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Robert Saunders@robertsaunders.bsky.social · yesterday

Labour's leader in the Lords, Henry Snell, noted the Fascist intolerance of heckling - something we have seen again this week. He added that "If our British people were persuaded [by Fascism], then the uniform that would be appropriate for them would be not a black shirt but a strait jacket".

The modern Fascist considers himself entitled to maltreat anyone in an audience who shows distrust of Fascist omniscience by asking a question. Heckling is a very old and cherished liberty of English political life. … But these dismal Jew-baiters cannot be satisfied with what generations of Englishmen have found satisfactory.
Robert Saunders@robertsaunders.bsky.social · yesterday

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
Evan Greer@evangreer.bsky.social · 4d ago

Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.

Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.

From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...

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Chud@oculasorbus.bsky.social · 5d ago

I know we always moan about "kids today", but a schoolgirl came away from her mates at the train station to ask an old lady if she wanted help getting her trolly up the ramp.

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪@brexitbin.bsky.social · 5d ago

My generation grew up learning about the Victorian oligarchs, many of whom were great philanthropists. They built hospitals, better housing for workers, libraries, public baths, museums, parks and lots more to improve the lives of their fellow humans. ... But they weren't sociopaths with no empathy.

Billionaire CEO says charity is a ‘negative’ for the world: ‘I’m not going to do that’

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has a net worth of several billion dollars, but don’t expect him to donate to charity or do any kind of philanthropy anytime soon. During a recent interview, Armstrong exp...

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Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 5d ago

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

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Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 6d ago

I have several people who think they are in a real raging feud with me and the truth is, I wish them the best and then don’t think about them at all. Sometimes the best self-care is as much distance as you can possibly manage from someone.

Ellen Rose@icklenellierose.bsky.social · 7d ago

Use of AI taints everything else around it. For instance, the more I look at this Tomb Raider salad, the more I wonder if this was an AI asset that won’t end up in the final game. Someone could have made it, but it just looks uncanny to me now I know they used it *somewhere*.

Outside Xtra@outsidextra.bsky.social · 7d ago

Lara Croft carries entire salads in that backpack?! Tomb Raider fangirl Ellen saw some new Legacy of Atlantis gameplay and - outside of Alix Wilton Regan's excellent casting - just isn't excited about this remake. New video on Youtube now: youtu.be/eo5bQulBrHc

Lara Croft from Legacy of Atlantis, pictured next to an image of an in-game salad, which looks quite unappetising now we've looked at it properly.
Matt 'Wib' Ward@wib.bsky.social · 7d ago

People have cargo culted themselves into thinking that certain words are just gonna instantly get your ads taken away, and whilst the YouTube automated systems are dogshit, they're nowhere near as sensitive as people think they are. You do not need so say silly shit like 'unalived'.