2026-08-25T16:35:52Z https://nostr.now Edward Champion https://nostr.now/npub1rwpkuggw73ydtwm4qmzy88trak6gs0pahdmxprscqp3pe3hhdzhs8q7p2j https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/112/402/260/022/719/354/original/03d81d15731feaa2.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/112/402/260/022/719/354/original/03d81d15731feaa2.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06jryngphwchuqden35eyd3vczl9sv8jr5mc0qyqxddstmpsgdkczyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527xgw6ur In the last 24 hours, I have been banned from YouTube for two weeks for calling Ron DeSantis evil and I have had three TikToks pulled for reporting the news. In all cases, I did not violate any community guidelines. (Ironically enough, Instagram and Threads have let the videos stand.) This is the censorship you get in a fascist state. This is America in 2026.<br/><br/>#censorship 2026-08-19T14:59:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdzskgvnjw9w5skq32dxnuhxl2ux75re92j3ax38k3gnngmx9an9czyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a5278rq2kr Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are the evil bastards who murdered Alex Pretti in broad daylight and in cold blood.<br/><br/>This isn&#39;t a case where &#34;better training&#34; will solve the problem. That is a lie that BOTH parties are spinning right now. They had both been with ICE for years.<br/><br/>Abolish ICE NOW!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-gutierrez">https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-gutierrez</a><br/><br/>#abolishice #alexpretti 2026-02-01T23:58:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88zy94qem2sljl5ph5kq9yf44r7z9dv6zwn28rffx66tt2r3kzqgzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a52707ashl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4gahfsxyf2mjl604uc95lg2uvdrx8dly8ksnw87j8q37rpjhg9gq2xsn0'>nevent1q…xsn0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or -- hear me out -- life is pretty goddamned insane to live at the present time. One curveball in your regular life can throw you completely off your routine. I had about three this week and that killed three days of writing. But I will get back on the horse tomorrow. Go easy on yourself. You&#39;ll write again. There&#39;s just a lot of shit going on right now. 2025-11-22T02:55:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqw359tgmtdt6p24n5rzzh9n8kmsd2nd4g9geatjnzkzw2d6av0mszyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527227zfq Music and noise at No Kings. <br/><br/>#nyc #nokings #music #noise #antifascist<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/396/116/107/822/458/original/66f8692c8869ef3b.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-10-18T16:30:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8e5atx8z6z474sd9kw3rcmqa4d7dxk8yclkfhv7ark3fj3pq366czyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527e23464 And for those who aren&#39;t keeping score, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, and Kirsten Gillebrand have ALL refused to endorse Zohran Mamdani. But that hasn&#39;t stopped these corporate stooges from fawning over Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo. If the Three Corporate DNC Stooges don&#39;t endorse Zohran immediately, then their odds of political longevity will become increasingly improbable.<br/><br/>#nyc #politics 2025-09-28T19:05:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsycs7kmw9r0q42ck0j4txd2t7pkygvdtdfztgughn7f9q7s7n93qczyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527zpgkta I absolutely loved Barbara Pym&#39;s QUARTET IN AUTUMN. This was my first Pym and it certainly won&#39;t be my last. She writes about near retirees who don&#39;t gave much of a life with SO MUCH LIFE! Then there&#39;s Caitlin R. Kienan&#39;s THE DROWNING GIRL, which is surprisingly punchy but gritty in a casual &#34;Hey, this happened&#34; sort of way. Both of these writers have inspired my creative noggin to work in dystopian times! Chop chop, bald man! Off to the cafe to imagine!<br/><br/>#books #BarbaraPym #CaitlinRKiernin 2025-08-12T15:05:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy6u6y4g4qa4wt6zyuel466ec92aa2wr222u4rk4gqmefuwnfrdmgzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527u5v5qw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07lswccwdy4wvp29yv8w68r4l249vthgkf9w4eafqyne8gxm38lqmz4snd'>nevent1q…4snd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Me too. But I honestly believe that we&#39;re on the cusp of something just before FDR. I mean, look at the No Kings attendance. We just have to survive the last years of Trump. And we will. 2025-06-25T12:18:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy8tw7m2ghcj7cycfp80vexez27zee3edn95fhsfy0rdkuns0t64czyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527rw20hj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvnpxaye5w4nze9psgpgxa7eec0a7vlgfpkmpugph978ct92nf4ggv9g03z'>nevent1q…g03z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We all know this messaging no longer works in America. The next few years (particularly the midterms) are going to be hilarious as corporate media loses its mind because (a) it doesn&#39;t understand that people want significant change right now and (b) they no longer control the narrative. 2025-06-25T09:41:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ld4sde0umxqefhgh0ww93rp9r4jzmvy03209qtal8hv9ttucacczyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527wet0zd I have a major ethical problem with asking writers and performers to pay fees to &#34;volunteer&#34; or to &#34;help with expenses&#34; -- because &#34;we&#39;re all doing what we love.&#34; It&#39;s a devaluation of creative labor. And it is often used by shady operations (including UCB) to exploit talent. Over the course of several decades, I have NEVER asked anyone to pay if they are part of my creative projects. I usually pay them. And I&#39;m hardly Daddy Warbucks. If I can do it, so can you.<br/><br/>#art #ethics #volunteer 2025-06-09T16:06:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2w7qjvw8wxhta70vgak8n778s5c72ury9g7akpv9fpee8c2r8x5qzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527m4pue9 Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead, along with their dog. Foul play is not suspected, but I can&#39;t help but feel a Stefan Zweig and Lotte vibe here. But we will have to wait until we have harder information. Whatever the case, this is a major loss to American culture. Gene Hackman was one of our finest actors. And THE CONVERSATION remains one of my favorite all-time films.<br/><br/>#genehackman 2025-02-27T14:44:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfklrd8dzlzn6cwk6wz6mqz4f4apllxr6y4u24cd0ep2cg4whr5lgzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527uncjt7 Now that I&#39;m finally reading THE TIN DRUM, it is so abundantly clear how much Salman Rushdie ripped this template off for MIDNIGHT&#39;S CHILDREN -- to decidedly lesser effect. Gunter Grass clearly wrote the more original and more provocative novel. This book is all over the place, but in a good way. Not only was Grass the o.g. lit dude to tie a protagonist into a nation&#39;s history like this, but Grass is far wilder, more inventive, and more poignant than Rushdie ever could be.<br/><br/>#books #guntergrass 2025-02-23T21:28:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8pveg98pgmk9njnr5ugefkv0e2kpdfwqf4qzrhhjy4vtcvvyfzeszyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527v878fl I got the chance to interview David Lynch years ago. And I can&#39;t even begin to convey to you how kind and generous he was in person. He not only talked beyond our alloted time (he liked me a lot) -- on his birthday, no less -- but he actually directed this photo of us and insisted that we shoot the photo properly. In a room with a lot of interesting colors. The phrase &#34;Never meet your heroes&#34; did not apply to Lynch at all. He was truly a gentleman and a genius.<br/><br/>##davidlynch<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/839/739/001/888/739/original/2ec9a4626faf01c7.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-16T19:47:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf368cxx7zsgr0r4qzkftq6qrkg7jw5yeaqartmrdw8sqakgztumszyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527j4mw2v The great genius David Lynch, who influenced my art more than anyone else, has passed away. I&#39;m devastated. I will post a clip of my interview with him when I return home from work. This is a major earth-shattering loss to American culture.<br/><br/>My tribute here.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/teVamE_jFLA?si=BM9RFx7ueOyOKEjK">https://youtube.com/shorts/teVamE_jFLA?si=BM9RFx7ueOyOKEjK</a><br/><br/>#davidlynch #film 2025-01-16T19:18:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrmawrv43mcghe35nw60nzw76q2jlamtgykglenpkalr2vxhe5gqszyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527dzrcmg I&#39;ve done a nine minute video about Neil Gaiman and the epidemic of abusive writers who are tolerated in the publishing world because they make money. There are many more of them than Neil Gaiman. And if you speak out, they lead character assassination campaigns against you so that you lose credibility. How do I know this? Because it happened to me. And <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1t0zratetnq6sv9w439y86x60gnq3ysrflnn40tp04az4purap6ms4kg4dj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Robert Stribley</span> (<span class="italic">npub1t0z…g4dj</span>)</a></span>, you should consider this the next time you falsely impugn someone.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/Y_-SM-g7vJE?si=arJnUEGz3UiMELNf">https://youtu.be/Y_-SM-g7vJE?si=arJnUEGz3UiMELNf</a><br/><br/>#books #abuse #Neilgaiman 2025-01-13T15:28:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2s7ge2h9l2my68th3pf0afzl0mcuead2ekdcr2n6swfmv9es2hczyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527yy4lym America is so broken that it will ban a social media platform (TikTok) that has allowed marginalized voices to be amplified in a way that is incredibly positive and that no other tech giant has done before under &#34;national security&#34; reasons that still remain extremely vague while simultaneously allowing Matk Zuckerberg and Elon Musk to turn their social media platforms into cesspools of hate and intolerance without batting an eye.<br/><br/>#tiktokban #socialmedia 2025-01-11T02:23:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspv92epeqmzkjwnlaf2w5jsexpcn52t5756grfhjvdyge0dqlgnjqzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a5274z9wgw What we have seen in the last 36 hours with Elon kiboshing the good faith bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown is nothing less than the chinks in our armor being dramatically -- even cartoonishly -- exposed. This is what happens when you sustain a system in which the richest members of our nation never face accountability for their crimes and their unhinged madness. America has been reduced to a failed state that requires drastic reform.<br/><br/>#elon #governmentshutdown 2024-12-20T21:00:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsravj4hrctxm55rrdvk72yzcajjdzcewyr64v7768enp0790ar5jqzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527hhm8w2 Well, it took about a month for BlueSky to shift from &#34;This is The Good Place&#34; to &#34;Oh no! Toxicity is happening again!&#34; And I feel evermore confident about my decision to do most of my posting here on the Fediverse, which feels more like the goofy and thoughtful Web I remember when blogs were a new thing. Maybe relying on an algorithm to display your content (as opposed to posts displayed in reverse chronological order) is the problem? Occam&#39;s razor and all.<br/><br/>#BlueSky #fediverse #algorithm 2024-12-20T16:36:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs93vu8udlah56rd9w2u5kdn78np6cut5wyc76xnekst83rzqk2qzgzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527k4jpt6 If you had any doubts that we have become Gilead, consider this monstrous and evil bill being proposed in South Carolina, which would apply the death penalty to any woman who has had an abortion.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wyff4.com/article/sc-abortion-murder-pre-filed-bill/63231796">https://www.wyff4.com/article/sc-abortion-murder-pre-filed-bill/63231796</a><br/><br/>#abortion #prochoice 2024-12-19T20:32:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2x2gwm3m2rttu5qfze4hvx9t7rjs5ay65zww3s045h5ca2u2dl4czyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527z0wd2s The reason why Trump is keen on preserving TikTok is because most of his audience is young people. And if he can control TikTok, he could, if he wanted to, create a new Hitler Youth and League of German Girls for the 2020s. CEO Shou Zi Chew met with Trump in Mar-a-Lago on Monday. Two days later, SCOTUS agrees to hear the case. Highly sus.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/18/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-will-hear-arguments.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/18/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-will-hear-arguments.html</a><br/><br/>#tiktokban #scotus #trump 2024-12-18T19:22:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxr4mv455fvqff3g2yg25gvnt4xwwktn3kzq3qxul9unrl96fqpzqzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527twvn0r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf68kde9zwf7qj68u0dej5lhvf8rh285tf6smrwrshcjxq5kre7kqmqs6cz'>nevent1q…s6cz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That dude is gone. He&#39;s the new Joe Manchin. Get used to despising him. 2024-12-13T13:23:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrkrz475vejc282q5ypkjevde8qnacfv9225f8vhqlanm4695wmzqzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a5275e3hyk Mad respect to Sarah Jeong, who is live posting on BlueSky from South Korea about the coup while incredibly inebriated. <br/><br/>#southkorea #coup #reporting<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/590/732/801/303/461/original/be5ef33942f36a6f.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-03T20:18:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgazpveyn5a6wkteup4cwxemq0fm3ynlqgpkagruy6uv5qwx4sl5czyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a5275wszrv Had absolutely no community guidelines violations at all on YouTube. Until today, when I received this after I criticized Ali Velshi, a corporate media figure.<br/><br/>It looks like Google is cozying up to authoritarianism and censorship too. I&#39;m sure they have some deal in which criticism of corporate media will be shoehorned into &#34;community guidelines violations.&#34;<br/><br/>Welcome to fascism. It&#39;s only going to get worse.<br/><br/>#antifascist #censorship #freespeech #Google #alivelshi<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/506/707/762/869/398/original/b7e95f9409db3db4.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-19T00:12:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs073q9q2e4krfyn828hukucu8g53ylr2flgs55k9v8kptuhy68qvgzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527ty7r4g Here is a list of Democrats who voted FOR HR 9495 -- a bill that NEARLY passed and would have granted Trump far more power to destroy nonprofits and crush his political foes.<br/><br/>These Democrats, which include Adam Schiff, Colin Allred, and Ritchie &#34;I&#39;m AIPAC&#39;s Top Bitch&#34; Torres, are not to be trusted. They stand for authoritarianism.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-republicans-voted-give-trump-treasury-more-power-1984733">https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-republicans-voted-give-trump-treasury-more-power-1984733</a><br/><br/>#antifascist #Democrats #hr9495 2024-11-13T14:11:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf7emxwzz4sswlydazgslng56sckx3u3d3sqdgw7gcafldwhrvhxszyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527a68afu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvpwzya9degjjkz7eftlgwmy9hupvekjhh6q9pmfemzfxnt4whzcu6fghf'>nevent1q…fghf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yup. Cut the bastards off. It cannot be said enough.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.edrants.com/the-one-way-to-hurt-the-maga-cult-cut-the-bastards-off/">https://www.edrants.com/the-one-way-to-hurt-the-maga-cult-cut-the-bastards-off/</a> 2024-11-10T00:02:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrxhtwd2nekdhp6xayhd0wt65gjppxcarz9u4fymwnvn7rwta4edczyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a5272rrpyg I loved THE SUBSTANCE. A batshit and highly enjoyable body horror movie that&#39;s a weird mix of Doestoevsky&#39;s THE DOUBLE, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, and WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? Demi Moore gives a bold and courageous performance. Shot with claustrophobic closeups and great sound design. A completely visceral (literally and figuratively) cinematic experience that should be seen on the big screen. To hell with MEGALOPOLIS. THIS is the true outlier.<br/><br/>#movies #film #bodyhorror #thesubstance 2024-10-05T22:39:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszva4dstu9947y9tm5v2krfvueampknh9juyu9dumvckmsqg9zr9qzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527jewzyr Here&#39;s a three and a half minute overview of Eric Adams&#39;s Indictment.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/ngDVoPfxgtw?si=Toh-eQiDgW1Ry6gW">https://youtu.be/ngDVoPfxgtw?si=Toh-eQiDgW1Ry6gW</a><br/><br/>#ericadams #indictment #indicted 2024-09-26T15:57:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqwcr508nuu9vygw9efy9z20rsyxkm693x8yekd9ve85eyhk9hl0czyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a52726eaa0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8nnlrg5swnayndmu52t6ga4r53l6pxuuwyyr24t64ysx4tr4fa2ghfwhpc'>nevent1q…whpc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Went right wing wacko, major head injury stopped him from writing. 2024-08-31T05:30:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8d8wcfvrg2jj8qvnhc4rc4xqk4xees7ssxyj7qsuypgus335y6lszyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527r7eu7l Jesus Christ, ENDYMION is so much fun to read and so ambitiously and often ridiculously large that I think it matches HYPERION in quality. And that was ALREADY one of the best space operas written for literature! It&#39;s really a shame about what happened to Dan Simmons. But, goddammit, the man could write!<br/><br/>#books #dansimmons 2024-08-31T04:43:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsftdraygkt7dk8mhs98tmdv5d2psyp9l2p605m044espm2xs6gunqzyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a5276t0zyf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv44ml5726zfhnvp44r6zjyq9eq0lqxjmtsdpkwycrg4urshfp0gg6a5gly'>nevent1q…5gly</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think GREEN MARS and the first 500 pages of BLUE MARS are the best of the series. 2024-08-24T23:41:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd6jxuvylq024u3zs4yz7z78yhhfcvngs7m2z4va8njufydqwk7mczyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527egvx8s I&#39;m halfway through Kim Stanley Robinson&#39;s BLUE MARS (the last of the trilogy, which is well worth reading) and it occurs to me that KSR is far more thoughtful, original, and interesting in exploring ecological design than, say, TC Boyle, who sees it as a cheap opportunity for one-note mayhem. KSR understands that wonder and recklessness walk hand in hand. Boyle is more of a dull nihilist who doesn&#39;t care all that much for ethical implications. <br/><br/>#kimstanleyrobinson #books 2024-08-24T11:54:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvk9dwwyw7ptfmpp2459zjtqfddvfh7wajljpfd5s40nksslnq2wczyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a5278y5vk7 She just completely destroyed Trump on the vets question. The brilliance about this speech is how she is prosecuting against Trump and leaving A LOT of room for the American people to decide.<br/><br/>#kamala #dnc 2024-08-23T03:04:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ep8eedh0p4nrdqrxzqhn4xm37rtlfgalw3mf40h6y5c6v7420wszyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a5279p4gvj Pee Wee German is a pretty funny sobriquet for Stephen Miller. <br/><br/>#stephenmiller 2024-08-07T03:25:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstl9fhrj53uy5zhqfdlp5h0vkyarj9jwxqaxkwr84avjre9z3nwhszyqdcxm3ppm6y34dmw5rvgsuav0kmfzpu8kahvcywrqqxy8xx7a527p9qfsn The present riots in the UK, which I&#39;m only just catching up with, are a truly horrific indicator of how close ANY Western nation is right now to repeating history, mimicking the end of the Weimar Republic. What is happening in Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester, and so forth could just as easily happen in the United States. Unity is the only way we can combat this hate-fueled chaos, which significantly sinks my heart.<br/><br/>#uk #riots #extremism 2024-08-05T05:05:27Z