Lydia Conwell

Writer or artist or something. Probably nothing.

London, Socialist or something.

If you want to know the main theme of this account ... I generally like to critique things. I usually critique art, books, TV, Movies, etc. And quite often I'm interested story structure and logic. I guess that's my USP or something.

I post either on the Fediverse or on my #PsychicDrool blog.

I love avant-garde stuff, love noisy music. I'm currently into John Coltrane.

I don't post or boost youtube links.

#DumpTheGuardian #DeGoogle

My Blog: https://www.psychicdrool.site/

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2026-04-05 17:49:34 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116351985721905134
Next year will be the tenth anniversary so we need to prepare with a big party!
#MastodonWontSurviveDay
#note1vzy…7427

2026-04-05 13:00:22 UTC

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I can still see the picture when I open it.
https://todon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/352/218/455/734/456/original/adfd08f3501c2790.png

2026-04-03 07:08:54 UTC

Actually, I have some questions about #AudioBooks
You can't say you've read the book, but having read a book is a common phrase that people understand. 'I've read that book.'
While 'I've listened to that on audio book' is accurate, it doesn't have the conciseness of 'I've read that book'.
Do you think there needs to be a new phrase to describe the act of listening to an audio book?
Like: 'I've audio-read that book.' or 'I've audioed that book'.
Audio-read sounds OK, I think.
#AudioRead #Reading #Books

2026-04-01 19:34:29 UTC

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I don't know. Where are we sending these stories to?

2026-04-01 19:28:59 UTC

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I dare you to send in a microfiction where the MC is asleep for the entire story and all the description is them sleeping. No dream world, just them in bed.

2026-04-01 19:21:17 UTC

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Some cocoa too.
Ahh. Nice.

2026-04-01 19:12:50 UTC

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You need to be vibrant and original.
Start with you MC going to sleep!

2026-04-01 18:55:32 UTC

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"Oh ..." *Puts down manuscript of hackneyed tripe.*

2026-03-22 07:33:33 UTC

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There's nothing inherently wrong with the word settlers.
It implies colonists, non-indigenous people.
I'm fine with the word.

2026-03-20 20:25:09 UTC

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Pung?

2026-03-19 19:28:36 UTC

Criticism of #TheBoys.
After about four episode in, I think I'm getting the gist of its political leanings. While it is satire and critical of corporate hegemony, I'm sensing there is still a centrist outlook overall, with a belief the US are still the good guys in the end.
I could be wrong but the plane hijack scene felt off to me.
I'm sick of seeing Arabs portrayed in US movies and TV as the archetypal bad guys. The plane hijack is clearly a reference to 9/11, but this side of the genocide in Gaza and the US-Israeli joint attack on Iran, throwing Arab terrorists into the story just comes across to me as racism.
idk, there's nothing necessarily wrong with the terrorists being Arabs -- it is a reference to 9/11 -- but the Arab terrorist trope is very tired now.
I see also there's a blanket satirising of everything in the show. I'm not much into animals being killed for comic purposes. And Deep's concern for animal welfare is treated like a joke instead of a valid concern.
If the shows aim is to critique corporate dominance, then sure that satire should be on the Ocean park, not the person who cares about animal welfare.
It's early days, but I suspect the show will flip flop in its political outlook throughout the series.
#TV

2026-03-14 07:55:01 UTC

#DaphneDuMaurier is a fantastic writer.
It's not often you read a #ShortStory and really enjoy it and have it stuck in your head.
The Blue Lenses is just brilliant. It is silly yet touches on something more troubling. Yet, Maurier never really says things explicitly -- a bit like #Rebecca -- and the reader has to piece things together.
Her works can be quite cryptic and they leave you with questions.
The ending of Blue Lenses is brilliant. I wasn't quite sure where it was heading, but the ending doesn't disappoint.
But the ending is cryptic and it's one of those stories you have to re-read to pick up on the nuances you might have missed.
But I love how she uses an absurd occurrence to touch upon underlying themes. How the something strange actually turns out to be the subconsciousness at work, and turns out to be revealing more of reality.
It's very good.
#Books #Reading

2026-03-11 21:33:44 UTC

What online payment services are actually ethical though? Or the least unethical?
They're all connected to wealthy assholes somewhere down the line.
Some websites only take Paypal or something. You can't escape it unless you don't buy things online.

2026-03-11 06:07:50 UTC

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You can do that in LO. It takes a bit of knowhow, it's not an automated feature, but it's quite simple. My guide explains how to do it.
When I type up my manuscript, I format as I type. Most of the manuscript will be 'default' or 'body text' anyway, so it's quite easy to do.
I type it up formatted in one book size, but all the details can be changed later if I want to. Then, when I proofread, or print out to proofread, the manuscript looks like a book and is easy to read. The words aren't spread across an A4 page.
@npub1faz…vc22 @npub1tgg…qwzh

2026-03-10 19:59:48 UTC

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I don't even use a template. I use a pre-formatted blank document. All the novels are formatted roughly the same, but I can easily change things if I feel like it.
One of the most important features is the use of manual page breaks.
@npub1faz…vc22 @npub1tgg…qwzh

2026-03-10 19:52:07 UTC

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The first template I used was from Amazon (which I boycott now) and it was just a Word document with the pages already formatted for you to put text into.
It would be great if LibreOffice had some book templates. But if you read the guide, it's really not difficult. I think the best way forward is to keep it simple and try not to be too adventurous with the design.
@npub1tgg…qwzh

2025-12-28 18:30:51 UTC

I wish something happened to today involving #Music, #MusicVideos and a streaming service.
But alas, no one has mentioned such a thing!

2025-12-25 16:41:17 UTC

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Looking at the diagram, though, I think you put your pains upside down.

2025-12-25 15:59:49 UTC

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I see you chose to take the 'deeper golden colour' tip.

2025-12-05 19:56:03 UTC

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The thing is, they had the passionate support via Corbyn. But for whatever reason, that passion hasn't transcended into a popular socialist party.
Right now, it seems Zack Polanksi is winning the kudos and that seems to me because he read the room while the founders of Your Party were wondering how long they can delay things. Polanski just picked up on the popular talking points and ran with them. He's been saying a lot of the things Your Party was/is supposed to be saying.
I'm not enamoured by Polanski, but if Your Party doesn't materialise into something better, the Greens will get my vote next election. They might even get in my constituency, coming second last time.
#GreenParty

2025-12-05 19:53:04 UTC

Just a thought about #YourParty and people's lack of enthusiasm.
I know they fucked up the whole setting up of the party, and they took ages to get this far ...
But I do think some folk dismiss the party because they fear being on the losing team. That is, they don't want to support a party that turns out to be a laughing stock.
The thing is, if not enough people support it, it will never get off the ground. So it gets all a bit catch 22. But I do think people need to feel confident in whatever they are supporting. It's not just a case of agreeing with policies, it's a case of feeling proud of the party they support. Faith they will win.
It's a bit like liking a band. Sometimes people need the endorsement from a music critic before they will feel confident to passionately like a band. I think it works that way sometimes.
There might be music you love, and music you like, but a current scene and endorsement from journalists can turn a likeable band into a band you feel passionate about. The passion comes from social kudos from being a fan of a cool band, and confidence that you won't look like a nob from admitting you like them.
I kinda think the lack of enthusiasm for Your Party is a similar thing.
#UKPol

2025-11-22 20:24:19 UTC

I like how Starmer pretends to be relevant all the time, like his input actually matters to world politics.

2025-11-19 06:52:56 UTC

#DeclassifiedUK | Gaza reveals how Britain is run, and why we must change it
"This should be a pivotal moment in British history. Our political system has utterly failed to confront a genocide.
Rather, that system has allowed the British establishment to be complicit in one of the worst horrors of our time — Israel’s two-year offensive against Palestinians, complete with ethnic cleansing, systematic attacks on schools and hospitals, and crimes against humanity."
"There is little morality in British political and economic decision-making. But this doesn’t mean the system is 'broken'; it’s working as it’s intended to."
https://www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-reveals-how-britain-is-run-and-why-we-must-change-it/
#Gaza #Palestine #MarkCurtis #UK

2025-10-08 19:58:00 UTC

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That's why warp speed was invented.

2025-10-05 18:27:48 UTC

Corporate news outlets radicalise people.
Then Politicians become more racist and authoritarian to chase those people's votes.
And so on ...

2025-09-05 19:47:01 UTC

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You are brilliant. Truly brilliant.

2025-08-17 06:39:50 UTC

A serious question regarding #BDS and boycotting The Israel ...
What processors can you buy that aren't The Israeli made or somehow linked to The Israel?
#AskFedi #CPU #BoycottIsrael

2025-07-21 18:34:06 UTC

There's a movie about the suffragettes on the telly and you'll never guess!
Actually, what you do to force political change is you smash things up and cause disruptions!

2025-07-13 17:28:00 UTC

Yeah, 'tis true that the ONLY way you can validate your #Mastodon account is to install #Linux.

2025-07-08 19:24:32 UTC

The Good Life is on the telly.
It's about how you can be outside the system and be self sufficient if you're a middle class homeowner.
#TV

2025-07-07 05:23:58 UTC

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"... the tape getting chewed up. Love it! Music lost forever ..."
:-P

2025-07-03 20:00:27 UTC

I hear #ZaraSultana is co-leading the new left wing party with #Corbyn
But really, Sultana should lead alone - which might be the plan - just acclimatising the public to Sultana as a leader before Corbyn steps down.
I think Corbyn will bring in the votes, but I really don't think his leadership style worked. There was lots of inside Labour sabotage but he foolishly stuck to a broad church thing as if disingenuous shills could be magically changed by talking to them.
I hope this party turns into something.

2025-06-26 05:28:05 UTC

#CraigMurray | Dystopia UK: Genocidal RAF Squadron Targeted by Palestine Action is Owned by a Hedge Fund
"The RAF squadron targeted for a repaint by Palestine Action due to its involvement in supplying Israel’s genocide, does not in fact belong to the RAF at all. It belongs ultimately to Polygon Global Partners LLP, a Hedge Fund."
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2025/06/dystopia-uk-genocidal-raf-squadron-targeted-by-palestine-action-is-owned-by-a-hedge-fund-and-leased-by-the-raf/
#PalestineAction #PalAction #Gaza #Genocide #RAF

2025-06-23 05:27:07 UTC

#CraigMurray | You Cannot Negotiate with the Zionist West
"I see much futile discussion as to whether Israel is controlling the US or the US controlling Israel. Plainly the answer is both; there is a deep symbiotic relationship of the political classes in both places. The key point is that the Israel settler colony carries an insupportable weight in the policy decisions of Western politicians. Like all colonialism – and as outlined by Lenin and Hobson – this is because colonialism benefits the personal interests of the wealthy and military classes but is a burden on working people."
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2025/06/you-cannot-negotiate-with-the-zionist-west/
#Zionism #Gaza #Genocide #Palestine #Iran

2025-06-22 05:41:41 UTC

#Mondoweiss | The Jewish supremacy at the heart of the Zionist project
'In 2018, the Knesset passed the Jewish Nation-State Law, which articulated very clearly that Israel was the nation-state of the Jewish people alone and, by implication, not of all its citizens (i.e. Palestinian “citizens” of Israel). The Jewish Nation-State Law is merely a clearer articulation of Israel’s founding structure. Despite this, most American Jews remain steadfast in their position that Israel is the “only democracy in the Middle East.”'
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/06/the-jewish-supremacy-at-the-heart-of-the-zionist-project/
#Gaza #Genocide #Palestine

2025-06-16 19:18:06 UTC

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I think they were joking. @npub1v04…wpue @npub1y5u…f5re

2025-06-16 05:26:49 UTC

#CraigMurray | Starmer and Lammy are Terrified
"So why did the UK, and the UK alone, say that it is not responsible for ensuring that other parties comply with international law, adding later a specific reference to the Geneva Conventions?
It is perfectly simple. #Starmer and #Lammy are terrified about future charges of complicity in Israeli war crimes. So the UK, only, feels it necessary to emphasise that they do not bear legal responsibility for Israel’s actions."
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2025/06/starmer-and-lammy-are-terrified/
#GenevaConventions #Gaza #Genocide #TheIsrael #UK #UN #weaponsIndustry

2025-06-15 06:03:09 UTC

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I just see a future where everyone is manipulated and controlled by governments and corporations that pre-empt everything a population will do.

2025-06-14 05:36:50 UTC

#ChrisHedges | The Folly of A War With Iran
"Israel and its neocon allies believe they can eradicate Iran’s nuclear enrichment program by force and decapitate the Iranian government to install a client regime. That this non-reality-based belief system failed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya, eludes them.
Israel, at the same time, wants to divert world attention from its genocide and mass starvation in Gaza and the accelerated ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Internet connection has been completely shut down in Gaza. The West Bank has been placed under a total blockade."
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-folly-of-a-war-with-iran
#Gaza #Iran #Genocide #War #WestBank

2025-06-13 05:12:18 UTC

#Mondoweiss | Joining forces: Time for Jews to unite in the struggle against Zionism, apartheid and genocide
"The First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress is to take place from June 13 to 15 in Vienna, the hometown of Theodor Herzl, the father of political Zionism. It intends to use the voice of anti-Zionist Jews, whose numbers have swelled worldwide in the last decade, especially since October 7, 2023, to assist a necessary and urgent change in Western attitudes towards the crimes of Zionism."
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/06/joining-forces-time-for-jews-to-unite-in-the-struggle-against-zionism-apartheid-and-genocide/
#AntiZionism #Gaza #Genocide

2025-06-12 20:32:52 UTC

The English people just need a cultural identity divorced from the English establishment.

2025-06-11 19:01:32 UTC

#DeclassifiedUK | UK police spent thousands protecting Israeli arms firm
“The government is clearly attempting to protect the Israeli weapons industry and save face by imposing meaningless sanctions. The Israeli government, which is committing genocide, should not be able to own a weapons factory in England”.
https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-police-spent-thousands-protecting-israeli-arms-firm-linked-to-bezalel-smotrich/
#WaponsIndustry #Gaza #Genocide #UK

2025-06-11 18:39:12 UTC

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Balloo-berp.

2025-06-09 20:24:02 UTC

The most important problem in the world doesn't have to be the most important problem to you.
Some problems might affect you more and your superpowers might be better used fighting something closer to home.

2025-05-31 12:28:17 UTC

It is at this point you reply to this post to leave hundreds of incredibly witty observations! 💫

2025-05-31 12:16:08 UTC

#JonathanCook | Starmer understands: Shed a few tears and we'll forgive him arming a genocide
"Starmer understands that if he sounds upset, even as he actively helps Israel murder Palestinian children, the media will be able to write him out of these crimes against humanity and wash his hands of the blood of tens – probably hundreds – of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.
And worst of all, too many of us will go right along with this grand deception."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/starmer-understands-shed-a-few-tears
#Gaza #Genocide #OccupiedPalestine #Starmer #Labour #UK

2025-05-29 05:14:39 UTC

#Skwawkbox | Kids shot in head, pregnant women ripped apart: volunteer surgeon’s testimony shocks UNSC
"Solidarity with Sidhwa and all the doctors risking life, limb and sanity to help Israel’s victims. Shame on the UK government and others who have either done nothing or, like the Starmer regime, have actively assisted in Israel’s racist slaughter of civilians for eighteen months and now think a little hand-wringing and more inaction will now hide their guilt."
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/05/28/kids-shot-in-head-or-pregnant-women-ripped-apart-volunteer-surgeons-testimony-shocks-unsc/
#Sidhwa #UN #Gaza #Genocide

2025-05-28 20:16:12 UTC

So the new Harry Potter TV show is just going to be a remake of the movies because writing new material is too difficult apparently.

2025-05-26 15:06:48 UTC

#ZackPolanski is making himself be seen as a politician opposing the right wing and the more-of-the-same lot. I don't know what I think of him just yet, but so far so good.
#Skwawkbox | Video: Polanski ‘apologises’ to Starmer ‘on behalf of all immigrants’ after Starmer’s racist speech
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/05/26/video-polanski-apologises-to-starmer-on-behalf-of-all-immigrants-after-starmers-racist-speech/
#GreenParty #Starmer

2025-05-25 14:15:43 UTC

Hmm. #ZackPolanski talks about taxing the wealthy and the UK's complicity in the #Gaza #Genocide
Then Iran Ahmed claims the UK is not participating in it.
#Skwawkbox | Polanski speaks strong on Gaza genocide and on tax as #Kuenssberg wheels out Israel advocate
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/05/25/video-polanski-strong-on-gaza-genocide-and-on-tax-as-kuenssberg-wheels-out-israel-advocate/
However, not only is the UK selling weapons to Israel, it aids the genocide in other ways, as #DeclassifiedUK reports: https://www.declassifieduk.org/britain-sent-over-500-spy-flights-to-gaza/
#OccupiedPalestine #GreenParty

2025-05-25 06:01:29 UTC

I watched a really enjoyable #Japanese movie called Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes.
It's basically about a guy who discovers a two minute lag between two laptop webcams, and very quickly discovers he can have conversations with himself, with his future self revealing things about the future 2 minutes ahead.
It's called a #ScieneFiction comedy, but really it's just a playful take on time travel. The characters take this simple premise then expand upon it, taking the two minute future/past scenario further, with pleasing results.
Strangely, many of the scenes are replayed from a different perspective but they don't feel repetitive or become tiresome. Pretty much everything is foreshadowed as well, so the sense of peril is diminished, but it's still very enjoyable and somehow it doesn't matter.
What drives the film forward is how it takes you through the time travel logic. It's complex but not difficult to follow. It all seems carefully thought out and you could sit and carefully work it all out in your head (I didn't) but it's playful enough to make you think you don't need to scrutinise it too much.
And it's all set in one location in a shop/office building. It's all neat, simple and contained, and it's contained within 70 mins.
It's a good film.
#JapaneseCinema #Movies #Films #Scifi

2025-05-20 18:05:06 UTC

#Skwawkbox | CPS case against Palestine Action activists for blockade of arms factory thrown out
"The case today was dismissed because Instro refused to give any evidence because they don’t want to be scrutinised in the courts"
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/05/20/cps-case-against-palestine-action-activists-for-blockade-of-arms-factory-thrown-out/
#WeaponsCompany #Gaza #Genocide #PalestineAction

2025-05-20 18:02:32 UTC

#Skwawkbox | Israel’s handful of ‘aid trucks’ is pure #PR. After months of starvation, it will not save these kids
"Kids were starving in Gaza BEFORE Israel’s blockade. A few trucks now for Israeli and western propaganda is too little, too late – lift the whole blockade NOW"
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/05/20/israels-handful-of-aid-trucks-is-pure-pr-after-months-of-starvation-it-will-not-save-these-kids/
#Gaza #Starvation #Genocide #propaganda

2025-05-19 19:58:10 UTC

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You're right!

2025-05-19 19:43:47 UTC

England should deport the English, I think.

2025-03-26 21:58:47 UTC

I'm not at all surprised by the way the Labour government are behaving.
I guess that's a symptom of paying attention.

2025-03-22 07:50:27 UTC

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All the main parties are funded by big corporations. It's they who the parties work for. The differences in the parties are just like different brands of the same product in my opinion, promising different things but basically doing the same thing.
Foreign policy does not change regardless of which party is in power.
We need to get corporate influence out of politics.

2025-03-19 19:41:45 UTC

#ElectronicIntifada | Ascent for freedom: The man who climbed Big Ben
"Yet at the same time, as the man who scaled Big Ben went viral internationally, many recognised that in this act of non-violent resistance, Day, 29, manifested the feelings of those in the West who have watched the genocide with a desperation increasing in tandem with our moral outrage over our governments’ complicity."
https://electronicintifada.net/content/ascent-freedom-man-who-climbed-big-ben/50503
#DanielDay #Gaza #Genocide #Palestine #Protest

2025-03-11 20:05:35 UTC

12 Holocaust survivors/descendants condemn the Gaza protest ban, Saturday 15 March
Oh and ... #ACAB
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/03/11/12-holocaust-survivors-descendants-condemn-gaza-protest-ban/
#MetropolitanPolice #Gaza #Protest #Genocde #Palestine #Skwawkbox #London

2025-03-04 21:06:37 UTC

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"But a deal with Putin over Ukraine would provide an opportunity for Washington to build a new security architecture in Europe – one more useful to the US – that places Russia inside the tent rather than outside it.
That would leave China isolated – a long-time Pentagon goal.
And it would also leave Europe less central to the projection of US power, which is why European leaders – led by Keir Starmer – have been looking and sounding so unnerved over the past few weeks."
#JonathanCook

2025-03-04 19:30:30 UTC

#JonathanCook | Yes, Trump is vulgar. But the US global shakedown is the same one as ever
"It is deeply unwise to be lulled into tribalism by all this – the very tribalism western elites seek to cultivate among their publics to keep us treating international affairs no differently from a high-stakes football match.
No one here has behaved, or is behaving, honourably.
A ceasefire in Ukraine is not about peace. It’s about money, just as the earlier war was. As all wars are, ultimately."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/yes-trump-is-vulgar-but-the-us-global
#USPol #Trump #Ukraine #Zelensky

2025-03-02 07:39:46 UTC

The correct way to pronounce it is:
The United Kingdon't

2025-02-22 06:08:32 UTC

#Skwawkbox | 250+ British Jews call on BBC to restore the documentary it deleted to please Israel lobby groups
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/21/170-leading-british-jews-call-on-bbc-to-restore-documentary-it-deleted-to-please-israel-lobby-groups/
#Gaza #Israel #Genocide

2025-02-21 06:03:47 UTC

#Skwawkbox | Venues threatened with permanent closure for hosting Palestine event with UN’s Albanese
"German authorities threatened three separate venues with permanent closure if they hosted discussions with United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese."
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/20/venues-threatened-with-permanent-closure-for-hosting-palestine-event-with-uns-albanese/
#FrancescaAlbanese #Gaza #Palestine #UN #Germany

2025-02-20 21:22:25 UTC

"Posting online is worthless activism!"
Says person online.

2025-02-16 09:03:41 UTC

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The guy now revealing the gun now is merely revealing the paradigm that has existed since the end of WW2, just perhaps Europe thought they were willing participating in it.

2025-02-12 20:44:14 UTC

How long do you read a post in a language you don't understand before you realise you don't understand it?
#AskFedi

2025-02-10 21:38:35 UTC

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I'd like to boost such things but I've made it one of my rules to never boost youtube.
Although I do post links to blogs with embedded youbtube videos because there's no escaping the tendrils of google.

2025-02-10 21:32:53 UTC

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I will watch that via Invidious.

2025-02-09 20:47:23 UTC

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Naaaaah! That'll never happen!
They'll stick with Twitter till the end.

2025-02-07 07:06:20 UTC

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Nice. A war criminal taking pride in his war crimes.
What that article doesn't say is what type of tree that cross section of truck came from. Is it an olive tree? And is it one of the ancient Palestinian olive trees Israel likes to uproot or burn?

2025-02-07 06:24:16 UTC

Probably a good tag line for #Mastodon is:
"There's nobody here!"
You know, because no one uses Mastodon.
And anyone thinking of joining you can give them the tag line:
"There's nobody here!"
You know, it'll be a reverse psychology thing. Make them even more curious.
#TheresNobodyHere

2025-02-04 07:33:12 UTC

What's easier to read on blogs?
black on white or white on black?
#AskFedi #Blogs

2025-01-26 19:23:06 UTC

Today's News:
Donald Trump endorsed the ethnic cleansing of #Gaza, which is support for a war crime ...
Meaning he has joined all the other western leaders in committing and supporting war crimes ...
Which includes your favourite centre or supposed left-of-centre politician who you very much prefer over Donald Trump, but is really very cosy with him, barely different to him, both pandering to corporate interests and supporting war in resource-rich countries.
It's all the rage nowadays, committing war crimes
And it's our leaders committing them.

2025-01-26 10:46:01 UTC

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Maybe ... But I'm not sure Capitalism has to do much growing to become fascism.

2025-01-21 07:29:17 UTC

The thing about media and the passive language they use.
They describe Elno's Nazi salute as 'a Nazi-like' salute, or he 'appears to' make a Nazi salute, or they call it a Roman salute.
And, yes, none of us can read minds so we cannot say for certain it is a Nazi salute - even though it's the exact same salute the Nazis used.
But that passive language provides so much cover. Next we will have fascists marching down the street, taking over, and the news outlets will be saying:
"Protesters dressed in far right costumes are protesting civilisation by staging a mock militant style coup in the style of a fascist takeover."
After that, they'll be saying: "How did we end up in a dictatorship?"