#by stuart barker

[kwisatzworld]

“In appearance Valentino has a friendly, clean and beautiful personality but in reality he’s not like that. It’s easy to make people like you in front of the cameras, make yourself look nice and funny when you’re not. I don’t like racers who, like him, criticise their colleagues.” - Max Biaggi

“When I started to race well with him he changed a lot. When we were growing up we were very good friends. Valentino plays games with everybody…the way he talked to the media – he tries to never say something good about you.” - Marco Melandri

“He blamed me but it was nothing I did. Of course I didn’t report him – I didn’t even see what happened. I’d had a very good relationship with Valentino for many years but after that it just came around.” - Sete Gibernau

“As soon as I became a fierce competitor everything was different but it wasn’t me who changed.” - Casey Stoner

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Castle Freak

Stuart Gordon: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the castle freak King: is this a freak who lives in a castle or someone who's a freak for castles? Gordon: Gordon: what do you think steve King: probably the first thing? Gordon: obviously

Gordon: so this castle freak Barker: wait i also have a question Barker: a question about the castle freak Gordon: what do you want to know about the castle freak? Poe: can you all stop saying castle freak Barker: no

Barker: what kind of freak is this castle freak? Barker: is it, like, someone who, say, has a whole room full of stale candy? Barker: or a four foot fence? Gordon: no it's the good kind of freak Gordon: like a mutant Barker: now we're talkin!

Gordon: so this american family inherits an italian castle Gordon: but what they don't know Gordon: is that this castle comes with a freaky little surprise Barker: is the surprise a castle freak? Gordon: Gordon: yes but Gordon: don't give it away

Gordon: don't give away the ending! Barker: feel like the title already gave it away Gordon: what? Gordon: how does the title give away that there's a freak in the castle? Barker: the title is "castle freak" Gordon: Gordon: that's a typo

Gordon: so this american family now owns a castle with a castle freak Gordon: grit eatin' freak Gordon: scum suckin', pea head with a lousy physique Gordon: he's a one man, no gut, losing streak Gordon: nothin' but a castle freak

Gordon: then a prostitute mysteriously disappears from the neighboring town Gordon: and the cops are really intent on finding her Barker: phhbt i could buy a castle freak Barker: but this is getting kinda unrealistic

Gordon: but picture this Gordon: the dad is played by a young jeffrey combs Gordon: in his joel hodgson era

[mariocki]

New Scotland Yard: Papa Charlie (2.7, LWT, 1972)

"You realise, of course, that anybody, no matter what their rank or position, anybody who was at that meeting - who had sight of this - is now under suspicion of passing information to that gang, don't you?"

"Yes, of course."

"Someone's working on the inside. Could be anybody. Could even be Sergeant Ward - or perhaps you?"

"No."

"Well, we'll see. I intend to find out who it is. And I'm going to give myself one hour in which to do it."

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on my 90's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon and Stevegoolie Saturday Night...Sleepwalkers (1992) on classic DVD 📀! #movie #movies #horror #sleepwalkers #stephenking #BrianKrause #madchenamick #AliceKrige #tobehooper #joedante #ronpearlman #johnlandis #clivebarker #glennshaddix #rustyschwimmer #stuartcharno #dvd #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas3rdannual90sfest #stevegoolie #Svengoolie #METV

[petalpetal]

Anyway here is the full list of books I’ve read this year this is a mix of adult and YA with one middle school book the ones in bold are my big reccomenders

- Hild and Menewood by Nicola Griffith

- Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

- Joan by Kathrine J. Chen

- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

- Butcher of The Forest by Premee Mohamed

- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

- Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

- The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik

- Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

- Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: and Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

- Godkiller and Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner

- Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

- The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec

- A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee

- The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

- Lore by Alexandra Bracken

- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

- The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

- Gallant by V.E. Schwab

- Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

- The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

- No One Will Come Back For Us: And Other Stories by Premee Mohamed

- Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by Various Authors

- The Libarary of Legends by Janie Chang

- The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

- Girls Who Burn by MK Pagano

- Starve Arc by Andrew Michael Hurley

- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

- Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai

- A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher

- The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks

- Circe by Madeline Miller

- Woodworm by Layla Martínez

- The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

- Sworn Soldier series by T. Kingfisher

- Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth

- A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel

- Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig

- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

- Jonathan Strange & Me Norrell by Susanna Clarke

- The Darkest Part of The Forest by Holly Black

- The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

- Six Crimson Cranes series by Elizabeth Lim

- A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

- Boys In the Valley by Philip Fracassi

- The West Passage by Jared Pechaček @jpechacek

- The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh

- Revelator by Daryl Gregory

- The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

- Hera by Jennifer Saint

- Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

- Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

- The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones

- The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

- The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

- The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

- The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones

- Sistersong by Lucy Holland

- House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

- The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne

- The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

- The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless

- The Witch of Colchis by Rosie Hewlett

- Sisters of Sword & Song by Rebecca Ross

- Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

- Little Eve by Catriona Ward

- Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror by Mitchell Lüthi

- The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

- Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

- O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

- everything by Shirley Jackson

[thedisabilitybookarchive]

Update: December 2024

Added:

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"Only One Bed" to "Themes & Tropes" page

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"Christmas" to "Themes & Tropes" page

"Dinosaurs" to "Themes & Tropes" page

"Roller Derby" to "Themes & Tropes" page

"Robin Gow" to "Disabled Authors" page

"Mattie Bukowski" to "Disabled Authors" page

"Johanna Hedva" to "Disabled Authors" page

"Lizzie Huxley-Jones" to "Disabled Authors" page

"Natalie Lloyd" to "Disabled Authors" page

"1930s" to "Settings" page

"The Virgin Islands" to "Settings" page

Entries:

'The Undaunted'- Hart, Alan L.

'The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet"- Arlow, Jake Maia

'The Christmasaurus'- Fletcher, Tom. Devries, Shane

'A Not-So Holiday Paradise'- Mitchell, Gracie Ruth

'Make You Mine This Christmas'- Huxley-Jones, Lizzie

'7 Days for Fae'- Eisen, Lior

'Bruised'- Boteju, Tanya

'Dear Mothman'- Gow, Robin

'Hummingbird'- Lloyd, Natalie

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Categories on 'Back in the Saddle'- Kincaid, Beth

Categories and tags on ‘City of Strife’- Arseneault, Claudie

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Categories and tags on ‘Icebreaker’- Graziadei, A. L.

Tags on ‘A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability’- Andrews, A

Tags on ‘The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability’- Barker, Clare. Murray, Stuart

Tags on ‘A Game of Thrones’- Martin, George R. R.

Tags on ‘A Spindle Splintered’- Harrow, Alix E.

Tags on ‘Beasts of Prey’- Gray, Ayana

Tags on ‘The Bedlam Stacks’- Pulley, Natasha

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Tags on ‘Borderline’- Baker, Mishell

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Tags on ‘The Outside’- Hoffman, Ada

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[thewhumpcaretaker]

Seven Songs of Suffering: Secrets

I'm gonna give all my secrets away - OneRepublic

I’m not sure whether a list will count for the challenge. Let me know if not! I'll try to do another one. But since today is whump day and people are talking about their whump journeys, here's every character I can think of who I’ve treated as a whumpee in my head at some point. Some were romantic for me and others were just pure whump. I left out nothing, even if it’s problematic looking back on it (I have regrets). Although I'm sure I forgot a few because there are a LOT! These are in roughly chronological order starting when I was a toddler to present day. Some have stayed blorbos in the back of my mind and others have not, but they were all important to me at some point. Send an ask about any of them if you want to know why I liked them so much!

Note: Characters from the same media are listed together, but it doesn’t mean that I shipped them.

Mickey Mouse

Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Daisy

Anakin Skywalker

Mulder from The X-Files

Frodo Baggins

Stuart Little

Harry Potter

Aislinn, Tyris, and Tamika from Heroes of Might and Magic III

Mary Cicily Barker fairies

Any of the Rainbow Magic fairies

Any Babysitter’s Club character

River from Firefly

Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle

Marianne from Sense and Sensibility

Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre

Seven of Nine from Star Trek

Hamlet

Dr. Horrible from Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog

Tyler/Narrator from Fight Club

Jason Dean from Heathers

Neo from The Matrix

Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock

Light and L from Death Note

Ciel Phantomhive from Kuroshitsuji

Deadpool

Batman

Lucifer from…the Bible I guess

Michael Corvin from Underworld

Lestat and Louis from Interview with the Vampire

The unnamed narrator of Notes from Underground

Guts from Berserk

Karl Heisenberg from RE8

Shane from Stardew Valley

Heathcliffe

Astarion from BG3

John Wick, Marquis de Gramont, and Santino D’Antonio

Michael Corleone and Kay Adams Corleone from The Godfather

[nezumidoll]

Listening to Valentino Rossi - The definitive biography by Stuart Barker and it is such a good read with a good narrator. I haven't watched much MotoGP at all but of course I have heard of Rossi. Also seen "the doctor" race a bit in WEC this year. What an absolute legend.

[kwisatzworld]

Valentino Rossi and Sete Gibernau

In Qatar, Rossi’s hitherto friendly rivalry with Gibernau came to a crashing halt under the most unusual circumstances. With the track being completely new and therefore rather “green” and slippery, Rossi’s crew took a scooter out to his third-row start position on the night before the race and performed a few burnouts, leaving a mass of grippy rubber on what was effectively going to be Rossi’s launch pad. Rossi was not present and Jerry Burgess did not inform Yamaha boss Davide Brivio of what he and the team had done. Spotting the black rubber on his rider’s grid position, Brivio reported it to the circuit manager, thinking that someone had tampered with Rossi’s slot. Then Honda became aware of the melodrama and Gibernau’s team boss Fausto Gresini filed an official protest, claiming Rossi’s team was trying to gain an unfair advantage.

It all seemed rather petty and, while the Yamaha team was not found guilty of breaking any specific rules, race organisers decreed that it was “against the spirit” of the sport and slapped Rossi with a six-second penalty, which meant he had to start the race from the back row of the grid. Max Biaggi, incidentally, was handed the same penalty after his own crew had been caught sweeping his grid slot (an action that was quite specifically forbidden in the rules). Rossi immediately made his position clear: “I’ve been looking for an excuse not to talk to Sete. Today he gave me one.”

In the event, Rossi crashed out of the race while Gibernau won and closed the title gap to just 14 points. But Rossi solely blamed his rival for the protest and the goodwill between the two was at an end. “Sete was the one who was behind all this,” he said. “He has acted like a child. It is like a knife has been pushed into my back.”

From here on in Gibernau would be the new Biaggi, the new nemesis, the new motivation for Rossi to dig deeper in order to beat him. And that made Rossi even more dangerous, as Jerry Burgess pointed out: “Valentino is the sort of rider I wouldn’t want to get angry. He can take you apart on the track.”

At the following round in Malaysia, Rossi began the mental destruction of Gibernau. After vowing never to speak to the Spaniard again he blanked him at the pre-race press conference to such an extent that Gibernau appeared genuinely shaken. While giving his rival the cold shoulder, Rossi joked with the world’s press after setting pole position, saying, “This was a very important pole position because at least we know exactly which part of the track we have to clean.”

After beating Gibernau by more than twenty seconds in the race, Rossi then refused to shake hands when the Spaniard tried to congratulate him on the slowing-down lap. Then he stopped and started sweeping up the track with a broom before donning a T-shirt boasting details of his new fictional cleaning company, La Rapida. “We clear out rats,” he said. ‘We disinfect, clear drains and clean starting grids.” Then, in a direct reference to his six-second penalty in Qatar, he added, “We also do night jobs – all done in six seconds.” It was a classic example of Rossi’s mind games: while the gag was funny to everyone else, the words were carefully chosen to wound and belittle those they were aimed at, in this case Gibernau, who Rossi clearly viewed as a “rat”.

“Hijo de puta! Hijo de puta!” “Son of a whore! Son of a whore!”

Rossi was accustomed to hearing his name being chanted at race meetings, but this was something entirely new to him. This was undistilled hatred – and he was on the receiving end of it. Thousands of Spanish fans joined in the insulting chant as he completed his victory lap at Jerez, the opening round of the 2005 MotoGP season.

Rossi had always been the beloved one, the charmed rider who could do no wrong, who counted every race as a home race. Adored wherever he went, he could always be assured of looking out on to grandstands filled with tens of thousands of fans dressed in his own brand of Rossi yellow. Now the love had turned to hate as the Spanish crowd bayed for his blood.

Local hero Sete Gibernau had led all but three laps of the 27-lap Jerez Grand Prix, but if he believed Rossi had calmed down over the winter and would now forgive and forget what had happened at Qatar the previous year, he got a rude awakening on the final lap of the race. It was Gibernau’s home Grand Prix and he was desperate to win it and start the season with a victory. He very nearly managed it, too, and had he not riled his rival so much in 2004 Rossi might just have conceded defeat. Instead, he waited until the last corner of the last lap of the race before ramming his way up the inside of the Spaniard, clattering into his Movistar Honda, and knocking him off the track and into the gravel trap while he himself went on to win the race.

The pair were so far ahead of the rest of the field that Gibernau managed to get back on track and finish second, but the damage had been done – and it was extensive. Rossi, so accustomed to fans cheering his name, now had to get used to another chorus as tens of thousands of Spanish fans booed and chanted vitriolic slogans.

To his credit, Gibernau acted like a gentleman throughout the aftermath of the race. Unlike Rossi at Qatar, he accepted his rival’s handshake, however stern his expression while doing so. The normally placid Spaniard was clearly furious, his body language speaking volumes both in parc fermé and on the podium, but Rossi remained unrepentant. “There was enough space for me to pass him in the final corner,” he said at the post-race press conference. “It was the only place where I could pass. We touched but motorbike races are sometimes like this. I know Sete is not happy, but there are going to be sixteen more races this year and there will be many more hard battles.”

Gibernau maintained a dignified silence, refusing to make any comment on the last lap, no matter how many times he was asked for his opinion. Perhaps he had learned from the Rossi/Biaggi feuds that there was little to be gained by making an enemy of the most popular man in racing: if you turned on Rossi, you turned on at least 60 per cent of MotoGP’s fan base.

But then, in a sport where the winning margins are so miniscule, each and every tiny advantage must be pursued and that includes gaining a psychological edge over your rivals and mentally upsetting them if the chance presents itself. Rossi was no fool; he had already been through this with Biaggi and had seen the demoralising effects of his constant jibes towards the Roman to the press. He and Gibernau had not started out as natural enemies, but as soon as the Spaniard became a legitimate threat on track – as he had over the last year – then Rossi sought to neutralise that threat in any way he could. Psychological dominance is part of the arsenal of weaponry at Rossi’s disposal that has helped him become the greatest motorcycle racer of all time. What was becoming increasingly clear was that beneath the perma-smile, the curly locks, the post-race antics and the seemingly laid-back approach to life, Rossi was in fact a ruthless, driven and determined motorcycle racer. Of course, no sportsman reaches the top of his game without these attributes, but in Rossi they were so well disguised that it came as a bit of a shock when they revealed themselves. He was a smiling assassin – and all the more dangerous for it.

On the podium at Jerez, Sete Gibernau had looked like a beaten man, and he was. After the grid incident at Qatar, Rossi had reportedly vowed that Gibernau would never win another race (although he later denied saying this), and the Spaniard never did, despite racing in the top class for another two years. Rossi’s work, by fair means or foul, was done. He had neutralised another threat to his continued dominance of MotoGP.

[chocolatehideoutpirate]

This first edit of old classic passing Tuesday Mary Jesus Joseph Angels in heaven Princess Pocahontas, Lallie Charles Cowell Portrait, Lou Conter, Amber Rene Hagerman, Opal Jennings, JonBenèt Ramsey, Kelly Ann Fleming, Judith and Maria Barsi, Heather Michele O'Rourke, Lucille Ricksen, Judy Garland and Terry, Dominique and Dominick Dunne, Samantha Reed Smith, Pal, Bessie Barker, Darla Jean Hood, Mona Lisa, Mary G Stinson Smith, Grigori Rasputin, Julia Ann Beauchemin Stinson, COL Thomas Nesbit Stinson, Lydia Ruth Talbot Theobald, Arthur James Talbot, Alton Elbren Theobald, George Eli Talbot Sr., Benjamin Grant “Cotton” Theobald, Crystal Theobald Whitehead, Charles Arthur Theobald, Thomas Benjamin Talbot, Margaret Alice Wiggill Talbot, Eli Wiggill, Rosanna Maria Wiggill Talbot, Isaac Wiggill, Ann Brown Hammer Wiggill, Frances Amelia Wiggill Lowe, Ailsa Georgina Booth-Jones, Edward Booth-Jones, John Percival Booth-Jones, Millichamletton Percival Booth-Jones, Jeremiah Francis “Jerry” Wiggill, Eli Francis Wiggill, Priscilla Jane Talbot Wiggill, Victoria Adelaide Wiggill McLean, John Richard Wiggill, Lavina Ruth Wiggill Ellison, Sarah Good, Salina Talbot Dutson, Charles Henry Talbot, Charles Stuart Talbot, Roseanna Maria Talbot Anderson, Ellen Graham Anderson, 1SGT William Alexander Anderson, Mary Louisa Blair Anderson, Ruth Floyd Anderson McCulloch, Anna Aylett Anderson McNulty, William Dandridge Alexander Anderson, William Dandridge Alexander “Alex” Anderson, Judith Nicoll Anderson, Henry Wayne Blair, Col William Barrett Blair, Mylinda Elizabeth “Mindy” Baker,Michael L. Baker, Carla Jean Eves Baker,Sandra Jane Burch, Patti Jo Baker, Jessie Benton Stinson, Jack Chesbro, Mabel A Shuttleworth Chesbro, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Ruth Naomi Steward, Truman Cox Steward, Alice Christine Steward Wear, Charles Corwin Steward, Helga Susanne Goebbels, Hildegard Traudel “Hilde” Goebbels, Helmut Christian Goebbels, Holdine Kathrin “Holde” Goebbels, Hedwig Johanna “Hedda” Goebbels, Heidrun Elisabeth “Heide” Goebbels, Harald Quandt, and so much more I'll add Gracie Perry Watson in the second row of edits

[midnights-wish]

I've gotten eight more books (I already had three) for my vacation in italy. :) I've been behind on my reading goal for this year, so I figured that since I'll have much much less to do the next two weeks, I should put an effort into getting back on track - and to maybe surpass it.

I'm currently reading 'The Mysterious Affair At Styles' by Agatha Christie, which I will be completing on my way there. The other eleven books on my list are:

'The Bullet That Missed', Richard Osman ( ♡ )

'A User's Guide To The Brain', John J. Ratey ( ♡ )

'The Devil And The Dark Water', Stuart Turton

'The Sundial', Shirley Jackson

'The Postman Always Rings Twice', James M. Cain ( ♡ )

'The Decagon House Murders', Yukito Ayatsuji ( ♡ )

'Flower Fairies Of The Summer', Cicely Mary Barker

'The Murder On The Links', Agatha Christie ( ♡ )

'Axiomatic', Greg Egan

'Lord Of The Flies', William Golding

'The Time Machine', H.G. Wells ( ♡ )

I'm not sure yet in which order I'll be reading these, but the ones with the heart behind are the ones I'm looking forward to the most. 🌙

[praetorqueenreyna]

1,2,9,10,17 of the ask game abt books

(book worm ask game)

Name the best book you've read so far this year.

ABSOLUTELY it's the Captive Prince series by C.S. Pacat!!! So well written, such amazing worldbuilding, truly ICONIC enemies to lovers!!! I cannot recommend it highly enough. Everybody should read them.

2. Favorite fantasy book(s).

I love Abarat by Clive Barker, the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis, and the Icemark Chronicles by Stuart Hill!! Also in general I'm a fan of anything with dragons in it.

9. Favorite detective novel(s).

HMMMM I actually don't read a lot of detective novels!! Some Stephen King books are detective-esque, so I'd say maybe Under the Dome or Needful Things.

10. Favorite classical literature.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea!! This is one of the few books I actually have multiple copies of. I have a small paperback for reading and a larger illustrated hardcover to enjoy.

17. Favorite finished book series.

I'll throw out His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. those books are AMAZING and tell such a good story!!

[double-vandammage]

Finished books for September/October:

How To Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix

Mouse Guard 1152 - David Petersen

Stuart Little - E.B. White

Books of Blood volumes 1-3 - Clive Barker

Horrorstor - Grady Hendrix

Now reading: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix + The Green Mile by Stephen King

[hetesiya]

Öfkeli Tugay: Araçlar ve Amaçlar

 Stuart Christie, Çeviri: Ayşe Boren

Aşağıdaki pasajlar, Öfkeli Tugay davasında yargılanıp beraat edenler arasında bulunan Stuart Christie’nin, The Angry Brigade: A History of Britain’s First Urban Guerilla adlı kitaba yazdığı önsözden alınmıştır. Gordon Carr’ın kaleme aldığı kitabın tamamı için bkz. libcom.org

Araçlar ve amaçlar arasında bir tutarlılık olması gerektiği sonucuna varmak için konu hakkında derin bir felsefi tartışmaya girmek gerekmez; sağduyu yeterlidir. Öfkeli Tugay’ın da araçları ve amaçları tutarlıydı. Bildirilerinin retoriğine ve teatralliğine rağmen, iktidarı ele geçirmek ya da Britanya’da bir devrim başlatmak gibi bir hedefleri yoktu. Bombalı saldırıları, yaralamaya ya da öldürmeye yönelik değildi – ve zaten böyle bir şey de olmadı.

Bana sorarsanız, Öfkeli Tugay’ın sembolik hedeflere yönelik saldırıları, sorunlara dikkat çekmeye, Britanya’ya ve zamanın endüstrileşmiş demokrasilerine damgasını vuran  toplumsal ve politik huzursuzluğu vurgulamaya yönelik jestlerdi. Bob Dylan’ın şarkısında dediği gibi: “Havada devrim kokusu var”dı.. Öfkeli Tugay’ın bir amacı da , kişisel olsun kamusal olsun her eylemin beraberinde bir sorumluluk getirdiğini vurgulamak; politika ve iş dünyasının, verdikleri kararların bir bedeli olduğunu ve her eylemin önceden kestirilemeyen sonuçları olduğunu idrak etmelerini sağlamaktı.  

Politikacılar ve kamu görevlileri de dahil olmak üzere hiçbirimiz, gerçekleşmesinde dolaylı ya da dolaysız payımız olan ölümlerin, yaralanmaların, acının ve terörün sorumluluğunu üstlenmekten kaçamayız. Emirlere itaat ettiğimizi iddia ederek, “devletin hikmetinden” ya da “ulvi” amaçlardan dem vurarak kendimizi aklayamayız. Anarşistler, milliyetçiler, Marksistler, köktendinci Müslümanlar, ev yapımı bombalarıyla psikopatlar, meskun mahallere Büyük Ordonat Hava Bombası (MOAB) ya da parça tesirli bombalar fırlatan askeri pilotlar, seyir füzeleri fırlatan silah sistemleri uzmanları, onların astları, astlara emirleri veren bakanlar, politikacılar, ya da savaşın masum kurbanları arasında “sivil zaiyat”lara sebep olan harekâtlara rıza gösterenler... Kim olursa olsun herkes eylemlerinden ve kendi adına yapılanlardan sorumludur. Neyse ki, Öfkeli Tugay’ın bombalı eylemlerinde hiçbir can kaybı veya ağır yaralanma yaşanmadı.

Aradan otuz sene geçtikten sonra dönüp bakacak olursak, Öfkeli Tugay dönemin olaylarında tam olarak nasıl bir rol oynamıştı, ne gibi bir etki yaratmıştı? Dünya tarihinde çok da ciddi bir etki yaratmamış olabilirler. Ama, grevlerden ve sokak eylemlerinden geçilmeyen o çalkantılı zamanlarda gerçekleştirdikleri eylemler ciddi anlamda ses getirdi. [Jake] Prescott, [Ian] Purdie ve “Stoke Newington Sekizlisi”nin (bu isimle anılıyorduk) yargılanması, ve özellikle de Old Bailey Ceza Mahkemesi’nde siyasi savunma yapmayı tercih eden üç sanığın (Anna Mendelson, John Barker ve Hillary Creek) dillendirdikleri savlar, sınıf politikalarının doğasına ve Britanya toplumunun adalet anlayışına ilişkin önemli meseleleri gündeme getirdi: evsizlik, işsizlik, sınıf farkı gözeten yasalar, derme çatma evlerinde soğuktan donarak ölen emekliler, Kuzey İrlanda’daki hapis cezaları, ve hatta her hafta iş kazalarından ve iş yerindeki yanlış uygulamalardan ötürü hayatını kaybeden ve yaralanan insanların sayısı bile tartışma konusu haline geldi.   

Oybirliğine varamayan Old Bailey jürisi, sanıklar lehine bir tutum benimsedi (jüri üyelerinden ikisi, davanın sonuna kadar sekizimizin birden beraat etmesi gerektiği hususunda diretti) ve emsali olmayan bir şekilde, nihayetinde mahkûm edilecek dört sanık için hâkimden af talep etti. Bu sempatinin sebebi, muhtemelen, Öfkeli Tugay’ın bazılarınca bir direniş hareketi olarak görülmesiydi... 

Peki, Öfkeli Tugay’ı bu kadar önemli kılan neydi?

Şahsen ben Öfkeli Tugay’ın oynadığı rolü Antik Yunan tiyatrosundaki koronun rolüne benzetiyorum. Koro, siyasal teşekkülün çıkarlarını korumaya adanmış ideal bir kamunun işlevini yerine getirirdi. Koro, oyunun vazgeçilmez unsurlarından biriydi: olayların gelişimini takip eder; bazen uyarmak, bazen yüreklendirmek, ender olarak da münasip bir dramatik jest ya da eylemle olaya müdahale etmek için kritik bir anda araya girerdi.

Belki de Öfkeli Tugay, bazı Roma imparatorlarının, iktidarlarının zirvesindeyken kulaklarına “bir fâni olduğunu ve birgün öleceğini unutma” diye fısıldamaları için tuttukları hizmetkârlara benziyordu – tabii, bir farkla: Öfkeli Tugay’daki çocuklar, iktidar sarhoşluğunu dizginlemek için kimseden para almıyordu.

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Lords Vote

On: Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]

Baroness Kidron moved amendment 44A, in clause 94, page 119, line 1, at end to insert— “(1) In the 2018 Act, in section 139, after subsection (2) insert— “(2A) The report must include an assessment of the Commissioner’s performance of the duties assigned to it by regulations under section (Enforcement) of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.”” The House divided:

Ayes: 145 (37.2% LD, 33.8% XB, 15.2% Con, 6.2% , 2.8% Lab, 1.4% PC, 1.4% Green, 0.7% UUP, 0.7% Bshp, 0.7% DUP) Noes: 126 (96.8% Lab, 3.2% XB) Absent: ~572

Likely Referenced Bill: Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]

Description: A bill to make provision about access to customer data and business data; to make provision about services consisting of the use of information to ascertain and verify facts about individuals; to make provision about the recording and sharing, and keeping of registers, of information relating to apparatus in streets; to make provision about the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and deaths; to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to identified or identifiable living individuals; to make provision about privacy and electronic communications; to establish the Information Commission; to make provision about information standards for health and social care; to make provision about the grant of smart meter communication licences; to make provision about the disclosure of information to improve public service delivery; to make provision about the retention of information by providers of internet services in connection with investigations into child deaths; to make provision about providing information for purposes related to the carrying out of independent research into online safety matters; to make provision about the retention of biometric data; to make provision about services for the provision of electronic signatures, electronic seals and other trust services; and for connected purposes.

Originating house: Lords Current house: Lords Bill Stage: Report stage

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Liberal Democrat (54 votes)

Addington, L. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Barker, B. Beith, L. Benjamin, B. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B. Bowles of Berkhamsted, B. Bradshaw, L. Burt of Solihull, B. Clement-Jones, L. Dholakia, L. Doocey, B. Foster of Bath, L. Fox, L. Goddard of Stockport, L. Hamwee, B. Harris of Richmond, B. Humphreys, B. Hussein-Ece, B. Janke, B. Kramer, B. Ludford, B. Newby, L. Northover, B. Oates, L. Pidgeon, B. Pinnock, B. Purvis of Tweed, L. Razzall, L. Redesdale, L. Rennard, L. Roberts of Llandudno, L. Scott of Needham Market, B. Scriven, L. Sharkey, L. Sheehan, B. Shipley, L. Smith of Newnham, B. Stephen, L. Stoneham of Droxford, L. Storey, L. Strasburger, L. Suttie, B. Teverson, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Winchester, B. Thornhill, B. Thurso, V. Tope, L. Tyler of Enfield, B. Wallace of Saltaire, L. Walmsley, B. Willis of Knaresborough, L. Wrigglesworth, L.

Crossbench (49 votes)

Aberdare, L. Alton of Liverpool, L. Berkeley of Knighton, L. Best, L. Burns, L. Butler-Sloss, B. Cameron of Dillington, L. Cavendish of Little Venice, B. Chartres, L. Clancarty, E. Colville of Culross, V. Cork and Orrery, E. Coussins, B. Craig of Radley, L. Cromwell, L. D'Souza, B. Devon, E. Erroll, E. Falkner of Margravine, B. Freeman of Steventon, B. Freyberg, L. Gohir, B. Grabiner, L. Grey-Thompson, B. Hall of Birkenhead, L. Hampton, L. Hannay of Chiswick, L. Hayman, B. Hope of Craighead, L. Janvrin, L. Kerr of Kinlochard, L. Kidron, B. Londesborough, L. Mawson, L. Meacher, B. O'Loan, B. O'Neill of Bengarve, B. Pannick, L. Patel, L. Prashar, B. Ravensdale, L. Russell of Liverpool, L. Sentamu, L. Somerset, D. Stuart of Edgbaston, B. Tarassenko, L. Thomas of Cwmgiedd, L. Wolf of Dulwich, B. de Clifford, L.

Conservative (22 votes)

Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Bailey of Paddington, L. Black of Brentwood, L. Caithness, E. Carrington of Fulham, L. Deben, L. Duncan of Springbank, L. Dundee, E. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Fraser of Craigmaddie, B. Harding of Winscombe, B. Holmes of Richmond, L. Lancaster of Kimbolton, L. Lansley, L. Lucas, L. Naseby, L. Northbrook, L. Norton of Louth, L. Owen of Alderley Edge, B. Stowell of Beeston, B. Strathclyde, L. Verma, B.

Non-affiliated (9 votes)

Altmann, B. Cashman, L. Faulks, L. Foster of Aghadrumsee, B. Fox of Buckley, B. Inglewood, L. Morgan of Cotes, B. Paddick, L. Uddin, B.

Labour (4 votes)

Hughes of Stretford, B. Mitchell, L. Morris of Yardley, B. Stevenson of Balmacara, L.

Plaid Cymru (2 votes)

Smith of Llanfaes, B. Wigley, L.

Green Party (2 votes)

Bennett of Manor Castle, B. Jones of Moulsecoomb, B.

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Elliott of Ballinamallard, L.

Bishops (1 vote)

St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Bp.

Democratic Unionist Party (1 vote)

Weir of Ballyholme, L.

Noes

Labour (122 votes)

Alli, L. Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, B. Anderson of Swansea, L. Armstrong of Hill Top, B. Ashton of Upholland, B. Bach, L. Barber of Ainsdale, L. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beamish, L. Beckett, B. Berkeley, L. Blackstone, B. Blunkett, L. Boateng, L. Bradley, L. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L. Brown of Silvertown, B. Campbell-Savours, L. Carter of Coles, L. Chandos, V. Chapman of Darlington, B. Clark of Windermere, L. Coaker, L. Collins of Highbury, L. Cryer, L. Curran, B. Davies of Brixton, L. Donaghy, B. Donoughue, L. Drake, B. Eatwell, L. Evans of Sealand, L. Falconer of Thoroton, L. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Gale, B. Giddens, L. Golding, B. Goldsmith, L. Goudie, B. Grantchester, L. Griffin of Princethorpe, B. Grocott, L. Gustafsson, B. Hain, L. Hannett of Everton, L. Hanson of Flint, L. Hanworth, V. Harman, B. Harris of Haringey, L. Hayman of Ullock, B. Hayter of Kentish Town, B. Healy of Primrose Hill, B. Hendy of Richmond Hill, L. Hendy, L. Hermer, L. Hollick, L. Howarth of Newport, L. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Jones of Penybont, L. Jones, L. Keeley, B. Kennedy of Cradley, B. Kennedy of Southwark, L. Kingsmill, B. Kinnock, L. Lawrence of Clarendon, B. Layard, L. Lennie, L. Leong, L. Liddell of Coatdyke, B. Liddle, L. Lister of Burtersett, B. Livermore, L. Mallalieu, B. Mann, L. McConnell of Glenscorrodale, L. McNicol of West Kilbride, L. Merron, B. Monks, L. Moraes, L. Morgan of Huyton, B. Murphy of Torfaen, L. O'Grady of Upper Holloway, B. Osamor, B. Pitkeathley, B. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prentis of Leeds, L. Prosser, B. Ramsey of Wall Heath, B. Reid of Cardowan, L. Ritchie of Downpatrick, B. Rook, L. Rowlands, L. Sahota, L. Shamash, L. Sherlock, B. Sikka, L. Smith of Basildon, B. Smith of Cluny, B. Smith of Malvern, B. Snape, L. Spellar, L. Stansgate, V. Taylor of Stevenage, B. Timpson, L. Tunnicliffe, L. Turnberg, L. Twycross, B. Vallance of Balham, L. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Watts, L. Wheeler, B. Whitaker, B. Whitty, L. Wilcox of Newport, B. Wilson of Sedgefield, L. Winston, L. Winterton of Doncaster, B. Woodley, L. Young of Norwood Green, L. Young of Old Scone, B.

Crossbench (4 votes)

Green of Hurstpierpoint, L. Loomba, L. Walney, L. Young of Old Windsor, L.

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I love when this happens.

Especially in Re:Dracula, where you have the VAs for Simion Fairchild (Karim Kronfli), Antigone Funn (Beth Eyre), Jonathan Sims "The Archivist" (Jonny "Spooky" Sims), Rudyard Funn (Felix Trench), Peter Lukas (Alasdair Stuart), Georgie Barker (Sasha Sienna), and Elias Bouchard (Ben Meredith).

i love how british podcasts all use the same handful of voice actors, every time i see a cast list i’m like