Reposted by J. Alfred RookeCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 27/04/2026Apropos of nothing— 114245 0
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/04/2026Vicky Osterweil's *Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World* makes the kind of polemical, startling, illuminating argument that defines great criticism; it's the sort of book that encapsulates the reasons I read criticism: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2525-t... 1/ 220763 0
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Amid a global disinformation crisis, where dangerous falsehoods can spread to millions within hours, Britain urgently needs a regulator that is willing to act robustly and with appropriate speed. Take action:stopfundinghate.infoTell your MP to help fix Ofcom – Stop Funding Hate 1175 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 28/04/2026#AI Doesn't get it www.smbc-comics.com/comic/copern...smbc-comics.comSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - CopernicanSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Copernican 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 28/04/2026#AI Gets it existentialcomics.com/comic/652existentialcomics.comTuring Test 2.0A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes 000 0
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeMother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/04/2026The controversial weed killer Roundup is now being deployed in private and public forests at record rates. We go inside the secret plan that helped make it possible.motherjones.comWe are bombarding America’s forests with RoundupScientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere. 20031882114 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Lies, damned lies, and stories about migrants www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #migration #fascism #rapebbc.co.ukThe Epsom rape crime that never happened - but sparked a frenzy anywayMisinformation about an alleged rape in Epsom became a real-world storm, but we've been here before. 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Apparently I could be thrown in gaol for repeating some of this content, but I assume I can't be arrested for merely providing a link to Hansard hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026... #PalestineAction #Censorshiphansard.parliament.ukCrime and Policing Bill - Hansard - UK ParliamentHansard record of the item : 'Crime and Policing Bill' on Tuesday 14 April 2026. 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The same old story... existentialcomics.com/comic/651existentialcomics.comMazdak Creates UtopiaA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 17/04/2026If you think #AI is a threat to humanity, you should read this pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/p... #CorporateGreedpluralistic.netPluralistic: A Pascal’s Wager for AI Doomers (16 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 010 0
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeNon Serviam Media Collective @nonserviammedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026@kevincarson1.bsky.social on #municipalism and #postcapitalism 🏴 NSP 13 pod.link/1499036871/e... 046 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 14/04/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Yet just at the other side of the canal is a statue to someone else who was persecuted in Manchester for being different. Sometimes, my city shames me. #disability #AlanTuring #Manchesterbbc.co.uk'I was kicked out of nightclub because of my wheelchair'Maddie Haining, 18, says she was told she was a safety risk and escorted out of a Manchester nightspot. 010 0
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Unbelievable stuff from the Washington Post on behalf of Jeff Bezos today. 69876081703 0
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeNon Serviam Media Collective @nonserviammedia.bsky.social · 11/04/2026 092 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026"The thing that distinguished these monsters wasn't their genius – it was their callousness." Cory Doctorow on how the internet developed. #enshitification #internet #capitalism pluralistic.net/2026/04/11/o...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Don’t Be Evil (11 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowNo trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Guess what? They've been lying to you. The government is there to protect the private property of the rich, enforce the prejudices of bigoted moralists and facilitate the fantasies of whoever else can get their hands on the levers of power. 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 04/04/2026the truth about #Somalia freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/04/t...freedomnews.org.ukTrump’s racist rant against Somalis shows his imperialist ignorance - Freedom NewsDuring a White House Easter lunch, US President Donald Trump called people of Somali origin “low-IQ” and “bad people” ~ Thomas Tews ~ On We… 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026"They’re lucky they weren’t shot." I agree. The state is an intrinsically violent institution. Any one who resists it is indeed risking their life. I think they'll get by without your sympathy though... 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026"We don’t need society or government" You are conflating two totally different things. Society precedes government and can exist without it. Government needs society in order to exist at all. We are society. Read #MutualAid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_...en.wikipedia.orgMutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution - Wikipedia 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026You are attempting to hold a whole organisation, as well as a greater number of concerned citizens, responsible for the actions of a single individual. Let's be clear: you're talking about a biased media reporting on the activities of one guy with a hammer. And you're even exaggerating that. 2/2 100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026"It’s not an oversimplification to the two female officers" Maybe not, but it would be to the relatives of the tens of thousands who have died as a result of military aggression in Gaza. 1/2 200 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The state does not provide any of these things. It merely appropriates them. These public goods are provided by ordinary working people. 100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Well, according to you it does. See your previous post. I think the state should get out of people's lives, stop defending capitalist property, and let people enjoy what is rightfully theirs, i.e. a decent home, a decent livelihood and the product of their labour 100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 02/04/2026But that's only one example of the British state being less than democratic. Thousands of people are made jobless and homeless. People are beaten and raped by police officers or bamboozled by bureaucrats and corporate capitalists. The nation state is not a nice institution. 200 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 02/04/2026BTW, your representation of the PA ban is over-simplified. People are regularly arrested for merely expressing support for the organisation. Many are doing so because they regard the ban as an unwarranted attack on free speech. If the only issue is Brize Norton then what's that all about? 2/3 100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I think my point that the UK is anything but a collection of like minded people has been amply demonstrated. In addition, many people in the UK are indeed pro-Russian and/or pro-Israeli. Many people here are also opposed to the British military and to the British state's policy on Palestine. 1/3 200 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 02/04/2026As a citizen of the UK, I can tell you that it is certainly not a collection of like minded people. The British state is engaged in a systematic project of oppression against its own people. See, for example the ongoing campaign against Palestine Action. 100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 01/04/2026It's certainly not "a collection of like-minded ppl deciding how they want their society to operate". Following Max Weber (more or less) I would say it's an organisation claiming a monopoly on the use of violence over a given territory. 110 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 01/04/2026As we seemingly enter the Third World War, we would do well to remind ourselves that national identities are a capitalist myth freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/22/n... #war #IranWarfreedomnews.org.ukNationalism Kills - Freedom NewsTheir nationalism is a narrow and closed “order”—Our homeland is the world ~ PM ~ We have been surrounded by nationalist rhetoric… 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 31/03/2026#oil xkcd.com/3226/xkcd.comHome Solar 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 30/03/2026www.bbc.com/news/article... #LawEnforcementbbc.comTyrone: Meet the kids teaching speeders a lesson in Kids CourtThose caught speeding on a stretch of road outside a rural school are being taught some lessons by the pupils. 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 30/03/2026www.positive.news/environment/... #Palestinepositive.newsNew olive groves plant hope across the West BankIn the West Bank, where olive trees have long sustained livelihoods and identity, a replanting movement is bringing farmers renewed hope 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Perhaps 'imagine' is a better word than 'pretend' 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 26/03/2026So would I, but I'd also argue that the intent is manifest in the work. The little of Rowlings that I've read shows clearly that she is concerned over issues of exclusion and elitism. That does not mean that she is not capable of prejudice herself. 100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Of course the work was sincerely meant - try writing a novel that isn't. Unfortunately, human beings are a mass of contradictions - that's just one reason why putting artists on a pedestal is a bad idea. 000 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I agree, she's not that good, but it's your appreciation of the work which has changed, not the work itself. The flaws were always there waiting to be discovered. 100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026beautifulcreativeminds.home.blog/2020/09/10/w...beautifulcreativeminds.home.blogWhat Is Guernica Worth – A Pair Of Old Boots ?Picasso painting Guernica – Photograph by Dora Maar In 1939 Guernica was exhibited at The Whitechapel Gallery at the request of The Stepney Trade Union Council in order to raise awareness of … 100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I agree that people should not support her, but I still don't see that the value of her work has changed. Bigotry is bigotry, whether accidental or not. If we judged art by the morals of the artist, there would be very little worthwhile art. 101 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026www.tate.org.uk/tate-etc/iss...tate.org.ukGuernica... In a car showroom? – Tate Etc | TateTate Etc. issue 24 Helen Little on Picasso’s Guernica 100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026How does the relationship change? Of course, if I don't listen to Simon or read Rowling, my relationship to their work is fundamentally altered, but the work itself isn't changed. Didn't mean to offend you. What do you see as the implication of 'pretend'? 210 0
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Agree or disagree, we need to be discussing Universal Basic Income. It is too important of a subject just to scroll past. 411133 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026As far as Rowing goes, don't put money in her pocket, but don't pretend it changes the value of her work. I didn't listen to Paul Simon's Graceland album until the ANC called off the boycott of South Africa. It's a great album. It always was. Simon is till a shit. 2/2 250 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Though in fact viewing Guernica while Picasso was alive, helped support the struggle against fascism in Spain. Working people used to leave their boots in front of the painting to be shipped to the International Brigades on the front line. So, a complicated case. 1/2 2100 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026A fascinating take on a truly original writer (but stay away from Googletube, download the podcast instead) 010 0
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Tufferman *RangefordLiving *Boxt *WeFixLondon *WhitescarCave *CandlelightUK *AllClearTravel *Belgicaweb *Moneyfactscompare *MrVegasCasino *AppealShading *ReclaimNation *HaltonLifts *SelectSpecs *GreatBritishGold *iDry *Love2Stay *BodyByNature *Maxus *Verisure 45018 0
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Is the internet going to break up? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... #internet #censorshiptheguardian.comUS funding for global internet freedom ‘effectively gutted’Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat 000 0
Reposted by J. Alfred RookePhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich 460203496517 0
