naboovian emissary
@yutyranus.bsky.social
birding and dinosaur enthusiast, pessimistic socialist. queer, తెలుగు, he/him. 🦕🦖🌈
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It's beginning to look like kafala, everywhere we go...
unstoppable force (US/UK boomer need for care labour) vs immovable object (the global g20 rage against immigrant labour)
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It's beginning to look like kafala, everywhere we go...
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Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship
Hell, I'm not convinced we should revoke citizenship at all.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
December 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
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A genuinely dispiriting thing about covering sexual violence is how often the suffering of women and children is metabolized as political point-scoring or titillating entertainment.
one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A genuinely dispiriting thing about covering sexual violence is how often the suffering of women and children is metabolized as political point-scoring or titillating entertainment.
Fwiw I would say good migration:
1. Flows of skilled workers.
2. Rules-based, compassionate asylum system.
3. Integration and cohesion (which also requires fair ILR, family life, citizenship).
4. Rapid area-based fiscal responses to deal with local pressures.
Not sure that's where we are ....
1. Flows of skilled workers.
2. Rules-based, compassionate asylum system.
3. Integration and cohesion (which also requires fair ILR, family life, citizenship).
4. Rapid area-based fiscal responses to deal with local pressures.
Not sure that's where we are ....
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Okay what's going on with this heated rivalry show?
Is it good or is it hetero woman bait?
Is it good or is it hetero woman bait?
December 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Okay what's going on with this heated rivalry show?
Is it good or is it hetero woman bait?
Is it good or is it hetero woman bait?
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
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Imagine selling the entire country off to 2 Gujaratis,how bad it can go
ഇൻസ്റ്റാഗ്രാമിൽ ഒരു ഏക്സ്പ്ലൈനേഷൻ വീഡിയോ കണ്ടത് ശരിയാണെങ്കിൽ 100 മീറ്റർ താഴെ ഉയരമുള്ള മലകൾ ഇടിച്ചു കഴിയുമ്പോൾ ബാക്കി ഉയരം കൂടിയ മലകൾ കൂടി മൈൻ ചെയ്യാനുള്ള ലൂപ്ഹോൾ ആകും
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Imagine selling the entire country off to 2 Gujaratis,how bad it can go
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Magnificent artwork from projects with which I was involved in 2025, by @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social @markwitton.bsky.social @maijakarala.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Magnificent artwork from projects with which I was involved in 2025, by @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social @markwitton.bsky.social @maijakarala.bsky.social
such a good observation, AND the fact is that there is this perception that aggression makes your more masculine...
the valorisation of the manliness of the working class or rural men is not a coincidence!
the valorisation of the manliness of the working class or rural men is not a coincidence!
yes! i am a bit of a broken record on this but among elite male commentators there is such obvious gender anxiety
i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
such a good observation, AND the fact is that there is this perception that aggression makes your more masculine...
the valorisation of the manliness of the working class or rural men is not a coincidence!
the valorisation of the manliness of the working class or rural men is not a coincidence!
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Not enough jobs? Its because women took them all. Economy crumbling? Women aren't having enough babies. Loneliness and despair? Women dropped the ball on taking care of you [men]. Dysfunctional institutions? "Feminization."
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Not enough jobs? Its because women took them all. Economy crumbling? Women aren't having enough babies. Loneliness and despair? Women dropped the ball on taking care of you [men]. Dysfunctional institutions? "Feminization."
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Really kind of dispiriting to realize how many men in my world see the women and people of color in their lives as thieves and obstacles to their thriving.
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Really kind of dispiriting to realize how many men in my world see the women and people of color in their lives as thieves and obstacles to their thriving.
All this press that Dhurandhar is getting is quite scary ngl.
I always wondered what would happen when Bollywood finally became good at right wing propaganda... I guess we have our answer.
I always wondered what would happen when Bollywood finally became good at right wing propaganda... I guess we have our answer.
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
All this press that Dhurandhar is getting is quite scary ngl.
I always wondered what would happen when Bollywood finally became good at right wing propaganda... I guess we have our answer.
I always wondered what would happen when Bollywood finally became good at right wing propaganda... I guess we have our answer.
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those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
can this bastard fucking croak already i am sick of him and his shit
December 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
can this bastard fucking croak already i am sick of him and his shit
lol you think you are past something... and then you are not.
hey low self esteem my old enemy, how are we doing? youre back after a while...
hey low self esteem my old enemy, how are we doing? youre back after a while...
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
lol you think you are past something... and then you are not.
hey low self esteem my old enemy, how are we doing? youre back after a while...
hey low self esteem my old enemy, how are we doing? youre back after a while...
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The right’s preferred gender ideology—one of male supremacy, women’s exclusion from dignity, citizenship, and vast spheres of public life, and an enforced heterosexuality of eroticized domination—is much more prescriptive, aggressive, and ubiquitously pushed than anything coming from trans people.
Conservatives have their own "gender ideology" they are pushing constantly, and it's one that's built on coercion and treating women like property.
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The right’s preferred gender ideology—one of male supremacy, women’s exclusion from dignity, citizenship, and vast spheres of public life, and an enforced heterosexuality of eroticized domination—is much more prescriptive, aggressive, and ubiquitously pushed than anything coming from trans people.
I have heard this from Indian relatives! They all seem to have gained this view after watching propaganda slop on youtube and whatsapp, usually centering around immigrant-dominated neighbourhoods like whitechapel, brixton, croydon, bethnal green etc.
The view is weirdly pervasive too. I saw an interview with Bill Burr where he mentioned that he had played in "London, England" and commented on how dangerous it was (while trying to justify his decision to play in Saudi Arabia).
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I have heard this from Indian relatives! They all seem to have gained this view after watching propaganda slop on youtube and whatsapp, usually centering around immigrant-dominated neighbourhoods like whitechapel, brixton, croydon, bethnal green etc.
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
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Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
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Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
if some of these european countries hadnt fundamentally changed the face of the world with colonialism, the world would be a different place. i heavily doubt there would be this much migration into their countries, given significant language barriers etc.
It's not about "immigration. It was never about "immigration."
It's about white nationalism. It's about race.
US and UK.
It's about white nationalism. It's about race.
US and UK.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
if some of these european countries hadnt fundamentally changed the face of the world with colonialism, the world would be a different place. i heavily doubt there would be this much migration into their countries, given significant language barriers etc.
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BLOODY HELL
India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
Privacy advocates raise concerns about potential snooping
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
BLOODY HELL
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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Ultimately the minimum wage is a brilliant tool, but it can’t compensate for “we haven’t built any housing”, “we have cut cash transfers to the bone” and “all the third spaces have been cut to pay for social care”.
The minimum wage is not a cure all — we’re asking too much of business
Politicians spend too much time uttering cheap rhetoric about cheap labour
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ultimately the minimum wage is a brilliant tool, but it can’t compensate for “we haven’t built any housing”, “we have cut cash transfers to the bone” and “all the third spaces have been cut to pay for social care”.
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It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.
I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.