Thebooksofbones
@thebooksofbones.bsky.social
Minding my own business and finding a new home here.
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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The thing I still can't forgive Corbyn for is the generational harm he caused by enabling Brexit. When Starmer is gone, hopefully soon, I will feel the same way about the profound harm he has caused by making it palatable for the Far Right to ditch human rights norms. It will be his shameful legacy.
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The thing I still can't forgive Corbyn for is the generational harm he caused by enabling Brexit. When Starmer is gone, hopefully soon, I will feel the same way about the profound harm he has caused by making it palatable for the Far Right to ditch human rights norms. It will be his shameful legacy.
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I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/sha...
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/sha...
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/sha...
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/sha...
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📢 NION Women Statement on trans women and girls being excluded from Girlguiding and the Women's Institute.
We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and @womensinstitute.bsky.social have been placed under pressure that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations
We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and @womensinstitute.bsky.social have been placed under pressure that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📢 NION Women Statement on trans women and girls being excluded from Girlguiding and the Women's Institute.
We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and @womensinstitute.bsky.social have been placed under pressure that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations
We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and @womensinstitute.bsky.social have been placed under pressure that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations
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Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle.
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle.
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
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Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed
September 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed
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Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
September 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
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When centrist politicians say "we need to tone down the rhetoric" what they mean is: the left needs to stop asking for better from leaders. After all, we've seen what they say about the flag-touchers and the hotel-yellers. They say it's good and valid.
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
When centrist politicians say "we need to tone down the rhetoric" what they mean is: the left needs to stop asking for better from leaders. After all, we've seen what they say about the flag-touchers and the hotel-yellers. They say it's good and valid.
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"We are the patriotic party" says Nigel Farage, who just spent the past few days slagging off his own country to a foreign superpower, while encouraging them to impose sanctions on our economy if we don't do what they say
September 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"We are the patriotic party" says Nigel Farage, who just spent the past few days slagging off his own country to a foreign superpower, while encouraging them to impose sanctions on our economy if we don't do what they say
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You did it. The neo-Nazi gig planned for Great Yarmouth has been CANCELLED. ❗
Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.
Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.
September 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You did it. The neo-Nazi gig planned for Great Yarmouth has been CANCELLED. ❗
Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.
Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.
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is it only asylum seekers our Labour Prime Minister would object to living next to or would the sentiment apply to black and brown people in general? if merely the former, would he like to explain how he knows people he sees, say, in the street, actually are asylum seekers and not citizens?
Oh nothing, just the actual Prime Minister telling people they’re entirely correct to drive asylum seekers out of their communities
September 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
is it only asylum seekers our Labour Prime Minister would object to living next to or would the sentiment apply to black and brown people in general? if merely the former, would he like to explain how he knows people he sees, say, in the street, actually are asylum seekers and not citizens?
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Accurate diagram of a wasp
August 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Accurate diagram of a wasp
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The real 'two tier' divide in British politics is between the wife of a Conservative councillor calling for refugees to be burnt alive, being treated as a brave 'political prisoner', and the protestors calling for the end of mass starvation and genocide, being treated as domestic terrorists
'Anywhere But Here': How Britain's Anti-Migrant Media Consensus Is Crowding Out the Truth
Britain's longstanding traditions of tolerance and compassion are being suppressed in favour of a media-driven campaign of anti-migrant hate
www.adambienkov.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The real 'two tier' divide in British politics is between the wife of a Conservative councillor calling for refugees to be burnt alive, being treated as a brave 'political prisoner', and the protestors calling for the end of mass starvation and genocide, being treated as domestic terrorists
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Pleased to see this piece is still doing business.
AI is an existential threat to the whole university model. I don't think the government or university leaders want to confront what it means. I don't entirely blame them
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-a...
AI is an existential threat to the whole university model. I don't think the government or university leaders want to confront what it means. I don't entirely blame them
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-a...
AI versus the universities
How can you test students if their work is being churned out by artificial intelligence?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Pleased to see this piece is still doing business.
AI is an existential threat to the whole university model. I don't think the government or university leaders want to confront what it means. I don't entirely blame them
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-a...
AI is an existential threat to the whole university model. I don't think the government or university leaders want to confront what it means. I don't entirely blame them
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-a...
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Amnesty International has launched a global ‘Urgent Action’, following the arrest of over 700 people for protesting in support of Palestine Action.
Amnesty chief Sacha Deshmukh: “It is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating the peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’"
Amnesty chief Sacha Deshmukh: “It is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating the peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’"
August 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Amnesty International has launched a global ‘Urgent Action’, following the arrest of over 700 people for protesting in support of Palestine Action.
Amnesty chief Sacha Deshmukh: “It is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating the peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’"
Amnesty chief Sacha Deshmukh: “It is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating the peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’"
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Not one mention of an opposing viewpoint. The idea asylum seekers should be treated with compassion or dignity is apparently beyond the spectrum of acceptable opinion. Balance simply does not apply in these circumstances.
August 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Not one mention of an opposing viewpoint. The idea asylum seekers should be treated with compassion or dignity is apparently beyond the spectrum of acceptable opinion. Balance simply does not apply in these circumstances.
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Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.
August 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.
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If it's true that Labour wants to fight the next election on the basis of "Look, it's us or the far right", as Macron did, then they're going to have to start explicitly denouncing the far right, as Macron does
August 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If it's true that Labour wants to fight the next election on the basis of "Look, it's us or the far right", as Macron did, then they're going to have to start explicitly denouncing the far right, as Macron does
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“We’ve all had a front row seat to Musk’s malign influence. British people are rightly against his being anywhere near our electricity supply and that’s why we are encouraging more people to make their views known to Ofgem."
Another impactful BfB campaign. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Another impactful BfB campaign. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Thousands urge watchdog to block Tesla from supplying electricity to UK homes
Many UK residents want Ofgem to block the move due to Elon Musk’s ‘clear political agenda’
www.independent.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“We’ve all had a front row seat to Musk’s malign influence. British people are rightly against his being anywhere near our electricity supply and that’s why we are encouraging more people to make their views known to Ofgem."
Another impactful BfB campaign. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Another impactful BfB campaign. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Beloved old school Eastender Jack the Ripper must be spinning in his grave
Tommy Robinson fondly invoking the days when the East End was run by gangsters and women were in danger of being killed
August 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Beloved old school Eastender Jack the Ripper must be spinning in his grave
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Oh look, that thing everyone said would happen as a result of this ruling has started happening:
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Oh look, that thing everyone said would happen as a result of this ruling has started happening:
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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WE DO NOT NEED YOUR PROTECTION!!! This is a party that does not GAF about women's rights - see what they have to say about abortion. See how the far right responds to Andrew Tate.
Men abuse women. Men control women. Your narrative of "protection" is a narrative of control.
Men abuse women. Men control women. Your narrative of "protection" is a narrative of control.
"Men protecting women is a normal, sensible thing. We've got centuries of doing the same. It's the gentlemanly thing to do."
RefUK MP, Richard Tice, advising angry men to form vigilante groups and arrest people who look foreign for things including "leering" or "sneering". What could go wrong? ~AA
RefUK MP, Richard Tice, advising angry men to form vigilante groups and arrest people who look foreign for things including "leering" or "sneering". What could go wrong? ~AA
August 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
WE DO NOT NEED YOUR PROTECTION!!! This is a party that does not GAF about women's rights - see what they have to say about abortion. See how the far right responds to Andrew Tate.
Men abuse women. Men control women. Your narrative of "protection" is a narrative of control.
Men abuse women. Men control women. Your narrative of "protection" is a narrative of control.