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I can confirm that youraislopbores.me is incredible

The Children Speaking from the Rubble Tell us, what do the living do? Do you dance? Do you make bread with each other? Do you walk in the parks in autumn, smelling the late summer flowers? Is it true that some things get to grow old? What is the world doing now? Are you fighting with sticks and stones? Do you remember us? Do you lie down under the stars and listen to the birds passing overhead, and do you get to feel the little wings of your own wild heart be opened? You have somewhere to go then, don't you? Go. Don't let us keep you. We have names. We are safe. We're at school. We are hiding in our favorite little places, waiting for you to tap us on the shoulders, to tell us it was just a joke, come home now, and the bombs and boots are just a game we're playing, and the bread and milk are waiting on the table, and the moon is new, and the gardens are in blossom. This sentence is the length of one of our shoes. —Joseph Fasano

When will we ever learn?

I hope it's finished by the next administration and named the Immigrants' Ballroom

For years it was claimed that first past the post was good because it kept out the far right. In Gorton and Denton, as well as in many seats in the next general election, it could well let the far right win with less than 1/3 of the vote. Electoral reform needs to become an anti-fascist priority.

I don't understand why they had to make it all look so disgusting. My enthusiasm for this set is even lower than Spiderman which I didn't think I would ever say

I love Godspeed

Thanks! Hollie and Harry are good buddies of mine. Excited for the full release!

Yeah, exactly >< We're actually doing the opposite of No Kings.

Yeah, we're not 'No Kings'ing anything. We do very much have a king and it's embarassing as hell

I played the Luna Abyss demo the other day! So good!

My contract with Rovio has come to an end a little shorter than anticipated, it's been an absolutely thrilling time working on Sonic Rumble for the past 1.5 years 💙

Am available for brand, creative, marketing and leadership roles

Sick game made by good people. So excited!

I got diagnosed at 38. I'm 40 now and it has changed my life. It's a long, annoying process but it is worth it. I promise.

Consummate Vs! I said consummate!

I really think I could be trusted with a death note, you know. I don't think I'd go mad with power. I think I could fix the world in about 6 months

This would be such a fun painting!

Are you sufficiently concerned about Palantir and Peter Thiel? Because he wasn't just in Epstein's life or files. He's in yours, and your files are with him thanks to the UK government.

more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social a pair of baby shoes with a ton of wear and tear on em tells a pretty sad story too. what could this baby have been running from October 5, 2023 at 8:12 PM

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Wake up, feed the cats, see incontrovertible proof that the world is run by a cabal of psychopathic paedophiles, eat a hot cross bun

Been really enjoying Turnbound. Loads of fun and strategy, and big potential to go exciting places. It feels like the devs have a lot of design space to work with

I still do the 'slide card across the table' thing when I play paper magic. I can't stop

The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be…

The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

It's great, isn't it! Getting a wet palette was a game changer.

A small square painting showing a closeup of a fingertip with a kitten about 3mm high standing on it.

I'm experimenting with acrylic gouache! It's really fun to work with. Here's a little guy.

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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.

1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.

2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

I am having a terrible MTGA week. It's a Bad Pile week for sure. More like Lorlose

It's more than a little sinister that Microsoft switched their 2FA 'texts' from using SMS to requiring WhatsApp, an app owned by Meta.