Ella Clark
@ellaaclarkk.bsky.social
comedy, books & general confusion
Is anyone else wondering how differently the insanity in the White House yesterday would have gone if there were any women in power in that room?
March 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Is anyone else wondering how differently the insanity in the White House yesterday would have gone if there were any women in power in that room?
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I wonder whether they've run out of champagne in the Kremlin yet.
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wonder whether they've run out of champagne in the Kremlin yet.
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The Trump administration seems to have two main goals. Making the richest even richer through tax cuts and deregulation etc, and a return to American white male supremacy. Anyone, anywhere, with the means to make this more difficult and protest, obstruct or resist needs to do whatever they can.
March 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The Trump administration seems to have two main goals. Making the richest even richer through tax cuts and deregulation etc, and a return to American white male supremacy. Anyone, anywhere, with the means to make this more difficult and protest, obstruct or resist needs to do whatever they can.
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There’s an established vocabulary for everything from honest critique to abject outrage, and Trump, like others before him, displays such utter depravity that the vocabulary just can’t cope.
(There are also, of course, plenty of quislings, traitors & apologists complicit in the depravity.)
(There are also, of course, plenty of quislings, traitors & apologists complicit in the depravity.)
February 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
There’s an established vocabulary for everything from honest critique to abject outrage, and Trump, like others before him, displays such utter depravity that the vocabulary just can’t cope.
(There are also, of course, plenty of quislings, traitors & apologists complicit in the depravity.)
(There are also, of course, plenty of quislings, traitors & apologists complicit in the depravity.)
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To the vatniks, campists, fascists and self-described "pragmatists" saying "maybe Trump has got a point":
There is one nation and one nation alone that should decide the terms for peace in Ukraine.
Ukraine.
There is one nation and one nation alone that should decide the terms for peace in Ukraine.
Ukraine.
February 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
To the vatniks, campists, fascists and self-described "pragmatists" saying "maybe Trump has got a point":
There is one nation and one nation alone that should decide the terms for peace in Ukraine.
Ukraine.
There is one nation and one nation alone that should decide the terms for peace in Ukraine.
Ukraine.
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I would once have wondered which Trump fluffer in the UK would fold first. Post-Jan 6, I realise this credits them with a scintilla of integrity that they simply don't possess. Hoping to be proved wrong. As usual.
February 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I would once have wondered which Trump fluffer in the UK would fold first. Post-Jan 6, I realise this credits them with a scintilla of integrity that they simply don't possess. Hoping to be proved wrong. As usual.
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“Farage is doing well because he’s pushing for a massive shake up to the system.
We need to counter that by pushing for an even bigger shake up – by redistributing wealth, investing in communities, and tackling the climate crisis," says Zak.
Read: wcwd.substack.com/p/no-growth-...
We need to counter that by pushing for an even bigger shake up – by redistributing wealth, investing in communities, and tackling the climate crisis," says Zak.
Read: wcwd.substack.com/p/no-growth-...
"No Growth on a Dead Planet"
Green New Deal Rising are fighting Labour's climate betrayal using the power of community, playful disruption, and collective joy.
wcwd.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“Farage is doing well because he’s pushing for a massive shake up to the system.
We need to counter that by pushing for an even bigger shake up – by redistributing wealth, investing in communities, and tackling the climate crisis," says Zak.
Read: wcwd.substack.com/p/no-growth-...
We need to counter that by pushing for an even bigger shake up – by redistributing wealth, investing in communities, and tackling the climate crisis," says Zak.
Read: wcwd.substack.com/p/no-growth-...
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This is such a wild perspective, and an example of how progressives and liberals are just as prone to individualism as conservatives. Maybe more so.
We do not just need affluence. Community is at the core of the human experience. Communities of meaning even more so. Meaning within is not enough.
We do not just need affluence. Community is at the core of the human experience. Communities of meaning even more so. Meaning within is not enough.
February 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is such a wild perspective, and an example of how progressives and liberals are just as prone to individualism as conservatives. Maybe more so.
We do not just need affluence. Community is at the core of the human experience. Communities of meaning even more so. Meaning within is not enough.
We do not just need affluence. Community is at the core of the human experience. Communities of meaning even more so. Meaning within is not enough.
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Learn from Germany.
When the left panders to anti-migrant sentiment, like the BSW, it just strengthens the far right.
When the left fights solid, populist, grassroots campaigns, like Die Linke, it wins.
When the left panders to anti-migrant sentiment, like the BSW, it just strengthens the far right.
When the left fights solid, populist, grassroots campaigns, like Die Linke, it wins.
February 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Learn from Germany.
When the left panders to anti-migrant sentiment, like the BSW, it just strengthens the far right.
When the left fights solid, populist, grassroots campaigns, like Die Linke, it wins.
When the left panders to anti-migrant sentiment, like the BSW, it just strengthens the far right.
When the left fights solid, populist, grassroots campaigns, like Die Linke, it wins.
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This is what ChatGPT was invented for...
February 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is what ChatGPT was invented for...
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1. Trump and his Death Eaters cannot tolerate any rival power. Europe, when united, is a major trading and diplomatic bloc. They see Russia (much less of a threat to US hegemony) as an excellent instrument for breaking up Europe, by threat or by force.🧵
February 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
1. Trump and his Death Eaters cannot tolerate any rival power. Europe, when united, is a major trading and diplomatic bloc. They see Russia (much less of a threat to US hegemony) as an excellent instrument for breaking up Europe, by threat or by force.🧵
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1. A common mistake is to look for ideological consistency on the far right, and to become confused when some of the things it claims to stand for sound positive and even progressive. Here’s a thread on how to understand this. 🧵
February 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
1. A common mistake is to look for ideological consistency on the far right, and to become confused when some of the things it claims to stand for sound positive and even progressive. Here’s a thread on how to understand this. 🧵
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Seems weeks since I've had a new open access publication to report, so I'm delighted that Pluralizing Political Philosophy, ed @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social is now out, with a chapter by me 'Making and Remaking the Canon' but please take a look at the amazing contents.
academic.oup.com/book/59548
academic.oup.com/book/59548
Pluralizing Political Philosophy: Economic and Ecological Inequalities in Global Perspective
Abstract. This book makes an argument for pluralizing political philosophy, thereby focussing specifically on economic and ecological inequalities. By redu
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February 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Seems weeks since I've had a new open access publication to report, so I'm delighted that Pluralizing Political Philosophy, ed @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social is now out, with a chapter by me 'Making and Remaking the Canon' but please take a look at the amazing contents.
academic.oup.com/book/59548
academic.oup.com/book/59548
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A brave and urgent column by the Labour MP Clive Lewis - @labourlewis.bsky.social - calling on his own party to stop appeasing capital and work on behalf of people and the living world.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic | Clive Lewis
The decision to expand Heathrow is just the latest evidence that my party is chasing policies that serve profit, not people, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A brave and urgent column by the Labour MP Clive Lewis - @labourlewis.bsky.social - calling on his own party to stop appeasing capital and work on behalf of people and the living world.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I think British institutions might need to come to some conclusions about whether what’s happening in America is a coup or a revolution and adjust their language and attitudes accordingly. Treating it as a bumpy version of business as usual seems impossible.
February 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I think British institutions might need to come to some conclusions about whether what’s happening in America is a coup or a revolution and adjust their language and attitudes accordingly. Treating it as a bumpy version of business as usual seems impossible.
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What's happening in America is that, in the most literal sense, internet trolls have taken over the government.
February 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What's happening in America is that, in the most literal sense, internet trolls have taken over the government.
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I heard some Herbert from the Spectator praising Trump for restoring ‘freedom of speech’ the other day. In fact, I’ve heard several British right-wing blowhards say the same. Are they utterly, utterly stupid or morally bankrupt or both?
Trump megadonor Steve Wynn has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which protects the media's ability to aggressively cover public officials. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
February 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I heard some Herbert from the Spectator praising Trump for restoring ‘freedom of speech’ the other day. In fact, I’ve heard several British right-wing blowhards say the same. Are they utterly, utterly stupid or morally bankrupt or both?
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The thing about running the federal government like a software startup is that most software startups fail www.wired.com/story/the-us...
The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The thing about running the federal government like a software startup is that most software startups fail www.wired.com/story/the-us...
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social listening this afternoon to the discussions around young people at work. Incredible presenting, really appreciated the stance taken. It’s so easy to demonise and play the blame game with stories like this - but Shelagh handled it so well ❤️ worth a listen for all!
February 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social listening this afternoon to the discussions around young people at work. Incredible presenting, really appreciated the stance taken. It’s so easy to demonise and play the blame game with stories like this - but Shelagh handled it so well ❤️ worth a listen for all!
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Trump announces task force to ‘eradicate anti-Christian bias.’
So DEI for Christians is still ok. Got it.
So DEI for Christians is still ok. Got it.
February 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump announces task force to ‘eradicate anti-Christian bias.’
So DEI for Christians is still ok. Got it.
So DEI for Christians is still ok. Got it.
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Once upon a time the fourth estate stood outside power and held it to account. Now they’re in the room to oblige with the photo-opportunities. Photo proudly appears in Murdoch’s own NY Post.
February 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Once upon a time the fourth estate stood outside power and held it to account. Now they’re in the room to oblige with the photo-opportunities. Photo proudly appears in Murdoch’s own NY Post.