Actually I think it does matter - very much. Vidoes are cropped and manipulated for social media, often as a tactic to generate polarisation / reaction for those who want to trade off it. And the fir… (View Post)

Context for balance on sectarian sources: Mahyar Tousi being one of the platform speakers at Tommy Robinson's Trafalgar Square rally a week ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FGhEA8aNtg (View Post)

In England the people best set up to do it are Oxfam; they have various online outlets including rare and collectible books * They also have a recycling plant in Wakefield or Huddersfield or similar … (View Post)

I think we have evidence for Court Cases having some effect on sane Republicans and Independents. OTOH we have some prominent Republicans who have previously not been comfortable with Trump change th… (View Post)

Substack has much value - it is like a pay-for-entry blog. Joshua Rozenburg the legal commentator uses it, for example. But it's an island, afaics, and cannot be the central attraction. There ar… (View Post)