liminalfruitbat
@liminalfruitbat.bsky.social
Lurks on the threshold and flaps a bit. In theory I talk about a lot of geeky things. They/their/them, but I'll take any pronouns.
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Regular reminder that behind all the guff about immigration statistics we are talking about actual people's lives.
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
UK migration is at a record high – but immigration should be celebrated, not weaponised
Experience tells us that there will be those who try and “weaponise” immigration no matter what, says Stand for All's Daniel Sohege.
www.bigissue.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Regular reminder that behind all the guff about immigration statistics we are talking about actual people's lives.
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
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In 2012, a Conservative government awarded April Ashley, a trans woman, an MBE for "services to trans equality".
How far are we from a Labour government revoking that award, because trans people don't deserve equality?
How far are we from a Labour government revoking that award, because trans people don't deserve equality?
the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
In 2012, a Conservative government awarded April Ashley, a trans woman, an MBE for "services to trans equality".
How far are we from a Labour government revoking that award, because trans people don't deserve equality?
How far are we from a Labour government revoking that award, because trans people don't deserve equality?
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Between this, and destroying the demand for British education with foreign students, it feels like Labour are doing to universities what Thatcher did for mines.
That's after Brexit upset a lot of the money markets, too.
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That's after Brexit upset a lot of the money markets, too.
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“It’s only fair that you pay back the costs of going to university because you’ll get a better paid job at the end of it … but we’re going to make you pay back those costs even if you get a job at near minimum wage because we’d otherwise have to tax millionaires.”
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Between this, and destroying the demand for British education with foreign students, it feels like Labour are doing to universities what Thatcher did for mines.
That's after Brexit upset a lot of the money markets, too.
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That's after Brexit upset a lot of the money markets, too.
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Let's try this again... Glad tidings we bring to you and your quim! We are fundraising this festive period. Earlier this year, the future looked bleak for the Vagina Museum. But we're still here, and there's many reasons for you to become a vital part of our future... www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Let's try this again... Glad tidings we bring to you and your quim! We are fundraising this festive period. Earlier this year, the future looked bleak for the Vagina Museum. But we're still here, and there's many reasons for you to become a vital part of our future... www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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this theory also makes no sense unless you theorise also that different supervillains keep calling themselves Ernst Stavro Blofeld, that the CIA has a series of officers codenamed ‘Felix Leiter’ whose job it is to be Bond’s pal, and so on. It’s actually a lot worse, logic-wise
No. The correct way to understand this is to stop trying to make things fit together. You can watch different people playing Sherlock Holmes, in entirely different stories, without trying to make it add up. Stories are a dressing up box, not a jigsaw.
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
this theory also makes no sense unless you theorise also that different supervillains keep calling themselves Ernst Stavro Blofeld, that the CIA has a series of officers codenamed ‘Felix Leiter’ whose job it is to be Bond’s pal, and so on. It’s actually a lot worse, logic-wise
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Conservative is an alignment to existing status quo. Our existing status quo is a machine built for eating people, so we must not be conservative. If we created a status quo dedicated to human thriving rather than profit of capital, we might well become conservatives. bsky.app/profile/matt...
So you're saying there's only one way out of the fascism trap, and it's not trying to carefully be the right amount of conservative.
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Conservative is an alignment to existing status quo. Our existing status quo is a machine built for eating people, so we must not be conservative. If we created a status quo dedicated to human thriving rather than profit of capital, we might well become conservatives. bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Taxes are pretty much the only thing related to personal/family finance they do this little "what if that made someone's life difficult" dance for.
Benefits cut to the bone? Not interested
Wages eroded by inflation for decades and decades? Nope.
Technology abolished your job? Nope.
Benefits cut to the bone? Not interested
Wages eroded by inflation for decades and decades? Nope.
Technology abolished your job? Nope.
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Taxes are pretty much the only thing related to personal/family finance they do this little "what if that made someone's life difficult" dance for.
Benefits cut to the bone? Not interested
Wages eroded by inflation for decades and decades? Nope.
Technology abolished your job? Nope.
Benefits cut to the bone? Not interested
Wages eroded by inflation for decades and decades? Nope.
Technology abolished your job? Nope.
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“I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us”
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us”
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
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This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
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I was disinvited from the orgasm denial party 😔 they wouldn't even tell me why they just texted me and told me I'm not allowed to come.
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I was disinvited from the orgasm denial party 😔 they wouldn't even tell me why they just texted me and told me I'm not allowed to come.
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
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remember, Salvation Army is a big NOPE
use your extra $$$ for mutual aid groups
use your extra $$$ for mutual aid groups
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
remember, Salvation Army is a big NOPE
use your extra $$$ for mutual aid groups
use your extra $$$ for mutual aid groups
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Racists dislike being called racist so much, they will try to silence the people calling them - completely accurately - racists.
Which does at least suggest that Farage and the other racist leaders of the racist Reform Ltd understand that most British people are not, in fact, racists themselves.
Which does at least suggest that Farage and the other racist leaders of the racist Reform Ltd understand that most British people are not, in fact, racists themselves.
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Racists dislike being called racist so much, they will try to silence the people calling them - completely accurately - racists.
Which does at least suggest that Farage and the other racist leaders of the racist Reform Ltd understand that most British people are not, in fact, racists themselves.
Which does at least suggest that Farage and the other racist leaders of the racist Reform Ltd understand that most British people are not, in fact, racists themselves.
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When you see "14 years of x" line, it tells you you're dealing with someone who can't analyse politics without a party lens.
Britain's been governed by the same overarching philosophy since 1979, regardless of which party was in power. And without understanding that, you won't understand anything.
Britain's been governed by the same overarching philosophy since 1979, regardless of which party was in power. And without understanding that, you won't understand anything.
How should Labour tackle 14 years of mismanagement? I'd like to hear some realistic alternatives, considering the available resources in law professionals, university places and tutors and physical spaces. All I've read so far here is 'throw money at it' without considering the resource implications
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
When you see "14 years of x" line, it tells you you're dealing with someone who can't analyse politics without a party lens.
Britain's been governed by the same overarching philosophy since 1979, regardless of which party was in power. And without understanding that, you won't understand anything.
Britain's been governed by the same overarching philosophy since 1979, regardless of which party was in power. And without understanding that, you won't understand anything.
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“If you were that sick you would be dead.”
“If it were that bad you would get help.”
“If you can post on social media you’re fine”.
Disabled people are constantly subjected to “if” statements from people who have no concept how bad it can get & how little help is available
“If it were that bad you would get help.”
“If you can post on social media you’re fine”.
Disabled people are constantly subjected to “if” statements from people who have no concept how bad it can get & how little help is available
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“If you were that sick you would be dead.”
“If it were that bad you would get help.”
“If you can post on social media you’re fine”.
Disabled people are constantly subjected to “if” statements from people who have no concept how bad it can get & how little help is available
“If it were that bad you would get help.”
“If you can post on social media you’re fine”.
Disabled people are constantly subjected to “if” statements from people who have no concept how bad it can get & how little help is available
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This is actually a great idea for multiple reasons. AWS has become too important to the structure of the web itself to persist as a private entity.
Me about to piss off a bunch of capitalists: If Bezos doesn’t want to pay his fair share in corporate taxes, I don’t see why we shouldn’t nationalise Amazon and make it a subsidiary of the post office.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is actually a great idea for multiple reasons. AWS has become too important to the structure of the web itself to persist as a private entity.
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Evil.
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
In the U.S., Nothing Says Human Rights Abuse Like Ensuring Reproductive Freedom!
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Evil.
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Sometimes I feel deeply gaslit by the entire food industry because every lunch product you can buy is like “here’s a bunch of food you like, and then we’ve covered it all in mayo, a thing everybody enjoys without exception”
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Sometimes I feel deeply gaslit by the entire food industry because every lunch product you can buy is like “here’s a bunch of food you like, and then we’ve covered it all in mayo, a thing everybody enjoys without exception”
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Next you'll be telling me that American white Evangelical Protestantism is just a bunch of 19th-century heresies invented to justify slavery!
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Next you'll be telling me that American white Evangelical Protestantism is just a bunch of 19th-century heresies invented to justify slavery!
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
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three people buying a book we didn't really have on our radar at my old bookstore was instant "order more, face it out, somebody on staff read it and write a talker for it" territory
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
three people buying a book we didn't really have on our radar at my old bookstore was instant "order more, face it out, somebody on staff read it and write a talker for it" territory
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I’d add: we’ve seen on multiple occasions what it looks like when the British press are as one boiling with white hot fury, determined to rend and destroy until their hated enemies are utterly annihilated. Does this look anything like that and if it doesn’t, why not?
I 100% agree but I cannot tell you how bad it looks that this has become an urgent issue now, when they’re leading the polls, and it was a secondary issue at best for the last two decades when the lads had more important shit they wanted to focus on.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I’d add: we’ve seen on multiple occasions what it looks like when the British press are as one boiling with white hot fury, determined to rend and destroy until their hated enemies are utterly annihilated. Does this look anything like that and if it doesn’t, why not?