Wisgi Kevin ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

Wisgi Kevin ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

@wisgi.bsky.social

Political, noisy and likes going for short walks and bike rides. Takes photos of local countryside plus Myfanwy. He, him.

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Simon McGarr
@tupped.bsky.social

Youโ€™re gonna want to see what the BlueSky guys have decided is too intolerant for you to read.

lastpositivist.bsky.social@lastpositivist.bsky.social

Brazil going the way of South Korea. Basically around the world women are desperately trying to keep power out of the hands of incredibly stupid fascistic grifters while men keep trying to hand it over. Men are an embarrassing cringe gender.

Wisgi Kevin ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
@wisgi.bsky.social

Every accusation is a confession.

Decoding Fox News@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social

President Trump was asked about the recent election in Brazil. He responded that he thought it looked like another rigged election. Trump did not provide any evidence that the election was rigged. He just said it looked terrible.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi
@tabouchadi.bsky.social

Many comments on the great election victories in Brazil and Serbia state that the authorian right is in decline or that voters have rejected far-right authoritarianism. That is a wrong interpretation of what happened. Progressive movements mobilized and beat the authoritarian right. That's different

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Rafa Sales Ross
@rafiews.com

Iโ€™m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Donโ€™t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

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tinymattresses
@tinymattresses.bsky.social

I spend a lot of time thinking about how the tools of the collective far right aligns with the tools used by people exercising abuse tactics. When someone demands that you're not giving enough, the pressure is on to give more, because you want to be a good friend, daughter, colleague, partner.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

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Bruno Dies
@brunodias.dev

Replying to @brunodias.dev

I don't know that there is a template or a "secret sauce" or a clear-cut lesson to take from this. But if there is one it's the idea of treating social media as the hostile territory that it is, of actually acting like you are a participant in propaganda warfare and not like a consumer.

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Duncan
@slamdunc.eurosky.social

The only thing drivers understand is bollards. If it's possible to drive into a gap they will do so, no matter how stupid a place it is.

Owler Nook@owlernook.bsky.social

Motornormativity latest. Newspaper and residents side with man who destroys planting because they blame the cycleway. www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2666214...

theboltonnews.co.ukDriver gets stuck in new โ€˜rain gardenโ€™ on first day after installationCritics of new 'rain gardens' say they were proved right on day one after a driver mistook one of the newly-installed planters for tarmac and became stuck.

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Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social

Peter Oborne on the West Bank : โ€œA massive programme of ethnic cleansingโ€ฆ I witnessed it, it was horrifying. This is quite explicit, quite deliberate, nothing secret about it - unless of course you read the British press which does prefer not to report troubling matters like that.โ€

youtube.comI Just Left the West Bank: What Israel is Planning is TERRIFYING | Peter OborneYouTube video by Double Down News

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Kate
@rebelraising.bsky.social

Replying to @trevorlambert.bsky.social

No, they're not. Nobody is denying life saving healthcare to someone because they're transphobic.

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Adam Ramsay
@adamramsay.bsky.social

I literally spent a year investigating how the government props up Shell, and then they do this!

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social

Currently wondering what message the UK govt thought it was sending by dressing up the Minister for Net Zero in a literal Shell logo.

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Sam Freedman
@samfr.bsky.social

This is the correct combination to persuade British voters. Euro is much more of a public opinion barrier than FoM. samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...

samf.substack.comThe route back into the EUBack in 2022 I wrote about the long-term prospects for undoing Brexit and made two predictions.
Matthew Holehouse@matthewholehouse.bsky.social

A possible Zeitenwende from Burnham to Ben Riley-Smith: open to freedom of movement, no to the euro or Schengen

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Rachel E. Pollock
@labricoleuse.bsky.social

This 19th c ladyโ€™s multitool was found in the pocket(!) of an antique (1872) garment donated to the historic clothing archive at my employer. It features a button hook for fitted gloves and a tiny corkscrew. The corkscrew is too small for wine & was probably intended to open apothecary bottles.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) โŒ๐Ÿ‘‘
@emilylhauser.bsky.social

๐ŸงตI'm going to say this carefully -my heart aches for those now mourning -every unnecessary death is a tragedy -what did you expect from ppl at the sharp end of guns & bulldozers? -in early Oct, Israeli military+settlers killed 5 Palestinians in the WBank & 57 in Gazaโ€”why isn't that "breaking news"?

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Breaking News: The Israeli military said two soldiers are dead after Palestinian gunmen opened fire in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened a major offensive in a neighborhood of Hebron, where he said the attackers had come from.

nyti.msPalestinian Gunmen Open Fire on Israelis in the West Bank, Officials SayThe Israeli military said two soldiers had been killed, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to launch a major offensive in the Israeli-occupied territory.

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c0nc0rdance
@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social

Ichthyosaurs were lizards pretending to be dolphins pretending to be fish. They evolved from air-breathing land reptiles (diapsids) that returned to the sea, shed legs & grew flippers. Being a swimming lizard with LUNGS has some surprising challenges elucidated by the fossil record.

tine@tine5.bsky.social

The rib structure of #Ichthyosaurs may have helped them with swimming to greater depths #pixelart #ใƒ‰ใƒƒใƒˆ็ตต #SciArt #paleoart

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derek guy
@dieworkwear.bsky.social

Replying to @dieworkwear.bsky.social

An old 1978 commercial produced by the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies Garment Workers' Union).

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Abolish Westminster
@abolishwestminster.bsky.social

Read how Abolish Westminster's @adamramsay.bsky.social spent a year in what felt like an epic ping-pong battle to get FoI answers out of the Foreign Office about embassies lobbying for Big Oil #lobbying #secrecy #BigOil #FoI abolishwestminster.com/year-long-fi...

abolishwestminster.comMy year-long fight to get truth out of the Foreign OfficeRead about Adam Ramsay's epic fight to get facts on oil lobbying out of the UK Foreign Office

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Wisgi Kevin ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
@wisgi.bsky.social

This onshore wind developer is coming up a little short on their 7.25% bond offer. There are 9 days left to invest. They are almost at their minimum invest for the project to go ahead but well below their target. This is not investment advice. I like wind energy. www.ethex.org.uk/invest/distgen

ethex.org.ukDISTGEN - Renewable Energy Bonds - Ethex investment opportunityInvest in DISTGEN and help repower an existing Hampshire wind turbine to generate more clean, locally consumed energy. Investments offer a target return of 7.25%.

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Independent Media Australia.
@indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Helen Haines lost her legs. The media mourns Brendan Nugentโ€™s lost potential. https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/helen-haines-lost-her-legs-the-media-mourns-brendan-nugents-lost-potential/ #AUSpol

womensagenda.com.auHelen Haines lost her legs. The media mourns Brendan Nugentโ€™s lost potential.**_Accused attacker Brendan Nugentโ€™s descent from rising footy star to reclusive activist._** **** A headline courtesy of Nine. **_Brendan Nugentโ€™s loner life, psych ward visit and rare condition._** A headline courtesy of News. **_Broke, in chronic pain and anger at โ€˜patheticโ€™ Albo: inside the mind of Brendan Nugent_** A headline courtesy of The Australian. There is something deeply revealing about the way we tell stories about men accused of violence against women. In the wake of the horrific attack on independent MP Helen Haines in which she was struck twice by a Toyota LandCruiser outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, and has since lost both her legs, the mediaโ€™s focus has been less on the palpable risks to women in public office and more about the man who allegedly attacked her and his lost potential. We have heard about Nugentโ€™s childhood, his education, his academic ability, his interest in environmental activism, his football prowess, his chronic pain and his apparent isolation. We have heard from people who knew him when he was younger; teachers who remember a โ€œbeautifulโ€ kid with promise, and we have been pressed to consider who he might have been if he hadnโ€™t ended up exactly as he is: a violent criminal. There may be a legitimate story here about someone who appears to have struggled and the systemic failures that can occur for people with complex health needs in regional areas. But the extent to which media has zeroed in on Nugentโ€™s biography exposes the fact that when it comes to violence against women, we really havenโ€™t learnt that much. Our snap reflex is still to focus on manโ€™s lost potential when a womanโ€™s life has been irrevocably changed or ended. In a heart wrenching press conference yesterday outside Melbourneโ€™s Alfred Hospital, Helenโ€™s husband, Phil Haines, confirmed the devastating news of her second amputation. He spoke of her enormous heart and her razor-sharp mind. His words underscored how Helenโ€™s life in healthcare and politics, has been dedicated to serving her community. Now, her future has been violently upended in an act police have described as targeted. It was _targeted._ En masse, women in politics have spoken out in the last few days about their own experiences and the fact they are frequently subjected to violent threats of rape and death. Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek spoke about threats so severe that they ended up in court. Speaking to the ABCโ€™s _7.30_ this week, she said: โ€œI couldnโ€™t even count the number of death threats, rape threats that Iโ€™ve had over the years, including ones that have ended up in court.โ€ Still, she noted there had been a recent change in the โ€œindustrial scaleโ€ of the abuse. Plibersek also described receiving a note delivered to her home years ago in which someone said they hoped her children would die of painful cancers. This is the reality that sits behind the public-facing work of a senior female politician. She is not alone. Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has also spoken out about the threats of gang rape she has received and the precautions she takes to protect herself, including disguise. New South Wales Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane noted similar occurrences, as did Anne Aly and several others. These women have laid bare the truth about how choosing a political career is, in many ways, the ultimate sacrifice. But our tendency to scour every nook for a glimmer of hope about violent men, isnโ€™t confined to politics. Only a couple of weeks ago, when former _The Bachelor_ star and fitness entrepreneur Sam Wood was charged with domestic violence offences, including assault and strangulation of his wife, much of the coverage veered toward how his carefully cultivated public image was in tatters, and how professional consequences might follow. His lawyer argued that Wood should have an opportunity to rebuild his career, while headlines tracked the fortunes of the man whose brand had once been synonymous with health, family and wellbeing. The same instinct to build empathy and create a rationale is visible in the coverage of Nugent. As writer and advocate Tarang Chawla pointed out, the focus on Nugentโ€™s supposed promise and personal suffering risks sidelining the victim. And that is, unequivocally, Helen Haines. More broadly, when we feel the need to centre the promise of male perpetrators in these stories, we sideline women and the daily threat that they experience. We make it appear like an anomaly. Women in politics are stoic beyond measure. Outside of this week, we rarely hear them recount the threats of violence they experience so often and without recourse. They get on with the job at hand, likely cognisant that should they speak up they would almost certainly be accused of playing some imaginary โ€œgender cardโ€. But the constant threat of harm changes who feels able to participate in public life, how they do their jobs and whether they decide the cost is too high. When female politicians restrict public appearances, stop advertising community events or think twice before engaging online because of the threats they receive, the consequences extend well beyond the individual. As Plibersek warned this week, the attack on Haines is โ€œa terrible thing for our democracy if politicians have to separate themselves from the publicโ€, we all lose out. Social media has ramped the heat up tenfold. The ability to broadcast abuse to thousands of people, often anonymously or from behind a screen, has emboldened those who might once have kept their hostility to themselves. And when violent rhetoric is normalised, should we really be surprised that attacks like this occur? The Governor-General, Sam Mostyn spoke alongside Phil Haines at the Alfred Hospital on Wednesday. Calling on Australians to reflect on the attack, she said we needed to โ€œexercise our muscle of decencyโ€, and learn how to โ€œdisagree wellโ€. โ€œWe donโ€™t have to all agree, but we can wrestle the issue, not the person,โ€ Mostyn said. โ€œWords matter, whether spoken or in written form, increasingly in the virtual world.โ€ The responsibility, in other words, rests on all of us. And, if the media is serious about telling this story well, it needs to remember and centre the women who are being threatened, the systems that are failing to protect them, and the consequences for a democracy that depends on them showing up. Share this Helen Haines by Tarla Lambert-Patel 14 hours ago ## Stay Smart! Get Women's Agenda in your inbox * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. * Email SUBSCRIBE ## Latest news ### Australia has let abuse of its representatives become โ€˜part of the jobโ€™ โ€“ and women bear the brunt ### โ€œHormonalโ€ isnโ€™t a diagnosis: Why womenโ€™s midlife mental health keeps getting missed ### Man armed with nunchucks arrested after allegedly making threats at WA MP Hannah Beazleyโ€™s electorate office ### Phil Haines and Sam Mostyn had every right to choose anger. 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sianushka.bsky.social
@sianushka.bsky.social

๐Ÿ”ดNEW๐Ÿ”ด Thousands of domestic abuse victims are ending up under arrest, in court and behind bars โ€“ while abusers remain free. Read my major investigation into one of the great, underreported criminal justice scandals of our time www.opendemocracy.net/domestic-abu...

opendemocracy.netThey were victims of domestic abuse. They ended up under arrestExclusive: hundreds of domestic abuse victims arrested for crimes committed under coercion or duress, but figures are tip of the iceberg

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Jon Richardson
@jon-richardson.bsky.social

Replying to @carolinepennock.bsky.social

Also inaccurate I believe- Itโ€™s 17%, one sixth not one fifth. Just over half the proportion in Australia and Switzerland!

Wisgi Kevin ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
@wisgi.bsky.social

Time to return to Australia with its much higher level of foreign born peeps. Thanks for the welcome.

Caroline Dodds Pennock@carolinepennock.bsky.social

In case anyone else wonders, this isnโ€™t some bananas columnist, itโ€™s the official Times editorial view. The official, racist, xenophobic, hatred-inciting, Times editorial view.

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Billy Hanlon
@bhanlon15.bsky.social

BBC: 'Olympian Dobbin writes to Prime Minister over ME funding' 'Former British sprinter Beth Dobbin has called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to fund more research into the "life-decimating" condition that has resulted in her spending 22 hours a day in bed' www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...

bbc.comBeth Dobbin writes to Andy Burnham calling for increased funding into ME researchFormer British sprinter Beth Dobbin calls on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to fund more research into "life-decimating" ME.

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j4
@jaffa.bsky.social

I try these things so you don't have to: Carrot Cake Soda, by Melba's Fixins.

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KetAnthropic JoshAI
@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...