JK Rowling, in the Scottish Times:
"it is dangerous to assert that any category of people deserves a blanket presumption of innocence."
Grim and genuinely frightening. This is the kind of extreme rhetoric you would only normally expect to hear from fascists.
#JKRvsLGBTQ
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Buried on page 30 of 'Sir' David Bellend's report into antisemitism in schools in the UK it explicitly says there hasn't been a rise in antisemitism, only in anti-Israel sentiment. Astonishingly fraudulent crisis/debate, all to shield a genocidal state
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The more you learn about this the more terrifying and disgraceful it is.
All to protect the Zionist Israeli genocide of non โJewsโ in Palestine.
I'd love to say "this is a deeply humiliating scandle and there is no way the government could possibly implement this now" but to be a scandle it'll have to be reported as such by the British media and what are the chances of that, eh?
The claim in Sir David Bell's report that 3 in 5 Jewish students have experienced antisemitism was based on just 29 people - and was untrue.
My latest for Double Down Newswatch.
youtube.com/watch?v=6pEiZYoRโฆ
I feel like a rape crisis centre should not be compelled to pander to the most deranged and fragile wingnuts on social media.
Feels like kind of a bad message that videos on consent are removed in response to a harassment campaign.
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has taken down three online video advertisements related to its 'We Consent' campaign, following criticism of one advert in particular rte.ie/news/2026/1022/159643โฆ
I am deeply fascinated by the modern right's insistence that "the elite" is a category that does not actually include the ultra wealthy who dominate society and dictate many of its laws, and is instead made up of socialist teachers, anti-genocide protestors, and "woke" baristas.
We probably won't be debunking JK Rowling's latest diatribe line-by-line since none of it is really new, but this particular "No you!" is extremely funny.
Rowling is obviously very mad about people pointing out that TERFism is largely a hobby for the rich and privileged.
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They broke Eisenhowerโs globe because they didnโt want to wait for a team of specialist historians to move it.
I cannot think of a more apt metaphor for Pete Hegsethโs DoD.
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Turning Point UK was extensively promoted by the BBC at launch, you can see a few familiar faces in their lineup here.
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I wonder if anyone will be asking Wes about how the review into youth mental illness he commissioned just reported back that he is completely wrong about everything.
Tomorrow, join Question Time in Scunthorpe
On the panel: Wes Streeting, Tom Tugendhat, Ellie Chowns, Stephanie Flanders, and Geoff Norcott
Apply now: eu.castitreach.com/ag/mentorโฆ
Thurs 22nd Oct, 9pm on @BBCiPlayer, @BBCSounds, and the @BBCNews channel
#bbcqt
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Itโs actually a special kind of heartwarming to see this, as it was Dad who taught me to play chess.
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I don't actually like the "hierarchy of racism" framing much because I think it misses out that the establishment does not care about anti-semitism if, for example, it targets Zack Polanski, or if it comes from Nigel Farage. They only care when caring is politically useful.
It's much more pathetic than that, imo.
He realised that right-wingers *have much lower standards*. As long as he'a a nazi, they don't care that he's deeply unfunny man-baby who lies all the time and pays people to play video games so he can pretend to be good at them.
If you were to, say, transport an 1930s era Nazi to 2026 and let them write a magazine article, in what ways would that differ from this one, precisely? Besides being in German.
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Since the 80s we've had at least 12 government-backed reviews into racism, specifically anti-Blackness, and they all consistently show it is systemic and deeply embedded in our institutions.
Yet, successive governments repeatedly fail to fully implement the recommended reforms.
๐จ NEW: The Government has accepted all 27 recommendations from the report to end antisemitism in schools and colleges
1. Recognise antisemitism as a distinct form of hatred, not just general racism
2. Strengthen political impartiality guidance, including limits on teachers wearing pro-Palestine badges
3. Establish a national hotline for school leaders dealing with antisemitism
4. Improve teaching about contemporary antisemitism and modern Jewish life
5. Teach pupils to recognise and challenge antisemitic conspiracy theories
6. Include antisemitism explicitly in school safeguarding policies
7. Train teachers to recognise and tackle antisemitism
8. Work with the Home Office and the Prevent programme to help schools identify when antisemitism may be linked to radicalisation
9. Encourage schools to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism
10. Improve procedures for reporting antisemitic incidents, including signposting
11. Ensure antisemitic bullying and complaints are investigated and acted on consistently
12. Make clear in staff conduct policies that antisemitism is unacceptable
13. Strengthen Holocaust education, including antisemitism's role in the Holocaust, and encourage schools to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
14. Create more opportunities for pupils to engage with Jewish communities, including visits to synagogues
15. Make sure Judaism and modern Jewish life are properly represented in religious education
16. Improve media literacy so pupils can also identify online antisemitism
17. Provide better resources for teaching the Israel-Palestine conflict fairly and sensitively
18. Ensure schools have clear policies for dealing with antisemitism involving external speakers
19. Ensure education unions have clear antisemitism policies
20. Establish a dedicated support service to help schools, colleges and councils deal with antisemitism
21. Use some of the Government's security funding to help Jewish schools and colleges undertake educational visits safely
22. Run a campaign to tackle antisemitic behaviour at transport hubs near Jewish schools and colleges
23. Provide Jewish school and college leaders with mentoring and more security advice
24. Strengthen accountability for schools that fail to deal properly with antisemitism
25. Enable Ofsted and the Independent Schools Inspectorate to assess how schools tackle antisemitism
26. Make local councils identify local patterns of antisemitism and help schools respond
27. Share effective practice and guidance between schools and colleges
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UK Chancellor announces ยฃ2bn Energy Wealth Fund after Jackdaw gas project.
PR gesture
UK squandered North Sea wealth in tax cuts for corporations, the rich.
Norway didn't, has $2.4 trillion sovereign fund
UK govts fight class wars, long-term neglected.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4gโฆ
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In the past, when EA got to the โgutting and devouring beloved devsโ stage of their acquisition cycle, gamers across the internet would decry corporate greed.
Now you get a bunch of larper turds saying โserves em right for DEIโ or โwhat, do you expect EA to just lose money?โ
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Read this. And if you have school-aged children, act on it.
๐จ PLEASE SHARE!
I've written to both my children's schools following the Government's antisemitism review.
I WILL NOT accept genocide being presented as a two-sided political debate, or Palestinian history and suffering being erased from their education.
I've drafted a template which I'm sharing for other parents to use or adapt.
Political impartiality must NEVER become historical dishonesty.
Please use them. Challenge your schools. Demand answers.
#GazaGenocide
docs.google.com/document/d/1โฆ
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The next time Nick Clegg in invited onto BBC to pontificate as an independent tech expertโฆplease note that here he is, named in the $27bn New Mexico judgment as one of execs engaged in a systematic cover-up of Facebookโs deceptive consumer practices.
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A jury found Meta liable for over 43 million violations. The judge reduced the statutory civil penalty from $219.5 billion.
Breaking News: Meta must pay $25 billion, one of the largest penalties levied against the tech giant, for deceiving users about data privacy. nyti.ms/4yvv5yZ







































