jalal
@satori.cafe
Programmer, hiker, runner and cook. Linux user. Likes music. Usually quietly in the corner at parties.
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
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CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
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EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
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EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
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EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
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[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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[Customer looks inside the cup]
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[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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My one #politics post of the day.
Starmer's refusal to clear out Tory appointments to the BBC Board and other public bodies from day one was at best deeply naive.
Again we come back to the mystery of what Labour were doing pre-2024 election as it definitely wasn't preparing for power.
Starmer's refusal to clear out Tory appointments to the BBC Board and other public bodies from day one was at best deeply naive.
Again we come back to the mystery of what Labour were doing pre-2024 election as it definitely wasn't preparing for power.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
My one #politics post of the day.
Starmer's refusal to clear out Tory appointments to the BBC Board and other public bodies from day one was at best deeply naive.
Again we come back to the mystery of what Labour were doing pre-2024 election as it definitely wasn't preparing for power.
Starmer's refusal to clear out Tory appointments to the BBC Board and other public bodies from day one was at best deeply naive.
Again we come back to the mystery of what Labour were doing pre-2024 election as it definitely wasn't preparing for power.
Do read her newsletter page and, if you can, support her directly.
A day after the Dem capitulation, @bsky.app suspends sarahkendzior.substack.com. Journalist, author of 4 books, critic of the ownership class in America. Fuck.
Why? Because she is critical of the ruling class and brings receipts?
#sarahkendzior
Why? Because she is critical of the ruling class and brings receipts?
#sarahkendzior
Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter | Substack
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sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Do read her newsletter page and, if you can, support her directly.
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If BlueSky suspends someone, natural justice requires, surely, that they be given some explanation? @jay.bsky.team #sarahkendzior
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
If BlueSky suspends someone, natural justice requires, surely, that they be given some explanation? @jay.bsky.team #sarahkendzior
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I have no words. I’m not some sex bot—I post about the war in my country.
What exactly was too graphic?
The deaths of my fellow citizens? Oh, you privileged fu—
I mean, my poor little darlings.
A Ukrainian dared to die not in silence, and you had a meltdown @moderation.bsky.app??
What exactly was too graphic?
The deaths of my fellow citizens? Oh, you privileged fu—
I mean, my poor little darlings.
A Ukrainian dared to die not in silence, and you had a meltdown @moderation.bsky.app??
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I have no words. I’m not some sex bot—I post about the war in my country.
What exactly was too graphic?
The deaths of my fellow citizens? Oh, you privileged fu—
I mean, my poor little darlings.
A Ukrainian dared to die not in silence, and you had a meltdown @moderation.bsky.app??
What exactly was too graphic?
The deaths of my fellow citizens? Oh, you privileged fu—
I mean, my poor little darlings.
A Ukrainian dared to die not in silence, and you had a meltdown @moderation.bsky.app??
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Hero. Wishing Samir a speedy recovery.
Thoughts and prayers with Farage et al. in these difficult times following the death of their racist narrative.
Thoughts and prayers with Farage et al. in these difficult times following the death of their racist narrative.
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hero. Wishing Samir a speedy recovery.
Thoughts and prayers with Farage et al. in these difficult times following the death of their racist narrative.
Thoughts and prayers with Farage et al. in these difficult times following the death of their racist narrative.
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Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
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Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
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August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
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Ah, yes. Reform UK. "A movement built by real people." All smiling and clasping their hands in EXACTLY the same way.
I'd love to see the prompts that generated this.
<make them happier>
<make some of them young>
<make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA
I'd love to see the prompts that generated this.
<make them happier>
<make some of them young>
<make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA
October 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ah, yes. Reform UK. "A movement built by real people." All smiling and clasping their hands in EXACTLY the same way.
I'd love to see the prompts that generated this.
<make them happier>
<make some of them young>
<make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA
I'd love to see the prompts that generated this.
<make them happier>
<make some of them young>
<make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA
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This article has absolutely enraged me, from the unquestioning parroting of locals by the writer to the locals themselves. How do you counter people who think immigrants are going to sail round from Calais to the fucking Severn and up the Wye to Buxton www.bbc.com/news/article...
Buxton: Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK
How national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This article has absolutely enraged me, from the unquestioning parroting of locals by the writer to the locals themselves. How do you counter people who think immigrants are going to sail round from Calais to the fucking Severn and up the Wye to Buxton www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Those who do learn from history are doomed to have people tell them they’re overreacting
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
October 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Those who do learn from history are doomed to have people tell them they’re overreacting
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October 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
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Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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Watching all the "No Kings" demos starting up and listening to Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", somehow the music fits the moment. Lots of love to my friends in the US, and stay strong. When you stand up against the autocrats, you inspire the rest of the world to do the same. Bella ciao, bella ciao!
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Watching all the "No Kings" demos starting up and listening to Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", somehow the music fits the moment. Lots of love to my friends in the US, and stay strong. When you stand up against the autocrats, you inspire the rest of the world to do the same. Bella ciao, bella ciao!
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I’ve got a nervous energy in anticipation of No Kings protests, an excitement I haven’t felt with these things before.
They’ll be big. The regime has taken notice and broken out its go-to move: blatantly lying. Media will cover it more.
This won’t be the end, of course, but something is happening.
They’ll be big. The regime has taken notice and broken out its go-to move: blatantly lying. Media will cover it more.
This won’t be the end, of course, but something is happening.
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I’ve got a nervous energy in anticipation of No Kings protests, an excitement I haven’t felt with these things before.
They’ll be big. The regime has taken notice and broken out its go-to move: blatantly lying. Media will cover it more.
This won’t be the end, of course, but something is happening.
They’ll be big. The regime has taken notice and broken out its go-to move: blatantly lying. Media will cover it more.
This won’t be the end, of course, but something is happening.
The wonderful Lisa O'Neill -- so simple and so powerful. The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right.
youtu.be/Nbm-pNGPuo8?...
youtu.be/Nbm-pNGPuo8?...
Lisa O'Neill - The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right
YouTube video by Lisa O'Neill
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The wonderful Lisa O'Neill -- so simple and so powerful. The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right.
youtu.be/Nbm-pNGPuo8?...
youtu.be/Nbm-pNGPuo8?...
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Name a protest movement, anywhere or at any time, that has achieved its goals without being annoying and obstructive.
People like this enjoy the freedoms our political ancestors gained for them, while attacking the means by which they were achieved.
People like this enjoy the freedoms our political ancestors gained for them, while attacking the means by which they were achieved.
Nope, you make protest obstructive and annoying you lose the good will of the general population.
When they ring their local member to complain - they dont tell the local member to deal with the issues raised by the protesters, they tell them to deal with the protesters.
When they ring their local member to complain - they dont tell the local member to deal with the issues raised by the protesters, they tell them to deal with the protesters.
October 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Name a protest movement, anywhere or at any time, that has achieved its goals without being annoying and obstructive.
People like this enjoy the freedoms our political ancestors gained for them, while attacking the means by which they were achieved.
People like this enjoy the freedoms our political ancestors gained for them, while attacking the means by which they were achieved.
An totally entertaining, and informative interview with @racheltobac.bsky.social and Scammer Payback about hacking and handling your online privacy in the new epoch of AI. youtu.be/xEdZwLRJttQ?...
Social Engineer: YOU are Easier to Hack than your Computer
YouTube video by Scammer Payback
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
An totally entertaining, and informative interview with @racheltobac.bsky.social and Scammer Payback about hacking and handling your online privacy in the new epoch of AI. youtu.be/xEdZwLRJttQ?...
Well, that's my weekend reading sorted, thanks @pluralistic
I like it that the kerning of the title makes the top line "Enshit", kudos to the typesetter 😋
I like it that the kerning of the title makes the top line "Enshit", kudos to the typesetter 😋
October 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Well, that's my weekend reading sorted, thanks @pluralistic
I like it that the kerning of the title makes the top line "Enshit", kudos to the typesetter 😋
I like it that the kerning of the title makes the top line "Enshit", kudos to the typesetter 😋
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October 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...
Chatkontrolle stoppen!
Die EU-Kommission will Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp und Signal zwingen, alle privaten Nachrichten und Fotos in Echtzeit zu scannen. Angeblich zum Kinderschutz. In Wahrheit bedeutet die Chatkontrolle...
weact.campact.de
October 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...
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![[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]
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SOCRATES:
Plato..
PLATO:
Yes Socrates?
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SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?
PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates
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SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?
PLATO:
Um, yep
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SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then
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[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]
SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?
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PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel
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SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.
PLATO:
No.
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SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]
So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?
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PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really
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SOCRATES:
So are we not human?
PLATO:
‘Spose not.
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[Bleak pause]
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PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock
SOCRATES:
Yeah
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