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Autistic nonbinary disabled northern leftist. They/them.

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Arundelith@arundelith· Jul 20

Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and the Labour candidate in a photo opportunity at a local business during the 2021 Hartlepool by-election. All three are wearing weirdly muted blue "hi viz" vests, safety helmets and large ear protectors. Starmer is staring awkwardly into the distance, while Rayner side-eyes him contemptuously. The candidate is in the background, staring in a different out-of frame direction to the others, with one hand on his hip in a pose somewhat reminiscent of a teapot.

Arundelith@arundelith· Jul 18

Have you considered the possibility that she's a wizard?

Octarine

Octarine is the colour of magic on Discworld, also referred to as the eighth colour. Octarine is strongly indicative of magic and can only be seen by wizards and cats, who both possess "octagon cells" in addition to the normal cones and rods possessed by humans. This is an effect akin to tetrachromacy. Rincewind, a wizard, describes octarine as a fluorescent greenish-yellow purple.

— from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld_(world)#Octarine

Arundelith@arundelith· Jul 7

Well that's weird.

Screen capture from the early Day Motions tab on Noah Law's page at the UK Parliament website.
https://members.parliament.uk/member/5302/earlydaymotions

Full text:

Early Day Motions

List of Early Day Motions (EDMs) supported by Noah Law.

This list does not show Early Day Motions that were tabled by the Member, but subsequently withdrawn. To view these, or to perform a more comprehensive search of Early Day Motions, use the Early Day Motion search.

Total results 4 (page 1 of 1)

Protections for Cornish produce
15 Signatures
EDM 2895: tabled 3 March 2026

The Bereavement Journey programme
24 Signatures
EDM 707: tabled 27 January 2025

Support for endometriosis care
22 Signatures
EDM 376: tabled 11 November 2024

National Express coach services to Launceston and North Cornwall
7 Signatures
EDM 127: tabled 2 September 2024

Total results 4 (page 1 of 1)

Arundelith@arundelith· Jul 6

Official portrait of Olivia Bailey MP, with the text "Fuck them kids." overlaid in the style of the meme.

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 29

Was moved to add a few words:

Your premiership has truly been remarkable – I can't think of any other Prime Minister whose aptitude for the role has so visibly matched their empathy for their fellow human being. You have united British people across the political spectrum: all hold you in equal esteem.

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 28

If you see this, post an archer

Jerome Cowan, Mary Astor and Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon. The scene is the office of the Spade and Archer detective agency. Astor is seated in the foreground with her back to the camera as she relates a story to Bogart (as Samuel Spade, also seated, holding a cigarette and staring at Astor in an intense appraising manner) and Cowan (as Miles Archer, leaning - almost sprawled - most of the way across Spade's desk and paying far less attention to the case than to the woman).

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 26

It's true because it validates my self-image. britmonkey.com/2020s-politi... ("Davos" is a stupid label for what they claim to measure though)

"2020s Political Compass" test results:

83% Woke / 17% Chud
33% Techbro / 87% Neo-Luddite
28% Hopepilled / 72% Doomer
87% Davos / 33% Dubai

Your closest match: Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 23

Weird.

Screen capture from an article in The Economist, with the text "series of blunders" highlighted.

Full captured text:
… "asked Ukrainian civilians where they were, their positions were promptly reported.
This was, in part, a failure of intelligence. Russia’s vaunted spies made a series of blunders. Many spoke only to those Ukrainians who agreed that the country was ripe for conquest and would fall without serious fighting. Contradictory intelligence—and there was much of it—was not passed up the chain. Spy agencies in authoritarian countries often tell their bosses what they want to hear.
The invasion also revealed a deeper rot in Russia’s armed forces, including endemic" …

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 23

Hmm.

Screen capture from an article in The Economist, with the text "series of blunders" highlighted.

Full captured text:
… "The first ten years of the Syrian civil war produced video footage running to 40 years, notes Matthew Ford of the Swedish Defence University. In the first 80 days of the Ukraine war, there was ten years of footage—an order of magnitude more.
For armies seeking to maintain operational security, this profusion of data is a nightmare. In 2019, after a series of blunders, Russia passed a law banning soldiers from uploading sensitive photos or videos. It began shutting down railway-tracking websites shortly before the war began, removing a valuable source of data. It has also attempted to obscure patches on soldiers’ uniforms and vehicle markings, to avoid giving away the position of whole units. In" …

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 23

Huh.

Screen capture from an article in The Economist, with the text "series of blunders" highlighted.

Full captured text:
… "renovations on a country house, neither of which he owned. In an investigation which recouped over $5bn in stolen money, there were far more “vulgar” and “flagrant” crimes, notes one Lava Jato prosecutor. But Lula was its biggest fish.
Then the net ripped. A series of blunders had already undermined Lava Jato, which had long stretched beyond its capacities. Leaked messages released by the Intercept, an investigative website, revealed that Sergio Moro, the judge, had been collaborating with Deltan Dallagnol, the prosecutor, against Lula. Mr Moro’s impartiality had already been thrown" …

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 22

Yes, I am autistic, why do you ask?

Percentage of British Prime Ministers who are alive, 1721-2025

03/04/1721 100%
16/02/1742 100%
02/07/1743 50%
27/08/1743 67%
18/03/1745 33%
06/03/1754 0%
16/03/1754 25%
16/11/1756 40%
26/05/1762 50%
16/04/1763 57%
02/10/1764 43%
13/07/1765 50%
30/07/1766 56%
14/10/1768 60%
17/11/1768 50%
28/01/1770 55%
13/11/1770 45%
11/05/1778 36%
01/07/1782 27%
04/07/1782 33%
02/04/1783 38%
19/12/1783 43%
10/03/1792 36%
05/08/1792 29%
17/03/1801 33%
07/05/1805 27%
23/01/1806 20%
11/02/1806 25%
04/10/1809 29%
30/10/1809 24%
14/03/1811 18%
11/05/1812 12%
08/06/1812 17%
12/04/1827 21%
08/08/1827 16%
31/08/1827 20%
22/01/1828 24%
04/12/1828 19%
22/11/1830 23%
12/01/1834 18%
16/07/1834 22%
10/12/1834 25%
15/02/1844 21%
17/07/1845 17%
30/06/1846 20%
24/11/1848 16%
02/07/1850 12%
23/02/1852 15%
14/09/1852 12%
19/12/1852 15%
06/02/1855 18%
28/01/1859 14%
14/12/1860 11%
18/10/1865 7%
27/02/1868 10%
03/12/1868 13%
23/10/1869 10%
28/05/1878 7%
19/04/1881 3%
23/06/1885 6%
05/03/1894 9%
19/05/1898 6%
12/07/1902 9%
22/08/1903 6%
05/12/1905 9%
05/04/1908 11%
22/04/1908 9%
06/12/1916 11%
23/10/1922 14%
22/05/1923 16%
30/10/1923 13%
22/01/1924 15%
15/02/1928 13%
21/05/1929 10%
19/03/1930 8%
28/05/1937 10%
09/11/1937 8%
10/05/1940 10%
09/11/1940 7%
26/03/1945 5%
26/07/1945 7%
14/12/1947 5%
06/04/1955 7%
10/01/1957 9%
19/10/1963 11%
16/10/1964 13%
24/01/1965 11%
08/10/1967 9%
19/06/1970 11%
05/04/1976 13%
14/01/1977 10%
04/05/1979 12%
29/12/1986 10%
28/11/1990 12%
24/05/1995 10%
09/10/1995 8%
02/05/1997 10%
26/03/2005 8%
17/07/2005 6%
27/06/2007 8%
11/05/2010 9%
08/04/2013 8%
13/07/2016 9%
24/07/2019 11%
06/09/2022 13%
25/10/2022 14%
05/07/2024 16%

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 22

The kind of political instinct that's made her the chancellor she is.

5m ago 11.03 BST

There was one notable absence in Downing Street today, Jessica Elgot reports.

Interesting that Rachel Reeves was not outside Number 10 today

Reeves and Keir Starmer used to be very close, and until now their political fates have been entwined. One of the decisions that did most to make Starmer unpopular with voters was Reeves cutting the winter fuel payment early after she took office.

But Reeves is now reportedly hoping that Andy Burnham can be persuaded to keep her on as chancellor.

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 20

Screen capture of deleted post:

Geraldine Coggins @geraldinecoggins.bsky.social • 27 May 2025
I don't agree with his interpretation of 'credibility. We can't just aim to make a very small segment of the population very excited about us - they don't all live in the same constituency. We need a broad appeal, not just amongst a post-Corbyn niche.

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 20

Since the post has been deleted, here's a screen capture:

Screen capture of Bluesky post:

Geraldine Coggins
@geraldinecoggins.bsky.social

I'm voting for @elliechowns.bsky.social and @adrianramsay.bsky.social in the Green Party leadership election. They're a team of proven election winners who can connect a really wide range of people.
#TogetherWeWin

Graphic text:
"Ellie and Adrian have shown they can reach voters who never voted Green before - and win! Working together, they've got the experience, ambition and passion to bring our message to a really wide range of people.
To take our party to the next level we need a team who knows how to win seats, and also how to win hearts and minds."

Councillor Geraldine Coggins
Trafford Green Party
Ellie&Adrian
Together We Win

08:54 • 27 May 2025

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 19

Post a robot not from Star Wars or transformers

Bertha, from the eponymous childrens stop-motion animated series. She's a three metre tall green metal head with magenta arms each bigger than a human, festooned with large multicolored gears and with a conveyor belt for a tongue.

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 18

A still from The Phantom Menace: Yoda sits in a chair.

Arundelith@arundelith· Jun 10

Elon Musk is openly using his ownership of X to incite widespread racist violence in this country. X is a fascist platform, and every politician who opposes fascism needs to leave it.

Elon Musk on X: "This is the way"
– quoting Rupert Lowe MP: "A Restore Britain Government will aim to prosecute officials and politicians who knowingly placed dangerous third world savages in our communities. This will apply retroactively. …"

Arundelith@arundelith· May 11

If only he'd had more than half a flag.

Arundelith@arundelith· May 4

With alt text:

Arundelith@arundelith· Apr 30

The "You wouldn't …" anti-piracy meme, with the text "You wouldn't question the integrity of the institutionally racist Metropolitan Police"

Arundelith@arundelith· Apr 20

"He can liaise with different offices".

Starmer’s five-year term running the Crown Prosecution Service between 2008 and 2013 is critical here, because it means he’s actually had a big job before. Starmer can chair a meeting. He can draft a minute. He can lead a team. He can hold a press conference. He can liaise with different offices. He can stay calm in an interview. Those skills look simple, but they’re not, and they’re vital to the air of “concerned but kindly manager” that he projects.

Arundelith@arundelith· Apr 14

To be fair this is a photograph of my actual doctor.

Dr Lawrence Jacoby leans back in his chair with his hands behind his head. He's wearing his trademark glasses with one red and one blue lens, a garish tie, and a red long-sleeved top under a white short-sleeved shirt. The soles of his shoes are prominent in the foreground, and behind him on the wall is a large picture depicting palm trees at sunset.

Arundelith@arundelith· Mar 19

Hard to disagree with this. "Less solidarity, more murder" is 100% in line with Labour values.

Guardian headline –

"Aid cuts: Spending more on defence and less on aid does not mean walking away from our values and responsibilities - here's why"
– Yvette Cooper

Arundelith@arundelith· Mar 6

Labour democracy, you say?

Screen capture from linked page: A "404 Not Found" page decorated with a red warning triangle containing an exclamation mark, and the text "This TinyURL link does not exist".

Arundelith@arundelith· Feb 27

"I fight on. I fight to win"

Screen capture from The Guardian website: "PM vows to 'keep fighting' after Greens sweep past Labour and Reform to win byelection"

Arundelith@arundelith· Feb 27

Spongebob "Later …" graphic

Arundelith@arundelith· Feb 27

Maybe have a lie down?

Screen capture of poster replying "David Paulden" over and over again to different posts by different people.

Arundelith@arundelith· Feb 22

I think it might be worth investigating this guy too.

"His Majesty King Charles III", by Jonathan Yeo – a portrait commissioned and approved by the elder brother of disgraced Epstein associate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The painting is overwhelmingly dominated by a near-uniform vivid red, giving the unavoidable impression of a man consumed by the flames of hell, drenched in the blood of the innocent, or both.

Arundelith@arundelith· Feb 22

Edited version of the original Labour advert. The colour wash has been changed from green to red, and a union jack now flies from the needle of the syringe. The text has been altered so that it now reads:

EPSTEIN. TRANSPHOBIA. FLAGS
LABOUR PARTY SAYS YES

Arundelith@arundelith· Feb 20

Sceen capture from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaby_Hinsliff

Gabrielle Seal Hinsliff (born 4 July 1971) is an English journalist and columnist for The Guardian.

Early life and career

Born in Chelmsford she is one of the daughters of the actor Geoffrey Hinsliff. She attended Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating with a first-class degree in English.