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I'm discerning about who I follow.

Yorkshire, UK
Joined July 2023
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Noticing that my feed on this site is sneakily and more frequently defaulting to the “For you” setting, which is very much “for you” in the same way that a cat padding into the bedroom with a dying bird in its mouth in the middle of the night is bringing it “for you.”
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How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)
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It's been a long, strange week. Congratulations to all who got through it with their humanity intact. Commiserations to those Americans who traded theirs, knowingly or not, for a cynical mirage that will soon fade and leave them worse off than before.
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The prospect of RFK being in charge of America's health is a reminder that there's no vaccine against stupidity, and even if there were it wouldn't work because the stupid people would refuse to take it.
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America was an interesting idea. I hope they get a chance to try it again sometime.
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The people have spoken. We need new people.
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Just that old, dank sense of horror, weighing on your guts. Welcome back, old friend.
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There is no "fake" Melania because there is no Melania. "Melania" is a concept of depersonalised womanhood, both exotic and compliant, who performs as a token of virility for an insecure narcissist and can be periodically retired for routine maintenance at a lab in Stepford.
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Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet is like a Swiss Army knife. There’s a tool for every occasion.
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#AhouDaryaei Is the hashtag and her name.
Yesterday an Iranian girl at the university in Tehran was attacked by the ‘morality Police’ for not wearing her hijab properly so she took off her clothes in protest. This artwork says everything about the struggle of women inside Iran and the smallness of the regime that oppresses them.
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So brave!
May they show her some mercy. One can hope. What a woman.
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Here’s a bloke who thinks he’s changed a woman’s mind… And a woman who reckons it’s easier to nod along when someone’s mansplaining coz the ballot is secret…
Got stuck at a networking event with a conservative woman that was voting for Kamala. You? Out of all people? I said why? Embarrassed she said for women’s rights. I asked her husband, and he sheepishly said Kamala. Remaining calm, I took the time to explain the abortion laws and explain it’s not what she has heard. She said she didn’t know all of this, and will research and change her vote for Trump if I was right. Husband fist bumped me and whispered thank you. Winning.
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In Iran, a student harassed by her university’s morality police over her “improper” hijab didn’t back down. She turned her body into a protest, stripping to her underwear and marching through campus—defying a regime that constantly controls women’s bodies. Her act is a powerful reminder of Iranian women’s fight for freedom. Yes we use our bodies like weapons to fight back a regime that kills women for showing their hair. This happened at Tehran’s Science and Research University She has since been arrested by the authorities. Be her voice. #WomanLifeFreedom
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Best work yet @MarshSongs
Here's our last parody song about the #USElection2024. It's called "Bohemian Trumpsody" (based on the inimitable @QueenWillRock but with only six voices & no overdubs) & we've self-trolled in it as 'libtards' already, just to save folks time who might be offended 🎶🗳️🤞 👉youtu.be/YY_8WzcHqMQ
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The more you retweet this, the more Elon will try to deboost it. It won't go over 5k.
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"We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years" says France's Europe Minister "Let's get out of collective denial. Europeans must take their destiny into their own hands, regardless of who is elected 🇺🇸president"
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Independent journalism is not impartial on democracy. Democracy is the precondition of its existence. It is aggressively fucking partial on this subject. If an outlet does not advocate for its continuation, it loses the right to be considered an independent newspaper.
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