Innocent🕷Abroad
@jjgass.bsky.social
American living in England. Previously lived in 日本, NL, France. Motorbikes, cricket, opera, etc. He/him. Jew. If you think my skeet might be sarcastic, it probably is.
Another politician shows his appreciation of free speech & press Netanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 Exposé
Netanyahu says he will sue Haaretz following Oct. 7 exposé
Netanyahu instructed his lawyers to file a libel suit against Haaretz and journalist Shlomi Eldar following revelations the UAE president warned him Hamas was planning a major attack. Haaretz said in...
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🧵 ExcludingYaxley-Lennon & Daniel Thomas, and their self-declared "army," from the scope of legitimate political conversation SHOULD be unanimous today. Yet I doubt even Labour can manage to say that with one voice, let alone get all constitutional parties to join in.
Robert Saunders@robertsaunders.bsky.social · yesterday90 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 🧵)
Rivals Red Star Belgrade & Partizan Belgrade observed a minute's silence before their match. They were honoring Ratko Mladic. UEFA should suspend both clubs. This is not a first offense for Red Star. The next 3 times Red Star qualifies for Europe, 2 for Partizan, they should be excluded.
From a good thread by a consistently interesting observer
Thomas Zimmer@thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d agoLet us refuse to play dumb: The notion that if a political movement garners mass support, it can’t possibly be extremism, incompatible with democratic self-government, or beyond the pale in a broader cultural and societal sense is utterly implausible and historically illiterate.
I found interesting Katya Adler's article for the BBC on the AfD win yesterday. But she or her editors included this sentence about voters across Europe: "Uncontrolled immigration & safety on the streets are huge concerns." It's malpractice to print "uncontrolled immigration" as if it existed.
Europe wrestles with impact of historic regional gains for Germany’s AfD
The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler sees the far-right win in Saxony-Anhalt state ringing alarm bells for the EU and traditional parties.
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In the war of words with our northern neighbor, Canadian humorists & comedians are skewering Trump effectively & mercilessly. In response, American humorists & comedians are skewering Trump mercilessly & effectively.
In fact, 38% of asylum claims are successful at first instance, and more are successful on appeal. This newspaper is the handmaiden of fascists.
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW | On fascism on the streets and the front-pages… STOP THE BLOKES With fascism on the streets of England again, The Times uses its front-page to deliver the same message beneath a thin veneer of respectability. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/stop-the-b...
Here’s what’s up over here in England. There are people who save other people at sea. They train in their spare time. They brave rough seas in freezing weather. They save many lives every year. They die sometimes. They aren’t paid. A right-wing “patriotic army” is physically confronting them.
Wait. I thought it was trans women she didn’t like. She’s a homophobe, too? I never would have predicted that. And an enforcer of feminine aesthetics? Knock me over with a feather. Next, you’ll tell me she can name more white players from the game she attended than black ones.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRiley Gaines: "I went to the WNBA game in Minneapolis. It was a bunch of, like, disgruntled lesbians."
Sunday reading - on a day that could mark a caesura in German post-war history: Warnings and Lessons from the Struggle Against Trumpism In the fight against the far-right AfD, Germany must avoid the mistakes that have sabotaged the democratic response to rightwing extremism in the United States.
Warnings and Lessons from the Struggle Against Trumpism
Germany is facing the prospect of rightwing extremism in power. Time to push back hard against the narratives that have undermined the democratic response in the U.S.
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Also, I’m bald, so you’ll never have to wonder WTF I’ve done to my hair
Innocent🕷Abroad@jjgass.bsky.social · 4d agoAnother plank in my 2028 platform Sucking up to war criminals will be grounds for immediate dismissal
Tonight, a number of London pubs & bars renew their seasonal identities as Georgia bar, Ohio State bar, Tennessee bar, etc. It’s very moving in its own way
Another plank in my 2028 platform Sucking up to war criminals will be grounds for immediate dismissal
Dr. Michael MacKay@michaelmackay.bsky.social · 4d agoSteve Witkoff addresses his true love, the war criminal Putin: "We were all talking about when we retire we'll have all these incredible stories and incredible memories and yours will be right at the top of it all."
I choose to hear this line with my American ears. It makes sense in British—the problem is it’s obviously false. In American English, though, it’s just hilarious on its face. So I’m preferring that.
Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 4d agoRobert Jenrick speech today: “We’re for grafters not grifters.”
If you MUST use “impact” as a verb, you could at least make the rest of your words mean something. I’ve read the full statement. The anodyne bit the AP quoted was the strongest part. FFS, even Farage managed to “deplore” it. You have to distinguish yourself from him with concrete measures.
Tom Roberts@tpgroberts.bsky.social · 4d agoGuys, what's going on here?
Yet another Röhm wannabe who couldn’t carry Ernst’s jackboots
Jane@localnotail.bsky.social · 3mo agoLatest from Danny Thommo's Patriot Platform and yes he's an ignorant violent cokehead but that doesn't mean this stuff should just be laughed off or ignored "I WANNA BUILD A PATRIOTIC ARMY THAT CAN RESPOND OUR ARMED FORCES ARE NOT LOOKING AFTER US WE WANT THOSE THAT KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE"
Today in “I’d Explain this to Folks Back Home, but…” I don’t think you’re ready for DLS
Hector Cappelletti 🏏@hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 4d agoWell, this is a new one! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Dispatch to the Homeland Our administration’s protégés & allies are getting a bit out of hand. Recommend urgent deployment of “good people on both sides” & “silent majority” comms.
The only “good, old” Germany long-time residents of Saxony-Anhalt could possibly remember is the DDR (i.e., East Germany).
David Vickrey@wahrsager.bsky.social · 4d ago„We’ve now reached a point where we say ‘enough is enough’ — we don’t want to go on like this,” Mr. Siegmund said at a rally this past week. “We want our good, old, safe Germany back at last.”
I have a feeling that Reform is modeling themselves on someone, but I can’t think of who it could be
Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 5d ago"the revealed preference is their core voters actively enjoy being taken for a ride by the most obvious scam artists you’ve ever seen, as long as they validate their morbid pathologies about race and gender as they do so" www.liberalcurrents.com/respecting-r...
Imagine if your political party were lawless & financially corrupt, and those weren't among the top three worst things about it.
Fellow Americans, if you want to understand the simultaneously serious & hilarious political news over here, here's a good source. And you can store "he’d make a lovely Rolf in a regional production of The Sound of Music" for later deployment on a deserving domestic white nationalist.
Nigel Farage meeting a 'shadowy foreign donor'? It can only be another establishment stitch-up | Marina Hyde
The only thing more dodgy than Reform’s financial dealings is the egregious lunchtime combination of oysters, Guinness and champagne, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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My man looks like he has a lot of opinions about the WNBA, which he never watches
1. Who's your brief? 2. I've got a generous Russian friend—can you recommend a bank that won't ask too many questions? 3. Where's the Count Binface Party conference?
