Garth McConaghie

@StephenFleming Yes, but it was too long.

Most movies, I leave going “yes, but.” “Yes, but the lighting was too dim.” “Yes, but the sound mix was terrible.” “Yes, but they skipped this major plot point.” (If based on a book.) “Yes, but they completely miscast this character.” Not “Project Hail Mary.” It hits all the marks, doesn’t assume the audience is stupid, and manages to cover 500 pages of plot in a 2.5-hour movie. Sure, they compressed some bits, but they did it *intelligently.* Score: 10/10. Reading the book first is recommended but not required. Go see it on the biggest screen you can.

The difference is by design.

What an extraordinary start to Zac Polanski’s tenure as Green Party leader. The party’s membership has gone from 50,000 to 200,000. The party has frequently placed third and even second in national polls. They won…a by-election! By over 4k votes. All in under 6 months.

@grey4626 @Hunter_Eagleman You completely ignore HOW/WHY it would finally arrive at the awful point you’re describing. History shows us danger signs to look out for, some of which are apparent today. The louder the roar of protest, the greater the hope of protecting liberties from further slide.

@Hunter_Eagleman I figured I would write out exactly what it would look like if their Hitler dreams came true. It's definitely not at all what they are living in right now. 😘👊🏻

You keep comparing Trump to Hitler, ICE to the Gestapo, America to 1930s Germany. Fine. Let’s play your game. Let’s see what actually happens if the mask slips and your nightmare becomes real. Imagine the switch flips overnight. Trump doesn’t tweet anymore. He speaks once, calmly, on every screen at once. No more campaigns, no more debates, no more appeals to voters. Just orders. Congress is dissolved “for the duration of the emergency.” The courts are “reorganized.” The media outlets that spent years calling him Hitler are shuttered in a single dawn raid...transmitters smashed, editors vanished. The ones that remain read only what the new Ministry of Truth provides. ICE...no longer a bureaucracy in windbreakers...steps out in crisp black uniforms with silver death’s heads on the collars. The transformation is deliberate, theatrical, unmistakable. They don’t hide the symbolism; they revel in it. The message is simple: resistance is obsolete. And you? You’re first. Not because you’re the biggest threat...you’re not. You’re soft, disorganized, addicted to validation and dopamine hits from likes and retweets. You’re first because you’re loud, visible, and already self-identified. The regime needs examples early, while the memory of freedom is still fresh. Terror works best when people can still remember what they lost. They come for you at 4 a.m. No warrants, no livestreams, no body cams. Black vans, no plates. Doors kicked in. You’re dragged out in whatever you slept in, zip-tied, hooded. Your phones are confiscated and bricked on the spot. Your social media accounts are wiped. The algorithm no longer knows you exist. The holding facilities aren’t the border detention centers you loved to scream about. Those were holiday camps compared to what’s built now. These are repurposed warehouses in the middle of nowhere, ringed with razor wire and watchtowers. No NGOs, no lawyers, no press tours. You’re stripped, hosed down with ice water, issued a gray jumpsuit with a number. Your name is never spoken again. Interrogation is methodical. They already have everything...your posts, your group chats, your donor lists, your face from a thousand cameras. They just want you to admit what you are. Most of you break fast. You were never trained for this; you thought courage was a hashtag. You denounce your friends for a crust of bread and a blanket. The ones who don’t break… disappear deeper. No trials, no headlines. Just silence. The lucky ones get shipped to the new labor camps springing up in the desert. Guards who’ve been told you’re traitors, terrorists, enemies of the people. A beating for looking up. A bullet for trying to run. The unlucky ones are made examples on live broadcasts. Not many...just enough. A show trial that lasts twenty minutes. Then the public execution, streamed in high definition so everyone understands the new rules. Within six months the resistance is a ghost story whispered by people who no longer dare say your names. And the streets? Quiet. Just order. And fear. That, you stupid, comfortable, historically illiterate fucks, is what actual authoritarianism looks like. Not mean tweets. Not “fascist” rhetoric that hurts your feelings. Not even mass deportations of illegal immigrants...which, by the way, most of the country supports. You take for granted the right to call the president a tyrant to his face, to burn the flag, to riot without being shot in the street...and you think that proves the tyranny is already here. You have no idea how good you have it. You have no idea how fast it can all vanish. So keep rioting, keep smashing, keep comparing your democratic disappointments to the fucking Shoah. Just understand this: the real thing, when it comes, will not announce itself with a Trump tweet. It will arrive in the dark. With vans. And lists. And by then, no one will be left to hear you scream. 💀🔪

@MtLinde @BeachGirlOBX13 @GoldenAgeUnfold He’s a sinister little ghoul. The most dislikeable character in politics amongst a cast of ghouls.

@BeachGirlOBX13 @GoldenAgeUnfold Vice Presidents from both parties have just disappeared into the woodwork. They go to funerals and stand behind POTUS at the State of the Union. That hasn’t been the case with Vance. He’s been the point man on many issues and he’s done fantastic.

What are the chances you'd vote for JD Vance for President in 2028? A. 100% B. 50% C. 25% D. 0%

@chim10_ @LinusEkenstam @WhiteHouse Ignorant as well as arrogant. Take all the US military bases in Europe, that we’ve been allowing you to maintain, with you. Good riddance.

@LinusEkenstam @WhiteHouse The entitlement of Europe is getting so incredibly tiresome. We must leave NATO. Stop wasting our taxpayer money.

“Now, after Centuries, it is time for Denmark to give back — World Peace is at stake! China & Russia want Greenland, & there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it... The United States of America is immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and/or any of these Countries...” - President Trump

@lehai0609 @ngahpham That’s addressed in the film.

@ngahpham Who submitted the photo? They must have a record of that.

AP photographer Nick Ut was awarded the World Press Photo of the Year in 1973 for this photo of ‘Napalm girl’ Phan Kim Phuc. World Press Photo has now decided to suspend Nick Ut’s authorship after a new documentary alleged that another photographer may be the real author 🤔

@WhiteHouse @MariaCorinaYA Absolutely pathetic.

President Donald J. Trump meets with María Corina Machado of Venezuela in the Oval Office, during which she presented the President with her Nobel Peace Prize in recognition and honor.🕊️

@clerpatriot It’s not bodycam. It’s a phone. Which he manages to switch hands holding while unholstering his gun to fire three shots.

Oh, that body cam footage is really gonna ruin some leftist's day. I just wanna know what the excuse will be now when they continue to riot in Minnesota?

@johnpavlovitz @JDVance is a sinister, odious little ghoul.

JD Vance is far more dangerous to our Republic than Donald Trump.

@KarlreMarks Brown shirts.

If ICE were in another country they would be calling it "regime militia"

@DividendSnwball @weirdquestN @LangmanVince Not American but curious to know WHAT injustices you would actually care enough about to protest yourself? Or is your life perfectly comfortable? If you’re ok then screw everyone else? US is so polarised. Reminds me of brownshirts v communists in early nazi Germany. Dark times.

@weirdquestN @LangmanVince And, other than getting hurt or sh•t in the face, what does protesting do for you? Seriously, what does it accomplish, other than making you look like an idiot? It will change nothing.

Case Closed!

And blocking State officials from involvement in investigation. What kind of federal investigation could there possibly be when leaders have already publicly drawn their conclusions? Or when the FBI has political leadership?! History shows - it doesn’t end well for the fascists.

@gideonmack @Adrian_Hilton @davidwalliams At the time - especially, coming off the back of Shooting Stars - I thought Matt Lucas was one of the most exciting comedians around. I couldn’t believe he was pinning his career on a broad, second-rate double-act with Little Britain. Always felt Walliams rode his coattails.

@Adrian_Hilton @davidwalliams Firstly, when a publisher drops the most popular children's author in the UK, it's because their lawyers believe it'll be more expensive to keep him than get rid. I presume the company knows what they're doing. Secondly, many of us have hated Walliams since Little Britain.

David Walliams seems to be subject to much negativity at the moment. I loathe trial by media. I absolutely abhor media pile-ons. @davidwalliams is entitled to the presumption of innocence, and his denials should be taken seriously. The X Jury should reflect on natural justice.

@TheOmegaPnL @Cobratate Are you for real? I shut this down when he started bragging about his motorhome Christmas tree

@Cobratate This is actually the best talk you've done. No bullshit about being rich and famous and bugattis. Some motivational talk about not being afraid to do something because you're afraid of being mocked. I think you needed that fight.

@adamfrancisco_ @RepThomasMassie I’m pretty certain “millions of leftists” didn’t celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death but, regardless, millions of leftists aren’t the president of the United States.

@RepThomasMassie Not the classiest response but MILES classier than what millions of leftists said and continue to say about Charlie Kirk.

Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered. I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they’re afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it.

@Channel4News Proud to be Irish.

Ireland, Spain, and the Netherlands have pulled out of next year's Eurovision Song Contest, after the event's organisers cleared Israel to enter.

@wei2high Eubank jr sitting on his own was a sad and telling sight.

Nigel Benn disrespecting Eubank Sr at the post fight conference #EubankBenn2

@__angela22 Shockingly bad and distasteful. There were some bits where the show seemed to be enjoying the perversely disturbing violence and depravity. I had to fast forward.

the ed gein story on netflix was crazy. incredibly inaccurate, so much dramatization, subplots all over the place. and of course at the end they try to make u feel bad for him. did anyone actually like that??

@ihatedozens (A) she got way too much airtime at the end. (B) She’s a dangerous pedophile who will continue to be a danger to children/society. The doc barely acknowledged that.

finished watching UNKNOWN NUMBER: The High School Catfish on Netflix and Kendra is fucking insane. there is NO justification for her behaviour and this whole 'i wanted to protect her' is bullshit when she was telling her to d!e. kendra is manipulating her, poor girl