she/her. Usually tweeting about whatever I’m reading with the occasional rant about something else. Don’t mind the typos. They’re part of my persona now.

Emond’s Field, New Manetheren
Joined April 2022
Whackeen retweeted
I hate this condescending whataboutism. Yes Bret, if the interior minister of Japan was a right-wing religious zealot using US taxpayer money for ethnic cleansing, they would probably be better known.
NYT's Bret Stephens whines that Democrats know "Smotrich and Ben-Gvir" but not "the interior minister of Japan." Their "obsession" with Israel drives him "crazy." (Being politically informed on Israel is now anti-Semitic.)
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Les chinois qui découvrent le concept de la liberté d'expression
既然姆巴佩可以,拿我们的领袖来开玩笑,我们是不是也可以用拿破仑来开玩笑?🤔🤔🤔
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i brasiliani stanno facendo i gruppi whastapp coi francesi e gli spagnoli per aiutarli a far vincere i loro leader di sinistra e noi in italia non abbiamo neanche un partito di sinistra decente per cui chiedere aiuto a loro
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Rich people should not feel safe saying stuff like this
The UK must be "cruel to be kind" to be successful in the next ten years, says Yo Sushi! founder Simon Woodroffe. "Economic success trumps individuals' human rights."
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Les Brésiliens me disent que la qualité de l’eau au Brésil est meilleure alors maintenant je dois aussi aller manifester pour qu’on ait une meilleure eau en France
Maintenant que les brésiliens se baladent sur le twitter français est-ce qu’on pourrait savoir ce que vous mettez sur vos boucles pour avoir les cheveux aussi hydratés
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fairs he looks like he can beat Thierry Henry up
Kate Scott & Malik Scott! #ballondor
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i resent snl uk for giving me (white guy) nigerian wicked because i (White Guy) CANNOT keep walking around saying "come to find out .. the wizahd is broke"
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Whackeen retweeted
The pedestrianisation of Oxford Street is a godsend for cabbies. They can combine two favourite activities. Taking tourists on the most convoluted route to Selfridges to rack up a fare while having an extra 15 minutes to rant about Sadiq Khan.
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Whackeen retweeted
benim kabuslar
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We defo have distinguishable accents. You can tell when someone is Black on the phone. You can more than likely tell if they have a Caribbean or African background too imo from certain words and twangs used (especially in London) probably true for other major cities too.
Why do Black Americans have a unique accent while Black Brits have a normal British accent?
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Whackeen retweeted
the readers proposed context😭
Desde LALIGA lamentamos profundamente las declaraciones de Kylian Mbappé que han causado malestar y ofensa en China. Entendemos el daño ocasionado y, en nombre de LALIGA, quiero trasladar nuestras sinceras disculpas al pueblo chino. Durante muchos años hemos construido una relación de respeto, confianza y cooperación con China, sus autoridades, sus instituciones deportivas, sus operadores audiovisuales y millones de aficionados al fútbol español. No podemos permitir que una actuación individual empañe esa relación ni perjudique a los más de 20 clubes de nuestras competiciones profesionales y a millones de aficionados chinos. Estamos adoptando las medidas a nuestro alcance y trabajando directamente con nuestros socios e interlocutores en China para superar esta situación. Nuestro compromiso con China, su pueblo y sus instituciones es firme. Una relación construida durante tantos años no puede quedar dañada por un episodio individual.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Contexto importante: Mao Zedong fue efectivamente un dictador. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong
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This is quite something ! Serbian RTV channel starts yesterday's bulletin by apologizing to viewers👇 "For years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly and failed to ask necessary questions. We owe our viewers an apology”
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"Do you worry [Abdul El-Sayed] is a bit too left wing to win in Michigan?" Michigan voter "At this point what do we have to worry about? Anything but what we have. We're on our way to hell so at this point socialist, socialise, social, dont matter to me, lower my cost of living"
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Whackeen retweeted
Words that will never come out of my mouth😭 I love sleeping sm
I really hate sleeping 🤦🏽‍♂️ why do we even sleep.
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Earnest take: you should absolutely have solidarity with every single on human being on the planet because borders are fake and lives are real
Earnest take: I think it’s probably not healthy for the practice of democratic self-government that so many people have developed strong rooting interests in elections in countries they don’t live in.
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The people cutting employees while revenue is growing are the same people you're counting on to pay your UBI out of the goodness of their hearts.
Microsoft is offering buyouts to 60,000(!) employees. Headcount and revenue growth is really starting to diverge at tech companies.
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More layoffs today. From "you won't lose your job to AI, you'll lose your job to someone using AI" to "you will lose your job". Where are the jobs it's creating? Where are the falling prices? Where is the abundance?
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Vaya domingo para Valentina Gómez
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It's difficult to describe how much of a stupid bastard you must be to want to opt out of bowel cancer screening. From someone who has been through it, use every opportunity to get checked.
Hubs just got an NHS bowel cancer screening kit unasked for. They waste about £15m a year on unreturned kits. 35% approx I phoned up at his request to opt out. They now have to send a letter for him to sign. Why are people not asked to opt in to this if they want it?
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