Sara MacKian
@saramackian.bsky.social
Artist, writer, lecturer with a curiosity for how people interact around issues of health, wellbeing, and the otherworldly. All views my own.
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Islamaphobic antisemitic racist
WHO SLEPT UNDER A PICTURE OF HITLER
presented as "a nerd" by the British press.
WHO SLEPT UNDER A PICTURE OF HITLER
presented as "a nerd" by the British press.
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
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October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Islamaphobic antisemitic racist
WHO SLEPT UNDER A PICTURE OF HITLER
presented as "a nerd" by the British press.
WHO SLEPT UNDER A PICTURE OF HITLER
presented as "a nerd" by the British press.
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TLDR: this ‘nerd’ was fanatical racist and would be mass-killing terrorist
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
TLDR: this ‘nerd’ was fanatical racist and would be mass-killing terrorist
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We all know what the headlines would be-and rightly so!
And you wonder why people are so aware of crimes committed by asylum seekers or black or brown people?
Because the headlines scream it from the rooftops
Yet this white guy barely gets a mention and it’s given an “he’s a science nerd” spin
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And you wonder why people are so aware of crimes committed by asylum seekers or black or brown people?
Because the headlines scream it from the rooftops
Yet this white guy barely gets a mention and it’s given an “he’s a science nerd” spin
8/
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We all know what the headlines would be-and rightly so!
And you wonder why people are so aware of crimes committed by asylum seekers or black or brown people?
Because the headlines scream it from the rooftops
Yet this white guy barely gets a mention and it’s given an “he’s a science nerd” spin
8/
And you wonder why people are so aware of crimes committed by asylum seekers or black or brown people?
Because the headlines scream it from the rooftops
Yet this white guy barely gets a mention and it’s given an “he’s a science nerd” spin
8/
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If he was an Arab with a device labelled “throw at swarm of Jews”
An Arab with a stash of ammunition, white Phosphorus, radioactive materials and suspected improvised explosive devices?
If all other factors had remained the same?
Would him being a “nerd” be the focus of the headline?
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An Arab with a stash of ammunition, white Phosphorus, radioactive materials and suspected improvised explosive devices?
If all other factors had remained the same?
Would him being a “nerd” be the focus of the headline?
7/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If he was an Arab with a device labelled “throw at swarm of Jews”
An Arab with a stash of ammunition, white Phosphorus, radioactive materials and suspected improvised explosive devices?
If all other factors had remained the same?
Would him being a “nerd” be the focus of the headline?
7/9
An Arab with a stash of ammunition, white Phosphorus, radioactive materials and suspected improvised explosive devices?
If all other factors had remained the same?
Would him being a “nerd” be the focus of the headline?
7/9
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“The European Convention on Human Rights protects us all. The rights within it are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice, why victims of abuse can seek safety, & why disabled people are treated with dignity in care
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🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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October 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“The European Convention on Human Rights protects us all. The rights within it are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice, why victims of abuse can seek safety, & why disabled people are treated with dignity in care
youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...
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It’s time that Russia’s malign influence on British politics was properly investigated.
Agree? Add your name 👇🏻
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It’s time for a REAL Russia report
Putin’s fingerprints are all over our politics. It’s time to prove it.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s time that Russia’s malign influence on British politics was properly investigated.
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📌White, toxic masculinity is ruining America, and it’s about time white guys started speaking out about it.
📌This is a piece that has needed writing for years now, but I was finally spurred to action by a run-in with one of these dudes early this morning.
📌Man, I am sick and tired of these guys.
📌This is a piece that has needed writing for years now, but I was finally spurred to action by a run-in with one of these dudes early this morning.
📌Man, I am sick and tired of these guys.
AMERICA'S PLAGUE: WHITE, TOXIC MASCULINITY
Since the rise of Trump, these grotesque, so-called 'men' are proliferating, and only they are better for it ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
📌White, toxic masculinity is ruining America, and it’s about time white guys started speaking out about it.
📌This is a piece that has needed writing for years now, but I was finally spurred to action by a run-in with one of these dudes early this morning.
📌Man, I am sick and tired of these guys.
📌This is a piece that has needed writing for years now, but I was finally spurred to action by a run-in with one of these dudes early this morning.
📌Man, I am sick and tired of these guys.
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Since privatisation in the 1980s, we the public have paid *almost £200bn* to shareholders
Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology
Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇
Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology
Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇
Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Since privatisation in the 1980s, we the public have paid *almost £200bn* to shareholders
Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology
Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇
Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology
Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇
Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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Lib Dem leader Davey: “The Government needs to block any future contracts with Tesla, and block Musk from being granted a license to supply energy to British homes
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
September 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Lib Dem leader Davey: “The Government needs to block any future contracts with Tesla, and block Musk from being granted a license to supply energy to British homes
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
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One way to understand the awfulness of what Trump is doing is to imagine FDR trying to ‘negotiate a ceasefire’ with Hitler in 1942 but with Churchill completely excluded. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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August 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One way to understand the awfulness of what Trump is doing is to imagine FDR trying to ‘negotiate a ceasefire’ with Hitler in 1942 but with Churchill completely excluded. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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July 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Bloody hell. He’ll probably be on Question Time next week, mind.
Free speech update. Local schoolchildren made a banner saying "Epping welcomes all except racists". The Homeland Party [their Norfolk organiser] says his members have taken and burnt it, sharing the image of burning the anti-racist message on social media, to emphasise their commitment to racism.
July 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Bloody hell. He’ll probably be on Question Time next week, mind.
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Universal Basic Income recognizes the social determinants of health like stress. What we treat in hospitals is largely the result of people having insufficient incomes or too much financial insecurity. This is how the Dauphin pilot reduced hospitalization rates by 8.5%.
www.cmaj.ca/content/190/...
www.cmaj.ca/content/190/...
December 5, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Universal Basic Income recognizes the social determinants of health like stress. What we treat in hospitals is largely the result of people having insufficient incomes or too much financial insecurity. This is how the Dauphin pilot reduced hospitalization rates by 8.5%.
www.cmaj.ca/content/190/...
www.cmaj.ca/content/190/...
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Babies born healthier may be the most transformative of all Universal Basic Income effects. Epigenetics shows that healthier babies will be healthier adults, who will have healthier babies, and low birth weight is correlated to less healthy adults who earn less.
www.science20.com/news/correla...
www.science20.com/news/correla...
December 5, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Babies born healthier may be the most transformative of all Universal Basic Income effects. Epigenetics shows that healthier babies will be healthier adults, who will have healthier babies, and low birth weight is correlated to less healthy adults who earn less.
www.science20.com/news/correla...
www.science20.com/news/correla...
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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
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When…
1 in 5 people on UC and disability benefits used a food bank last month.
The Disability price tag is £1,095 a month.
The basic rates of UC don’t cover essentials.
A #WealthTax could address our deeply unequal society.
We must do better than this Bill. #TakingThePIP
1 in 5 people on UC and disability benefits used a food bank last month.
The Disability price tag is £1,095 a month.
The basic rates of UC don’t cover essentials.
A #WealthTax could address our deeply unequal society.
We must do better than this Bill. #TakingThePIP
July 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
When…
1 in 5 people on UC and disability benefits used a food bank last month.
The Disability price tag is £1,095 a month.
The basic rates of UC don’t cover essentials.
A #WealthTax could address our deeply unequal society.
We must do better than this Bill. #TakingThePIP
1 in 5 people on UC and disability benefits used a food bank last month.
The Disability price tag is £1,095 a month.
The basic rates of UC don’t cover essentials.
A #WealthTax could address our deeply unequal society.
We must do better than this Bill. #TakingThePIP
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We waste ludicrous amounts of time and resource on who should get THIS benefit or THAT benefit. What we should be saying is that *everyone* should has enough to live on.
Which is #UBI.
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Which is #UBI.
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New podcast appearance! Recorded yesterday. Max has over 217k subscribers on YouTube. We chatted about universal basic income for about an hour, covering the usual bases, but really digging into explaining universal basic income versus negative income tax.
Robespierre Live! What Is A UBI And Why We Need It! A Chat With Scott Santens
YouTube video by Maximilien Robespierre
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July 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We waste ludicrous amounts of time and resource on who should get THIS benefit or THAT benefit. What we should be saying is that *everyone* should has enough to live on.
Which is #UBI.
bsky.app/profile/scot...
Which is #UBI.
bsky.app/profile/scot...
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Yvette Cooper claiming she is an admirer of the Suffragettes is the perfect example of Omar El Akkad’s “One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’”.
It’s safe today to support the Suffragettes. What was dangerous was supporting them at the time from the likes of Yvette Cooper.
It’s safe today to support the Suffragettes. What was dangerous was supporting them at the time from the likes of Yvette Cooper.
If we don't contest this full-frontal assault on our freedom, far worse will come.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but Yvette Cooper is | George Monbiot
The home secretary is apparently an admirer of the suffragettes. I have no doubt that if they were active today she would proscribe them, too, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Yvette Cooper claiming she is an admirer of the Suffragettes is the perfect example of Omar El Akkad’s “One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’”.
It’s safe today to support the Suffragettes. What was dangerous was supporting them at the time from the likes of Yvette Cooper.
It’s safe today to support the Suffragettes. What was dangerous was supporting them at the time from the likes of Yvette Cooper.
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If we don't contest this full-frontal assault on our freedom, far worse will come.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but Yvette Cooper is | George Monbiot
The home secretary is apparently an admirer of the suffragettes. I have no doubt that if they were active today she would proscribe them, too, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If we don't contest this full-frontal assault on our freedom, far worse will come.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.
This is real police state behaviour.
July 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.
This is real police state behaviour.
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So opposing genocide is terrorism and the mass slaughter of helpless children is self-defense?
Got it.
Got it.
Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.
This is real police state behaviour.
July 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
So opposing genocide is terrorism and the mass slaughter of helpless children is self-defense?
Got it.
Got it.