Definitely, hopefully xyzzzzzzzz can do a better job organising than last time
― mardheamac (gyac), Saturday, 29 January 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
I like the plan, poster gyac, though micropubs must be the worst possible environment for any kind of distancing and safety, if anyone still believes in that stuff (which apparently they don't) ?
― the pinefox, Saturday, 29 January 2022 19:59 (two years ago) link
Me and gyac at the next ILB fap
pic.twitter.com/kPse8RCuVP— columbo screenshots (@ColumboScreens) January 29, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 January 2022 20:14 (two years ago) link
Me at the last ILB FAP.
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/ArticleMedia/Images/WhatsOn%20images/202201/red-tent-01.jpg
― Someone left a space telescope out in the rain (Tom D.), Saturday, 29 January 2022 20:28 (two years ago) link
Me and gyac at the next ILB fapđŚ[pic.twitter.com/kPse8RCuVPđ¸â columbo screenshots (@ColumboScreens) January 29, 2022đ¸]đŚ
― mardheamac (gyac), Saturday, 29 January 2022 20:33 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/1qWTFjJExr— columbo screenshots (@ColumboScreens) January 29, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 January 2022 22:09 (two years ago) link
Rachel Cooke at it again in this terrible attempt to make Streeting happen
Itâs not only that his crab apple cheeks and short back and sides give him the look of a kindly wartime grocer, the sort who might slip you a bag of illicit sugar.
In the other, used for meetings, there is an espresso machine and a coffee table on top of which is John Bewâs biography of Clement Attlee
Weâre better off without them, bluntly. There has always been a problem with elements of the left, particularly the far left, who revel in their self-righteousness, who love telling voters how disappointed they are in them.
Unlike some, he doesnât think Tories are bad people.
People ask: why isnât he in the Labour party? (Starmer has refused to reinstate the Labour whip to Corbyn.)The answer is simple: because he chooses not to be.
(Though he was bullied at school for his cleverness.)
Does he believe in biological sex? âYes, of course,â he says. Does he think itâs helpful for his colleague David Lammy to accuse women with concerns in this area of being âdinosaursâ who were âhoardingâ their rights? For a moment, he is silent. Then he says: âOne of the things that men have always underestimated is the sense in which women have felt like theyâre being told to be quiet, which is why in this context it is incendiary.â Since he spoke to Robinson, he says, he has been pleased to find that some of his female parliamentary colleagues have felt able to come and talk to him about their concerns.
He took Joe to see Deacon Blue in Southend for his birthday. âI had a UK garage phase in the sixth form, but at heart Iâm an indie boy. Britpop was the greatest for me, growing up.â
― mardheamac (gyac), Sunday, 30 January 2022 11:20 (two years ago) link
Rachel Cooke is a massive TERF obvs.
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Sunday, 30 January 2022 11:26 (two years ago) link
what kind of profile of this freakish psychopath doesn't mention "McShitter" once?
― calzino, Sunday, 30 January 2022 11:38 (two years ago) link
xp yes we discussed this itt when she did that disgraceful interview with Amia Srinivasan iirc
― mardheamac (gyac), Sunday, 30 January 2022 12:02 (two years ago) link
"zealous interest in trans rights" đ¤
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 January 2022 12:06 (two years ago) link
Periodic reminders are necessary!
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Sunday, 30 January 2022 13:32 (two years ago) link
I already knew that and I assume anyone reading this thread, which has covered the Guardian/Observerâs transphobia for quite a while now, will understand what I meant by posting the excerpt with her dogwhistles.
― mardheamac (gyac), Sunday, 30 January 2022 14:11 (two years ago) link
Thanks poster gyac, for taking the time to spell out what a scumbag this scumbag is.
That the Observer et al are now keen to support him says much about them - which is familiar I suppose.
― the pinefox, Sunday, 30 January 2022 17:14 (two years ago) link
I live to serve, poster the pinefox. Does your webmail work btw?
― mardheamac (gyac), Sunday, 30 January 2022 17:33 (two years ago) link
I'm not sure that it does anymore!
― the pinefox, Sunday, 30 January 2022 20:41 (two years ago) link
This ought to be noted:
https://novaramedia.com/2022/02/04/the-guardian-hires-daily-mail-wreathgate-journalist-who-claimed-corbyn-paid-tribute-to-terrorists/
The Guardian Hires Daily Mail âWreathgateâ Journalist Who Claimed Corbyn Paid Tribute to TerroristsKatharine Vinerâs âcourtship of the establishmentâ continues.
Katharine Vinerâs âcourtship of the establishmentâ continues.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 5 February 2022 12:59 (two years ago) link
Observer:
The mood has turned further against Johnson in recent days after he criticised Sir Keir Starmer in the Commons on Monday for failing to prosecute the child abuser Jimmy Savile during his time as director of public prosecutions. The baseless attack on the opposition leader led to the resignation of Johnsonâs longtime aide and head of policy at No 10, Munira Mirza, who had demanded that Johnson apologise, which he failed to do.Investigations by the Observer show that the unfounded claims about Starmer were being promoted, before Johnson aired them, by far-right groups including the UK branch of Proud Boys, a violent white nationalist organisation labelled a terrorist entity.
Investigations by the Observer show that the unfounded claims about Starmer were being promoted, before Johnson aired them, by far-right groups including the UK branch of Proud Boys, a violent white nationalist organisation labelled a terrorist entity.
There's more, but in general: they are now framing claims about KS in the way they did a lot of statements by Trump - that is, daring flatly and casually to describe a statement, in a news report, as false. With the former LOTO, on the other hand, they never ever did this, but amplified the lies, week after week.
― the pinefox, Sunday, 6 February 2022 09:26 (two years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLFzpg5WYAIjjLb?format=jpg&name=medium
ÂŁ25 (plus ÂŁ1.63 booking fee)
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 20:12 (two years ago) link
https://y.yarn.co/529c44bc-fb94-4584-8097-6a554f5426ff_thumb.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 20:17 (two years ago) link
8pm-9pm is a somewhat narrow definition of "an evening with".
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 20:45 (two years ago) link
about 59 minutes more than i could handle
― Reader, I buried him (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 21:12 (two years ago) link
important "news" about this wonderful Tory minister!https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/11/uk-defence-secretary-heads-to-moscow-on-a-ratings-high
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Friday, 11 February 2022 11:04 (two years ago) link
Cabinet sources noted that he was âan absolute sweetieâ. âIf he was Catholic, heâd have a real shot at Popeâ, said one insider.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 11 February 2022 11:12 (two years ago) link
a latter-day Jesus, you might say
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Friday, 11 February 2022 11:21 (two years ago) link
Insiders praise his ability to make âcold decisions on things like tanksâ
like a mix between E Rommel with the swagger Pope Francis, gosh they really want to fuck him!
― calzino, Friday, 11 February 2022 11:23 (two years ago) link
"best in Cabinet" is like being called the most likeable bloke in the nonce wing
― Reader, I buried him (Noodle Vague), Friday, 11 February 2022 12:09 (two years ago) link
been buying the guardian only on Saturdays for the last decade, mostly for the tvguide. but then they stopped The Guide thing, which was handy and there replacement wasn't great.
bought something else this morning "i weekend" and first impressions are that the TV section is worse, full double page takes up too much sofa space, and is stapled into the rest of the paper. was 1/3rd of the price though.
― koogs, Saturday, 12 February 2022 10:19 (two years ago) link
Koogs: for a good TV guide buy TV CHOICE or similar - a magazine costing no more than 75p. It's really good for what it does!
― the pinefox, Saturday, 12 February 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
the bear is russia
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/88ffbbf20119c5f6bf0090c485ba0f3d2a692d64/0_0_4930_3150/master/4930.jpg?width=940&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=9c3c112095d08b63ed0f5a7b84c1ad13
― soref, Saturday, 12 February 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/15/uk-homes-cut-essentials-to-pay-for-tv-phones-and-internet?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1644915368
an appallingly worded headline here. I want see a Graun hack end up unemployed or in low income employment and then try and apply for universal credit without either or both of a smartphone/internet connection and then learn something about what really are "essentials" in this era.
― calzino, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
if a UC punter doesn't have a smartphone we will literally buy one them because it's an essential
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
nice to see the Graun letting taxi drivers write pieces for them tho
Incredible published self-owns from Hadley here
fair play, if i had wasted multiple questions trying to get margaret atwood to denounce trans people only to get rightly told iâm obsessed, i probably wouldnât have published the responses pic.twitter.com/KmSyNDiGf4— axaxaxas lmaĂś (@demarionunn) February 19, 2022
― mardheamac (gyac), Saturday, 19 February 2022 11:37 (two years ago) link
Good on Atwood.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 19 February 2022 11:46 (two years ago) link
yeah just skimmed the piece and Atwood deals with the bullshit very well
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 February 2022 11:49 (two years ago) link
i mean she's infinitely more civil than Freeman deserves but kudos
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 February 2022 11:50 (two years ago) link
Presumably the people who are shocked I discussed gender with Atwood - a feminist writer who has commented often on gender- are the same people who are shocked when I ask actors who were in Woody Allen movies about Woody Allen. Twitter is a weird and deeply unrepresentative place https://t.co/4kNX58jAOU— Hadley Freeman (@HadleyFreeman) February 19, 2022
freeman of course can't understand that people are making fun of her for being weird about it to the point that atwood called her obsessed
― ufo, Saturday, 19 February 2022 12:41 (two years ago) link
For some reason, I read that whole profile. Knowing the author, it was a bit like the old Hitchcock line about the bomb under the table. It is admittedly funny when it blows up in her face, but probably not worth the cost of spending time with such a weirdly insecure-narcissistic mind
― rob, Saturday, 19 February 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
"We kept talking after the interview and it was very civil and I think she agrees with me" is a power move though.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 19 February 2022 17:07 (two years ago) link
Itâs cowardice, sheâs careful to lean on I think when we can all read Atwoodâs words for ourselves.
― mardheamac (gyac), Saturday, 19 February 2022 17:10 (two years ago) link
yes that coda is especially pathetic
― oscar bravo, Saturday, 19 February 2022 17:54 (two years ago) link
If the Guardian goes under all its worst writers will be fine.
Guess she really misses having that column. pic.twitter.com/QD5Bevargs— Elvis BuĂąuelo (@Mr_Considerate) February 21, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 21 February 2022 10:04 (two years ago) link
Women can no longer afford to sit out the gender wars...they must come to the aid of their natural allies in the religious right.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 21 February 2022 10:13 (two years ago) link
I often think about a certain generation of middle class British feminists that they take things for granted that Irish ones donât. We are more aware in a practical sense of the involvement of the religious right in regressive causes because thatâs who has been funding anti choice/anti lgbt causes at home. But what have British feminists had to fight on that scale recently? To me it shows the danger of being complacent about progress; you have to keep on fighting because the fascists donât ever take a day off. But whatâs Hadleyâs excuse, sheâs American!
― mardheamac (gyac), Monday, 21 February 2022 10:50 (two years ago) link
Grew up here though I think? OTM though.
― Blu Ray Davies (Tom D.), Monday, 21 February 2022 10:56 (two years ago) link
You are, that is, not her.
she's lived here long become infected with a very British disease
― calzino, Monday, 21 February 2022 11:04 (two years ago) link
enough
Which isnât to say we donât have our own gobshites because do we ever!
When we founded the Irish Womenâs Liberation Movement,although we were radical young women, we reached out inclusively to women with all views. How sad to see the National Womenâs Council of Ireland excludes so many. See Breda OâBrien in todayâs Irish Times— Mary Kenny (@MaryKenny4) February 19, 2022
― mardheamac (gyac), Monday, 21 February 2022 11:16 (two years ago) link