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Farewell Alfred Bester, senior officer of Psi-Corps. #Babylon5 #WalterKoenig 😥

Muslims and immigrants, despite all the lies we're told about them, have never presented a systemic threat to Western security, let alone to "Western civilisation". Instead, the threats come from our governments, especially in the US, and their grim alliances with capital and overseas dictators.

An interesting interview with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who made the documentary 'NAZA', the film Netanyahu and the Israeli government does not want you to see. And no, it is NOT 'antisemitic'. It simply tells the truth. www.theguardian.com/film/video/2...

There's a moose loose aboot this hoose. [Ow! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!]

Prédiction et commentaire: Lorsqu'il est confronté au choix entre le désordre, d'une part, et l'ordre sous le fascisme d'autre part, la bourgeoisie choisira toujours ce dernier.

For many reasons, God rot John Cleese. Specifically, God rot John Cleese for telling people not to vote for my dear friend @qmanivannan.bsky.social for Rector of U of St Andrews.

Dawn, with contrails, on the Clyde at Glasgow. #Scotland #Glasgow #Clyde #BBCScotland @bbcscotlandnewsnot.bsky.social was coming to our hotel from next door!

PS Waverley, the only remaining sea-going paddle steamer in the world, seen here on the Clyde in Glasgow and Dunoon. #Clyde #PSWaverley #Waverley #Scotland #Glasgow #Dunoon

The SEC Armadillo, Glasgow, in various lights this weekend. [Photos on mobile phone] #Scotland #Glasgow #Armadillo #SECArmadillo

Oh, by the way @mrjamesob.bsky.social - love the show - I award myself a point every time I hear one of your callers says "Absolutely!" in response to one of your interjections. 👍

This was an American post, but I thought it was a good idea to remind everyone that a decade has passed since the #Brexit vote. [Brexiteers, ask yourselves this "Are you a billionaire or a mug?"]

www.librarian.net/NoToAI/

What's missing from this headline? The quote marks around "Christian." That's what! #ChristianNationalism #nationalism #fascism www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

I have just learned that Nidal Hasan, having been badly injured when he was captured at the end of his murderous spree, will be in a wheelchair when his execution is livestreamed. That will be the unedifying sight - an act of terminal ableism. Retaliatory barbarism.

This isn't about the death penalty. Hegseth knows damn well that it isn't a deterrent. He knows that no one who is deterred by the death penalty will watch the livestream. He knows no one watching will be deterred. He KNOWS the only people watching will be those who will be entertained. Monster.

The quip that Americans are the only race which passed directly from barbarism to decadence without knowing civilisation is attributed to several sources. Pete Hegseth takes the USA right through decadence back to barabarism with public execution. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I have just ordered 'Quaint Folk' by @bitterkarella.bsky.social As a former morris dancer, I ought to be ashamed. But I'm not! 😈

Do you ever stop and contemplate the warp & weft of European Jewish culture that was simply gone, never to return, by the mid-1940s. We lost a whole colour from the European rainbow. Never diminish what it did to those of Jewish race, but in harming them it harmed the whole of Europe beyond repair.

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes

Every once in a while, I - a 20c literature specialist - slip back into the 19c to enjoy Poe. #Poe #EAPoe #TheRaven #ChristopherLee www.youtube.com/watch?v=Befl...

I'll tell you who's a general all-round good egg - @georgetakei.bsky.social that's who.

If you see two movies before 2027, this has to be one of them. [The other has to be 'Coyote vs Acme'] www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFTf...

Moral: Never use a metaphor. The system doesn't recognise it.

ATTEMPTED MURDER www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Lowering fuel taxes when supply is tight is stupid policy: it keeps demand and prices artificially high, most of it ends up with those who don't need support, and in the end, it's a money transfer from people who use little or no fuel to people who use a lot, e.g. SUV owners.

My attention was drawn to this sagacious little poem by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Fascism enters our lives respectably, piecemeal, until it's unstoppable. Stand against it NOW! michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/fasc...

I'm buying my Christmas cards from the RNLI. Who's with me? #RNLI #SupportTheRNLI

Support the RNLI #RNLI #SupportTheRNLI #FightFascism #RNLIforever

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

Αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν.

Monumental jazz! Ahmad Jamal's 1978 recording of 'Dynamo'. #jazz #ModernJazz #AhmadJamal #piano #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC-U...

Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Amcap.

Those who call themselves centrist, non-political, neither left nor right: You are doing exactly what the cult wants. If we are going to save this world, the only one we have, we have to take a very strong and active stance. Now.

It's time to remind ourselves what Desmond Tutu said… "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." That's meant for you Mr Sheeran🤬

Reform, the party of ordinary working people, eh?

The way things are going in the UK, watch out for goons in black balaclavas outside our polling stations too, next time there's an election.

Watch as Burnham drops his principles one by one until there are none left.

Meanwhile Marina Hyde of @theguardian.com says JKR should be the next Prime Minister of the UK. 😡😡😡😡 If that should happen, I'll apply for Romulan citizenship, end of.

You WHAT???? #Trump #Bribe #Corrupt #Corruption #Crime www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Using an Icelandic VPN means I put up with Icelandic adverts on YouTube. On the other hand, some of them are adorable. #Iceland #Icelandic #Skanva #Advert [Hannaðu þína eigin glugga og hurðir eftir þínum málum í netverslun okkar og fáðu sent heim, það stendur hér.] www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9bd...

SMRT FAŠIZMU, SLOBODA NARODU! #DeathToFascism #FreedomForThePeople #Partisan

As usual, @bjennings90.bsky.social puts it brilliantly (if a little too gently) in @theguardian.com Just imagine if this was the 1930s and thugs like these were stopping the Kindertransport! #Nazis #Nazism #FarRight #Fascism #DannyTommo www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Scheiß auf das Vierte Reich! 😡 #AFD #Nazism

My late father fought from 1939 to 1945 to stop blackshirts marching down our streets. Now they stomp through Dover and Portsmouth! My dad fought IN VAIN! 😡 #Nazism #Blackshirts #racism www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...