Alistair Davidson
@moh-kohn.bsky.social
For a Scottish Socialist Republic
Sometimes write for @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
#AutisticLiberation
Anwar Shaikh stan account
Also found at https://mastodon.scot/@moh_kohn
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Sometimes write for @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
#AutisticLiberation
Anwar Shaikh stan account
Also found at https://mastodon.scot/@moh_kohn
he/him
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People she disagrees with are part of ideological capture, whereas she was just surrounded by like-minded colleagues.
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
People she disagrees with are part of ideological capture, whereas she was just surrounded by like-minded colleagues.
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JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
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This is kinda how we got Linux BTW.
The Helsinki University just kinda let Linus tinker with rewriting Minix on the clock. I don't actually remember if they (the uni) didn't like Minix or if it was just... what they did.
The Helsinki University just kinda let Linus tinker with rewriting Minix on the clock. I don't actually remember if they (the uni) didn't like Minix or if it was just... what they did.
Neurodivergent folks should all be paid a stipend to do things we like to do, and the world would end up benefiting from it.
The thing about being neurodivergent is that I Like It. What I don’t like is that the world imposes numerous taxes on me for being like this.
I don’t view it as a Me problem.
I don’t view it as a Me problem.
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is kinda how we got Linux BTW.
The Helsinki University just kinda let Linus tinker with rewriting Minix on the clock. I don't actually remember if they (the uni) didn't like Minix or if it was just... what they did.
The Helsinki University just kinda let Linus tinker with rewriting Minix on the clock. I don't actually remember if they (the uni) didn't like Minix or if it was just... what they did.
Sigh meanwhile on Facebook gammons are telling me I'm making it up when I say I can't drive due to disability but can cycle if there's a cycle lane. They really want disabled people to only need cars all the time as moral cover for the fact that they don't want to share street space.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sigh meanwhile on Facebook gammons are telling me I'm making it up when I say I can't drive due to disability but can cycle if there's a cycle lane. They really want disabled people to only need cars all the time as moral cover for the fact that they don't want to share street space.
One of the many striking things about American political discourse is I have never heard any of them say the words "proportional representation", even when discussing constitution level voting reform!
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One of the many striking things about American political discourse is I have never heard any of them say the words "proportional representation", even when discussing constitution level voting reform!
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November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A funny thing about this is the right has had these big campaigns where they burned trainers and stuff, but I've never seen the left do that.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A funny thing about this is the right has had these big campaigns where they burned trainers and stuff, but I've never seen the left do that.
The reason that people "appear out of nowhere" is that as you go faster, your eyes flick around a narrower part of your field of vision, but your brain fills in a complete image. So you can go from "that looks empty" to "where did they come from?" in an instant.
Surely "she appeared from nowhere," is a guilty plea? It's certainly no defence.
Especially for a police motorcyclist going through a red light at double the speed limit.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Especially for a police motorcyclist going through a red light at double the speed limit.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fatal royal outrider crash footage shown to Old Bailey jury
A Met Police outrider denies causing death by careless driving after he hit an 81-year-old woman.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The reason that people "appear out of nowhere" is that as you go faster, your eyes flick around a narrower part of your field of vision, but your brain fills in a complete image. So you can go from "that looks empty" to "where did they come from?" in an instant.
Hard to imagine now, but before the remasters and prequels Star Wars was both unpopularly nerdy and had a degree of underground cache that led to it being referenced in alt rap quite often.
For fans in 1995, 'Dark Forces' was a lifeline to a galaxy they thought had fallen silent.
A Larger World: Looking Back At 'Star Wars: Dark Forces' - Pop Heist
This first-person shooter kept Star Wars alive during a dormant period and proved it could thrive in games just as much as on the big screen.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hard to imagine now, but before the remasters and prequels Star Wars was both unpopularly nerdy and had a degree of underground cache that led to it being referenced in alt rap quite often.
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The problem from their point of view is that rapid decarbonization requires public, collective decisions about the organization of production, in a way that threaten capital-owners' authority over both the production process and the political system.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The problem from their point of view is that rapid decarbonization requires public, collective decisions about the organization of production, in a way that threaten capital-owners' authority over both the production process and the political system.
Note: it's not that you can't make money on solar. Solar is cheaper energy than oil. It's that the rate of profit on it is lower because you can't monopolise the sun.
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Note: it's not that you can't make money on solar. Solar is cheaper energy than oil. It's that the rate of profit on it is lower because you can't monopolise the sun.
I've been doing a lot of work on transport the last few years - I was convenor of GoBike the cycle infrastructure campaign for 2 - and it's really eye-opening. I see people say very odd things about everything from congestion to road safety.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I've been doing a lot of work on transport the last few years - I was convenor of GoBike the cycle infrastructure campaign for 2 - and it's really eye-opening. I see people say very odd things about everything from congestion to road safety.
Trump threatening to sue the BBC now. And we have an utterly spineless government and ruling class who won't stand up at all. Britain is pathetic.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump threatening to sue the BBC now. And we have an utterly spineless government and ruling class who won't stand up at all. Britain is pathetic.
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too few push alerts on asylum seekers. TOO FEW?
well, at least I can agree the BBC has “one-sided” transgender coverage... oh, that's no what he meant.
well, at least I can agree the BBC has “one-sided” transgender coverage... oh, that's no what he meant.
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
too few push alerts on asylum seekers. TOO FEW?
well, at least I can agree the BBC has “one-sided” transgender coverage... oh, that's no what he meant.
well, at least I can agree the BBC has “one-sided” transgender coverage... oh, that's no what he meant.
Honestly terrifying that the BBC can run an unhinged story about lesbians being forced to have sex with trans women, with one of the main sources being a rapist who responded to the story's publication by calling for trans people to all be hung, and the Official Consensus is they are too pro-trans
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Honestly terrifying that the BBC can run an unhinged story about lesbians being forced to have sex with trans women, with one of the main sources being a rapist who responded to the story's publication by calling for trans people to all be hung, and the Official Consensus is they are too pro-trans
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The right wing are very afraid of losing the next election in the uk, so afraid they fired their own right wing appointee at the head of the bbc because he wasn’t fascist enough
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The right wing are very afraid of losing the next election in the uk, so afraid they fired their own right wing appointee at the head of the bbc because he wasn’t fascist enough
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Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.
Surprised there's not more talk of how Mamdani's voter coalition completely demolishes the arguments of the anti-woke left. He did the economic message, it's vital, but he didn't flinch from addressing identity. Some people said it was impossible to build solidarity like that.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Surprised there's not more talk of how Mamdani's voter coalition completely demolishes the arguments of the anti-woke left. He did the economic message, it's vital, but he didn't flinch from addressing identity. Some people said it was impossible to build solidarity like that.
Still confused that you're not using DINO when it's right there and even highlights their age
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Still confused that you're not using DINO when it's right there and even highlights their age
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In order to primary them all, we need people willing to run against them: runforsomething.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
In order to primary them all, we need people willing to run against them: runforsomething.net
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Unfortunately, this is the same gimmick to game the OBR that they use with freezing fuel duty, where it's planned to be turned on at some point in the future. Then indefinitely postponed into the future
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Unfortunately, this is the same gimmick to game the OBR that they use with freezing fuel duty, where it's planned to be turned on at some point in the future. Then indefinitely postponed into the future
Fingers crossed. There's going to be serious pushback.
Everything about driving is heavily subsidised to maintain your car dependency. This is a start
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Fingers crossed. There's going to be serious pushback.