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Colin McGovern

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Economist post about how Lenin called them 'a journal which speaks for British millionaires'

Economist post about how Lenin called them 'a journal which speaks for British millionaires'

06.03.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the 1997 dystopian scifi film Gattaca, rapid DNA testing is used to determine social class and job eligibility. In 2026 UK, women wanting to participate in athletics must pay a Β£185 gender tax to take part in a genetic lottery where some will be ineligble due to previously unknown chromosones.

06.03.2026 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 427    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

The irony of this is that it makes cars breaking red lights a more pervasive issue than cyclists doing the same thing wherever it's counted, but this doesn't stop drivers from acting like they don't do this literally all the time.

05.03.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Riley’s Law is a theory the same way gravity is

05.03.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At this stage, with what we know now, it's hard to imagine that he was even thinking of those weapons. It really seems like joining the Israelis to decapitate the state was too attractive an opportunity for him to miss.

05.03.2026 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Assuming true, it feels like a remarkable admission of weakness that the option of preventing an Israeli attack was apparently not on the table...

03.03.2026 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're straw-manning this a bit. What I understand them to be bothered about isn't walkable distances, it's that they'll be penned into areas like some of the Covid lockdowns. It's a ridiculous conspiracy theory but there's no value in not explaining what the conspiracy is.

02.03.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Less than 2 months ago EU leaders were insisting on strategic independence from an increasingly aggressive US demanding territorial expansion in Greenland. Now, they're tripping over their heels to join that US in an illegal war of aggression and regime change. What weak cowards with short memories.

02.03.2026 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Reads: This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States.

Reads: This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States.

Even by Trump's standards, this is chilling; it's aimed at everybody, not exclusively Iran.

28.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The point is they want these people killed, not displaced

28.02.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which ironically takes almost 2 hours to say...

28.02.2026 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Special Operation II

28.02.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They were all merely Special Operations

28.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Operation Epic Fury at my Polling Figures

28.02.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not The Onion

28.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Holds up

27.02.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7358    πŸ” 1479    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 49

See also, Irish Labour...

27.02.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m no political expert, but I think Keir Starmer may have gone a bit far in that letter by calling the Green Party a β€œbunch of cunts”.

27.02.2026 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

This is why they keep claiming the victor cheated. It's more palatable than the idea everyone has recognised that they're ignorant sacks of shit...

27.02.2026 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What else is there to say but: these people were warned and warned and warned again about this, going back well over ten years and further, and their constant response was: absolutely fuck you, you are all idiots and we are the smart, Sensible people whom understand what the public like and want.

27.02.2026 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 536    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 6

This probably sounds very purist, but we shouldn't need the fear of being the eventual victims to stand up for human dignity...

26.02.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The more things change...etc...

26.02.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Starmer urges voters to reject β€˜toxic’ politics as Gorton and Denton by-election polls open

Starmer urges voters to reject β€˜toxic’ politics as Gorton and Denton by-election polls open

From the man who brought you culture wars against;

- immigrants,
- refugees,
- trans people,
- disabled children at school,
- disabled adults
- anti-genocide protesters,
- anti extinction protesters...

26.02.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

preview.redd.it/69ik7z6kckp9...

26.02.2026 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are we to assume that McDowell writes his articles with a pen?

26.02.2026 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a β€œweapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

25.02.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 12650    πŸ” 6097    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 331

We had a film warning about this already in 1983...we're determined to learn nothing...

25.02.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This diagram changed how I see a lot of things (but I don't know enough to know of it's true)

22.02.2026 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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A fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighbors A Nashville comedian’s deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the β€œbanality of evil personified” in the U.S. immigration crackdown.

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

20.02.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 8017    πŸ” 2997    πŸ’¬ 274    πŸ“Œ 618