LoopyLoo

Tea drinking, trumpet playing writer from other side of t’pond. Words in @Monkeybicycle, @Cherrytreelit, and more. Probably reading a book.

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I’m thrilled to have had a poem shortlisted for the Plough Poetry Prize! Congrats to the winners https://t.co/V3m8ZJPcV5

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@AustinOnTwitter @socialistadri It’s obvious you’re his emotional support human. It’s all good 😊

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@bekahj Her parents? She’s a fully grown adult

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Last year, my friend Hasan Piker addressed the Oxford Union. He spoke cogently (https://t.co/UQCKLCjKpH) on the rise of antisemitism, fascism and the dangerous conflation between antisemitism and anti-Zionism.

This coming Friday, The Econoclasts (that is, Wolfgang Munchau and I) were to host him at a live event at the Kings Cross Town Hall.

Alas, the Starmer government decided to ban Hasan from entering the UK. Why? Without even saying so explicitly, they hinted at Hasan's... antisemitism!

Join the club Hasan - your ban brings back memories of two years ago when I was banned from entering Germany for the hideous crime of organising, alongside German Jews, a conference on the ultra-subversive topic of the 'A Just Peace in the Middle East'.

These days, it seems, you are banned as an antisemite if you oppose the Palestinian genocide and the ideology that drives it.

And, as Freddie tweeted just now, your being silenced leaves those who purport to value free speech above all else utterly unperturbed.

Such are the 'interesting' times we are enduring...

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@AleksPhoenix I haven’t even seen the film and yet feel moved by this scene. Individual reactions don’t define success.

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@KATEnthusiast32 @Isleswish Do you know how much more a billion is? It’s a LOT. $25 mil is small beans

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@leojesehgrav @hasanthehun Img people are insufferable. Please watch the whole section and not just the edited bit where he said that. Yes it was a dumb thing to say, but it makes a LOT more sense in context

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@arch_engels @JordanUhl @TaylorLorenz That was taken out of context

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@Pogchamp_nick @krs_kross @HasPause Jet lag. He just got back from France that day or the day before.

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@krs_kross @HasPause Yeah, he shouldn’t have yelled at her. That’s shitty. He’s tired and grumpy but that’s no excuse. But he’s human and this isn’t a pattern from what I’ve seen. What I HAVE seen a lot of is Hasan treating that dog like a queen and taking her to the park every morning to run free

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@hasanthehun They absolutely can’t stand that Hasan is getting mainstream attention. Hey, haters, go and watch Hasan’s streams, or even YT vods if that’s too scary. Listen to his words in context. It’s all bs and you’re all buying into it.

[Frazzled Lit *Closed For Submissions* @frazzledlitmag]

Issue 2 has landed!

https://t.co/F5lS64loBh

Featuring work from:

@meefion @julietPers @lmbayley
@1funnyfarmAdams @daraghfleming @merril_mds
@abairrud2021
@melissacuisine @hool415
@dandugwriter @snmaril
@theSaraAult @lucyPRich

And more, this issue is 🔥. Thanks to you all!

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@hasanthehun Timothee or Luigi? Same person?

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@runoffchemicals @CentipedeMouse @hondacrvthe3rd I’m guessing if he’s talking about word-musicianship, he means the word chosen doesn’t fit the rhythm, hence offering (forcing? 😂) alternatives

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@ohnoitsriley @herokerrey Of course the top streamers win the awards. It’s literally an award show for being successful and well-liked in your niche. The top streamers are where they are because they are successful and wel-liked in their niche. And QT is always championing smaller streamers, btw

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Win a custom The 502s Deering Goodtime Banjo! https://t.co/t33phd5dwV

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@scum_art

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@katewillett My mum is nearly 80 and loves Hasan! She’s a retired politics lecturer

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@Fludded @IrrationalChad Indeed. It’s really not that deep.

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@BennettMatthe12 @GoodOldCanadian @LonerMuffin @PhilipDBunn @hasanthehun While we don’t agree on what happened, it was refreshjng to have a disagreement on twitter without it resorting to petty insults and name calling, so thanks! ☺️

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@BennettMatthe12 @GoodOldCanadian @LonerMuffin @PhilipDBunn @hasanthehun And he said himself that it was like working in sales as you had to be sociable there too. Watch the clip.