Alex Southern

SciComm | Professional Dungeon Master | Idiot. He/Him

[Ghostface Kafka (36 Chambers) @thekafkadude]

It's really funny how America and the UK stopped investing in infrastructure in the 1980s because the free market will pave potholes and make the trains run on time and now literally nothing works and you cannot go anywhere or do anything but like 4 people are richer than God.

[Florence Schechter @floschechter]

today i received an invitation to debate whether abortion is healthcare with the anti-abortion group CBR UK

here was the seemingly polite request and my reply to cut through the bullshit

i am sharing to make sure no one in my network agrees to participate in this "debate"

[Alex Southern @GogglesTheMage]

@JimSterling I've been playing a lot of pokemon pinball and it is terrible for this. The focus on completing the pokedex rather than just racking up points makes it extra egregious.

[Michal Shafrir @Miexriir]

I asked the nurse giving my vaccine if I could use a bandaid I brought from home and she was like “I don’t see why not” and now she sees why not

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

1. I’m often asked by the industries I criticise to “work with us and find solutions”. It sounds reasonable. But is it?
In some cases (fossil fuel companies for example), I don’t think any environmentalist should work with them. We should combine to shut them down.
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[Alex Southern @GogglesTheMage]

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[Alex Southern @GogglesTheMage]

@YoungHorses 🍓

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Responding to the election disaster by shifting to the right on social issues - i.e. throwing minorities under buses - is wrong and self defeating. Younger people will abandon the party, and the political debate will shifted on to terms that permanently favour the Tories.

[Kazz 🍉✊ @KazzJenkins]

So, our trains, part-run/owned by Germany, are seeing fare increases of 2.7%. Meanwhile, German train fares are going down 10%. Our train fares are subsidising theirs.

[The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan @DawnHFoster]

Oof https://t.co/8zLPobSkIO

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Boris Johnson pledged in the election that the NHS was not for sale.

He has already broken that promise.

https://t.co/ZKSPXqSwCh

[Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms]

Democracy is when unelected intelligence agencies conduct propaganda campaigns against their own citizens in concert with the unelected billionaire business owners to crush workers movements and make sure that poor people don't accidentally decide to empower themselves.

[Labour's Black PLP @LaboursBlackPLP]

This is Ian Duncan Smiths legacy, he built it, he nurtured it and ultimately this Tory Govt rewarded him for it.

#NewYearsHonours #Shameful

[Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms]

It's funny when people say we shouldn't have unions because they get corrupted. Like, a corrupt union leader sells out the workers to take a bribe.

But that's how capitalism works that ISN'T corrupt. Bosses get bonuses for cutting labor costs. That's better? Openly screwing you?

[The Trashies @TheTrashiesUK]

Stormzy’s misquoted words were more scrutinised than decades of racist screeds by our PM. In case you was wondering if the UK is 100% racist or not.