Posts by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
(DIR) Post #Az8RR6bdmN5U8eEsfg by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-10-12T12:15:00Z
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Just in case anyone isn't believing the numbers they're hearing, here's an aerial view. Yes, this was by far the largest national demonstration in Britain since 2003.Hey you hearing this yet, Starmer? Or do we need to muscle our way into the Houses of Parliament to get your attention?
(DIR) Post #Az8XAWVWpBbVGwr9VY by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-10-12T14:10:30Z
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@raccoon Genocide in Gaza.
(DIR) Post #AzUx3Md21nxYtMjO6K by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-10-23T10:16:39Z
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@FediTips Thus proving that the fedi is not as decentralised as we imagine it is. A big enough attack on the hosting providers could take most of it down at the same time.
(DIR) Post #AzgTuxR3LJXqnRRNMO by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-10-29T00:08:45Z
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@SethRudy It does sound worryingly plausible, doesn't it? Someone in that administration must be at least smart enough to understand that starving millions of Americans will trigger civil unrest.
(DIR) Post #Azq9MCK9wJ5TKqxmVM by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-11-02T15:44:03Z
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White Christian ethno-nationalism is by far the biggest terrorist threat in the West. It's your typical mass shooter profile. It's by far the greatest danger to democracy, to women's rights and bodily autonomy, to ethnic minorities, to freedom of speech. It's currently the most destabilising influence on the global economy, and yet...some folks still hold fast to their Islamophobia.So I instantly lost several followers for saying something complimentary about Islam and a local mosque. Bizarre.
(DIR) Post #AzwdPlQE49LIdDB1tI by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-11-05T13:48:14Z
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@cstross On the plus side, he's already solved the housing crisis. 🤷🏻♂️
(DIR) Post #B0clUsArQASo32rp2W by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-11-26T03:04:08Z
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@futurebird I'm so well-known in activist circles, I attended an event today run by an organisation of which I'm not even a member, raised my hand to ask a question, and the host (a stranger to me) addressed me by name. 😆I absolutely cannot stand to be at home doing nothing, so treated a long period of ill health as an opportunity to fight for causes close to my heart, because no-one cares how many breaks you have to take if it's not a salaried job. 🤷🏻♂️
(DIR) Post #B1Gr5vZc17MxOnKWDg by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-12-14T20:59:02Z
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This one is going to be big. Coaches will be provided from most cities to get to London. More details will follow nearer the time. ✊🏼
(DIR) Post #B1iKMNAZas4o1jU7hw by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-12-28T17:20:26Z
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@stux Humans and cats are trying to kill you, but you still have to do spidery things (like catch insects) to stay alive.I mean, the game could just literally be about being a spider? 🤔🤷🏻♂️
(DIR) Post #B1o6NJKV7fuvzuRQ1I by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2025-12-31T12:12:02Z
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@futurebird Many of their songs are also history lessons! People of the Sun, for example, is about the Zapatista revolutionaries in Chiapas, Mexico, and references Aztec history (Emperor Cuauhtemoc) and historical oppression (Spanish conquest, Zoot Suit Riots). I don't think many of their original fans took all that in!Even Killing in the Name - widely dismissed as an outpouring of adolescent anger - is actually about white supremacy. Those who "burn crosses" are the KKK. Such an amazing band!
(DIR) Post #B1t71Cu5PCQlRPuSQK by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-02T18:40:29Z
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Mamdani's inaugural speech was one for the ages. Proving that if you're unapologetically progressive and politically left-of-centre, and say so loudly and proudly, the people will listen. Constantly pandering to the most reactionary forces is a losing strategy. Showing backbone and strong leadership, even challenging your own base to rise to the moment? That's how good people win. 👏🏼
(DIR) Post #B1v6ZA20sZ8sk1ADHk by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-03T20:57:55Z
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@GeofCox My first reaction to the news today was to wonder how many wars of the past few decades might not have needed to happen, had the USA simply kidnapped government leaders and officials instead of flattening whole cities with bombs.
(DIR) Post #B1v7kjDOVXJR06ZCka by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-03T21:25:29Z
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@Nimbius666 @GeofCox Yeah but Castro seemed to be almost supernaturally lucky! Former Cuban intelligence chief Fabián Escalante claimed he survived a staggering 638 plots or attempts orchestrated by the CIA and Cuban exiles. Perhaps that's an exaggeration (the Church Committee only confirmed eight), but even so, someone up there was looking out for that dude!
(DIR) Post #B1vJxb9L0MfxCVZZOC by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-03T23:47:12Z
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@futurebird @emilymbender I can't get better though because it's poisoning its own dataset (the internet), with slop. "AI" content has already surpassed human-created content, and that's being fed straight back into the models. So model collapse is inevitable.(I realise you know this already, just underlining your point here!)
(DIR) Post #B27soG8kFsyumQPfAO by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-10T00:46:43Z
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Have any of you just punched the bully right back in the face, and not been sorry about it? Like FAFO?Why are we trying to appease the worst "people" (I use the term loosely) in the world?Treat them like the scum they are.
(DIR) Post #B2F8nl0cxRxTbP7N8y by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-13T13:16:25Z
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@futurebird If they negotiate mining rights and access with officials in Greenland and Denmark, American companies get to profit from the rare Earth minerals without using military force. But if they *also* annex Greenland and take ownership, they can turn the world's largest island into a slave colony. Which might sound hyperbolic, but Silicon Valley is already backing proposals to establish new, low-regulation "freedom cities" in Greenland. That's the plan.
(DIR) Post #B2FTwnUvAlikxqRJPU by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-13T17:13:26Z
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@Nonilex Also in, say, combat sports such as MMA, contenders are typically matched in a way that makes it a fair fight. No-one would watch if it was always obvious who was going to win, would they?So even in this case, the idea that some butch bloke identifying as female would storm all the competitions and win everything is...um, implausible to put it politely. 🤷🏻♂️
(DIR) Post #B2TNGwns1kwdt2xAqO by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-20T10:00:42Z
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Starmer will continue to pander to the right."We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less. We’ve also found that when social democratic parties propose strongly reducing immigration numbers, this leads to less support for social democratic parties at the ballot box."https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/26/labour-reform-uk-nigel-farage-immigration-voters
(DIR) Post #B2b9ErFbr9yrzciWG0 by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-24T02:30:38Z
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@inthehands Gotcha! Drone footage from Minnesota today, 23 Jan 2026.Source:https://reddit.com/comments/1ql8tl9
(DIR) Post #B2iRQZN91rU0cLF0SW by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-01-27T16:31:45Z
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@futurebird Most folks don't make rational decisions, they just behave however others who are like them behave. So it's difficult for them to follow an argument if it suggests all those others are making bad decisions. Because that would mean they have to think for themselves, which is hard work.Also, most of these folks who can only follow the crowd, haven't even heard of the fediverse! It simply hasn't attracted enough media attention to penetrate their information spaces.