Little Reichstag Fires Everywhere

Always knew he'd have to come crawling to the left to help him when his fancy advisors realized their strategy was cack

I saw an American autism activist dune years ago saying "If it's such a disadvantage why has it survived as a genetic trait? Because the person who made fire wasn't one of the ones sitting around yapping, it was the autistic one obsessively rubbing sticks together to find the best way"

My son is autistic (I had a positive screening for it too when I went for my ADHD assessment 😅) He was diagnosed at 2.5. At that time I was terrified as I knew nothing about it. Do I wish somethings were easier for him? Yes Do I wish he'd never been born with it? Well no because he's incredible ❤️

Absolutely this. My godson is 19. He is autistic and learning disabled. He needs full time care which severely impacts the lives of his parents/sibling. And my friend once said ‘I wouldn’t change a thing because the joy he experiences/gives cannot be measured.’

Hate the way people talk about autism. Deeming it unhealthy is eugenics. Is it really the worst thing a child could be? You think vaccines cause autism so you'd rather risk your child dying of meningitis? You'd prefer your child to die than be autistic? Horrible ppl.

Tomorrow I will be standing outside to clap for Rapture, the iconic 90s anthem by IIo.

Not lost on me that as English politics wrestles with the policy of ‘some people there are lesser & should be deported’, that soldier F is on trial for chasing peaceful protesters into a dead end &shooting them like animals - with the backing of the state - because the victims were deemed lessser

Identity in Northern Ireland is complicated but most people in Northern Ireland are legally, at least, dual citizens (including myself)

Removing people with indefinite leave to remain is absolutely vile. Also incredibly stupid.

think that realistically I would have always been deeply, deeply worried about the rise of far-right ideas in public discourse but I truly never expected this level of blithe elite complacency, turns out I do feel worried but mostly I feel like I'm going insane, watching them do.......nothing at all

Thinking about her

The Burkes turning up at the DUP Conference to accuse them of promoting the LGBT community is a funny bit, gotta say

If you didn't laugh you'd cry

think if you're broadly a centrist and were suuuuuper concerned about attacks on free speech from the left and so you decided to give the right a hearing then you need to realise you were taken for QUITE the ride (and don't really have anyone to blame but yourself)

This is insane

brilliant article by Ta Nehisi Coates www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Just read, "it is only Keir Starmer's force of personality keeping the government together" in the voice of Jez from Peep Show.

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

So McGregor DOES understand the meaning of "No".

Fascinated by this tbh. Not sure why she denied it but I didn't think this would be front page news?

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

Yesterday I discovered the word groyper

We must swiftly, definitively and unequivocally condemn all political violence in no uncertain terms, once certain terms and conditions laid out by my side have been met | latest by me in tomorrow’s Sunday Times

this post got so much backlash on the other site that I'm taking legal advice

A Seth Rogan movie where a stoner accidentally becomes head of the FBI and has to solve a serious high profile crime.

There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man. Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent. We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate. My latest piece.

I do feel like some of you are concern posting like it's still 2014 and there aren't masked men disappearing ethnic minorities under command of an openly corrupt government. The reality of the political landscape you are in is going to land on some of you like a structurally compromised skyscraper.

We should condemn political violence, even against people we find abominable, unless we are prepared to trust the judgement of every violent individual as to who the villains are. We can believe this and express sympathy for the victim's families without retroactively lionizing their politics.

You guys put podcast hosts in charge of the FBI and fired all the competent agents because you thought they were woke.

Nobody deserves to be killed for their views and it's beyond horrific that Kirk's wife and children saw that. Let's be clear tho: he was a racist who spouted bile and supported political violence against his enemies.He would not have shown grace if this had happened to his opponents.

I fear the truth is that it doesn’t matter how many well meaning people condemn this or any other act of political violence because they have already determined that they want reprisals and are more than happy to focus only on any single incident or comment to justify that position

Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.

mandelson (who is awful btw) is going to take the rap for his links with Epstein but we're still going to pretend this isn't an issue when we roll out the welcome mat for his best mate in the white house

Incredible paragraphs from Allison Morris here

I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇

Acting like they played no role in his rise, like they were just innocent bystanders reporting and not vehicles used to platform him, like they haven't legitimised many of his talking points despite knowing they were lies. You said just last week people are right to be concerned ffs.

I assume phase 3 is just Starmer driving about in a clown car

A bake sale for Palestine down the N'Ards Road has pulled out of East Belfast because of threats 🙃🙃🙃

Thanks I hate it

People feel emboldened to be racist because hatred is being directed towards asylum seekers, enabled by national and local politicians

It's giving

at some point Starmer is going to beg people to back his party under the guise of fighting the fash and I really hope people ignore him.

Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced. Recognised refugees - so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger - will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat

We know trump is alive cause of he were dead every elected Democrat would be online posting about what a sad loss it is and what a great guy he was

trumpwatch is the bluesky version of buying a powerball ticket. It's not about the odds, it's about the dream