Gift
@giftmacher.bsky.social
Recovering STEM brain, occasional poet.
Increasingly a fan of lampposts.
they/them, but you can also use he/him
https://medium.com/@crimson-flag
Increasingly a fan of lampposts.
they/them, but you can also use he/him
https://medium.com/@crimson-flag
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Elliott Abrams is one of the premier monsters of our age; Iran-Contra, El Salvador and the Mozote Massacre, Rios Montt in Guatemala, Nicaragua, a 2002 bush era coup attempt in Venezuela, any new numbers of coup attempts since under Trump against Venezuela. A war criminal and a fiend.
You felt like you were crazy in the 2000s having to explain that these people had already racked up a long list of horrendous war crimes and were very obviously choking to do more and worse, and yet here we still are.
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Elliott Abrams is one of the premier monsters of our age; Iran-Contra, El Salvador and the Mozote Massacre, Rios Montt in Guatemala, Nicaragua, a 2002 bush era coup attempt in Venezuela, any new numbers of coup attempts since under Trump against Venezuela. A war criminal and a fiend.
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This is how the far right should be covered and analysed
Not focusing only on the words or actions of one man but by looking at wider societal trends, the role of the mainstream and of course accounting for power
This is not (just) opinion, it's necessary analysis
Not focusing only on the words or actions of one man but by looking at wider societal trends, the role of the mainstream and of course accounting for power
This is not (just) opinion, it's necessary analysis
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This is how the far right should be covered and analysed
Not focusing only on the words or actions of one man but by looking at wider societal trends, the role of the mainstream and of course accounting for power
This is not (just) opinion, it's necessary analysis
Not focusing only on the words or actions of one man but by looking at wider societal trends, the role of the mainstream and of course accounting for power
This is not (just) opinion, it's necessary analysis
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I know it's asking a lot for journalists to be educated about what fascism is on an ideological and philosophical level, but this kind of thing is *unambiguously* fascism.
Reform are so dangerous and this headline doesn’t do it justice. I also think a piece like this should start with the politician‘s core views just to emphasise the urgency.
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I know it's asking a lot for journalists to be educated about what fascism is on an ideological and philosophical level, but this kind of thing is *unambiguously* fascism.
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The puberty blocker trial is about to start according to the BBC, led by Dr Emily Simonoff. The same Dr who spoke at a symposium organised by Segm, a group designated an anti trans hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Centre /1
organizers-congress.org/frontend/ind...
organizers-congress.org/frontend/ind...
C3-Konferenzzeitplan – 21st international Congress of the ESCAP 2025
organizers-congress.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The puberty blocker trial is about to start according to the BBC, led by Dr Emily Simonoff. The same Dr who spoke at a symposium organised by Segm, a group designated an anti trans hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Centre /1
organizers-congress.org/frontend/ind...
organizers-congress.org/frontend/ind...
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Nothing much here that hasn’t been known for a long time but it is helpful to have people explaining exactly how bleak and disgusting this heist against the public was, and continues to be.
You’re probably already aware of this but interview with Paul Holden on the Alexei sayle podcast today podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Locas Corrupti (with Paul Holden)
Podcast Episode · The Alexei Sayle Podcast · 22/11/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Nothing much here that hasn’t been known for a long time but it is helpful to have people explaining exactly how bleak and disgusting this heist against the public was, and continues to be.
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Sonia's "suddenly trans people are concerned about gnc cis women" line is so funny, it's not like anyone's been pointing it out since at least the NC bathroom bill way back in 2016. But, that would require actually listening to what we say and that is a complete anathema to gender critters
This is the harm the misogynistic EHRC is causing to ALL women. Their code of practice is deeply disparaging of ALL women.
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Sonia's "suddenly trans people are concerned about gnc cis women" line is so funny, it's not like anyone's been pointing it out since at least the NC bathroom bill way back in 2016. But, that would require actually listening to what we say and that is a complete anathema to gender critters
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Lads, did you miss the decade and a half of e.g. roaring terror about Bolshevik intellectuals conspiring with the lesser races to destroy Britain? It seems like a hard one to have missed
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Lads, did you miss the decade and a half of e.g. roaring terror about Bolshevik intellectuals conspiring with the lesser races to destroy Britain? It seems like a hard one to have missed
We shithoused them in to do exactly this and now reality has caught up with us we're going to run round in a hotdog suit.
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We shithoused them in to do exactly this and now reality has caught up with us we're going to run round in a hotdog suit.
I've seen some takes on this site, but imagining that you cannot trace this government's policies straight back to new labour is horse shit. Fiscal rules, fake asylum seekers and rampant atlanticism are all the "common sense" of the new labour era.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I've seen some takes on this site, but imagining that you cannot trace this government's policies straight back to new labour is horse shit. Fiscal rules, fake asylum seekers and rampant atlanticism are all the "common sense" of the new labour era.
Kegging up a black IPA. Have a good feeling about this one. Winter warmer.
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Kegging up a black IPA. Have a good feeling about this one. Winter warmer.
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Israel’s gleefully fascist government being held accountable for its industrial cull of the population of the Gaza Strip would deeply incriminate leaders of the United States and multiple white-people countries in crimes against humanity. It’s not just that it won’t happen: it *cannot be allowed*.
Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US | Yuli Novak
The international community allowed all of this to happen. We must not look away or move on
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Israel’s gleefully fascist government being held accountable for its industrial cull of the population of the Gaza Strip would deeply incriminate leaders of the United States and multiple white-people countries in crimes against humanity. It’s not just that it won’t happen: it *cannot be allowed*.
There are literal academic papers documenting this phenomenon and yet the liberal "left" still think the trick will work for them again and again. I hate them with a visceral passion.
Someone tag the Labour party: ““This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.””
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
There are literal academic papers documenting this phenomenon and yet the liberal "left" still think the trick will work for them again and again. I hate them with a visceral passion.
Or, and bear with me here, people have eyes and ears.
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Or, and bear with me here, people have eyes and ears.
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The guy behind this entire project was the party’s billionaire bungs officer, whose job was obsolete if they were no longer seeking bungs from the rich. They swiftly destroyed the member-funded model and went right back to cash and Taylor tickets in exchange for favours and government contracts.
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The guy behind this entire project was the party’s billionaire bungs officer, whose job was obsolete if they were no longer seeking bungs from the rich. They swiftly destroyed the member-funded model and went right back to cash and Taylor tickets in exchange for favours and government contracts.
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It’s the same thing as the terfery really: it’s just being an arsehole and a busybody, seething at people who are just quietly going about their business without harming or bothering anyone.
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It’s the same thing as the terfery really: it’s just being an arsehole and a busybody, seething at people who are just quietly going about their business without harming or bothering anyone.
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I forgot one am shocked at Sky's sexism. How could this possibly happen in a country that is trying to reduce the concept of a woman to "possesses a vagina"?
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I forgot one am shocked at Sky's sexism. How could this possibly happen in a country that is trying to reduce the concept of a woman to "possesses a vagina"?
A lot of people getting pissy with Starmer just for over optimising his voter efficiency. Hate to see it.
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A lot of people getting pissy with Starmer just for over optimising his voter efficiency. Hate to see it.
Pretty much this.
Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Pretty much this.
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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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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for all the libs on this site say they oppose Trump in every way, they’re in absolute lockstep with him on this, they love this shit
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
for all the libs on this site say they oppose Trump in every way, they’re in absolute lockstep with him on this, they love this shit
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Watch this because it tells you everything you need to know about how the right-wing weaponise fear.
First come the facts.
Then come the views of the public, sick of politicians & the media spreading unsubstantiated fear.
Then comes the journalist, ignoring the facts & the public to spread fear.
First come the facts.
Then come the views of the public, sick of politicians & the media spreading unsubstantiated fear.
Then comes the journalist, ignoring the facts & the public to spread fear.
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Watch this because it tells you everything you need to know about how the right-wing weaponise fear.
First come the facts.
Then come the views of the public, sick of politicians & the media spreading unsubstantiated fear.
Then comes the journalist, ignoring the facts & the public to spread fear.
First come the facts.
Then come the views of the public, sick of politicians & the media spreading unsubstantiated fear.
Then comes the journalist, ignoring the facts & the public to spread fear.
You have to laugh at the absolute fever/terror around no wearing symbol so monetised and commodified you can get it on a fucking G-string.
Unserious fash fucking nation.
Unserious fash fucking nation.
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
You have to laugh at the absolute fever/terror around no wearing symbol so monetised and commodified you can get it on a fucking G-string.
Unserious fash fucking nation.
Unserious fash fucking nation.