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pililah.bsky.social
@pililah.bsky.social
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Researching housing, walking and possibilities for more cooperative futures (they/them)
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pililah.bsky.social
I'll be speaking at this event in New York on Thursday about leftove.rs and the importance of anarchist digital archiving

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Interference Archive on Instagram: "Join us next week in the archive for a talk with our friends at @maydayrooms, a space like IA in the UK! We'll have a panel and conversation with @agit.press and @d...
290 likes, 3 comments - interferencearchive on January 23, 2026: "Join us next week in the archive for a talk with our friends at @maydayrooms, a space like IA in the UK! We'll have a panel and conver...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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alexhanna.bsky.social
Imagine doing a PhD in electricity, just so you knew how to blow up nuclear power plants and heavy water-producing facilities.

“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them... I am not a pacifist.”

A profile in absolute courage.
The A.N.C., in a statement, called Dr. Christie’s role “in disrupting and exposing the apartheid state’s clandestine nuclear weapons program” an “act of profound revolutionary significance.” From the doctoral dissertation he had written at the University of Oxford on the history of electricity in South Africa, Dr. Christie provided the research needed to blow up the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station; the Arnot coal-fired power station; the Sasol oil-from-coal facilities that produced the heavy water critical to producing nuclear weapons; and other critical sites. Many of his family members fought with the Allied forces against the Germans in World War II, and “I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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jurfo.bsky.social
Holy shit. What a legend.
After 48 hours of torture, Dr. Christie wrote a forced confession — "the best thing I ever wrote," he later told the BBC, noting that he had made sure the confession included "all my recommendations to the African National Congress" about the best way to sabotage Koeberg and other facilities. "And, gloriously, the judge read it out in court," Dr. Christie added. "So my recommendations went from the judge's mouth" straight to the A.N.C. Two years later, in December 1982, Koeberg was bombed by white A.N.C. operatives who had gotten jobs at the facility. They followed Dr. Christie's instructions to the letter.
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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pasttensehistories.bsky.social
#OnThisDay in folk history: An unlucky day to work (or do anything), according to the anglo-saxons.
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Jan 2nd: An unlucky day to work (or do anything), according to the anglo-saxons.
Medieval anglo-saxons thought January 2nd an unlucky day to do any work. However, it is likely because they thought Jan 2nd was the unluckiest day of the year, full stop. If you were born on Jan 2n…
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January 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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johnedenuk.bsky.social
Autonomous Astronauts at MayDay Rooms datacide-magazine.com/autonomous-a.... Great write up by Neil @transpontine.bsky.social
Autonomous Astronauts at MayDay Rooms - Datacide
The Association of Autonomous Astronauts celebrated 30 years since its foundation with an event at MayDay Rooms, London in April 2025.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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gavia.bsky.social
very beautiful that despite the 24-hour webcam and in-person guards, it got taken out by birds in 2023.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Nov 28
One of my favorite Wikipedia tables documents how each year's Gävlebock met its maker en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4...
1966. Destroyed 31 December. Fire. 1967. Survived. 1968. Fence added. Survived. 1969. Inside of goat protected by chicken-wire netting. Destroyed 31 December. Fire. 1970. Destroyed six hours after construction. Fire. The goat's destruction was blamed on two drunk teenagers. With help from several financial contributors, the goat was reassembled out of lake reed. 1971. Smashed to pieces. The Southern Merchants became tired of their goats being burned down, and stopped constructing them. The Natural Science Club from the School of Vasa took over and built a miniature goat. 1972. Collapsted. 1973. Stolen. The goat was stolen by a man, who then placed it in his backyard. He was later sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated theft. 1974. Fire. 1975. Collapsed. The goat collapsed under its own weight. 1976. Hit by a car. This year's goat was smaller than the previous ones. A student rammed the hind legs of the goat with a Volvo Amazon, collapsing the structure.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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piperfuriosa.bsky.social
As this Crimethinc article I keep coming back to says:
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A quote from Crimethinc's article "We Fight because We Like It: Maintaining Our Morale against Seemingly Insurmountable Odds": "I don’t participate in anarchist struggle because I think we will save the world. On the contrary, I fight because I know that one day the whole world will be destroyed—the earth will be consumed by the sun, leaving only ash—and when that day comes, I want the story that ends to be a story of beauty and tragedy and resistance to tyranny. I want the story we live to be a story of joy and courage and togetherness. I fight because it is a way of remembering those who came before us, because it is a way of honoring the creativity and rebelliousness of my contemporaries, because it is an act of care for everyone else whose heart breaks to see injustice and misfortune. I fight because I know that there is no happily ever after, there is no salvation waiting for us at the end of history; there is just what we do together today. That is all the beauty and meaning in the world that there will ever be, and it can be more than enough."
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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jtp.bsky.social
new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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unraveledpress.com
Every time things pop off the zone is flooded with first aid advice for pepper spray. It's basically a meme at this point. Fam, it sucks, but you will survive getting pepper sprayed. A single head injury from an object or a baton could kill you. Wear a helmet. This concludes our advice for the day
June 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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thatdocphoenix.com
Time is of the essence and we need to fight the EHRC interim guidance before it becomes statutory and Parliament make it law.

Don’t just shout about it, write to them. Also tell the media, if you can get them to care. I’ve posted this on Instagram.

Speak to your unions and staff networks at work
hello venues, LGBTQ+ clubs and organisations, workplaces and pals Social posts and posters are nice, but we need you to write to the EHRC and tell them their new guidance (see next slides) doesn't work for you They can't tell people how to run a gay or lesbian club. And they can't make you be toilet cops. Please tell them it doesn't work for you. A quick email or phone call will help a lot. From the EHRC interim guidance: In workplaces and services that are open to the public: • trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women's facilities and trans men (biological women) should not be permitted to use the men's facilities, as this will mean that they are no longer single-sex facilities and must be open to all users of the opposite sex • in some circumstances the law also allows trans women (biological men) not to be permitted to use the men's facilities, and trans men (biological woman) not to be permitted to use the women's facilities From Phoenix: If we pass too well, we aren't allowed in either gendered toilet or changing room. It's not fair to segregate us, never mind the impact on disabled people if abled trans people use their facilities From the EHRC interim guidance: Membership of an association of 25 or more people can be limited to men only or women only and can be limited to people who each have two protected characteristics. It can be, for example, for gay men only or lesbian women only. A women-only or lesbian-only association should not admit trans women (biological men), and a men-only or gay men-only association should not admit trans men (biological women). From Phoenix: If you run a gay or lesbian club, night, bar, sauna, reading group, walking group etc - the EHRC say you have to exclude trans people or include cishets. Freedom of association is under threat Time is of the essence. They're going to make this guidance statutory and Parliament will make that law soon. We will try to help with template letters etc, but your initial objections should be logged NOW. We love you, you need to speak up.
April 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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gavia.bsky.social
Here's my very enthusiastic review for Andor season 2! A thrilling conclusion to the greatest Star Wars spinoff, doubling down on the smart political writing and Cold War cynicism of the first season.

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Andor Season 2 Review: A Thrilling Conclusion to the Greatest Star Wars Spin-Off
Diego Luna's rebel spy returns in this beautifully realized anti-fascist drama
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April 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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transpontine.bsky.social
Goths against fascism - eyeliner antifa is coming out of the shadows history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2025/04/goth...
April 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
pililah.bsky.social
Analogue memes from the London Psychogeography Association archival collection
April 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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municipaldreams.bsky.social
'Palaces of the People': the Excalibur Estate, Catford, was the largest surviving estate of the 156,623 temporary prefabs bungalows built to tackle the housing crisis after the Second World War.
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Prefab bungalow Prefab bungalow Prefab bungalow Prefab bungalow
February 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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penfight.bsky.social
You should have a website (by @nora.zone)

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You should have a website I know. You already have a social media account. But you should also have a personal website. Here's why. You control your website When you post on social media, you are subject to the whims of whoever runs it. If you get banned, no one knows how to find you. If the website gets sold to someone who sucks, you cannot transfer your identity somewhere else. If the main algorithm that people use to find your posts starts suppressing your posts, you have no backup plan. Social media leaves you bouncing from one enshittified, corporate-owned app to another. Your website is your fallback plan When your favorite social media website gets bought by some asshole with more money than sense, you are going to be left holding the bag. If you have a website, you can link your social media profiles on the website, and build up a reputation as having that website so people know where to find you if your current social media implodes. You will feel better if you have control over your technology I'm a glass artist. I use a kiln about 3-5 times a week for my work. A few months ago, my thermocouple broke. I don't have a place in town that will repair kilns, and anyway, it's too heavy to move around. Luckily, kilns are meant to be user-serviced. The thermocouple popped out, I ordered a new one, and I did a little work with a screwdriver to get the new one in place. And you know what? It felt great. Because it gave me a sense of agency
January 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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allisonmotoole.bsky.social
YES YES YES thank youuu this review is wonderful. I still feel like I'm losing my mind every time someone calls this movie sexual or even sexy... It's so bland, especially compared with its myriad predecessors!
gavia.bsky.social Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · Jan 15
I also touched upon this issue in my Reactor piece about the Ellen/Orlok relationship. I love gothic horror, but I spent a lot of Robert Eggers' Nosferatu thinking, "Okay... and...?" He's trying to reinvent the wheel!

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Quote: "Vintage gothic fiction is already a foundational influence on horror cinema, and there’s a massive back-catalogue of Victorian historical dramas that illustrate the values of the time. Jane Eyre, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The Turn of the Screw lead into Crimson Peak, The Woman in Black and Lady Macbeth – and Interview with the Vampire, and The Haunting of Hill House, and countless Victorian pastiches. These stories have already introduced 19th century tropes and values into the public consciousness, making Eggers’ Nosferatu far less distinctive than his previous work. Ellen Hutter’s psychosexual torment seems almost rote and cliché compared to the stylized weirdness of The Lighthouse, and while the obscure vampire folklore (ie. drinking from the heart instead of the throat) presents a notable curiosity, it doesn’t do enough to differentiate this Nosferatu from previous Draculas. Technically impressive though it is, this is Eggers’ least interesting project to date, exploring familiar ideas while squandering their more grotesque potential."
January 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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acellarfulofnoise.co.uk
Not sure I've said on the show or show's socials before but I keep a regularly updated listings site for small / punkish / diy gigs in London at diylistingsldn.neocities.org. There's a submission form also so send me what you're putting on
DIY LISTINGS LONDON
DIY Gig Listings in London, UK
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January 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
pililah.bsky.social
In honour of moving into a new house that's full of damp, i think there's something almost poetic about the actual physical decay that capitalism produces
October 1, 2023 at 2:46 PM