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I’ve just signed the petition, sponsored by former Labour MP Chris Williamson, to “repeal the 2000 and 2006 Terrorism Acts and review other legislation” to prevent police-state abuse and enable real safeguards”.

We need 100k signatures to get this debated in Parliament!

Please won’t you sign using this link ⤵️?

petition.parliament.uk/petitio

Petitions - UK Government and ParliamentPetition: Repeal the 2000 and 2006 Terrorism Acts and review other legislationWe urge the Government to repeal the Terrorism Acts of 2000 and 2006, and for it to commission a review into how other existing legislation could provide the necessary safeguards for society.

Those of us who refused to adopt the “back to normal” Covid denial narrative are used to witnessing mental gymnastics by folks who need to believe the pandemic is over.

The new US Covid website is peak denial and conspiracy theory misinformation.

It reminds me of the AIDS denialism websites of the late 90s and early 2000s. They spread the lie that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS … that the real culprit was the medications to treat HIV.

You know who’s repeated that lie over the years? RFK Jr.

Lastly, how can they reconcile believing it’s a bioweapon yet also “mild” and “no big deal”? Surely if you believe a virus was weaponized to cause harm, you should take steps to avoid getting it repeatedly?

Mental gymnastics. When a person has no substance or facts to back up their position, logic goes out the window.

…climate change deniers…may be seen as denying the very real possibility of the planet’s destruction… Denial, whether at the individual or group level, is the most primitive defense the mind employs to protect itself from psychic pain.
—Bandy X. Lee et al., The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
#climatechange #denial

#AlternateFridayMusic
Feb 14 2025

The prompt is #Denial

10cc, “I’m Not in Love” from The Original Soundtrack, 1975

This is THE classic denial song; the speaker’s denials of feeling for the presumptive object of his affection growing progressively weaker, hinting at the real truth.

The melody is simple, the sonics gentle, but as with the lyrics, if you listen closely, much more is going on. This track is a sonic splendor, using multiple layers of vocals to create an otherworldly effect, and weaving elements together into and out of the whispered break, without any of the digital effects and tools available today.

Drummer #KevinGodley and guitarist #LolCreme would break away from #10cc a couple years later and record as a duo, but their most noted breakthroughs were in video: Their video for “Cry” simulated face morphing (again before computer technology could do this for us) and they’d go on to create the celebrated video for #HerbieHancock's "Rockit.”

youtu.be/cgJckGsR-T0

Hey! It's _still_ #AlternateFridayMusic 🎉

Hosted By: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #Denial
Submission: Smells Like Teen Spirit
By: Nirvana
Song Link: youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg

Time for me to go a little more obvious:

🎶 Hello, hello, hello
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido

A denial, a denial
A denial, a denial
A denial, a denial
A denial, a denial
A denial 🎶