Francis 🇾🇪 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @francis@greenplenty.social
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Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.
Joined Apr 2022
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
I still haven't made it to Black history yet. I'm still on white US history.
Q: Why is it OK for Black folk to like the Black Panthers, but white folk can't like the klan? Black supremacy is just as bad as white supremacy! Why the double standard?
A: Black folk know white US history, so they know that the Black Panthers were not Black supremacists.
(At this point, half of the Black folk reading this just involuntary said "COINTELPRO!" out loud).
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
I still haven't made it to Black history. Still on white US history.
Q: Why does it seem like so much of the anti-Asian hate that I see on TV and in newspapers is done by Black people? It seems like Asian folk should be legitimately afraid of Black people! Why does it seem that way?
A: Racism. Most Asian hate attacks are done by white folk. Asian folk are significantly safer from Asian hate, when they are around Black folk.🙂🙃
Newspapers lied on us.
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
I will get to Black history. For now, I'm still on white US history.
Q: Why is so much Black music about violence and misogyny? I'm not racist, but I think Black culture is just more violent. Why does it seem that way?
A: Racism. Rap, trap, and drill, are only the most popular genres of Black music listened to *by white people.* The most popular among Black folk is R&B, almost 2X as popular. Violent rap is mostly for y'all.🤷🏿♂️
https://www.statista.com/statistics/945163/leading-music-genres-african-american/
RT @simonmaginn
Sonia Sodha's disgraceful Observer hate-screed made serious factual errors and must be corrected by Observer immediately.
It is simply not acceptable for a major UK newspaper to publish lying trash like this.
Observer, your reputation is in the gutter.
Do something.
RT @guyverhofstadt
Johnson will always put his career first.
His hard Brexit created the mess everyone is trying to fix.
The best advice: do the opposite of what he proposes!
RT @JujuliaGrace
Flashback to our projections around London when we took the government to court. Never forget what Matt Hancock did. This government failed to prepare, failed to protect workers+then entered into dodgy PPE deals. @EveryDoctorUK + Good Law Project proved the VIP PPE lane existed🚨
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The New York Times is institutionally transphobic:
RT @jon_trickett
Yet again the Tory Government is asking privatised water companies to stop spewing sewage into our beautiful rivers.
Asking nicely doesn't work.
The water companies should be taken into public ownership. With shareholder dividends removed we can invest in sewage infrastructure.
RT @AllyFogg
This is so revealing of Peterson's fundamental mindset. He's basically saying "If I don't know your gender how can I know which prejudices I should apply to you?" https://twitter.com/AdamRutherford/status/1627612936188399622
RT @LeftUnityParty
@Keir_Starmer @YvetteCooperMP Money would be far better spent on fighting the causes of crime, eradicating poverty, increasing opportunities and ending the hopeless and self-defeating war on drugs.
We'd legalise cannabis and decriminalise other drugs.
RT @SjR94264230
I knew 2023 was going to be a bastard of a year. https://twitter.com/tykestakeonit/status/1627419241652580352
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iFixit has a new teardown video!
Click here to watch as they peel back the skin of the Tufton Street think tanks' latest model Conservative MP!
Now with added Home Office networking!
Coming to a constituency near you in time for the 2023-25 election season!
When you say our ideas are “unelectable”, you are telling us our needs can never be addressed, and not only is that nonsense, it’s not something I could ever accept. Imagine telling someone it’s unelectable to fight racism or homophobia, that’s no less acceptable than telling us it’s unelectable to fight classism
RT @WarmongerHodges
Corbyn suspended "Sir" Trevor Phillips for his comments about Muslims.
Starmer arbitrarily overturned Phillips' suspension.
Starmer claims to have "zero tolerance" of racism.
Swap "Muslim" for "Jew" in Phillips' comments.
Starmer is happy to tolerate racism when it suits him.
RT @Normanjam671
Sir Keir Starmer wants more punitive punishment for peaceful protest than the judiciary.
He's not a Socialist, I'd find it hard to describe him as Liberal.
RT @Heccles94
Hi @RishiSunak
Harry here, Addiction Nurse specialist.
Main barriers to recovery from addiction?
- cuts to benefits
- lack of housing
- NHS cuts
- loss of legal aid
- loss of community centers
- underfunded treatment services
All of which your govt is responsible for. https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1626212501028478976
RT @BladeoftheS
It’s curious, Nadhim Zahawi will never stand trial for £3.7m fraud.
How Michelle Mone never will for £133.6m fraud.
How no one will be prosecuted for £14.9bn PPE fraud.
Yet if you shoplift £10 of stuff from the supermarket you will be straight to court even if you give it back
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Use this one trick to reduce sexist comments in YouTube
It was suggested to me by @CraftComputing to add emojis to the block list in order to reduce comment scammers, since they often use emojis to get around regular moderation tools.
Not only has that helped remove comment scams in the last week, but removing all of the "heart" or "kissy-face" emojis has removed dozens of sexist comments as well.
Anyone routinely dealing with sexist YouTube comments- I can highly recommend it.
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Psssst - getting people together to create a shared understanding is usually NOT a waste of time.
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As Simon Kuper (FT) points out, 'cleverness barely predicts top incomes, because so many other factors matter more in working life. There’s luck, family background, motivation, self-regulation, skill at office politics & even height'.
Leaving aside the personal factors, I've always been convinced that we under-play luck (both to ourselves, but also when we look at the rich & successful); when luck actually can be decisive, we should treat its fruits as unearned income & tax them progressively!
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Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.
Joined Apr 2022
