TJ
@curiousmorphology.bsky.social
A ghost driving an increasingly malfunctioning meat robot. Lover of the eldritch.
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To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good piece by George Monbiot in the Guardian about how the Labour government are traitors to their own movement, which was born out of protest www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Good piece by George Monbiot in the Guardian about how the Labour government are traitors to their own movement, which was born out of protest www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I've been saying this for two weeks!
AOC: Trump is weaker than he looks. They double down in public to overcompensate for it. They rely on the 'perception' of strength. They rely on the 'perception' of inevitability.
They want you to give up!
We can't give up. We have to be their consequence."
AOC: Trump is weaker than he looks. They double down in public to overcompensate for it. They rely on the 'perception' of strength. They rely on the 'perception' of inevitability.
They want you to give up!
We can't give up. We have to be their consequence."
October 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I've been saying this for two weeks!
AOC: Trump is weaker than he looks. They double down in public to overcompensate for it. They rely on the 'perception' of strength. They rely on the 'perception' of inevitability.
They want you to give up!
We can't give up. We have to be their consequence."
AOC: Trump is weaker than he looks. They double down in public to overcompensate for it. They rely on the 'perception' of strength. They rely on the 'perception' of inevitability.
They want you to give up!
We can't give up. We have to be their consequence."
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As the UK gvt welcomes USA President Donald Trump & tech CEOs today, the future of the Digital Services Tax seemingly hangs in the balance.
Our Policy and Advocacy Manager was on BBC News making the case for taxing highly profitable Big Tech.
Read more: taxjustice.uk/blog/digital...
Our Policy and Advocacy Manager was on BBC News making the case for taxing highly profitable Big Tech.
Read more: taxjustice.uk/blog/digital...
September 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
As the UK gvt welcomes USA President Donald Trump & tech CEOs today, the future of the Digital Services Tax seemingly hangs in the balance.
Our Policy and Advocacy Manager was on BBC News making the case for taxing highly profitable Big Tech.
Read more: taxjustice.uk/blog/digital...
Our Policy and Advocacy Manager was on BBC News making the case for taxing highly profitable Big Tech.
Read more: taxjustice.uk/blog/digital...
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Wow moment! Just rate it!
July 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Wow moment! Just rate it!
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📢 “With the Climate and Nature Bill listed for a Commons debate next week—and senior cabinet Ministers supporting the ‘spirit and substance’ of the proposals—the Prime Minister must now give the #CANBill the time it deserves to be properly debated and voted on in Parliament.”
Climate and Nature Bill returns
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall calls on PM to ‘get a grip’ on climate and nature inaction.
www.mygreenpod.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📢 “With the Climate and Nature Bill listed for a Commons debate next week—and senior cabinet Ministers supporting the ‘spirit and substance’ of the proposals—the Prime Minister must now give the #CANBill the time it deserves to be properly debated and voted on in Parliament.”
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We might have lost our court case, but the papers arising from it, analysed by the brilliant Tess Colley, are a goldmine of information about the disgraceful way in which farmers have been misled by the water companies and ministers have failed to act.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Like fly-tipping’: ministers ignoring pleas to cut sludge fertiliser use
Exclusive: Defra warned three years ago of farmland contamination by water firms’ sewage-derived product
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We might have lost our court case, but the papers arising from it, analysed by the brilliant Tess Colley, are a goldmine of information about the disgraceful way in which farmers have been misled by the water companies and ministers have failed to act.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
Peter Hain says anti-apartheid campaigners would have been treated as terrorists under logic used to ban Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Anti-apartheid activists would have been called terrorists under logic banning Palestine Action, Peter Hain says – as it happened
Labour peer says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ his party is backing moves to ban group
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
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My research into Nanny Morgan has been one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done. Ann Morgan's story highlights the importance of honouring historical legacies in folkloric narratives. She deserves to be remembered.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann...
#Folklore #Witches
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann...
#Folklore #Witches
January 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
My research into Nanny Morgan has been one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done. Ann Morgan's story highlights the importance of honouring historical legacies in folkloric narratives. She deserves to be remembered.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann...
#Folklore #Witches
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann...
#Folklore #Witches
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We need to watch it until we get angry enough to make it stop.
Here's JSO's short cut of my protest rant on Politics Live. www.youtube.com/shorts/L_93v...
"They Cannot Tolerate Challenges to Wealth and Power" | George Monbiot | BBC Politics Live #shorts
YouTube video by Just Stop Oil
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May 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We need to watch it until we get angry enough to make it stop.
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The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Will the Government now do the right thing & scrap these unlawful regulations? They opposed them in opposition so this should be a no brainer
Will the Government now do the right thing & scrap these unlawful regulations? They opposed them in opposition so this should be a no brainer
🚨BREAKING
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
🚨BREAKING: Liberty wins its case in the Court of Appeal - anti-protest laws ruled UNLAWFUL!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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May 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Will the Government now do the right thing & scrap these unlawful regulations? They opposed them in opposition so this should be a no brainer
Will the Government now do the right thing & scrap these unlawful regulations? They opposed them in opposition so this should be a no brainer
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Genuinely astonishing. You could almost believe in telepathy.
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Genuinely astonishing. You could almost believe in telepathy.
Just rewatched Arrival and then a friend unrelatedly posted something about 🍊💩🤡 and it just reinforces the absolute magic of written language.
April 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just rewatched Arrival and then a friend unrelatedly posted something about 🍊💩🤡 and it just reinforces the absolute magic of written language.
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This is *really* important: the reason electricity prices are high is the high cost of gas & that market rate is set by gas prices. One of the loudest calls at Everything Electric last week was to decouple from gas prices, so we benefit from cheaper renewables.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it
From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is *really* important: the reason electricity prices are high is the high cost of gas & that market rate is set by gas prices. One of the loudest calls at Everything Electric last week was to decouple from gas prices, so we benefit from cheaper renewables.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Ever woken up, kissed the person sleeping next to you and felt glad to be alive?
I just did, so I won't be catching this train again.
I just did, so I won't be catching this train again.
March 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ever woken up, kissed the person sleeping next to you and felt glad to be alive?
I just did, so I won't be catching this train again.
I just did, so I won't be catching this train again.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ever brilliant Stewart Lee's commentary on billionaire owned social media:
The ever brilliant Stewart Lee's commentary on billionaire owned social media:
If you’re reading this column, Elon Musk has messed up | Stewart Lee
Social media is lurching to the right like a tapeworm scenting offal – and X’s algorithms make it hard to find opposing opinion
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ever brilliant Stewart Lee's commentary on billionaire owned social media:
The ever brilliant Stewart Lee's commentary on billionaire owned social media:
Btw I did once meet a man in Manitou Springs in Colorado who bumped into Big Foot whilst he was taking the trash out at the back of his café. He really didn't want to talk about it at first as the whole town just took the piss out of him constantly for once mentioning it.
March 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Btw I did once meet a man in Manitou Springs in Colorado who bumped into Big Foot whilst he was taking the trash out at the back of his café. He really didn't want to talk about it at first as the whole town just took the piss out of him constantly for once mentioning it.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
WTAF? Doesn't exactly encourage lawful behaviour. The comments are funny though.
UK couple fined £1,500 after reporting Channel stowaway found in motorhome
UK couple fined £1,500 after reporting Channel stowaway found in motorhome
Adrian and Joanne Fenton had called the police when they discovered the boy hiding inside a bike-rack cover
A couple who discovered a boy hidden on the back of their motorhome after their journey from France to Essex have been fined £1,500 by the Home…
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
WTAF? Doesn't exactly encourage lawful behaviour. The comments are funny though.
Got to love Aussies saying what they think...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Who is Roger Cook, the Australian politician who called JD Vance a knob?
The phallic term caused a round of applause for the popular Western Australian leader, who is headed to the polls this weekend
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Got to love Aussies saying what they think...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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48% of Brits believe it is more important for the UK government to support Ukraine than to maintain good relations with the US
February 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
48% of Brits believe it is more important for the UK government to support Ukraine than to maintain good relations with the US
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I bring my kids to a romantic restaurant on Valentine's day as a birth control reminder to the other couples.
February 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I bring my kids to a romantic restaurant on Valentine's day as a birth control reminder to the other couples.
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Land for peace. Works every time ... 🙄
February 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Land for peace. Works every time ... 🙄