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  • Jo Cox, she was a wonderful woman and we owe it to her, and to history, to remember her name. She was murdered for her views, not only on Brexit, but on comprehensive support of Syrian people (not just handling ISIS/IL but Asad too) and of Gazan people.

    Anyone downplaying the idea of threats to MPs has a disgracefully short fucking memory. People can be radicalised to many views and many places on the political spectrum and we need to at minimum remember that extremists can have strange (and unwilling) bedfellows.

  • The women – who have not been named but include both Conservative and Labour members of parliament – have had their security upgraded as MPs are said to be “petrified” at the abuse they are facing.

    Firstly, it’s not just Labour, secondly, I’d call that a “hint” at being threatened.

    Don’t downplay abuse that’s been assessed as a risk to life, then play the tactician about “generic risk assessment” it makes you seem callow.

  • “I’m a Conservative,” he says. “The Tories are the people who can bring the money from London.”

    Said by a man handing out food from a shopping trolley to his impoverished neighbours, 14 years into Tory rule…

    Pressumably the money is sitting waiting to go on the first HS2 train to Manchester…

  • I listen to mostly upbeat stuff.

    Surrealist/Absurd Comedy

    • The Beef and Dairy Network
    • Regular Features

    Dungeons & Dragons

    • Dungeons and Daddies
    • The Adventure Zone

    Star Trek

    • The Greatest Generation
    • Greatest Trek
  • I think you’ve got some wonderful answers here already so I just want to add something that a few points brought to mind.

    In my opinion one can authentically play a trait without playing a diagnosis. A great example of this is Drax in the MCU. He isn’t “the autistic one” he’s the guy with hyper literal interpretation. That autistic (amongst other classes) people relate that and feel seen isn’t because he’s “being autistic” but because he sees things like them; the other characters regard that and it somewhat authentically shows the outcomes one such person might have in these wild tales.

    You can represent elements of neurodivergence without going all in on an ND character that might only serve to entrench stigma.

  • My parents started calling me it about thirty years ago; it’s either an allusion to the fact I have broken so many bones, or a tacit admission that I was an unplanned pregnancy. Or both.