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Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 1d

the basic problem of suburban municipal finance, in a nutshell:

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 20h

The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 6h

really hate that MS Teams censors the word 'homo' in its transcripts, and I would love to know what other words it deems "profane"

(this is again coming to you from talking with researchers about human evolution 🙃)

A screen grab of a transcript that reads "they're all in **** longi" in which the word 'homo' has been censored.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 23h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 49m

It's not a question. It could be considered criminal damage but who exactly is supposed to be terrorised by this? Monbiot's article is very good on this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... but even Cooper didn't claim that the spray paint was terrorism it was some other thing they were "going" to do

Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but Yvette Cooper is | George Monbiot

The home secretary is apparently an admirer of the suffragettes. I have no doubt that if they were active today she would proscribe them, too, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 2h

There are laws for that. Not one of them mentions terrorism.

This was a military base. I'm sure the expensive planes were supposed to be guarded. They should actually have thanked PA for showing the holes in their security.

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 2h

Normal definition of terrorism: threat to life and liberty

Cooper's definition: embarrasses the govt's support for genocide.

Cooper sadly lost the evidence down the back of the sofa, it being so secret that no-one else could see it and all that. So secret it had to be invisible & so easy to lose.

Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A Scottish counter-terrorism board found that Palestine Action's activities weren't close to the threshold to be considered terrorism .... before the group was banned by the Labour Government

www.thenational.scot/news/2554306...

Palestine Action 'not close' to being terror group, files show Scottish board found

A SCOTTISH counter-terrorism board found that Palestine Action’s activities fell below the threshold to be considered terrorism before the group…

www.thenational.scot

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 2h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 2h

Funny how whenever it's someone on the right it's due to their race or ethnicity but when it's someone on the left being criticised, that has nothing to do with it. Can't imagine how this could come about.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 2h

They won't though, will they? Still, it's good to dream.

Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 22h

Visa and Mastercard have the opportunity to do something really funny.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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Kaz @kazlefay.bsky.social · 18h

ICE is randomly targeting peaceful protesters because the point is to terrorize the public into accepting martial law.

Indiscriminate attacks send the message that there’s nothing you can do to stay safe.

The regime wants you to cower at home and cede the streets of your city to their control.

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Isobel Gray 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ @isobelsgray.bsky.social · 10h

A law that discriminates against me on the mindlessly thick idea that I'm a BiOLoGicAL mALe is a law that disregards reality in favour of infantile, anti-science, far right ideology.

It's Taliban stuff. Uneducated, ignorant stupidity. This is a shameful, embarrassing, depressingly backward country.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 10d

Death from above. Photo from my collection, 1959.

Black and white photo of a longhaired tabby cat looking down at the photographer from the roof of a wooden structure in the woods.

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 2h

I would also suspect that breathless media amplification of transphobic claims mate by politicians isn't exactly helping. Healthcare professionals are likely expecting guidance to change but but exactly sure how.

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Jenn @jennralize.bsky.social · 9h

Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.

My records have been altered, which is upsetting.

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 5h

Um, if you've been on hrt for ages and have breasts then you should be screened for breast cancer, no other details needed. This is completely insane and obviously the opposite of evidence based care.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 9h

Well it's clear that the govt of former human rights lawyer Keir Starmer is intent on rolling back human rights across the board.

The trans bashing provides no political benefits except to bigots who'd never vote for them anyway.

It's pretty despicable really.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.

🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...

rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 12h

Evidently. Perhaps a more practical approach would be to identify as many as possible and match them with outstanding warrants, or probation conditions they may have violated.

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 12h

And the other 18% are idiots who will probably defect to reform whatever happens

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️ Important to note…

The rich elite want us to LEAVE the ECHR - as it imposes laws on treating people well - which makes it more expensive for employers who want bigger profits by cutting employee protections & rights.

It’s NOT about ‘free speech’, ‘sovereignty’, ‘small boats’ or ‘bathrooms’!

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Kier Starmer and Bridget Philipson - if the current EHRC guidance continues into policy, the UK will be on a collision course with the ECtHR

This will be weaponised by the far right as a reason to leave the ECtHR - when 82% of Labour voters want Britain to stay!

👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Table showing 82% of Labour voters want Britain to remain in the European Court of Human Rights

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 12h

Wait until they're off duty, bundle them into the back of van and don't tell anyone where they are so they can't consult a lawyer? Seems proportional.

Ok so the rule of law has to apply to everyone, even ice thugs.

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That Cookie Lady @cookiebkr.bsky.social · 19h

He needs to fire the Illinois State Trooper who denied a member of Congress access to the ICE facility.

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