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olimould

@olimould@mas.to

Academic at large, but lectures in human geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Researches anti-capitalism & cities. Christianarchist. Toffeeman. Interested in scifi, films, architecture, music and t-shirts.

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olimould, to UKpolitics
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Rishi, standing in the pissing rain, talking utterly inane platitudes while being drowned out by New Labour's anthem is peak 2024 in

olimould, to climate
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I find it quite astonishing that climate mitigation systems - as great as they are - are being talked about so liberally without even a hint of who is to blame for their need at all. The fossil fuel companies should be paying every single penny of these infrastructural projects. Not the tax payer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51ngn55gz4o

olimould, to art
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Masto hive mind! A favour to ask...

I'm looking for British artists - ideally from marginal backgrounds, including BIPOC, disabled, working class, queer etc, who work on the environment and climate from an activist perspective. If can think of any names (or if that describes you!) please do let me know.

And boost for visibility please - thank you all kindly

olimould, to journalism
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Culturally, The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 was the epitome of the 90s in Britain and pre-dated, perhaps even laid the foundations for the media revolution that predicated Cool Britainnia and with it, Blair's political popularity.

It was live, anarchic, bright, irreverent and very Channel 4. It's place in media history is often overlooked, but I suspect it has more influence on the socio-political zeitgeist than it's given credit for...

olimould, to Spurs
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fans: "Yes of course we want to win"

olimould, to USpolitics
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Nothing to see here, just Lindsey Graham calling for the US to nuke Gaza.

https://www.rawstory.com/lindsey-graham-hiroshima/

olimould, to random
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Up early to go to a meeting that itself could have been a split-nanosecond-long synaptic firing in the cranial left hemisphere of the numpty who scheduled it, that vanishes back into the quantum realm of theoretical existance the moment is was created, never again to imprint itself upon the physical world.

olimould, to philosophy
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Just found out that the entirety of the 1997 election coverage is on the BBC iPlayer, and given that we are very likely to see something very similar this year, it seems like a good time to reboost my piece about how culturally, we've yet to escape 1997...

https://tacity.co.uk/2024/04/16/escaping-1997/

#culture #philosophy #theory #90s

olimould, to random
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Solidarity to all those students and staff in the camps, and all those helping them.

✊🏿 ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

"I can't believe I have to protest against genocide"

https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/04/i-feel-disgusted-and-ashamed-bristol-student-camp-one-of-many-protesting-at-university-ties-to-israel

olimould, to movies
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Jurassic Park (1993): A biotech billionaire releases untested and fundamentally dangerous products onto the market, having used his ill-gotten wealth to buy out academic researchers from genuine work in attempt to get them to valorise his tech fantasy.

olimould, to ai
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I've just heard someone use the phrase " whisperer" to refer to people who work in tech and now I'm just about ready to nuke Silicon Valley.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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And the lolz just keep on comin'

From the Sky Local Elections liveblog

olimould,
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@fkamiah17 imagine being the person that got to turn him away. A once in a life time opportunity that many would pay millions for

olimould, to random
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“The beatings will increase until you love Israel” is not quite the way I thought American politics would go in 2024, but it seems that’s where we’re at

olimould, to random
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Over the last year or so, I've spent a great deal of time researching the student uprisings of 1968 (for a forthcoming book), and while the protests going on at the moment feel somewhat different, there are many similarities that suggest this isn't going to end too well, particularly given how uni managers are even worse now.

Total solidarity with the protestors, stay strong!! ✊🏾 ✊🏾 ✊🏾 ✊🏾

purplepadma, to random
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I feel like an outsider looking in on all the people being funny on here lately. My banter lobe has been shrivelled by depression

olimould,
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@purplepadma tbf, that was pretty funny

olimould, to random
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What in the fresh hell is this!?? Kill it with fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a09yJU-mCI&t=183s

olimould, to music
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How the hell am I only finding out about “Brass Against the Machine” and their covers now? This one is utterly brilliant

https://youtu.be/bGV1xYJFAEI?si=gy_LBBBtqNeab38Q

RickiTarr, to random
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What is a little white lie you were told as a child, that you believed for too long?

I was way too old when I figured out a human couldn't actually get sucked down a drain or flushed down a toliet. I used to cling to my little brothers, and pull them out of the bath any time my Mum would pull to plug.

olimould,
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@RickiTarr My dad told me that GB on the back of cars meant 'getting better' (a step up from L) and I believed it long enough to thoroughly embaress myself at big school!

olimould, to random
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Funny how since started talking about how the is linked to the ills of , and actually engaged in activism advocating for it's undoing, suddenly she's nowhere to be seen on TV, Davos, the UN etc etc.

olimould, to random
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I appreciate there's probably legal reasons for phrasing it this way, but the passive voice in many headlines makes for very strange reading. For instance here, it sounds like the pram stabbed the woman. How difficult would it be to say "man arrested for murdering a woman"?

olimould, to random
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What is ' best song and why is it Cast No Shadow?

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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"Wes Streeting, in an article for the Sun, claimed that people complaining about increased use of private services in the NHS were “middle-class lefties” – and tried to draw a dividing line between them and “working families”.

"Streeting, a key ally of party leader Keir Starmer who has been tipped as a future party leader himself, said the NHS was a “service, not a shrine”."

In effect, Streeting's a divisive sneering Tory.

olimould,
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@MadeyeTheCarnaptious I refer you to the late great, and forever missed Dawn Foster on this one

olimould, to random
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Can I just check that it is still 2024 and we haven't somehow regressed back to the middle ages?

https://news.sky.com/story/armageddon-in-illinois-nefarious-scientists-warning-signs-from-god-marjorie-taylor-greene-alex-jones-and-influencers-peddle-conspiracy-theories-about-solar-eclipse-13110035

olimould, to movies
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I was lucky enough to watch 'Evil Does Not Exist' by Ryusuke Hamaguchi earlier this year, and here is my review of it in @TheConversationUK

A really absorbing film that portrays a small community caught in the crosshairs of a greenwashing, gentrifying corporation.

https://theconversation.com/evil-does-not-exist-powerful-japanese-eco-drama-about-one-communitys-fight-against-intrusive-land-development-221481

#movies #moviereview #gentrification #climatechange

olimould, to random
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Can someone please tell me what is the point of us trying to engage in a civil society that adheres to laws, morals and ethics, if a fascist state is going to ignore not only massive global public opinion, the increasing opposition from once staunch allies, but now international law itself?

Like, why haven't we turned the world upside down yet?

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