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• Post #4234257

  Harry's Last Stand Staying On JM Smith "Late last week, I became aware of the class action lawsuit against Anthropic in the United States over its harvesting of millions of books, more than a decade ago, without the permission of their authors or publishers. Curious, I searched the database of works listed in the lawsuit. To my astonishment, I found my dad’s first book, 1923, among the titles that had allegedly been scraped." https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/staying-on?r...

• Post #4059427

  Harry's Last Stand Neoliberalism Bins Everything of Value JM Smith "During the Brexit referendum, I once saw the Liberal Democrat life peer and political commentator Paddy Ashdown on an overcrowded weekend train to Cornwall during a June heatwave. It was standing room only with weekend holidaymakers and foreign tourists. My dad was in a mobility wheelchair, pushed up against luggage stacked against a wall." https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/neoliberalism-bins-everything-of...

• Post #2554689

  Normal Island News Man in silly outfit cheerfully announces new age of authoritarianism on behalf of prime minister everyone hates Yesterday, an unelected man sat in the unelected House of Lords, wearing a silly hat and the skin of several small, furry animals that made him look like he had just returned from a medieval stag do and was bravely fighting a hangover. We’ve all been there… https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/man-in-silly-outfit-cheerfully-announces?r=12u3ju&u...

• Post #2178749

  Normal Island News SHOCKING SCANDAL: Zack Polanski changed his name in 2002 to avoid a £3.50 library fine Millions of impressionable voters will soon be heading to the polls, dreaming of saving the planet, hugging trees, and finally getting proportional representation. Their inspiration is the charismatic supervillain who currently goes by the name of Zack Polanski. Who knows what he will be called tomorrow? https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/shocking-scandal-zack-polanski-chan...

• Post #1983578

  RE: https://toot.wales/@NationCymru/116266917906344815 A simple urine test to detect early stage breast cancer. #BreastCancerPrevention

• Post #1718103

  Normal Island News Huge relief as America's no. 1 rapist, paedophile, and war criminal survives another shooting Americans sighed in relief after their most popular rapist, paedophile, and war criminal survived a shooting at the White House Correspondent’s dinner, last night. The assassin shot and injured a police officer, but thankfully no rich people were harmed in this production, and I’m told that Trump’s ears were unscathed. Thank god. https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandne...

• Post #1132248

  Normal Island News Police to resume Palestine Action arrests due to staggering rise in terrorism that has so far seen zero casualties With all the terrible things going on in the world, you will be pleased to hear the Metropolitan Police has decided to once again focus its energy on the most important issue of all: people holding up signs the government doesn’t like. https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/police-to-resume-palestine-action?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email...

• Post #1111364

  Harry's Last Stand Keir Starmer: NHS Slayer Harry Leslie Smith’s Past Became Our Present JM Smith Things have been falling apart in Britain since the era of Margaret Thatcher. State infrastructure has been starved of public investment so that it becomes inefficient, incompetent, and inadequate for the needs of society. This is neoliberalism’s grand plan: to privatise every aspect of the state,from healthcare to education. https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/keir-starmer-nhs-slayer...

• Post #1111363

  Normal Island News Netanyahu relieved as peace talks collapse at "perfect moment", just before his corruption trial was set to resume Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be delighted that peace talks between Iran and the US have collapsed, just as his corruption trial was set to resume. The Israeli prime minister is hopeful that his trial can once again be postponed on the basis that he is dead, I mean preoccupied by the war. https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/netany...

• Post #978328

  Harry's Last Stand "Years of economic turmoil wore away our common courtesy." JM Smith "It seems like forever now that I’ve been piecing together and editing my dad’s The Green and Pleasant Land. The first volume is done, aside from some tinkering. This gives me a sense of enormous relief because I am always concerned that my health will pack right in before this job is done." https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/years-of-economic-turmoil-wore-aw...

• Post #978327

  Normal Island News Trump looking forward to launching Power Plant Tuesday from British military bases President Trump says he is looking forward to launching Power Plant Tuesday from military bases in the UK, unless Iran opens the Strait that is only closed because Trump started this war. The US president was furious that the Iranians seem in no mood for negotiation, due to the minor issue that Israel killed all of the negotiators. https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/trump-lookin...

• Post #846043

  RE: https://mastodon.online/@Infrogmation/116313377509390074 Liberty in fascist chains. #ICE #FascistUSA #NoFreedomInTheUS

• Post #846041

  Harry's Last Stand Living in Fight or Flight Poverty’s oldest symptom JM Smith "The only way I can describe this tiredness over the last three months is the moment before anaesthesia takes hold, when your arms and legs feel weighed down. I think it’s a response to living in a constant state of fight or flight. It wears you down. Hopefully, it will pass. I’m finding it harder to tread water." https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/living-in-fight-or-flight?utm_campai...