Occasional reviewer of music and general troublemaker at @DevolutionMag. @BritishMensa. @mrdiscopop’s proof-reader. Pronouns: Intergalactic Overlord/Arrrggghh
Follow or Block? A quick thread for those who are checking out my profile wondering if they should follow me or block me because of something I've said in a tweet, reply, or retweet. Most of this is also said in my cover photo.
Yes, before Harry Potter books didn’t exist, which is why I was completely illiterate until @jk_rowling wrote Harry Potter.
Completely ignoring the fact that no one picked up a Harry Potter book until their teens, and everyone was taught to read in schools with other books.
If @jk_rowling had approached publishers today, one scan of social media and they would have rejected her
And millions upon millions of kids would not have picked up a book for the first time: Books that gave them literacy, life lessons, escape.
All denied.
Think about that.
The real reason @elonmusk wants to roll out Starlink to everyone in America is so they all have slower broadband than he has. This way he can disconnect anyone who beats him at Diablo IV
#SoreLoser#ElonCheats
Any peace today will just be used by Russia to rearm and then invade again. It’s time for the UK to admit that the UN and NATO are effectively dead. The USA is now a puppet state of Russia.
@Keir_Starmer thinks @realDonaldTrump wants peace in Ukraine. His actions show he doesn’t. He wants Ukraine to unconditionally surrender to Russia. His withdrawal of aid from Ukraine is to punish @ZelenskyyUa for daring to say what needs to be said. Russia cannot be trusted.
@SharmakeFarah14@LemkinInstitute @AntjeKuehn99 It also doesn’t help when they come to this platform of all platforms to complain about being treated badly on Bluesky. The platform owned by the richest GC man in the world who has weaponised the platform to attack trans people and is the reason for the RFA in the first place.
@SharmakeFarah14@LemkinInstitute @AntjeKuehn99 Their response wasn’t “oops, we made a mistake” it was “well actually…” followed by doubling down. It wasn’t until they took it down that they admitted they hadn’t had any input from any trans people at all. And an imperfect ally can do more harm than an enemy.
@LemkinInstitute You can say that’s not what you meant, but it’s how it reads. Words matter, you of all people should know that. And as I’ve stated elsewhere, anti-trans laws are not being passed by GC women. They’re being passed by right wing men. GC women are a useful tool of Trump, Musk, et al
@LemkinInstitute If the reading of your alert is faulty then consider that the wording may be at fault. Because it reads like you’re more concerned about what comes next, rather than what happens to trans people. And you call out GC “misandry” against trans women, effectively saying they’re men.
@LemkinInstitute @AntjeKuehn99 Words matter, your statement was that the threat to trans women is due to GC women hating men. The threat is actually from fascist men, passing laws outlawing trans women. Let’s be clear, JKR isn’t behind anti-trans laws in the USA, Elon Musk, Trump, and Republicans are
@LemkinInstitute @AntjeKuehn99 Your stance was literally “trans people deserve to be eliminated but we’re worried about what will happen to others as a result”. It wasn’t “left on left” it was you throwing trans people under the bus.
@LagerBolshevik@_celia_bedelia_ And it won’t work anyway. Drones can’t fly in high winds. And he’s talking 10,000 plane sized drones, where does he think they’ll be stored? And maintained? Not to mention dumping sea water, which will destroy any chance of recovery of the land afterwards 🤦♂️
Seen some headlines about META’s fact check decision and it’s going to have a huge impact on misinformation being spread. They’ve said they’re going to “recommend more political content”. Based on 2016, this means promoting more right wing accounts. It’s bad enough now as it is.
@kkrikorian57@_celia_bedelia_ I guess you’ve never had a woman then. And don’t understand planning for something that can happen. Bye, I’m guessing you’re a transphobic piece of shit so am treating you as one.
@IndiaWilloughby That £12k is less than the fees would be for a term at my old school, so either she’s on a full scholarship, or actually it’s the millionaire husband paying the fees….
Who’s next Joanne? Going to have a go at the unemployed? Got to get those Tory fans going, maybe have an MS sufferer bomb their local PIP assessment center eh? Make it an unemployed MS sufferer for maximum outrage points.
So now she’s finished with trans people because they’re all being forced to detransition, @jk_rowling is now going after wheelchair users. Apparently ME sufferers are all aggressive and don’t actually need their wheelchairs if the TV show Strike is to be believed.
Was told the car park at @bicestervillage was full today, despite needing a blue badge space. The reason there were no disabled spaces was that they had closed off all the disabled parking bays. Do better, you managed to not block the disabled parking last time you had the queues