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'a melodious voice... clear and refreshing as a cool drink, but with a flammable ether' - San Francisco Chronicle
#singer / #songwriter / contributing #writer for Time Out #SanFrancisco / ex-lawyer / Londoner / adopted San Franciscan
#singer / #songwriter / contributing #writer for Time Out #SanFrancisco / ex-lawyer / Londoner / adopted San Franciscan
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The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
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Sushi is my lifetime favorite food, and I stopped eating octopus specifically because of their otherworldly intelligence
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sushi is my lifetime favorite food, and I stopped eating octopus specifically because of their otherworldly intelligence
Went and met my MP again, to urge them and their party to do more to fight the far right. They didn't know about tomorrow's far right rally planned for central London, until I told them about it. So I guess I did something.
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Went and met my MP again, to urge them and their party to do more to fight the far right. They didn't know about tomorrow's far right rally planned for central London, until I told them about it. So I guess I did something.
Surprise surprise. Scapegoating asylum seekers doesn't improve the economy.
UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in October on.ft.com/44p2krp
UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in October
Growth has slowed throughout the year
on.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Surprise surprise. Scapegoating asylum seekers doesn't improve the economy.
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Someone I went to college with made a brief appearance on the edges of a dream last night. This morning I see their name in a post about Reform and am like 'no it can't be...'. And it turns out they've become a senior adviser.
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Someone I went to college with made a brief appearance on the edges of a dream last night. This morning I see their name in a post about Reform and am like 'no it can't be...'. And it turns out they've become a senior adviser.
It's December, and I haven't had the heating on in 3 days.
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It's December, and I haven't had the heating on in 3 days.
got the last remaining ticket to hear robert plant at the royal festival hall tomorrow
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
got the last remaining ticket to hear robert plant at the royal festival hall tomorrow
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
just watched a woman let her dog poop right in front of a restaurant (as in, 1 inch from the dining chair on their terrace). she picked it up, but people are just selfish and gross
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
just watched a woman let her dog poop right in front of a restaurant (as in, 1 inch from the dining chair on their terrace). she picked it up, but people are just selfish and gross
Uber is a scourge on this city. No London-Mayor-hopefuls wanna run on a ban?
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Uber is a scourge on this city. No London-Mayor-hopefuls wanna run on a ban?
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Thing I learned today: “duck tape” is a far older term than “duct tape.” It used to be made with cotton duck. “Duct tape” is a combination of people trying to make sense, and its association with post war use in HVAC systems.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
Duct tape - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Thing I learned today: “duck tape” is a far older term than “duct tape.” It used to be made with cotton duck. “Duct tape” is a combination of people trying to make sense, and its association with post war use in HVAC systems.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Had to look up who this tiresome columnist was (and thanks to Google's 'source' feature didn't have to give them a click). What data do they have for 'it is pretty obvious' and 'being wildly overdiagnosed'? This is the next wedge issue we're importing from US MAHA.
I’ve become convinced that the most tedious psuedo-clever argument is that something is kind of like religion
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Had to look up who this tiresome columnist was (and thanks to Google's 'source' feature didn't have to give them a click). What data do they have for 'it is pretty obvious' and 'being wildly overdiagnosed'? This is the next wedge issue we're importing from US MAHA.
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Given how obsessed Musk is with biological lineage, it’s worth noting that his Canadian, maternal grandfather was so into South African apartheid that he moved across the world in order to help protect it from “the commie Jews” who he thought were trying to destroy it. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Today I learned that not only was Elon Musk's maternal grandfather a conspiracy-obssessed, antisemitic and white nationalist supporter of Apartheid, but he was also into alternative medicine (he was SA's leading chiropractor) and was an amateur engineer/aviator who died in a plane crash.
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Given how obsessed Musk is with biological lineage, it’s worth noting that his Canadian, maternal grandfather was so into South African apartheid that he moved across the world in order to help protect it from “the commie Jews” who he thought were trying to destroy it. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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So this week shall I write about how killing unarmed civilians is murder or about how unwise it would be to limit the human right against torture.
Western liberal democracies in 2025.
Western liberal democracies in 2025.
December 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
So this week shall I write about how killing unarmed civilians is murder or about how unwise it would be to limit the human right against torture.
Western liberal democracies in 2025.
Western liberal democracies in 2025.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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The Kremlin had to exhibit self-control to praise this only after it was published.
"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Kremlin had to exhibit self-control to praise this only after it was published.
"946,000 young people who were Neet in the UK ... equivalent to 12.7% of all people aged 16-24. A quarter cite long-term sickness or disability as a barrier to work or education"
Let a deadly virus rip through the population and what do you expect.
Let a deadly virus rip through the population and what do you expect.
Young people on benefits to be offered construction and hospitality work
The government says it will fund training and work experience for 350,000 not in work or education.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"946,000 young people who were Neet in the UK ... equivalent to 12.7% of all people aged 16-24. A quarter cite long-term sickness or disability as a barrier to work or education"
Let a deadly virus rip through the population and what do you expect.
Let a deadly virus rip through the population and what do you expect.
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Acts of injustice done
between the setting and the rising sun
in history lie like bones, each one
W H Auden
between the setting and the rising sun
in history lie like bones, each one
W H Auden
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Acts of injustice done
between the setting and the rising sun
in history lie like bones, each one
W H Auden
between the setting and the rising sun
in history lie like bones, each one
W H Auden
My cousin in Australia follows Nancy Pelosi's stock trades to guide his own investing.
Superior stock trading performance by US congressional leaders, from Shang-Jin Wei and Yifan Zhou www.nber.org/papers/w34524
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My cousin in Australia follows Nancy Pelosi's stock trades to guide his own investing.
The dissonance of making plans with a friend and saying I'm staying home on Saturday to avoid the far right goons coming into Central London but how about the Christmas market on Sunday
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The dissonance of making plans with a friend and saying I'm staying home on Saturday to avoid the far right goons coming into Central London but how about the Christmas market on Sunday
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Not every student will strike this bargain when offered. Probably not even that many conservative students. But given these incentive structures, why wouldn’t a non-negligible number of students take this opportunity when offered it? Which is why wealthy donors created it in the first place. (4/4)
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Not every student will strike this bargain when offered. Probably not even that many conservative students. But given these incentive structures, why wouldn’t a non-negligible number of students take this opportunity when offered it? Which is why wealthy donors created it in the first place. (4/4)
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me