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Journalist, feminist, ex-Japan dweller, sloth/owl enthusiast. Personal account.

London
Joined May 2011
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Jack has been in receipt of 100s of photos of piss poor food packages. It’s not just an isolated incident. In this interview Jack nails it. Do watch if you can.
"I've made a living out of making meals from thin air and hope - but you can't, you literally can't" @BootstrapCook has expressed their outrage at the food parcels which have been sent to families as part of the free school meals scheme. #FreeSchoolMeals | #5NewsTonight
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People who haven’t witnessed 4chan raids for ten years are way too naive about how prevalent this is. If it’s perfectly incendiary on either side, it’s very likely you’re getting played like a fool.
This viral tweet complaining about the Little Mermaid casting being racist has a profile pic stolen from an Instagram model. The “half black best friend” pic is taken from god knows where, but shows up in a bunch of Pinterest BFF roundups
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I don't think this is getting nearly enough attention: Trump's call for a return to the days of mass involuntary commitment and warehousing the mentally ill. teapaw.org/CBSNews/status/9664364…
Trump: "Years ago, we had mental hospitals, institutions...& a lot of them have closed. Some people thought it was a stigma...today, if you catch somebody, they don't know what to do with him. He hasn't committed the crime, but he may very well & there's no mental institution."
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If you’re struggling this Xmas, you’re not alone. These helplines are open every day, including Xmas Day: Samaritans: 116 123 Beat (ED support): 0808 801 0677 CALM (for men): 0800 585 858 Switchboard (for LGBT+ ppl): 0300 330 0630 The Silver Line (for elderly ppl): 0800 470 8090
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Uber: "We will defend the livelihood of drivers" Also Uber: "We are investing $300 million in driverless vehicles to make drivers obsolete"
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Eyes rolling so hard it hurts teapaw.org/jacobinmag/status/9037…
HAVE YOU PEOPLE LEARNED NOTHING?
Quick note about this bot thing happening. Multiple bots are saying "Trump is a better president. Obama was golfing during Katrina!"
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If you're not disgusted enough: read this on how Arpaio's office botched 400 sex-crime cases, many involving kids archive.boston.com/news/nati…
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Actually it's not "spurned lover" which somehow implies her action is to blame. It's just "a man" who punched his girlfriend. in the face. teapaw.org/dailymirror/status/900…
Spurned lover punches his girlfriend in the face when she turns down proposal mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sp…
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Extremely relevant this week teapaw.org/NateSilver538/status/8…
68% of Trump voters say there is "a lot of discrimination against white people". bit.ly/2wPUMMK
I don't want to hear one person say he's "presidential". Being presidential is not having to be *convinced* to condemn neo-Nazis and the KKK
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If you ever feel like a disappointment remember that you've almost certainly achieved more in the last six months than the US president has
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Full transparency: The satire community mourning the loss of Spicer just did the most massive sigh of relief. teapaw.org/scaramucci/status/8888…
Full transparency: I'm deleting old tweets. Past views evolved & shouldn't be a distraction. I serve @POTUS agenda & that's all that matters
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"We... have long been at the forefront of increasing accessibility of contraception for women." Or as this week has shown, not. teapaw.org/BootsUK/status/8886762…
Caring for our customers is at the heart of what we do. We've released a new statement on Emergency Contraception: boots-uk.com/our-stories/eme…
Scaramucci on Spicer: "I hope he goes on to make a tremendous amount of money"
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