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everything for everyone, all at once / well adjusted dilettante, occasional writer, housing/climate organiser/ views my own, duh!

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Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

10.10.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1299    πŸ” 357    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

does anyone remember that young communist league article from a few years back which lambasted the left about not not looking β€œnormal”

09.10.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this was a subtweet to the person i was sat next to on the train πŸ€—

09.10.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i don’t doubt AI has some wonderful uses but if you’re using AI to write the most basic emails you need to get a grip

09.10.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you need to try them

09.10.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

digital social cleansing - but i guess influencers would call that aesthetic

08.10.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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reddit reviews of taylor’s new album are great

02.10.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Apparently Israel’s genocidal acts are just β€œdaft”.

01.10.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 514    πŸ” 216    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 99
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'Important step forwards' as Housing Bill passes with plan for rent controls

NEW: Rent controls are set to be introduced in Scotland after the Government’s housing reform legislation passed at Holyrood

30.09.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

looking forward to sleeping properly for the first time in years :-) rent controls also lower cortisol :-)

30.09.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

anyway bill passed! scotland has rent controls! onwards comrades

30.09.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

watching the rent control vote by myself in a hotel at labour conference which is just such a depressing and also comically evil end to years of organising for this moment lmao

30.09.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

i just want to know how she got the heart into the wedding cake

25.09.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Nick Sortor & @nicksortor β€’ 16h
* BREAKING: The Secret Service has launched an investigation into the escalator situation at the United Nations today, per Karoline Leavitt
If someone did this intentionally, they should be
CRIMINALLY charged.
It put President Trump is a VERY compromising position.
"If we find that these were UN staffers who were purposefully trying to trip up President Trump and FLOTUS well, there better be accountability for those people," Leavitt said

Nick Sortor & @nicksortor β€’ 16h * BREAKING: The Secret Service has launched an investigation into the escalator situation at the United Nations today, per Karoline Leavitt If someone did this intentionally, they should be CRIMINALLY charged. It put President Trump is a VERY compromising position. "If we find that these were UN staffers who were purposefully trying to trip up President Trump and FLOTUS well, there better be accountability for those people," Leavitt said

Steve Cortes @CortesSteve
Follow S *
Considering the recent trend of left wing violence, including Pres Trump taking a bullet to the head, crap stunts like this one cannot be tolerated.
Get the UN the hell out of America!

Steve Cortes @CortesSteve Follow S * Considering the recent trend of left wing violence, including Pres Trump taking a bullet to the head, crap stunts like this one cannot be tolerated. Get the UN the hell out of America!

it was his own staffer πŸ’€

24.09.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

i may be dumb but i ain’t stupid

24.09.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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from our final rally for rent controls last night. debate is today and the vote is tomorrow - then towards a future of permanent rent controls in scotland. up the might living rent πŸ’š

23.09.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The New York Times
What Will China's Green-Tech
Ambitions Cost the World?
3 days ago

The New York Times What Will China's Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World? 3 days ago

We are going to avoid worst case climate projections because of them…but at what cost?

21.09.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1797    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 27

have two hot leads only works when they have chemistry!!

21.09.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

big bold beautiful journey was terrible btw. farrell and robbie both being hot still doesn’t redeem it

21.09.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

one of the fash kept showing a pic of a cross on their phone to me and kat so every time he did we’d would roll our eyes back and act like we were going through an exorcism lmao

20.09.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The New York Times has now published a document which sets out the government’s basis for the proscription. This is the β€œopen” version of the MI5 assessment that has been placed before the courts in litigation challenging the proscription. The judges would also see a β€œclosed” version with material not to be placed in the public domain. 


One hopes the β€œclosed” version is a far more impressive document than the one published, which is a flimsy and unconvincing piece of work. The assessment even admitsβ€”twiceβ€”that most of the activity of Palestine Action cannot be called terrorism.  

The document overall reads as if it has been compiled backwards, intending to justify a conclusion that needed to be reached. If so, it will not be the first intelligence document to have been created in such a way.

The assessment relies on the group having caused β€œserious” property damage, which is the relevant statutory test. The problem here is that the spraying of paint and graffiti by the group does not meet the threshold of seriousness. 

The document also relies on β€œopen source” estimates of the cost of damage which, if one looks at the cited sources, trace back to a claim which the police themselves put to arrested protesters in interview. As such there is a certain circularity: the state is relying on the state claiming the damage is serious.

The New York Times has now published a document which sets out the government’s basis for the proscription. This is the β€œopen” version of the MI5 assessment that has been placed before the courts in litigation challenging the proscription. The judges would also see a β€œclosed” version with material not to be placed in the public domain. One hopes the β€œclosed” version is a far more impressive document than the one published, which is a flimsy and unconvincing piece of work. The assessment even admitsβ€”twiceβ€”that most of the activity of Palestine Action cannot be called terrorism. The document overall reads as if it has been compiled backwards, intending to justify a conclusion that needed to be reached. If so, it will not be the first intelligence document to have been created in such a way. The assessment relies on the group having caused β€œserious” property damage, which is the relevant statutory test. The problem here is that the spraying of paint and graffiti by the group does not meet the threshold of seriousness. The document also relies on β€œopen source” estimates of the cost of damage which, if one looks at the cited sources, trace back to a claim which the police themselves put to arrested protesters in interview. As such there is a certain circularity: the state is relying on the state claiming the damage is serious.

NEW

Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action?

A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak

By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

19.09.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 621    πŸ” 308    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 12

he is a campaigner not a leader!!!

19.09.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

your party changing its avatar to a black circle and doing a notes apology

18.09.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

jokes aside what a let down this all is! i won’t be going near YP now - i imagine a lot of people will be feeling the same

18.09.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

tbh it’s actually really on brand for the british left so fair play i guess

18.09.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i’m getting the vibe legal action is going to be taken

18.09.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

take this offline for the love of god

18.09.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

bastani should retract his β€œsnivelling little shit” statement. archie, although a pedant, is very insightful

18.09.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Britain, every time you...

β€” turn on a tap
β€” flip a light switch
β€” board a train or bus
β€” post a letter
β€” drop your child at nursery

... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.

🧡 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.

18.09.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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