Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
No, surely not.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
No, surely not.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
CW
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
whhhhhat
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
wait, Flight of the Conchords was HOW LONG ago?
FoxyRyanx 🌈 🏳️⚧️ (@plagiarize.bsky.social) reposted
I *firmly believe* that autism was *selected* in nature, due to there being a benefit in having people in your tribe that see the world differently, and approach problems in a different way, than one that was full of people who all operated similarly. Autistic people improve their communities.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Hotherslol (evergreen)
eilidh (@eilidh.bsky.social) reposted
from our final rally for rent controls last night. debate is today and the vote is tomorrow - then towards a future of permanent rent controls in scotland. up the might living rent 💚
Tristan Grayford (@tristangrayford.scot) reposted
This is already the case in Scotland. Implemented and backed by pro-indy parties. Yet Labour minds will insist that the Scottish indy movement is the same colour as Reform, rather it being Labour who are chasing their xenophobic policies.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Update: may have spoken too soon!
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
It's wishful thinking, not pragmatism, to throw your weight behind such a trainwreck.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
I mean, in many ways history repeats itself in horrible ways. But the U.S. is recommending against MMRV, not MMR.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Even in this brave new world, Andrew Wakefield holds no sway.
Adam Ramsay (@adamramsay.bsky.social) reposted
Green membership across Great Britain has now overtaken the Lib Dems. @greenparty.org.uk passed 78,000 last night. @scottishgreens.org have 7,800, producing a total of 85,800. Last month, the Lib Dems told the BBC they had 83,174: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
dick move innit
Jamie (@jamien89.bsky.social) reposted
Of course the rapture has to be scheduled the day before my annual leave. Can it not just hold off for two weeks?
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
thank you for sharing your OTP
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
A swing and a miss.
Jack (@jackinpogform.bsky.social) reposted
Autism Announcement: You and I don't need 'curing' least of all by the maladjusted creeps who insist on framing us as some kind of fucking inconviniece
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
FBPE is not the answer to everything, especially not issues of morality.
Count Basic (@sammypotatoes.bsky.social) reposted
That sound you can hear is the moral vacuum being fired up in Downing Street
Zack Polanski (@zackpolanski.bsky.social) reposted
The Green Party now has 78,000 members. Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line. I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Sigh. Lewys is generally pretty sound so I think this is accidentally escalating. FYI, I think he didn't quote tweet you simply because that can be aggressive when you have a decent following.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Hurry up and cast JC as Dumbledore. Magical grandpa + happily associates with terrible people.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Unlikely eh.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
When I was young It seemed that Supertramp was wonderful A miracle Oh, it was beautiful, magical (RIP)
Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 (@agirlcalledlina.bsky.social) reposted
Starmer recognising Palestine is fine I guess but given this govt has been complicit in genocide and denied it’s a genocide, it’s quite hollow
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Ah but what if horseshoe theory but for flag shagging.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Update: it was cold, and it's fermenting slow.
Gordo (Sly) (@hugehammers.bsky.social) reposted
You shall not lie with a flag as with a human; it is an abomination.
Euan (@euan.bsky.social) reposted
okay for real does Zack Polanski have a Deathnote but like for making people humiliate themselves
The Green Party of England & Wales (@greenparty.org.uk) reposted
The UK government has confirmed it will finally recognise the state of Palestine - a welcome step. But this must be accompanied by real, concrete actions to bring an end to the genocide in Gaza, including boycotts, sanctions and the end of arms sales to Israel.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Reporting to the ICO.
Marcus 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 (@marcusjdl.bsky.social) reposted
“migrant” is pretty much a pejorative now. I’ve even seen them used “suspected migrants” like it’s a crime. I mean, my mum is a migrant you racist scum
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
thank you. i clicked the article expecting to be outraged, but i'm not. was it a good or a bad idea? not sure. but it wasn't what the headline implied by ommission.,
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Surely not Karie Murphy, a trusted and dedicated volunteer, who has never had access to or control of any funds?
Election Maps UK (@electionmaps.uk) reposted
Queen's Park (Brighton & Hove) Council By-Election Result: 🌍 GRN: 48.4% (+19.9) 🌹 LAB: 31.1% (-15.0) ➡️ RFM: 10.1% (New) 🔶 LDM: 4.2% (+1.7) 🌳 CON: 3.5% (-2.7) 🙋 Ind: 2.7% (New) No BHI (-16.7) as previous. Green GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2024.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
I almost feel bad for tweeting about how badly they fucked this [but then I remember the transphobia, ableism, and sexism].
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
An absolute embarrassment.
Matthew Hodson (@matthewhodson.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
What happens Valhalla stays in Valhalla.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
[St Andrews joke] Jeremy Corbyn announced as next leader of the Kate Kennedy Club.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Thanks pal.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Partner: Can we eat it now? 🥺 👉👈 (No, it needs to cool, at least a chunk, to finish cooking.)
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ribbon on it.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Chuffed with this one. Put a ribbon on it, and sell it at M&S for £3.80 (!).
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
At this time of day? Baller move sir.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
More of this on the TL please
SazCaz (@sazcaz.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The age is actually incredibly close to Notre Dame, but without the centuries of abandonment and damage we did to Notre Dame. Remember the outcry when the roof of that old church burned?
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
qwhite interesting
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Hooly shit.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Once again fuck Britain's dehumanising attitude to refugees. We have a legal and moral obligation to accept refugees. They are fleeing persecution. Having had their lives upended, they are under no obligation to travel the shortest distance possible.
Ross Greer (he/him) (@ross-greer.bsky.social) reposted
Israel is erasing Gaza today. Palestinians are being slaughtered no matter where they go. This stain on the world's conscience will never go away, but it will lie most heavily on countries like the UK. Our governments had the power to stop this. It was a choice not to.
Peter Jukes (@peterjukes.bsky.social) reposted
I only wish I had a Time Machine to send those people who ‘want their country back’ to Britain 50 years. Or during the Anglo Saxon invasions. Or even better, 6,000 years ago www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Ah but they're the party of Labour!!! It's in the name, fuck you, etc.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
lol, definitely the latter
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Not yet, but I hear it's a Death Or Love spell
Calliope (@callidoptera.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
….yaaaay. Just what we need… not the widely accepted best treatment, but therapy that even Cass’ report stated had no positive effect on relieving gender dysphoria.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Had to look up the lyrics for Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra, and I don’t feel silly for not recognising the words: Abracadabra, amor-oo-na-na Abracadabra, morta-oo-ga-ga Abracadabra, abra-oo-na-na
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
omg i forgot it was 5ive
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
foreign prisoners should manufacture flegs 🇬🇧
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
i give it a day until disney condems this use of copyrighted star wars music :-/
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Was just emailed a login link to a website - the URL only requires my email address to access my data. No password, no OTP. Reminds me of SAAS, twenty years ago. Ooops.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
oooh yikes, Sports Direct? no thank you (but thanks for letting me know)
Puck the tall hobbit 🧜✊ (@r3dleprechaun.bsky.social) reposted
With alt.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
oh no, just realised ebuyer went bankrupt and is now shit
jamie lee curtis from off of halloween 🔪 (@lilbeethoven92.bsky.social) reposted
I am one of them blokes who wears the daft hat and isn’t allowed to move and I can confirm that this is true
Ed Morrish (@edmorrish.bsky.social) reposted
breaking news: in response to a chant of “shoot keir starmer” at the fascist parade in london, the government has announced plans to shoot keir starmer
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
One thing I’ve never acknowledged is Five’s Everybody Get Up is a banger, even if it’s not as good as the Joan Jett song it samples from.
Lee Hurley (@hleehurley.com) reposted
"There were 890 people arrested at a demonstration against the ban on the group Palestine Action in London on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police say." This protest last weekend was peaceful. At a violent protest this weekend... news.sky.com/story/politi...
Chai Patel (@chaipatel.net) reposted
Ah yes if black and brown people throw a party we need to scan their faces. White supremacists organising a hate march do not need to worry about their privacy. The police have them covered. This btw is also why everyone arguing for digital id in this country is either naive or dangerous.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Observed counterpoint: you broadly agree with much that he said
Adam Bienkov (@adambienkov.bsky.social) reposted
The Government proscribed Palestine Action as terrorists by claiming that secret intelligence justified doing so Newly leaked intelligence report reveals that most of their activity: - Couldn't be described as terrorism - Isn't violent but focused on property damage -Most of that damage is "minor"
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
that's a good point; i just naively thought he was turning a leaf
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
welp, there goes that newfound respect
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
CW: JKR Hooly shit it's true; she's casually (uncritically) quoting Adolf Hitler. I'm sure she'd sue you for defamation, however, if you dared to suggest she were a Nazi sympathier.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
I'll see you in Sto-vo-kor. Qapla’!
Bil Skirnir (@astro-kraken.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Fun fact- there are no Christians in Valhalla.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
dessicatit coconut shud be listed as an allergen cause it's boggin
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Yeah but I bet he used to change his profile pic during pride month. #ally
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Waiting for More in Common to say something insightful, before I form an opinion on Kirk.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Congratulations to Peter Mandleson, for achieving heights that David Blunkett could only dream of.
Jonty (@jontyscorner.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Jack (@jackinpogform.bsky.social) reposted
Drastic move from Mandelson but to be fair he is off the front page.
Fourth Crown War FPV Drone Operator 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 (@dov.bsky.social) reposted
The death of Charlie Kirk implies the creation of the Free Kirk of Charlie
Dr Phoenix CS Andrews (@thatdocphoenix.com) reposted reply parent
I will always keep this screenshot on my phone because it always makes me laugh
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Not seen anything so prescient since you predicted pubs reopening
รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️🌈 (@sloanelysbeth.bsky.social) reposted
charlie kirk advocated for guns and spent his life, made millions, fearmongering about minorities in an effort to incite violence against them. it never occurred to him that he would be the victim — bcos he was a straight white man. we can all be victims. nobody is safe from gun violence.
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly (@seamas.bsky.social) reposted
- you clean up that banksy? - sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
folks, the problem is that my car aircon smells musty. Having replaced the pollen filter, the next port of call is unblocking the drainage tube. You just need a shop vac, or to skoosh some compressed air. Piece of piss, it's just I don't love crawling under my car, and garages have proper lifts.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
kinda annoying I have a minor car issue, and all the garages are like either “we can spray deodorant for £20” or “sorry, that's too specialist” or “pay us for a diagnostic and let's go from there”, or “yes, please book us in but it requires two people and will take about a day”.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
An extraordinary but so far accurate phrase.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
lol
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Impressively this is even less grassroots than Vote No Borders, if anybody minds that.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
WELL.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Also they said that the equality act is not gospel (paraphrasing) and should be revised. Yes, thank you. This of course was also lib dem policy until the supreme court decided to radically change the statute for worse 🤷
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Ross and Gillian both have great convictions, and are good at communicating them and their importance. This also winds up all the right people, which I love to see.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com)
Ross Greer saying sensible things like people who oppose trans rights should be unwelcome in the green party. You can tell that Andrew Learmonth of The Herald in incensed by the radical idea that if you disagree with a party on core issues then you should not be in that party
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
Your post is truly the finest performance art I have seen in a while.
Iain Nicol (@iainnicol.com) reply parent
He's a scab too. By slight analogy to Death of the Author, I suggest Death of the Actor: we don’t support their future work, and he’s dead to me [but I can enjoy reruns of Voyager]