Nostr notes by Richard Michael Blaber

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2026-08-23T10:10:43Z

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/23/new-eu-border-checks-ees-uk-travellers-visa-queues. None of this sh*t would be happening if it wasn't for #Brexit! This is all the result of the #UK being a "third country" outside the #SingleMarket & outside the #Schengen Zone! By withdrawing from the #EU we have cut off our own noses & shot ourselves in the foot!

I know this much - we ARE #doomed if we don't #act, so ...

2026-08-20T09:56:02Z

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I know this much - we ARE #doomed if we don't #act, so #climate #inaction = climate doom!

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2026-08-19T09:04:20Z

https://theconversation.com/climate-doom-may-discourage-climate-action-but-theres-a-way-to-counter-it-288301. It DOESN'T, & that is total & utter BULLSHIT, & I, for one, am absolutely fed-up with hearing this nonsense, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu). The people who aren't interested in #ClimateAction are the likes of Donald #Trump & Richard #Tice, who don't believe in the #climatecrisis in the first place.

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2026-08-16T19:01:56Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/california-openai-protester-wynd-kaufman. In what way, precisely, was Wynd Kaufman "endangering the #public #safety" of anyone in #SanFrancisco? She might have been "endangering" the #profits - for a very short time - of the #AI #industry, but that is hardly the same thing, & does not warrant #imprisonment, not even for a week, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu). I am in full #solidarity with her, & all other #protesters against AI.

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2026-08-14T10:38:40Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/trump-presidency-revenue-wealth. Utterly shameful - he should have been impeached (again!) before now, but he is being allowed to get away with this blatant #criminality, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu)!

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2026-08-14T10:18:03Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/us-government-spied-anti-ice-protesters. The #McCarthy #Era redivivus, Nonilex (npub1z6y…qah3), DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu).

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2026-08-06T10:57:52Z

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/israeli-strike-that-killed-journalist-in-lebanon-was-war-say-rights-groups.

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2026-08-04T16:24:08Z

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/04/star-wars-dubbed-welsh-s4c. "Amser maith yn ôl, mewn galaeth bell, bell i ffwrdd. (A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.)" I'm delighted, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu).

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2026-07-31T22:10:44Z

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jul/31/as-rajiv-menons-clients-the-contempt.

By the sound of Emily Wilson's London Review of Books ...

2026-07-27T23:03:06Z

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By the sound of Emily Wilson's London Review of Books critique, it's rubbish!

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2026-07-27T22:58:07Z

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/27/odyssey-translator-emily-wilson-attacks-nolan-blockbuster; https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man. DEFINITELY a case of screw the #film, read the #book, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu)!

READ the #book - SCREW the #film! I recommend Robert ...

2026-07-23T14:08:48Z

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READ the #book - SCREW the #film! I recommend Robert Fitzgerald's modern #English #verse #translation (London: Panther, 1965). The #Greek is obtainable via: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135.

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2026-07-23T13:36:32Z

https://theconversation.com/how-sam-neills-jurassic-park-performance-inspired-a-generation-of-palaeontologists-287869. See: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/sam-neill-obituary.

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2026-07-23T11:44:07Z

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/23/palestine-action-trial-lawyer-prosecution-criticised-rajiv-menon-kc. Rajiv Menon KC is being prosecuted for doing his job, & that is a disastrous day for #justice in our country. #Elbit #Systems WERE being "protected" & "wined & dined in the corridors of power" - that is a FACT. Menon is being penalised for drawing attention to that very uncomfortable #truth about how our #Government is supporting #Israeli #genocide, which is precisely what #PalestineAction are protesting about!

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2026-07-22T15:55:12Z

https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-trump-threatens-bridges-over-hormuz-strait-attacks/live-78060128. #Trump threatens to violate the 4th #Geneva #Convention; Trump threatens to commit #warcrimes. These would be rather more accurate #headlines, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu).

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2026-07-16T10:00:32Z

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/16/british-girl-stranded-rome-six-weeks-new-passport-rules. "A #British girl was prevented from returning to her #school in the #UK for 6 weeks after a trip to see her #grandmother in #Italy because of the Home Office’s new rule requiring dual British #nationals to have a British #passport to get back into the #country." Yet more narrow-minded, #racist, #xenophobic #HomeOffice stupidity, for which that #ReformUK entryist into the #LabourParty, Shabana #Mahmood, is PERSONALLY responsible!

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2026-07-11T08:06:41Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/epa-rollback-endangered-habitats-logging-mining. The #EPA ought to be re-named, as long as #Trump is #POTUS, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu), as the #Environmental #Destruction #Agency, or EDA, as that is clearly what it's Hell-bent on doing.

No, no. In "Omen III", Sam Neill's character was ...

2026-07-01T13:27:54Z

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No, no. In "Omen III", Sam Neill's character was smart. Donald Trump keeps what brains he's got in his trousers!

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2026-07-01T13:09:02Z

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260701-trump-earned-over-1-bn-from-crypto-ventures-in-2025. Donald #Trump, the most #corrupt & #criminal #President in #US #history, irrespective of any & all #charges of sexual molestation of underage #girls, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu). What is #cryptocurrency used for? Answer: criminal transactions on the "dark web", buying/selling illegal #drugs, #weapons, #explosives, #paedophile #pornography, etc. It entails huge #CO2 #emissions & #consumption of #water to keep #servers powered & cool, but Trump doesn't care.

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2026-06-12T21:14:27Z

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/12/palestine-action-activists-sentenced-terrorists-damage-elbit-systems-uk-israel. This is completely & absolutely unacceptable, but par-for-the-course in the #UK now, as our supine #courts & our equally supine #Labour #Government do the bidding of #Israel, & never mind its #genocide in #Gaza & wholesale #slaughter of the #Palestinians, or in #Lebanon & #Iran. These #prison #sentences, at a time of absurd prison #overcrowding, are all wholly disproportionate, & should NOT have been linked to #terrorism. These #defendants are NOT #terrorists.

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2026-06-11T12:49:26Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/solar-energy-us-coal. #Trump won't like THAT, will he, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu)?!

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2026-06-10T13:25:57Z

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/10/agriculture-bees-environment. Indeed we will, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu). No #bees, no #humans!

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2026-06-08T15:28:29Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/illinois-hospital-ectopic-pregnancy. The absolutely appalling consequences of the scrapping of Roe v. Wade in #America, even in a supposedly abortion-friendly State like #Illinois, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu). Harmonie Perrone needed #methotrexate to treat her #ectopic #pregnancy, but was refused it by Advocate Good Shepherd (https://www.advocatehealth.com/gshp), a religiously affiliated #hospital. #Religion is a complete menace - especially in the #USA!

This is an anecdote, not "scientific" evidence: when I ...

2026-06-01T11:41:31Z

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This is an anecdote, not "scientific" evidence: when I worked for MIND in Northampton (as a volunteer, prior to social work training), I knew someone who was schizophrenic, & ended up in HMP Bedford. (I forget what for.) As a child, he'd set fire to his parents' flat, & had been sent to a reform school. Trying to escape from there, he'd had a fall, & been brain-injured, resulting in epilepsy. Some people have all the luck, don't they?

Well, this doesn't take account of the numbers in #prison for ...

2026-05-31T21:57:58Z

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Well, this doesn't take account of the numbers in #prison for thing like non-payment of #fines or #counciltax, & nor does it take a/c of the numbers in #jail who have #mentalhealth issues, #learning #difficulties or are #neurodivergent. See: https://assets.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wpuploads/2025/02/cc-the-educational-journeys-of-children-in-secure-settings.pdf; https://www.nacro.org.uk/mental-health-in-prison/; https://prisonreformtrust.org.uk/prisoners-with-learning-disabilities-and-learning-difficulties/; https://www.penalreform.org/blog/understanding-and-supporting-the-needs-of-neurodivergent-people/.

The problem with the theory of #deterrence, generally speaking, ...

2026-05-31T21:02:15Z

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The problem with the theory of #deterrence, generally speaking, is that it doesn't work. It works for the law-abiding, like you & me, but not for the people it needs to work for - the #criminals. If it DID, our #jails would be empty, instead of full to bursting. #Prison works as #punishment, but not as a #deterrent. Some #prisoners can be #rehabilitated, but that needs effort.

If #teenage #males get the idea in their heads that they can ...

2026-05-30T22:39:20Z

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If #teenage #males get the idea in their heads that they can commit acts of #sexual #violence against #girls or #women with relative #impunity - & maybe far too many of them have already - the result will be utterly disastrous. Is Jess Phillips right? See: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/30/sexual-abuse-victims-children-jess-phillips-sentencing-guidelines.

I'm all in favour of juvenile offenders receiving ...

2026-05-30T10:14:16Z

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I'm all in favour of juvenile offenders receiving non-custodial sentences, as a rule, & think there are far too many youngsters in #jail - but a £26 fine for #rape is absurd & obscene. How can THAT comply with Sentencing Council guidelines?

#Gas powered #electricity generation? And there was I thinking ...

2026-05-23T10:40:52Z

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#Gas powered #electricity generation? And there was I thinking the aim was to "decouple" electricity #bills from the #price of gas, & base them on that of #renewables.

I'm glad to say the UK Supreme Court decision is being ...

2026-05-23T08:56:20Z

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I'm glad to say the UK Supreme Court decision is being challenged in the #European #Court of #HumanRights, but I've no word on that yet. See: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qw2149yelo; https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/29/uks-first-trans-judge-victoria-mccloud-appeals-to-european-court-over-supreme-court-ruling. It's not a speedy process!

This is total - & offensive - nonsense. It is #transphobia, ...

2026-05-22T14:31:01Z

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This is total - & offensive - nonsense. It is #transphobia, pure & simple, & follows from the equally #transphobic UK Supreme Court #decision, where that court refused (point blank!) to hear the #trans side of the argument.

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2026-05-20T11:48:17Z

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/children-mental-health-crisis-three-days-ae-specialist-bed-england. This is absolutely scandalous, & reveals the shocking extent of underfunding of #child & #adolescent #mentalhealth #services (CAMHS) in #England, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn). These #children & #young #people wouldn't need in-patient beds in the first place if sufficient, & timely, #community #care was available. The lack of such care is a #false #economy, as acute care is more expensive.

This is interesting - it's also vile & disgusting, but ...

2026-05-19T13:15:18Z

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This is interesting - it's also vile & disgusting, but it's interesting. Right-wing #academics, like Richard Hernstein & Charles Murray, have argued that black people are less #intelligent than whites (see their: The Bell Curve, 1994, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve). Making out that a #learning #disabled black person is more intelligent than he really is so he can be executed - words fail!

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2026-05-19T13:00:31Z

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/19/racist-abuse-nhs-nurses-jumps-rcn-figures. This is totally unacceptable! The increased #racist #abuse of #NHS #nurses & the increased #support for #ReformUK are NOT coincidental! The fact is, #Racism has been normalised in this country!

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2026-05-19T12:56:04Z

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/19/toxic-pfa-forever-chemicals-channel-southern-england-solent.

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2026-05-19T12:21:19Z

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/19/should-we-leave-them-to-die-the-battle-over-how-to-save-orangutans-from-the-curse-of-palm-oil. We steal their #land, we destroy their #habitat, & then turn round & blame the #orangutans if they try to defend themselves, it seems, Palm Oil Detectives (npub1eqe…mp6y)! The #injustice of that is absolutely glaring, & reeks of #speciesism.

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2026-05-19T11:51:34Z

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260518-three-killed-in-attack-at-san-diego-islamic-centre-in-suspected-hate-crime.

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2026-05-19T11:48:19Z

https://www.dw.com/en/who-concerned-by-scale-and-speed-of-ebola-spread-in-drc/a-77209749.

About that, we are completely agreed.

2026-05-17T14:59:32Z

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About that, we are completely agreed.

No, I don't think it is. Cleaning up our litter is. Nature ...

2026-05-17T14:41:03Z

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No, I don't think it is. Cleaning up our litter is. Nature herself can repair much, if not all, of the damage we've caused. What we need is not so-called "green" tech, but LESS tech, fewer #people & a very much lower global #GDP. I (ecological impact) = P (population) x A (affluence) x T (polluting technology) = Y (global GDP) x T. A = global GDP per capita. I'm well aware it's not equitably distributed. It should be, but it's not.

I have to tell you that I simply don't believe in so-called ...

2026-05-17T14:26:16Z

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I have to tell you that I simply don't believe in so-called "green technology". It is subject to the Law of Unintended Consequences, & is a diversion from what we should be doing - using less #plastic, fewer #chemicals, no #fossilfuels, & NOT #destroying & #polluting our #environment! We need to put the #IPAT #equation in reverse, see: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27844882 (Holdren, JP & Ehrlich, PR, American Scientist, 62[3]:282-292, May-June, 1974).

I'm now following them - & thanks for drawing my ...

2026-05-16T19:47:04Z

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I'm now following them - & thanks for drawing my attention to them, because they are the "EcoHub" in my town in #Northamptonshire, #England.

NO, let's not! Let's dismantle these perverse States, ...

2026-05-16T10:05:00Z

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NO, let's not! Let's dismantle these perverse States, instead, or rather, their wretched governments.

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2026-05-14T14:02:18Z

https://theconversation.com/after-a-complete-collapse-where-does-welsh-labour-go-from-here-282615. The short answer is "Nowhere". #Labour as a whole is going nowhere - except into #electoral #oblivion, & deservedly so! It won't matter who the captain of the ship is - it's the #Titanic, & it's already had its encounter with the iceberg, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv).

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2026-05-14T13:23:10Z

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/datacentres-electricity-consumption-uk-us-ai. 6% of #electricity #supply in the #UK & #US used by #Datacentres, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu) - & what about #water #consumption & #carbon #emissions? See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389925002788.

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2026-05-14T12:24:41Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/un-francesca-albanese-sanctions. Excellent news, Andrew Stroehlein (npub1lg0…h5dr), Human Rights Watch (npub1st9…2twj), Nonilex (npub1z6y…qah3), Ned Hamson (npub1dvd…e5l8), DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu)! Let's hope this temporary lifting of #sanctions becomes permanent, & all & any #Trump Administration #appeals against the ruling are unsuccessful.

I agree, it IS shameful - utterly shameful! I hope the #ACLU will ...

2026-05-10T14:00:13Z

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I agree, it IS shameful - utterly shameful! I hope the #ACLU will have something to say about this, & organisations working on behalf of #learning #disabled people in the #US as well. I know #Reprieve, which fights the #deathpenalty globally, will do so.

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2026-05-10T12:32:49Z

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/09/supreme-court-death-penalty-execution-disabilities. I can believe this only too easily, Andrew Stroehlein (npub1lg0…h5dr), Human Rights Watch (npub1st9…2twj), Nonilex (npub1z6y…qah3), DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu). It ought to be nothing more than the deranged fantasy of some far right-wing extremist, rather than the real prospect of an actual #SCOTUS majority #decision. It is wrong, wrong, wrong. There is nothing in the least bit right about it. It is a grievous example of #disability #discrimination, & an attack on all #disabled people, but only too typical of this #fascist SCOTUS!

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2026-05-09T11:27:26Z

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/08/uk-borrowing-costs-fall-pound-rises-keir-starmer-bond-yields. Is this the #bond & #currency #markets trying to decide who our PM will be, again, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn)? I'm fed up with them thinking they can determine the #policies & #politics of our #country!

You're very welcome. Here's more about this: ...

2026-05-02T11:22:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…60rx
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You're very welcome. Here's more about this: https://theoverlooknews.com/support-grows-for-poet-stripped-of-county-role-over-social-media-posts/.

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2026-05-01T12:53:27Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/01/esther-cohen-poet-laureate. Only #Trump supporting #Republicans could fire this woman - a #pacifist - on the grounds that she supported #violence, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu). What was their #evidence? Yes, she opposed Trump & voted, & campaigned for, Zohran #Mamdani. Was that supposed to be "violent"?

WTF, indeed! See: ...

2026-05-01T10:26:09Z

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WTF, indeed! See: https://amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/ecuador-axes-its-environment-ministry-putting-biodiversity-indigenous-territories-and-the-climate-at-risk/.

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2026-04-30T07:31:32Z

https://www.dw.com/en/ecuador-fracking-amazon-rainforest/a-76990028. NO, #Ecuador! You needn't pretend you care two hoots about the #environment or the #climate if you're prepared to start #fracking in the #Amazon #rainforest! I will back any #action taken by Greenpeace International (npub1j65…swcj) or Extinction Rebellion Global (npub1ymn…y40u), for example, against this, & I'll put my #money where my mouth is. Are you with me, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu)?

So, #elderly people holding up placards saying "I #support ...

2026-04-29T14:38:11Z

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So, #elderly people holding up placards saying "I #support #PalestineAction, I #oppose #genocide in #Gaza" are all arrested as so-called #terrorists. If that's #terrorism, I'M a #terrorist, & proud of it! The High Court has already ruled the proscription illegal, & I can only hope the Court of Appeal will agree.

Many of you will have noted the #DDOS #attack on #Mastodon, which ...

2026-04-20T14:29:48Z

Many of you will have noted the #DDOS #attack on #Mastodon, which I was affected by today. I don't know who was responsible, [@FediTips](https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips ), but they're a bunch of &*^% (censored), & they can cease & desist. I strongly suspect they're motivated by right-wing, or far right-wing, #politics, & paid for #dark #money.

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2026-04-20T14:00:47Z

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/20/universities-fines-freedom-of-speech-ofs-england. This isn't about #freedom of #speech - it's about the supposed "right" of right-wing #academics to spout their right-wing drivel, their #racism & other forms of #bigotry, & get away with it, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn). The rest of us call that #hate speech. The #Tories thought it was a good idea to allow that in the groves of academe - why does #Labour?

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2026-04-18T13:19:18Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/18/us-catholics-trump-pope; https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/party-identification-among-religious-groups-and-religiously-unaffiliated-voters/; https://zenit.org/2026/04/13/support-for-trump-among-catholics-plummets-according-to-a-new-poll-conducted-amid-the-war/. "Vice-President JD Vance... told the pope on Tuesday to 'be careful' when discussing #theology. Mike Johnson, the House speaker, subsequently suggested that the pontiff did not understand 'just war' #moral #philosophy, despite the pope being a... #scholar of Saint #Augustine, the 4th-century theologian who first articulated the idea in #Christian theology." Pope Leo XIV has a PhD in Augustinian theology!

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2026-04-17T10:53:16Z

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-refuses-to-release-pip-assessment-audit-that-followed-death-or-serious-harm-of-customer-23/. Absolutely typical #DWP! Will #welfare #benefits in general, & for the #disabled in particular, EVER be handled by a government department noted for its #compassion & #empathy, rather than its cynical disregard for #humanity, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv)? Not in my lifetime!

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2026-04-15T14:26:41Z

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autocracy-corruption. "Blatant #corruption doesn’t have to be normalized. In fact, public perceptions of runaway corruption can become a #weapon in defense of #democracy. The #public understands corruption, hates it, & can be mobilized to vote en masse against it."

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2026-04-13T08:17:10Z

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/13/unpaid-carers-allowance-dwp-benefit-repayment-demands. This is an absolute scandal. #Carers deserve FAR better than this - yet they're being treated as if they were #criminals & #socialsecurity #frauds!

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2026-04-12T22:26:28Z

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/12/britain-single-market-rules-uk-eu-reset. This is the #SingleMarket WITHOUT the Single Market, without #free #movement of labour, without the #Schengen Zone, & minus either THE #CustomsUnion or A #Customs #union. It is the worst of all worlds, an absolute dog's breakfast - & only the #LabourParty could have dreamt it up, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn)!

My point is there is an #opportunity #cost to this, & the ...

2026-04-12T22:10:54Z

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My point is there is an #opportunity #cost to this, & the #MetPolice are not THAT "flush with #resources". Every #black person they're harassing on the streets, & every #pensioner they're #arresting for supporting #PalestineAction & opposing #Israeli #genocide in #Gaza is a #burglar or #mugger they're NOT arresting. They devote far too much time, effort & money policing #protest, simply because the #Government & the #politicians don't like it.

These OAPs are real "terrorists", aren't they? The ...

2026-04-12T11:52:16Z

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These OAPs are real "terrorists", aren't they? The genuine #criminals in #London must have been laughing their socks off!

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2026-04-12T11:18:09Z

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/met-police-make-arrests-at-london-palestine-action-protest. "More than 500 people have been #arrested at the first mass #demonstration opposing the proscription of #PalestineAction since the group’s ban was ruled #unlawful by the high #court." How is it that anyone can be arrested for doing something ruled lawful by the High Court? They should not have permitted the #ban to stay in place pending the Home Secretary's #appeal. That is the basis of the #MetPolice #arrests.

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2026-04-09T17:29:23Z

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/09/uk-foreign-aid-spending-lowest-since-2008. That is absolutely appalling & the #UK #Labour #Government should be thoroughly ASHAMED of itself, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv), JuneSim63 💚 (npub1ecs…kh2u), Zack Polanski (npub174g…4xwl).

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2026-04-07T10:54:38Z

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260407-middle-east-war-live-trump-s-iran-ultimatum-enters-final-24-hours-amid-escalation-fears. That is all-too-believable. #Trump may have been advised that his proposed actions against #Iran constitute #Warcrimes under the terms of Article 8(2)(b)(ii), (iv) & (v) of the #Rome Statute of the #ICC (https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/2024-05/Rome-Statute-eng.pdf), but - quite obviously - he doesn't care two hoots! Any #US #armed #forces service person obeying him will be just as guilty!

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2026-04-05T13:25:22Z

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/05/ministers-labour-backbenchers-temper-shabana-mahmood-immigration-plans. Shabana Mahmood - the #ReformUK Home Secretary in an allegedly "Labour" Government. They all make me sick to my stomach, Zack Polanski (npub174g…4xwl), @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv), JuneSim63 💚 (npub1ecs…kh2u), Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ (npub1pq4…2mle).

No, the revolution isn't the change - that is a mere abuse of ...

2026-04-03T16:15:08Z

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No, the revolution isn't the change - that is a mere abuse of language, & I know enough history to know some "revolutions" - like the Scientific, Industrial & Agrarian Revolutions, were non-violent. Go back further still - viz., the Neolithic Revolution. Just how "good" were they? Not good at all, IMO. See: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Progress-Idea-Shaped-Past-Future/dp/000846247X. I don't expect you to agree with me - but I really don't care!

I think you & I have a different understanding of the word ...

2026-04-02T21:56:48Z

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I think you & I have a different understanding of the word "revolution", & I don't agree with you. Past civilisations & empires have collapsed without any need for a revolution, & global technological capitalism will collapse in just the same way.

As per Robert Graves's book, "The White Goddess", or ...

2026-04-02T21:53:20Z

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As per Robert Graves's book, "The White Goddess", or Mary Renault's "The King Must Die". I'm reminded that Prometheus also warned Deukalion & Pyrrha of the impending Flood sent by the gods.

They are both mountain gods, & Yahweh was syncretistically ...

2026-04-02T14:43:28Z

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They are both mountain gods, & Yahweh was syncretistically identified with the Canaanite god El (meaning "god"), who was a sky god. They are all seen as storm gods, having full control over the weather.

Indeed so. Raven was turned from a white bird into a black one - ...

2026-04-02T14:38:50Z

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Indeed so. Raven was turned from a white bird into a black one - because he got burned - in the mythology of the Native Americans of the Pacific NW - because he stole fire (or the Sun) for the people.

How does that fit with Prometheus creating humans from clay & ...

2026-04-02T14:32:23Z

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How does that fit with Prometheus creating humans from clay & breathing life into them, then teaching them about agriculture, etc., following that up by stealing fire for them from the gods - with the outcome we all know about? Interestingly, there are other Prometheus-like figures in world mythology.

Yes, it was a jar, & Pandora's name does mean "All ...

2026-04-02T14:25:41Z

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Yes, it was a jar, & Pandora's name does mean "All gifts". She was the wife of Epimetheus ("Afterthought"), the brother of Prometheus ("Forethought") - & it was Epimetheus's fault for opening the box, or jar, which was the wedding present of the Olympian gods.

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2026-04-02T14:13:59Z

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/in-europe-lobbyists-are-using-soaring-fuel-prices-to-make-the-case-for-more-dirty-energy. Why am I SO not surprised, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu)? This is #capitalism all over! #Profits matter - people DON'T!

Quite possibly - but global capitalism is completely incompatible ...

2026-04-02T12:44:43Z

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Quite possibly - but global capitalism is completely incompatible with all of them. The good news, however, is that that is doomed to collapse in the near future - because it is ecologically unsustainable - & no revolution is required!

Hope, may I gently remind you, was the last - & deadliest - ...

2026-04-02T12:35:43Z

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Hope, may I gently remind you, was the last - & deadliest - gift in Pandora's Box?

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2026-04-01T14:51:44Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/snowmelt-american-west. Why the Hell would it "stun" any of them? Have none of them heard of #climatechange? It seems to me the #climate #emergency is a #phenomenon that has been consistently underestimated, & those of us who have been warning of the #dangers have all been told we're "alarmists" & "doom-mongers", only to be proved RIGHT, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu)!

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2026-03-31T16:45:26Z

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/31/karl-turner-labour-whip-suspended. Whatever the denials, this is PRECISELY because of Karl Turner's opposition to David Lammy's plans to end #trial by #jury in many cases. Dissent of any kind is no longer tolerated in the modern #LabourParty, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv), JuneSim63 💚 (npub1ecs…kh2u).

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2026-03-26T14:09:25Z

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfaddens-speech-suggests-ministers-are-set-to-renew-efforts-to-pressure-young-disabled-people-into-work/. Once again, young #disabled people are being depicted as lead-swinging, work-shy "scroungers", who need to be forced into work, kicking & screaming. No account is taken of #disability #discrimination, either in the #jobs #market or the #workplace, let alone #education. That this is coming from a #Labour #Government, employing similar #rhetoric to the previous #Tory one is, to say the least, somewhat disappointing - but not at all surprising, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn).

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2026-03-26T11:58:49Z

https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-altering-saharan-dust-and-europe-is-downwind-278605.

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2026-03-16T14:11:05Z

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/inquiry-hmrc-anti-fraud-scheme-wrongly-cut-child-benefits. Sadly par-for-the-course, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn). Will lessons be learned from the #NAO investigation? I wish I could believe it.

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2026-03-16T13:46:17Z

https://theconversation.com/who-profits-from-war-with-iran-understanding-that-will-be-key-to-resolving-the-conflict-277889.

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2026-03-16T13:41:01Z

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/06/trump-orwell-hypocrisy-democracy-fascism-imperialism-multilateralism/.

I wish I could truthfully say I was surprised. I am SO not! How ...

2026-03-14T18:35:53Z

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I wish I could truthfully say I was surprised. I am SO not! How can this Government demand more #disabled people get into #jobs when it engages in #disability #discrimination in the jobs #market itself, & won't - as you rightly say - make even the most basic #adjustments in the #workplace? It's hardly setting a good example to other #employers.

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2026-03-14T13:46:35Z

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/concern-over-fit4jobs-questionnaire-that-filters-out-dwp-recruits-with-health-conditions/. "Ministers are facing questions over why the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is using a strict screening process to filter out potential recruits with #health conditions, while repeatedly complaining that too many #disabled & #older people are not in #jobs." Very much par-for-the-course, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv).

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2026-03-12T16:27:09Z

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/12/uk-government-axes-flagship-global-health-project. Our so-called #Labour #Government strikes again, once again betraying everything the #LabourParty EVER stood for, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv), JuneSim63 💚 (npub1ecs…kh2u). Those #values & #principles are now represented by [@greenpartyzack](https://threads.net/@greenpartyzack/ ) & [@thegreenparty](https://threads.net/@thegreenparty/ ).

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2026-03-07T15:25:25Z

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-staff-ignored-rules-on-how-to-respond-to-claimants-who-report-suicidal-thoughts-secret-reports-reveal/. It gets worse & worse & worse. People may think I'm exaggerating when I say that this wretched #Labour #Government hates #disabled people. Plainly, I am not, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv).

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2026-03-02T11:33:36Z

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/01/professor-reportedly-paused-uk-puberty-blockers-trial-recused-bias. A #cisgender man with "gender-critical" views being in charge of a clinical trial of the use of #pubertyblockers, TransActual (npub1ndr…vmk0), Stonewall (npub1qz0…eedm), [@PinkNews](https://flipboard.com/@PinkNews ), Transgender World (npub1e8w…dvft), Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ (npub1pq4…2mle), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv)? I'm very glad to hear he's been recused - Professor Jacob George shouldn't have been involved in the first place, especially as he thinks JK Rowling is a "treasure of our time"!

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2026-03-02T11:00:41Z

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/01/shabana-mahmood-to-limit-refugees-to-30-months-in-uk. That vile woman is EVIL! Climbing into bed with #ReformUK will do #Labour no good at all, & it HASN'T done them any good at all, as the #voters in Gorton & Denton proved. Labour ministers appear to be incapable of learning anything, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn), HarriettMB (npub1s2u…42jv).

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2026-02-26T17:35:28Z

https://theconversation.com/trump-tariff-ruling-shows-top-courts-serve-as-last-line-of-defence-against-strongman-rule-276571. Excellent stuff, @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved (npub12pw…zvxn). "Trump is a would-be 'strongman' leader. Like all #strongmen, his aim is to concentrate #political #power in himself & those closest to him. Since returning to the #WhiteHouse in January 2025, #Trump has preferred to rule by way of #executive order rather than through the #legislative process. He has done so despite his #Republican party controlling both houses of #Congress."

"Sexual #equality has ceased to exist #online. It’s ...

2026-02-23T14:06:04Z

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"Sexual #equality has ceased to exist #online. It’s absolutely fine for #boys to have sex, but when #girls do, they are called worthless & referred to as objects... I’m a 15-year-old schoolgirl & like most #teenagers I spend a fair portion of my spare time on #socialmedia... I actively try to avoid online #misogyny, but I am met with it incessantly whenever I open my mainstream social media apps."

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2026-02-23T14:00:19Z

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse.

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2026-02-19T14:06:37Z

https://www.dw.com/en/un-security-council-blasts-israels-west-bank-plans/a-76029274.

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2026-02-19T14:05:59Z

https://www.dw.com/en/palestinian-journalists-tortured-in-israeli-prisons-report/a-76027348.

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2026-02-19T14:05:01Z

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/feb/19/book-of-the-dead-exhibition-brooklyn-museum-ancient-egypt. "For the ancient #Egyptians, the journey to the afterlife included a danger-filled journey where your wits were tested at every turn - those fortunate enough to make it through would then sit before the god Osirus & 42 other deities while their heart was weighed against a single feather [the goddess Maat, truth]. If things went sideways, your soul would be devoured by a fearsome goddess named Ammit, composed of a lion, hippopotamus & crocodile."

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2026-02-19T13:32:36Z

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/extinction-rebellion-fbi-trump-environment. First it was #PalestineAction; now it's Extinction Rebellion Global (npub1ymn…y40u), according to Donald #Trump & his #FBI. The definition of #terrorism is VERY flexible these days, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu)! But the FBI should note that the High Court in #London has rule the proscription of #Palestine Action to be ILLEGAL, precisely because it violated their rights to freedoms of expression & assembly (https://theconversation.com/palestine-action-why-the-high-court-ruled-against-the-government-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-protest-275976). Will the US courts be that different, Nonilex (npub1z6y…qah3)?

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2026-02-18T14:51:51Z

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/trump-epa-environment-climate-lawsuit. And quite right, too, DoomsdaysCW (npub1san…jgxu)!

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2026-02-11T16:30:24Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/02/11/ice-deports-lawful-residents/. "One evening last summer, Donna Hughes-Brown was handcuffed & led into a filthy holding cell somewhere in Kentucky, where insects crawled out of a drain & feces streaked the walls. The Missouri grandmother’s life had taken an unrecognizable turn days earlier, when federal agents... arrested her & told her she would be deported. Her crime? Writing 2 bad checks, for a combined total of less than $75, more than a decade earlier."

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2026-01-22T13:28:37Z

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Even hypocrites can speak the truth, & - in this case - he is, which doesn't excuse his hypocrisy.