Athena Kugblenu

They never fret about paying for bombs. Paying to support people who are disabled or the education of young people? They will shit kittens. But there is always money for bloodshed. It's a sickness

there are like 50 people in the country who want the UK to get involved in the Iran War, one of them is Kemi Badenoch, one of them is Nigel Farage, and the other 48 are newspaper columnists

Cannot tell you how depressing it is to read that people are simply refusing to read nonfiction after you’ve worked really hard to write a nonfiction book you believe in, in case anyone is wondering why I’m posting so much about my book which comes out in a few weeks #BookSky

Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.

Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.

We live in Orwellian times.

No-one had really quite figured out that users were the product back then. (nor was there really enough of them)

Do you guys remember Flickr? Flickr was never problematic - I don't think. Wave 1 internet tech seemed much nicer

"Only share things that people make for free!"

Alright, heres an IKEA pencil. Enjoy

This is the point at which the destructive brain virus got in. Sometime around the development of file sharing and piracy as a “political act”. It will eventually ruin everything. Shop well and resist.

Not only awful things have a price ticket. Lovely things do as well. Pay the nice people.

MAD that anyone wants us more involved in this batshit war. luxury belief!

Excuse my unspiritual language but fuck this shit.

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The thing is a lot of these masterminds behind Brexit etc they did not grow up in Britain but are the last sons of empire.
As @danmckee.bsky.social keeps saying, their ideal Britain is 70s South Africa or Rhodesia.

Quite an opening paragraph.

People like Goodwin hate Britain. They want to drag it to antiquity because a backwards, discriminatory society is the only society they can thrive in. Without discrimination and disadvantage for others, they are nobodies

See also Trumps putative "Shield Of The Americas". An overt attempt to turn every country in the Americas into Trump's plaything. To be toyed with and exploited at will.

Some nations will stand up to it (United States of Mexico, Canada, Greenland), others I'm not so sure of.

The biggest fear these people have for countries is self determination. They remove despots not to liberate people, but to be despots by proxy instead

...anyone?

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The biggest fear these people have for countries is self determination. They remove despots not to liberate people, but to be despots by proxy instead

The US govt mixing video of real violence in a war it started with a video game scene feels like crossing a(nother) line.

I’m not sure what to say. I don’t think war is a game. And even when I think military action is necessary, there are real human beings on the other end, not pixels that respawn.

Recording prayers ???? Yuck

Oh yeah, the tube is 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

As it’s World Book Day, why not read Making Movies, Sidney Lumet’s superb book about his filmmaking process.
Here’s a telling anecdote about Akira Kurosawa that shows how important pragmatism is in the creative process.

You can listen to Athena's episode here
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Is @athenakugblenu.bsky.social irredeemable?

She's a tyrant on @tyrantpodcast.bsky.social podcast this week
Athena's approval rating used to be 73% so Her irredeemable Greatness brilliantly removed the troublesome 27% out to the countryside with no technology so they couldn't bother anyone.

Ppl who avoid tax by living in sterile gated communities in oppressive petrostates who then ask their government for help for whatever reason should be dragged loudly and clearly

You cant bomb babies then ask to use my military sites. You cannot. I want a new world order that normalises calling things what they are. Integrity above everything might be the way to go. I don't think this is naive. If the status quo is better, why is everything so shit?

Populism needs a different name. Simplism. What is easily misunderstood is popular. Too many politicians think the way to beat populists is to mimic them. But you can't mimic dishonesty. 'cut migration' 'we want out country back' etc aren't popular ideas. They are simple ideas. There is a difference

Happy World Book Day!