Criticizing journalists is not only not illiberal, it's necessary. Arguing that the press shouldn't exist or should be restrained by the state (which is the Trumpian position) is illiberal.
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This might be a good time to remind y'all that a lot of āanti-traffickingā NGOs started out as (or also operate) "crisis pregnancy centers". And they share the same total disregard for women, human rights, and facts.
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He was the governor of Spandau Prison for a time too
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There are entire channels on YouTube dedicated to going through the stories from the series and itās super interesting to see what artistic choices were made instead of being a straight retelling
I get why the series is written the way that it is, but this one of those times where it failed
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Having seen this being played, I cannot stress highly enough how much of this game is going to live inside my brain
You really should check it out. At the very least go watch Conrad and Linda playing it to get to get the vibes
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The entire purpose of anti discrimination law, keeping in mind itās not a perfect system but itās what we have after decades of fighting, is that all people are people first; they can have qualities inā¦uhā¦different quantities, but that they are āa personā first
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One of these days Iām going to write a big long thread about how the āgender-criticalā obsession as trying to legally ādefine a womanā as anything other than a āpersonā is deeply misogynistic and a massive step backwards for womenās rights, equalities and wrongs
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Just found out about a massive data leak at Twitter/X. I don't use it anymore but I keep my account alive so no one else can claim my username. I just changed my password and suggest others do too. Also use 2FA whenever you can.
More:
cyberpress.org/9-4gb-twitte...
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People say that Facebook is bad, but it has a whole world of Simpsons Shitposting and I'm here for it
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This was one of Australiaās best public health promotions ever.
āFirst Nations superhero āCondomanā was a world leader in HIV prevention. Aunty Gracelyn Smallwood made it happen.ā theconversation.com/first-nation...
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And digital creators donāt have access to any another streams of income that a traditional business has
Thereās no retailers with enforced stocking requirements which can help through the slowdowns
No speculative markets to leverage
āWant now, buy nowā has its own challenges
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Zoey is readyā¦are you?
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Oh Casey, I am so sorry for your loss š
She was the best doggo
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āAlbanese Calls Kier Starmer to Offer Advice on How to Slowly Squander a Majority by Appeasing the Opposition and Avoiding All Risk on the Way to Losing Voter Confidenceā theshovel.com.au/2024/07/08/a...
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Spills are as much an Australian sport as Royal commissions are
Is this great for us? Fuck no
Is it entertaining? Best sport around
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ā¦This now feels like theyāre trying to sidestep moving either direction and hoping it all just goes away as quietly as possible
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Woman on the street in London asked me for directions to her hotel, as I checked on my phone she made a comment about needing to avoid 'the gays' at 'that awful pride march', spoken with a really disgusted tone. So I sent her the wrong way.
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Itās amazing the extent to which our billionaire tech bro overlords are just telling us out loud that they are rooting for fascism. Makes me slightly nostalgic for the days when American plutocrats plotted against democracy in secret.
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I know that. But getting offical advice or having an attorney general who doesnāt rubber stamp your decisions changes things quite a bit
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You and Volition have crafted a powerful spell that seems obvious when you write it down, but itās just not something thatās clicked for me before now
Nice work!
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Iāve heard the appointment of Attorney General is a well respected, level headed lawyer who is expected to act independently.
Maybe he reminded Starmer of what the law actually says? Wishful thinking, I know
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I wish I hadnāt read these skeets
There are no lies in them, itās an interesting insight that my experience online lines up with
But the sheer amount of psychic damage I have sustain via the mere act of putting into worksā¦
ā¦damn!
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Thatās not just a gut punch, thatās a skateboarding accident to the gibblies
ā¦I donāt know how anyone recovers from this
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folksā¦ we are juiceless
we have lost the juice
how could we lose out to Threads of all places on bullying the Times
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Youād think the huge numbers of families relying on food banks and child poverty and sewerage filled rivers would be the excuse needed to motivate the electorate
But it wasnāt
UK labor really need to understand how they came in first and act on it otherwise theyāre finished
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This last round of the French elections should demonstrate that even in countries that continue to have record lows of voter turnout, the electorate is still capable of turning up when the opportunity presents itself
Why didnāt we see that in the UK?
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Someone I watch for their poll analysis on YouTube just basically called everyone who places elections in context as āchildrenā and is emblematic of the wilful ignorance that will allow the far right to destroy whatās left of the UK
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Love this for him
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i feel like your fact checker recommending your book is the highest possible form of praise
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