Stephenjohn Holgate
@mistaholgate.bsky.social
Writer type person. Professional immigrant. PEN/Dau Prize winner. MA from the IIML, Wellington. Contramestre of Capoeira Angola. #author 🇯🇲 ➡️ 🇳🇿 https://open.substack.com/pub/jackmandorastory
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In the Queue for Ice Cream - takahē
In the queue at the cafe, four people are in front of me. All enjoying the usual delights of the English seaside when the sun comes up at the beginning of June. They all look pickled somewhere from br...
www.takahe.org.nz
New story out in @takahemagazine.bsky.social www.takahe.org.nz/in-the-queue...
What we can see from the Epstein files is that MeToo didn’t go far enough.
February 4, 2026 at 7:00 AM
What we can see from the Epstein files is that MeToo didn’t go far enough.
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struggling to deal with the scale of all this Epstein shit. when conspiracy theories are real it tends to be like "ten guys with good opsec did one evil thing with great planning and forethought" not "a weird pervert emailed thousands of people LETS COLLAPSE THE GLOBAL ORDER and a bunch of them did"
February 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
struggling to deal with the scale of all this Epstein shit. when conspiracy theories are real it tends to be like "ten guys with good opsec did one evil thing with great planning and forethought" not "a weird pervert emailed thousands of people LETS COLLAPSE THE GLOBAL ORDER and a bunch of them did"
Have they got to Morgan McSweeney yet? Surely he’s mortally wounded, isn’t he? Are they waiting for the by-election disaster?
February 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Have they got to Morgan McSweeney yet? Surely he’s mortally wounded, isn’t he? Are they waiting for the by-election disaster?
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ICYMI, Gai*man is slinking out of the shadows and posting again, trying to scuttle his way back into the public's good graces.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
ICYMI, Gai*man is slinking out of the shadows and posting again, trying to scuttle his way back into the public's good graces.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
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in retrospect in the wake of the epstein files being released, no wonder ‘me too’ was met with such anger and ultimately those in power it meant to target never face many consequences
February 1, 2026 at 5:28 PM
in retrospect in the wake of the epstein files being released, no wonder ‘me too’ was met with such anger and ultimately those in power it meant to target never face many consequences
Capoeira Angola Encounter 2026 in Adelaide Australia.
February 1, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Capoeira Angola Encounter 2026 in Adelaide Australia.
I always Matthew Goodwin being like a marionette from Team America, World Police, screaming his own name increasingly desperately to seem relevant.
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I always Matthew Goodwin being like a marionette from Team America, World Police, screaming his own name increasingly desperately to seem relevant.
The Slate Slow Burn Podcast about the year 2026 is going to be about 30 episodes long.
January 27, 2026 at 5:43 AM
The Slate Slow Burn Podcast about the year 2026 is going to be about 30 episodes long.
All this Labour party shit is even more hilarious when you consider that Burnham and Starmer are pretty much politically identical but with different accents. Generic boring dude politics
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM
All this Labour party shit is even more hilarious when you consider that Burnham and Starmer are pretty much politically identical but with different accents. Generic boring dude politics
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Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
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They recruited the comments section and gave them weapons and sovereign immunity.
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
They recruited the comments section and gave them weapons and sovereign immunity.
lol
Trump’s Greenland speech at the WEF except it’s the voice of Pingu
January 24, 2026 at 12:10 AM
lol
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Tories say this exchange was not about aid cuts.
I don't care who is right - just happy for them to keep fighting.
I don't care who is right - just happy for them to keep fighting.
January 23, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Tories say this exchange was not about aid cuts.
I don't care who is right - just happy for them to keep fighting.
I don't care who is right - just happy for them to keep fighting.
Caribbean-ness in the UK etc. open.substack.com/pub/radicalb...
Britain Is Not The 14th Caribbean Nation
Critically Assessing the Nativisation of Jamaican Culture (and other Caribbean Cultures) in Britain Today
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Caribbean-ness in the UK etc. open.substack.com/pub/radicalb...
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I will be looking for an RA soon as my amazing postdoc has got a permanent role on our team. I will be looking for an emerging Māori researcher who has a social science background preferably :) dm me if you know of anyone or want to kōrero
January 23, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I will be looking for an RA soon as my amazing postdoc has got a permanent role on our team. I will be looking for an emerging Māori researcher who has a social science background preferably :) dm me if you know of anyone or want to kōrero
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
Fuck me, look at that gyre! Has anyone checked on the falconer and his falcon?
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Fuck me, look at that gyre! Has anyone checked on the falconer and his falcon?
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I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.
"agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon ... 'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”
A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
January 20, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.
Ol’ Jeff Archertrying to steal Julian Barnes’ thunder
‘I could never hope to equal it again’: Jeffrey Archer announces next novel will be his last
‘I could never hope to equal it again’: Jeffrey Archer announces next novel will be his last
The 85-year-old bestselling author’s final novel, Adam and Eve, will be published in English in October
Bestselling novelist Jeffrey Archer has announced his next novel, Adam and Eve, will be his last, coming out 50 years after his debut was published.
The 85-year-old author has sold more than 300m books around the world since his first novel, Not a Penny More Not a Penny Less, was published in 1976, according to his publishers. His 1979 novel, Kane and Abel, was his biggest hit, selling more than 34m copies in 119 countries and 47 languages, and being reprinted more than 130 times. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Ol’ Jeff Archertrying to steal Julian Barnes’ thunder
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AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
January 20, 2026 at 10:26 PM
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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People don't really think through how the Nazis actively made it harder for Jews to leave
The idea that all Americans are guaranteed any kind of freedom of movement, including boarding a flight, is quite the presumption at this point.
The idea that all Americans are guaranteed any kind of freedom of movement, including boarding a flight, is quite the presumption at this point.
German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
January 20, 2026 at 8:47 PM
People don't really think through how the Nazis actively made it harder for Jews to leave
The idea that all Americans are guaranteed any kind of freedom of movement, including boarding a flight, is quite the presumption at this point.
The idea that all Americans are guaranteed any kind of freedom of movement, including boarding a flight, is quite the presumption at this point.
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Just wow. Imagine if we cotes thinking about those more vulnerable than ourselves
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Just wow. Imagine if we cotes thinking about those more vulnerable than ourselves
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