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Charlie Stross
Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

That mortifying moment when the Very Worst Person accidentally says something you agree with

Peter Kyle: If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act you are on the side of  predators. It is as simple as that.
Nigel Farage: Peter Kyle's comments on @SkyNews are disgusting. He should do the right thing and apologise.
Peter Kyle: If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act you are on the side of predators. It is as simple as that. Nigel Farage: Peter Kyle's comments on @SkyNews are disgusting. He should do the right thing and apologise.
Peter Kyle: If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act you are on the side of predators. It is as simple as that. Nigel Farage: Peter Kyle's comments on @SkyNews are disgusting. He should do the right thing and apologise.
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Uncle Slacky
Uncle Slacky
@uncleslacky@federate.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross
(Generic Onion Headline) Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point
(Generic Onion Headline) Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point
(Generic Onion Headline) Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point
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lp0 on fire :unverified:
lp0 on fire :unverified:
@lp0_on_fire@social.linux.pizza replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross, I heard that story this morning too and… had much the same reaction. I had to listen carefully to be sure that I'd heard it right.
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Octopi Wall Street
Octopi Wall Street
@octows@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross UPDATE: Apparently it's the day for it. Marjorie Taylor Greene just became the first Republican Congressperson to describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as "genocide”.
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Liz
Liz
@lizmeyer@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross the word my late mother-in-law used was “catsfarty” - but she rarely used any really bad language! Miss her loads!
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MelHamnavoe
MelHamnavoe
@MelvilleSpence@phpc.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross Anyone who hangs around with #Israel’s ambassador is in no position to opine about Child Protection #JustSaying#OnlineSafetyAct.
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Angus McIntyre
Angus McIntyre
@angusm@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross Is there a German word for “an opinion so stupid and reprehensible that even the worst people you know will disagree with it, thus putting normal human beings in an awkward position”?
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Fish Id Wardrobe
Fish Id Wardrobe
@fishidwardrobe@social.tchncs.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross it's okay— he doesn't really mean it
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Charlie Stross
Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@fishidwardrobe Farage is basically shitposting to upset Labour (and the Tories, but he's already got them on the run)
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Wilfried Klaebe
Wilfried Klaebe
@wonka@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

I partially agree with this specific statement of Farage... but apologizing will certainly not be enough to be "the right thing".

Peter Kyle's statement is simple, he is right there, but also plainly wrong.

@cstross

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priryo@linernotes.club
priryo@linernotes.club
@priryo@linernotes.club replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross I like that you could be talking about either of them here and I don't want a clarification.
#PointingSpidermanPicture
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Talia Hussain
Talia Hussain
@Talia@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@priryo @cstross Totally this ⬆️
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John Carlos Baez
John Carlos Baez
@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross - as the number of assholes in power increases, the chance that one will correctly point out flaws in another grows quadratically. In the US that's almost all we have left to enjoy.
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xinit ☕
xinit ☕
@xinit@mastodon.coffee replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross How to pick a side...
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David Penfold :verified:
David Penfold :verified:
@davep@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross My branes just exploded
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Stephen Cox Author
Stephen Cox Author
@stephenwhq@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@cstross

It does happen!
I suspect Farage is eyeing Silicon Valley cash not
'libertarian' principle

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