Victor Max Smith
@victormaxsmith.bsky.social
Doing and researching activism.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
A very useful list of why Labour isn’t a moral party any more.
Whereas Labour:
- Participated in genocide
- Are trying to remove protection from torture
- Are trying to lock up 2000 people protesting against genocide
- Cut off healthcare for trans children
- Have broken human rights law for disabled people
- Keep trying to remove support for disabled people
- Participated in genocide
- Are trying to remove protection from torture
- Are trying to lock up 2000 people protesting against genocide
- Cut off healthcare for trans children
- Have broken human rights law for disabled people
- Keep trying to remove support for disabled people
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A very useful list of why Labour isn’t a moral party any more.
Apple probably didn’t really have the choice not to do this, but it’s still good to remember that second-hand iPhones work just as well as new ones.
so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Apple probably didn’t really have the choice not to do this, but it’s still good to remember that second-hand iPhones work just as well as new ones.
Sadly, @bsky.app claiming that age verification is about safety and not censorship shows that it’s not committed to “open and decentralized public conversation”. I was right to lose hope when they chose Jesse Singal over trans people. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky
We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.
bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Sadly, @bsky.app claiming that age verification is about safety and not censorship shows that it’s not committed to “open and decentralized public conversation”. I was right to lose hope when they chose Jesse Singal over trans people. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
I was at the Lakenheath Peace Camp earlier this year, and learned why the anti-nuclear campaign isn’t just protest history. The threat is still there, we should still be protesting.
lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk
lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk
August 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I was at the Lakenheath Peace Camp earlier this year, and learned why the anti-nuclear campaign isn’t just protest history. The threat is still there, we should still be protesting.
lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk
lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk
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🚨BREAKING: UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned the ban on Palestine Action as a "disturbing" misuse of UK counter-terrorism legislation.
He writes: “I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action".
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
He writes: “I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action".
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
July 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🚨BREAKING: UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned the ban on Palestine Action as a "disturbing" misuse of UK counter-terrorism legislation.
He writes: “I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action".
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
He writes: “I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action".
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
This will target the carbon emissions that we have indisputable scientific evidence are causing climate change, right? Right…? No?
We are finally starting to get some posts from Republicans after the deadly storm in Texas.
July 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This will target the carbon emissions that we have indisputable scientific evidence are causing climate change, right? Right…? No?
I’m curious if “express an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation” is going to extend to what people do on social media, and how far. Taken literally, it means they’d arrest someone for liking a post.
The Metropolitan Police has just issued a statement saying it will arrest people for expressing support for Palestine Action at protests this weekend
It says "officers will act" over the new terror offences that came into force at midnight
It says "officers will act" over the new terror offences that came into force at midnight
July 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’m curious if “express an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation” is going to extend to what people do on social media, and how far. Taken literally, it means they’d arrest someone for liking a post.
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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.
So this is why Labour is so determined to stop people protesting about Palestine?
The Labour government has embarked on a big new push to sell still more arms around the world.
Britain’s arms trade is untransparent but the value of arms exports contracts secured by UK companies in 2012-23 was £92bn, according to Campaign Against Arms Trade.
#DCUKparliament
Britain’s arms trade is untransparent but the value of arms exports contracts secured by UK companies in 2012-23 was £92bn, according to Campaign Against Arms Trade.
#DCUKparliament
July 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
So this is why Labour is so determined to stop people protesting about Palestine?
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Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
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May 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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We are the ones who are coming to save us.
February 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We are the ones who are coming to save us.
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An X USER, to Grok: “Why are you launching into conversations about white genocide, unprompted?” 🤡
May 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
An X USER, to Grok: “Why are you launching into conversations about white genocide, unprompted?” 🤡
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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
“The reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful,” wrote Leah Greenberg…”
There’s always misogyny behind right-wing thinking processes.
There’s always misogyny behind right-wing thinking processes.
Again with the dolls. “All I’m saying is that a young lady, a 10-year-old girl, 9-year-old girl, 15-year-old girl, doesn’t need 37 dolls,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday.
Why Trump is suddenly fixated on how many dolls kids should have | CNN Business
The president wants to make two things clear: His tariffs are the most important reordering of global trade the world has ever seen. And his tariffs are not that big of a deal, if you’re man enough.
www.cnn.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“The reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful,” wrote Leah Greenberg…”
There’s always misogyny behind right-wing thinking processes.
There’s always misogyny behind right-wing thinking processes.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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The rise in autism diagnosis rates is real. The panic over an “autism epidemic”? Manufactured by the likes of RFK Jr., who has led the ignorant down a dangerous path of disinformation.
The Autism Epidemic That Never Was
RFK Jr.'s scientific illiteracy has led the ignorant down a dangerous path.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The rise in autism diagnosis rates is real. The panic over an “autism epidemic”? Manufactured by the likes of RFK Jr., who has led the ignorant down a dangerous path of disinformation.
Protests can resemble seasonal festivals, like the historical custom of telling jokes in church at Easter, giving people a temporary licence to disobey. They can be criticised as frivolous, but I think they’ve got a useful community-building function.
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May 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Protests can resemble seasonal festivals, like the historical custom of telling jokes in church at Easter, giving people a temporary licence to disobey. They can be criticised as frivolous, but I think they’ve got a useful community-building function.
victormaxsmith.com/easter-laugh...
victormaxsmith.com/easter-laugh...
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Huge shoutout to everyone this is what a global boycott looks like. Tesla just reported a staggering 71% drop in profits compared to Q1 of 2024. It’s working. Keep the pressure on.
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Huge shoutout to everyone this is what a global boycott looks like. Tesla just reported a staggering 71% drop in profits compared to Q1 of 2024. It’s working. Keep the pressure on.
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Google claims they removed several events from Google Calendar because maintaining their presence wasn't "sustainable"—but critics are crying foul.
February 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Google claims they removed several events from Google Calendar because maintaining their presence wasn't "sustainable"—but critics are crying foul.
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HOUSING HOMELESS FOLKS SAVES MONEY IN FINLAND: “a recent study showed the savings in emergency healthcare, social services & the justice system totalled as much as €15,000 a year for every homeless person in properly supported housing.”
It works AND it saves money. Doing nothing is expensive.
It works AND it saves money. Doing nothing is expensive.
'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness
Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is falling. Its secret? Giving people homes as soon as they need them – unconditionally
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
HOUSING HOMELESS FOLKS SAVES MONEY IN FINLAND: “a recent study showed the savings in emergency healthcare, social services & the justice system totalled as much as €15,000 a year for every homeless person in properly supported housing.”
It works AND it saves money. Doing nothing is expensive.
It works AND it saves money. Doing nothing is expensive.