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Josh Connor retweeted
I fucking, fucking, FUCKING HATE writing about "antisemitism". I am so motherfucking SICK of it. I hate the word. I hate the rapey, gaslighting way all western institutions are constantly forcing this fake narrative down our throats that opposing genocide and apartheid and crazy wars means you secretly hate some random tiny religious group. Hate it, hate it, HATE it.
But I have to keep writing about it, because if you let them control the narrative it just takes over and becomes the consensus reality. So essay after essay after motherfucking essay I find myself writing "Uh no actually it's not a hate crime to say you shouldn't drop military explosives on buildings full of children" like a fucking moron, over and over and over again.
These freaks make me fucking sick. I hate the way they're constantly trying to stick their gross, rapey fingers into our minds and convince us we think things we don't think and feel things we don't feel. They never stop. They're like a cloud of gnats on a humid summer day constantly trying to fly into your nose, mouth and eyes. You swat them away and they're back an instant later, swarming, suffocating.
Pieces of shit. Fucking disgusting, evil scumbags.
When @isaac_kh interviews @parismarx about datacenters and the ai bubble this happens
Also I told you he was coming for my gaming computer
Sam Altman says its bad that everyone's personal computers are using the world's limited supply of memory chips.
"It’s quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAMs sitting in their own computer, and being used 5% of the time. Like, you want maximum utilization."
I guess Hila went to Germany to let off some steam
🇩🇪 Adolf Hitler’s 'Eagle’s Nest' retreat in Bavaria, Germany, has been set on fire.
German police have arrested a suspect as authorities investigate possible arson.
Follow: @europa
Josh Connor retweeted
everyone says being a hater is for miserable unhappy people but you guys don’t understand the kind of euphoria you get when something bad happens to someone you’ve hated for a long time like this feeling is stronger than crack
Isn't this literally a David Cameron Big Society pitch?
I was having a think about this clip, at first I got what he was saying - but then I realised when he compared to Nigel’s strategy. The comparison was off.
Nigel 5 years wasn’t saying “afghani goat herders are stealing your jobs and selling drugs to white girls”
Back then it was “you go on a train and in certain parts of london you don’t hear english”
He was good at reading the temperature and slowly turning the dial up gradually as people shifted.
I would argue it is that understanding of where the acceptable boundary is and constantly pushing up against that which is his biggest strength.
Green party should have focused on big community action movements. Organising local groups to help homeless, help people with finding work, mental health clinics, litter picks - clear visible presence in every day British life and showing your values not just telling people them.
I’m sure some do this, but given the membership base and the size of the online audience you could have been doing some very big visible & impactful stuff like that.
E.g Put 1000 green party members in clacton to help tidy up the town - when farage isn't there
This would be a stronger stratergy imo
Poltical agitation is not done by accepting the only way to changes things is to spend your precious free time doing what should be achieved by the state. Not to mention that the Zionism is Racism line does precisely target where the current popular sentiment is.
Josh Connor retweeted
SOMEONE PLEASE FIND OUT WHICH OTHER LANGUAGES THE BBC CYBER EXPERT DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT SO WE CAN STEM THE TIDE.
Josh Connor retweeted
Our general secretary @AndreaEganGS has made it clear:
Engaging directly with workers should be standard for Labour cabinet ministers, not something they run away from.
Mahmood migration talks axed after union demands care worker joins private meeting trib.al/EUqrRAl
Josh Connor retweeted
Buried on page 30 of 'Sir' David Bellend's report into antisemitism in schools in the UK it explicitly says there hasn't been a rise in antisemitism, only in anti-Israel sentiment. Astonishingly fraudulent crisis/debate, all to shield a genocidal state
Josh Connor retweeted
27 recommendations to the DfE.
Based on 29 Jewish respondents saying yes to experiencing antisemitism.
24 hours later, it becomes government policy.
This is f^cking insane.
Looking forward to the NEU passing Zionism is Racism in response to this
🚨 NEW: The Government has accepted all 27 recommendations from the report to end antisemitism in schools and colleges
1. Recognise antisemitism as a distinct form of hatred, not just general racism
2. Strengthen political impartiality guidance, including limits on teachers wearing pro-Palestine badges
3. Establish a national hotline for school leaders dealing with antisemitism
4. Improve teaching about contemporary antisemitism and modern Jewish life
5. Teach pupils to recognise and challenge antisemitic conspiracy theories
6. Include antisemitism explicitly in school safeguarding policies
7. Train teachers to recognise and tackle antisemitism
8. Work with the Home Office and the Prevent programme to help schools identify when antisemitism may be linked to radicalisation
9. Encourage schools to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism
10. Improve procedures for reporting antisemitic incidents, including signposting
11. Ensure antisemitic bullying and complaints are investigated and acted on consistently
12. Make clear in staff conduct policies that antisemitism is unacceptable
13. Strengthen Holocaust education, including antisemitism's role in the Holocaust, and encourage schools to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
14. Create more opportunities for pupils to engage with Jewish communities, including visits to synagogues
15. Make sure Judaism and modern Jewish life are properly represented in religious education
16. Improve media literacy so pupils can also identify online antisemitism
17. Provide better resources for teaching the Israel-Palestine conflict fairly and sensitively
18. Ensure schools have clear policies for dealing with antisemitism involving external speakers
19. Ensure education unions have clear antisemitism policies
20. Establish a dedicated support service to help schools, colleges and councils deal with antisemitism
21. Use some of the Government's security funding to help Jewish schools and colleges undertake educational visits safely
22. Run a campaign to tackle antisemitic behaviour at transport hubs near Jewish schools and colleges
23. Provide Jewish school and college leaders with mentoring and more security advice
24. Strengthen accountability for schools that fail to deal properly with antisemitism
25. Enable Ofsted and the Independent Schools Inspectorate to assess how schools tackle antisemitism
26. Make local councils identify local patterns of antisemitism and help schools respond
27. Share effective practice and guidance between schools and colleges