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Rachel
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· Mar 31
Me when I'm doing some banger posts
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The rhetoric about disabled people, trans people, Muslims, Immigrants, etc… is all part of the same bigotry.
It’s all part of the same Fascist rhetoric & propaganda.
It’s all part of the same Fascist rhetoric & propaganda.
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The rhetoric about disabled people, trans people, Muslims, Immigrants, etc… is all part of the same bigotry.
It’s all part of the same Fascist rhetoric & propaganda.
It’s all part of the same Fascist rhetoric & propaganda.
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me when you like my little posts
December 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
me when you like my little posts
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Not really, she’s a horrendous person and transphobe. But do note who else is in there and unfollow if necessary
December 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Not really, she’s a horrendous person and transphobe. But do note who else is in there and unfollow if necessary
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I mean, "tolerating" people only if you can strictly control their routes in and duration of stay, exploit them in (usually) extractive and less-paid jobs (or jobs where they are paid less than the population you designated as 'native'), then ensure you can kick them out when sick/incapacitated ➡️
Good morning, kind reminder that when you endorse supposedly "immigration-friendly" narratives such as "we need immigrants to pick our vegetables/clean our shit/sweep our streets" (incl. the most recent Monbiot's piece) you're contributing to the creation of England's internal labour colony
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I mean, "tolerating" people only if you can strictly control their routes in and duration of stay, exploit them in (usually) extractive and less-paid jobs (or jobs where they are paid less than the population you designated as 'native'), then ensure you can kick them out when sick/incapacitated ➡️
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Can't wait for Robin Ince to get as many column inches in the national press over his actual establishment silencing due to his stance on lgbt+ rights as phobes get over their former friends not wanting to hang out so much any more
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Can't wait for Robin Ince to get as many column inches in the national press over his actual establishment silencing due to his stance on lgbt+ rights as phobes get over their former friends not wanting to hang out so much any more
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Lots of you follow this piece of shit btw
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I do enjoy how we get these occasional reminders that it's Confirmation Bias, all the way down
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December 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Lots of you follow this piece of shit btw
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Reminder! Migraine is not “just a really bad headache.” Migraine includes:
Light sensitivity
Nausea
Diarrhea
Loss of equilibrium
Confusion
Sensory hallucinations
Hypersensitivity to smells
Blurred vision
Irritability
… AND SO MUCH MORE
Light sensitivity
Nausea
Diarrhea
Loss of equilibrium
Confusion
Sensory hallucinations
Hypersensitivity to smells
Blurred vision
Irritability
… AND SO MUCH MORE
December 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reminder! Migraine is not “just a really bad headache.” Migraine includes:
Light sensitivity
Nausea
Diarrhea
Loss of equilibrium
Confusion
Sensory hallucinations
Hypersensitivity to smells
Blurred vision
Irritability
… AND SO MUCH MORE
Light sensitivity
Nausea
Diarrhea
Loss of equilibrium
Confusion
Sensory hallucinations
Hypersensitivity to smells
Blurred vision
Irritability
… AND SO MUCH MORE
Up to my neck in an Elliott Smith phase (latest iteration of 17-year ongoing ‘phase’), somehow only just discovered full band ‘Needle In The Hay’ and oh my God, it has no business going this hard, obsessed all over again
December 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Up to my neck in an Elliott Smith phase (latest iteration of 17-year ongoing ‘phase’), somehow only just discovered full band ‘Needle In The Hay’ and oh my God, it has no business going this hard, obsessed all over again
These are jaw-dropping. What the actual fuck
Slides from a Home Office presentation for employers on “earned settlement” — note the case studies: they explicitly play the “good migrant” versus “bad migrant” narrative. Guess which category Sarah, the American, is placed in?
December 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
These are jaw-dropping. What the actual fuck
Money! Money from the DWP!! AND THE CHRISTMAS BONUS LOLOL!!! MERRY DAY TO ME
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Money! Money from the DWP!! AND THE CHRISTMAS BONUS LOLOL!!! MERRY DAY TO ME
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At the core of it all, though: we’ve had near two decades of politicians and media screaming at us that even having what we had in 2007 is an impossible fantasy that has to be destroyed, or creating inflammatory distractions, and that is why (points at everything on fire and sliding into the sea)
Richard Madeley "How realistic is it for any profession to expect to be paid in real terms what they were paid in 2008?"
The UK is the 6th largest economy in the world & the rich have never been richer, but Madeley thinks the rest of us should just accept being poorer #GMB
The UK is the 6th largest economy in the world & the rich have never been richer, but Madeley thinks the rest of us should just accept being poorer #GMB
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
At the core of it all, though: we’ve had near two decades of politicians and media screaming at us that even having what we had in 2007 is an impossible fantasy that has to be destroyed, or creating inflammatory distractions, and that is why (points at everything on fire and sliding into the sea)
I also saw those who protested a local Reform council meeting - which had at least 3? I think? members just caught liking racist shit online - called ‘dole dossers’ and ‘far left loonies’. I can’t bear this. I don’t know how anyone manages anything. Activism! World-changing! I can’t even SEE STUFF.
December 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I also saw those who protested a local Reform council meeting - which had at least 3? I think? members just caught liking racist shit online - called ‘dole dossers’ and ‘far left loonies’. I can’t bear this. I don’t know how anyone manages anything. Activism! World-changing! I can’t even SEE STUFF.
Went onto FB to check something, ended up in the comments sections of articles about the hunger strikers, and just… it shouldn’t still surprise me. But the utter lack of humanity, from hundreds, thousands of people. Laughing, sneering hatred. This is the country I’m meant to be proud of?
December 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Went onto FB to check something, ended up in the comments sections of articles about the hunger strikers, and just… it shouldn’t still surprise me. But the utter lack of humanity, from hundreds, thousands of people. Laughing, sneering hatred. This is the country I’m meant to be proud of?
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The lesson from WWII and the Shoah was that human rights are universal. "Centre" politicians are doing the bidding of the far-right here, solving zero problems but creating huge ones for our democracies. Why would they pave the way for authoritarianism and enable their own demise?
Starmer and hardline governments risk creating ‘hierarchy of people’ by constraining human rights
Starmer and hardline governments risk creating ‘hierarchy of people’ by constraining human rights
Human rights official says politicians are playing into the hands of the populist right as they seek to tackle migration
Keir Starmer and Europe’s hardline governments risk creating a “hierarchy of people” as they seek to address migration by curbing fundamental rights, Europe’s most senior human rights official has said.
Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, said that “middle-of the road politicians” are playing into the hands of the populist right. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The lesson from WWII and the Shoah was that human rights are universal. "Centre" politicians are doing the bidding of the far-right here, solving zero problems but creating huge ones for our democracies. Why would they pave the way for authoritarianism and enable their own demise?
When did we decide that if an event is fancy, your bag must be so small? And shaped like an envelope, a bow, a shell, or a pill. Can we reopen this please
December 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
When did we decide that if an event is fancy, your bag must be so small? And shaped like an envelope, a bow, a shell, or a pill. Can we reopen this please
Probably an obvious/wussy/both answer, but I cannot watch Requiem For A Dream ever again. Incredible film. To its credit that I will not put myself through it again. Others of this calibre I watched only a couple of times before deciding the same: Boys Don’t Cry, The Magdalene Sisters, The Pianist
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Probably an obvious/wussy/both answer, but I cannot watch Requiem For A Dream ever again. Incredible film. To its credit that I will not put myself through it again. Others of this calibre I watched only a couple of times before deciding the same: Boys Don’t Cry, The Magdalene Sisters, The Pianist
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I do sometimes wonder how commonly this fact is known
Among those living in Britain, people born in Africa are almost *twice* as likely to have a university degree as those born in England and Wales
And that those born in Africa are more likely to have a degree than those born in any other region
Among those living in Britain, people born in Africa are almost *twice* as likely to have a university degree as those born in England and Wales
And that those born in Africa are more likely to have a degree than those born in any other region
In the 2021 Census (England and Wales)
Region of birth: % graduates
England+Wales: 25%
Africa: 46%
Americas and Caribbean: 45%
Middle East and Asia: 40%
Europe: 38%
It is a cliche across generations & places: migrant parents telling their children they need to work harder & be more qualified
Region of birth: % graduates
England+Wales: 25%
Africa: 46%
Americas and Caribbean: 45%
Middle East and Asia: 40%
Europe: 38%
It is a cliche across generations & places: migrant parents telling their children they need to work harder & be more qualified
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I do sometimes wonder how commonly this fact is known
Among those living in Britain, people born in Africa are almost *twice* as likely to have a university degree as those born in England and Wales
And that those born in Africa are more likely to have a degree than those born in any other region
Among those living in Britain, people born in Africa are almost *twice* as likely to have a university degree as those born in England and Wales
And that those born in Africa are more likely to have a degree than those born in any other region
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I said I would tidy up but this was based on the assumption that I would become an entirely different person over the course of the afternoon
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I said I would tidy up but this was based on the assumption that I would become an entirely different person over the course of the afternoon
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In December, the early nighttime in England feels like angry Sigur Ros.
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In December, the early nighttime in England feels like angry Sigur Ros.
When the DWP are putting me through the ringer for the 747638th time, and I’m staring at my bank account at 2am wondering what to do now they have, yet again, not paid me when they said they would - it’s hard not to consider what my 6-figure lawyer father could have done for me instead of nothing
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
When the DWP are putting me through the ringer for the 747638th time, and I’m staring at my bank account at 2am wondering what to do now they have, yet again, not paid me when they said they would - it’s hard not to consider what my 6-figure lawyer father could have done for me instead of nothing
I’m sorry I’M SORRY but EVERY TIME I listen to Bleed American trying to see it as ✨the one✨ I JUST RUIN IT FOR MYSELF, it’s a great album but F U T U R E S. Like. I just cannot. The discourse is WRONG, I’m not actually sorry at all, I’m correct, the rest of you need to - GET RIGHT HURR HURR
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I’m sorry I’M SORRY but EVERY TIME I listen to Bleed American trying to see it as ✨the one✨ I JUST RUIN IT FOR MYSELF, it’s a great album but F U T U R E S. Like. I just cannot. The discourse is WRONG, I’m not actually sorry at all, I’m correct, the rest of you need to - GET RIGHT HURR HURR
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The overt ableism is not shocking from a government which thinks we overdiagnose mental illness, but in a decent world, it would be shocking.
Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The overt ableism is not shocking from a government which thinks we overdiagnose mental illness, but in a decent world, it would be shocking.
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May seem mad to a lot of people but if we keep voting for the lesser evil in perpetuity, evil still wins and things will only keep getting worse.
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
May seem mad to a lot of people but if we keep voting for the lesser evil in perpetuity, evil still wins and things will only keep getting worse.