Francis 🇾🇪 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @francis@greenplenty.social

“UKLFI said a Massive Attack show last month had prompted complaints by Jewish and Israeli audience members because it included comparison of Israel’s actions with the Holocaust ‘We wrote to Massive Attack to convey this, and requested that future performances do not repeat these actions. We believe in free speech and artistic expression however we felt this performance crossed a line and made audience members feel deeply traumatised.’” Not as traumatised as the people in #Gaza

Yesterday was my first bad day on Mastodon, and what happened to me could happen to you, so let me explain what went down, and how I got blocked by a lot of people.

In March, I wrote a post critical of Musk (picture 1). I then asked another Mastodon user (Harriett) whom I have found friendly, if she would help me translate a Danish phrase to English, and linked to the Musk post where the phrase would be relevant.

But yesterday — 4 months later — that blew up in my face. Here is how…

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The #Klan was a #PonziScheme

-#MattStoller

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-jeff-epstein-maga

Sooooo... we realised at the weekend that the blog Moira originally wrote about Althea Gibson for is offline.

Luckily, we kept a copy on file, so today we have a NEW blogpost with a revised and updated version.

#WomensHistory #Wimbledon 🎾🗃️

https://carvehername.org.uk/althea-gibson-wins-wimbledon/

#NoEquity #Equity #Billionaire #WealthGap

Yesterday Dutch parliament shamefully passed an extreme law criminalizing being undocumented, and also criminalizing aiding undocumented people. The Dutch national police has now released a statement that they can't support this. Most appreciated. https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2025/juli/4/00-reactie-politie-op-instemming-tweede-kamer-met-anmw.html

wake up leo

Regrettably, we already did. It's called "Brexit," and it fucked the entire country. Twat.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/glastonbury/rod-stewart-nigel-farage-reform-support-glastonbury-legends-slot-b2778834.html

Sorry to ‘told-you-so’ but I hope everyone who has sneered at my refusal to use Spotify over the years is pleased that their investment in music convenience is paying off so ethically.

Please stop supporting the platformisation of art. Buy music from musicians. Go to their gigs. Buy physical media. Use bandcamp.

Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup | Middle East Eye https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/spotify-faces-boycott-calls-over-ceos-investment-defence-startup

“If the group is proscribed next week, as is expected, being a member of or inviting support for Palestine Action will carry a maximum penalty of 14 years. Wearing clothing or publishing a logo that arouses reasonable suspicion that someone supports Palestine Action will carry a sentence of up to six months.”

#PalestineAction #Gaza #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/jun/28/palestine-action-proscription-free-speech?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

"trans people stopped persuading" i wrote this in 2021. a year before Lia Thomas. i was let go soon after. www.vox.com/identities/2...

The massive Republican push to...

Some Democrats seem astonished that voters in New York would dare to nominate a candidate who actually espouses the party's values instead of a rapey corporate piece of shit.

"We've put an extra spoonful of sugar in the pilot's tea to make him burp," the Palestine Action Group

"You terrorist bastards," the Daily Mail