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This is a story from the US but it applies here in the UK too. My Mum was my Dad's carer for over 30 years.
When she got Alzheimer's they hadn't planned ahead. Nightmares which are still ongoing then ensued...
I know many are going through this who have hit middle age like me...
When she got Alzheimer's they hadn't planned ahead. Nightmares which are still ongoing then ensued...
I know many are going through this who have hit middle age like me...
This is my yearly PSA that, no matter how old you are, you should have a basic health directive and will. The forms are free online in California. The number of senior citizens in my neighborhood with no directives and no plan who are already a little off the rails is staggering. A short rant 1/
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is a story from the US but it applies here in the UK too. My Mum was my Dad's carer for over 30 years.
When she got Alzheimer's they hadn't planned ahead. Nightmares which are still ongoing then ensued...
I know many are going through this who have hit middle age like me...
When she got Alzheimer's they hadn't planned ahead. Nightmares which are still ongoing then ensued...
I know many are going through this who have hit middle age like me...
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This is pure exterminatory evil. They want trans people not to exist. Trans people whose legal rights and identities have been validated by law for decades.
They want them to cease to exist. They want them to die, rather than have to live with the discomfort of diversity.
Pure evil.
They want them to cease to exist. They want them to die, rather than have to live with the discomfort of diversity.
Pure evil.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is pure exterminatory evil. They want trans people not to exist. Trans people whose legal rights and identities have been validated by law for decades.
They want them to cease to exist. They want them to die, rather than have to live with the discomfort of diversity.
Pure evil.
They want them to cease to exist. They want them to die, rather than have to live with the discomfort of diversity.
Pure evil.
This is modern normativity way beyond the military. You do what you're told. If someone is paying you, they are god.
In the UK, it has actually been made legal for police offers to commit illegal acts.
Now, we can say (and we would be right) that liberal constitutionalism was always a mirage...
In the UK, it has actually been made legal for police offers to commit illegal acts.
Now, we can say (and we would be right) that liberal constitutionalism was always a mirage...
The only response is, "So you're saying service members SHOULD comply with illegal orders?"
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is modern normativity way beyond the military. You do what you're told. If someone is paying you, they are god.
In the UK, it has actually been made legal for police offers to commit illegal acts.
Now, we can say (and we would be right) that liberal constitutionalism was always a mirage...
In the UK, it has actually been made legal for police offers to commit illegal acts.
Now, we can say (and we would be right) that liberal constitutionalism was always a mirage...
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Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
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Please tell us about disabled communists and anarchists we have not already covered.
See zine 1 here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...
See zine 2 here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...
See zine 1 here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...
See zine 2 here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Please tell us about disabled communists and anarchists we have not already covered.
See zine 1 here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...
See zine 2 here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...
See zine 1 here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...
See zine 2 here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...
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#OtD 21 Nov 1897 Jewish anarchist textile worker Mollie Steimer was born in Ukraine (then Russia). Moving to NYC, she was repeatedly jailed for supporting the Russian revolution. Deported to Russia, she was then deported by the Bolsheviks to Siberia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9424...
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#OtD 21 Nov 1897 Jewish anarchist textile worker Mollie Steimer was born in Ukraine (then Russia). Moving to NYC, she was repeatedly jailed for supporting the Russian revolution. Deported to Russia, she was then deported by the Bolsheviks to Siberia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9424...
Academics have been known to do this as well. From the line in 2018 which someone who shall remain nameless uttered on a picket line ('I don't work at McDonald's, I shouldn't have to do this) to the intra-academic snobbery of 'they've made USS so bad I may as well work at a post-92' it's there.
I think doctors are uniquely bad at arguing for better pay. Remembering the “we only get paid the same as Pret workers” a year or two ago. It’s like a special ability to make me think they deserve less whenever they try to explain why they deserve more.
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Academics have been known to do this as well. From the line in 2018 which someone who shall remain nameless uttered on a picket line ('I don't work at McDonald's, I shouldn't have to do this) to the intra-academic snobbery of 'they've made USS so bad I may as well work at a post-92' it's there.
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Remembering Joe Hill murdered by the state of Utah #TDIH in 1915.
Labor agitator, songwriter & Wobbly. Amongst many others, he wrote the song, "There is Power in a Union."
In a last letter to Big Bill Haywood, he said “I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize!”
Labor agitator, songwriter & Wobbly. Amongst many others, he wrote the song, "There is Power in a Union."
In a last letter to Big Bill Haywood, he said “I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize!”
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Remembering Joe Hill murdered by the state of Utah #TDIH in 1915.
Labor agitator, songwriter & Wobbly. Amongst many others, he wrote the song, "There is Power in a Union."
In a last letter to Big Bill Haywood, he said “I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize!”
Labor agitator, songwriter & Wobbly. Amongst many others, he wrote the song, "There is Power in a Union."
In a last letter to Big Bill Haywood, he said “I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize!”
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Me for Freedom. Grim times, but we absolutely must resist.
Jewellery can be confiscated from refugees to pay for processing them, as one minister gleefully told the press—seemingly blissfully unaware of the horrific echoes such a despicable policy conjures up.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/19/l...
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/19/l...
Labour rolls out the full fash playlist - Freedom News
Far-right glee tells you all you need to know about the government’s asylum plans ~ punkacademic ~ Plans announced by the Home Secretary Shabana …
freedomnews.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Me for Freedom. Grim times, but we absolutely must resist.
Me for Freedom. Grim times, but we absolutely must resist.
Jewellery can be confiscated from refugees to pay for processing them, as one minister gleefully told the press—seemingly blissfully unaware of the horrific echoes such a despicable policy conjures up.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/19/l...
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/19/l...
Labour rolls out the full fash playlist - Freedom News
Far-right glee tells you all you need to know about the government’s asylum plans ~ punkacademic ~ Plans announced by the Home Secretary Shabana …
freedomnews.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Me for Freedom. Grim times, but we absolutely must resist.
See also govt trying to claim PIP was an out of work benefit, so they could imply those claiming it needed to 'get back into work' feeding the 'scroungers' narrative*
The government lies. Constantly
(*and those on out of work benefits aren't 'scroungers' anyway. They're people. They're us)
The government lies. Constantly
(*and those on out of work benefits aren't 'scroungers' anyway. They're people. They're us)
What on earth does asylum have to do with illegal immigration, and why is Starmer conflating the two?
(I know the answer: It's because he's a racist, in charge of a racist party.)
(I know the answer: It's because he's a racist, in charge of a racist party.)
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
See also govt trying to claim PIP was an out of work benefit, so they could imply those claiming it needed to 'get back into work' feeding the 'scroungers' narrative*
The government lies. Constantly
(*and those on out of work benefits aren't 'scroungers' anyway. They're people. They're us)
The government lies. Constantly
(*and those on out of work benefits aren't 'scroungers' anyway. They're people. They're us)
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The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
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Thinking of the awful, despicable stuff Mahmood is proposing on refugees, and thinking many years to when I interviewed Claus Moser for my PhD on post-war UK higher education.
Moser was born in Berlin in 1922. He was Jewish. His family fled Nazi persecution in 1936, and settled in Britain. /1
Moser was born in Berlin in 1922. He was Jewish. His family fled Nazi persecution in 1936, and settled in Britain. /1
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thinking of the awful, despicable stuff Mahmood is proposing on refugees, and thinking many years to when I interviewed Claus Moser for my PhD on post-war UK higher education.
Moser was born in Berlin in 1922. He was Jewish. His family fled Nazi persecution in 1936, and settled in Britain. /1
Moser was born in Berlin in 1922. He was Jewish. His family fled Nazi persecution in 1936, and settled in Britain. /1
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#itfc fans at a loose end during the international break should come check out some of the excellent writing on our @bluemondayitfc.bsky.social blog, currently all free bar the most recent one: bluemondaypodcast.wordpress.com/archive/
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November 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#itfc fans at a loose end during the international break should come check out some of the excellent writing on our @bluemondayitfc.bsky.social blog, currently all free bar the most recent one: bluemondaypodcast.wordpress.com/archive/
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
Thinking of the awful, despicable stuff Mahmood is proposing on refugees, and thinking many years to when I interviewed Claus Moser for my PhD on post-war UK higher education.
Moser was born in Berlin in 1922. He was Jewish. His family fled Nazi persecution in 1936, and settled in Britain. /1
Moser was born in Berlin in 1922. He was Jewish. His family fled Nazi persecution in 1936, and settled in Britain. /1
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thinking of the awful, despicable stuff Mahmood is proposing on refugees, and thinking many years to when I interviewed Claus Moser for my PhD on post-war UK higher education.
Moser was born in Berlin in 1922. He was Jewish. His family fled Nazi persecution in 1936, and settled in Britain. /1
Moser was born in Berlin in 1922. He was Jewish. His family fled Nazi persecution in 1936, and settled in Britain. /1
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is the politics of blackmail. The alternative is not a Reform government. The alternative is maintaining our international commitments to being a compassionate nation
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This is the politics of blackmail. The alternative is not a Reform government. The alternative is maintaining our international commitments to being a compassionate nation
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Trying to imagine what this policy would have meant for my grandfather and his friends, facing the constant uncertainty of when and whether they would have been deported, after fighting to save this country from the Nazis
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Trying to imagine what this policy would have meant for my grandfather and his friends, facing the constant uncertainty of when and whether they would have been deported, after fighting to save this country from the Nazis
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Comfortables want all the good things the left works hard to make part of society but they absolutely, categorically do not want the left.
So you end up with the likes of Schumer and Starmer being the left most politicians possible and Comfortables aghast that all the good things are dying.
So you end up with the likes of Schumer and Starmer being the left most politicians possible and Comfortables aghast that all the good things are dying.
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Comfortables want all the good things the left works hard to make part of society but they absolutely, categorically do not want the left.
So you end up with the likes of Schumer and Starmer being the left most politicians possible and Comfortables aghast that all the good things are dying.
So you end up with the likes of Schumer and Starmer being the left most politicians possible and Comfortables aghast that all the good things are dying.
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My latest for @freedompress.bsky.social on the Davie and Turness resignations.
The BBC—despite its best efforts—simply couldn’t give the technofascists enough of what they wanted. Too much fascism in institutions will never be enough for those they are trying to appease.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/10/b...
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/10/b...
BBC's "War on Woke" was never enough for the right - Freedom News
Resignations over ‘left-wing bias’ are both bitterly amusing and a dangerous portent of where the state broadcaster is headed ~ punkac…
freedomnews.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
My latest for @freedompress.bsky.social on the Davie and Turness resignations.
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Laughable. Or it would be, if it didn't pile more pressure on staff.
There is a multi-layered crisis in British society which the government's policies are exacerbating.
The answer? An AI-generated target. As they are planning to restrict access to EHCPs and SEND support.
Beneath contempt.
There is a multi-layered crisis in British society which the government's policies are exacerbating.
The answer? An AI-generated target. As they are planning to restrict access to EHCPs and SEND support.
Beneath contempt.
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Laughable. Or it would be, if it didn't pile more pressure on staff.
There is a multi-layered crisis in British society which the government's policies are exacerbating.
The answer? An AI-generated target. As they are planning to restrict access to EHCPs and SEND support.
Beneath contempt.
There is a multi-layered crisis in British society which the government's policies are exacerbating.
The answer? An AI-generated target. As they are planning to restrict access to EHCPs and SEND support.
Beneath contempt.
Laughable. Or it would be, if it didn't pile more pressure on staff.
There is a multi-layered crisis in British society which the government's policies are exacerbating.
The answer? An AI-generated target. As they are planning to restrict access to EHCPs and SEND support.
Beneath contempt.
There is a multi-layered crisis in British society which the government's policies are exacerbating.
The answer? An AI-generated target. As they are planning to restrict access to EHCPs and SEND support.
Beneath contempt.
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Laughable. Or it would be, if it didn't pile more pressure on staff.
There is a multi-layered crisis in British society which the government's policies are exacerbating.
The answer? An AI-generated target. As they are planning to restrict access to EHCPs and SEND support.
Beneath contempt.
There is a multi-layered crisis in British society which the government's policies are exacerbating.
The answer? An AI-generated target. As they are planning to restrict access to EHCPs and SEND support.
Beneath contempt.
My latest for @freedompress.bsky.social on the Davie and Turness resignations.
The BBC—despite its best efforts—simply couldn’t give the technofascists enough of what they wanted. Too much fascism in institutions will never be enough for those they are trying to appease.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/10/b...
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/10/b...
BBC's "War on Woke" was never enough for the right - Freedom News
Resignations over ‘left-wing bias’ are both bitterly amusing and a dangerous portent of where the state broadcaster is headed ~ punkac…
freedomnews.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
My latest for @freedompress.bsky.social on the Davie and Turness resignations.
Have soft-relaunched my website at punkacademic.org
In honour of that, and Rachel Reeves' continued tribulations, I'm resharing my article on the ideological issues of the Labour right from 2021.
punkacademic.org/2021/07/06/s...
In honour of that, and Rachel Reeves' continued tribulations, I'm resharing my article on the ideological issues of the Labour right from 2021.
punkacademic.org/2021/07/06/s...
Sneering at Marx
The context of Rachel Reeves’ failure to read the author of Capital hints at the intellectual bankruptcy of the contemporary Labour right In 1956, Anthony Crosland, revisionist theorist and future …
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November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Have soft-relaunched my website at punkacademic.org
In honour of that, and Rachel Reeves' continued tribulations, I'm resharing my article on the ideological issues of the Labour right from 2021.
punkacademic.org/2021/07/06/s...
In honour of that, and Rachel Reeves' continued tribulations, I'm resharing my article on the ideological issues of the Labour right from 2021.
punkacademic.org/2021/07/06/s...