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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe I'm misinterpreting, but that second paragraph reads like a somewhat gratuitous, cheap shot. And not really in keeping with the spirit of the first paragraph?

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

Photo of Zarah, Zack Polanski, Amna Abdullatif from We Deserve Better and Abubakr Nanabawa from The Muslim Vote

Zarah speaking to a packed room at The World Transformed

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Good man. Dont back down. Don't let these thugs intimidate you.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 7h

Very self indulgent

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 2d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 22h

The amount of times that I have had to repeat, over and over and over to people, that en masse expulsion of Palestinians did not begin in May 1948 but in fact in the fall of 1947, more than half a year prior to what's known as the "first Arab-Israeli war", is frankly astonishing.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 23h

Every day he's showing up the class vs "idpol" debate for the facile nonsense that it is. One for all the amateur strategists to consider. As he wins by a massive margin.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 23h

Mashallah

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Good man. Dont back down. Don't let these thugs intimidate you.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like she's trying to justify YP's existence in light of how well Polanski's doing.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

We've heard nothing about membership numbers, which I assume they would have announced if they were impressive, or even just decent.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

He's got a functioning party with a basic degree of professionalism, so that's one advantage

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

I have a lot of unimpressed to go around at the moment. A lot.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

"Greenwashing"??

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe I'm misinterpreting, but that second paragraph reads like a somewhat gratuitous, cheap shot. And not really in keeping with the spirit of the first paragraph?

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is now effectively doing MBS propaganda for free, making out that what what needs to change in Saudi Arabia is the general culture, rather than the specific ruling regime. Once again, petrodollars buy us a fascinating case study in motivated reasoning.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

My article for Politics on the Orientalist mythology framing the "Saudi reform" discourse, and the material interests it serves

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The myth of the reforming monarch: Orientalism, racial capitalism, and UK support for the Arab Gulf monarchies - David Wearing, 2024

The narrative of ‘reform’ in Saudi Arabia, recently recurring in British political discourse around the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, is situated ...

journals.sagepub.com

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

This guy is now effectively doing MBS propaganda for free, making out that what what needs to change in Saudi Arabia is the general culture, rather than the specific ruling regime. Once again, petrodollars buy us a fascinating case study in motivated reasoning.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 1d

Did I have Ms. Rachel taking on Obama on my bingo card in 2026?

No, I did not.

Dear @barackobama,

I saw in your statement you said “Israeli families” & “the people of Gaza.”

Palestinians have families, too.

This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.

I’ve sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.

Love,
Ms Rachel

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Good times. That thing called optimism we used to have

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Pulp not really my thing but I saw them at Glastonbury 95 and cant deny that was a genuinely incredible performance

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

100%

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Properly. And in a way that e.g. Noel Gallagher just obviously isnt. Honestly, it irritates me that posterity remembers the music of my generation in terms of Britpop, when breakbeat, acid techno, DnB and trip hop were the real soundtrack for so many of us.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

All time banger

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 2d

Carrying out a world historic massacre on the homesoil of their indispensable security provider because...Muslims, presumably?

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