Footwear Apologist
Likes shoes. Doesn't like shoes. Trying thoughts out again out loud
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- Reposted by Footwear Apologist#OtD 15 May 1970 police opened fire on a small group of Black students protesting at Jackson State College, Mississippi, killing two, including a bystander, and wounding 12 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8718...
- Reposted by Footwear ApologistAs we continue to witness the live-streamed genocide of Palestinians, Keir Starmer’s government still denies it — while approving arms sales, including F-35s that enable 2,000lb bombs to rain down on Gaza. Israel’s genocide would not be possible without the government’s support.
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistElon Musk spent $291 million to put Trump in power. Now Trump is threatening and extorting countries to use to Elon Musk’s companies. This is what it looks like when a shamelessly corrupt oligarchy takes over a country and puts themselves above the law.
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistWhat more is there to say about university repression of actions for Palestine? We tell our students we're educating them to be good citizens and use their critical faculties, then shut them down when they want to act - as students always have! - on one of the most urgent moral issues of our time.
- Reposted by Footwear ApologistThe Australian government should be doing likewise. #auspol
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistThe bottom 60% of U.S. households earn $38K/year on average. To afford a "minimal standard of living," they'd need $67K. "Americans are working harder than ever, but the benefits of that hard work are not being distributed in a way that supports upward mobility.”
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistBen of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"
- Reposted by Footwear ApologistIsrael is the most depraved regime on earth. Lying day after day and starving an entire population to death. A few miles away, Israeli kids eat fast food. Many children can no longer even walk due to dizziness and weakness from famine. Supported by Western governments, it's unforgivable.
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistPoverty is man made and that’s the shit you should really be upset about.
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[Not loaded yet] - Reposted by Footwear ApologistOur inhumane asylum system is costing people their lives. Last year it was deadlier than ever. At the very least, every person who dies while attempting to claim asylum here should be counted, remembered and mourned. Last night, I spoke about why this needs to be law.
- Reposted by Footwear ApologistThe government is legitimising Reform with anti-migrant rhetoric while alienating long-time Labour voters by shifting to the right. This won't defeat the far right, nor will it improve lives ruined by austerity - it's clearly a lose-lose strategy.
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistRobert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to be quizzed on Capitol Hill on his handling of the measles outbreak, the firing of thousands of federal health workers and major cuts to the health agencies he oversees.
- Reposted by Footwear ApologistWhen humans look at something we find beautiful it causes dopamine release in our brains & looking at plants shifts our brain activity away from fight or flight & into rest & digest mode. A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistJust hit me that the importing of white folks from South Africa and exporting of brown people is actually, literally an attempt at a great replacement
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistWe didn’t forget about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, did we? Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
- Reposted by Footwear ApologistAmazing chart from the IMF here: data centres are already using more electricity than France; and that could triple by 2030:
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistLuminous baby. Photo from my collection, handwriting on it says “My Eddie’s kitten ‘49”.
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistHappy 75th b’day, Stevie — who once said he writes the music first and lets the lyrics find their own way. One example: a tune was going to be about religion. "But then, .. we were in the studio, talking about things that happened when we were kids, back in the day. So it turned into 'I Wish.'"
- Reposted by Footwear ApologistWhen people say they want some migrants to integrate more what do they want? More Muslims in the Cotswolds? Ali to wear tweed? Does Terry wanna buy Amjad a pint in Spoons? Mustafa to open a chippy not a kebab house? Can someone please give precise guidance?
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistTrump just casually meeting with MBS, another friend of Jeffrey Epstein, who chopped up a US citizen and everyone just sits around pretending that’s normal behaviour.
- Reposted by Footwear ApologistSadly, little to no mention of Khashoggi in major newspapers, including WaPo, the paper he wrote for. Meanwhile, "Trump calls Mohammed bin Salman an 'incredible man'"
- Sickening. This #NYTimes report nowhere says that #SaudiArabia's ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed, in 2018 ordered the murder and dismemberment of the opposition journalist Jamal #Khashoggi -- who worked for the @washingtonpost.com. @karenattiah.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistAnyone serious about raising birth rates knows it is a longterm proposition at best. So one way you can tell if someone is serious is their attitude toward climate change. If you're not fixing climate change you don't care about birth rates, you care about patriarchal politics.
- Reposted by Footwear ApologistI’ll take an island of strangers over a country of racists any time. Unforgivable from Keir Starmer.
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- Reposted by Footwear ApologistLessons from Latin America as the United States Confronts Enforced Disappearance: Here are notes and embedded video from our 4/30 panel, hosted with the National Security Archive, with 3 longtime leaders in the fight against enforced disappearance in Latin America. www.wola.org/2025/05/less...
- Reposted by Footwear Apologisteven the onion has us pegged, are we really that obvious
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