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Dr Karen Smith๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•ท๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ๐ŸŽž๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŒป

@karenapsmith.bsky.social

Taught HE over 25 years, Dep Head Cass Art School. Film/Media scholar programmer/cinemas/cult/horror/gothic/folk horror/music/neighbourhoods/audiences/gentrification/ScalaCinema UCL+KCL Lived opposite Grenfell Tower for over 20 years ๐Ÿ’š W10 to WKen London

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๐Ÿงตin depth thread on Gorton & Denton by-election

Sick of the coverage given to these unfounded racist & frankly illogical Reform claims

Missed slippage in common use of โ€˜sectarianโ€™ in UK-usually applying to Catholic/Protestant divides over issues coded as in the interests of one over other group

01.03.2026 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿง sectarian voting analysis

useful G+D ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

01.03.2026 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Qatar does. The UAE does. And of course, the Saudis do.

24.02.2026 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hereโ€™s the full scoop.

(full alt text in separate post)

01.03.2026 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These guys were selling t-shirts until they needed a war to cover up the intentional damage they did to the economy and the president's involvement in a pedophilia scandal.

01.03.2026 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8157    ๐Ÿ” 2782    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 213    ๐Ÿ“Œ 75

Cโ€™mon
Give yourself over to absolute pleasure
Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh
Erotic nightmares beyond any measure
And sensual daydreams to reasure forever โ€”
Can't you just see it.

Don't dream it โ€” Be it
Don't dream it โ€” Be it
Don't dream it โ€” Be it

01.03.2026 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿงตtrajectory is depressingly predictable by precedent - not the details but in outline

Humans treated as cannon fodder for gain & spectacles of power

01.03.2026 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if you understand nothing, you are not concerned about anything. #lifehack

01.03.2026 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump in 2020: โ€œWeโ€™ve spent $8 trillion in the Middle East, and weโ€™re not fixing our roads in this country? How stupid. How stupid is it?

โ€œAnd weโ€™re not fixing our tunnels, our bridges, our hospitals, our schools? Itโ€™s crazy.โ€

01.03.2026 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 241    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

01.03.2026 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15350    ๐Ÿ” 4991    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1403    ๐Ÿ“Œ 404

So callous youโ€™d think heโ€™s a narcissistic psychopath. Oh wait.

01.03.2026 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

01.03.2026 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Private Bone Spurs courageously predicted that some loss of (other people's) lives would occur by starting this senseless attack.
He's currently playing golf.

01.03.2026 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely appalling statement.

01.03.2026 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Nick shirley on X
@nickshirleyy
If anyone has learned anything, Trump and the US are no longer to be played with.

2/2 at taking out dictators; our military is that precise.

Like fr donโ€™t even look at Trump the wrong way ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

Iran's nukes: Gone
Panama Canal: Ours
Maduro: Captured
Ayatollah: Dead
Greenland?
3:40 PM ยท Feb 28, 2026
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Nick shirley on X @nickshirleyy If anyone has learned anything, Trump and the US are no longer to be played with. 2/2 at taking out dictators; our military is that precise. Like fr donโ€™t even look at Trump the wrong way ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ Iran's nukes: Gone Panama Canal: Ours Maduro: Captured Ayatollah: Dead Greenland? 3:40 PM ยท Feb 28, 2026 ยท 291.7K Views Relevant

Oh good, the online dipshits the White House listen to have decided that Greenland is next

28.02.2026 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Farage: Immigrants donโ€™t integrate!

Also Farage: I will not let immigrants integrate.

01.03.2026 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 127    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Me too
Didnโ€™t know he was peddling racist crap on the hell site- makes his support for Orban seem even more sinister- part of a big, stinking racist authoritarian parcel
He was known for misogyny so seems to be sad case study supporting arguments misogyny is gateway drug/entry point to RW world view

01.03.2026 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very true. Tarnished hero

He & the comics he worked with rose to fame puncturing upper class Brit pomposity & playing with the absurdities of Brit culture

He has become the thing he ridiculed.

Support for Orban is generally disgusting: Cleese previously understood - Secret Policemanโ€™s Ball?

01.03.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US-Israeli-led bombing hit a girls schoolโ€ฆ

Death toll now at 150

A war launched illegally by two depraved men desperate to cling to power and stay out of jail

โ€ฆand they call others terrorists.

01.03.2026 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 640    ๐Ÿ” 215    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Trump's Iran strikes came at the behest of an 'unusual pair' of allies: report President Donald Trump may have been led to strike Iran alongside Israel by an "unusual pair" of allies, a new report revealed. The Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing four sources familiar w...

Trump's decision to conduct a series of strikes against Iran's ballistic and nuclear missile facilities came at the behest of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who had been lobbying for the strikes for weeks, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

01.03.2026 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 460    ๐Ÿ” 241    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

Dangerous how? Has he turned in Fawlty?

He seems to have forgotten British culture in 60s, 70s & the damage inflicted by 80s Tories, repudiated his Python writing partnerโ€™s life & campaigning, & Python gags overall

Shame on the Upper Class Twit of the Year supporting dangerous authoritarianism

01.03.2026 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A COLLECTION OF THE DUMBEST DUDES YOU KNEW FROM HIGH SCHOOL FELT EMASCULATED WHEN A BLACK MAN GOT ELECTED PRESIDENT, SO, TO COMPENSATE WE NOW HAVE A SEMI-SENTIENT PIG'S STOMACH IN A RED HAT STARTING AN ILLEGAL WAR TO DISTRACT THE COUNTRY FROM ALL THE SEX CRIMES HE COMMITTED JAY BLACK

A COLLECTION OF THE DUMBEST DUDES YOU KNEW FROM HIGH SCHOOL FELT EMASCULATED WHEN A BLACK MAN GOT ELECTED PRESIDENT, SO, TO COMPENSATE WE NOW HAVE A SEMI-SENTIENT PIG'S STOMACH IN A RED HAT STARTING AN ILLEGAL WAR TO DISTRACT THE COUNTRY FROM ALL THE SEX CRIMES HE COMMITTED JAY BLACK

๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿ”ฅ

01.03.2026 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

he endorsed Restore Britain last month

01.03.2026 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

A useful record of Farageโ€™s failure and his inability to cope with it. A cheat and a very bad loser who would happily trash democracy to get the result he wants. And then remove our rights to stop us holding him to account.
Such a corrupt, egomaniacal liar should have no hope of getting power.

01.03.2026 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 834    ๐Ÿ” 315    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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TODAY: We posted about MAGA Republican state Rep. Susan Lynn posting that her son just got called up and deployed after Trump & Bibi started this war with Iran.

FLASHBACK โ€” 2020: Susan posted thanking Trump for โ€œnot plunging my son and daughter-in-law into another warโ€ ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

01.03.2026 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3240    ๐Ÿ” 1087    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54
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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnishโ€™ed with car-related fatalities.

โ€œHelsinki hasnโ€™t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past yearโ€ฆCiting data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a carโ€™s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinkiโ€™s residential areas and city center in 2021.โ€

01.03.2026 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2220    ๐Ÿ” 754    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 88
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I think you mean โ€œpanicking immigrantsโ€ Ms Oakshott?

01.03.2026 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 577    ๐Ÿ” 125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Having considered for 48 hours the best way to protect the autonomy, the equal voice and the equal right to cast a secret ballot of south Asian women at the polling station, Nigel Farage has concluded it is important to "go further" and to disenfranchise as many Asian women [+ men] as possible

01.03.2026 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 267    ๐Ÿ” 122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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These children died for Trump's greed and literally nothing else

01.03.2026 07:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1887    ๐Ÿ” 825    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
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Shady JD Vance in 2024: "โ€ŠOur interest, I think, very much is in not going to war with Iran. โ€ŠIt would be a huge distraction of resources. It would be massively expensive to our country."

(H/T Home of the Brave)

28.02.2026 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1522    ๐Ÿ” 693    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46