The British Left

So YP activists are already meeting in-person without so much as a code of conduct or governance structure for complaints and these meetings are being attended by SWP folk? Fundamentally unsafe for activists and volunteers.

My mrs went to one of the ‘official’ YP events near us and it was just 15 SWP/SUTR people there with a handful of non members. The SWP guy leading the meeting invited people to be on the local steering committee by choosing people he knew by name from the party. Very good stuff.

I've learned to manage my cptsd in recent years. I've been testing the water every so often, but the panic attacks always return. I did my best to try and work with these people, I really did.

Dear Hilda Am having a good time, my tongue has not stopped.

So after an exhausting day trying to take down flags and being yelled at by racists a local Labour member took photos of us *after we expressly said no pics* put them on facebook to try and take credit for organising it (they didn't) while doxxing us to the fash. That party, I swear to fucking god.

Lower the maximum wage.

Tens of thousands of disabled people and allies have made clear to the government that they reject any plans to cut spending on personal independence payment and other disability-related support. #PathwaysToWork #PIP #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tens-of-thou...

Chat - is this good?

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

Sam Altman has killed more people than Luigi Mangione.

Someone should start making “I’ve been trolled by Graham Linehan” badges. I’m a proud member of that club too! @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social

Are women ruining the workplace?

this zine may come in handy cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/zines...

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

if i ever reach this point then just put me down

Mozilla deployed an AI bot that overwrote 20 years of volunteer Japanese translations, without consultation. JP community leader resigned, and the offer from Mozilla is to "hop on a quick call to understand why they're struggling". FFS. HN discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4583...

The British Left

A growing number of comedy people are calling Glinner out.

Karen Hoyland, 48, only has to glance at your profile image and a handful of posts in order to declare you “very high functioning”, despite never having met or spoken to you in her life.

New issue of Lumpen is coming. Texts by a very awesome assortment of writers. Edited by our one and only Amy Todd. Cover by @junk_comix Theme: Class and Care. Watch this space.

A major protest has been held outside the offices of Grand Theft Auto developers Rockstar Games in Edinburgh after more than 30 staff were allegedly sacked for trade union activity

$200 now or I'll claw your eyes out

they won't reveal the venue until the last minute because they want to fill it with a caucus of trots who'll elect the wrong 'uns

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People need to understand that Labour would prefer Reform to win the next election rather than the Green party.

I don't remember if Follow Friday is a thing here - but follow Postcard from the Past - the juxtaposition of often bland imagery but intriguing snapshots of lives from just one sentence is hauntology at its purest. Or is that surrealism?

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Me pretending to not know your deep lore so I don’t seem like a creep

If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

This is FUCKING INSANE

Nothing to this one but venting: The transphobes are the most cowardly of bigots, people so terrified of what's in their pants & what's not in their hearts that they make it a calling to terrorize those who've done the work to know who they are. Mice have more courage, slugs have more grace.

The D.C. man accused of assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent with a Subway sandwich was found not guilty by a jury

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Mamdani's exit polls show very clearly what the left has been saying for years. If you want to reach young men under 40, you have to address their material conditions. This culture war bullshit completely falls away when you speak to people's economic needs.

Welcome to the 4.20 TransPennine Express service to Gender Euphoria... calling at Intersectionality, and Universal Childcare. This service terminates landlords.

Zohran says you’re trans now

If someone comes up to you in the pub and offers you a can of coke for sale at an unbelievably low price, the number to call is nine hundred and ninety-nine.

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hahahahaha SHOCKEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

wes streeting is positioning himself to take over from keir starmer as prime minister. wes streeting is a christian evangelical. wes streeting won his seat by just 517 votes.

"They know this is likely to cause suicides. They don’t care! We jumped through every hoop for years and we followed what the government asked of us. I’m in Surrey, her doctor is in Brighton, you can imagine what this is doing to us." northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

Do ask any Labour MPs or centrist commentators congratulating Mamdani what they can possibly learn from some of his policies. Like these for instance.

New podcast episode: Simon Price reminisces about his Melody Maker years and his championing of fellow Welshmen Manic Street Preachers. Plus he listens to clips from our 1997 audio interview with Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. www.rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Epis...

this government is evil.

And so to bed. A figure of hope arises in the UK. @countbinface.bsky.social #Nerdlings

I think I've finally finished this map of US empire, charting US military and CIA foreign interventions since 1900, as well as US military bases and CIA torture black sites.

Read this post. It isn't rude. Billy Bragg is just a massive bellend.

been having a chuckle about this. looking on that subreddit, the mods are constantly running searches for and deleting posts that mention mamdani. the posters have been saying things like "the frontrunner for mayor" and so on to evade getting banned lol