A reminder that everything being shared online about the Southport attacker is not real, and is being reshared by media outlets in Russia to peddle anti-migrant fears (and by IT people on LinkedIn).
The person also isn’t called Ali Al-Shakati, and did not arrive by boat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cevwgqz0x41t?post=asset%3A41e0a685-70bf-4606-bcd4-013cdf5c3e1f#post
Rioting is still continuing in parts of the UK due to social media posts about the Southport attacker.
People are turning up with “STOP THE BOATS” banners.
The attacker was a kid born in Wales.
After burning down libraries and attacking mosques, the mob have now moved onto Holiday Inns.
Somebody is going to end getting killed if this continues.
It is blatant racism and those involved and those who enable it - including Elon after unbanning Tommy and engaging with this stuff on his own platform - should feel ashamed of themselves.
One of the people jailed who posted material on Twitter to stir up racial hatred during recent unrest across the UK is being paid £1400 a month by X.
X - who can’t pay their office rent and other bills - led by Musk, who said there would be civil war in the UK, is literally paying the people who are trying to start civil war.
For those who don’t know, Twitter do ad revenue sharing for viral accounts nowadays - you get money from replies, so it incentivises rage bait accounts. Eg they pay Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson.
In the interests of transparency they wanted to pay me about £4K a month but I told them to get fucked.
@GossiTheDog Let me get this straight: Twitter would pay me more money to tweet 280-character lies about healthcare, than the Commonwealth of Virginia is paying me to write long, researched policy papers about our healthcare system?
And there are still people asking how the world got this bad? Like seriously, people are actually asking "I think society has a perfectly good rewards system and I can't figure out why on Earth all of our priorities seem so misplaced?"
Loyalty vs skill, the existential conflict of our times, which mode of thought you pick is who you are.
For the loyalists, their truths come from their leaders.
For the skilled, their facts come from the universe.
Amusingly for the math-minded, loyalty is itself a skill, but its close practice eventually destroys all other skills the individual may have or seek. When the Great Leader says things you *know* from *fact* are not true, but everybody else is on board with GL, what do you do?
That's who you are.
Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and you're okay
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four-star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team
@GossiTheDog hate to be nit-picky, but i'm thinking from the perspective of "what would someone who loves elon musk say about this?"
and i think they'd say you're spreading fake news because the bbc article said £1400, not £1700
altho if i've missed anything then lmk, typing this mid-teams meeting lul
" ... dark humour.."
"Can't you people take a joke? It's just for the lolz/keks."
"They put you in jail just for saying you're English, etc."
@GossiTheDog
Same oop north..
Mostly counter-protestors, no Muppets..
(Edit: photo from https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-protests-live-mosques-29693242 which has a run-down of all the not-happenings)
Some violence in Finchley - by the cops, against antifascists. The cops were very enthusiastic in protecting the fash.
@james_inthe_box @tryst @GossiTheDog
My thought exactly. By responding to his baiting they’re giving him legitimacy.
@james_inthe_box @[email protected] @[email protected] Ah yes. I had forgotten how well the strategy of "just ignoring them" works with billionaire fascist agitators. I'm sure he'll just quiet down, or he'll stop having influence if we just say nothing.
I wasn’t suggesting ignoring is a fix, but I *am* suggesting that responding on official political accounts gives weight to Elmo’s comments which is at best unhelpful and at worst dangerous.
@GossiTheDog Honestly I'm surprised there hasn't been any serious injuries (or worse).
Especially considering what happened in Hull:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-riots-sickening-moment-racist-33391006
> Somebody is going to end getting killed if this continues.
Don’t believe even for one second this isn’t what they want.
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