Notices by Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 07:04:43 JST 
Macha
@KeepTakingTheSoma Yes in the UK all parties are corrupt and sadly it seems to be getting worse.
I remember in 1997 when after a very bad political scandal Martin Bell, a respected journalist, gave up his TV job and stood against one of the most infamous sleazy MPs and won a seat in Parliament as a true independent. He was known as the man in the white suit and did his best to highlight corruption. He also stuck to his guns and having made his point stood down at the next election. Sadly the usual system continued and no lasting change happened.
Martin Bell was a BBC journalist and back then that was seen as making him independent and to be fair to him he was. Now things are so bad that a BBC journalist standing to become an MP would be seen as a continuation of the current political system. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 07:00:59 JST
Macha
@Sherri_Ingrey @KeepTakingTheSoma @HebrideanHecate It is not only that government run child protection services have been corrupted by wokeness but they also consult and employ idiot NGOs and other so called experts to give advice and provide services. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 05:38:27 JST
Macha
The more Labour MPs and supporters try to muzzle Elon Musk the worse it gets for them. Musk is now asking about their funding and many on X are very happily sharing details about Lord Alli and other direct donors, let alone the money from Soros and others that go to progressive think tanks and research groups. There are also Starmer's meetings with Bill Gates, execs from Blackrock and his stated preference for Davos over Westminster in an interview on The News Agents podcast in 2023.
Most voters abhor hypocrisy from their elected representatives and the stench coming from the Labour Party is pretty strong. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:31:24 JST
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@HebrideanHecate This is from the podcast I shared yesterday and I am glad it is getting reported.
Politicians shy away from this and mutter about the Sharia Courts having no official legal status but it is a scandal that they are allowed. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:26:34 JST
Macha
Hmm ... it has been reported on GB News that 10 Downing Street have issued a statement saying that they have spoken to grooming gang victim groups and that they do no want a public inquiry.
I wonder who they spoke to as they victim/survivors I follow online mostly seem to want one and are very upset with Starmer's response.
I remember when we were campaigning for law changes on FGM that politicians and the civil service had certain groups that they spoke to who acted as gatekeepers. It was a constant battle for many survivor campaigners to get their voices heard. I worry that is happening in this case too. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:19:28 JST
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Shockingly but sadly not unbelievably South Yorkshire Police are still trying to gag Rotherham grooming gang survivor Sammy Woodhouse. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:11:04 JST
Macha
A breakdown of the voting on the amendment for a public inquiry into grooming gangs. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 10:57:33 JST
Macha
@ninapaley I watched a lot of Triggernometry when they first started and they have changed quite a bit since the early days. I don't watch them much now unless I am particularly interested in what the guest has to say.
My reaction to KK varies wildly. He is strong on some topics and shaky on others. Sometimes I find him interesting, sometimes too contrary and increasingly (especially now he seems intent on increasing his profile in the USA) I find him irritating. He wants to be seen as a serious intellectual but is too often goes for an emotional quick fix and still looks like a needy comic looking for people to like him. Hitting out at feminists and especially a left wing feminist like Julie Bindel is an easy win for the tribe he now wants to be part of.
On Twitter KK has made mistakes in the past and has apologised. I hope that before long he will realise his personal attack on Julie was a mistake and apologise. I hope for this but I am not holding my breath!!!
I didn't watch the interview they did with Brianna Wu but I agree that the fact they did it and put out the awful adverts for it on X is a good reason not to take them too seriously. After their first interview with KJK gave them a big boost they made a lot about having a big female and TERF following. For a while they moved on from fawning over trans identified interviewees and actually interviewed some interesting women. Sadly they seem to have gone backwards on this. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 07:21:55 JST
Macha
Konstantin Kisin (Triggernometry) showing a very nasty side again on X. This time he is annoyed at piece by Julie Bindel in the Spectator calling out all the men who lined up to have sex with Lily Phillips. After a few intemperate tweets he lashed out with the post below. What a horrid man he is at times!
Well done to Julie Bindel for calling him out for attacking her and ducking the argument.
If you can stomach it, scroll through the thread to see just how bad KK's take on this really is. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 10:50:37 JST
Macha
My favourite Olympic photo today is this one of the Turkish air pistol shooter who calmly took aim with his hand in his pocket and none of the high tech goggles, earmuffs or whatever nonsense his opponents were using. Not only did he look like a badass movie hitman, he won a silver medal. 🤣 -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 06:03:01 JST
Macha
I am sure it is not just the BBC but many news channels which got this so horribly wrong. They all need to do better.
We need all the hostages to be released and then after listening to their stories make decision about what has happened.
All we can say at this point is that over 200 people were violently abducted, many were injured and all are being held against their will. I am very glad for the few who have been released but the outrage is not over until all are safe and free.
Hamas are playing games and I hate that so many seem enthralled by that. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 04:20:59 JST
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@Chronic-Yonic @kfaythe87 @WDI_USA @mk I don't think it is about being better organised in the UK. It is more that trying to do anything here is like herding cats.
At times it is very frustrating and especially when you are part of a business, political group or national organisation trying to get things done or when someone you disagree with suddenly gets a lot of traction. Overall though I love how unruly we are and how, despite our historic and cobbled together constitution and laws, we often do good stuff. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 04:20:59 JST
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@Chronic-Yonic @kfaythe87 @WDI_USA @mk That is good advice for building a safe GC/feminist network. I suggest that at the same time you try to find some safe local groups. These will not be places to discuss feminist, gender or trans issues but just to connect with either like minded women or just good women.
I get a lot of support from my local book group and a local volunteer organisation I am part of. At the book club we do not talk directly about gender ideology but have discussed books where this does feature. The conversations have been less scary than I worried about before hand and the other women were interested in what I had to say about why I was uncomfortable about a trans character in one book. It turned out other women were unsettled by that book too. Even if they were not coming from the same place as me we found a lot of common ground. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 05:17:17 JST
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Not been online much because of family stuff, the world news has been so awful and social media is even more of a cesspit than usual.
Best wishes to all good people and please make sure you say the important things to your loved ones or people you need to reconcile with while you can. Do not wait for a better opportunity as sometimes they are gone before you get that last chance. -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Aug-2023 01:38:11 JST
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I use spinster via Chrome on my laptop.
Recently the pop up box that appears when I want to add an emoji appears so low on my screen I only see the top of it and cannot actually select an emoji. When this happened before I could close the emoji box and when reopened it would be in a different position on the screen so I could use it.
Has something changed with Spinster or is this just a problem for me?
I can live without emojis but it is annoying. Help appreciated.
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 05:42:20 JST
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This afternoon I listened on spotify to the Jordan Peterson podcast with @PosieParker. It was good to hear KJK talking in a calm conversation which was focused on exploring her point of view rather than shouting her down. At times Peterson was rather professorial and went into long explanations but it was mostly very good and Peterson had a better grasp of KJK's humour than many interviewers.
Well worth a listen but you need a bit of time as it is over an hour long.
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jul-2023 03:09:08 JST
Macha
Since the Twitter limit fiasco I have hardly been online and it has been so good to have a good break.
I am going to try to keep to just occasional peeks at Twitter and not get drawn back into lots of scrolling. I like when people here post links to relevant Tweets which I can then choose to check out or not whilst avoiding all the nonsense. Thank you Spinster!
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2023 04:04:09 JST
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I know Janelle Monae from the photos of her in a vulva costume and her role in Glass Onion (Knives Out sequel) but I could not name a single or album by her.
Maybe other Spinsters are better informed and can tell me if there is anything worth looking into given she has been trending all day on Twitter for flashing her breasts or is she just another female pop star doing what they must to sell their music and get media attention. 🤷♀️ -
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Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 03:37:58 JST
Macha
This is a striking graphic showing how drag is very different from other forms of cross dressing and gender non-conformity such as pantomime dames and roles in dramas.
Drag is highly sexualised to appeal to the desires of some adults and is now being used to break down social boundaries and promote queer/gender identity ideology. Those who cannot see this are choosing to put children at risk.
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