James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I’d agree with prosecutions and also heavy sanctions until the illegal settlements in the West Bank are dismantled too. On your case of Germany which committed crimes on a far worse scale, while there was an initial occupation and trials, (west) Germans regained self determination just 4 yrs later. 000
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Australia was settled at the expense of the Aboriginal peoples, Pakistan partitioned from India with millions being made refugees in both directions, Japan committed horrendous war crimes in WW2. Yet none of that negates the right of self determination that the citizens of those countries have. 100
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026That Israelis living in the established state of Israel (but not the illegally occupied territories which should become a Palestinian state) have a right to determination in their existing state in the same way Australians, Pakistanis, Japanese etc etc have a right to self determination in theirs. 100
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Star Warhorse Bridge of Pi The Great Escape: Catch Me if you can. Downfall of the Fockers. The Lives of Others: For Your Eyes Only 000
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026But it wouldn’t be. And I don’t think a single state with two violently feuding ethnic groups is likely to resolve the situation - more likely a Lebanon style civil war and violence that exceeds even the current level. 100
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026But if one believes Israel and the occupied territories currently constitute an ethnostate an Israel within the pre 67 borders alongside a Palestinian state is a perfectly reasonable way (and most likely to stop further bloodshed) of resolving that situation. 100
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026No the intent of the Green Party is not that Israel complies with international law, dismantles the settlements and withdraws to the pre 67 borders, but that Israel should cease to exist. The two are very different things. 120
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The government were talking about an age restriction on social media to protect the young, perhaps we need another to protect the pensioners. 000
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's easy to keep ratcheting US policy to the right when Democrats are just also right wing. FTFY 051
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If it is Iran behind this attempted attack, doubtless they will be exchanged for those idiot motorcyclists that got detained in Iran a year or so ago. 000
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Don’t even know the difference between a missile and a bomb. Looks like they sacked the editors and replaced them with AI. 000
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You could say that the Danes have mastered The Art of the Deal. 030
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Don’t carry a wallet most of the time but I do have a note folded into the back of the phone case for emergencies. 100
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As a dual UK DE citizen I’m very much in favour of having a figurehead that is not directly elected be it a King or a President. It was a delight seeing Chazza chiding congress about the perils of an unchecked executive branch on his state visit. 150
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'd agree that the actions of the Billionaire class and venue owners deciding who can play or not is the real story. 001
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In general I think it's best that light entertainers keep their political opinions, religious affiliation, etc, to themselves. Just because someone can sing, act, or strum a guitar doesn't make them an expert on geopolitics, and often is just cringy and self indulgent. Exhibit A: 100
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026But not so easy to understand as evidenced by yourself. 011
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'd cut the copyright term to 20 years, the same as patents and scrap DRM. Long enough to create an incentive to create new works (video games and films are expensive to produce) but avoiding the problems of excessively long copyright terms, orphaned works, out of print works etc. 020
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Also, consciousness and conscious experience is orthogonal to being able to produce (sometimes!) coherent text output. I‘m pretty sure our dog is conscious but ChatGPT isn’t. 020
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Marx must be turning over in his grave at the prospect of being deported back to Germany should Reform get in. 080
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Indy is a bad idea for the same reason that Brexit was, putting up trade barriers to your largest market is never going to make economic sense. Also the whole ‘ruled by Westminster‘ schtick is no different from Farage’s little englander ‘ruled by Brussels’ line. It’s just grievance mongering. 100
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Scotland has plenty of self determination, it has its own parliament and had a vote as recently as 2014 on its constitutional status. You just don’t happen to like the result. 200
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026To be fair given their notorious unreliability and massive depreciation leasing one is probably the most sensible way to go for those that want one. 030
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026And New Zealand allows all permanent residents to vote. Both New Zealand and Australia have the virtue of being consistent. The UK in allowing some non-citizens to vote but not others is just daft. I’d go with the New Zealand option - if you live somewhere and pay taxes you should have a say. 110
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Do note though that Reform’s predecessor parties courted the votes of Commonwealth citizens in the Brexit referendum, something they seem happy the forget now. 020
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026They are also eligible to be an MP toI so you could have a Minister who isn’t a British citizen. The only issue I have with it is that if we allow some non-citizens to vote why not allow permanent residents from non Commonwealth countries to vote as well? 210
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Next he will issue a presidential decree proclaiming that Canada Geese are now to be known as Donald Ducks. 1100
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026When I was young terrorism was flying planes into buildings but now according to the UK government it’s chucking a bit of red paint at a plane. 020
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Never mind a gateway to AI, I'm increasingly feeling that my phone is a gateway to an increasingly enshittified web (in large part due to AI slop), which makes me want to give it up completely. Already turned the screen to grayscale to make the thing less appealing to use for casual doom scrolling. 000
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Overcompensating for their personal inadequacies. Doesn't say much about someone if they think that the best thing about themselves is the group that they were randomly born into. 000
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Very 1984 Ministry of Truth Vibes. I think we need a regulation for News Organisations so that if an article is edited after initial publication there has to be an edit history like you have on Wikipedia so people can see the changes made - not a problem if it is an innocent typo correction etc. 051
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Evergreen Darwin Quote: “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge” 000
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Probably a degree of survivorship bias. They see the work that was necessary to get where they are but don’t see the others that worked hard but didn’t get lucky. 030
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026‘The Rich’ is that subset of the population that makes more than whoever is being asked. 010
James @jamesyookay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Just go with the German voting system with two votes too. Half the parliamentary seats are for a local MP via FPTP and the other half are filled so as to make the system Proportional to the national vote. Best of both worlds: PR but also a locally elected MP. 100
