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Last Notes npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies If we're all focused on chasing "benefit cheats" for pennies, we'll never get organised enough to tax the trillions of pounds hidden overseas. #TaxTheRich npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies In Today's #NotSanewashedNews Headline: "Under Israeli control, Gaza crossing to Egypt is barely opened" It's crazy to give this generous headline about reopening and advancing the ceasefire, only to read NINE paragraphs in that just 50 people can cross a day - completely under Israeli military control. These autocrats love how easy it is to control headlines #MediaMustDoBetter Gaza Crossing to Egypt Reopens in Step Forward for Fragile Cease-Fire https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/world/middleeast/gaza-rafah-border-crossing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFA.nNRm.i4YHHwEUBslC&smid=nytcore-android-share npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Of course, there will be American elections. Even Russia has elections. The questions are who can vote and who counts? Republicans have been rigging all three for years. Even if the House of Representative flips (likely), Trump has made Congress irrelevant. It won't matter. We are now in a monarchy. Dems MUST flip the Senate too, and stop his horrific appointments, to even start towards a "self-correction". npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies It seems pretty well corroborated that the "Hunter laptop" drama was a Russian disinfo campaign. (Summarised 👆) Why has this never received prominent reporting by the mainstream media? #MediaMustDoBetter npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies One more reason: - Many metrics are aggregates that can be skewed by massive spending in key, large industries like military or healthcare. But we already see unemployment going up, lifespan decreasing, food bank explosion and homelessness increases. These are the signs of a society in decline. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies AI decision-making, tsunamis of disinformation and slop, constant focus on proven liars, un-real "reality TV" ...all of this is leading to a collapse of the Age of Reason and a return to the Dark Ages. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Exactly! Why didn't the government drive home the message that farmers would have paid HALF the Inheritance Tax rate of non-farmers? npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies As if saving the climate for humanity wasn't enough, we should all move to #GreenEnergy because oil and gas are so deeply corrosive to democratic governance. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Not to disagree about the nature of capitalism, but you are absolutely wrong in saying it doesn't impact party policy. The "horrors" I mentioned are absolutely Republican policy - for many years Democrats have other policies, like expanding healthcare, green energy and antitrust. Policies that were actually expanded under the Biden years (and Obama, etc) - so it's not just empty promises. As a reality, the differences between the party policies (and therefore impact) is huge. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies call BS. Saying "both sides the same" about America's two main parties is how Americans lost the right to abortion, now have masked agents grabbing brown people off the streets and are murdering people in boats off the coast of Venezuela. Sure, both parties support capitalism - but under first-past-the-post that's always going to be the result. So, use primaries to push the Dems leftward. But always, ALWAYS, vote for the lesser of two evils ...to get less evil npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Maybe critical thinking skills - and not just for farmers. Too many fall for these simplistic cure-alls when there is no substance (or commitment, funding, etc) to the promised "sunny uplands" of the future. And far, far too little attention is paid to why systems are built the way they are. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Yeah, sure Just like the supporters started peeling away from Hitler ...or Stalin ...or Mao, etc npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Not only "took businesses at their word" They opened an express fraud lane for those referred by those connected to the party in power. No bid. No checking. Just here's your cash. The true figure is probably worse than £11 B npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Likewise, I only see disastrous outcomes over the next few years. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies 👀 Cory Doctorow: sometimes AI is just people https://youtube.com/shorts/19PbHCwb8ZU?si=BzDNzBTuFpyDKfpt npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I'm old enough to remember when a #UN commission declaring Israel is engaged in systemic torture - and therefore a war crime - would have provoked international condemnation. Now, it's just "one side says" and we all just move on. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Yes, the world could benefit from some vocal Keynesians. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies IMO, a solidly #Labour budget this time. With the significant exception of freezing tax thresholds, the tax increases targeted those with disposable income or expensive houses - while funnelling significant increases to pensioners and those on minimum wage. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies How can this still be a puzzle to anyone? For over a decade now, the path to a high state office for minorities is to be the "toughest" and loudest in defending nativism. It's only a surprise that Labour is now doing it. Well, not a surprise to those watching Starmer's choices this past year. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies The future generations will look back at the failure to act on the #ClimateCrisis - and at the obvious, massive concentration of wealth and power - and shake their heads. "The answer was so obvious", they'll say. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies "Manciple Model" I learn something new every day 😀 Thanks npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies It's exceedingly rare in America, but yes, possible. Of course, this is what public utilities used to be ...everywhere. But the drive toward privatisation destroyed all that. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I desperately hope Starmer uses this opportunity to pull the BBC back from its rightward drift, led by all the Tory appointees npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies There is literally zero MSM coverage of the POTUS posting a fake video of himself, in a crown, flying a jet labeled "King Trump" gleefully dropping crap on US citizens. Zero coverage. This is not normal, but poor media makes it normal. #ThisIsAmericaNow #AmericanClownEmperor npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies How is this a bigger story in #BBCNews than the #NYTimes or any American paper? Why is the BBC willing to say "millions" and the Times says "Thousands" or just "Protestors"? #MediaMustDoBetter BBC News - Millions join anti-Trump 'No Kings' protests across US - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93xgyp1zv4o npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies JFC, it's only been two months since Trump's big meeting with Putin in Alaska - that yielded nothing. And 9 months of high-level meetings between US and Russia And 9 months of "very productive" phone calls between Trump and Putin. How many time does the media fall for Trump's overpromising hype? #MediaMustDoBetter Trump Plans to Meet With Putin to Talk About a Cease-Fire in Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/trump-putin-cease-fire-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-android-share npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies The Greens have a clear message on that. 'The people who make our lives more difficult arrive in private jets, not dinghies.' Shame that Labour and LibDems aren't equally blunt. 44 seconds of pure genius. https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGreens/115371232282353198 npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Delighted that Hamas has released the remaining (living) hostages. And even happy to give credit to Trump for finally growing tired of Netanyahu's sh*t and forcing his hand. But it must be said, this all could have happened at any point since the Nov 2023 ceasefire - and Trump was a major delay in summer 2024. It's a shame Trump's sole motivation appears to be his quest for a Nobel. After he gets his applause, will he shift attention and allow Netanyahu to resume attacks? #GazaCeasefire npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Complementary to your point... If employment demand is shrinking, I believe it is due to a rise in automation. So, we should absolutely be discussing the implications, particularly on a governments heavily funded by employment tax. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Don't underestimate companies' willingness to put out inferior products if it saves money. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Obviously, Macron should appoint a centre-left PM to reflect their parliament. Of course, he won't. I expect he will just keep naming right and centre-right PMs until the next election. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Crap. Another eastern European nation lurches further right. BBC News - Billionaire populist Andrej Babis' party wins Czech parliamentary election https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62qezmr92lo npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Baroness Mone is *not* the victim here. The taxpayers are! #MoneMustResign BBC News - Michelle Mone accuses chancellor of 'inflammatory' language - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9y5nkxpzlo npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies The #GovShutdown is a preview of life after Dems win the House in the mid-terms. Trump will embrace shutdowns to stop normal governance - and things will only be done through corrupt favors and contacts. And the things he wants (military and ICE) will be exempted and taken from money allocated elsewhere. #Dems need to prepare now - and realize this shutdown is just the first testing phase. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Excellent point. We need to give people a way out of MAGA. Anyone should be welcomed into the antifascist coalition whenever they are ready to join. But like AA, we need a space for them to articulate what they did and how they can learn from it. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Certainly, people are looking for coordinated activities I think it will take a #GeneralStrike npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies And now that Kimmel is back, they're sticking their heads back in the sand. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies The US is openly conducting extrajudicial killings in international waters ...and no one says a word. #ThisIsAmericaNow #pariahnation Trump Says U.S. Military Attacked a Third Suspected Drug Boat, Killing Three https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/trump-boat-strike-drugs.html?smid=nytcore-android-share npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Charlie Kirk's entire career was an AstroTurf project funded by rightwing billionaires. TPUSA's cofounder was a 72-year-old Republican donor. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Montgomery_(activist) npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies The kid was raised in a very religious, remote, gun-toting rightwing community ...guess that's not the magic cureall that the right constantly promotes. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies 👀 https://www.meidasplus.com/p/maga-makes-dramatic-shift-after-identity?r=2cxom&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Setting aside all the different factors that play into "growth"... Is it possible to have economic growth without some inflation, as a general principle? npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies We know the answer already. A few of the rightwing protestors will be arrested for punch ups - because their brand is to be the "oppressed majority" Absolutely none of them will be arrested for sitting around holding signs advocating hateful positions (or dare I say positions that might terrify some). npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Allow me to posit one more theory on how Mandelson was appointed - that it was a "low cost" move to appease Trump. It's clear the British strategy is to constantly stroke Trump's ego while actually giving him little. State dinners, friendly faces at the embassy, these things carry great weight with the #AmericanClownEmperor even though they are mostly symbolic. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Which acts, specifically? Because Republicans seem just fine with masked, unbadged people beating brown people up in the street, then locking them away for weeks without due process. ...Or killing people in a boat rather than boarding it. ...Or revoking visas and deporting people to places they were granted asylum from These all seem like political violence to me, and it is absolutely encouraged. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Imagine if we stopped using the term "the market" (like some omniscient god) and referred to "bond traders", "stock traders" and "currency traders" Would public perceptions change if people realised these were all human choices designed to maximise profit? npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Meanwhile, America is actively destroying all its multinational institutions. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Where are the unions? Why aren't they leading a series of rolling #GeneralStrikes ? npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Lol, yes, I was feigning shock (like the famous scene is Casablanca). That's why I try to avoid all things Meta (and Google, Amazon or Musk) npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Facebook employees are reading our messages?! npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I believe our values are shaped by those around us. Of course, parents have the first and often deepest impact. But life is full of examples of people whose values changed radically after being normalised by others. Who you surround yourself with (and what you spend you time on) will naturally have an effect on your value system. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Let me tweak the question around. How can people still form ethical views with limited factual information and exposure to other viewpoints? To me, the answer must be to created new communication channels that provide facts and humane viewpoints. Clearly, the current channels have failed. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies 💯 The Trump cult know he swam (swims) in the sewage. They don't care. He has promised to hurt the people they consider "enemies". That's who they want, not him. I fully expect him to pivot the Epstein attention on to the Clintons (or other leftists) to the delight of his cultists. They will never abandon him as long as he gives them others to hate. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Today would be a great day for Starmer to replace all the Tory appointees running every level if the BBC - so we can get proper coverage of politics again. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Yep, that due to all the voter suppression. They can be openly racist because it is so hard for minorities, liberals and the poor to vote. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-voting-becoming-harder-black-110000668.html npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies It's starting to feel like grand juries are the mist reliable part of the judicial system. 🤔 #ThisIsAmericaNow https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/grand-jury-declines-indict-sandwich-guy-threw-sub-dc-federal-officer-rcna227464 npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Yes, but I think it's deeper than that. I believe a number of factors have converged so that most people prefer something that "sounds right" over factual truths. I'm not talking "confirmation bias", which has always existed, I'm talking about a massive devaluing of facts. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies What about him? npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies We can hope. But Patel has shown an amazing ability to stay ahead of the pack in pushing cruel and false stories. He will be one of the last in the bunker with Trump. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Well, it is a Tory creation so of course it is half-baked and allows way too much room for tech company data abuse. Not sure who they listened to other than Tory donors. That's why I consistently say it should be improved and enhanced. But repealing the entire thing and allowing unfettered ability to exploit users definitely is a step in the wrong direction (IMO) npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I won't be drawn into a terminology debate and be distracted from my point about conspiracy-mongering amongst vaguely defined groups. In fact, anyone who unironically uses the term "prescriptive post-second-wave radical feminists" sets off my manosphere radar and their arguments are automatically suspect (to me) npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I take your point. But what I read was a pretty wild conspiracy theory involving "...a bunch of porn company executives who ... found common cause with evangelical anti-porn Christians and prescriptive post-second-wave radical feminists..." npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Wow! What a creative account of the origins of #OSA that leaves out the real world harms of illegal content on an unregulated internet. Or the massive profits made by ignoring real-world regulation because somehow online doesn't count. I've got a story of do-good free speech absolutists who made common cause with techbros to attack even the most modest efforts at regulation, so the techbros could freely exploit human weaknesses for grotesque profits. Wanna here more about that? npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I completely agree. I have no concerns about PA (or other protest groups) being charged for property crimes, disorder crimes, etc. But as you say, "terrorism" enhancement should not be so tenuous. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies ...and disputed the group’s claims its actions were non-violent." Was that scary? Sure. But I doubt most people would consider that a "terrorist attack" in any common sense usage. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies This wasn't the Brize attack, it was on a civilian defence contractor in Glasgow. Here's the extract from her statement to Parliament: "The Sherif, in passing custodial sentences for the attackers’ violent crimes, spoke of the panic among staff who feared for their safety as pyrotechnics and smoke bombs were thrown in the area where they were evacuating. He further recorded the extent of damage to legitimate business activities which included “matters of nationwide security” ... npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies A further insult is the HS saying those protesting PA's proscription are distracting from the real problem in Gaza. IMO, this is a deeply bad faith argument when hundreds of people arrested on these terrorism charges have 7-word signs that start by calling attention to the carnage in Gaza. If this is a distraction of gov resources (or public opinion), it is only because of the poor decision to double down on proscription decision much of the public does not feel warranted. 3/ npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies The HS's explanation failed to explain how "violence" reached terror levels. She failed to say if the few people injured were even hospitalised. Even worse, it is an obvious attempt to rewrite the explanation she gave Parliament (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-06-23/hcws729) which was highly focused on property damage. Even this statement's only paragraph on violence refers to "panic" of employees at smoke bombs and pyrotechnics (note non-lethal items) The explanation is not working! 2/ npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Agreed. I'm deeply disappointed in the Home Secretary's moving the goalposts in explaining her proscription decision. I think there is a general public understanding of terrorist-level violence that involves large-scale attempts at murder/injury of civilian targets. It is NOT small scale violence, or when someone is injured as a side effect of criminal damage (say a security guard injured as a car drives thru a door, as apparently happened). 1/ npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies There will be more US elections. Even Putin has elections. The question is how the election is run. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies 💯 Crypto is so flagrantly a scam, it is stunning how many deeply corrupt people are willing to actively promote it. Unless you need it for money laundering or crime, there is zero reason to buy/use crypto - and profound financial reasons to see it contained. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Still waiting for the "serious consequences" for Putin not agreeing a ceasefire. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies OK, I'll try. Since the founding of the nation, the structure of Congress has been driven primarily by accommodations to the wealthy oligarchs of the day. Originally enslavers, they got more seats in the House. As states were added, they were typically admitted in pairs to allow the oligarchs in the south to maintain their power. It was never convenient for the large black populace of DC to get even minimal representation in the Senate, so here we are. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I was addressing the cost issue raised above. I'm not familiar enough with the transmission grid to know what is a sufficient number of underwater cables. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies If it has cost > £600 million so far this year to turn off the turbines, surely that would justify billions in offshore transmission lines that last for decades. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I've always had a lot of respect for Cooper. But this proscription has been badly handled from the start. Only now saying "trust me, there's secret reasons" further reduces credibility. If true, this statement should have been made in Parliament when the group was proscribed. That is absolutely something Parliament should know. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Yes, #GeneralStrike is the answer. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Quick example to illustrate the point. If a particular vape shop suddenly started IDing everyone who entered and said government law required it, we wouldn't immediately blame the gov for denying the right to vape and demanding the law change. We'd ask the vape shop what they are doing and why they think the law required it. We should ask the same when Reddit (or anyone) age gates a Gaza chat. And with dozens of Gaza subreddits, there may (or not) be a good reason that one is gated. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies So, yes, let's work on better guidance - and demand better clarity from tech companies why they age-gate things. And absolutely, we need better regulation and privacy on the age gating processes. I find it amazing the tech companies that want unfettered AI flexibility aren't offering solutions to the issues raised about OSA - instead they fight to repeal. I suspect some are making outrageous decisions to feed public anger. The whole thing reeks of AstroTurf to me. 2/ npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I've literally spent hours discussing #OnlineSafetyAct this week. I am very familiar with the arguments, but remain unconvinced. Ultimately, the few anecdotal "harms" mentioned from the few weeks it's been active are all decisions made by tech companies with totally opaque decision-making, yet blaming the government for their interpretation and decision. Sure, there are risks with data abuse and hacking. But that was already a pervasive risk online, OSA is another degree of it. 1/ npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Every single one with a brain cell will have a pardon. I expect many already do. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies It makes perfect sense when you realize they follow mob protocols. No one orders anything or writes it down. Wishes get known. People proactively try to find a way to please the boss. People go on TV and talk about POTUS's goals. Things just happen. As ever with Republican projection, they have created the Deep State they cried about for years. Edit: added example of people on TV, a key coordination point for the right. #ThisIsAmericaNow npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Great bit of history (news to me) But you should update your text to drive home WHY she did it....equal pay! npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies As always with this lot, I fear their primary driver is avoiding bad headlines in the (center-right) press. It seems inevitable the UK will raise taxes this Autumn (good, I say). But will they have the nerve to tax the people and companies hording the wealth ...or will they stay the (rightwing) course and have the tax burden fall on workers and the poor? We'll see. I have a glimmer of hope Corbyn's new party scares them more than the press. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Like everything Trump, it's all a show to hide the grift. Ignore the noise about bringing back American manufacturing or the tariff policy. That's a total lie. This is 100% a mob shakedown, constantly changing the rules and inflicting pain to force companies (and countries) to come begging with gifts. That's why the deals only happen with Trumps involvement, often in a few hours. #ThisIsAmericaNow #Pariah npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Yes, please ...and while I'm aiming high, a #WealthTax too npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies America can't act. Oligarchs have bought out the GOP (so no impeachment), the SCOTUS (so no judicial restraint) and the media (so most don't even know how bad it is). No point blaming the Democrats, voters left them with a minority in both houses of Congress so they have zero power. Best case (being really optimistic), Dems with bog majorities in 2026 and can impeach. Otherwise, perhaps a #GeneralStrike to shut down the economy. #ThisIsAmericaNow npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I'm curious, why the aversion to the term "neoliberalism"? npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Thank you!! No one should be forced to use Twitter to get news or government info npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Doesn't the root of all this lie in the very concept of neoliberalism? There is no public good, only maximising profit. Of course, that leads to incredibly corrosive suboptimisation and social division But hey, a few people are doing really, really well. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies It's just another distraction. Trump controls the world by controlling headlines. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Trying to "natural herd immunity" it. Traditional human herd immunity referred to proactive immunisation programmes. This is the RFK Jr version of herd immunity - do nothing, let only the strong survive. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies I have no problem amending #OSA to make it better, particularly regulating the age verification process. But what's a real disaster is the systemic destruction of society by unregulated online media - all for the grotesque consolidation of wealth and power. The OSA, while imperfect, is an absolutely essential step to protecting humanity from these sociopaths. #BuildOnOSANotRepeal npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies You forget how much of rural America lacked electricity and clean water before FDR. Capitalism simply doesn't care about people where the scale of economy doesn't pay off. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies When Israeli human right groups are criticising Israeli policy and using the "genocide" term, it is past time for the IHRA to update their "working definition" of antisemitism...because many would argue this meets the definition npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies The rich love a poor, sick, desperate underclass. So much easier to exploit and control. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies My head hurts that any government allows #ThamesWater to continue to operate. I've long said, #NationaliseThamesWaterNow , absorbing only debt held by UK pensions. Then immediately fire all senior management and replace them with mid-level managers on £1-2M salaries with a 50% bonus. Have the entire thing operate under the close scrutiny of a government minder. Give a 10% rate cut and pour all the money from dividends and exec bonus into infrastructure It's got to be better. npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Absolutely! An unbelievably horrific idea. If the idea is that people with higher income should pay more towards the #NHS , then just raise taxes!!!! #SaveOueNHS #TaxTheRich npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies The immunity decision was very horrific even then. But if the #AmericanClownEmperor gets his goons to prosecute Obama or Biden, you know the #CorruptSCOTUS is going to make up some tortured rational why they are not immune. It's not about the Constitution or justice, it's about consolidating power (and necessarily destroying democracy) npub1w6w03drtmpd0tyqqn2ekuag0rl3uu68p6kav24etwzyk429tfenqdzteqf TC Won't Give In To Lies Excellent list Aside from a quick resolution being better for the national heath and, you know, the right thing to do ...it would be very wise for #Labour to get a few big wins with actual workers