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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 19h

Recipe idea: How to bake a hardened terrorist Ingredients: Young idealistic people Violently crush peaceful protest. Lock up the young people. Mix in a sprinkle of hardened criminals. Leave to stew for a decade. Behold. Your perfect terrorists.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It's a bad faith question instantly dismissed by the intelligent as ridiculous. But the question isn't designed for intelligent debate. It's a purity test for stupid people designed to lead to gotchas if the reply is yes or no. And a nuanced complex response results in an anti-semitism accusation.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They don't. I am not saying this money definitely came from Russia. I would however say that it is premature to rule out the possibility.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just hypothetically, if you were a foreign state looking to donate to Reform, could you think of a better way of doing so anonymously than by purchasing the services of a crypto billionaire?

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The problem is that it isn't just Israel that should be banned. The US committed the crime of aggression in attacking Iran. Exactly the same crime as Russia committed in Ukraine. Same crime, same sentance would mean a US ban. However the US cannot be banned because the US is above the law.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It is absurd to think we can rejoin at the press of a button. Any attempt to rejoin will involve a long process of negotiation with the EU. There is zero chance we will be back in by 2029.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My understanding is that archaeologists don't even know for sure who the sea peoples were. Do we really know their motivations?

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I voted Labour in the 1990s. Then came the Iraq war lies. I vowed to never vote for Blair or anyone in his cabinet. I came back for Corbyn since he seemed sufficiently distant. But now we have Blairism Mk 2, with extra genocide. Not a chance.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The UAE is heavily linked to funding the ongoing genocide in Sudan. Any British politician with a shred of morality would have nothing to do with the regime.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What war in Gaza? The term "war" is normally used for when two roughly equivalent armed forces clash together militarily. Better would be "As the scourging of Gaza approaches its fourth year"

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So many posts and yet no one is crediting the originator. Was it SuperTanskiii? I know she used the nicknames on her YouTube show last night.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If that's your attitude - any excuse to turn on those who actually do shit instead of sit on their arse, then no wonder you ended up with Trump.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Is this the time and the place? A woman is in jail after standing up for a just cause, whilst you sit in your chair at your computer. And you're acting like she deserves it because in 2016 ago she expressed an opinion you don't like.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's what I thought as a Brit. I thought you guys had a first amendment. Did you get rid of it?

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm fed up with all this refugee boats fiasco. Thousands of fighting age men making their way to our seaside towns looking to start trouble. The right-wingers should stay at home.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Speculation: Trump loves distraction Trump is likely to cheat in the midterms Trump has threatened to annihilate Iran after midterms if no deal is reached. Put this together: Will Trump use a nuclear strike on Iran as a distraction from the domestic political issue of cheating in the midterms?

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lovecraft was prescient. Azathoth - a great black mass gnawing hungrily at the centre of the universe surrounded by dancing gigantic ultimate gods. Scientists, many decades later: Black holes - a great black hungry mass at the centre of the galaxy surrouned by rapidly orbiting gigantic stars.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wait? Are the Green Party socialists now? Does the party believe in the workers ownership of the means of production (and not just Thames Water)?

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Criminal damage with the intent of altering government policy? That's pretty much what most of the Filton bunch were sent down for. Terrorism indeed.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

$131 million theft? That's huge. How long will their jail sentances be?

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This winter we are likely to enter a recession. Largely due to American idiocy. However, Labour will be blamed. Incumbents were blamed everywhere post 2008. If Reform is seen as the only alternative then Reform will inevitably win the next election. We need a left alternative.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wasn't that approach tried in 1930s Germany, where most left and centre parties tried banding together to stop the Nazis? That just meant they were all blamed together for Germany's economic mess, and gave the Nazis a single target to aim at with their rhetoric.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As a Southampton resident (although not in Darren's constituency), I fully support Darren on this matter.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's not a hard question. Just look at who pays them.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well of course. If you are planning on drowning in the sea in Farage's Britain, please remember to bring your passport or other documents to prove you are a UK citizen, as they will be checked whilst you struggle to stay afloat.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In other news, UK lawyers for Israel are trying to get Doctors without Borders (aka Médecins Sans Frontières) banned.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Is it? Go back a century and that was an extremely marginal view. It's certainly not clear in the bible. It's only been made mainstream because it was a politically useful thing for evangelicals to believe.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lots of jargon. Hard to fully understand. Buyout founds? What exactly is being brought? Companies? In what state? And if the debt is sliced so the insurers get paid first, then who the hell is stupid enough to take the debt the insurers won't touch?

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The boats have been stopped. Following protests, the Portsmouth lifeboat station is now temporarily out of service.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Inhospitable like there will be periods of the year where no mammalian life can survive there. If wet bulb temperatures exceed 35 degrees C then no one can survive, even in the shade. People die within hours. And several highly populated areas of the world are perilously close.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We are commenting from two different perspectives. You live within a broken system (America). I do not, and am observing from outside.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A system that forces voters to choose between two flavours of genocide support is utterly broken. Stop blaming the victims (the voters).

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It is an ethically bankrupt selfish position. Read the fucking poem.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Friends claim to be apolitical. So does Ed Sheeran. Many people don't have that choice. Politics happens to them. They get shot at. They get beaten up. Harassed online. Fired from their job. Being apolitical is saying you don't give a shit about them. Or anyone else that isn't you and yours.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 15/09/2026

Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 15, 2026 ~ ARkStorm! "The biggest worry is ... a megastorm worst-case scenario known as the ARkStorm. If it does, expect millions of homes and businesses to be flooded, long-term damage to infrastructure, and economic losses totalling almost $1tn."

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The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire

One of the biggest upheavals in a millennium is on its way, strengthened by the climate crisis. We need leaders who make things better not worse, says climate professor Bill McGuire

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This will happen at a similar time to: - Hormuz closure effects begin to really bite. - Fallout from US midterms as GOP attempts steal - AI firms teeter on the brink, threatening to collapse the entire world economy if they fall. Combine all these, and we're in for a wild ride with a hard landing.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Two crypto billionaires have donated huge sums to Reform. Can't help wondering - are they the ultimate source? Because if I wanted to disguise illegal donations, the way I'd do it is - crypto.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 11/09/2026

As of September 10th, the Nino 3.4 anomaly is now 2.94°C (preliminary) above the 1991-2020 baseline, setting the 104th consecutive daily record, a full 1.09°C above the previous record for the day, set in 1997. The Climate 8-ball is gobsmacked.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

To save my fellow ignoramuses from looking it up - Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish new year celebration. Apparently they have four different types of new year and this is one of them.

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Ed Macdonald @ed4words.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Everybody! Please let’s always remember to keep digging shit out of the ground to burn, even though it has never been necessary. And more data centres, please! The top is a fiction map used in a video about global warming and its affects on France. The bottom is a recent French weather forecast.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

You do realise you are posting on a public forum, right? People don't need your permission to reply to your posts.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Personally I am avoiding watching any world cup games. The US should be banned from sport, not hosting it. However, I am not paid to represent the views of many voters who still follow the England team.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Zarah is ultimately, like all politicians, beholden to her constituents, many of whom are England fans. It costs her nothing to say nice things about the team, and no moral compromise is involved. The England team are not responsible for the antics of the UK government or the hosts.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Pointing out a single successful leader is not an endorsement of an entire country. Every country has had good and bad leaders in its past. It seems that any mention of Russia is triggering to some Americans.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

No. What we need a serious effort to understand how politicians, business media and the military will respond in different countries to various climate change scenarios. That's not the job of marketing so as far as I'm aware it's not getting done.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

There are a few women who have both started wars and won them. Catherine the Great is the obvious example.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It also rewrites history. During the 1950s and 60s the British economy was growing considerably faster than it is today, not in decline.

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Was this debated today? If not, then when is it due to be debated?

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cathartis.bsky.social @cathartis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I presume that would massively affect global weather patterns, but on that timescale wouldn't weather already be messed up everywhere due to other climate change effects (e.g. AMOC collapse)? The paper is beyond my level, but wouldn't this need extensive modelling to guesstimate the full impact.

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