Andy Hockley
@adhoc.bsky.social
Inhabitant of deepest Transylvania (honest); academic management "expert" (of sorts); anti-apartheid activist; lapsed football fan; interested in Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Palestine, and beyond. He/him. Oh, and Sheffield Wednesday
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Then it's not a fucking ceasefire, is it.
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Then it's not a fucking ceasefire, is it.
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Israel’s parliament has advanced a controversial bill that would allow the death penalty for ‘terrorists,’ seen as targeting Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis.
Far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was seen carrying sweets in the Knesset chamber after the vote.
Far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was seen carrying sweets in the Knesset chamber after the vote.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Israel’s parliament has advanced a controversial bill that would allow the death penalty for ‘terrorists,’ seen as targeting Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis.
Far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was seen carrying sweets in the Knesset chamber after the vote.
Far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was seen carrying sweets in the Knesset chamber after the vote.
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
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During the night, Ben Gvir distributed sweets to Knesset members after the first reading’s approval of the bill permitting the execution of Palestinian hostages.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
During the night, Ben Gvir distributed sweets to Knesset members after the first reading’s approval of the bill permitting the execution of Palestinian hostages.
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
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Panorama made a stupid editing mistake. But compare this to the deliberate and systemic attempt, sustained across years, to ensure that BBC output aligns ever more closely to the demands of economic power. Against your straw of bias, I raise you a haystack.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Panorama made a stupid editing mistake. But compare this to the deliberate and systemic attempt, sustained across years, to ensure that BBC output aligns ever more closely to the demands of economic power. Against your straw of bias, I raise you a haystack.
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The period where the IDF were firing machine guns at people trying to pick up bags of flour was one of the most despicable things I’ve seen in this country: every day for weeks, people behaving like something confusing and hard to understand was happening, because they couldn’t say what they saw.
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The period where the IDF were firing machine guns at people trying to pick up bags of flour was one of the most despicable things I’ve seen in this country: every day for weeks, people behaving like something confusing and hard to understand was happening, because they couldn’t say what they saw.
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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"The ban exists because a cross-border ethnic and religious war is being waged between irrevocably opposed sides."
a) That's not true, it's a reference to the context of the ban.
b) It's a gross misrepresentation of that context.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
a) That's not true, it's a reference to the context of the ban.
b) It's a gross misrepresentation of that context.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fraught, tense and visceral: there’s never been a football match quite like Maccabi’s visit to Aston Villa | Barney Ronay
Undeniably strange and redolent of wider horrors at one remove, this Europa League tie was a groaning platter of geopolitics with a tiny little sprig of sport dusted across the top
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"The ban exists because a cross-border ethnic and religious war is being waged between irrevocably opposed sides."
a) That's not true, it's a reference to the context of the ban.
b) It's a gross misrepresentation of that context.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
a) That's not true, it's a reference to the context of the ban.
b) It's a gross misrepresentation of that context.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Israel blocking wells on Palestinian land with cement.
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Israel blocking wells on Palestinian land with cement.
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
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YouTube's craven surrender to Trump executive order, proscribing ICC and 3 Palestinian human rights NGOs. It deleted their accounts and 700 videos w/o notice.
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
YouTube's craven surrender to Trump executive order, proscribing ICC and 3 Palestinian human rights NGOs. It deleted their accounts and 700 videos w/o notice.
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They voted for a candidate who wants to tax the wealthy, freeze housing costs, make buses free and all manner of people friendly policies (as opposed big business). They voted for hope not hate. It’s a lesson for Labour, the way to beat the right is not to be like them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
They voted for a candidate who wants to tax the wealthy, freeze housing costs, make buses free and all manner of people friendly policies (as opposed big business). They voted for hope not hate. It’s a lesson for Labour, the way to beat the right is not to be like them.
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"Underperformed" in a three way race when he was being openly ratfucked by Democratic leadership...
Btw, the press obsessing about Mamdani seems weird. He seriously underperformed the Democratic vote in NYC compared to recent elections, barely scraping 50%. Moderate Democrats in VA and NJ dramatically overperformed. That seems the real story
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Underperformed" in a three way race when he was being openly ratfucked by Democratic leadership...
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So much of the centrist approach to politics has devolved into "How do we trick people into supporting us like the right has done?" where talking sincerely about policies that might help ordinary people's lives is for naïve schmucks who don't understand the glorious theatre of it all
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
So much of the centrist approach to politics has devolved into "How do we trick people into supporting us like the right has done?" where talking sincerely about policies that might help ordinary people's lives is for naïve schmucks who don't understand the glorious theatre of it all
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this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
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Seeing a lot of takes about how Mamdani's win doesn't mean other left candidates should do what he did because it won't necessarily work for them.
As opposed to how well chasing the centre-right vote has historically worked? I dunno, man, I think it's worth a pop.
As opposed to how well chasing the centre-right vote has historically worked? I dunno, man, I think it's worth a pop.
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Seeing a lot of takes about how Mamdani's win doesn't mean other left candidates should do what he did because it won't necessarily work for them.
As opposed to how well chasing the centre-right vote has historically worked? I dunno, man, I think it's worth a pop.
As opposed to how well chasing the centre-right vote has historically worked? I dunno, man, I think it's worth a pop.
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Imagine if The Sun was owned by a conservative media mogul
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Imagine if The Sun was owned by a conservative media mogul
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The far right want you to believe that immigration causes an explosion of crime.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The far right want you to believe that immigration causes an explosion of crime.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
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It is a low bar possibly, but seeing a politician win, especially a significant win, by galvanising disenfranchised voters on a platform of unity, compassion and hope, a platform which supported marginalised groups such as migrants and trans/non-binary individuals, feels pretty important right now.
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
It is a low bar possibly, but seeing a politician win, especially a significant win, by galvanising disenfranchised voters on a platform of unity, compassion and hope, a platform which supported marginalised groups such as migrants and trans/non-binary individuals, feels pretty important right now.
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.