2026-05-22T05:25:39Z https://yabu.me Bob Jamieson https://yabu.me/npub1fkmhugyw77htj4g0s06tyc5tr5ymsy5qkhy0p56cyva2dnq35yvqsc763q https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/383/944/925/004/009/original/643ffd41e19879f4.jpg https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/383/944/925/004/009/original/643ffd41e19879f4.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp20vu8xd5mm290sykn0qc6nzzujjxp4uzdagsvwzzv4pkkcsseaczypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3ss7zm28 Normal Island News<br/><br/>Little Tommy Robinson is now a refugee after fleeing UK<br/><br/>The UK’s favourite pint-sized fascist, Tommy Robinson, has announced that he now self-identifies as a refugee. Although Little Tommy is biologically patriotic, and grew up fiercely opposing refugees, he had a change of heart after feeling “unsafe” in Luton. He has therefore fled to an unknown safe space where he hopes his feelings will be protected.<br/><br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/little-tommy-robinson-is-now-a-refugee?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email">https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/little-tommy-robinson-is-now-a-refugee?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br/><br/>#NormalIslandNews #satire #fascism 2026-02-15T20:12:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz98dcprfdnfg5zrhg5v69tcx6cpsqe7jy7jkvfmxep726hh0hawqzypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3sjq4mm4 Normal Island News<br/><br/>Court drops case against Kneecap after outrageously deciding music is not terrorism<br/><br/>Mo Charra of Kneecap was rightly charged with terrorism after wearing a flag we don’t like during a music performance at the O2 Forum. If he had worn the flag of a nice, genocidal state, like Israel, it would have been fine, but instead, he briefly wore the flag of Hezbollah. <br/><br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/court-drops-case-against-kneecap?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email">https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/court-drops-case-against-kneecap?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br/><br/>#NormalIslandNews #GazaGenocide #satire 2025-09-27T09:59:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspqh5t645ydyn2zz5k6xmp8844cck9qe5p5kah5dr0093y8774c0czypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3s2m4vq9 Normal Island News<br/><br/>British patriots distraught to hear the Liverpool driver was not in fact a Muslim immigrant<br/>They had scheduled racist tweets and everyfink...<br/><br/>After yesterday&#39;s horrific incident in Liverpool in which a car drove into a crowd, leaving dozens injured, it&#39;s fair to say the patriots of the country were ecstatic, I mean deeply concerned for the victims.<br/><br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/british-patriots-distraught-to-hear?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email">https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/british-patriots-distraught-to-hear?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br/><br/>#NormalIslandNews #satire #racism 2025-05-28T09:34:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswttrfh4ce9j24fjzu6kwgch5aph8gwn4g4x40hxrwl5kfsdlla6szypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3s9z82xd Photo of the Day<br/><br/>Big Tim Sullivan was the lord of New York City’s Bowery and Lower East Side.<br/><br/>At the turn of the twentieth century, he controlled jobs, extortion rackets, prostitution rings and gambling operations while owning legitimate interests in real estate, theaters, nickelodeons, racetracks and athletic clubs.<br/><br/>Big Tim had grown up in these neighborhoods and had started out shining shoes and selling newspapers as an eight-year-old.<br/><br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/look/p/photo-of-the-day-c53?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email">https://open.substack.com/pub/look/p/photo-of-the-day-c53?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br/><br/>#history #photography 2024-12-23T22:28:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqmxaggltuqmvqrk2ymahew0mvwn6ac232wnfw4flhwcgdh7g23tczypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3s6jrt2w Normal Island News<br/><br/>Elon Musk confident his purchase of the UK will go as well as his purchase of Twitter<br/>Just wait until you get a peak at his manifesto pledges...<br/><br/>In further proof that we live in a functioning democracy,Elon Musk has decided to buy the United Kingdom. I know what you’re all thinking,who the fuck would want to buy this shithole?And the answer is the same genius who bought the cesspit known as Twitter and somehow made it even worse! <br/><br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/elon-musk-confident-his-purchase?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email">https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/elon-musk-confident-his-purchase?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br/><br/>#NormalIslandNews 2024-12-19T12:39:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspjkw6fvn7d2ax6lcrk86s3lk58j9tqtuc8f4km8rkdgvru5utmhczypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3ss0ve0v Normal Island News<br/><br/>Israel hopes to put American on death row for doing journalism<br/>He must be punished for telling the truth about Israel<br/><br/>&#34;This is going to come as upsetting news, but I must inform you a number of terrorists have been attempting to do journalism in Israel. This has prompted fears the truth might reach the public and they might be informed about what is really going on. I know, it doesn’t bear thinking about…&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/israel-hopes-to-put-american-on-death?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email">https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/israel-hopes-to-put-american-on-death?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br/><br/>#NormalIslandNews #Israel #satire 2024-10-11T21:27:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdyc0l37gmau0k28np0uvqfppq0nuk7ymk9ud7tlm3fdjk0953ufszypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3stcq9xz Leaked emails reveal how Africa became ‘primary target’ of anti-LGBTIQ actors<br/><br/>US and European hate groups and conservatives used disinformation and lobbying to influence gender debate in Africa<br/><br/>When leading European and US anti-abortion activists and campaigners gathered in London in 2013, they planned to create a Europe-wide conservative think tank that would influence reproductive, LGBTIQ+ and gender rights across the region.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/agenda-europe-in-africa/?utm_source=SEGMENT%20-%20Newsletter%3A%20oD%20weekly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Leaked%20emails%20reveal%20%27primary%20target%27%20of%20anti-LGBTIQ%20actors&amp;_kx=W8O26WSdWrAAsk10KCyc2AZSNWreLLQ8U69gGkUQ8S8.YjCYwm">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/agenda-europe-in-africa/?utm_source=SEGMENT%20-%20Newsletter%3A%20oD%20weekly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Leaked%20emails%20reveal%20%27primary%20target%27%20of%20anti-LGBTIQ%20actors&amp;_kx=W8O26WSdWrAAsk10KCyc2AZSNWreLLQ8U69gGkUQ8S8.YjCYwm</a><br/><br/>#lgbtq_plus #lgbt_rights 2024-09-28T09:03:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg34c46m365rnpnll8jh5lyazuas3r2d5ypvfz9q5n7kclrcfwdqczypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3sh5nuhf Ross Greer MSP<br/><br/>&#34;Next Monday is decision day for Loch Lomond. Today I’ve joined with leading environmental and community organisations to make a final plea to the National Park - Say no to Flamingo Land!&#34;<br/><br/>Their garish mega-resort proposal would see 104 woodland lodges, two hotels, a waterpark, a monorail, 372 car parking spaces, shops, staff accommodation and more at Balloch.<br/><br/>It’s not too late for more people to add their name in opposition.<br/><br/><a href="https://members.greens.scot/civicrm/mailing/url?u=40693&amp;qid=32364543">https://members.greens.scot/civicrm/mailing/url?u=40693&amp;qid=32364543</a><br/><br/>#LochLomond #environment 2024-09-11T11:19:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswar3hch7vxrzvkvt8976ya8e8uaad0c9yzu239q8wcfgacv5cnrczypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3sckz36z Harry&#39;s Last Stand <br/><br/>No one should have to suffer or die because they can&#39;t afford fuel to heat their homes in winter.<br/><br/>Today, Keir Starmer&#39;s Labour made it official. government policy today. Vulnerable pensioners in Britain, to save the wealth of the 1%, must choose this winter between heating or eating. Winter fuel payments introduced in 1997 by Gordon Brown for pensioners will be from now on &#34;means-tested.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/no-one-should-have-to-suffer-or-die?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email">https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/no-one-should-have-to-suffer-or-die?r=12u3ju&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br/><br/>#HarrysLastStand #HarryLeslieSmith #JohnSmith 2024-09-10T18:52:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxtgelecyh453hvujayn3amxsyxwmxf6uweq2axcg6kcgw6s96u3gzypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3sashdc6 Scottish Greens.<br/><br/>Flamingo Land are back. Over two years since they were forced to withdraw their application as a result of our campaign, the Yorkshire-based theme park operator have submitted new plans for a &#39;tourist resort&#39; on the shores of Loch Lomond at Balloch. With your help, we can stop this – lodge an objection to their plans today.<br/><br/><a href="https://greens.scot/FlamingoLand">https://greens.scot/FlamingoLand</a><br/><br/>#LochLomond #ThemePark #CorporateGreed #environment #Scotland 2024-08-26T23:16:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs80eszzwkmjw4tcdwrhmwyw094r5lmsm4xc4jwq65a6lqjnhrthvqzypxmwl3q3mm6aw24p7plfvnz3vwsnwqjsz6u3uxntq3n4fkvzxs3sqts57r This is a misogyny emergency. A huge outpouring is coming in the runup to the US election<br/>Carole Cadwalladr<br/><br/>This time Kamala Harris will be the target for the social media platforms that promote prejudice <br/><br/>In 2016, a historically unprecedented incident took place. <br/><br/>The woman was Hillary Clinton. What she was asking for was votes. And what she got was the single biggest outpouring of misogyny in human history.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/27/misogyny-emergency-huge-outpouring-kamala-harris-us-electionction">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/27/misogyny-emergency-huge-outpouring-kamala-harris-us-electionction</a><br/><br/>#us2024 #misogynyEmergency <br/>#fascism #politics 2024-08-25T16:16:48Z