Jim Whitehouse
@nibblerrat.bsky.social
A Jim from that other place (One of many, I'm the bad jokes one)
Sometimes it's useful to ask yourself which of your acquaintances have been the positives in your life and what it was about them that made them so.
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sometimes it's useful to ask yourself which of your acquaintances have been the positives in your life and what it was about them that made them so.
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Nobody had even heard of Katie Lam outside of Westminster until about two weeks ago.
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Nobody had even heard of Katie Lam outside of Westminster until about two weeks ago.
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
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And here's a 2.5-minute run down of what authoritarian things Trump did on Saturday 4th October...
youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY
youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY
Trump's authoritarian actions - Sat 4th October 2025
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
And here's a 2.5-minute run down of what authoritarian things Trump did on Saturday 4th October...
youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY
youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY
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She was arrested for holding a sign reading:
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
October 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
She was arrested for holding a sign reading:
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
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@chrischirp.bsky.social We can already see how the Trump effect is getting a hold in the UK
The Tories want to mimic ICE force & to withdraw climate change actions
Racial intimidation & slurs are even more prevalent
It’s telling how Russia has welcomed these domestic issues to violate int space
The Tories want to mimic ICE force & to withdraw climate change actions
Racial intimidation & slurs are even more prevalent
It’s telling how Russia has welcomed these domestic issues to violate int space
October 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
@chrischirp.bsky.social We can already see how the Trump effect is getting a hold in the UK
The Tories want to mimic ICE force & to withdraw climate change actions
Racial intimidation & slurs are even more prevalent
It’s telling how Russia has welcomed these domestic issues to violate int space
The Tories want to mimic ICE force & to withdraw climate change actions
Racial intimidation & slurs are even more prevalent
It’s telling how Russia has welcomed these domestic issues to violate int space
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Just a fucking disgrace that any president would say this to active duty military. But I expect it from this asshole, who has never respected the apolitical military tradition we’ve had since Washington. No, what’s more disgraceful is the silence of Republican vets in Congress.
October 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Just a fucking disgrace that any president would say this to active duty military. But I expect it from this asshole, who has never respected the apolitical military tradition we’ve had since Washington. No, what’s more disgraceful is the silence of Republican vets in Congress.
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A British academic is doing a daily Trump Tracker of all the moves he and his regime are making as they attempt to take US democracy into autocracy.
"This is a free resource, provided and maintained by Professor Christina Pagel in the UK and a few brilliant volunteers."
"This is a free resource, provided and maintained by Professor Christina Pagel in the UK and a few brilliant volunteers."
www.trumpactiontracker.info
October 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A British academic is doing a daily Trump Tracker of all the moves he and his regime are making as they attempt to take US democracy into autocracy.
"This is a free resource, provided and maintained by Professor Christina Pagel in the UK and a few brilliant volunteers."
"This is a free resource, provided and maintained by Professor Christina Pagel in the UK and a few brilliant volunteers."
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The only way the 1% can grab power is if they divide us.
(Ex-public schoolboy and banker Farage is very definitely part of the 1%)
Don't let them divide us.
Black and white. Men and women. Young and old. Rich and poor. Able and disabled. Christian and Muslim...
STICK TOGETHER.
(Ex-public schoolboy and banker Farage is very definitely part of the 1%)
Don't let them divide us.
Black and white. Men and women. Young and old. Rich and poor. Able and disabled. Christian and Muslim...
STICK TOGETHER.
October 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The only way the 1% can grab power is if they divide us.
(Ex-public schoolboy and banker Farage is very definitely part of the 1%)
Don't let them divide us.
Black and white. Men and women. Young and old. Rich and poor. Able and disabled. Christian and Muslim...
STICK TOGETHER.
(Ex-public schoolboy and banker Farage is very definitely part of the 1%)
Don't let them divide us.
Black and white. Men and women. Young and old. Rich and poor. Able and disabled. Christian and Muslim...
STICK TOGETHER.
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He’s the only Republican there. He sent all the rest of them home again to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. Since Johnson has become Speaker they have probably been in recess at least 3 out of every 4 days. And they’ve done NOTHING on health care for years. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."
October 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
He’s the only Republican there. He sent all the rest of them home again to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. Since Johnson has become Speaker they have probably been in recess at least 3 out of every 4 days. And they’ve done NOTHING on health care for years. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The US Supreme Court, with a 6-3 Republican majority
Lifted a ban on Trump's Gestapo from being able to stop people in LA based on the colour of their skin
Response from the LA Mayor:
Lifted a ban on Trump's Gestapo from being able to stop people in LA based on the colour of their skin
Response from the LA Mayor:
I want the entire nation to hear me when I say this isn’t just an attack on the people of LA, this is an attack on every person in every city in this country.
Today’s ruling is not only dangerous – it’s un-American and threatens the fabric of personal freedom in the U.S.
Today’s ruling is not only dangerous – it’s un-American and threatens the fabric of personal freedom in the U.S.
September 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The US Supreme Court, with a 6-3 Republican majority
Lifted a ban on Trump's Gestapo from being able to stop people in LA based on the colour of their skin
Response from the LA Mayor:
Lifted a ban on Trump's Gestapo from being able to stop people in LA based on the colour of their skin
Response from the LA Mayor:
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Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
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It’s not an exact comparison, of course, but there was another president who espoused the philosophy that “when the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” and generally and eventually people (of both parties) and key institutions did choose to uphold their constitution
August 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It’s not an exact comparison, of course, but there was another president who espoused the philosophy that “when the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” and generally and eventually people (of both parties) and key institutions did choose to uphold their constitution
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It is quite astonishing how many people- and the institutions that they are part of- appear not to have realised or simply do not care that “a republic, if you can keep it” implies the need for the active upholding of the Constitution
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It is quite astonishing how many people- and the institutions that they are part of- appear not to have realised or simply do not care that “a republic, if you can keep it” implies the need for the active upholding of the Constitution
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Attempting to rig elections on his behalf.
Turning the military on citizens.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Turning the military on citizens.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
August 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Attempting to rig elections on his behalf.
Turning the military on citizens.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Turning the military on citizens.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
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I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read.
Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...
There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp
Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read.
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I didn't know they were making a new version
August 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I didn't know they were making a new version
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Good morning everyone
What will it be today...?
Oh wait...
All of it
What will it be today...?
Oh wait...
All of it
July 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Good morning everyone
What will it be today...?
Oh wait...
All of it
What will it be today...?
Oh wait...
All of it
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Palantir again.
At the heart of darkness.
At the heart of darkness.
ICE just got a 265% detention funding boost.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
July 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Palantir again.
At the heart of darkness.
At the heart of darkness.
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The State Department is defending its plans to destroy approximately 500 tons of taxpayer-funded emergency food resources that are set to expire.
This kind of waste is exactly what Trump is about-he did the same thing with vaccines by sitting on them. www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/story/s...
This kind of waste is exactly what Trump is about-he did the same thing with vaccines by sitting on them. www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/story/s...
State Department addresses decision to destroy 500 tons of emergency food
The State Department responded to the possible destruction of USAID food stores.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The State Department is defending its plans to destroy approximately 500 tons of taxpayer-funded emergency food resources that are set to expire.
This kind of waste is exactly what Trump is about-he did the same thing with vaccines by sitting on them. www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/story/s...
This kind of waste is exactly what Trump is about-he did the same thing with vaccines by sitting on them. www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/story/s...
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French court judgment on refugee status for Gaza Palestinians www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-d-...
🔷 Protection des Palestiniens de Gaza : décision de la CNDA (11 juillet 2025) 🔷 | Tom D
🔷 Protection des Palestiniens de Gaza : décision de la CNDA (11 juillet 2025) 🔷
La Cour nationale du droit d'asile (CNDA) a rendu une décision remarquable en reconnaissant le statut de réfugié à ...
www.linkedin.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
French court judgment on refugee status for Gaza Palestinians www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-d-...
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Honestly, it's hard to think of a more concise checklist for Trumpism's discursive style and method.
The suspension of established hierarchies, the unacceptable becoming acceptable, the inappropriate encouraged, the meeting of high & low, the lack of inside/outside and especially the profanation of the sacred:
This all describes why Trumpism so outrages the sensibilities of civil civic discourse.
This all describes why Trumpism so outrages the sensibilities of civil civic discourse.
![Carnival sense of the world
Bakhtin identifies four principal categories of the carnival sense of the world.
Familiar and free interaction between people: carnival often brought the unlikeliest of people together, those ordinarily separated by impenetrable socio-hierarchical barriers. The suspension of distance between people encouraged free interaction and free individual expression.
Eccentricity: with the dissolution of hierarchical relationships, ordinarily unacceptable behaviour becomes acceptable. Behaviour, gesture and discourse that are normally considered eccentric and inappropriate are encouraged, permitting "the latent sides of human nature to reveal and express themselves".
Carnivalistic mésalliances: the familiar and free format of carnival allows all dualistic separations of the hierarchical worldview to reunite in living relationship with one another — heaven and hell, the sacred and the profane, the high and the low, the great and the small, the clever and the stupid, etc.
Profanation: in the carnival, the strict rules of piety and respect for official notions of the 'sacred' are stripped of their power — blasphemy, obscenity, debasing, 'bringing down to earth', celebration rather than condemnation of the earthly and body-based.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bnwgpceahml6a7nemat4ouac/bafkreihn2jyqhj65dnd4e6az4amvq5d7tfwkuc2ccczn2l5fx5ajre7pyy@jpeg)
July 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Honestly, it's hard to think of a more concise checklist for Trumpism's discursive style and method.
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NEW
Why have the terms of the now-discharged Afghan super-injunction not been published?
There can be no good reason for the substantial terms of the court order to be hidden
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-have-t...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/07/why-...
Why have the terms of the now-discharged Afghan super-injunction not been published?
There can be no good reason for the substantial terms of the court order to be hidden
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-have-t...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/07/why-...
Why have the terms of the now-discharged Afghan super-injunction not been published?
17th July 2025 There can be no good reason now for the substantial terms of the court order to be hidden (subject to redactions) * Now, here is a puzzle. A couple of days ago, a raft of materials w…
davidallengreen.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Why have the terms of the now-discharged Afghan super-injunction not been published?
There can be no good reason for the substantial terms of the court order to be hidden
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-have-t...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/07/why-...
Why have the terms of the now-discharged Afghan super-injunction not been published?
There can be no good reason for the substantial terms of the court order to be hidden
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-have-t...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/07/why-...
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I don’t want to say I immediately had a visceral reaction when I saw the DHS post but … yeah… I did …
Right on cue with the fascism.
Right on cue with the fascism.
July 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I don’t want to say I immediately had a visceral reaction when I saw the DHS post but … yeah… I did …
Right on cue with the fascism.
Right on cue with the fascism.
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This is a prayer luncheon for faith leaders where Trump is telling this story of an ugly billionaire whose trophy wife might leave him if he didn’t get his tax cuts.
July 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is a prayer luncheon for faith leaders where Trump is telling this story of an ugly billionaire whose trophy wife might leave him if he didn’t get his tax cuts.
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a deranged Trump claims Obama and Hillary wrote the Epstein files and urges people to not care about them 🥴
July 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
a deranged Trump claims Obama and Hillary wrote the Epstein files and urges people to not care about them 🥴