Notices by iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop), page 40

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Two lions on a shirt
Budget cuts are biting
Brexit's on the way
Tanked up blokes are fighting
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@nev Worst World Cup chant ever

"Red" Len McCluskey, a nob head, colour me *shocked*:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/04/len-mccluskey-signs-letter-accusing-trans-rights-activists-of-intimidation

@Damage Super pretty caterpillar, photos aren't atrocious

(sorry)

@Damage Super pretty caterpillar :)

I think the progress of England in the football is slightly risky. We could see it kick off, and not in the football way.

Once they inevitably go out, this week or next, the ingredients are all there: tetchy, beered-up blokes, nationalistic fervour, major heatwave, existing tensions over the political situation.

An England defeat in the next couple of World Cup matches could be the spark needed for civil unrest in certain areas. I am a bit worried.

Re #Article13

What good would it do to contact your MEP if you live in the UK?

Because of this country's political situation at the time of the last EU election, the UK seats in the European Parliament are packed out with UKIP vegetables.

They literally do the bare minimum to take the EU wage and pension and won't care a jot. Why bother?

@scarlett Ireland has a lot of random walls across moors and hillsides, built as part of a "job creation" thing.

They didn't want to just give the peasants food, they wanted them to Work For It, but they couldn't think of anything useful, hence the walls.

So instead of doing anything radical, or even vaguely interesting, they play non stop house music all day (because every LGBT person likes nothing else) and occasionally break off the automated tunes-and-ads mix to talk about Tom Daley's nipples or something.

There really is no point.

Gaydio is a symptom of everything that's wrong with a lot of LGBT media and campaigning organisations these days.

They rely on advertising and sponsorship from corporations wanting to showcase how cool and inclusive they are (we'll fleece anyone, gay or straight!). Gaydio is full of ads for banks, airlines, even the Israeli government advertises ("visit Tel Aviv Pride!") on there.

Nothing truly radical can come out of a media org that owes its existence to pinkwashing corporations.

There's also, apparently, a transmitter for Gaydio coming to Brighton at some point this year, although the existing Manchester station is utter toilet. Non stop dance "choons" and transparent pink pound ads for banks, and they go out of their way not to mention Manchester anymore

There's also apparently a transmitter for Gaydio launching in Brighton at some point, although the existing Manchester station is 🚽

Bloke on the radio: "There are two types of right-wingers - millionaires and mugs. If you want to know which you are, look in your wallet."

@dashie The instance has sadly had to go because it was on my business server, which is now down.

The domain is free to anyone who wants to run a radio-related Mastodon or other social fediverse instance.

#LGBT #radio watch!

Two, yes TWO new LGBT-focused community radio stations launching in the UK over the next few weeks.

Pride FM in Newcastle-upon-Tyne: http://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/07/pride-radio-to-launch-on-fm-in-newcastle/
Juice 1038 in Belfast: https://twitter.com/juicebelfast

Best of luck to all involved, I will be listening in from afar. 🏳️🌈 📻

@ND3JR In the UK licence conditions (which are basically in parallel to the rest of the EU) any political content is prohibited in ham radio transmissions.

@rowan B

@bobstechsite you sound like my neighbour but with less swears

@bobstechsite I like this England side, and Colombia are a bunch of cheating so-and-so's, but I wish people wouldn't be idiots about football. :(