In this blogpost, I talked about the reaction of world leaders, powerful people and famous people, to the genocide in Gaza, in terms of "phases": https://autismneurodiversity.com/2025/08/04/we-should-still-all-be-screaming/ Phase One: For the first approximately year and a half of the genocide, just keep deploying what I call the "Big Three" excuses, over, and over, and over, and … Continue reading Phase Three: Amnesia
Category: Ethics
Acton Was Wrong, Power Doesn’t Corrupt, It Does Something So Much Worse
Content Warning: I'll be talking about the Epstein Files, if you're feeling anxious or depressed right now, please come back to this blogpost when you feel able, and mind yourself. John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, famously said, ‘power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely’: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely.html But I think Acton, and maybe this comes down to linguistic … Continue reading Acton Was Wrong, Power Doesn’t Corrupt, It Does Something So Much Worse
The Media Is Telling You That You Are Worthless
So, something came on my radar over the last few days, which made me lose even more hope for this year called 2026. How can things seem so bad only 23 days in? And this is something I'd have preferred to ignore, and I was going to ignore it, for the sake of my health … Continue reading The Media Is Telling You That You Are Worthless
I’ve Never Been Happier To Be Proven Wrong In My Life
I made a statement on this blog recently with a high level of certainty, I felt there was virtually no chance I would be proved wrong. And in less than 12 hours, I WAS proved wrong. And it's the happiest I've been in a long time. The statement I made is in my previous blogpost: … Continue reading I’ve Never Been Happier To Be Proven Wrong In My Life
Every Day I Check The News To See If Heba Muraisi Is Still Alive
Heba Muraisi is dying slowly. She has been on hunger strike for 72 days. To put that in perspective, Terrence McSweeney, a Republican, and Lord Mayor Of Cork, in 1920 finally died after a 74 day hunger strike. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_MacSwiney Also on hunger strike is Kamran Ahmed, who has not eaten for 65 days. Also refusing … Continue reading Every Day I Check The News To See If Heba Muraisi Is Still Alive
I Yearn For The Days Of 2+2=5. Now We’re Into 2+2=Rectangle.
I'm going to start with a quote from 1984, even though quoting 1984 when talking about tyranny and political badness is such a cliché. “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” But here's the thing. I wish for the days of 2+2=5. Because … Continue reading I Yearn For The Days Of 2+2=5. Now We’re Into 2+2=Rectangle.
Do You Condemn Jens-Frederik Nielsen?
Good day to you, I'm completely Empty BBC Presenter. Now, this will be a very unusual episode, because while it is 8th January 2026 where you are, this broadcast is actually taking place 2 months in the future, on 8th March 2026. Perhaps it's down to wormholes or Higgs bosons or something, but our boffins … Continue reading Do You Condemn Jens-Frederik Nielsen?
“Do They Know It’s Christmas”, A Misinformed, Condescending Depiction Of Africa
On December 1984, or in the year 1 BMB (before my birth), a single was released with the aim of raising money for the famine in Ethiopia. The public face of this single was The King Of Fair Weather Humanitarianism, Bob Geldof. I talked here about how it took him the better part of two … Continue reading “Do They Know It’s Christmas”, A Misinformed, Condescending Depiction Of Africa
The Emptiness Of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer is a bit of a paradox. I'm fascinated by how unfascinating he is. I'm intrigued by how unintriguing he is. Did you ever do that thought experiment where you ask the question, "What is nothing?" So you might conclude, "When I close my eyes, I'm seeing nothing" but you're not, you're seeing blackness. … Continue reading The Emptiness Of Keir Starmer
How Long Will The Silence Continue?
I recently saw a video that absolutely broke my heart. In tears, Sudanese American mother Daad Khojali talks about how, no matter how brutal, no matter how evil what happens in Sudan is, very few people come to the protests. Daad is talking in the aftermath of an emergency protest for Sudan, when the RSF … Continue reading How Long Will The Silence Continue?
Ponderings Of An Autist 