Richard Michael Blaber / is on Nostr

I am a retired academic, with an MA & PhD in Social Policy & Administration from the Universities of York & Kent respectively. I am disabled, & am deeply concerned about human, gay and disability rights, the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis. I am currently politically homeless. I like films, classical music, jazz, and reading.

Title: Dr.
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Gay
Age: 67

Last Notes

2024-09-19 22:17:56

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/19/earth-temperature-global-warming-planet/.

2024-09-19 22:17:17

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/09/19/global-flooding-events-rising-heat/.

2024-09-19 12:16:38

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This reading of her, IMO, is utterly false. She is a Fascist, & the leader of a Fascist Party. She's no more "centre right" than I am. She's a racist, a xenophobe, & a bigot in every way it's possible to be. The fact that some of her allies are worse than her doesn't alter that. They are all the heirs of Benito Mussolini.

2024-09-17 13:05:31

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It is, yes. First they refuse to lift the two child benefit cap, then they cut the Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners. My local Labour MP, Gen Kitchen, voted for that, in spite of two emails from me (& many others, I dare say, from other constituents) asking her to oppose it.

2024-09-17 12:57:57

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Yes, this is the policy that should be adopted - & (almost for this very reason) is the policy that WON'T be adopted, because the powers that be, meaning the billionaires & millionaires, would be disadvantaged by it, & our supine LINO (Labour In Name Only) Government will do NOTHING to upset them, but will piss on the poor instead, & is already doing so.

2024-09-16 09:35:57

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/16/valued-gp-will-be-forced-to-leave-uk-after-autistic-daughter-refused-visa. If anyone thought that things would change for the better now under Labour, @npub1ecs…kh2u, @npub1q2e…weuj, @npub12pw…zvxn, this, along with the refusal to get rid of the two child benefit cap, & the cut in the Winter Fuel Payment, is proof that they haven't, & that Starmer's "Labour" are the old Tories in VERY thin disguise.

2024-09-15 10:15:17

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/09/13/rabbi-protest-israel-gaza/.

2024-08-07 16:10:33

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"Sometimes"? Autism isn't on/off, & nor does one "get over it" - it's a life-long disability or difference. Misunderstanding, on the other hand, is, of course, a different matter.

2024-08-07 16:01:50

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Yes, it is - & that's why your use of the term "Jesuitical" had me confused, & not a little perturbed. Thank you for clearing that up. Being autistic is very frustrating quite a lot of the time - but it does have its compensations.

2024-08-07 15:47:20

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"Jesuitical" is a word with an unfortunate connotation in the English language. Is that connotation intended here? Forgive me for asking, but as someone with autism, meanings which might be transparent to neurotypicals aren't always clear to me.

2024-08-07 15:47:20

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2024-08-04 14:13:37

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/04/britain-didnt-vote-labour-just-to-get-a-new-iron-chancellor. Words of wisdom from The Observer's William Keegan, @npub12pw…zvxn.