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An absolutely cracking piece here. Bleakly telling to hear of the lack of organised government response in contrast to other recent events.

now we've got deny, defend, depose

Yet the tremendous courage that people are displaying in the Twin Cities shows that their program to reduce humanity to ruthless self-interest is failing. People are taking greater risks out of love than the mercenaries would ever take for money. The human spirit is resilient.

I used to live square in the middle of Gorton. Loved it. The idea it could go to Reform because Labour has sabotaged its own best chance to win over internal politics is madness. If they say they don't want to do the job, listen to them! Have Labour stand down and leave it to those who will.

I’m a Manc. Anyone in the Gorton and Denton constituency, please do not vote Reform. Save our city from turning into a Minnesota because the closer Reform gets to Westminster, the closer we get to having our friends shot in the streets.

If you watch the video in full, this happened because he defended an unarmed woman from attack by a militia, who would go on to execute him in the street by shooting him in the back while he was being held down. If you want a comparison between cowardice and courage, this is it.

Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position

ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.

You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...

genuinely stunning image

See also Kashmir, and many others. And save this for when the protests against ice ramp up further and the states starts to pull the same shit.

There is something fucking great about watching the secret police of ICE being run out in video after video.

Yeah, the lady has a point. You should read this, the righteous anger is infectious.

oh fuck it, free to read www.patreon.com/posts/alrigh...

We go live to the Protect our girls crew, unsure what they are doing

There is no *credible* "soft left" road to recovery for Labour because it has driven out much of its left wing, they're gone. A move back to a po politics where Labour acted on its beliefs would be laughed out of town, because its leadership self evidently do not share those beliefs.

Just think how much more productive they could be in an industry making something we profoundly hope is never used. All that talent pissed away to build nothing of value.

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is, in fact, a tortology

So do I. Mostly of the "You built this, you bastard" variety. The first thing he should do is apologise to his niece, the second is to her wife, and the third is resign. I'd also say that having built this, he should keep our community out of his mouth except for those apologies.

the fantasy of an apocalypse wherein what was hidden will be revealed and justice finally rendered feels so quaint in a world where nothing was hidden to begin with and demons just thrive and thrive

Oh look. A tipping point. At this point, it's increasingly unavoidable that if you're going to the polls to stop Reform, labour are now no longer the best way to do that. Which makes the long standing need to vote for the lesser evil obsolete. And hey, for once, you don't have to vote for evil.

This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity. We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.

Call them cunts and tell them they get nothing. Spit in their stupid faces. Put extra Asians in the Christmas adverts and explicitly say you're doing it to fuck them off. Tell them *no* for once Jesus actual Christ lads. Not "this is unworkable" or "this is expensive". Just no.

It's not confused and it's not hapless. They got what they wanted and got the center-right to establish it as the new common m normal. Then, consistent with the behaviour of all right wing racists for the last century, they refused to take yes for an answer and upped their demands.

Think he can be made to promise?

And if you don't believe the Tories could stoop so low, look at what their MPs and ex MPs are coming out with, now the restraints are off. Listen to Michael Gove, for example, Lee Anderson, or Katie Lam. The "decent Tories" were more than happy to share a party with them.

Whenever I hear about the decline in standards from the old days of Decent Conservatism this is the first image that comes to mind. The man who drew this was given an OBE.

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

Fair enough. If they want to join us in doing so, then welcome. They're welcome to compromise their values in doing so - or more likely not, if they actually oppose fascism already. All you're asking for is that I compromise mine for their convenience.

That's all it would take? Sounds good. Do that.

What does it mean, if the Sensible Moderates in government and media talk and behave like far right crackpots?

I support Green and Polanski, but...I also think we need to be wary of a cult like mentality, in the sense of centred on a charismatic leader. Our support needs to be broader, imv.

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.” This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US. But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared www.wired.com/story/mark-b...