Rambling Pitchfork

The Neo-Stalinists are rightly defensive. Why would anyone defend such regimes in the past? And why would anyone pose such regimes or their openly capitalist successors as a model for those fighting for liberation and socialism today? No one wants to live in a police state.

Potentially a Streisand moment for @scope - now so many people are wondering if Scope support disabled womens right to same sex intimate care. SCOPE - do you support disabled womens rights to same sex intimate care?

Yes, good point! Maggie Chapman is berating Anas Sarwar for saying he will follow the law, but when she had the opportunity to act on her "principles" & stand against a change in toilet accommodation in parliament, she fell into line without a squeak. parliament.scot/-/media/files/…

You should also understand Ukrainian psychology - grain is deeply sacred to Ukrainians, especially since the Holodomor. Trading with Russia using stolen Ukrainian grain is not only illegal and financially fuels Russia’s war - it is also deeply offensive to the Ukrainian nation.

I’m currently writing some case studies for a training course for the HE sector. Each of the case studies is designed to raise issues about the interplay between modern trans rights activism and sex-based rights. I look at this video and the truth is that, if I used something like this as a case study, firstly, many people (even in HE) would struggle to believe this could happen, and, secondly, it wouldn’t be interesting enough for use in a training setting, since the fetish aspects would be too obvious and too easily addressed in people’s initial feedback. And yet it’s really happening. People - including, I assume, female students and university applicants - really are being expected to sit opposite this ridiculous man wearing his silly big rubber breasts in a meeting.

“I wouldn’t have said that, that’s not my view. I am however deeply concerned about the actions of Donald Trump" On #PoliticsLive Green Party MP Ellie Chowns distances herself from comments about the US president made by her party leader Zack Polanski bbc.in/41Xf4nG

Even Zack Polanski's own MPs know his comments on Vladimir Putin are appalling. He must retract his comments and stop whitewashing Russia's barbaric war in Ukraine.

Owen Jones is a propagandist for the Islamic Republic regime in Iran

Pure nonsense from @JohnSwinney. The SC said that they should be free from discrimination, it did NOT say that meant they could be in women's spaces. That was the whole point of the ruling!

The Green Party's attempt to strike out most of @EmmaBatemanGPW's discrimination case against them has failed. It now proceeds to trial, with implications for women's rights in all political parties. Crowdfunder update: crowdjustice.com/case/the-green…

@BenMclaine @Caterin00138072 @amoozeboosh @KarrieboKarrie And the cult of ignorance on full display.

@Caterin00138072 @amoozeboosh @KarrieboKarrie Technically there's no such thing as a fish, which is awkward for the TERF view of the world where every definition must fit in neat little boxes

TERFs do this weird thing where they pretend trans people just don't understand biology As if they would spend thousands on surgery if they were happy with their birth sex characteristics

With Russian celebrities increasingly lamenting the Putin regime's inability to genocide Ukraine, the now less fearful regular Russians are joining in, saying things on camera that they never would have only a month ago. Putin is on borrowed time.

This is the equivalent of a 1930s ‘journalist’ crowing about being quoted on one of Hitler’s billboards. What a repellent odious little man Owen jones is.

If I understand correctly, the disability charity Scope has one, possibly two trans activist staff members who complained or possibly encouraged complaints about Janet Murray’s lawful views. In response, the CEO revokes the invitation to Janet’s choir to sing at the London Marathon as they had done the previous two years. He then becomes aware that his position is unlawful and wildly unpopular, and even so, more damaging posts targeting Janet’s views are published on social media, apparently signed off by him. This includes a rude retraction of the disinvitation, clearly sent only to avoid legal action and essentially apologizing to the activists for having to comply with the law. The CEO then sends a plaintive private message on Saturday night saying in effect - Do please come and sing - let’s act as if nothing happened. But acting as if the insults had not been widely publicized was obviously impossible. This is how trans activism works within organizations. It is misogynistic, spiteful, authoritarian, and undermines the reputation of every organization it inhabits.

This nazi fucker was in Milan’s town square with a Z decal and waving a russian flag

@ribeiro__2022 @HartoJohan @BarakRavid You cannot read.

@HartoJohan @BarakRavid You have problems understanding English if you think you haven't.

🚨🇺🇦🇮🇱 A senior Ukrainian diplomatic source tells me that if the vessel PANORAMITIS, which is allegedly carrying wheat stolen from occupied Ukrainian territories, enters the port of Haifa and unloads its cargo, it will lead to a crisis in relations between Ukraine and Israel 🚨"We are tracking this new vessel and won’t let this slide. If it’s permitted to dock and unload, there will be fallout, specifically for our bilateral ties", the Ukrainian diplomatic source said 🚨The Ukrainian diplomatic source added: "If this ship and its cargo isn’t rejected, we reserve the right to deploy a full suite of diplomatic and international legal responses" 🚨The Ukrainian diplomatic source said Israel has "essentially shrugged off" our demands regarding the previous vessel that unloaded stolen wheat in Haifa port 🚨"⁠⁠Frankly, this feels like a slap in the face given the strategic goodwill Ukraine has extended - from designating the IRGC as terrorists to criminalizing antisemitism", the Ukrainian diplomatic source said 🚨"Profiting from stolen cargo should be beneath Israel’s dignity", the Ukrainian diplomatic source said

@JohnMcnab58552 @DeMcbot Its true though all the options are shit

Martin Geissler says the Holyrood election is dull Gary Robertson says the voters are apathetic Perhaps this pair should hang up their mics 🙄

No, you are the VULNERABLE little boy that big pharma is preying upon.

@FurkanGozukara @radge01 George is just covering for the conplete failure of his Russian sufar daddies to protect Mali from the islamist extermists. He is throwing shit about as a distraction. An increasingly desperate loser clown.

Massive bombshell. George Galloway directly accuses Emmanuel Macron and the French government of secretly funding and arming ISIS and Al-Qaeda in Mali. The West is intentionally using terrorists to overthrow African nations and steal their gold. Pure imperialism!

Meloni just cooked Trump. Trump: “Meloni is no longer the old Meloni. I was shocked by that. I thought she was a brave person, but I was wrong.” Meloni: “Italy does not care about what Donald Trump said.”