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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · Feb 16

I started a politics/opinion blog!

My perspective on the future of the so-called "Special Relationship" between the UK and the US in the new era of Trump's international gangsterism.

The 'Special Relationship' is over

You cannot cultivate a relationship with the political equivalent of the Sword of Damocles.

pthomasjohnson.substack.com

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 14h

No doubt! It's no surprise that the first AI "actor" that's been marketed is made to present as a woman.

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 14h

Actually yeah, viewers *do* care, and honestly given the morass of ethical implications, there ought to be a law that forces studios to declare in any promotional materials that a movie has used AI, so then we can decide whether or not we'd like to support it.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 14h

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 14h

"Maybe if I shout louder and slower they will finally understand me"

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe the guy who electrocutes his dog on a livestream is not the moral authority the left needs but what do I know

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 14h

He's just a more well-spoken version of the people who, in the words of Russell Howard, go to Spain to shout at the waiter "Oi! Pedro! Do. You. Do. Chips?!"

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 23h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 17h

They*

Still no friggin edit button.

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 17h

No problem, it happens!

As to your other point, then can and should be held fully responsible for their actions, particularly if they have created an environment where their child is afraid to be themselves.

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 17h

It was? Please quote me exactly where I said that.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 17h

Agreed. Stiff sentences, particularly because animals cannot advocate for themselves, and animal abusers often go onto abusing people.

Hasan Piker is a fucking scumbag (not that this is a recent revelation).

Arron Automata @arrontk.bsky.social · 20h

Anyone who abuses an animal deserves to go straight to jail imo

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah we do, it's called therapy. They should try going to it instead of abusing their children.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 18h

I wonder how many of that +12% would change their mind if the question was changed to what it actually is:

"Compelling teachers to involve themselves in a child's family life by forcibly outing them when they are not ready"

Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 18h

Net-Support For Using The Notwithstanding Clause For:

Requiring schools to notify parents when their child wants to go by a new name/pronoun: +12%

Preventing those under 16 who are transgender from having hormone therapy: +6%

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 18h

Have they tried talking to their children, like normal people? Not that your comment has anything to do with the questions in the poll.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 20h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 1d

Get fucked

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Helianthus 🔔🇺🇦 @theseeduneed.bsky.social · 1d

Extra weight is no excuse.

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Andreas 🇨🇦 fella (fuck you, make me) 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 1d

TheDailyKelsey: #duihire #hegseth #beardos #strongisstrong #pullup

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever I see polling I always think of this:

youtu.be/ahgjEjJkZks?...

For and Against National Service | Yes, Prime Minister | Comedy Greats

YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 1d

Colm McGuinness!

He's fantastic.

P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 1d

When it's run by a repressive theocratic slave state that profiteers in human trafficking? Absolutely.

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DWCISME @dwcisme.bsky.social · 1d

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 1d

"Azerbaijan and Armenia" = A mocking reference to the recent claims by Trump where he mixed up Armenia and Albania.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 1d

"Unprecedented commitments to NATO partners" = Effectively abandoning them certainly is unprecedented.

"peace through India and Pakistan" = Everyone knows both nations denied it had anything to do with Trump

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇬🇧🇨🇦 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a helpful translation guide:

"You were a transformative President" = You've transformed your country from a relatively respected nation into a laughing stock

"The transformation in the economy" = You've completely trashed one of the strongest economies in the world

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