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Things are:

* White or "political"
* Straight or "political"
* Male or "political"
* Cis or "political"
* Able-bodied or "political"
* Neurotypical or "political"
* Christian or "political"
* Capitalist or "political"

etc, etc

"I don't like to talk about politics" means "I voted Tory and I don't like to be made to feel uncomfortable"

Likes: Cake
Dislikes: Addison's disease

Author. Historian. Strategy streamer. Tech/Transport Strategist. Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business: business@longformist.co.uk

Libraries gave us power. Then work came and made us free. Boosts almost always mean profound agreement . If you see an ianbetteridge on Twitter, it's not me. Secure email: ian.betteridge@proton.me

Retired Professor of Political Economy; now enjoying the fediverse.

Technologist designing software to address the climate change emergency and helping improve diversity in tech.

Some things I enjoy:
- travelling, by train or tall ship if possible;
- contributing to my community orchard;
- reading SF&F;
- baking cake;
- eating cheese;
- cat pictures.

Some things I believe in:
- Trans rights are human rights,
- Slava Ukraini
- Free Palestine

A stuffed simian. Posts auto-delete after 2 weeks.

Avatar alt-text: The head and upper torso of a stuffed gorilla. The gorilla is seated and its body is directed slightly towards the left. The head faces the same way but the gorilla is looking directly at the viewer.

Header alt-text: A 'Show Your Stripes' graph showing temperature anomalies for London since 1850, relative to a 1961 to 2010 baseline. The lines to the left are blue and become progressively redder to the right.