Tom Clarke
@deworde.bsky.social
Obsessively interested in everything for short periods of time.
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A dozen people have been killed at Bondi Beach in Australia. The police have declared it a terrorist incident, targetting Jewish people celebrating the holiday of Hannukah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Bondi Beach: Twelve killed in shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community
A Hanukkah event with over 1,000 attendees was taking place on the beach at the time of the shooting - 29 people have been taken to hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A dozen people have been killed at Bondi Beach in Australia. The police have declared it a terrorist incident, targetting Jewish people celebrating the holiday of Hannukah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
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Still laughing at this. Cannot imagine a more self-discrediting argument for socialism than “under socialism, you should be able to gesture to your crotch, tell a customer to suck it and keep your job”.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Still laughing at this. Cannot imagine a more self-discrediting argument for socialism than “under socialism, you should be able to gesture to your crotch, tell a customer to suck it and keep your job”.
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"I am protecting you by locking you in this house. I'm protecting you by making sure I know who all your friends are. I'm protecting you by reading all your text messages."
I'm protecting you by insisting that you dress and comport yourself in a ladylike way before I'll let you use the toilet.
I'm protecting you by insisting that you dress and comport yourself in a ladylike way before I'll let you use the toilet.
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"I am protecting you by locking you in this house. I'm protecting you by making sure I know who all your friends are. I'm protecting you by reading all your text messages."
I'm protecting you by insisting that you dress and comport yourself in a ladylike way before I'll let you use the toilet.
I'm protecting you by insisting that you dress and comport yourself in a ladylike way before I'll let you use the toilet.
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all I can hear in it is Orthodox Jewish men talking about how to "protect women" which involves eg enforcing ultra-modest dress codes and not allowing women to have certain kinds of education. "I will protect you by not listening to anything you say, because the voice of a woman is witchery".
December 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
all I can hear in it is Orthodox Jewish men talking about how to "protect women" which involves eg enforcing ultra-modest dress codes and not allowing women to have certain kinds of education. "I will protect you by not listening to anything you say, because the voice of a woman is witchery".
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For some older Jewish family - who aren't Reform voters but don't like Labour - having it on the record that he made explicitly antisemitic comments does make a difference.
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
For some older Jewish family - who aren't Reform voters but don't like Labour - having it on the record that he made explicitly antisemitic comments does make a difference.
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Aside from the ridiculous “biological people” language, I really hate the sneering dishonesty of “the fiction they had rights that have been taken away”. If you’re a trans woman who’s been in the WI for decades and now can’t remain a member, that’s not a fiction!
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Aside from the ridiculous “biological people” language, I really hate the sneering dishonesty of “the fiction they had rights that have been taken away”. If you’re a trans woman who’s been in the WI for decades and now can’t remain a member, that’s not a fiction!
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Thousands of words will be written and slide decks produced when essentially the message is "git gud".
But in practice, people understand how our terrible electoral system works and Labour's basic problem is 'the policy record is not something you get re-elected on', not 'how various voters facilitate that happening'.
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thousands of words will be written and slide decks produced when essentially the message is "git gud".
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Look you lot at the FT clearly don’t understand, if you gave me £4bn personally that would be a lot of money. Hold on, I’m getting some new information that the population of the U.K. might be bigger than 1
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Look you lot at the FT clearly don’t understand, if you gave me £4bn personally that would be a lot of money. Hold on, I’m getting some new information that the population of the U.K. might be bigger than 1
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Staying in a Jenrick-led Conservative party means essentially accepting all the moral compromises of being in a pact with Reform, but you don't even have a charismatic or likable leader.
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Staying in a Jenrick-led Conservative party means essentially accepting all the moral compromises of being in a pact with Reform, but you don't even have a charismatic or likable leader.
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If you want to stop me criticising, either stop doing dumb things or give me a peerage. Either is fine.
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If you want to stop me criticising, either stop doing dumb things or give me a peerage. Either is fine.
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Wish I had something reassuring to say. The possible consequences are just a spectrum of different levels of bad. Let's hope it's at the manageable end of bad.
November 6, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Wish I had something reassuring to say. The possible consequences are just a spectrum of different levels of bad. Let's hope it's at the manageable end of bad.
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Perceptive thread on some of the UK arguments and consequences from the US election from Gaby.
still parochially, for British politics there was already a Blairite-ish analysis of Harris/Biden that said they've overdone woke/given too much to the left, which will now feel vindicated, that's gonna have an impact on Starmer & Labour MPs with Reform threat in their seats. (Tories will take..
November 6, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Perceptive thread on some of the UK arguments and consequences from the US election from Gaby.
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Feels like one of those mornings where people need multiple kitties. #proofOfCat
November 6, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Feels like one of those mornings where people need multiple kitties. #proofOfCat
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An achievement to celebrate: “We are at a case fatality rate of 22.7% — probably among the lowest ever recorded [for a Marburg outbreak],” said Dr. Yvan Butera, the Rwandan Minister of State for Health at a press conference hosted by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.”
An 'unprecedented' good news story about a potentially deadly viral outbreak
The death rate for Marburg virus is nearly 90%. There are no approved vaccines and treatments. So how did Rwanda achieve what one doctor calls an "unprecedented" success in controlling its outbreak?
www.npr.org
November 2, 2024 at 2:38 PM
An achievement to celebrate: “We are at a case fatality rate of 22.7% — probably among the lowest ever recorded [for a Marburg outbreak],” said Dr. Yvan Butera, the Rwandan Minister of State for Health at a press conference hosted by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.”
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You should sign up. Sam’s coverage of health is very clear headed and well laid out considering it’s not his area of expertise. I also really enjoy his general political coverage and will give tomorrow’s budget post a good bit of time. It’s the best money I spend on media
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October 30, 2024 at 8:40 PM
You should sign up. Sam’s coverage of health is very clear headed and well laid out considering it’s not his area of expertise. I also really enjoy his general political coverage and will give tomorrow’s budget post a good bit of time. It’s the best money I spend on media
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Musk's pioneering of space is IMO a very, very familiar story to anyone who has studied the British empire: a lot of the expansion was done by private enterprise, who had political allies back home, and in some cases they had to be brought to heel by the state.
October 28, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Musk's pioneering of space is IMO a very, very familiar story to anyone who has studied the British empire: a lot of the expansion was done by private enterprise, who had political allies back home, and in some cases they had to be brought to heel by the state.
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Like, you've been making cheese on your farm with leftover milk for ages. Sometimes it turns out great. Sometimes not.
Then the fucking Roman Army turns up and is like:
"Sir. We are building a fort over there and not leaving. We will pay regularly for good cheese."
Woo! New industry just dropped!
Then the fucking Roman Army turns up and is like:
"Sir. We are building a fort over there and not leaving. We will pay regularly for good cheese."
Woo! New industry just dropped!
October 21, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Like, you've been making cheese on your farm with leftover milk for ages. Sometimes it turns out great. Sometimes not.
Then the fucking Roman Army turns up and is like:
"Sir. We are building a fort over there and not leaving. We will pay regularly for good cheese."
Woo! New industry just dropped!
Then the fucking Roman Army turns up and is like:
"Sir. We are building a fort over there and not leaving. We will pay regularly for good cheese."
Woo! New industry just dropped!
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Co-ordinates pre-dinner shenanigans have started.
The second monitor and mousemat have been blocked
The second monitor and mousemat have been blocked
October 20, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Co-ordinates pre-dinner shenanigans have started.
The second monitor and mousemat have been blocked
The second monitor and mousemat have been blocked
Infinite Razor
Capacious Destiny
Old Steve
Capacious Destiny
Old Steve
New Friday challenge - post three possible spaceship names that pop into your head:
- Against the Morning Star
- Curse of Time Unfolded
- Resolution Without End
- Against the Morning Star
- Curse of Time Unfolded
- Resolution Without End
Sometimes random words swim around in my head.
- thaumaturge: performer of miracles
- samsara: cycle of life, death, and rebirth
See? It's not *that* hard to name spaceships.
- thaumaturge: performer of miracles
- samsara: cycle of life, death, and rebirth
See? It's not *that* hard to name spaceships.
October 18, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Infinite Razor
Capacious Destiny
Old Steve
Capacious Destiny
Old Steve
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If your plan is 'unify the right with lots of chauvinism, xenophobia and immigrant bashing', step 1 is surely 'Be a white guy'.
One example was Eric Zemmour in France, whose fun attempt to offer a spicier blend of xenophobia than Le Pen was hampered by his being ethnically Algerian Jewish.
One example was Eric Zemmour in France, whose fun attempt to offer a spicier blend of xenophobia than Le Pen was hampered by his being ethnically Algerian Jewish.
October 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM
If your plan is 'unify the right with lots of chauvinism, xenophobia and immigrant bashing', step 1 is surely 'Be a white guy'.
One example was Eric Zemmour in France, whose fun attempt to offer a spicier blend of xenophobia than Le Pen was hampered by his being ethnically Algerian Jewish.
One example was Eric Zemmour in France, whose fun attempt to offer a spicier blend of xenophobia than Le Pen was hampered by his being ethnically Algerian Jewish.
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I can't believe that he has a 50/50 chance of being put forward to the electorate, the most transparent phony ever to have run for leadership of a political party.
October 11, 2024 at 4:55 PM
I can't believe that he has a 50/50 chance of being put forward to the electorate, the most transparent phony ever to have run for leadership of a political party.
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It is not 'fairly extreme' to describe politicians who use argument based on the idea that I, a mixed race person, amd not somehow as 'British', or as 'English' as the 'white British' group as ethnonationalism. These are just dictionary definitions.
October 10, 2024 at 11:30 AM
It is not 'fairly extreme' to describe politicians who use argument based on the idea that I, a mixed race person, amd not somehow as 'British', or as 'English' as the 'white British' group as ethnonationalism. These are just dictionary definitions.
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Badenoch resigned from Johnson's government and also was willing to take political damage to prevent his return, hasn't committed to a numerical target or to taking us out of the ECHR, and has yet to write an article based on the idea that a British Carribbean octagenarian is somehow 'not British'.
October 9, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Badenoch resigned from Johnson's government and also was willing to take political damage to prevent his return, hasn't committed to a numerical target or to taking us out of the ECHR, and has yet to write an article based on the idea that a British Carribbean octagenarian is somehow 'not British'.