Al

sociology grad | UK

[Ali A Olomi @aaolomi]

the UK is such a weird little island. Peaceful marches against genocide are called hateful. A woman carrying a sign calling Rishi Sunak a coconut is facing trial for racism. Meanwhile actual mobs of Nazis burned down stores owned by immigrants & attacked hotels housing refugees

[Al @al_chace_]

Whilst mistranslation almost always exists, there is a difference between a genuine mistake and egregious lies under the guise of “mistranslation”. The latter is obviously unacceptable and feeds into extremely dangerous narratives.

[Respond Crisis Translation @RespondCrisis]

A released Palestinian prisoner says in Arabic that Israel held them in the cold w/o electricity, "sprayed us w/ pepper spray" & "left us to die."

She never mentioned Hamas or a word like it. Yet @BBC translated to: "No one helped us. Only Hamas cared...We love them very much."

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: we need to talk about UK graduate wages, and the idea that Britain sends too many people to university.

American readers should stick around for the UK/US comparisons 👀

Let’s start with this: the UK graduate wage premium has fallen substantially over the last 25 years

[Al @al_chace_]

@CassyWearsHeels @POTUS Palestinians =/= Hamas

[Al @al_chace_]

me at my computer when the mitski pre-sale tickets have already sold out

[Thom Brooks @thom_brooks]

Private Eye nails it

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: America is a rich country. Britain is a poor country with one wealthy region.

People love to compare the UK to Mississippi, but it’s far more informative to look at UK subnationally, too.

London ranks fairly well, the rest of the country does not 👉 https://t.co/xrIzwYGaCI

[Al @al_chace_]

@rachhhhow Factual

[Al @al_chace_]

@IanBlandThatsMe @HelenWebberley And for cisgender men with gynecomastia and for trans man. Hope this helps!

[Al @al_chace_]

@tractorgirly @HelenWebberley Would you be offended by a cis man having surgery for gynecomastia? Or would you not consider that to be self harm?

[Al @al_chace_]

@Ousitotraveller @babybeginner @AlessandraAster @HelenWebberley Trans men don't have to do anything they don't want to? This may be a crazy concept, but bodily autonomy means that trans people have the *right* to choose what they want or don't want to happy to their body.

[Al @al_chace_]

@BasedBabeUSA @Esqueer_ There are so many hypocrisies in this statement with their claims of being apolitical whilst protesting a fucking pride march. The comparison of trans people to Nazis is also abhorrent, why you thought this was a "gotcha" moment is beyond me.

[Al @al_chace_]

@bagoftealesbian Standard french apartment tbf

[Femi @Femi_sorry]

When anyone tries to deny Brexit has f***ed our economy SHOW THEM THIS VIDEO!

Both the OBR (government's experts) and Bank of England, have said Brexit is a major part of the mess we're in now.

Ordinary people didn't need to face this much poverty.
THE TORIES FORCED IT ON THEM!

[Al @al_chace_]

@rachhhhow @bagoftealesbian homosexual activity detected

[Al @al_chace_]

@rachhhhow I would neverrrrr 😳

[Al @al_chace_]

@urmomzhaus86 @MelonLord2022 @Esqueer_ Of course! That’s why Matt Walsh or anyone like him would never do that neither in jest or seriously! :D

[Al @al_chace_]

Seemingly for the first time in a while, the fascists have remembered how free-market capitalism that they so dearly love works. I miss that brief period when they were just a loud minority that companies would ignore as they were not the most profitable group.

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

Just a reminder that this guy self-describes as a fascist. This isn’t just a culture war, it’s part of their project to build fascism.

[Al @al_chace_]

@AJaneH111 @crypt0potamus @JoylynneMellora @Timcast Yes in the same way that “tall women” or “blonde women” are famously: not women.