MarulaTee
@marulatee.bsky.social
Liminal being living on Jerk Island.
Black mixed-race, Queer bisexual, neurospicey dancing actor. South African/Mauritian. MA: Black Studies. Recently moved to MCR. She/Her
Black mixed-race, Queer bisexual, neurospicey dancing actor. South African/Mauritian. MA: Black Studies. Recently moved to MCR. She/Her
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MarulaTee
@marulatee.bsky.social
· Feb 16
I found a sign that perfectly embodies what it’s like to live in England in 2025!
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Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
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This is new information for me, too. It's wild that the person who invented the most common reading education system in the US says point-blank that it doesn't matter if people don't actually read words, but just guess what they are. He says it's fine to see the word "pony" and read it as "horse."
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is new information for me, too. It's wild that the person who invented the most common reading education system in the US says point-blank that it doesn't matter if people don't actually read words, but just guess what they are. He says it's fine to see the word "pony" and read it as "horse."
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Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
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NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
The resignation of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General is the next stage in the corporation's collapse into cowardice.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
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Sure, though for the past 3 decades (?) the idea of a national culture has p much been undermined by successive governments : cuts to arts funding, walling off access to creative industries to the richest in society, making the UK incredibly difficult to be a creative worker etc.
I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sure, though for the past 3 decades (?) the idea of a national culture has p much been undermined by successive governments : cuts to arts funding, walling off access to creative industries to the richest in society, making the UK incredibly difficult to be a creative worker etc.
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Your new motto should be: if it’s fine for disabled people, it’s fine for me.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Your new motto should be: if it’s fine for disabled people, it’s fine for me.
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We were long-term 6music listeners but switched off in Jan due to the toxic rw news.
Drip feeding pro-Farage/anti-migrant sentiment to millions, a huge % are not that politically engaged & trust the station because of their dedication to new music.
Industrial scale brain boiling.
Drip feeding pro-Farage/anti-migrant sentiment to millions, a huge % are not that politically engaged & trust the station because of their dedication to new music.
Industrial scale brain boiling.
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We were long-term 6music listeners but switched off in Jan due to the toxic rw news.
Drip feeding pro-Farage/anti-migrant sentiment to millions, a huge % are not that politically engaged & trust the station because of their dedication to new music.
Industrial scale brain boiling.
Drip feeding pro-Farage/anti-migrant sentiment to millions, a huge % are not that politically engaged & trust the station because of their dedication to new music.
Industrial scale brain boiling.
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Anti-black racism 'baked' into Met, review finds.
This is 26 years after the Macpherson report which concluded that the Metropolitan Police was "institutionally racist".
Little changed.
Leaders of major political parties incite hatred. None charged.
This is 26 years after the Macpherson report which concluded that the Metropolitan Police was "institutionally racist".
Little changed.
Leaders of major political parties incite hatred. None charged.
Anti-black racism 'baked' into Met Police, review says
The independent review surveyed 40 years of evidence of how racism has affected black communities and black Met Police staff.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Anti-black racism 'baked' into Met, review finds.
This is 26 years after the Macpherson report which concluded that the Metropolitan Police was "institutionally racist".
Little changed.
Leaders of major political parties incite hatred. None charged.
This is 26 years after the Macpherson report which concluded that the Metropolitan Police was "institutionally racist".
Little changed.
Leaders of major political parties incite hatred. None charged.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social shows us how to fight back - without throwing ANY minority under the bus.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social shows us how to fight back - without throwing ANY minority under the bus.
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Great Zimbabwe was the capital of the Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe from about 11th century until the 15th century, and it was abandoned in the 17th century. It was about 3 sq miles long and housed about 10,000 people inside it's walls. They had trade links to Persian and China via the Swahili Coast.
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Great Zimbabwe was the capital of the Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe from about 11th century until the 15th century, and it was abandoned in the 17th century. It was about 3 sq miles long and housed about 10,000 people inside it's walls. They had trade links to Persian and China via the Swahili Coast.
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Well, will you look at that completely expected piece of news.
The very same people who are so quick to blame migrants for all the ills of the world, are the ones posing more of a threat.
Watch likes of Goodwin try and explain this away and still blame migrants.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The very same people who are so quick to blame migrants for all the ills of the world, are the ones posing more of a threat.
Watch likes of Goodwin try and explain this away and still blame migrants.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows
Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Well, will you look at that completely expected piece of news.
The very same people who are so quick to blame migrants for all the ills of the world, are the ones posing more of a threat.
Watch likes of Goodwin try and explain this away and still blame migrants.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The very same people who are so quick to blame migrants for all the ills of the world, are the ones posing more of a threat.
Watch likes of Goodwin try and explain this away and still blame migrants.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Zack Polanski, "Zohran Mamdani's win means that hope has triumphed"
"He connected with lives or ordinary people, mobilised young people. It wasn't just about social media, it was about his relentless focus on inequality"
"He connected with lives or ordinary people, mobilised young people. It wasn't just about social media, it was about his relentless focus on inequality"
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Zack Polanski, "Zohran Mamdani's win means that hope has triumphed"
"He connected with lives or ordinary people, mobilised young people. It wasn't just about social media, it was about his relentless focus on inequality"
"He connected with lives or ordinary people, mobilised young people. It wasn't just about social media, it was about his relentless focus on inequality"
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this truly is the thing that brings me real joy because this is the piece that’s replicable everywhere. if enough of us show up, their millions of dollars in dark money, bribes and attack ads accomplish nothing. Mamdani is clearly a generational talent but he won’t be the only one we find if we look
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
this truly is the thing that brings me real joy because this is the piece that’s replicable everywhere. if enough of us show up, their millions of dollars in dark money, bribes and attack ads accomplish nothing. Mamdani is clearly a generational talent but he won’t be the only one we find if we look
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Kinda sorta makes you wanna track down the candidates with these vibes in our own cities and states and get involved
Or be that candidate
Good shit
Or be that candidate
Good shit
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Kinda sorta makes you wanna track down the candidates with these vibes in our own cities and states and get involved
Or be that candidate
Good shit
Or be that candidate
Good shit
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It's almost like maybe the ones who've been driving the fascism all along were the chattering class "centrist" elite who resented their loss of control over bourgeois propriety to the damn millennial filthy proles on Twitter, and the crass egoist kleinburger bosses who resent being judged by anyone
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It's almost like maybe the ones who've been driving the fascism all along were the chattering class "centrist" elite who resented their loss of control over bourgeois propriety to the damn millennial filthy proles on Twitter, and the crass egoist kleinburger bosses who resent being judged by anyone
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It's almost like... like maybe the fascism *never* actually arose from working class "economic anxiety"... like maybe the working class *weren't* actually the ones radicalised by bourgeois resentment of "cancel culture" and "wokeness"... like maybe the working class have... more pragmatic priorities
Remarkable: In Virginia and New Jersey, Spanberger and Sherrill erased the GOP edge among working class. Per exit polls, each got 50% of noncollege voters, big gains over previous contests.
Shocker: Anti-Trump politics appeals to working class, too!
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Shocker: Anti-Trump politics appeals to working class, too!
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Trump Humiliation Worsens as Fresh Info Reveals Scale of GOP Losses
The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.
newrepublic.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It's almost like... like maybe the fascism *never* actually arose from working class "economic anxiety"... like maybe the working class *weren't* actually the ones radicalised by bourgeois resentment of "cancel culture" and "wokeness"... like maybe the working class have... more pragmatic priorities
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August 2024 Starmer states “those with the broadest shoulders must bear the burden”
Those bearing the burden are -
☑️Pensioners
☑️Disabled
☑️Housing/UC Benefit claimants
☑️Charities
☑️Working families
Those not bearing the burden -
✖️The wealth
✖️Energy companies
✖️Retailers
✖️Tech firms
✖️Donors
Those bearing the burden are -
☑️Pensioners
☑️Disabled
☑️Housing/UC Benefit claimants
☑️Charities
☑️Working families
Those not bearing the burden -
✖️The wealth
✖️Energy companies
✖️Retailers
✖️Tech firms
✖️Donors
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
August 2024 Starmer states “those with the broadest shoulders must bear the burden”
Those bearing the burden are -
☑️Pensioners
☑️Disabled
☑️Housing/UC Benefit claimants
☑️Charities
☑️Working families
Those not bearing the burden -
✖️The wealth
✖️Energy companies
✖️Retailers
✖️Tech firms
✖️Donors
Those bearing the burden are -
☑️Pensioners
☑️Disabled
☑️Housing/UC Benefit claimants
☑️Charities
☑️Working families
Those not bearing the burden -
✖️The wealth
✖️Energy companies
✖️Retailers
✖️Tech firms
✖️Donors
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
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Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
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The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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labour have looked at the mamdani win and the lesson they've learned is 'he uses social media' and not 'he is kind towards immigrants and trans ppl and wants to help the working class instead of corporate donors'.
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
labour have looked at the mamdani win and the lesson they've learned is 'he uses social media' and not 'he is kind towards immigrants and trans ppl and wants to help the working class instead of corporate donors'.
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A reminder the wealthy love to threaten to leave if left-wing politicians are elected. 10,000 media pieces alone before Labour were elected for example
Evidence shows almost 0% of them actually move. They have families, communities and home links. They just don’t move taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Evidence shows almost 0% of them actually move. They have families, communities and home links. They just don’t move taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals - Tax Justice Network
The number of millionaires widely reported in the news to be leaving countries in "exodus" represented near-0% of all millionaires.
taxjustice.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A reminder the wealthy love to threaten to leave if left-wing politicians are elected. 10,000 media pieces alone before Labour were elected for example
Evidence shows almost 0% of them actually move. They have families, communities and home links. They just don’t move taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Evidence shows almost 0% of them actually move. They have families, communities and home links. They just don’t move taxjustice.net/press/millio...
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this is what labour say every time they’re about to implement more austerity.
as for ‘each of us’ it never, ever, means them or their rich friends.
as for ‘each of us’ it never, ever, means them or their rich friends.
Reeves puts country on notice for tax hikes as ‘each of us must do our bit’
Reeves puts country on notice for tax hikes as ‘each of us must do our bit’
Reeves puts country on notice for tax hikes as ‘each of us must do our bit’
www.independent.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
this is what labour say every time they’re about to implement more austerity.
as for ‘each of us’ it never, ever, means them or their rich friends.
as for ‘each of us’ it never, ever, means them or their rich friends.
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