El-Sayed: "They think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen man, If you can't say the name -- it's Abdulrahman -- keep the name out your damn mouth."

After you say “I don’t know the specifics of this case and so am going to be careful about wading in,” the next thing you say should be nothing.

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 3h ago

Why are you commenting if you don’t know the specifics of the case!!!!!

I don’t understand why some commentators seem to think Badenoch is doing well as leader, when everything I see her do fits exactly this description. Sorry, she just comes across as very stupid

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 8h ago

Badenoch represents double-down conservatism. Never apologise or moderate. Insult your opponents. Patronise journalists when challenged. Contradict yourself, lie, whatever it takes, but never back down. And that's how you end up creating an extremely avoidable Tory antisemitism scandal overnight

These are fabulous – I had to go to his website and look at loads of them

Sarah Archer@sarcher.bsky.social · yesterday

It's Textile Tuesday, and you know what that means: a piece by artist Faig Ahmed called "The Dragons of Karabakh" that's woven to look like an antique Central Asian carpet is melting off the wall into a puddle. More about the artist here: faigahmed.com

Juro que tem dias que eu acordo pensando nisso aqui:

Even putting aside his past, this is who he is, and proudly. An endless series of puerile vindictive slop hosed into the public realm, no recognition of the humanity or dignity of others. Cruelty over social conservation. bsky.app/profile/joxl...

John Oxley@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 22h ago

I just don't think any of this is particularly edifying and we should have strong boundaries within politics about abuse. And doing this stuff is just not indicative of sound judgement?

Topically, a surprising variety of people have become councillors after some quite alarming backstories: Lib Dem former mayor of Chippenham did time as part of a cocaine smuggling ring news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3927911.stm

Quite impressive to completely undermine your own defence and insult most of your party's elected officials in the same sentence.

Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 7h ago

It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.

Also I feel like if he had truly changed and reformed, he would *get out of the way* rather than demand Jewish people centre his political ambitions

It’s disgusting for the Conservatives to ask Jewish groups to meet their ex-neo-Nazi candidate, presumably in the hope he will charm them and they’ll offer their blessing. They should not expect Jewish people to sanitise this appalling choice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.

bbc.co.uk

If I see a woman interrogating anyone who is trying to use the loo about the contents of their underpants, I’ll be kicking off at *her*

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9h ago

This is what they expected and wanted to happen: that members of the public, shown the cops would take their side if they kicked off and went mental at anyone they suspected of being a transgender, would then start going apeshit en masse and enforce their wacko ideas for them.

Worth noting that these guys getting into power with an effective majority would be a generational disaster.

Lewis Baston@lewisbaston.bsky.social · 21h ago

The borders of the U.K. have been in place since 1922.

Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!

understand why Ben decided to highlight the sentences he highlighted here but I would argue that the sentence that comes immediately afterwards was the real gut punch for me

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 18h ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

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The total amount a UK political party can spend in a General election year across 650 candidates is half that - and this was a single candidate in a single primary.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 9h ago

No matter the margin the story is that Haley Stevens got $70M of support, more than $30M of it from a single organization, and still lost.

Iran_Deal_V24_Final_Final_Save.pdf

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · yesterday

U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT: WE MAY HAVE IRAN DEAL TOMORROW TO OPEN HORMUZ -CNBC INTERVIEW

I’m so furious that we’re in a situation where now everybody in the world has to check their own behaviour, be on their guard in public and be suspicious of anyone wearing glasses, in case they’re being filmed by a pervert. All because Mark Zuckerberg is a greedy creep

Ruth Watson@ruthwatson.eurosky.social · yesterday

Pervert glasses should be banned from general use.

as we saw with Charlie Kirk it’s extremely notable that no fans of Rod Liddle include any of their favourite quotes from him in their tributes

It should be the best result ever for Count Binface, though those of you who are hoping he’ll see off Farage may have to manage your expectations

Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 2d ago

Clacton By-Election Voting Intention: ➡️ RFM: 73% (+27) 🗑️ CBF: 20% (New) 🟥 REC: 2% (New) ⚫ Others: 5% (-49) Via @survation.bsky.social, 16-24 Jul. Changes w/ GE2024.

Though it is repellent, I’m glad The Guardian have left this piece up, rather than trying to hide the shame of publishing it. It doesn’t read as satire, apart from maybe the first paragraph. It’s an edgelording provocation & a pose, I think, though I also doubt know what to make of the conclusion.

Tom Roberts@tpgroberts.bsky.social · 2d ago

I genuinely can't stop thinking about this piece of his someone shared earlier, in part because I sincerely can't work out which parts of it I am supposed to treat as "real" and which are "provocations" because surely, surely, the conclusion can't be real. www.theguardian.com/society/2003...

Well, at least he doesn't support Net Zero.

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 2d ago

Can this really be true? Astonishing if so. If this lasts it's a very bad sign indeed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."

London's first month without rain

Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?

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Rod Liddle was very much like Marmite, in that you wouldn’t want him on your television screen, radio, or newspaper.

Again, a fundamental issue with trying to cover the anti-trans movement is that explaining that they are habitually insincere and so routinely chose transphobia over women's rights does make you sound conspiratiorial, and yet...

@andmcc.bsky.social · 2d ago

I don't know about topping, but there is a a very good followup

I follow craig around social media websites letting people know that revenge porn laws exist because of him and it makes him really mad

Roger (6’5”)@iamtherog.com · 2w ago

Does everyone here know that @craigbrittain.com, who is currently masquerading as an anti-MAGA warrior, was fined in 2016 for operating a revenge porn website? A *lot* of y’all follow him. ⚠️ Marked as unsafe. ⚠️ www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

The Mandate from Heaven has been withdrawn

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 2d ago

Fascinating change in BBC news bulletins about Reform. Farage announcement on small boats only gets the third spot and is balanced by critics saying he's trying to distract from allegations over his finances. Quite the change from the uncritical coverage earlier this year.

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