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Nico Macdonald
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How do we make Progress? How do we know, learn together and share our learning? How can we be better at what we do? And how can we civilise debate?
Correction: when the _batterers_
May 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
But way past time to stop battering people with The Science – not least when the batters can't even cite a key paper – in order to intimidate them into not discussing politics, class and power.
May 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
On the Nova Music Festival #HamasMassacre you’ve never shown solidarity with the kind of young people you laud for “seeing through the lies” who were raped, butchered, murdered and taken hostage by terrorists about who you seem equivocal.

Say a word for those young people when you play Glastonbury?
May 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yes, you are the story.

It is only Israel you accuse in the NME of creating “genocide happening in real time”.

With 50K casualties in 18 months, many of who were Hamas fighters, not civilians.

You think only Jews are bad enough to commit genocide. You are Israelophobic, and you are antisemitic.
May 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Note that @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social owns @thesociallondon.bsky.social venue in central London, which I’ve been to many times.

Not sure I want to go back when it is run by fellow travellers of pro-Hamas champions of violence against our elected representatives.
Heavenly Recordings (@heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social)
Independent record label est.1990. Believe In Magic. Follow us on Bandcamp for up to the minute news of new releases, restocks and limited editions. 👉 https://heavenlyrecordings.bandcamp.com/. 📧 S...
heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
‘We know most of you are patriots. You want what’s best for your economy’ write Kate Martin @financialtimes.com on how Americans can learn from Brexit about #TrumpTariffs ‘humiliation’.

Except many Rejoiners actively wanted their economy punished for Brexit, and blamed all ills on Leave voters.
April 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Kara:.You are an esteemed journalist. I don’t think calling members of your government’s executive “morons” is beneath you.
March 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
… and in The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (www.goodreads.com/book/show/37...) (based on ‘The Iliad’) – so much so that it has become almost a genre.
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under s…
www.goodreads.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Aldmernan notes Rhys’ approach of changing perspective to a minor character (Mrs Rochester in ‘Jane Eyre’) was followed in James by Percival Everett (www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...) (based on ‘Huckleberry Finn’), in Julia by Sandra Newman (www.goodreads.com/book/show/86...) (based on ‘1984’)…
James
A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Fi…
www.goodreads.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Between you and our local councils, you are close to making London unusable for working-class people.

It will end up being populated by middle-class #WFH types, tourists and the homeless. And delivery drivers desperately trying skirt #LTNs to get to the former.

Well done. You are a true zealot.
February 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s much worse. David Collier exposed the compromised documentary by showing a number of interviees had Hamas connections, or were supporters, the co-producer was a Palestinian activist; and one of the cameramen the BBC hired in Gaza had saluted Oct 7th.

Hamas effectively approved this doco.
February 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Daisley’s oddly sympathetic to said POTUS, Donald J. Trump, given that in 2021 he defended the #Deplatforming of Trump by his former employer – and blocked me for having the chutzpah to question his defence (twitter.com/nico_macdona...)

He seems to have deleted most of his Tweets criticising Trump.
Nico Macdonald on X: "‘I suspect it was a very uncomfortable decision for them to take but most of us who use Twitter and social platforms did recognise that the way [DJT] conducted himself wasn’t consistent with decent conversation and did err on the side of being dangerous‘ – Bruce Daisley #r4today" / X
‘I suspect it was a very uncomfortable decision for them to take but most of us who use Twitter and social platforms did recognise that the way [DJT] conducted himself wasn’t consistent with decent conversation and did err on the side of being dangerous‘ – Bruce Daisley #r4today
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February 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Mr Mayor: There’s no such thing as the ‘LGBTQI+’ community.

What do people who are same-sex attracted have in common with those who want to be another gender?

In the old days the socially backward thought what they had in common was all being ‘weird’, if not ‘pervy’.

We saw through that. Not you?
February 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My comrades in Our Fight UK – “challenging British antisemitism, by standing with Israel” – highlighted her plight and questioned Culture Secy @lisanandymp.bsky.social on whether her government has advocated for her, and why MSM was so silent about this British hostage. twitter.com/ourfightuk/s...
OurFightUk on X: "Today we were outside @FCDOGovUK to raise awareness with the cabinet of British citizen Emily Damari, who is still a hostage in Gaza. Thanks to @lisanandy for agreeing to talk with @DavidLammy about Emily's plight. She also suggests that the media could be doing more. https://t.co/7N4KkgKD6W" / X
Today we were outside @FCDOGovUK to raise awareness with the cabinet of British citizen Emily Damari, who is still a hostage in Gaza. Thanks to @lisanandy for agreeing to talk with @DavidLammy about Emily's plight. She also suggests that the media could be doing more. https://t.co/7N4KkgKD6W
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January 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM