No. This is primarily the state desperately playing whac-a-mole against majority public sentiment. There's basically a club of like 300-500 people in media/politics with a constituency of online racists who also hate their guts who support this stuff and just scream showers of shite about it 24/7.

I wrote something that was entirely too revalealing and justifying but...

That boat has already sailed, been hit by drones by the IDF, and sank.

I absolutely don't mean that there's been an increase in antisemitism (if anything more people are interested in the difference) but Israel has increasing fucked it in my experience.

The kneejerk reaction to "antisemitism" now in my experience is a whether on a small or a serious level. And while it's problematic it's also... Correct

It's not gone down well. They've locked everything. But old contacts from music mag stuff who are turbo-libs have been in touch going "they should sell it now" before they devalue the brand too much but also because they think they've tanked the outsider status even if Glasto will obviously keep being hugely popular and popular.

It's not though. The first two paragraphs are exactly what Id expect. The deliberate (but deliberately written by lawyers to avoid libel countersuits) conflation of antisemitism & hate speech (terms that from an institution can be used against them in court) is extremely deliberate.

Emily Eavis is sat on a £250m+ brand..

If she has to kill some of that credibility, even saw off some cultural importance, she can bail and make absurd amounts of money.

It's not empty. It's a confession for the future.

God, was it only five years ago. I feel like I've been here forever

Yeah, I just meant part of the reason I haven't checked out the new ones is I keep just being satisfied dipping into the originals.

I really don't think most people appreciate just how deep and insidious the tentacles of Palantir (as the forward troops for technofascism) are.

You should. I've been saying they're one of the best and most based bands for years. The tabloid press are gonna shit when they start digging into their catalogue.

I had a similar experience and even at the end I love the fact that you can just go back to the 'point of no return' so easily and make different decisions to play them out.

Police are already investigating them and Kneecap on the (Israeli) government's demand.

The state is gonna double down on the crackdowns and hope the lack of a venue for expression on this scale will help -- (they're already writing the Palestine Action proscription to be a backdoor for banning any pro-Palestinian imagery or speech if they want) -- but anti-Israel sentiment has broken containment from just lefties and critical news watchers. I had older relatives message me this weekend saying that Israel "needs to stay out of our fucking business" and that if the government has a problem with people "saying stuff like this maybe they should just stop helping kill innocent people".

Bob Vylan have always been top drawer so this was the least surprising thing ever, but very cool to see them getting the attention they deserve from music fans.

Boooo!

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Swordship is a fast, roguelite indie 'schmup' where you pilot a superfast boat through heavily sci-fi militarised sea dodging turrents and other dangers. I found it difficult, but addictive with a cool style and soundtrack. (£0.84)

Invisible Inc is a fantastic turn-based strategy heist game with a great art style and really good gameplay. I'm quiet a picky turn-based nerd and this is one of the best. It's also not too punishing (unless you want it to be) and is relatively short to finish a run in a satisfying way compared to longer campaigns. (£3.74)

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Ape Out is a top-down indie action game where you play as a giant ape escaping its captors and splattering armed mercanaries against walls with a Saul Bass animation style and top drawer jazz-drum soundtrack that syncs with your hits. (£2.55)

Monster Train is probably the best roguelite card game since Slay the Spire with more variation and quicker to get into, where you play the forces of hell trying to protect a big train careening through the seven circles to relight hells fires while battling those irritating crusade-fash coded angels heaven has sent to stop you. (£6.29)

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