Good overview of the Belgian gov's data retention proposal, forcing platforms to provide metadata to authorities. This is important as it would result in a ban of those that don't - or can't - like Signal. As this proposal could spread to other EU member states, it needs to be fought at every turn, before it is too late https://edri.org/our-work/belgium-wants-to-ban-signal-a-harbinger-of-european-policy-to-come/
RT @scarletmonahan
IDS Persecuting the blind. (Tory legacy since 2010) #IDS #SavetheNHS #ESA #DWP #PIP #UniversalCredit #ToryFail #Conservative #poverty #Brexit #Homelessness #satire #art
Of all the intensely stupid ways team loyalty and partisanship can express itself, I really don't think you could come up with one dumber than "Our nuclear brinkmanship isn't a problem because it'll be the other side who launches the first nuke" if you tried.
https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/kayfabe-populism-notes-from-the-edge?r=cfvq7&utm_medium=ios
RT @docrussjackson
Many thanks to @BylinesEast for publishing this #THREAD. 🙏
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/our-government-is-killing-democracy-by-a-thousand-cuts/
RT @monaeltahawy
And remember that it was white women who were your mothers, aunts, and sisters who were the real-life Serenas, all too willing to foot soldier for the patriarchy in return for its crumbs. https://www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-white-women-who-destroyed?r=50le&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
RT @BestForBritain
“This Government will never stop trying to help people” says Chancellor who has overseen the biggest fall in living standards since 1956 and introduced the highest tax burden for 70 years 🤷#CostOfLivingCrisis
RT @tante
The individual carbon footprint is an invention by BP's marketing to shift the blame for climate change to consumers who put out way less pollution than big business.
But I love how he adds the magic "through technology" to make it sound as if it wasn't bullshit. https://twitter.com/AndrewLawton/status/1529045188764921856
1,000 patients died needlessly due to failings at NHS Trust, claim campaigners https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/1000-patients-died-needlessly-due-27029029?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
I think I might re-record this https://soundcloud.com/francis-fish/not-sorry - it needs a middle 8 for a start
Early attempts with Garage Band
Song about Blair, but I think it still fits
I didn't know about SPACs. - if it looks like a con, walks like a con, smells like a con, it's a con.
https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/23/you-got-spacced/#the-house-always-wins
…the empire has no problem with disinformation. The empire that is built on propaganda and lies has no problem with propaganda and lies. It has a problem with the truth. From @caitoz https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/theyre-worried-about-the-spread-of?r=cfvq7&utm_medium=ios
RT @caitoz
People ask why I write about the US government instead of my own government. It's because the US is my own government. I just skip the irrelevant middle man. https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1528164259904880640
RT @ireneista
[CW sexual assault, rape culture]
This thread is one of those well-researched, astonishingly thorough resources to keep handy for the next time someone in your life seems like they might be open to reason on the topic. https://twitter.com/DailyJulianne/status/1528144498496311298
RT @GottaLaff
Doonesbury. CRT. 'Nuff said.
Entire strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2022/05/22
RT @Qoxy147
@simonmaginn @TweetForTheMany Tbf, the last few years have had little regard for Jewish people. They’ve had their generational trauma weaponised for factional gain. If anything, the whole ‘scam’ has made Jewish people less safe, all to prevent mild redistributive economic reforms and an ethical foreign policy
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.