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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16m

Ok it's Delaney Malone in that image, but the other person is Rachelle Cochran.

www.tiktok.com/@delaneymalo...

www.tiktok.com/@itsrachelle...

Life in the Portland Warzone with @RachelleCochran Civilians have acquired haunted dolls for defense. The drum circle has been activated. Voodoo Donuts now functions as a ration line. #portlandoregon...

TikTok video by Delaney

www.tiktok.com

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 25m

#SavePortland

Composite of 4 screenshots (s/s) from the quoted video showing as section of a sarcastic Portland war zone video on TikTok made to mock the latest bout of Trumpian gaslighting of America in using his ICE Gestapopo to target states and cities who did not vote for him, even when crime is far higher elsewhere. But you know this, right?

Someone with a plastic sword in one hand is walking across a Portland street saying "SHOTS FLYING IN PORTLAND GET READY" as they hold an espresso shot from a coffee van behind them in one hand, and then drink it at the end.

From Tik Tok itsrachellecochran, so maybe it's them idk.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h

A day in the Portland war zone

The Portland War Zone isn't for everyone but at least the chaos is locally sourced.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1h

Yay, Bluesky search is fixed again.

s/s Bluesky search results for "is everybody's Bluesky search broken or is it just me?" showing the times I have asked this question today.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1h

Have you come across panicked push against immigrants in Ireland, entirely focussed on the smallest groups?

People upset about White Irish becoming a minority in Ireland by 2050 but the additional population is mostly white Europeans, so hard to explain why The West Will Fall?
Still 75% White.

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 2

Elon Musk pushing the line that the West will fall because of *checks notes* Polish, British and Ukrainian immigrants to Ireland, who make up the next largest ethnic grouping and are often young and having families.

No single non-White Irish ethnic group exceeds 3% of the population.

Revisiting the Data
Current Ethnic Composition (2022 Census):White Irish: 77% (approx. 4.14 million of 5.38 million).
Other ethnic groups (2022):Other White (e.g., Polish, UK, Ukrainian): 10.3% (553,000).
Asian (e.g., Indian, Chinese): 2.3% (124,000).
Black (e.g., African): 1.5% (80,000).
Mixed or other: ~2% (107,000).
Non-Irish citizens (not all non-White Irish): 12% (645,000), with significant groups from Poland, UK, India, Romania, and Ukraine.

No single non-White Irish ethnic group exceeds 3% of the population.

https://x.com/i/grok/share/xAjhUNpsKn7y16pcctkO6IBvv

Breakdown of "Other White"
The CSO's 2022 Census does not provide a comprehensive ethnic breakdown for all "Other White" respondents but offers insights through nationality and write-in responses. Key groups include:
Polish: The largest single nationality within "Other White," with 122,515 Polish nationals (born in Poland) residing in Ireland in 2022. Assuming most identify as White (aligned with Poland's 98% White population), they likely form a significant portion of the "Other White" category (22% of Other White, or ~2.4% of Ireland's total population).
UK Nationals (British, English, Scottish, Welsh): 112,111 UK nationals lived in Ireland in 2022, with most expected to identify as White British (English, Scottish, Welsh, or British). This suggests ~20% of the "Other White" category.
Ukrainian: Due to the 2022 Ukraine crisis, ~67,000 Ukrainians were in Ireland by 2022 (many under temporary protection), likely contributing ~12% to "Other White."
Romanian: 42,456 Romanian nationals, likely ~7.6% of "Other White."
Lithuanian: 36,306 Lithuanian nationals, ~6.5% of "Other White."
Other European: Includes smaller groups like Latvians, Germans, and Italians, collectively estimated at 100,000 (18%).
Non-European White: Includes White Americans, Australians, etc., likely <5% (~25,000).

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1h

What also helped with integration was free local ESOL and cultural welcome lessons for immigrants - which were one of the first things to go under Austerity.

NUS: Twelve reasons cuts to ESOL are the stupidest government cut yet
(November 2015) web.archive.org/web/20151128...

Twelve reasons cuts to ESOL are the stupidest government cut yet
Monday 23 November 2015

Here's why cutting ESOL would be one of the stupidest government cuts yet:

1. 850,000 UK residents lack basic English language skills.

2. Yet since 2009, government funding for ESOL courses has been cut by 60%...

3. ... and the wider adult skills budget, funding lifelong learning in colleges, has been cut by 35%.

4. According to ESOL learner Nathanial Ghilazghi, "If you haven't done ESOL, you don't know how

to communicate. You don't know how to live."

5. Participation in ESOL has dropped by 22% since 2010...

6. ...but waiting lists of up to 1,000 still exist in the vast majority of colleges.

7. ESOL saves money for other public services: on interpreters, on misunderstandings, on mistakes.

https://web.archive.org/web/20151128035759/https://nus.org.uk/en/news/twelve-reasons-cuts-to-esol-are-the-stupidest-government-cut-yet/

7. ESOL saves money for other public services: on interpreters, on misunderstandings, on mistakes.

8. And ESOL is cheap! At the height of spending it only cost the Government £230 million.

9. It makes it easier for EVERYONE in society to live together if we all speak the same language.

10. It reduces poverty, skills shortages and community divisions.

11. David Cameron agrees. He said it himself on 20 July: "we have parts of the country where opportunities remain limited...where language remains a real barrier".

https://web.archive.org/web/20151128035759/https://nus.org.uk/en/news/twelve-reasons-cuts-to-esol-are-the-stupidest-government-cut-yet/

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1h

@barristersecret.bsky.social are you aware of this?

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16h

OK I have seen this nonsense crop upon RW feeds more this week so raising it again: there are accusations made that @thebarcouncil.bsky.social are "anti-white racists" 🙄

See Jacob Rees-Mogg is making a living pushing this rubbish on KGBNews now.

here are some notes on what is actually happening:

GB News @GBNEWS
The Bar Council is under fire for launching a black-only internship scheme.

Gawain Towler calls it 'racist', while Kevin Craig defends it as a levelling tool under the Equality Act.

[Jacob Rees-Mogg GB News show video GBNEWS.COM
WHITES PUPILS BARRED FROM INTERNSHIP
Bar Council allows only black or mixed-race pupils on summer internship

8:58 PM · Oct 1, 2025
12.7K Views
https://x.com/GBNEWS/status/1973477598664470782

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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 2h

It’s like if Facebook manifested a car

Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2h

See yer da’s got a new car.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16h

This is what the white far-right are so offended by now:

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 13d

10,000 Black Interns (“10KBI”) is a 5 year charity programme designed to support 2000 Black and mixed heritage students and graduates every year and address chronic under-representation of Black talent across 35 sectors, with 6 week paid internships

10000internsfoundation.com/our-programm...

10kBI Programme - 10,000 Interns Foundation

Our programme means that you can take the first steps in your career journey. We also make sure that the workplace feels right once you get there.

10000internsfoundation.com

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16h

OK I have seen this nonsense crop upon RW feeds more this week so raising it again: there are accusations made that @thebarcouncil.bsky.social are "anti-white racists" 🙄

See Jacob Rees-Mogg is making a living pushing this rubbish on KGBNews now.

here are some notes on what is actually happening:

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1h

s/s from shared video showing the fixed smile on Priti Patel's face barely clinging on after she was excluded from the thanks. Two of the men around her are looking over at her as if to check her reaction.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 5h

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

Sign up for our humor newsletter to get Daily Cartoons delivered to your inbox: nyer.cm/0EivDaD

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1h

"anti-woke" 🙄

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 2h

1968 Dr Martin Luther King Jr. explaining the need to remain awake part 1
"And one of the great liabilities of life is that all too many people find themselves living amid a great period of social change, and yet... they end up sleeping through a revolution."

#MLK #Woke

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1h

transcript of Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution
Delivered at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., on 31 March 1968. Congressional Record, 9 April 1968, By Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr. Speech, Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution

martin luther king. martin,luther,king,jr, Education,Enrichment,Culture,History,civil rights,world music,diversity,African Drumm and Dance,lectures,performance multi-cultureand more

www.seemeonline.com

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 2h

1968 Dr Martin Luther King Jr. explaining the need to remain awake part 2
"John Donne caught it years ago and placed it in graphic terms: "No man is an island entire of itself"... We must see this, believe this, and live by it if we are to remain awake through a great revolution."
#MLK #Woke

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 2h

1968 Dr Martin Luther King Jr. explaining the need to remain awake part 1
"And one of the great liabilities of life is that all too many people find themselves living amid a great period of social change, and yet... they end up sleeping through a revolution."

#MLK #Woke

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 2h

Not so happy birthday for Putin

Nobody seems hungry.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2h

😵‍💫 The Kremlin showed Putin's celebratory lunch with the generals yesterday.

It doesn't feel festive at all. Everyone's expressions are gloomy…

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13h

According to hacked emails obtained by @dropsitenews.com, 'journalist' Douglas Murray was allegedly writing secret draft speeches for the Israeli ambassador to the UN while also pretending to be an independent 'journalist'.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 2h

#Woke
Dr Martin Luther King Jr.’s last Sunday sermon titled “'Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution” which was delivered on March 31, 1968, from the Canterbury Pulpit at The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington.

4 days later he was assassinated.

The Last Sunday Sermon of MLK (March 31, 1968) | English Subtitles

YouTube video by English Subtitles

www.youtube.com

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 5h

Poor old Kemi has a problem. She doesn’t want arts subjects learned, because then people would understand how she’s talking bollocks. She doesn’t want sciences or mathematics studied, because then people would understand she’s talking bollocks. She doesn’t want law studied… 1/2