Aprilciate
@aprilciate.bsky.social
Manchester Popfest Co-founder.
Libdem person.
Art theory lover. Music hoarder.
Intersectional Feminist organiser.
Care leaver. Class consciousness.
Terf & Swerf disrespector.
David Byrne is my sun.
Libdem person.
Art theory lover. Music hoarder.
Intersectional Feminist organiser.
Care leaver. Class consciousness.
Terf & Swerf disrespector.
David Byrne is my sun.
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Aprilciate
@aprilciate.bsky.social
· Jun 1
We lost Charles Kennedy ten years ago today.
A decade on I will campaign with his spirit in my heart
I/we WILL stand up for liberal values, even if it’s to stand up to our own in the process, and I/we WILL change hearts and minds via the grassroots and up.
Ripower Charlie
A decade on I will campaign with his spirit in my heart
I/we WILL stand up for liberal values, even if it’s to stand up to our own in the process, and I/we WILL change hearts and minds via the grassroots and up.
Ripower Charlie
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I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
I don’t think this is a “politicians have got dumber” issue for the most part. If you look at the *actual CVs* of previous cohorts of MPs, their background is not radically different when you account for, you know, the fact the economy is different! It is primarily a media and ecosystem issue.
We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
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i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
Rufus Wainwright - April Fools (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RufusWainwrightVEVO
m.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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A satisfying twist on the usual "ackshually I can't be homophobic because phobia means an irrational fear and..." nonsense
A bank customer who claimed he has a “phobia” of materials related to Pride has lost a case against NatWest in which he alleged a display in one of its branches caused him “severe psychological distress”.
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
A satisfying twist on the usual "ackshually I can't be homophobic because phobia means an irrational fear and..." nonsense
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It’s not all bad having a terrible youth, as I started smoking from age of 10 as resulted in being small enough that I can wear Uniqlo kids items
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s not all bad having a terrible youth, as I started smoking from age of 10 as resulted in being small enough that I can wear Uniqlo kids items
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There is a case for ‘Buffalo Stance’ being the start of the 1990s. Neneh Cherry easily the coolest person in the world at this point.
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
There is a case for ‘Buffalo Stance’ being the start of the 1990s. Neneh Cherry easily the coolest person in the world at this point.
My redbubble is kicking off this month, presumably because of Xmas but some new things have been added
#aphextwin #BCNR #ArthurRussel #TheGoBetweens #GoBetweens #PostcardRecords #GuidedByVoices #DavidByrne #Felt #Spaceman3 #RStevieMoore #Geese #TransRights #Feminism #Bjork #xtc #Katebush
#aphextwin #BCNR #ArthurRussel #TheGoBetweens #GoBetweens #PostcardRecords #GuidedByVoices #DavidByrne #Felt #Spaceman3 #RStevieMoore #Geese #TransRights #Feminism #Bjork #xtc #Katebush
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
My redbubble is kicking off this month, presumably because of Xmas but some new things have been added
#aphextwin #BCNR #ArthurRussel #TheGoBetweens #GoBetweens #PostcardRecords #GuidedByVoices #DavidByrne #Felt #Spaceman3 #RStevieMoore #Geese #TransRights #Feminism #Bjork #xtc #Katebush
#aphextwin #BCNR #ArthurRussel #TheGoBetweens #GoBetweens #PostcardRecords #GuidedByVoices #DavidByrne #Felt #Spaceman3 #RStevieMoore #Geese #TransRights #Feminism #Bjork #xtc #Katebush
Fucking NEIL YOUNG and COSTELLO, yes and ho. Let’s go
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Fucking NEIL YOUNG and COSTELLO, yes and ho. Let’s go
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The economic benefits from scrapping two child limit can outweigh the initial costs. Some estimate the wider economic burden of child poverty at £39bn a year – lifting 10 per cent of children out of poverty will help alleviate this.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The economic benefits from scrapping two child limit can outweigh the initial costs. Some estimate the wider economic burden of child poverty at £39bn a year – lifting 10 per cent of children out of poverty will help alleviate this.
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Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
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At BCT, we believe — and the evidence shows — that bats and people can thrive together. Thriving communities, new homes, modern infrastructure and strong wildlife protections are not opposites and framing them as such is both irresponsible and harmful. www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Nature protections do not block growth confirms cross-party committee - News - Bat Conservation Trust
New evidence reinforces concerns about anti-nature rhetoric and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
www.bats.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
At BCT, we believe — and the evidence shows — that bats and people can thrive together. Thriving communities, new homes, modern infrastructure and strong wildlife protections are not opposites and framing them as such is both irresponsible and harmful. www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
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Agnès Varda • Congress of Women, Cuba, January 11, 1963
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Agnès Varda • Congress of Women, Cuba, January 11, 1963
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Wes Streeting and Labour lied (again).
When are people going to get the message that engaging with these charlatans only gives them cover for their actions?
When are people going to get the message that engaging with these charlatans only gives them cover for their actions?
"Minutes leaked to North West Bylines confirm that NHSE has “no provision” to continue prescribing puberty blocking medicaction to U16 trans patients currenty at WellBN."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Is NHSE forcing young people to detransition?
The minutes of a meeting, leaked to NWBylines, strongly indicate NHSE does not want the prescribing of puberty blockers at WellBN to continue
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Wes Streeting and Labour lied (again).
When are people going to get the message that engaging with these charlatans only gives them cover for their actions?
When are people going to get the message that engaging with these charlatans only gives them cover for their actions?
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Maybe the most 'I am someone the 20th century didn't happen to' post imaginable, in which you think that 'the far right take power' and the consequence is just that after five years, boom that's over but your preferred political outgroup is out of action.
We have to start thinking about what we want Britain to look like in 2034 after the far right have been in power. There will be no status quo to return to. Centrism will be stone cold dead.
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Maybe the most 'I am someone the 20th century didn't happen to' post imaginable, in which you think that 'the far right take power' and the consequence is just that after five years, boom that's over but your preferred political outgroup is out of action.
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We are thankful for every person who picked up their phones, went to a government meeting, or sent an email to speak up for what they believe. Your voices help us all!
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We are thankful for every person who picked up their phones, went to a government meeting, or sent an email to speak up for what they believe. Your voices help us all!
I don’t understand how my CHILD is 15.
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I don’t understand how my CHILD is 15.
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This is just bizarre... the journalist talks about *Sarah Fucking Ditum* staging an intervention for Linehan because he's too transphobic. That's like Joseph Goebbels saying "OK, mate, you're going a bit too far with the antisemitism now, get a grip".
im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad
This journalist basically agrees with Graham on everything and tries to write this sympathetically but also he is…mad archive.ph/2025.11.27-0...
This journalist basically agrees with Graham on everything and tries to write this sympathetically but also he is…mad archive.ph/2025.11.27-0...
archive.ph
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is just bizarre... the journalist talks about *Sarah Fucking Ditum* staging an intervention for Linehan because he's too transphobic. That's like Joseph Goebbels saying "OK, mate, you're going a bit too far with the antisemitism now, get a grip".
Im going to say it plainly. Neither party actually cares about this, they are using the wellbeing of children to cast political lines to define one another because they are actually too similar on social liberalism.
Similar. In that they are both proper shit.
Similar. In that they are both proper shit.
First they set up an arduous trial to try to justify more restrictions on puberty blockers for trans kids. Then they demand the trial be stopped because there is no such thing as a trans kid.
Kemi Badenoch demands end of puberty blocker trial and claims ‘no child is born in the wrong body’
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Im going to say it plainly. Neither party actually cares about this, they are using the wellbeing of children to cast political lines to define one another because they are actually too similar on social liberalism.
Similar. In that they are both proper shit.
Similar. In that they are both proper shit.
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busta rhymes doing break ya neck at macy's thanksgiving day parade
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
busta rhymes doing break ya neck at macy's thanksgiving day parade
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oh yeah, David Byrne performed the Arthur Russel version of Psycho Killer. (he acknowledged Russel beforehand)
youtu.be/m816XXvO494?...
youtu.be/m816XXvO494?...
Talking Heads, Arthur Russell - Psycho Killer (Acoustic Version) [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Talking Heads
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
oh yeah, David Byrne performed the Arthur Russel version of Psycho Killer. (he acknowledged Russel beforehand)
youtu.be/m816XXvO494?...
youtu.be/m816XXvO494?...
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The UK is sitting on $25bn in frozen Russian assets and is working at pace with its allies to try and spend it
➡#Read more: trib.al/dtKag4k
➡#Read more: trib.al/dtKag4k
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The UK is sitting on $25bn in frozen Russian assets and is working at pace with its allies to try and spend it
➡#Read more: trib.al/dtKag4k
➡#Read more: trib.al/dtKag4k
Universities already saying without foreign student offer they are absolutely screwed. Manchester university has the largest international student intake nationwide, the average is 25%
So yeah, Labour think it’s a quick win for them now, however universities will be stripped of planned in revenue
So yeah, Labour think it’s a quick win for them now, however universities will be stripped of planned in revenue
Between this, and destroying the demand for British education with foreign students, it feels like Labour are doing to universities what Thatcher did for mines.
That's after Brexit upset a lot of the money markets, too.
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That's after Brexit upset a lot of the money markets, too.
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“It’s only fair that you pay back the costs of going to university because you’ll get a better paid job at the end of it … but we’re going to make you pay back those costs even if you get a job at near minimum wage because we’d otherwise have to tax millionaires.”
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Universities already saying without foreign student offer they are absolutely screwed. Manchester university has the largest international student intake nationwide, the average is 25%
So yeah, Labour think it’s a quick win for them now, however universities will be stripped of planned in revenue
So yeah, Labour think it’s a quick win for them now, however universities will be stripped of planned in revenue
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other