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@BeyoncKnow19346 @EXoshi369 @rirokpik Looked it up, it was the New Dance Show and 1981, so post disco, but it is a good example of Black American culture being open to outside influences, not walled off to itself youtu.be/ZOcf9Uq6EjQ?si…

@BeyoncKnow19346 @EXoshi369 @rirokpik Giorgio Moroder? The clip from Soul Train of Black people dancing to Numbers by Kraftwerk? Everything is a mix! The contribution of Black America is massive, but it’s still part of a mix!

Blues came from Black culture. Jazz came from Black culture. Rock ’n roll came from Black culture. Funk came from Black culture. Soul came from Black culture. Hip-hop came from Black culture. Disco came from Black culture. House came from Black culture.

@DrDadabhoy She has learnt the correct phrases: hate marches, etc, and can’t deal with questions. What she’s been taught to say is: ‘We prioritise protecting Israel above all else, and we don’t care less about anyone or anything else’

She wants to tolerate anti-Muslim racism at political marches because that’s good for a democracy but marching against genocide is bad for a democracy. 🤪

@Telegraph The cops have got the idea now. They won’t stop Israeli football hooligans again. Any opposition to Israeli genocide will be illegal. Thank goodness we’re so free, and much better than Russia.

🔴 Green candidate campaigns in London after being arrested for alleged anti-Semitism telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

@poofeyone @sciencegirl

@sciencegirl My Nana used to tell us about the crossing from Europe to New York. How people died sitting up in their seats and how when they saw the light from the Statue of Liberty they all started cheering and waving to her because they made it. 🥹

It’s wild to think people once crossed entire oceans with no technology, just courage and belief

@EXoshi369 @rirokpik And house is gay culture as much as Black

@EXoshi369 @rirokpik Hip hop came from Jamaican culture Disco is European as well as American Soul comes from Gospel, which uses hymns often written by Europeans

The government knows our marches for Palestine are made up of all faiths and none. The are suppressing our hard-fought right to protest for one reason: to hide their complicity in genocide. Israel’s occupation must end. Until then, our movement for peace isn’t going anywhere.

@matthewsyed Breaking news - the useful idiots that you used to attack Corbyn? They’re still idiots.

Branding Starmer a ‘Jew harmer’ is unserious. That way lies madness thetimes.com/article/aa9e76…

The Trevor Philips show and all the guests bar one has just convinced me to vote Green. They are treating Polanski appallingly. He is definitely getting the Corbyn treatment and it's disgraceful. Vote Green.

@heftycharge @GeorgeAylett Whether Corbyn had a plan is irrelevant. The establishment must have thought he did, as they united to destroy him.

@CaptDarkMorning @GeorgeAylett OR - the left has no idea how to exercise power. Corbyn had no plan, no personnel, just beliefs. This is precisely the kind of person we don’t want in charge. And don’t forget - left wing people wielding power has a mixed record. Perhaps he was doing us a favour

My PhD was on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party. One mistake Corbyn made (which he has admitted) was trusting bad faith actors who ultimately were successful in damaging his leadership. Zack Polanski can, and must, avoid making the same (good faith) mistakes.

That’s why Robert Maxwell got the classic Soviet farewell: burial on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, with Israeli state officials and Mossad chiefs in attendance. Textbook KGB.

@adamemedia1 Horrible AI graphic

THE DEAL IS DEAD 🇬🇧 Ex-PM Tony Blair is talking about ENDING the state pension. This is no longer a conspiracy. The want to remove one of the few things people still rely on. And once that’s gone… You’re on your own. This is the breaking of a fundamental social contract; You work, you pay in, you get security later. That’s over. The maths has shifted. An ageing population, fewer workers, and rising costs means younger generations are paying into a system that has stopped working and is actually making us poorer. State pensions are one of the largest government expenses. Draining our budgets. Great for boomers. Not so great for the generation being asked to sustain it while being told it won’t be there for us. This ongoing breakdown in the social contract has been catastrophic, leading to the rise in NEETS (Google it) as many are figuring out that work does not pay. Having a job no longer guarantees financial stability. And those with wealth? Well, we’re now seeing mass economic immigration OUT of the west. The tiny island of the UK was only behind China in terms of wealthy people leaving. So what comes next? My guess: this will pave the way for UBI. One payment. For everyone in the permanent underclass. More centralised and controlled. You will own nothing and be happy.

We need to recognize that the political and media class are one and are rank with cynicism and dishonesty. That they are so in the face of the mass murder of women, children, first responders and journalists shows how morally bankrupt and irredeemable their politics has become.

People haven't yet grasped the crazy thing happening in the UK at the moment. The government and police legit decided to ignore and not even acknowledge or mention a third victim of a tragic incident all because of their ethnicity and religion.

@PunkRockStory Their first misstep.

45 years ago, Dead Kennedys released "Too Drunk to Fuck," their fourth single. Here's the earliest live version from 1980. #punk #punkrock #toodrunktofuck #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory

@LBC Not so much the Shock Doctrine as the Crock of Shit Doctrine But you’ve wanted to ban protest, so go for it. Just don’t tell us how free and democratic we are, or that we’re different to Russia.

Met considering ban on pro-Palestine marches in wake of Golders Green attack - as Rowley clashes with Polanski lbc.co.uk/article/met-co…

Yes! A mentally ill man went on a knife rampage, so obviously the only rational response to that is to, er, ban people who are protesting Israeli genocide... I think UK is having a mental health crisis as well. #ItWasAScam

Instead of worrying that humanities degrees don’t prepare students for jobs in today’s world [product managers finance consultants startups], we should worry that we’ve created a world with such little value for literature, art, philosophy—anything that expresses the human soul