ʘ Liam McCann ʘ

IT Geek. Gordian knotter of mobius strips & eulogiser of the epheremeral

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

In 2020, 13-year-old Callum Manning from South Shields, England, created an Instagram account for one simple reason. He loved books and wanted somewhere to share his reviews.

At the time, the page had around 50 followers.

Then some students at his new school found it.

Instead of encouraging him, they created a group chat and mocked him for reading, calling him names like “creep” and “sad weirdo.” Callum was added to the chat and had to watch the messages appear himself.

It hurt more than he expected. He later said it was the first time in a long while that he had actually cried.

His 24-year-old sister, Ellis, decided to do something. She shared what had happened online, hoping maybe 20 or 30 of her friends would follow Callum and leave a few kind comments.

That wasn't what happened.

Within days, Callum went from around 50 followers to hundreds of thousands.

Authors including Neil Gaiman, Malorie Blackman, Matt Haig and Caroline Kepnes reached out. Publishers offered him books. Waterstones encouraged him to keep reviewing and offered him a free book when he next visited.

And Callum kept reading.

The account that classmates had mocked became the place where hundreds of thousands of people came to hear what a 13-year-old thought about the books he loved.

His sister had only wanted a few people to remind him that there was nothing embarrassing about loving books.

She found an entire community waiting to tell him the same thing.

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

HOLY FUCK.

A group of Israelis in Albania were kicked out of an Airbnb after the owner discovered they were soldiers serving in the IDF.

The very next day, the place went up in flames.

Coincidence?

[liam cunningham @liamcunningham1]

This

[Migrant Hotel Manager @Migrant_Auditor]

Exactly one year ago today greater Manchester police sent 10 riot police to my house for an allegation of burglary. The alleged burgled item was a plate of free chicken pasta that was being served in a migrant hotel.
I was on bail for 6 months where I was not able to leave the country, had to sleep at my home address every night, wasn’t allowed within 200 metres of any protest (planned or unplanned) and was not allowed within 100 metres of a migrant hotel or HMO. All my electronic devices were seized for 8 months and there is damage to my door and handle where they applied excessive force to it.
1 year later the case has not been dropped and is classed as RUI (released under investigation.) because of this greater Manchester Police refused to release the body cam footage of them entering my house where they searched everything from my loft and garden to my terminally ill mothers underwear drawer.
I was held in a cell for 8 hours whilst 2 CID detectives travelled from another police station to interview me who asked about my politics and my view on migrants.
Every time I now leave the country I am now greeted by customs or border force on return who ask where I have been and search my belongings/car.
If anyone says 2 tier policing does not exist show them this.
I am still fighting to get this charge dropped but I am dealing with one of the most corrupt police forces in the country!

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

Israeli settlers stole a donkey from a Palestinian farmer - and dragged it behind a vehicle until it died. Footage shows the animal struggling as it's pulled.

Israeli settlers have once again proven that there is no bottom to their inhumanity.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine. In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade ban"

https://t.co/CllU8jwHbU

[Rogue POTUS Staff @RoguePOTUSStaff]

This is the route that ICE agents took yesterday while their prisoner with a broken neck was bleeding profusely. The red dots are hospitals with ERs.

They were hoping he would just die.

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident.

Agents violently detain mom—still wearing hospital gown.

Separate her from daughter—family never told where mom was taken to.

Both were victims of being hit by car—with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit.

Grace Calero, 39, and her daughter Giulianna Carriel, 19, are both originally from Ecuador.

Both women received severe injuries after a near fatal rollover crash when another car swerved into their lane head on.

Made worse when the daughter suffered a seizure—after the trauma of seeing her mother violently handcuffed.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office contacted ICE after deciding the women's paperwork looked suspicious.

They have an ongoing formal cooperation agreement with ICE.

Incident occurred at HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital in Kissimmee, Florida.

Jessenia Hatti Barrett doesn't have an active account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.

[Alexandra @Alexandr4Denman]

Police are very keen to find these men who attacked a boy travelling on the train sat by himself , they took his phone and tore his jacket in the struggle in the journey between Beckenham Junction to Shortlands.
The incident happened at around 5.30pm on Friday July 22nd. Anyone who recognises them is asked to contact British Transport Police by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40.
SO SHARE THEIR FACES LETS GET THEM TO THE POLICE FOR A CHAT!

[Dr Rahmeh Aladwan @doctor_rahmeh]

The UK government is silent 24 hours after 'israel' clears itself in the killing of 3 British aid workers.

In 2024, the UK called for an urgent investigation and explanation.

'israeli' response after 2 years: the IOF did not cross the criminal threshold.

This is not justice.

[هد هد سبأ @ryadalnh]

أحد أكثر المشاهد قسوة عبر كل التاريخ

قام الجيش الإسرائيلي بتغطية عيون هذا الشاب الفلسطيني ، وأجبروه على الركض والهرب، ثم أطلقوا النار عليه في رأسه من الخلف

وكل هذا لمجرد التسلية.

جريمة تاريخية

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Government can just nationalise it. But then taxpayers will not only face years of legal cases and end up paying the fines owed to themselves; they’ll also still have to find billions to fix leaks, stop sewage dumping and build drought-proof infrastructure".

The LIE, the damned lie that's told over and over and over.

Over the next 5 years 99% of the funding to fix the leaks, stop sewage dumping, build infrastructure is NOT being provided by shareholders, it's coming from you and me and everyone else via those recent bill increases. The shareholders' contribution is actually less than 1% of the total spend. You should know better @CitySamuel

PS. Water company "fines" rarely if ever paid, at all, and certainly not by shareholders.

https://t.co/pfYMssUYzL

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Can anyone explain to me why Ofwat hasn't revoked South East Water's operating licence?

[Britain Justice Uncovered @justicewatchuk]

Shana Grice was 19. She asked Sussex Police for help five times in six months. They fined her.

That is why her mother is standing outside this police station holding Shana’s photograph.

Michael Lane tracked Shana’s car, assaulted her and stole a key to enter her bedroom. Once, she hid under the duvet listening to him breathe.

But because Shana had not initially disclosed their past relationship, an officer gave her a £90 fine for “wasting police time”.

The trial judge later said police had “jumped to conclusions” and stereotyped her. The police watchdog found that the officer’s actions affected Shana’s confidence and may have stopped her reporting Lane’s continued harassment.

On 25 August 2016, Lane entered Shana’s home and murdered her. He was jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years.

One former officer was found to have committed gross misconduct and was barred from policing. Another committed misconduct. Sussex Police apologised and changed its procedures.

Shana went to the people meant to protect her. Their response taught a frightened teenager that asking again could get her punished.

That failure was indefensible.

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

🚨The IDF has decided not to open a criminal investigation into its airstrike on a World Central Kitchen convoy in 2024, killing seven aid workers including three Britons.

The RAF has footage of Gaza from the day of the attack – but refuses to publish it.
https://t.co/Pu5FKnqIG8

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE shoot Virginia man with Taser—repeatedly punch his face while unconscious.

He woke up in hospital with internal bleeding & brain hemorrhage.

But agents refuse to let him get life saving MRI.

Doctors can't treat him—because agents won't remove ankle monitor.

Can't scan his internal body damage because ankle monitor interferes with hospital scanners.

His additional injuries include—black eyes, significant bruising, cuts & 7 stitches on his lip.

Whatever force agents used was so significant that his brain has blocked all memories of the trauma.

Don José Mejía has lived in the U.S. for the past 18 years with no criminal record.

Incident occurred in Arlington, Virginia.

Alba Gonzalez doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.

Close up views of the man's injuries have been blurred so this video is safe for viewing by all audiences.

[Roger Gall @Shambles151]

Andy Burnham's Labour Govt has still NOT lifted Yvette Cooper's proscription - which see thousands of good people being arrested as terrorists - just for holding placards.

Please RT until they do lift it.

Thank you.

[SOS Whitstable @SOSWhitstable]

It rained for an hour or so overnight, the first rain we've seen in quite some time.

Yet it was enough for @SouthernWater to release sewage in Hythe, thus rendering their beach unsafe to swim today.

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

EXCLUSIVE: I've obtained a detailed account from the attorney representing Jose Mejia Hernandez, a man who says he was violently apprehended, hospitalized with a brain bleed, and held by ICE with almost no communication to his own family for three days.

On the morning of August 11, at around 6:30 a.m., Mejia Hernandez was walking to work when a truck sped up on him and two men jumped out and ran toward him. Scared and not knowing who they were, he ran. While fleeing, he says he was hit with what he believes was a stun gun or Taser. He has no memory of anything after that, not how he was injured, not how he was transported, nothing, until he woke up in a hospital many hours later with serious facial injuries consistent with blunt force trauma.

According to his attorney, two ICE agents stayed at his bedside the entire time he was hospitalized. He was never given a private moment with his own doctors. When he asked the ICE agents what happened to him, they told him they didn't know. He says hospital staff seemed reluctant to speak openly in front of the agents, and that medical staff appeared to communicate more with ICE than with him directly. A nurse eventually told him quietly, in Spanish, that he'd suffered a brain bleed and brain swelling, but he says he never got a full explanation of his diagnosis or how he got hurt.

Meanwhile, his wife and stepchild had no idea where he was for about three days. Neither DHS nor the hospital, according to his lawyer, ever notified his family that he'd been detained, injured, or hospitalized.

When ICE decided to discharge him, he says he didn't even understand he was being released. He was driven from the hospital, given food and told to contact his family, then taken to an ICE office where they strapped a GPS ankle monitor on him and handed him a Notice to Appear.

By Friday he felt significantly worse and went back to the hospital, where he was again diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and brain bleed and stayed for two more days. His lawyer says doctors couldn't even complete the imaging they needed because of the ankle monitor. When he later went to his ISAP appointment still in pain, dizzy, with doctors saying he needed an MRI, ICE reportedly refused to remove the monitor unless he could produce a specific MRI appointment date and time, forcing him to bounce back and forth between the hospital and immigration offices just to get basic care while suffering from a brain injury.

His attorney is now demanding a full accounting: who was involved, what force was used, why his family wasn't notified, why ICE was reportedly more involved in his medical communications than he was, and preservation of every record, custody log, and communication tied to this case. Mejia Hernandez still needs an MRI and further evaluation for a serious neurological injury.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Grenfell cladding firm paid shareholders $31m more than to victims/survivors.

72 Britons died in fire due to faulty cladding.

US shareholders sued for inadequate disclosures, received $74m

Victims of fire, their families received $43m

No one prosecuted
https://t.co/aUQaGQSpLk