Why ARE bad British leftists so much worse than their US counterparts anyway The corbyn deadenders pick such awful hills to die on and are so much more vicious defending them compared to the Luigi crowd

Not being contrarian for contrarianism's sake, but the fact that only three conservative Democrats from districts that voted for Trump voted for a trans care ban for minors should encourage trans people that they can make Democrats hold the line. clerk.house.gov/Votes/202535...

If you want to be depressed, just look at all the idiots taking a republican at his word in the comments and replies (Newsom signed a bill doing the opposite of this)

In A Secret History of the IRA, Ed Moloney deduced there was likely a spy on the IRA Army Council, which Donaldson and Scappaticci don’t appear to have been on There were other agents in the republican movement’s senior ranks. Possibly many.

It’s humbling getting deep into a subject and hearing people talk about it even in fairly sophisticated online spaces You’re suddenly aware how little you know about everything else

Reading a bunch of books this year has really solidified for me how awful the internet is in comparison nowadays. Obviously in terms of general hostility but more generally in terms of lack of depth, insight, reading comprehension, base of knowledge, etc

if you think that terminally ill people being able to opt for medical euthanasia sounds horrifying it is because you have not seen the types of natural deaths that people die

i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared

(Non-oligarchic) immigrants do seem to be consistently more virtuous than native born citizens regardless of country of origin or destination, possibly due to selection on reasons for and difficulty of immigration.

John Le Carré was so based

Back to the Future remake but he ends up in Greeley, Colorado in 1950 at the sock hop that convinced Sayyid Qutb the West was irredeemably decadent and introduces him to a little something called "rock and roll."

Well well well if it isnt the Blowjob Brothers

me in the gym: grunting, going beast mode, sweaty, powerful me in bed two days later: ouchie, my wittle wegs are sowe :(

the AI slop videos pitching Life in the 19X0s are so telling IMO. we are all trapped in a social ecosystem that no longer does much but discontent us by feeding us limitless nostalgia and showing us the glamorous lives of professional influencers. recipe for permanent misery

Ok but this IS a natural extension of the idea improving material conditions would “solve” racism, which many leftists believe! If it’s all a plot by the bosses to divide the workers this woman is ultimately a victim. If that doesn’t sit right with you, maybe you need to rethink that belief

The Mid Ulster UVF was so compromised it was effectively owned by the intelligence services esp RUC Special Branch. It’s implausible they didn’t know

As far as British policymakers are concerned Northern Ireland ceased to exist in 1998

Going to be fun if this is applied to Northern Ireland.

The girlies are FIGHTING

This is one of the most haunting pieces of Troubles media Ive seen. Its not well known Its the morning after a famous pogrom in Belfast. People responding to the violence when it was still fresh and shocking. No one is sure how to process it. Unaware how bad it would get and how long it would last.

i mean part of it is that labour got a huge landslide in terms of seats with like 34% of the vote but could get almost completely wiped out with 30% of the vote

I’ve decided to mostly post about my niche historical interest (and its legacy) and boy howdy is it nice to talk about something besides the cheeto man

This may be the most brazen coverup in the history of the Troubles, and that’s a HIGH bar Its so well known and well confirmed who this was that the newspaper can use his image for the article, he died years ago, but the 7 year £40M govt report on it can’t name him

Fun fact, the IRA had standardized bomb timing mechanisms which were devised by a Catholic priest turned IRA courier name Fr Patrick Ryan He was also the Provisionals main representative to the Libyan government

remembering one of the all-time greatest twitter posts

These global comparisons coming from first worlders is so funny. If you have a college degree as an American you’re almost certainly in the top 2% of people.

The Irish should stop outsourcing their national defense to the UK

people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try

Whether this particular group has staying power or not, we’re seeing *major* signs Sinn Fein is losing control of its right flank, at least some of whom appear willing to return to violence I don’t know what happens next but the threat to stability is there

New transphobic and anti immigrant republican group dropped They’re threatening Sinn Fein politicians and are probably the people who tried to pipe bomb a SF office several weeks ago. Things are getting scary in Northern Ireland and no one outside the region is paying attention, yet

New transphobic and anti immigrant republican group dropped They’re threatening Sinn Fein politicians and are probably the people who tried to pipe bomb a SF office several weeks ago. Things are getting scary in Northern Ireland and no one outside the region is paying attention, yet

In 1936 Forverts published a reader's letter about a trans man from his Ukrainian shtetl Beyle was a gender nonconforming woman who left home, transitioned, and returned years later, now a "handsome, healthy, redheaded man" named Berel who soon "learned to daven and was in synagogue every day"

It does drive me insane how people say American food has corn syrup instead sugar due to subsidies. It’s still way more expensive than Brazilian cane sugar, which we protect our own sugar growers from lol

Wait how many of my followers already knew about this

Idt Martin McGuinness was an informant in the usual sense, for money or to avoid prosecution. However he was without a doubt in secret contact with British intelligence that the IRA would have killed him for The question of collusion between the IRA leadership and HMG remains an open one

Everyone please listen 😌

This is actually a monumental achievement.

Open Feeld First pfp I see is a guy licking a foot Close Feeld

I’m nearly finished S2 and so far Blue Lights is absolutely delightful and a far smarter take on modern Northern Ireland than a dumb little cop show has any right to be Highly recommend if The Wire: Belfast sounds like a good time to you

Stop saying this is like The Troubles, I’ll tell you when it’s like The Troubles

Getting pretty big.

They did the meme (From Brendan O’Learys Treatise on Northern Ireland)

This is why I have a soft spot for left of center unionist and even loyalist voices in the Northern Ireland conflict because (especially in the context of the 60s/70s) there’s a real case for unionism grounded in democracy, human and women’s rights, and the material wellbeing of the poor.

A very important point here: framing it as “the South” concedes that the Confederacy was a legitimate representation of the South, rather than an illegitimate attempt to separate to separate the South from the Union.

Excellent post - and this is how I begin every discussion with a potential Lost Causer, because once you separate their Southern culture (family ties, geographic roots, etc) from the argument, you can actually have a discussion without the “I have to defend the South” walls coming up.

Some of that money almost certainly goes to buy drugs that are sold in the impoverished communities these groups operate in. Guns too for all we know It’s all a major part of why these groups continue to exist

To a large degree peace in Northern Ireland was and continues to be bought with cash on both the republican and loyalist sides Money was a major consideration in the Provisionals move toward peace from 1992, with Gerry Adams US trip (From Ed Moloneys A Secret History of the IRA)

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

Just finished a reread and wow does this one qualify A decent man with an extraordinary memory is recruited to infiltrate Sinn Fein. I really don’t want to spoil anything further, this one is shocking even now.