James Mackenzie

i do think there is a degree of deserved poo-poohing that police/prison abolitionists have earned through their inability to articulate their ideas in a readable way but i find it very funny when that comes from americans who believe in equally insane shit like "a for-profit healthcare system"

Screenshot of a headline reading: "Refugees' jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister."

This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country

A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings

if you live in Edinburgh, or nearby, and love trams ... you've not got long to do the consultation consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...

It is great how on its face ridiculous it is when these transphobes go on about “dangerous biological men“ and its 10 of the hottest women youve ever seen lmao

I for one will not be satisfied until he has the "Andrew" taken away as well. He has three middle names, let him use those.

this is great, FYI Edinburgh people

One of the really, really toxic elements of stale 2-party politics is the notion that parties "own" voters.

It's on full display here.

lol

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

hi! I'm here! would sometime over the weekend work? thank you!

Dale Vince’s latest bright idea — giving even more subsidies to oil and gas giants and "optimising" production — is about as sensible as his plan to mass produce gas from grass.
Let's discuss!

If I'd arrived in Whitby on the Demeter, I'd be more circumspect about demanding they "stop the boats."

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Powerful vested interests killed new national park at birth - SNP should be ashamed The news that Galloway is no longer under consideration to be Scotland’s next National Park should send a chill down the spine of everyone…

How misinformation brought down a National Park.

APRS Director @kat-jones writes in The Herald about the vested interests that brought down the proposed Galloway National Park and why this is a sobering lesson for all environmental campaigners.

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

Better than the 1977 120A I had

Love it!

my most Gen X opinion is it's an honour to be on earth at the same time as Kristen Hersh, Laetitia Sadier, John Darnielle & Kim Deal

big lad in front of me at the Kristen Hersh gig has a tshirt on that says THE TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD which isn't true but I sort of admire it

Oh it's a joy!

yep, for sure! and it still blows my mind that they talked to him in the 80s about a succession plan

Sir David Attenborough praised for 'influence' on his 99th birthday SNP MSP Emma Roddick put forward a motion in the Scottish Parliament praising him for 'his tireless service to humanity and nature over seven decades'.

amazing that David Attenborough has put out a film about the world's seas on his 99th birthday, including footage from Scotland's beautiful inshore, all very much worthy of @emmaroddicksnp.bsky.social's motion to Parliament and comment from @bluemarinef.bsky.social news.stv.tv/scotland/sir...

I had the honor and privilege of meeting with senior Republican Party officials at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. They expressed support for my very clear position on how to act in Gaza and that the food and aid depots should be bombed in order to create military and political pressure to bring our hostages home safely.

The Minister for National Security here, bragging that he has secured support at the US President’s residence for bombing food and aid deports. This comes after their army was caught executing 15 aid workers at point blank range, in cold blood.

Let me just say that Mridul Wadhwa is a bona fide heroine and an inspiration and the attacks on her were some of the most upsetting and enraging I've seen. If this country had one shred of decency it would honour her, not attempt to drive her out of public life. Fuck Britain.

It's classic British bigotry - you're not allowed to fight back against the suffering they inflict if they're doing it whilst using polite middle-class accents and long words.

That would be very impolite. Sit quietly and take your beatings as we talk about just how reasonable this all is.

qué pasa?

What a stint. The party changed for the better in so many ways thanks to his work.

Has the UK's most loathed protest group really stopped throwing soup?

Has Just Stop Oil really stopped throwing soup?

Headline has changed. Perhaps someone pointed out that other "protest groups" try to burn down asylum seekers' homes. Still no real sense of context in the article though.

It’s understandable that lots of people fell for the Woke free speech gender whatever drivel. It was everywhere people looked, often all they ever heard. Nonetheless, if you fell for any bit of it, you now need to reflect on how you were taken in and the uses that your credulity are being put to.

Has the UK's most loathed protest group really stopped throwing soup? Just Stop Oil says it will disband but does this mark an end to the chaos caused by its climate protests?

Of course the BBC piece on JSO makes as little reference as possible to accelerating climate breakdown www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...