ali0sha

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by ali0sha 5y ago
Let's be clear, the 'activism' in question (at basecamp) is anti-racism. And if anti-racism is a competing cult, then you might want to switch sides.
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by ali0sha 5y ago
This is a strawman, unmoored from evidence or reality. Here's my read, based on your supporting the blog post and your two comments: You've constructed this fantasy as a defence mechanism. You use the classification of those with
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by ali0sha 5y ago
Agree, maybe I should have been more explicit about the argument I'm trying to make: - The OP's argument is irrelevant to bandcamp, since the antiracism at bandcamp was actually not directed at the 'mission' at all - If
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by ali0sha 5y ago
There's a genre of opinion that sounds like "I don't want politics in my videogames/workplace/church/facebook group", which stems from an idea that politics is exclusively a thing that politicians do in go
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by ali0sha 5y ago
Is that how you characterise the activism at bandcamp, which said "maybe this racist list of 'funny names' is racist, and maybe we shouldn't do that?" Because, to write off 'how about not being racist' as
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by ali0sha 5y ago
> Joining together for a common purpose ... is political. What is that purpose, why is it common, and how does the joining work - these are the fundamental political problems. > If you put other things above your fellows and mission,
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The Long View: Nobody Expects an Accountable Inquisition(theoxfordculturereview.com)
65 points by ali0sha 8y ago|13 comments
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by ali0sha 10y ago
Not quite. London is clearly a city and referred to as such, unless you're someone in high society, in which case it is just 'Town'.
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by ali0sha 10y ago
Maybe raise an issue on https://github.com/alexander-brett/alexander-brett.github.io and I can look into your exact issue? Thanks for the feedback.
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by ali0sha 10y ago
Yeah it is surprisingly excellent - it was a big inspiration for doing this side project!
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by ali0sha 10y ago
I think the years there are the most up-to-date available for those particular axes - certainly the unemployment data is sourced from the census which is only carried out once a decade.
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Show HN: Visualising London, ward by ward(alexander-brett.co.uk)
53 points by ali0sha 10y ago|8 comments