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My 2 year old looked at a video of his newborn cousin today and exclaimed "so cute!!!" And I know this is silly but it did not occur to me until then that someone who is themselves So Cute could appreciate *something else* being cute

The Great Replacement conspiracy theory, once relegated to mass shooter manifestos, has become increasingly central to global right-wing politics. My latest ep for the QAA Podcast premium feed explores how a murderous idea mutated to go mainstream. Featuring contributions from @feolski.bsky.social

I think Eco's work on semiotics clarifies some of what's been happening in the UK, after listening to @annieknk.bsky.social's piece in QAA: the act of streamers gesturing towards a multicultural society and 'seeing'/'saying' that it's a society in free fall podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

At least in the part of Yorkshire I'm from, when people say "going to t' shops" the T is silent. But I've noticed southern people, when mimicking a northerner will actually pronounce it with a hard T. Is this a mistake on their part or just a regional thing?

Rioters "momentarily enjoying the arbitrary power of both the traffic warden and the border official" (as Richard Seymour wrote of similar checkpoints in Middlesborough during the 2024 riots) illustrates alignment of "street" & "state" racism; this is explicit extraparliamentary border enforcement.

Worth pointing to this as some background to what’s happening in the UK, @annieknk.bsky.social’s reporting from back in January feels very relevant to what we’re seeing on the streets right now: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/q...

This was excellent. Just insane to watch my interest in understanding niche conspiracy theories morph into understanding United States governing policy.