My theory of why GenX are so good at finding shit on the internet: because this is how we learned to do research.

A literary feud involving two men named Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Aubrey Drake Graham is giving 19th century.

What a scandal

Let’s also remember with Sadiq Khan’s victory…

He didn’t just extend his lead, he did so against the tide of a govt changing the system to FPTP to help their candidate and demanding photo ID for selective voter suppression purposes.

In the North East London constituency the 'Britain First: No to Immigration' candidate was beaten by the Animal Welfare Party, Count Binface, and a random independent.

God I love my city.

Being as charitable as possible: I think BBC has questions to ask itself over representation and balance in politics programming. Over-representation of (very) underperforming minor parties, recycling of (very)unreliable rumours. Do they equitably represent the nation they serve?

I interrupt another tweet, to inform you all that this is also, NOT SATIRE! It’s fast & happening… It’s Christ on a bike levels of absolute Tory twattery, in ironic form. #ToryChaos #GeneralElectionNow #ToryBrokenBritain #VoterID #LocalElections2024

Basically this

Surrounded by a whole postwar gen in absolute denial

Because the postwar gen needs to believe their wealth and success was down to their own hard work and sheer talent

Not just the sheer dumb economic luck of being born at the right time. Which it basically was

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As you seek out your ID before heading to the polling station, remember that over the last decade, there have been more Tory MPs convicted of sexual offences than voters convicted of electoral fraud

Disabled people having vouchers instead of cash benefits buys into the idea we are scroungers who can’t be trusted not to spend the cash on fags and booze.

When the Tories get their arse handed to them at the election, I’m spending my PIP on fucking champagne.

When the horror starts for all of us, regular immigrants, second generation citizens, people with strange-sounding names, communities that celebrate different holidays, we will ask ourselves at what point it could have still been stopped. At THIS point.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Hi again Stefan. This private company now has 2 separate websites, 3 trading names, a spokesperson at a Dubai-funded thinktank, and lots of paid advertising. All trained on 1 UK charity. That’s what’s worrying. But our members remain a fantastic bunch, and I remain unscared.

Do you ever see something and immediately think of someone? Cos my only thoughts with this would be whether it'd be a hell no or a hell yes for madeline odent

This seems like a good opportunity to point out that 85% of lesbians support trans people and that they also didn't vote for Joanna Cherry as official lesbian representative.

Look at attacks on migrants and look at the attacks on disabled individuals. Look at the language used 'surge', 'avalanche of autism/ADHD diagnoses'. It is the same scapegoating. It is the same 'othering'. It is the same failure of investment in systems meant to support people.

Statement from Lord Field of Birkenhead’s family issued by his Parliamentary office:

Born in Cappadocia, by a Palestinian mother, St George was an immigrant.

He never came to England but if he had, he’d be deported to Rwanda by Sunak.

In November 2023 it was 20 years since the repeal of Section 28 in England and Wales.

To mark this anniversary, researchers Exeter History paired young LGBTQ+ people with older LGBTQ+ people to record how their lives were impacted by this legislation 🧵👇
historyworkshop.org.uk/oral-history/i…