Liverpool, UK. Spec fiction writer exploring themes like the commercialisation of poverty and frogs that can read our minds.
Joined November 2020
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The mainstream media systematically ignores the racism of the Conservative government when it comes to British Muslims:
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Pretty sure having the former DPP as the Leader of the Opposition means we crossed that particular Rubicon a long, long time ago. What's one more spook in the Official Spooks' Party.
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Debated posting it here, but...
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This is a problem for short fiction submissions and it's not just going to go away. The link goes into details, but this is a graph of submission bans since 2019. Plagiarism and bot-written spam.
ALT Graph starts in June 2019 and displays monthly data through February. Minor bars start showing up in April 2020. Mid-21 through Sept 22 are a bit higher, but it starts growing sharply from there out. Where months were typically below 20, it hits 25 in November, 50 in December, over 100 in January, and nearly 350 so far in February 2023.
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dammm, today's story from @melling_dan is smart & funny & weird & clever & stunning. pretty much every sentence surprised me anew in such a satisfying way.
"How about a story written in the past unreal conditional? Like, *if she hadn’t been kidnapped...*"
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How to do a media interview while being carried away by police for protest. 10/10, no notes.
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I’ve come up with an interim solution to the queuing issue to see the Queen’s coffin in Westminster, let me know what you think, it’s not perfect but I don’t see anyone else coming up with anything
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The Dark Side of British History You Weren't Taught in School @GeorgeMonbiot
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We happen to think the opinion of a boss who is paid 7000X more than his employees is literal trash.
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'I had seen the hollowed eyes of the beggars that would knock at our door for crumbs of bread. I counted my blessings that I had never seen those eyes in the mirror.'
New short fiction by Salome Elizabeth Raiszadeh.
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now that oil prices are rapidly increasing, Venezuela’s democracy index has been changed from “authoritarian regime” to “partly free”
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Amazing conversion to the cause of migrants entering Britain here from The Times. I can’t quite put my finger on why.
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Two new short nonfic pieces from @matthewvollmer, whose latest book, This World is Not Your Home, is out now. Read here about bees who live in eyes and black hole photography.
thedamnation.co.uk/article/6…
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Full statement on why colleagues and I are voting against the cuts in this year’s budget:
As a matter of personal conscience and political judgement, we have come to the decision that we have no choice but to vote against this year’s Liverpool City Council budget on 2nd March.
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Incidentally, the appeasement of Hitler is commonly misunderstood. Conservatives across Europe saw him as a bulwark against Bolshevism. They didn’t appease him because they were scared of him, but because they were scared of the Russians (ironically) & their own working classes.
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Let's stop calling them "sanctions". It's economic warfare that affect 2 billion people, unlike conventional war you can't fight back, it is a crime against humanity that targets civilians, it is war.
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Hope everyone’s having an absolutely beautiful weekend. The 2020’s are about to roar, and there’s fuck all governments, corporations, algorithm nonces and other controllers can do about it. It’s in the air, filtering into the subconscious of humanity. We’re getting ready to rock!
