Tim Holmes

how about kapo?

Senior TV producers take shelf-stacking jobs as UK industry remains in crisis Experienced figures doing entry-level roles amid prolonged work drought since Covid and rise of online content

NEW: There’s a crisis in the TV industry. People with 10, 20 even 30 years experience are now stacking shelves, working in pubs, using up savings - even selling houses.

It’s the talk of the TV world. An industry crisis in plain sight.

Many factors at play - but this is not normal.

Story:

Just Stop Oil: Co-founder's sentence reduced in Court of Appeal Sixteen climate protesters were jailed last year for their roles in Just Stop Oil demonstrations.

Appeal Court *very slightly* reduces sentences on some of the 16 peaceful climate protesters, jailed for total of 41 years. This isn’t justice. People desperate for climate action to save lives treated like organised criminals, while big oil & gas get away with ecocide @defendourjuries.bsky.social

You just wrote that one of the perpetrators (the UK) is “committed [to] democracy & international law”. That’s like saying Dr Shipman helped a lot of sick people.

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social You just wrote that one of the perpetrators (the UK) is “committed [to] democracy & international law”. That’s a bit like saying Dr Shipman helped a lot of sick people. bsky.app/profile/geor...

They did. The US vetoed it.

Israel conquered swaths of Palestinian territory in 1948. A two-state settlement on the 1967 green line would mean ceding that territory. Are Palestinians who accept such a settlement (eg Hamas) "surrendering"? No. And yet Ukraine +must+ follow US orders! No surrender! Fight to the last man! etc 🤪

"Russia is acting with restraint" and "Russia is acting with restraint compared to the US in Iraq" are two entirely different positions.

You know this, but have elected to ignore it. Why?

‘All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.’

– W. H. Auden

“We should have never gotten to this point to begin with. Joe Biden should have demanded a ceasefire a long time ago. It’s what a majority of voters wanted. And if there’s any voters upset with him about that, it is his fault not theirs.”

Bulgarian police blocked rescue of Egyptian teenagers who froze to death at border - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bulgarian-police-deliberately-neglected-three-egyptian-minors-who-died-hypothermia-near-border

Disgusting reporting.

Hamas “agreed” to a ceasefire before the onslaught on Rafah began. Remember that? Then Israel simply changed their mind & murdered Hamas’ lead negotiator.

As for “the most important thing is that the hostages will be released”, what can you even say? bsky.app/profile/kenk...

Incredible bsky.app/profile/scot...

I don’t see much disruption going on here tbh

The largest wildfire in Texas history just happened eleven months ago and destroyed thirty times more area than the one in Los Angeles

Hilarious in retrospect that we thought massive tech companies constituted some kind of liberal bulwark against the far right, as if none would go full-fat fash in a heartbeat to stop employees unionising or users from gaining basic privacy rights.

bsky.app/profile/thei...

Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral” Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”

Under Meta's relaxed hate speech rules, users can now post "I'm a proud racist" or "Black people are more violent than whites."

AP: polish government adopts resolution protecting Netanyahu from arrest if he attends Auschwitz event.

Surprise! Nothing matters!

Lifeboat Capitalism Some burn, some drown, and some make money either way.

With each disaster, it is important to say: This is happening because it makes some people rich, and those people are planning to escape on their own lifeboat without you.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/lifeboat-c...

That’s pretty weak counter-evidence, especially since he’s not going to do either of these things in reality.

What? They already transferred it peacefully in 2020

“You should help us and let us take care of you. You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family.” amp.theguardian.com/world/articl...

of what value is an academy that benefits from this sort of protection

Liberal Nihilism The Observer is reduced to a combination of liberal nihilism and nostalgia.

"Committed to propping up a Labour government that lacks meaningful policies and whose instincts are conservative, the Observer is reduced to a combination of liberal nihilism and anti-modern nostalgia." fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2024/12/libe...

The Political Economy of Anti-Racism This is why some of us have been arguing that identity politics is not an alternative to class politics but a form of it: it’s the politics of an upper class that has no problem with seeing people …

“Without a politics organized around class—fighting not for the interests of women of color but for the interests of personal care aides—the left, when it comes to economic inequality, is just the good conscience of the right.” nonsite.org/the-politica...

What is it called when the state uses the threat of force to make sure poor kids can't get adequate nutrition?

Israeli forces kill 36 in Gaza; Kamal Adwan director’s whereabouts unknown Israeli forces kill 36 Palestinians in Gaza as the WHO says Kamal Adwan Hospital is ‘now empty’ after Israeli raid.

Determined to commit war crimes daily, Israel kills another 36 in Gaza, burns down Kamal Adwan Hospital, including patients and staff, while 'disappearing' the hospital's director. And the West, naturally, continues to send arms and support www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Israel is burning medics alive in Kamal Adwan hospital

Israel has crossed all lines of basic humanity hundreds of times. There is no going back for that state. It will either be stopped or it will continue to consume everything around it while consuming itself.