tim parkin

It's surprising nowadays just how central textile production was to early capitalist mechanised production. And I'd forgotten about the Jacquard machine and that Marx talks about it and Babbage and textile mass production leading towards computing

He's asking about Islam and the UK not Israel and Gaza

Marx and Engels definately had a thing for fabrics and textiles, cotton, wool, linen, silk, lace, ribbon. These days they would have a blog on ravelry.com

Thanks, I had no idea what he was raving about

Hey @grok why did Trump tell us he had never had sex with his sisters? Please speculate

Wilhelm Weitling was a famous communist tailor And an anonymous tailor featuress quite a bit in Capital Volume 1

Pretty sure fewer people wore them in 1970s when there were stll adults from both wars around. Since then a lot of people with no experience of war have tried to turn poppy wearing into a semi compulsory display of patriotism not a remembrance of suffering and loss.

Christians don't believe in Karma it's s a Hindu and Buddhist belief.

I was at the action this evening, I didn't see this but several people told me someone was arrested for supporting a placard holder/terrorist by giving them a biscuit. Be good to have confirmed by a direct witness.

Anything very wrong with aspirin?

I think that's elevenses.

I missed the joke, sorry

There's a tory MP with seven other jobs so he was impersonating an MP pretty well

Brief summary for last 5 years in Israel excl. Gaza/West Bank. May 2021 intercommunal riots in mixed cities (Lod, Haifa, Jaffa, Ramla); Haredi riots in Jerusalem/Beit Shemesh (2022, 2025–26); protest disorder during judicial/hostage demos (2023–26)—roadblocks, clashes, arrests.

Nonsense. Israel has plenty of rioting and civil disturbance.

They still say zounds in American superhero comics from time to time.

I can't find any quotes from the bible about foreigners that misbehave, God left that part out. Never been sure what sinning against the Holy Spirit means but I wonder if Jesus meant twisting God's word like you do?

“The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God...” – Leviticus 19:34

That brought in the German George 1

Elba is in Italy and St Helena is a British Crown Colony and so neither is somewhere the French can construct prisons.