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Happened to find this - it's a useful little website if you A) want to know why you should drop Substack and B) want a list of alternatives.
A couple also have tools to import your old SS posts over.
leavesubstack.com
#kidlit
A couple also have tools to import your old SS posts over.
leavesubstack.com
#kidlit
You Should Probably Leave Substack
You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.
leavesubstack.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Happened to find this - it's a useful little website if you A) want to know why you should drop Substack and B) want a list of alternatives.
A couple also have tools to import your old SS posts over.
leavesubstack.com
#kidlit
A couple also have tools to import your old SS posts over.
leavesubstack.com
#kidlit
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Not only is it terrorism to support Palestine Action, it is terrorism to support hunger strikers who have not been convicted of alleged offences that took place before Palestine Action was even proscribed. Read that back.
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/british-po...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/british-po...
British police have decided that Greta Thunberg is a terrorist
Every sane person was horrified when Greta Thunberg was arrested, stripped, tortured, and photographed undressed by the Israeli government.
www.councilestatemedia.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Not only is it terrorism to support Palestine Action, it is terrorism to support hunger strikers who have not been convicted of alleged offences that took place before Palestine Action was even proscribed. Read that back.
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/british-po...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/british-po...
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#OtD 23 Dec 2013 after an unfavourable review with a manager, a Citibank worker downed 90% of the bank's networks. He did it so management could "see what the guys on the floor [are] capable of doing when they keep getting mistreated" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9554...
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#OtD 23 Dec 2013 after an unfavourable review with a manager, a Citibank worker downed 90% of the bank's networks. He did it so management could "see what the guys on the floor [are] capable of doing when they keep getting mistreated" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9554...
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BREAKING: Major Insurers drop Elbit Systems
Following a sustained direct action campaign, initiated by Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, Allianz and Aviva no longer insure Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Direct Action gets results. 🧵1/4
Following a sustained direct action campaign, initiated by Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, Allianz and Aviva no longer insure Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Direct Action gets results. 🧵1/4
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
BREAKING: Major Insurers drop Elbit Systems
Following a sustained direct action campaign, initiated by Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, Allianz and Aviva no longer insure Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Direct Action gets results. 🧵1/4
Following a sustained direct action campaign, initiated by Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, Allianz and Aviva no longer insure Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Direct Action gets results. 🧵1/4
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Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago
The emergence of a document contradicts claims made by the Post Office over bugs in its IT system during criminal prosecutions.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
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I’ve made a copy of the 60 Minutes INSIDE CECOT segment. If Substack takes it down, I’ll put it up on my website. I know there are cleaner copies out there, but I kinda like the punk rock bootlegged version. The link is in my pinned post if you haven’t seen it yet.
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I’ve made a copy of the 60 Minutes INSIDE CECOT segment. If Substack takes it down, I’ll put it up on my website. I know there are cleaner copies out there, but I kinda like the punk rock bootlegged version. The link is in my pinned post if you haven’t seen it yet.
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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One email in the Epstein files dump says Trump was listed as a passenger on at least eight flights on Epstein’s private jet between 1993 and 1996, including four flights with Ghislaine Maxwell.
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
One email in the Epstein files dump says Trump was listed as a passenger on at least eight flights on Epstein’s private jet between 1993 and 1996, including four flights with Ghislaine Maxwell.
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"Our demands are simple."
"One: shut down the weapons factories." "Two, deproscribe Palestine Action." "Three, an end to the mistreatment of prisoners." "Four, immediate bail." "And five: a fair trial."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Food #Protest #Genocide #Military
"One: shut down the weapons factories." "Two, deproscribe Palestine Action." "Three, an end to the mistreatment of prisoners." "Four, immediate bail." "And five: a fair trial."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Food #Protest #Genocide #Military
Why We Are on Hunger Strike in UK Jails
Amu Gib is one of eight prisoners incarcerated for alleged involvement in direct action against Israeli genocide currently on hunger strike in UK jails.
www.counterpunch.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Our demands are simple."
"One: shut down the weapons factories." "Two, deproscribe Palestine Action." "Three, an end to the mistreatment of prisoners." "Four, immediate bail." "And five: a fair trial."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Food #Protest #Genocide #Military
"One: shut down the weapons factories." "Two, deproscribe Palestine Action." "Three, an end to the mistreatment of prisoners." "Four, immediate bail." "And five: a fair trial."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Food #Protest #Genocide #Military
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I'm delighted to have been selected as a Scottish Green Party candidate for Holyrood 2026 on the Edinburgh and Lothians East list.
I'm asking for your help to get me elected. We rely on donations from folk like you to ensure we can run our campaigns. 🙏
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/chas-booth...
I'm asking for your help to get me elected. We rely on donations from folk like you to ensure we can run our campaigns. 🙏
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/chas-booth...
Help Chas Booth run in the Holyrood Election!
Help Chas in this campaign to stand on the Scottish Greens Regional List in Edinburgh and Lothians East.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I'm delighted to have been selected as a Scottish Green Party candidate for Holyrood 2026 on the Edinburgh and Lothians East list.
I'm asking for your help to get me elected. We rely on donations from folk like you to ensure we can run our campaigns. 🙏
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/chas-booth...
I'm asking for your help to get me elected. We rely on donations from folk like you to ensure we can run our campaigns. 🙏
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/chas-booth...
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Spoke on behalf of @scottishgreens.org at the National Demonstration for Palestine yesterday on:
- our solidarity with for the Hunger Strikers ✊️
- further action in Chambers & Parliaments 🗣
- Glasgow's Bethelehem Twinning to build further practical solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
📸 : Billy Knox
- our solidarity with for the Hunger Strikers ✊️
- further action in Chambers & Parliaments 🗣
- Glasgow's Bethelehem Twinning to build further practical solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
📸 : Billy Knox
December 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Spoke on behalf of @scottishgreens.org at the National Demonstration for Palestine yesterday on:
- our solidarity with for the Hunger Strikers ✊️
- further action in Chambers & Parliaments 🗣
- Glasgow's Bethelehem Twinning to build further practical solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
📸 : Billy Knox
- our solidarity with for the Hunger Strikers ✊️
- further action in Chambers & Parliaments 🗣
- Glasgow's Bethelehem Twinning to build further practical solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
📸 : Billy Knox
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‘Jesus was a refugee. As a child he had to go to Egypt for safety. So please: think what the message of Christmas really means’
The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
The Nativity, Frew says, is about “a refugee child who had to go to Egypt for safety'
The Rt Rev Rosie Frew has composed a special Christmas reflection for Herald readers. She talks to our Writer at Large about the need to love those…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
‘Jesus was a refugee. As a child he had to go to Egypt for safety. So please: think what the message of Christmas really means’
The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
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EXCLUSIVE: The family of a British man killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza have told how he risked his life there because he was a friend of the “underdog” as they prepare for their second Christmas without him
Father of UK man killed in Gaza airstrike remembers son as friend to the 'underdog'
www.thenational.scot
December 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The family of a British man killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza have told how he risked his life there because he was a friend of the “underdog” as they prepare for their second Christmas without him
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Some lives definitely less valued than others
🇵🇸 Gaza’s Civil Defense announced Friday that 5 Palestinians killed in an ‘Israeli’ strike on a school serving as a displaced persons shelter, while the ‘Israeli’ military claimed it opened fire on "suspicious individuals"
en.royanews.tv/news/65912?f...
🇵🇸 Gaza’s Civil Defense announced Friday that 5 Palestinians killed in an ‘Israeli’ strike on a school serving as a displaced persons shelter, while the ‘Israeli’ military claimed it opened fire on "suspicious individuals"
en.royanews.tv/news/65912?f...
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Some lives definitely less valued than others
🇵🇸 Gaza’s Civil Defense announced Friday that 5 Palestinians killed in an ‘Israeli’ strike on a school serving as a displaced persons shelter, while the ‘Israeli’ military claimed it opened fire on "suspicious individuals"
en.royanews.tv/news/65912?f...
🇵🇸 Gaza’s Civil Defense announced Friday that 5 Palestinians killed in an ‘Israeli’ strike on a school serving as a displaced persons shelter, while the ‘Israeli’ military claimed it opened fire on "suspicious individuals"
en.royanews.tv/news/65912?f...
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❤️🎄🇵🇸
𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊: Buy “Lullaby” by Together for Palestine for £1.98 *right now* to make it the UK Christmas # 1. All profits go to Palestinian-led aid orgs. Together for Palestine are: Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Mabel & more. Please buy it & repost this! xx
linktr.ee/T4Plive
𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊: Buy “Lullaby” by Together for Palestine for £1.98 *right now* to make it the UK Christmas # 1. All profits go to Palestinian-led aid orgs. Together for Palestine are: Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Mabel & more. Please buy it & repost this! xx
linktr.ee/T4Plive
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
❤️🎄🇵🇸
𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊: Buy “Lullaby” by Together for Palestine for £1.98 *right now* to make it the UK Christmas # 1. All profits go to Palestinian-led aid orgs. Together for Palestine are: Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Mabel & more. Please buy it & repost this! xx
linktr.ee/T4Plive
𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊: Buy “Lullaby” by Together for Palestine for £1.98 *right now* to make it the UK Christmas # 1. All profits go to Palestinian-led aid orgs. Together for Palestine are: Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Mabel & more. Please buy it & repost this! xx
linktr.ee/T4Plive
Have England lost yet?
December 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Have England lost yet?
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"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
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lmao this is the worst possible way they could have done it, you gotta leave him in some non-terrible stuff so you can argue that's all there is
"he wasn't mentioned once" is not gonna fly
"he wasn't mentioned once" is not gonna fly
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
lmao this is the worst possible way they could have done it, you gotta leave him in some non-terrible stuff so you can argue that's all there is
"he wasn't mentioned once" is not gonna fly
"he wasn't mentioned once" is not gonna fly
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Mustafa Barghouti last year: "Any country that is under occupation has the right to resist occupation with all forms of struggle, including military struggle"
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Mustafa Barghouti last year: "Any country that is under occupation has the right to resist occupation with all forms of struggle, including military struggle"
First day off work, not doing any of the Christmas prep I needed to do because I'm lying in bed with a busy up head; due to stupid Leith Walk cycle lane.
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
First day off work, not doing any of the Christmas prep I needed to do because I'm lying in bed with a busy up head; due to stupid Leith Walk cycle lane.
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This story Carl Nassib told on RC's pod about coming out in the NFL cracked me up. His delivery is so good!
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This story Carl Nassib told on RC's pod about coming out in the NFL cracked me up. His delivery is so good!
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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Update: it appears we may have support from SNP for this proposal, which is ggod news.
What about Lab, Lib Dems & Con? Are they content with 10-year delays to active travel projects, or will they take action to address this?
What about Lab, Lib Dems & Con? Are they content with 10-year delays to active travel projects, or will they take action to address this?
Unfortunately it seems we won't get support from any other party for our amendment today.
So my question for Labour, SNP, Lib Dems & Tories is: we know TRO process creates a major delay to sustainable transport. What do you propose to address this?
So my question for Labour, SNP, Lib Dems & Tories is: we know TRO process creates a major delay to sustainable transport. What do you propose to address this?
Green councillors have an amendment at full council tomorrow which would have the effect of abolishing #edincouncil TRO Sub-committee.
This committee has been a block to progress on #activetravel & sustainable transport for too long, making decisions contrary to policy. It must go.
1/2
This committee has been a block to progress on #activetravel & sustainable transport for too long, making decisions contrary to policy. It must go.
1/2
December 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Update: it appears we may have support from SNP for this proposal, which is ggod news.
What about Lab, Lib Dems & Con? Are they content with 10-year delays to active travel projects, or will they take action to address this?
What about Lab, Lib Dems & Con? Are they content with 10-year delays to active travel projects, or will they take action to address this?
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Abolish the Treasury.
Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered?
Yeah, as I was saying...
Yeah, as I was saying...
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Abolish the Treasury.