Erica Packington
@ericajanemp.bsky.social
Feminist atheist pelagic-brained handwaver
It depends / context matters / look for the helpers / find my simple / trust the process
Current state: fucking hell, tho
It depends / context matters / look for the helpers / find my simple / trust the process
Current state: fucking hell, tho
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This kind of shit is, in its own way, Holocaust trivialization. It's hard not to find it morally revolting.
If I may be a contrarian here I'd argue that the victory of a democratic socialist is not "like a spiritual Kristallnacht."
June 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This kind of shit is, in its own way, Holocaust trivialization. It's hard not to find it morally revolting.
International development is a hugely over-evaluated sector. I read a stat that UK government wide spending on aid/int dev is evaluated 10 times more than any other government expenditure.
June 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
International development is a hugely over-evaluated sector. I read a stat that UK government wide spending on aid/int dev is evaluated 10 times more than any other government expenditure.
“I’m very clear in my own mind that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. That is the greatest threat to stability in the region.”
Is it tho. Is it tho Kier?
No other regional threat you can think of? No one … doing anything at all?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Is it tho. Is it tho Kier?
No other regional threat you can think of? No one … doing anything at all?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
US request to UK over Iran would have raised legal questions, ex-adviser says
Peter Ricketts says US likely to have decided it was better not to ask, after minister says no request was made
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
“I’m very clear in my own mind that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. That is the greatest threat to stability in the region.”
Is it tho. Is it tho Kier?
No other regional threat you can think of? No one … doing anything at all?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Is it tho. Is it tho Kier?
No other regional threat you can think of? No one … doing anything at all?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Yes? What would you actually say no to? Doesn’t all of that sound good tho
How progressive are you?
Tax the Rich?
Universal and Accessible Healthcare?
Human Rights for all?
Free or Accessible Education for all?
Food and Housing for all?
Livable wages?
Strong Social Safety Net?
Strong Environmental Protection?
Support LGBTQ?
Accessible Mental Healthcare?
Tax the Rich?
Universal and Accessible Healthcare?
Human Rights for all?
Free or Accessible Education for all?
Food and Housing for all?
Livable wages?
Strong Social Safety Net?
Strong Environmental Protection?
Support LGBTQ?
Accessible Mental Healthcare?
June 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Yes? What would you actually say no to? Doesn’t all of that sound good tho
Evil Genius who uses her powers for good.
Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to…
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
June 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Evil Genius who uses her powers for good.
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Also an excellent book exploring the good and bad sides of shame.
Ex: Shaming children for not having lunch money = bad, but shaming politicians for cutting funding for school lunch programs = good AND useful
www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...
Ex: Shaming children for not having lunch money = bad, but shaming politicians for cutting funding for school lunch programs = good AND useful
www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...
June 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Also an excellent book exploring the good and bad sides of shame.
Ex: Shaming children for not having lunch money = bad, but shaming politicians for cutting funding for school lunch programs = good AND useful
www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...
Ex: Shaming children for not having lunch money = bad, but shaming politicians for cutting funding for school lunch programs = good AND useful
www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...
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Thanks to NPR for explaining that due to the ancient, mysterious culture of Persia, Iranians "don't like to be attacked" npr.org/2025/06/16/n...
June 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thanks to NPR for explaining that due to the ancient, mysterious culture of Persia, Iranians "don't like to be attacked" npr.org/2025/06/16/n...
critters and bugs need us to change our behaviours globally, but here's some easy stuff you can do to help
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them
From turning out the lights to letting leaves rot, these small steps can create big changes at home or in the wild
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
critters and bugs need us to change our behaviours globally, but here's some easy stuff you can do to help
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
OK.... I mean, yes, good but also, what the hell, why were they there in the first place and also in what kind of batshit world does ANYONE have a trade show for industrial scale murder
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Israeli stands at Paris airshow are shut down ‘by order of French government’
Four booths are hidden from view, prompting fury from Israel’s defence ministry and visiting US Republicans
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
OK.... I mean, yes, good but also, what the hell, why were they there in the first place and also in what kind of batshit world does ANYONE have a trade show for industrial scale murder
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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ICE throws gas at protesters who immediately cone it then use boards to help fan the gas back at ICE.
June 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
ICE throws gas at protesters who immediately cone it then use boards to help fan the gas back at ICE.
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Another good reminder from today is that to win this we all need to get used to cooperating with people we sometimes find highly annoying
June 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Another good reminder from today is that to win this we all need to get used to cooperating with people we sometimes find highly annoying
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Editor: You finish that writeup of Trump birthday parade?
Journalist: sure did boss, real fuckin bootlicking just like you asked
Journalist: sure did boss, real fuckin bootlicking just like you asked
Planes roared over D.C. on Saturday, tanks rolled along the National Mall, brass bands resounded and thousands of soldiers marched past cheering crowds, as the Army put on the largest show of military might in the capital in more than three decades. wapo.st/4dYFOck
June 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Editor: You finish that writeup of Trump birthday parade?
Journalist: sure did boss, real fuckin bootlicking just like you asked
Journalist: sure did boss, real fuckin bootlicking just like you asked
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More of this tone please 😏
June 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
More of this tone please 😏
I asked Jools Holland for directions in Richmond, Surrey one evening. They were appalling and we stayed lost.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I asked Jools Holland for directions in Richmond, Surrey one evening. They were appalling and we stayed lost.
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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
I mean, there is perfection and then there is dieworkwear gently schooling someone while educating us all in really interesting history, while staying within his particular, relatively niche focus.
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I mean, there is perfection and then there is dieworkwear gently schooling someone while educating us all in really interesting history, while staying within his particular, relatively niche focus.
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The basic fact that austerity became embedded Tory dogma, and the maths behind it accepted by Reeves, despite the math proving the opposite, is a fundamental problem we have yet to solve - despite the rest of the world solving it more than ten years ago.
June 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The basic fact that austerity became embedded Tory dogma, and the maths behind it accepted by Reeves, despite the math proving the opposite, is a fundamental problem we have yet to solve - despite the rest of the world solving it more than ten years ago.
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Here we go
“Breaking News: Southern Baptists voted to call for the reversal of the #SCOTUS ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, spurred by the end of Roe v. Wade” #LGBTQ
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
“Breaking News: Southern Baptists voted to call for the reversal of the #SCOTUS ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, spurred by the end of Roe v. Wade” #LGBTQ
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
June 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Here we go
“Breaking News: Southern Baptists voted to call for the reversal of the #SCOTUS ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, spurred by the end of Roe v. Wade” #LGBTQ
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
“Breaking News: Southern Baptists voted to call for the reversal of the #SCOTUS ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, spurred by the end of Roe v. Wade” #LGBTQ
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
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This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
June 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
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No matter what a peaceful protestor may intend, it’s police who decide when to use violence and whom to use it against—and nothing we saw this weekend indicates their violence was confined to those who were not “peaceful.” https://trib.al/BCcOzgs
The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense
Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids.
trib.al
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
No matter what a peaceful protestor may intend, it’s police who decide when to use violence and whom to use it against—and nothing we saw this weekend indicates their violence was confined to those who were not “peaceful.” https://trib.al/BCcOzgs
Yep.
I vote Green because I've come to treat voting like transport options: jumping on the bus that gets me closest to where I want to be, rather than hoping for a golden palanquin to deliver me exactly there.
For me, they get most things mostly right.
I vote Green because I've come to treat voting like transport options: jumping on the bus that gets me closest to where I want to be, rather than hoping for a golden palanquin to deliver me exactly there.
For me, they get most things mostly right.
What I need is a version of the Green Party that is pro-nuclear power and I'll be set, which I acknowledge is a wild position to be in lol
June 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Yep.
I vote Green because I've come to treat voting like transport options: jumping on the bus that gets me closest to where I want to be, rather than hoping for a golden palanquin to deliver me exactly there.
For me, they get most things mostly right.
I vote Green because I've come to treat voting like transport options: jumping on the bus that gets me closest to where I want to be, rather than hoping for a golden palanquin to deliver me exactly there.
For me, they get most things mostly right.
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Resistance against an occupier is 100% justified.
June 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Resistance against an occupier is 100% justified.
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" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
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🔥 “You’re on the wrong side of history. You should be standing here with us… you took an oath to the constitution, not the fascists in the White House— he’s laughing at you… You’re tough behind your masks & fatigues, but how do you feel on the inside?” 🇺🇸
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🔥 “You’re on the wrong side of history. You should be standing here with us… you took an oath to the constitution, not the fascists in the White House— he’s laughing at you… You’re tough behind your masks & fatigues, but how do you feel on the inside?” 🇺🇸