Ben Adam Sohawon
@bensohawon.bsky.social
Singer, linguist, berk. Also treasurer for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
The opinions expressed here are nobody's, not even mine.
The opinions expressed here are nobody's, not even mine.
Not just American history.
They did the same to Mandela.
They did the same to Mandela.
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Not just American history.
They did the same to Mandela.
They did the same to Mandela.
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Der europäische Digitalgipfel zur digitalen Souveränität von Merz und Macron ist wie jeder frühere Digitalgipfel der Bundesregierung:
Wirtschaft darf auf den Podien ihre Geschäftsmodelle vermarkten.
Zivilgesellschaft wurde wieder vergessen.
Auch diese Bundesregierung kann es nicht.
Wirtschaft darf auf den Podien ihre Geschäftsmodelle vermarkten.
Zivilgesellschaft wurde wieder vergessen.
Auch diese Bundesregierung kann es nicht.
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Der europäische Digitalgipfel zur digitalen Souveränität von Merz und Macron ist wie jeder frühere Digitalgipfel der Bundesregierung:
Wirtschaft darf auf den Podien ihre Geschäftsmodelle vermarkten.
Zivilgesellschaft wurde wieder vergessen.
Auch diese Bundesregierung kann es nicht.
Wirtschaft darf auf den Podien ihre Geschäftsmodelle vermarkten.
Zivilgesellschaft wurde wieder vergessen.
Auch diese Bundesregierung kann es nicht.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer
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We are storing up a monumental crisis all bc successive governments refuse to break with reheated Thatcherism & do the obvious: Build Council Houses!
The rapid rise of renters in their 60s: ‘I hate the idea of house-sharing – but I have no choice’
The rapid rise of renters in their 60s: ‘I hate the idea of house-sharing – but I have no choice’
It is often assumed that people of retirement age will no longer have housing costs to cover. But for a significant and growing group, this is far from the case
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We are storing up a monumental crisis all bc successive governments refuse to break with reheated Thatcherism & do the obvious: Build Council Houses!
Given the success of the trivia challenge, might come up with another one shortly.
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Given the success of the trivia challenge, might come up with another one shortly.
Am keeping this pinned so anyone can take a punt at it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Am keeping this pinned so anyone can take a punt at it.
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Wes Streeting has received £225k from private healthcare donors in the past year and I just don't think my morals could be bought for the price of half a London flat. I don't know if I have a number that would make me sell my country's health service down the river but Wes and I are different.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wes Streeting has received £225k from private healthcare donors in the past year and I just don't think my morals could be bought for the price of half a London flat. I don't know if I have a number that would make me sell my country's health service down the river but Wes and I are different.
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The Guardian gave Goodwin lots of space in the 2010s to whitewash racism as Legitimate Concerns, imbue those Concerns with faux working class authenticity, and denigrate anti racism as the bleatings of a cosmopolitan elite. Its a bit late to start Noticing now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation
Matthew Goodwin argued people from minority ethnic backgrounds born and raised in UK were not always British
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Guardian gave Goodwin lots of space in the 2010s to whitewash racism as Legitimate Concerns, imbue those Concerns with faux working class authenticity, and denigrate anti racism as the bleatings of a cosmopolitan elite. Its a bit late to start Noticing now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Stories on BBC News - a street brawl which helpfully tells us those involved were “of Turkish origin” and another about a sex offender “Sudanese” but an extremely prolific sex offender responsible for 343 offences is not described as “white British” why is that
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Stories on BBC News - a street brawl which helpfully tells us those involved were “of Turkish origin” and another about a sex offender “Sudanese” but an extremely prolific sex offender responsible for 343 offences is not described as “white British” why is that
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Mixtapes are legally binding
If I’ve ever shared a song with you just know that means I would die for you
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Mixtapes are legally binding
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Just saw an "I'm no Tory but what we wouldn't give for Major to be PM now looking back" post in the wild and, fucking hell, libs, no, you need to yearn for better than mild guy continuing everything eleven years in to Thatcherism. Stop longing for what got us here.
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just saw an "I'm no Tory but what we wouldn't give for Major to be PM now looking back" post in the wild and, fucking hell, libs, no, you need to yearn for better than mild guy continuing everything eleven years in to Thatcherism. Stop longing for what got us here.
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The Labour MPs who received ££s from Lexington who represent the owner of private water firm (and major polluter) Southern Water.
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The Labour MPs who received ££s from Lexington who represent the owner of private water firm (and major polluter) Southern Water.
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
Back at the November session @srfantasyclub.bsky.social at the Star of Kings pub in Kings Cross to sell books for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Back at the November session @srfantasyclub.bsky.social at the Star of Kings pub in Kings Cross to sell books for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
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The News Agents is a great case study of centrism because they actively describe how the sausage is made and yet none of their audience say 'Wait - what the fuck do you mean you ran a story because some Labour spad told you to?'
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The News Agents is a great case study of centrism because they actively describe how the sausage is made and yet none of their audience say 'Wait - what the fuck do you mean you ran a story because some Labour spad told you to?'
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What's fascinating here is that as she rhymes off the list of gender critical people at Newsnight pursuing an explicitly gender critical agenda, in the context of a discussion of ideological capture at the BBC, she doesn't recognise that she was part of the ideological capture of the BBC by GCs.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
What's fascinating here is that as she rhymes off the list of gender critical people at Newsnight pursuing an explicitly gender critical agenda, in the context of a discussion of ideological capture at the BBC, she doesn't recognise that she was part of the ideological capture of the BBC by GCs.
Shocking.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Shocking.
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If you’re discussing the rise of a global fascist movement that is now strongly exerting itself domestically and you’re *still* wittering about the speech tyranny of the kids and the baleful influence of Stonewall, then that’s pretty wacky, folks! It looks unserious and self-indulgent at very best!
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If you’re discussing the rise of a global fascist movement that is now strongly exerting itself domestically and you’re *still* wittering about the speech tyranny of the kids and the baleful influence of Stonewall, then that’s pretty wacky, folks! It looks unserious and self-indulgent at very best!
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We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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If BBC News's rivals who are today damning it for bias were held to similar standards, most of them would be shut down on the spot.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If BBC News's rivals who are today damning it for bias were held to similar standards, most of them would be shut down on the spot.
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"wrongly stated". Lied. The word you're looking for is 'lied'
The MEN has been a fucking disaster for years. Glad to see some repercussions for once.
The MEN has been a fucking disaster for years. Glad to see some repercussions for once.
Reach has apologised and will pay "substantial damages" to Bob Vylan frontman Pascal Robinson after the Manchester Evening News wrongly reported he had "performed Nazi salutes on stage" pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
Manchester Evening News pays 'substantial damages' to Bob Vylan frontman
Reach to pay "substantial damages" to Bob Vylan frontman after Manchester Evening News wrongly reported he had "performed Nazi salutes on stage".
pressgazette.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"wrongly stated". Lied. The word you're looking for is 'lied'
The MEN has been a fucking disaster for years. Glad to see some repercussions for once.
The MEN has been a fucking disaster for years. Glad to see some repercussions for once.
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Here's a detailed letter from a R* developer, because people started to believe Rockstars incredulously lazy lie of "oh hey 30 people aaaall acted bad at the same time"
THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BABY. THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. One 🦆ing months before christmas!
THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BABY. THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. One 🦆ing months before christmas!
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Here's a detailed letter from a R* developer, because people started to believe Rockstars incredulously lazy lie of "oh hey 30 people aaaall acted bad at the same time"
THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BABY. THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. One 🦆ing months before christmas!
THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BABY. THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. One 🦆ing months before christmas!
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Every single day, the BBC’s coverage of Palestine is systematically racist - against Palestinians. Every day, at present, what is happening to the bodies of a few dead Israelis is considered newsworthy while the actual ongoing killing (and torture, and ethnic cleansing) of many Palestinians is not.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Every single day, the BBC’s coverage of Palestine is systematically racist - against Palestinians. Every day, at present, what is happening to the bodies of a few dead Israelis is considered newsworthy while the actual ongoing killing (and torture, and ethnic cleansing) of many Palestinians is not.