lover of bingo. hater of devon and cornwall. extreme chess enthusiast. alt: @nonogoings
heaven on earth (bristol)
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not being funny but like aren't the US literally at war with Iran? like, blowing up an American airbase is not an unreasonable expectation
Joint Statement on the United Kingdom’s Attribution of Iran’s Involvement in Attempted Terrorist Attack at RAF Fairford state.gov/releases/office-of…
in my dream last night this guy was in a being attacked with a knife by tommy robinson on a yacht in the channel, and so the guy threw him overboard and he died. kinda ironic.
you can't make it up
After six wonderful years at UK Music, I'm joining Palantir UK as Senior Vice President.
Palantir is the most interesting company on the planet, doing work of real consequence: helping Britain and its allies defend themselves, helping police protect our citizens and helping NHS staff get patients treated and home sooner.
London is comfortably its largest centre outside the US, home to more than one in six employees, the highest proportion among the world's largest technology companies.
We have challenges. Some criticism is propaganda. Some raises legitimate questions about large technology companies and sovereign control. Both require answers.
Part of my role will be to correct false information while working with our engineers to ensure privacy, security and respect for sovereignty are at the heart of everything we do.
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‼️Statement RE my suspension from the Greens.
I was suspended for the 'crime' of being a trans woman who ran for a women's place. The "media interest" in my gender was cited as the sole reason for my suspension.
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ALT I can confirm that I have indeed been suspended from the Green Party. The only reason given for my immediate suspension is that I allegedly ‘brought the party into disrepute’ by choosing to run for a reserved female space on Green Party Council as a trans woman. In the Greens, suspensions are not a guilty verdict. I was not found guilty of breaking any rules whatsoever. The only actual disciplinary allegations against me are that I allegedly was rude to people on the internet, and that I ‘gossiped’. I was not suspended for any of this. The only reason given for my IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION was: "EF’s recent election to GPC and the accompanying media interest”. I was suspended just 8 days after being elected, in a secret group chat discussion which included just 13 of the 36 members of GPC. My critics submitted 100 pages of transphobic articles as ‘evidence’, while I was banned from submitting anything in my defence and was not allowed to see the charges. There was no investigation.
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Critical support to Stats For Lefties now and forever. I don’t care how annoying you think she is or how much you disagree with her, if you’re choosing to participate in this hate mob being led by establishment TERFs and the media in any way, you are a sick and evil person, and I don’t want anything to do with you.
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trying to think of the funniest book cover i could possibly redesign in the new romance corporate style that hasn't already been done. these are both so good.
antifa's most successful undercover activist -- responsible for dozens of fascists getting imprisoned -- has been assaulted. a sad, sad day.
I’ve just been checked over by an ambulance after a group of foreign lads came up behind me while I was doing a debate stand, dragged me to the ground, and kicked and punched me.
I passed out halfway through and don’t remember everything that happened. From what I can recall, it started while I was sitting down, and they took some of my equipment during the assault.
The police arrived about five minutes after the assault, recovering as much as they could. One of my cameras exploded when they tried to seize it, or steal it. Instead of running away with it, they destroyed it, causing the battery to explode.
However, I have the SD card, and we'll be checking whether the footage is still there so they can identify what actually happened.
Members from Stand Up to Racism were counter-protesting, and they were egging them on and filming it.
The police did nothing to stop the counter-protesters or retrieve the footage to see what actually happened.
I’ll be going to the hospital now, as I have a cut and a number of marks on my neck, bruises on my face and the top of my head, and cuts running down my back.
also a good shout if you're gonna go into a shop and don't have cash but wanna give something -- get some ciggies inside
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It’s really telling how economism is a comfort blanket for the left. A whole warm bath of useless orthodox discourse here to sink into and not have to think.
The key driver of “social disorder [and] violent crime in particular is inequality.”
After the rioting in Southampton, investigative journalist Paul Holden argues on Novara Live that police forces are having to deal with “a social fabric that is in serious strain after 40 years of Thatcherism.”
Meanwhile, the political right is extremely skilful at creating narratives of “white grievance” out of isolated incidents, in order to serve “the most extractive forms of capitalism”.
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Counter terror police stopped and interrogated an independent cafe owner, in order to intimidate him before offering him financial benefits to spy on Palestine Action.
Instead of taking the offer, he went public to expose the state. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
'co-living' is horrific -- packing people in like sardines so developers can squeeze even more profit out of them.
living in a space as small as this drives you crazy.
Another gift from the progressive left wing Greens:
'New rules to be signed off allowing homes smaller than two parking spaces'
bristol247.com/news-and-feat…
i think that everybody doing the "it's good that Zack Polanski is getting scrutinised; green politicians are not above criticism" thing:
1. are extremely dimwitted
2. have zero memory of the Corbyn years
3. are the most naïve, gullible fools going
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three hours prior, so what, the police were alerted to an active threat and they just left him to do his thing until someone got seriously hurt? that’s dead good policing that. no wonder they think booting people’s brains into liquid is clever
"i was frightened, and he was wearing a bulky vest that i thought could have explosives in it. i had just seen him seriously hurt other people, so i felt it was necessary and proportionate to kick that cop repeatedly in the head, your honour."
think it'll go down well?
very notable that nowhere here does he say officers followed their training: clearly, they didn't. he says they were frightened, that they thought he could have had an explosive vest and so that's why they kicked him. he knows they were out of line, hence this whole song & dance.
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There are elections next week, and you should notice that the pretence of impartiality just goes straight out of the fucking window, any time the dirty hippies get too big for their boots and need a good stomping back down.
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if policing can’t be accountable to ‘observers with little experience of policing in the real world,’ who I would tend to call ‘the public,’ it can’t be accountable to anyone. realistically it never has been, but you’re still losing something when you give up the pretence
the "apolitical" met, weighing in on a politician they have deemed to have Incorrect Views
“Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.”
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley writes to Zack Polanski.
ALT Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley's letter to Green Party Leader Zack Polanski.
ALT Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley's letter to Green Party Leader Zack Polanski.