@extraneous

25 Followers
200 Following
834 Posts
All round misfit, queer, autistic, non-binary - still crazy after all these years . . .
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In the UK: holding up a sign saying: ā€œI oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.ā€ results in being arrested ā€œfor displaying an item in support of a proscribed organisation contrary to section 13 of the Terrorism Act.ā€ 522 times. The video is worth watching. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/10/police-arrest-hundreds-london-protest-over-palestine-action-ban
Christ on a bike, it would be ridiculous if it wasn't scary!
Palestine Action protesters arrested by police at London demo - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8de6rq37v5o
Palestine Action protesters arrested by police at London demo

Protesters simultaneously unveiled signs with the same message "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" in Westminster's Parliament Square.

BBC News
@celesteh - this is the group whose name I couldn't remember the other day...
https://mastodon.green/@restartproject
The Restart Project (@[email protected])

346 Posts, 303 Following, 1.63K Followers Ā· Fixing our relationship with electronics. Pro #RightToRepair. Together, let's feel better and waste less - tag us for fixing help!

Mastodon.green
What an indictment of growth obsessed economics by Irish President Michael D Higgins https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/04/28/president-condemns-obsession-with-economic-growth/
President condemns ā€˜obsession’ with economic growth

In reception for think tank Tasc, Michael D Higgins condemned ā€˜neo-liberalism’ and urged country to ā€˜rebalance economy, ecology and ethics’

The Irish Times
@RadicalAnthro I met someone in the UK recently who told me her best friend is a flat earther - she has a PhD in mediaeval literature. W** is happening in the world?

What the actual fuck?!? #StopRonDeSantis #Florida #HumanRights #TransRights

Florida Passes Bill Allowing Trans Kids to Be Taken From Their Families https://newrepublic.com/post/172444/florida-passes-bill-allowing-trans-kids-taken-families

Florida Passes Bill Allowing Trans Kids to Be Taken From Their Families

Florida Republicans have sent the kidnapping bill to Ron DeSantis to sign.

The New Republic
Tower Hamlets crappy homes just informed us we're going to be subjected to mugshots and random ID checks, I have no words for how much I hate this travesty of a social landlord

1990s web experience

- Open site in browser
- Watch framework of site gradually appear
- Start reading site text
- View images once they load
- Click a hyperlink to more information on the thing you're looking for

2020s web experience

- Open site in browser
- Wait for Cloudflare to verify you aren't a bot
- Wait for background movie to load
- Dismiss cookie popup
- Decline to subscribe to their mailing list
- Decline to speak to a chatbot that promises it's a human
- Scroll infinitely looking for the information you want that's probably not there since it's all generated text intended for other robots to read anyway

I'm sorry, Quentin Crisp, but an old creaky council flat definitely gets worse and worse the more years you don't clean it properly 
Oooh a gay aspie meetup just surfaced in London, but why is it called aspie?