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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
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THE CONVERSATION: Class privilege entrenches itself in UK journalism as new report reveals just 9% of national media journalists hail from working-class backgrounds, spotlighting a systemic inequality shaping news narratives.
- by Imke Henkel
- by Imke Henkel
New survey shows the extent of class privilege in UK journalism
Only 9% of journalists working for national and transnational media come from a working class background.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
THE CONVERSATION: Class privilege entrenches itself in UK journalism as new report reveals just 9% of national media journalists hail from working-class backgrounds, spotlighting a systemic inequality shaping news narratives.
- by Imke Henkel
- by Imke Henkel
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Astonishing that a Labour government is entertaining something called ‘project chainsaw’, Inspired by Musk and Milei
The gutting of state capacity helped create the mess we’re in. We need to be rebuilding the state, not dismantling it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The gutting of state capacity helped create the mess we’re in. We need to be rebuilding the state, not dismantling it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Plan to cut thousands of civil service jobs in radical government shake-up
Exclusive: Proposals also include cutting thousands of civil service jobs and restructuring NHS England
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Astonishing that a Labour government is entertaining something called ‘project chainsaw’, Inspired by Musk and Milei
The gutting of state capacity helped create the mess we’re in. We need to be rebuilding the state, not dismantling it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The gutting of state capacity helped create the mess we’re in. We need to be rebuilding the state, not dismantling it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Essential reading: “In other words, the AI industry now finds that it needs all the allies it can get. And it can’t afford to be picky. If the only places that people are seeing AI imagery is @BasedEphebophile1488’s verified X account – well, at least it’s being used at all.”
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
newsocialist.org.uk
March 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Essential reading: “In other words, the AI industry now finds that it needs all the allies it can get. And it can’t afford to be picky. If the only places that people are seeing AI imagery is @BasedEphebophile1488’s verified X account – well, at least it’s being used at all.”
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For many in left media and academic circles, the most important thing about the "anti woke" "ant-idpol" moment is that it's an opportunity to sell loads of books
February 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For many in left media and academic circles, the most important thing about the "anti woke" "ant-idpol" moment is that it's an opportunity to sell loads of books
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the insufferability of the british liberal class should be studied.
February 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
the insufferability of the british liberal class should be studied.
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‘Labour’s Borders Bill Is a Gift to the Far-Right That Won’t Stop Boats but Will Cost Lives’
The bill will cause untold human suffering while also still failing to deter irregular migration, argues Nathan Phillips
The bill will cause untold human suffering while also still failing to deter irregular migration, argues Nathan Phillips
‘Labour’s Borders Bill Is a Gift to the Far-Right That Won’t Stop Boats but Will Cost Lives’
The bill will cause untold human suffering while also still failing to deter irregular migration, argues Nathan Phillips
bylinetimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
‘Labour’s Borders Bill Is a Gift to the Far-Right That Won’t Stop Boats but Will Cost Lives’
The bill will cause untold human suffering while also still failing to deter irregular migration, argues Nathan Phillips
The bill will cause untold human suffering while also still failing to deter irregular migration, argues Nathan Phillips
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Elon Musk pushed out the FAA chief — who resigned 1 year into a 5 year term, last week.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
January 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Elon Musk pushed out the FAA chief — who resigned 1 year into a 5 year term, last week.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
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The defining question of the next few years isn’t “what should we pay to live our desired lives”, it’s “who gets to be recognised as human, and why.”
Thinking of all the times I was assumed to be a drug smuggler going through Customs merely because I was travelling while black and meanwhile Musk can go full Nazi and gets defended as “awkward”. No wonder white supremacists are desperate to hang onto white privilege, it must feel like a superpower.
January 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The defining question of the next few years isn’t “what should we pay to live our desired lives”, it’s “who gets to be recognised as human, and why.”
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Apparently Wes Streeting thinks the NHS is too focused on women and minorities which will come as a surprise to trans women, those who’ve experienced woeful maternity or menopause care (a fair few of my friends) and anyone aware of the fact that Black women are 3.7x more likely to die in childbirth
January 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Apparently Wes Streeting thinks the NHS is too focused on women and minorities which will come as a surprise to trans women, those who’ve experienced woeful maternity or menopause care (a fair few of my friends) and anyone aware of the fact that Black women are 3.7x more likely to die in childbirth
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I will never stop being mad about how the media has treated the anti-trans movement as a group of ordinary people with legitimate concerns rather than the obvious frothing bigots they are.
ABC White House correspondent just released ANOTHER anti-trans EO expected that we did not cover in our piece this morning:
A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
January 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I will never stop being mad about how the media has treated the anti-trans movement as a group of ordinary people with legitimate concerns rather than the obvious frothing bigots they are.
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I have an ominous feeling that the people currently saying “it’s not a Nazi salute” will soon be saying “it’s just a symbol from Hinduism.”
January 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I have an ominous feeling that the people currently saying “it’s not a Nazi salute” will soon be saying “it’s just a symbol from Hinduism.”
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Ed Miliband better hope he didn't forget to pay any library fines 15 years ago
As transport sec Louise Haigh
-resolved the industrial dispute on the railways
-was proceeding with rail public ownership
-spoke clearly on P&O
-gave priority to buses & opposed removal of the £2 cap
For her approach she attracted hostility from the right. It’s a backward development to lose her
-resolved the industrial dispute on the railways
-was proceeding with rail public ownership
-spoke clearly on P&O
-gave priority to buses & opposed removal of the £2 cap
For her approach she attracted hostility from the right. It’s a backward development to lose her
November 29, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Ed Miliband better hope he didn't forget to pay any library fines 15 years ago
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Which is weird because Steve McQueen was inspired by a picture of a mixed Black child being evacuated in the Blitz. He wasn’t the only one.
November 24, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Which is weird because Steve McQueen was inspired by a picture of a mixed Black child being evacuated in the Blitz. He wasn’t the only one.
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The labeller has been applied to some people already, and should look like this:
Also you can click the label to see the school fees.
Also you can click the label to see the school fees.
November 17, 2024 at 8:52 PM
The labeller has been applied to some people already, and should look like this:
Also you can click the label to see the school fees.
Also you can click the label to see the school fees.
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sorry to harsh the vibe but if labour do not change course and start offering material solutions to the problems facing people in this country this is the face of our next prime minister
Nigel Farage has the highest favourability rating of any politician in the UK.
Donald Trump has a higher favourability rating than Keir Starmer at 25%, but 58% of Brits have an unfavourable view of the President-elect 🧵
Donald Trump has a higher favourability rating than Keir Starmer at 25%, but 58% of Brits have an unfavourable view of the President-elect 🧵
November 18, 2024 at 9:48 PM
sorry to harsh the vibe but if labour do not change course and start offering material solutions to the problems facing people in this country this is the face of our next prime minister
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UK journalists talking about echo chambers when 0.2% of journalists are Black and 2.5% Asian and 51% of the most influential journalists went to private school is a bit of a joke
November 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM
UK journalists talking about echo chambers when 0.2% of journalists are Black and 2.5% Asian and 51% of the most influential journalists went to private school is a bit of a joke
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resolved: people who insist that all social media sites must be places where users are constantly encountering and arguing with people over fundamental disagreement do so because their actual, real lives are echo chambers where they do not encounter any meaningful difference from day-to-day.
November 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
resolved: people who insist that all social media sites must be places where users are constantly encountering and arguing with people over fundamental disagreement do so because their actual, real lives are echo chambers where they do not encounter any meaningful difference from day-to-day.
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People in Sudan and Gaza are starving. The international community must act. ‘Let’s not play the world’s most hungry and desperate people against one another. Both of these famines need immediate ceasefires and massive humanitarian aid.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People in Sudan and Gaza are starving. The international community must act | Alex de Waal
Sudan is the largest food crisis and Gaza is the worst emergency by intensity of deprivation – both disasters need urgent action
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:52 PM
People in Sudan and Gaza are starving. The international community must act. ‘Let’s not play the world’s most hungry and desperate people against one another. Both of these famines need immediate ceasefires and massive humanitarian aid.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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For all the people who are astonished by this because he was a "human rights lawyer" you need to remember: there has to be a lawyer somewhere to argue against human rights.
A legal expert responds to Keir Starmer’s genocide comment.
November 15, 2024 at 10:47 AM
For all the people who are astonished by this because he was a "human rights lawyer" you need to remember: there has to be a lawyer somewhere to argue against human rights.
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you can't "cede ground" to someone who owns the website and controls all of its functions outright
So I just posted this on Twitter & asked for views on it & the BlueSky exodus? Isn’t it just ceding ground to Musk? Zelensky didn’t pack his bags & decamp to Poland. Tell me why I’m wrong.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts
Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:52 PM
you can't "cede ground" to someone who owns the website and controls all of its functions outright