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Skiamakhos
@skiamakhos.uk
· Dec 20
It's come to my attention that likes are public, cannot be made private, and are being used to draw inferences about people's character. I'll say now: likes are a matter of what a person sees & them clicking a button. They're not a declaration of allegiance. They're a nod, "Nice", a thumbs up.
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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When a big media company uses genai slop instead of human made art, it is not just taking a job away from one artist to make that thing but *multiple* artists involved in all the things.
The entire artist-hiring pipeline gets destroyed in favor of chugging from the hot dogshit pipeline.
The entire artist-hiring pipeline gets destroyed in favor of chugging from the hot dogshit pipeline.
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
When a big media company uses genai slop instead of human made art, it is not just taking a job away from one artist to make that thing but *multiple* artists involved in all the things.
The entire artist-hiring pipeline gets destroyed in favor of chugging from the hot dogshit pipeline.
The entire artist-hiring pipeline gets destroyed in favor of chugging from the hot dogshit pipeline.
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If the government "only" has a £20bn hole in the finances to fill, they ought to do Zack Polanski's wealth tax - predicted to bring in, I believe, £16-25bn per annum.
But they are a rubbish government in thrall to big money.
Better join the Greens! 💚
join.greenparty.org.uk
But they are a rubbish government in thrall to big money.
Better join the Greens! 💚
join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
If the government "only" has a £20bn hole in the finances to fill, they ought to do Zack Polanski's wealth tax - predicted to bring in, I believe, £16-25bn per annum.
But they are a rubbish government in thrall to big money.
Better join the Greens! 💚
join.greenparty.org.uk
But they are a rubbish government in thrall to big money.
Better join the Greens! 💚
join.greenparty.org.uk
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A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
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With all Green MPs, I voted to keep the vital nature protections in Lords Amendment 130 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill last night (now no.40 in our weird processes). The Govt is ignoring evidence and playing political games with our ecosystem. hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
With all Green MPs, I voted to keep the vital nature protections in Lords Amendment 130 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill last night (now no.40 in our weird processes). The Govt is ignoring evidence and playing political games with our ecosystem. hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
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ahoy!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY - Video On Demand - Gathr
With the dangerous SCOTUS decision upholding the ban on life-saving healthcare, Heightened Scrutiny is an urgent call to action against bigotry and injustice. HEIGHT...
gathr.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ahoy!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 422:
How to tell whether a secondary character stands as a person, rather than a just token. Ask:
Do they have friends apart from your MC?
Do they have hobbies, ambitions, a relationship, a job?
Do they have a life away from your MC?
If not, why are they there?
How to tell whether a secondary character stands as a person, rather than a just token. Ask:
Do they have friends apart from your MC?
Do they have hobbies, ambitions, a relationship, a job?
Do they have a life away from your MC?
If not, why are they there?
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 422:
How to tell whether a secondary character stands as a person, rather than a just token. Ask:
Do they have friends apart from your MC?
Do they have hobbies, ambitions, a relationship, a job?
Do they have a life away from your MC?
If not, why are they there?
How to tell whether a secondary character stands as a person, rather than a just token. Ask:
Do they have friends apart from your MC?
Do they have hobbies, ambitions, a relationship, a job?
Do they have a life away from your MC?
If not, why are they there?
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"We condemn all acts of violence against women and girls and the immense harm which such acts cause to individuals and communities."
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100+ women’s rights groups warn against racist weaponisation of VAWG | End Violence Against Women
The End Violence Against Women Coalition is one of more than 100 women’s rights groups that have today (19th August 2025) written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action against...
www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"We condemn all acts of violence against women and girls and the immense harm which such acts cause to individuals and communities."
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This morning I joined teachers on the picket line outside Capital City College.
They are facing an assault on their pay and conditions. This college belongs to our community — and our community must fight back. Solidarity!
They are facing an assault on their pay and conditions. This college belongs to our community — and our community must fight back. Solidarity!
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This morning I joined teachers on the picket line outside Capital City College.
They are facing an assault on their pay and conditions. This college belongs to our community — and our community must fight back. Solidarity!
They are facing an assault on their pay and conditions. This college belongs to our community — and our community must fight back. Solidarity!
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This government couldn't be more transparent in its rush to destroy the NHS.
Oh, but it's just "poor comms", remember! That's what the centrists tell us.
Oh, but it's just "poor comms", remember! That's what the centrists tell us.
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This government couldn't be more transparent in its rush to destroy the NHS.
Oh, but it's just "poor comms", remember! That's what the centrists tell us.
Oh, but it's just "poor comms", remember! That's what the centrists tell us.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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As per the WHO, "Now, we enter the sixth year of the pandemic". cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
cdn.who.int
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As per the WHO, "Now, we enter the sixth year of the pandemic". cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
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The pandemic was a mass-disabling event and one of the reasons it has largely vanished from day to day political discourse is that those in power don't want to acknowledge the long term care needs it produced.
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The pandemic was a mass-disabling event and one of the reasons it has largely vanished from day to day political discourse is that those in power don't want to acknowledge the long term care needs it produced.
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SO RAISE THE SCAAAAARLET STAAAANDAARD HIIIGH
WITHIIIN ITS SHAAAAADE WE LIVE AND DIE
THOUGH COWARDS FLINCH
AND TRAITORS SNEER
WE'LL KEEP THE RED FLAG
FLYYYYIN' HEEEEERE
WITHIIIN ITS SHAAAAADE WE LIVE AND DIE
THOUGH COWARDS FLINCH
AND TRAITORS SNEER
WE'LL KEEP THE RED FLAG
FLYYYYIN' HEEEEERE
The Red Flag: Jim Connell, 1889
YouTube video by pastrychef1985
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
SO RAISE THE SCAAAAARLET STAAAANDAARD HIIIGH
WITHIIIN ITS SHAAAAADE WE LIVE AND DIE
THOUGH COWARDS FLINCH
AND TRAITORS SNEER
WE'LL KEEP THE RED FLAG
FLYYYYIN' HEEEEERE
WITHIIIN ITS SHAAAAADE WE LIVE AND DIE
THOUGH COWARDS FLINCH
AND TRAITORS SNEER
WE'LL KEEP THE RED FLAG
FLYYYYIN' HEEEEERE
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And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
This is terrible news. I mean this wholeheartedly. Teen Vogue was for a while a real firebrand in US Politics, informing the younger generation with incisive and truthful commentary on the shenanigans in the White House. They were an asset to the American public, and thereby to the world.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This is terrible news. I mean this wholeheartedly. Teen Vogue was for a while a real firebrand in US Politics, informing the younger generation with incisive and truthful commentary on the shenanigans in the White House. They were an asset to the American public, and thereby to the world.
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He won the day he said he wouldn't visit Israel.
Decency 1: Bribery 0
Decency 1: Bribery 0
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
He won the day he said he wouldn't visit Israel.
Decency 1: Bribery 0
Decency 1: Bribery 0
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The socialist left has won power in New York.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won a majority - the first candidate to win more than 1 million votes since 1969.
He did so despite an unrelenting racist smear campaign, vast sums spent by billionaires, and threats from Trump to strangle New York.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won a majority - the first candidate to win more than 1 million votes since 1969.
He did so despite an unrelenting racist smear campaign, vast sums spent by billionaires, and threats from Trump to strangle New York.
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The socialist left has won power in New York.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won a majority - the first candidate to win more than 1 million votes since 1969.
He did so despite an unrelenting racist smear campaign, vast sums spent by billionaires, and threats from Trump to strangle New York.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won a majority - the first candidate to win more than 1 million votes since 1969.
He did so despite an unrelenting racist smear campaign, vast sums spent by billionaires, and threats from Trump to strangle New York.
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Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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Danny Kruger heading policy.
James Orr as key advisor.
Towler writing Farage has ‘found God’.
Reform UK is becoming an American style fundamentalist Christian party.
It’s a cynical use of faith.
James Orr as key advisor.
Towler writing Farage has ‘found God’.
Reform UK is becoming an American style fundamentalist Christian party.
It’s a cynical use of faith.
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Danny Kruger heading policy.
James Orr as key advisor.
Towler writing Farage has ‘found God’.
Reform UK is becoming an American style fundamentalist Christian party.
It’s a cynical use of faith.
James Orr as key advisor.
Towler writing Farage has ‘found God’.
Reform UK is becoming an American style fundamentalist Christian party.
It’s a cynical use of faith.