DanC
@danc.bsky.social
Ex-English teacher, writer & editor, anti-fascist, linguist, LUFC-enjoyer & 6Music dad.
EngLangBlog: https://tinyurl.com/5n8kmxwy
Lexis podcast: https://tinyurl.com/mr4atnkh
Pronouns: He/him
Proper nouns: Eldritch, Marx, Bielsa
EngLangBlog: https://tinyurl.com/5n8kmxwy
Lexis podcast: https://tinyurl.com/mr4atnkh
Pronouns: He/him
Proper nouns: Eldritch, Marx, Bielsa
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The state must now back down and end the ban on Palestine Action. The continuing proscription is an abuse of freedom of expression and assembly
Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
February 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
The state must now back down and end the ban on Palestine Action. The continuing proscription is an abuse of freedom of expression and assembly
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Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
February 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
I guess these Jim Ratcliffe comments are cosmic karma for LUFC fans cheering on those brave United boys against West Ham 😔
February 12, 2026 at 6:53 AM
I guess these Jim Ratcliffe comments are cosmic karma for LUFC fans cheering on those brave United boys against West Ham 😔
BBC News running the Jim Ratcliffe story by playing his (already fact-checked and false) claims and then quoting Farage. Yay, way to go in normalising great replacement discourses 🙄
February 12, 2026 at 6:39 AM
BBC News running the Jim Ratcliffe story by playing his (already fact-checked and false) claims and then quoting Farage. Yay, way to go in normalising great replacement discourses 🙄
If you teach/study Media then you might already have a sub to @mediamagemc.bsky.social; if not, get one! Our Feb issue has just come out and it features an interview I did with @equalityalec.bsky.social about his excellent book, 'Copaganda'.
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazine...
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazine...
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
If you teach/study Media then you might already have a sub to @mediamagemc.bsky.social; if not, get one! Our Feb issue has just come out and it features an interview I did with @equalityalec.bsky.social about his excellent book, 'Copaganda'.
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazine...
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazine...
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the only people who believe this are the people profiting off of it, and gullible idiots
Researchers working with the A.I. system Claude have come to understand that the model’s selfhood, like our own, is a matter of both neurons and narratives. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kEX1vV
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM
the only people who believe this are the people profiting off of it, and gullible idiots
This morning's reading for the commute.
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This morning's reading for the commute.
We're very close to the quintessence of game's gone territory here 😂
February 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We're very close to the quintessence of game's gone territory here 😂
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A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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While I often like to follow the adage, "don't hate the player: hate the game", I think we're entitled to hate both here: one for his amoral cynicism and the other for its wanton systemic vandalism.
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:49 AM
While I often like to follow the adage, "don't hate the player: hate the game", I think we're entitled to hate both here: one for his amoral cynicism and the other for its wanton systemic vandalism.
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Please stop using substack
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Please stop using substack
Huzzah for those brave United boys!
February 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Huzzah for those brave United boys!
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Turns out Tommy Robinson is the sort of guy who lurks around outside school gates, pass it on.
It starts with harassing teachers "cos they are indoctrinating kids with woke" but pretty soon, it will become demanding someone working in tesco is sacked for doing gender wrong in public.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/06/t...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/06/t...
Trans teacher followed home by right-winger Tommy Robinson
A teacher was approached at home by Tommy Robinson after parents complained about them allegedly requesting to use the title 'Mx'.
www.thepinknews.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Turns out Tommy Robinson is the sort of guy who lurks around outside school gates, pass it on.
Well that was fun. Apart from the last 15 minutes 😬
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Well that was fun. Apart from the last 15 minutes 😬
Was hoping for Longstaff and Tanaka myself. And a shame that Bijol could only make the bench.
February 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Was hoping for Longstaff and Tanaka myself. And a shame that Bijol could only make the bench.
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Money can buy happiness. If Elon Musk built a rocket and shot himself into the fucking sun that would generate massive happiness.
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Money can buy happiness. If Elon Musk built a rocket and shot himself into the fucking sun that would generate massive happiness.
I wonder what it was about this piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social that caused so many MAGA middle managers on LinkedIn (!) to lose their minds. Won't somebody think of the poor ICE agents?!
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/w...
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/w...
Weaponizing Words: How the Trump Administration Used Language to Distort the Truth in Minnesota
Government and media organisations used the power of words to shift moral responsibility for the ICE killings, argues linguist Dan Clayton
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I wonder what it was about this piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social that caused so many MAGA middle managers on LinkedIn (!) to lose their minds. Won't somebody think of the poor ICE agents?!
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/w...
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/w...
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#OtD 4 Feb 1924 175 @IWW members took on the Ku Klux Klan in Greenville, Maine, after KKK tried to threaten union organisers: "We are going to stick, and if the Klan wants to start something, the IWW are going to finish it". More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/tag/iww/
February 4, 2026 at 5:55 AM
#OtD 4 Feb 1924 175 @IWW members took on the Ku Klux Klan in Greenville, Maine, after KKK tried to threaten union organisers: "We are going to stick, and if the Klan wants to start something, the IWW are going to finish it". More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/tag/iww/
This popped up on my Kobo this morning so I must have pre-ordered it. Looking forward to reading it now as it's even more pertinent than ever.
3 yrs ago I started writing a book that is in stores TODAY. It's narrative nonfiction, anti-fascist spy thriller set in Trump era. It's timely as hell & I'm proud of it.
A thread of what people are saying abt it & why I hope you'll help make it a bestseller www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...
A thread of what people are saying abt it & why I hope you'll help make it a bestseller www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
This popped up on my Kobo this morning so I must have pre-ordered it. Looking forward to reading it now as it's even more pertinent than ever.
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“Antifa is not an organization. Antifascism is a natural response to state terror. Antifascist action belongs to the people. Anyone can do it... Every day this goes on, DHS creates thousands of new antifascists.”—Riley (an anonymous antifascist researcher)
New: Antifa unmasked a new generation of fascists in the Trump era. Now it's exposing ICE.
"Predators don’t get anonymity."
My latest for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Predators don’t get anonymity."
My latest for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Following in a long American tradition of identifying fascists, a network of leftists has set out to name and shame Trump’s immigration agents
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“Antifa is not an organization. Antifascism is a natural response to state terror. Antifascist action belongs to the people. Anyone can do it... Every day this goes on, DHS creates thousands of new antifascists.”—Riley (an anonymous antifascist researcher)
Missed the end of the Chelsea vs West Ham game but you've got to feel sorry for those 'ammers 😂😂
January 31, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Missed the end of the Chelsea vs West Ham game but you've got to feel sorry for those 'ammers 😂😂
Srebrenica was an early parting of the ways, his antifa views solidified that and now the Epstein stuff is the final nail in the coffin. Fuck Noam Chomsky.
January 31, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Srebrenica was an early parting of the ways, his antifa views solidified that and now the Epstein stuff is the final nail in the coffin. Fuck Noam Chomsky.
