisy there. They never believed everyone had rights or that freedoms are universal. They believe in their own freedom and in their unlimited right to smash fuck out of anyone who impedes or resists them. And this is how it’s been for decades, at least.
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Again, absolutely consistent with decades of right wing politics: *they* have unlimited rights and freedoms, and when you oppose them in pretty much any way, you threaten them intolerably and they are fully justified in meeting that aggression by having the cops smash your face in.
He says that ICE was justified in shooting Good simply because she was (somehow) “impeding” them. So self-defense had nothing to do with it. They can murder you if they feel you’re getting in their way.
January 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Again, absolutely consistent with decades of right wing politics: *they* have unlimited rights and freedoms, and when you oppose them in pretty much any way, you threaten them intolerably and they are fully justified in meeting that aggression by having the cops smash your face in.
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The tension between billionaires pushing the Horrible AI Slop Movement and the billionaires pushing the Complete Copyright Stranglehold On IP And Everything Is Franchises Forever With No New Ideas Allowed is getting so surreal. I swear it never even occurred to them that there *would* be a tension.
Oof. Someone gonna get suuuueed
Batpool #1
In Nocturna City, there are no accidents - only orchestrated eliminations.
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January 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The tension between billionaires pushing the Horrible AI Slop Movement and the billionaires pushing the Complete Copyright Stranglehold On IP And Everything Is Franchises Forever With No New Ideas Allowed is getting so surreal. I swear it never even occurred to them that there *would* be a tension.
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Elon Musk should never see the sky again.
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Elon Musk should never see the sky again.
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I'm sure the UK media will be perfectly normal about this
As it should be. Deliberate mutilation of an infant for religious/cultural reasons has no place in a civilised society. Ban it.
Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document
January 11, 2026 at 10:55 AM
I'm sure the UK media will be perfectly normal about this
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There’s so much gender shit flowing out of ICE shooting an innocent visibly queer woman in the face
51k "likes" for this, & over 160k followers. I can assure you this man has NO "lesbian homies"; he cannot stand that women choose not to choose men, & he's curious as to the reasons why. Like many men, he worries the answer is in the mirror; but the real terror is that it's nothing to do with you.
January 11, 2026 at 11:22 AM
There’s so much gender shit flowing out of ICE shooting an innocent visibly queer woman in the face