james-reckons.bsky.social

james-reckons.bsky.social

@james-reckons.bsky.social

making sure none of you are up to any mischief / you better believe I've got a substack https://jclifford.substack.com/

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BBC carrying a horrible story about a misogynist murder, warning sombrely about online radicalisation and hatred of women, but also not bothering to report the new rape allegations against Trump what are you guys doing

Even if this were true, this pervert’s country has been bombing Arab countries my entire life and before that my own country was bombing them so yeah that probably makes advanced scientific research difficult

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Failing to differentiate between a nation and a terrorist group is capital R Racism and is also the logic Hamas uses to justify killing Israeli civilians

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

I give it two weeks before the world’s most poisonous media outlets start hounding fuck out of named, individual teachers. They can’t stop the public recognising crimes against humanity, but they can deliver truckloads of grief to members of the public pour encourager les autres.

it is as simple as 'not being a bigot' is elitist because these perverts are bigots and also think the volk is bigoted

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

We might laugh at this or stare at it in pure disbelief but yes, this is the reactionary mind on display here. The smartypants people calling me a witless ignoranus on social media are in fact a globe-bestriding tyrannical elite that must be destroyed. Like Godzilla, but worse.

two days since a leak showing a bunch of AfD freaks are Nazis and antisemites (I know quelle surprise) and not much coverage of it at all. my guys with power an antisemitic far right party is taking control in germany r u paying attention

If my colleagues are allowed to not “believe in transgender” am I allowed to not believe in cisgender? “Hi Jim how’s being a they/them today? Sorry I know you think you’re a man but just don’t believe you” seems like that would get stomped on right quick

Siobhan "Shiv" Craig - DarkEden21@darkeden21.bsky.social

Civil servant transgender guidelines leak just dropped:

Hilarious we’re constantly bombarded with dark warnings of the sacrifices we need to make for the coming War but “nationalising transport infrastructure“ is considered insane. buddy if we’re getting ready for the big war this is the sort of thing we need to do!

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

Intensely normal things happening here

@washingtonpost.com hey I think I found some bureaucratic mission creep, which is weird because i thought that was going to end

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"

Douglas Murray cites this guy like a hundred times in one of his trash books, weird! anyway @thespectator1828.bsky.social keep publishing his insights despite this showing he’s either thick as pigshit or is genuinely impressed by rufo’s bad and nasty opinions

Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social

New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... This whole article is based on a podcast from 2025, really immediate vital reporting, keep up the good work

theatlantic.comWhy Did Wallace Shawn Liken Israelis to Nazis?The people casually accusing Israel of genocide
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This happens with*everything* now. No matter how grave the crime or one-dimensional the injustice, after four days the hivemind of American punditry decides that the Real Story is how the people upset about it are the real villains.

If Tilly Norwood ain’t in it I ain't watching

Richard Littler@richardlittler.bsky.social

I watched 5 mins so that you don't have to. As it has all the humanity of a vacuum cleaner, I'm sure that non-sentient non-humans find it hilarious. The makers also have an #AI bot replying to criticisms under the video. Execrable. #NoBigDeal www.perspectivemedia.com/sitcom-produ...

Again, I go back to this one because Gray is not saying “I don’t think Trump is a nazI” he’s saying “it’s a laughable conspiracy theory” that he’s a Nazi. what sort of journalist looks at the most powerful person in the world and turns to his readers and goes “stop asking questions about this man”

tbf Massie doesn't seem to have written anything about Arday beside this navel-gazing piece, but he's sure as shit not written anything about a different Cambridge professor appearing on camera to be planning some light treason either

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

The major story of the last decade is the resurgence of overt racist hatred and fascism, on a specific platform of removing the civil rights of citizens, and deporting them where possible. The British press has - at best - used this opportunity to hammer the fuck out of everyone it’s always despised

We couldn’t possibly say republican voters are thick as pig shit but the president certainly thinks so

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

sitting here in England thinking if only we had windy coasts like Denmark but alas

alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social

#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate

I wonder if this article points out farage is pals with trump, a serial sex criminal and friend of Epstein

Alasdair Mackenzie@alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social

The BBC website hasn’t found space to report on Jenrick’s defence of assaults on a woman protestor by Reform members, but it has devoted an entire page to this puff for Reform’s attempts to appeal to women

These freaks are so dull

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social

A Reform government would force schools to sing the National Anthem and if they don't oblige parents will be encouraged to report them to the authorities. Yeah that's not like really scary and authoritarian schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-there...

media elites are either racist or believe racism is a sign of proletarian authenticity, so being racist is considered more democratically valid than not being racist. Not being racist is a woke elitist ideology and is inauthentic and so less democratically valid

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this man is constantly on camera being like “the sky is red and the sun rises in the west“ and it’s never ever pointed out that he’s insane and lies all the time when eg he updated the country on the Iran War

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with countries” — Trump’s bonkers view of trade is that you become wealthy by not engaging in commerce

Weird “pledging to try and punish war criminals” is not mentioned in this article about an election campaign in a state accused of genocide, seems important. and if the reason is “because no one is promising to do that” what does that mean then eh

The Economist@economist.com

Gadi Eisenkot’s centre-right party, Yashar, has overtaken Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud in our poll tracker. But both leaders would need to woo a diverse range of partners in order to form a governing coalition