Dylan Kerrigan
@rumagin.bsky.social
Anthropologist, Caribbeanist, Sociologist. Peacebuilding
www.dylankerrigan.com
(every so often i delete all my replies)
www.dylankerrigan.com
(every so often i delete all my replies)
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Everything Alex Jones feared would come to pass has been brought to fruition by his own party.
He's so partisan that he won't admit that it was Trump and his cronies who have deployed everything he claimed to oppose.
He's so partisan that he won't admit that it was Trump and his cronies who have deployed everything he claimed to oppose.
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Everything Alex Jones feared would come to pass has been brought to fruition by his own party.
He's so partisan that he won't admit that it was Trump and his cronies who have deployed everything he claimed to oppose.
He's so partisan that he won't admit that it was Trump and his cronies who have deployed everything he claimed to oppose.
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The agency workers in Birmingham covering the regular striking bin workers, have themselves voted to go on strike
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Birmingham bin agency workers vote to join strike
Unite claims a growing number of agency staff are refusing to cross the picket lines.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The agency workers in Birmingham covering the regular striking bin workers, have themselves voted to go on strike
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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And while he is upturning the consensus on vaccines and eroding any remaining public trust in science, the NYT, Vanity Fair etc are laundering this man's reputation and impact as some kind of romantic figure, when he is truly dangerous.
He may not lob bombs, but his death toll will be significant.
He may not lob bombs, but his death toll will be significant.
Today RFK Jr. both suggested that aluminum adjuvants in vaccines cause peanut allergies *and* admitted there are no data to support this hypothesis, so he wants to find some.
Like if you took the scientific method, turned it backward and inside out and made it puke, you’d get RFK Jr.’s thoughts.
Like if you took the scientific method, turned it backward and inside out and made it puke, you’d get RFK Jr.’s thoughts.
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And while he is upturning the consensus on vaccines and eroding any remaining public trust in science, the NYT, Vanity Fair etc are laundering this man's reputation and impact as some kind of romantic figure, when he is truly dangerous.
He may not lob bombs, but his death toll will be significant.
He may not lob bombs, but his death toll will be significant.
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MAJOR UPDATE:
Shabana Mahmood has confirmed that there will be an announcement on the earned-settlement (ILR) consultation later this week.
Oh dear God, help us—Skilled Workers, healthcare workers, care workers, BNOs and everyone who came to the UK in good faith under the five-year route to ILR.
Shabana Mahmood has confirmed that there will be an announcement on the earned-settlement (ILR) consultation later this week.
Oh dear God, help us—Skilled Workers, healthcare workers, care workers, BNOs and everyone who came to the UK in good faith under the five-year route to ILR.
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
MAJOR UPDATE:
Shabana Mahmood has confirmed that there will be an announcement on the earned-settlement (ILR) consultation later this week.
Oh dear God, help us—Skilled Workers, healthcare workers, care workers, BNOs and everyone who came to the UK in good faith under the five-year route to ILR.
Shabana Mahmood has confirmed that there will be an announcement on the earned-settlement (ILR) consultation later this week.
Oh dear God, help us—Skilled Workers, healthcare workers, care workers, BNOs and everyone who came to the UK in good faith under the five-year route to ILR.
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news.un.org/en/story/202...
“There can be neither peace where people are starving, nor security where hunger drives conflict.”
“There can be neither peace where people are starving, nor security where hunger drives conflict.”
Conflict and hunger ‘two faces of the same crisis’, UN deputy chief tells Security Council
For millions of people worldwide caught up in conflict, “war and hunger are often two faces of the same crisis,” UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the Security Council on Monday, as it m...
news.un.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
news.un.org/en/story/202...
“There can be neither peace where people are starving, nor security where hunger drives conflict.”
“There can be neither peace where people are starving, nor security where hunger drives conflict.”
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Not really sure how much clearer Republicans can be about not wanting international tourism, but here you go. Yes, the World Cup is here. Yes, you can pay exorbitant prices to come here and see it. But we don’t want you here and you need to get out immediately.
Kristi Noem on FIFA tourists: "Then they would go home. And go home in a timely manner."
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not really sure how much clearer Republicans can be about not wanting international tourism, but here you go. Yes, the World Cup is here. Yes, you can pay exorbitant prices to come here and see it. But we don’t want you here and you need to get out immediately.
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He's a ghost fighting a ghost. But I believe many of the others - the Streeting/ Mahmood/ Glasman/ McSweeney crew - are pushing these measures not because Reform wants them but because they do.
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
He's a ghost fighting a ghost. But I believe many of the others - the Streeting/ Mahmood/ Glasman/ McSweeney crew - are pushing these measures not because Reform wants them but because they do.
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Let's say for the sake of argument that his policies are "successful" (say in reducing the number of UK asylum applications).
Does he think the press will simply sit back and applaud him?
No chance. They'll just invent a new bogeyman – a new epidemic – that he's to blame for
Does he think the press will simply sit back and applaud him?
No chance. They'll just invent a new bogeyman – a new epidemic – that he's to blame for
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Let's say for the sake of argument that his policies are "successful" (say in reducing the number of UK asylum applications).
Does he think the press will simply sit back and applaud him?
No chance. They'll just invent a new bogeyman – a new epidemic – that he's to blame for
Does he think the press will simply sit back and applaud him?
No chance. They'll just invent a new bogeyman – a new epidemic – that he's to blame for
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Starmer’s anti-asylum policies show how utterly clueless he is about the right-wing media’s role in politics.
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Starmer’s anti-asylum policies show how utterly clueless he is about the right-wing media’s role in politics.
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
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"Outside of the most exceptional circumstances family reunion, will not be possible [for refugees]" Shabana Mahmood tells MPs
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Outside of the most exceptional circumstances family reunion, will not be possible [for refugees]" Shabana Mahmood tells MPs
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They were given a mandate to be "anything but the Tories." That's the only real mandate they can claim.
And in that, they've failed spectacularly.
And in that, they've failed spectacularly.
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
They were given a mandate to be "anything but the Tories." That's the only real mandate they can claim.
And in that, they've failed spectacularly.
And in that, they've failed spectacularly.
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Eternal Labour Voter here: I will never vote for Labour again due to her bigotry
Mahmood: I won't listen to Labour voters, only Reform ones who won't vote for us
Mahmood: I won't listen to Labour voters, only Reform ones who won't vote for us
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Eternal Labour Voter here: I will never vote for Labour again due to her bigotry
Mahmood: I won't listen to Labour voters, only Reform ones who won't vote for us
Mahmood: I won't listen to Labour voters, only Reform ones who won't vote for us
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Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
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Labour MP Olivia Blake tells Shabana Mahmood that her rhetoric about asylum seekers being handed a "golden ticket" is "deeply offensive" and "feeds division" "and will only strengthen Reform not beat them".
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Labour MP Olivia Blake tells Shabana Mahmood that her rhetoric about asylum seekers being handed a "golden ticket" is "deeply offensive" and "feeds division" "and will only strengthen Reform not beat them".
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Isn't this exactly the same argument that Priti Patel made while Home Secretary in 2020 - 'I couldn't possibly be racist because someone called me a racial slur when I was younger'?
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Isn't this exactly the same argument that Priti Patel made while Home Secretary in 2020 - 'I couldn't possibly be racist because someone called me a racial slur when I was younger'?
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
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Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
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And again, the questioning is idiotic.
If Trump actually wanted to release the Epstein Files, he could do it any time. Today. Right now.
Instead, he shut down Biondi in the spring, got his lackies to shut the House down this fall, tried to strongarm the GOP votes on the discharge petition, etc.
If Trump actually wanted to release the Epstein Files, he could do it any time. Today. Right now.
Instead, he shut down Biondi in the spring, got his lackies to shut the House down this fall, tried to strongarm the GOP votes on the discharge petition, etc.
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
And again, the questioning is idiotic.
If Trump actually wanted to release the Epstein Files, he could do it any time. Today. Right now.
Instead, he shut down Biondi in the spring, got his lackies to shut the House down this fall, tried to strongarm the GOP votes on the discharge petition, etc.
If Trump actually wanted to release the Epstein Files, he could do it any time. Today. Right now.
Instead, he shut down Biondi in the spring, got his lackies to shut the House down this fall, tried to strongarm the GOP votes on the discharge petition, etc.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
As someone also called a paki in my life she can fuck right off with trying to turn this around on people asking her valid questions. The reason you're called a paki isn't because of refugees and asylum seekers you absolute clown. Her brass neck needs winding in.
I give you Exhibit A.
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
As someone also called a paki in my life she can fuck right off with trying to turn this around on people asking her valid questions. The reason you're called a paki isn't because of refugees and asylum seekers you absolute clown. Her brass neck needs winding in.
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Well we said Black and Asian home secretaries are used as a shield to implement racist policies a white man couldn’t get away with and there’s no starker example than this. The worst kind of identity politics.
Shabana Mahmood asks MPs to stop mentioning Tommy Robinson's name (in relation to his support for her policies) as "he doesn't even think I am English. I find that offensive."
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well we said Black and Asian home secretaries are used as a shield to implement racist policies a white man couldn’t get away with and there’s no starker example than this. The worst kind of identity politics.
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Latino on Latino crime.
What does the USA do to people?
What does the USA do to people?
Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Latino on Latino crime.
What does the USA do to people?
What does the USA do to people?
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This week, Pippa and Kiran look at migration crackdown proposals that would uncontroversially have marked out the person proposing them as a fascist lunatic at any point in the last seven decades. They discuss it in tones like they’re chatting over a tricky budget negotiation.
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This week, Pippa and Kiran look at migration crackdown proposals that would uncontroversially have marked out the person proposing them as a fascist lunatic at any point in the last seven decades. They discuss it in tones like they’re chatting over a tricky budget negotiation.
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Hurricane Melissa a ‘real-time case study’ of colonialism’s legacies
Hurricane Melissa a ‘real-time case study’ of colonialism’s legacies
Destruction in Jamaica shows why climate justice cannot be separated from reparatory justice, campaigners say
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hurricane Melissa a ‘real-time case study’ of colonialism’s legacies
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We don't need to "protect our borders"
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We don't need to "protect our borders"
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.