StephenB

StephenB

@stephenmbooth.bsky.social

Delusionist (Photo by Maximilien LAMY / AFP)

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I’m calling it now. Trump will leave office before the end of his term. He’ll see how the midterms go (if Miller allows them to happen) and, if his third impeachment is looking likely, then he’s off. /2

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None of these was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Elon Musk was. Odd, that.

The Royal Society@royalsociety.org

For #BlackHistoryMonth, we're highlighting the achievements of the Black scientists, mathematicians and engineers who have made their impact on the modern world. Read our thread below.

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Sexual assault is so common that I have to assume any man who complains about it or blames victims is guilty of it. Anyone who uses one false accusation to question us. Anyone who asks why she didn't report or requires a criminal conviction. I just assume you're guilty.

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people keep making movies where the premise is "it's kind of like a man but it looks like a monstrous freak but it's nice and sexy and doesn't abuse the woman so it's basically the most romantic thing ever" and men keep not getting it.

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“Well, I never did”, as my dad used to say.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

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The man with artificial hair, teeth, doctor’s reports, lifts in his shoes, scalp reduction surgery, a girdle, and a painted orange face claims we’re his enemy if we use the word “artificial.”

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Daragh Fleming gets the last word tonight. Good night friends. "Men being silent needs to stop. Silence is enforced by shame. You’re shamed for speaking, calling problematic behaviour out. We need to call out other men who are saying fucked up shit."

Thread for men to read.👇🏼

maura quint@mauraquint.bsky.social

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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This is simply terrible writing by Amol Rajan in the Spectator. Cliched, obvious, undergrad, clunky - masking vacuity with verbosity. He’s boring. His curse is his complete lack of intellectual curiosity because he believes he’s the centre of the world. A dullard who sums up our cultural decline.

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Farage should attend a park run, a game of football, a Primary School in Clacton, a Prom concert before he goes all "Broken Britain" The country is NOT broken. It's millions of people, born without Farage's privilege, trying cheerfully trying their best for their families and communities.

Still SO fucking angry about the whole Jason Arday assault. And SO sorry for his family and friends. Has any single journo/commentator from right OR left held their hands up to say, we fucked it? If so, I missed it. You know who you are, and if you’ve a single shred of self-respect, then do it.

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Today is Venn Day, in celebration of the mathematician John Venn, born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn Diagram.

I just wish I could put into words my utter contempt for this half-time shit put upon the world by Infantino and Trump. This is a festival of football. Nothing else is fucking required. #FIFAWorldCup

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Trump commits it. Hegseth injects it. Jesse Watters jokes about it. Andrew Tate scales and monetizes it. The alpha male is a costume stitched together from insecurity, misogyny, and a need to dominate, rape, and dehumanize women.

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These two high profile Frenchmen both have one immigrant parent. Yet Jordan Bardella never has to deal with questions about whether he is 'really' French. I wonder what could possibly account for that difference?

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What if Farage has been banging on about needing security because he's upset his Russian "business associates" and yesterday was a warning? They're angry that he's going to lose his political influence to a bin.