Notices by Shouty person (clacksee@wandering.shop)

@dalias
We’re all (yes all – even those of us not in the US) going to need to start practising bureaucratic sabotage, malicious compliance, and the art of enthusiastically agreeing (but not delivering).

Also I’d encourage people (again in America and elsewhere) to read The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom. Yes, it’s overtly religious, but it’s also good at details of how she and her family managed to hide and help so many people before they were caught.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b5e90414-b643-483f-83dc-f0401e5bdb8d

Even Amazon can't beat my pricing.

Today only, all paperbacks are 13% off their listed price (because who doesn't love a prime number?). No code. No minimum purchase requirements. No secret handshake. Just discounted books.

And, yes, that includes books and bundles that are already discounted.

This is the third in my Move Over, #BlackFriday series of one-day sales.

Prices will be discounted at checkout.

https://www.whitehartfiction.co.uk/collections/paperbacks

@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon #books

@goatsarah
Yep. I’d go so far as to say within the next year.

@rebelrebel62
Just needed five for now. Now it goes for review. Once the petition goes live, hopefully it’ll achieve something.

All right. We’re watching the #C4 #Dispatches on The King, The Prince, and Their Secret Millions.

Honestly, screw those guys.

Schools, NHS, fire brigades … all sorts of organisations are paying thousands and even millions of pounds a year in rent. And the Duchy of Lancaster is exempt from tax.

An author, whose name I missed, suggested that the royals wouldn’t even need to sell those lands. They could just charge a peppercorn rent.

#C4 #Dispatches

I was a royalist a few years ago. That began to change when Liz paid off Andrew’s settlement. When Chuck didn’t pay for his own coronation during a cost of crisis, I was over it.

#C4 #Dispatches

‘Oh, but the royals support charities.’

Guess what. The very same charities the royals support … ARE PAYING THE ROYALS MILLIONS OF POUNDS IN RENT.

That’s basically the definition of money laundering.

#C4 #Dispatches

Now, @xtaldave has just said that when the royals say they ‘support’ these charities, they likely don’t mean financial support. They give their time in encouraging other people to give money to charity … which the royals then claim back in rent.

Is that better or worse than money laundering? I’m not sure.

#C4 #Dispatches

While the royals bang on about the environment, they’re:
A. Charging rents to wind farms;
B. Causing environmental damage for the sale of a few quid; and
C. Profiting of the mining industry.

#c4 #Dispatches #NotMyKing

I’m putting together a petition. They don’t usually achieve much. But I feel like I have to do something.

#c4 #Dispatches #NotMyKing

The UK government is cracking down on private rental homes that don’t comply with minimum standards.

You’re not going to believe this, but the royals are some of the worst offenders.

Shocking.

They’re literally slumlords!

#c4 #Dispatches #NotMyKing

I’ve made a petition. But it needs 5 signatures before it goes live. Will you sign it?

My petition:
Rent cap on properties owned by the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall

Removing the link for now as it’s had its five supporters and it’s gone into review phase. Once it’s live, I’ll reshare.

#c4 #Dispatches #NotMyKing

@ryanc
Also, I’m jealous of your energy and focus to take this seriously. Most of the time, I just groan and tick Ms while grumbling. Thank you for your dedication. It’s people like you who drive change for the better.

@ryanc
It’s Experian. I need a copy of my statutory credit report.

Ninety-nine options for title … but a Mx ain't one.

#agender #nonbinary #GenderIsntReal

@goatsarah
Yeah, but there’s ‘oh, that’s disappointing’ and then there’s … this.

Interestingly, #WesStreeting wasn’t always a raging transphobe.

#UKPolitics #labour

I moved to the UK in 2010. I lamented to a colleague that the most frustrating thing about being an immigrant was not being able to vote.

My friend put me straight. Commonwealth citizens legally resident in the UK (regardless of how long we've been here) are allowed to vote. You just have to register.

Are you Canadian? Australian? Indian? Nigerian? If you're allowed to live here, you're allowed to vote.

Today's your last day to register.
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

#ukpolitics #GeneralElection

I meant to make a thing this morning. But then I got distracted and forgot.

But don't worry; someone else did it for us!

#Trump #Rule34