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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 33m

Watched the Godfather when I was very young. Understood very little of it, but refused to get into bed for weeks afterwards unless the sheets were removed first to show that there were no horses' heads in there.

Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 39m

I have never eaten a Yorkie bar (which I used to love) since they were marketed as being "not for girls". Sexist bullshit market segmentation pisses me off.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 7h

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 1h

Such a pity his parents weren't the ones not having children.

Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 2h

Is there a mercy rule?

Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 2h

Perfect in every single way. Thank you for sharing.

Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 2h

It should be paid, because otherwise rich tossers are the only ones who can afford to do politics. In fact 100 years ago, demanding MPs got paid was a radical demand. But the salaries should be set at median wages for workers in the constituency etc. No one should get rich being a politician.

Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 11h

Did he call them "antifa"?

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 11h

#OtD 16 Oct 1918 the Immigration Act of 1918 (aka: Alien Anarchists Exclusion Act of 1918) was signed into US law by Pres Wilson. It expanded earlier powers to target anarchists and @IWW members, nearly 1000 of whom were later deported stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8829...

Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 12h

How far back does your data go? I remember surges in GP membership in the early 90s around the European election cycle.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 13h

I'm down with wanting to abolish "work" (i.e. capitalism) and in the meantime preferring to work for oneself rather than for a corporate giant. It's a privilege for sure, but it's an appealing one.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 1d

Just one of many reasons, sadly.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 1d

Not sure "saved" is the word I would pick to describe a pub turned into nine flats.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 1d

I remember reading that during the Spanish revolution, tipping was abolished in worker-controlled areas, in the pursuit of equality and respect for the jobs of hospitality workers. Second, does there need to be a second version of this for The Barmaid, or do you think it's covered?

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 1d

Great work, great list, and a fascinating and powerful read. Thank you for researching and writing it. I have a couple of questions. Firstly, did you detect a difference in the portrayal and mythology of the waitress in the US (tip-based culture) compared to Europe (wages, not so much tipping)?

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 1d

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 2d

Autocorrect thought I should be referencing you practicing your flapjacks, and I really, really, really wanted to leave that in.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 2d

I suppose you don't get a lot of hecklers at your shows, the content and delivery don't invite people to try to 'spar' with you like that. Nice therefore that he's popped along on your socials to give you a chance to practice your clapbacks. 10/10, no notes.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 2d

So much this. I thought the despair I felt at the genocide was unbearable, but honestly the despair I've felt watching centrists "give credit" to Trump for the ceasefire, and then immediately shift back into ignoring the reality of life (and death) for Palestinians has been worse. We are so fucked.

Night of the Libby Dead ☠️ @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 2d

They're so morally bankrupt that they reduce a genocide *in which they have been complicit* to an electoral calculation. I hope they never get anywhere near power again.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 2d

Labour MPs reckon that if the ceasefire holds it will be harder for opponents to mobilize against them over the Israel-Palestine issue in the next election. There are concerns though about whether the fragile agreement will hold. More in London Playbook PM.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 2d

How do none of those get picked off?

Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 2d

The Guardian gets an A for its coverage of US politics maybe, but it is pernicious within its home market where it has happily been the voice of a right wing cabal in the Labour party, playing a deliberately anti-progressive role. C- at best.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 7d

We will also hear a lot about Washington's "diplomatic achievement", a travesty of a framing. The US could have pulled the plug on Israel's genocide at any point over the past two years, and chose not to. The basis of a ceasefire has long been there, but Israel and its allies weren't interested.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 7d

This thread nails exactly how I was feeling reading posts about the ceasefire. The relief on the faces of dancing Palestinian children is understandable and a treasured thing, but it doesn't alter the reality of what has happened, the West's complicity, or the likely outcomes (which are bad, sorry).

David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 7d

Palestinians will feel understandable relief. The West should feel nothing but shame. Gaza has been obliterated. The territory rendered uninhabitable. Tens of thousands murdered in cold blood. The entire population subjected to starvation tactics. And now, colonial subjugation under Trump and Blair

Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 8d

This is the most wholesome end to the story I could possibly imagine. Amazing!

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 8d

What we are saying is that mud-wrestling Tommy Robinson for the right to wrap yourself in a flag which has been a symbol of oppression in fully a quarter of the world is a very strange position for a socialist, someone who used to sing about internationalism.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 8d

This is a heartbreakingly bad take by Billy. We're not trying to"build solidarity with the working class" but within it. Anti-racists, immigrants and refugees are working class, not some 'outside' force. No-one is saying the St George flag is the same as a swastika.

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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 8d

Portland is "a wasteland of firebombs"?

Just off the top of my head, but is it possible that Trump has been watching Fallout and because of his dementia thought it was a news bulletin?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8d

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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