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Nicovel0

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Family man. Bicycle obsessive. Nerd. Colander. He/him.

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fkamiah17, to random
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This episode of Everyday Misogyny is brought to you by academia.
Needless to say there's nothing remotely surprising or decent about his "proposal". 🤬
"How do you expect me to concentrate on what a respected academic is saying when she's got her hair down?"
"Impossible to tell whether she's Irish or Chinese because of course it's impossible that she could be both."
Every last word of this article is revolting.

"Like being chained to a lunatic". That's how a man feels in relation to his libido. And the lunatic latches on to anything, irrationally, and without warning. In Cambridge recently I dropped into Downing College for a lecture given by a beautiful historian, Lea Ypi, from Albania, whose discourse included this observation about revolutionaries: "Once they attain power they lose all interest in revolution." Good point. Her blonde hair spilling over her shoulders absorbed far more of my attention than her political reflections and I was desperate to speak to her afterwards, but I had no way to orchestrate a meeting.
Instead I headed for the rougher end of Cambridge, near the railway terminus, where the misfits and outcasts gather. I'd already arranged a social rendezvous at a private business location. Here's how it works. You hand over a roll of banknotes to a concierge at a desk who ushers you into a softly lit room where your companion awaits you. Mine was petite, black-haired and buxom. "Shea," she called herself. She looked Chinese rather than Irish but you never know these days so I asked her which part of Ireland she came from. "Shanghai," she told me. I lay naked on the couch and she rubbed hot wax into my shoulders (a ritual that gives these assignations an air of medical respectability). A moment later she ordered me to flip onto my back as she dimmed the lights and raised an eyebrow at me suggestively. This was the cue for negotiations. The money at the desk stays at the desk and Shea makes a separate deal with the client. Extract ends.

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 wtf

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 if by “political” you mean “far right” then sure

fkamiah17, to Israel
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So the IOF fired a missile directly into a children's playground yesterday, killing eleven and injuring several more. (Aljazeera)
Guess the USAF and RAF were having the day off.

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 “most moral army in the world™️

fkamiah17, to anime_titties
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Wait, what? So Israel can break international law with impunity, bombing whoever it likes, but if they bomb your Embassy in a third country, you get sanctioned?
I'd like to see this theory tested on a country that isn't Iran.

https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-begin-work-expanding-iran-sanctions-borrell-says-2024-04-16/

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 when US embassies were bombed they launched cruise missiles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 in the process they destroyed a pharmaceutical plant that was supplying half the medicines in Sudan.

davidho, to random
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The best-selling vehicle in France vs. the US.

Nicovel0,
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@Snowshadow @mrblissett @davidho I have a compact car that seats 5, and I do trips up to 1000km in it just fine. Do Americans really drive 1000km+, including off road and carrying big loads, so regularly that a massive 4x4 pick up is necessary? Somehow I doubt it.

fkamiah17, to journalism
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Deeply unsurprised to see all the reporting of Iran's strikes on Israel as being "unprecedented" and "audacioius" as if they just got bored on a Saturday night and thought fuck it.

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@fkamiah17 @Hadenuff Iraq mostly tries to stay out of wars because it’s been in one more or less continuously from 1981 to the fall of Daesh. While they certainly have opinions, they hardly have the resources to do anything much in this kind of conflict.

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 @projektionsyta @nusher it’s crazy how America forgets about Mossadegh and the Shah, then the Iraq-Iran war. If one country has a right to have a grudge against the USA, it’s Iran.

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@fkamiah17 @Hadenuff oh sure but they can’t strike at Israel in any kind of effective way. The immense majority of Iraqis I suspect just want to live in a country that doesn’t get bombed for 5 minutes.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Cruella taking a leaf out of fellow former Home Secretary Commandant Patel's handbook and popping off to Israel for an unscheduled visit even though SHE'S NOT IN THE FUCKING GOVERNMENT.
I won't burden you with the picture of her smirking at a desk with a bunch of genocidal maniacs who just killed three British citizens.

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 ooh Israel has apologised, I’m sure the victims’ families must be really happy with this outcome

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 so cruella was inaccurate as well, no surprise there

futurebird, to random
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"Most of its expenses are tied to interest on debt, although TMTG also had around a $16 million operating loss for 2023."

Since the total operating losses were $58 million that's $42 million just for interest on debt! Interest. How big is the debt? How was it incurred? This is a social media company using tweaked open source software. They didn't make a new technology, there is no need for a huge investment to get a website running.

Where did they money go?

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-truth-social-revenue-2023

Nicovel0,
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@futurebird is this fraud?

Nicovel0,
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@futurebird my bad, it’s not just fraud. It looks like it’s fraud and crime: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/trump-media-es-family-trust-2022-loans

adamgreenfield, to random
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I’ve spent more energy than I would have liked over the past few days responding to someone here who was stanning for China, bigging up the Belt & Road initiative as a fraternal and “socialist” gift bestowed out of boundless generosity, and ascribing Han anti-Blackness to the wicked Europeans. Let’s all be crystal clear, though, that in its obliteration of Tibetan culture, in its attempted physical erasure of the Uyghur people, in its own deep, organic racism, China is an empire like any other.

Nicovel0,
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@gwil @adamgreenfield and from some people who really should know better (hello Chomsky and opposing sending US weapons to Ukraine as it would lengthen the conflict)

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Establishment right wing white guys: "Look, if we let a few of you in and give you a special corner where you won't bother us, will you shut up about this raging anachronism and let us go back to manipulating democracy behind closed doors?"
Establishment liberal feminists: "Oooh, yes please!"
Fuck sake.


https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/28/garrick-club-seven-women-nominated-membership

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 the only real solution is to burn down all those clubs to the ground and build public libraries instead

girlonthenet, to random
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Today I learned that disgraced former Prime Minister Liz Truss got a smaller book advance than me. And my book's got more dick in, so infinitely better value all round.

Nicovel0,
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@girlonthenet to be fair I’ve been fucked harder by Truss than by almost anyone else in my life

fkamiah17, to Russia
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What's all this about then? 😂 🙄

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/26/russian-security-chief-britain-crocus-city-hall-terror/

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 ridiculous. The U.K. is way too busy shooting itself in the feet to go do shootings abroad.

fkamiah17, to random
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Never mind the extensive, detailed research to the contrary, let's take the word of a newsreader and "parenting guru" - whateverthefuck that is. 😡

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 well if she has solid information maybe she could write a paper on it and get it published in a respectable peer reviewed journal so NICE can take it into account?
Or is this about her feels?

Lazarou, to random
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"Europe is embracing militarism"

We have a large, belligerent neighbour who wants to fuck us all up, are we expected to just lie down and let it happen you tankie fucks?

No, it's not ideal, perhaps if Russia weren't being such a fash dick we could spend that money on Climate Change and Social Issues but thanks your buddy Putin we won't.

Nicovel0,
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@cstross @Lazarou the U.K. nuclear deterrent is tied to the US though, so I’m really thankful for the French one. IIRC France suggested to merge nuclear arsenals and run aircraft carriers together, but the offer was rejected.

Nicovel0, to random
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“[Surrey police] called on those who frequently submit close pass clips to "engage with us further and work together to tackle" issues around road safety”

WTF does the police expect a person on a bike to do to avoid being close passed? It’s your job to go after offenders when presented with evidence, do it.

Police concede that "prosecution would have been more suitable" after close-passing van driver who could've "killed cyclist" let off with a warning letter https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-897-307445

Nicovel0, to random
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Well climate change is about to erase Florida so you know, swings and roundabouts

From: @CelloMomOnCars
https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/112156247944520955

fkamiah17, (edited ) to UKpolitics
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Another previously respected BBC journalist goes on the list of neo-colonial war crimes apologists.
Imagine starting an article about an ongoing genocide with this line:
"Who wouldn't want a house on the beach?"
Sickening.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68650815

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 conveniently omitted from this piece (and her Wikipedia page) is exactly how extreme and unhinged Weiss, the so called grandmother of settlements, is: https://youtu.be/jqBH-GwWDRs?feature=shared

mekkaokereke, to random
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Congratulations to all James Madison University students! For unwittingly and unwillingly becoming investors in a professional sports franchise!🤡

James Madison University charges students a non-optional $5,662 "student fee" every year. $2,362 of that student fee goes to funding athletics.🤯

So if you're a JMU student, don't tell me you're "not that into sports." I don't believe you. Because your wallet is!

But congratulations to JMU sports investors! It's working!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pofh1lKI4rU

Nicovel0,
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@mekkaokereke I’m heavily involved in academia, and I am not aware of any country in the world where academic sports are a thing. It is the stuff of student unions and amateurs, with a few additional oddities like the boat race in the U.K.
Do you know of any?

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Blimey, this is pretty direct from a journalist at the Financial Times!
He's talking about Owen Jones' column in today's Guardian.

Nicovel0,
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@fkamiah17 at the FT too, not exactly a hive of socialism

Daojoan, to random
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Jesus would have joined a union

Nicovel0,
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@Daojoan Jesus would have been a rep

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