Travel platforms are complicit in the deaths of beautiful tigers. Please tell them now: Don’t advertise tiger encounters in Thailand. actions.eko.org/a/travel-pla...
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Robert Beard
@arjay61.bsky.social
Father, brother, uncle, honorary grandpa, friend, democratic socialist, NHS worker, MHFA, writer, actor, singer, cyclist, activist, UK/Irish/EU/global citizen
Travel platforms are complicit in the deaths of beautiful tigers. Please tell them now: Don’t advertise tiger encounters in Thailand. actions.eko.org/a/travel-pla...
actions.eko.org
"The new law was enacted during an ongoing homophobic panic about LGBTQ citizens of Senegal. During the crackdown, more than 100 people have been arrested. Initially only men were arrested, but police have now begun rounding up lesbians too." 76crimes.com/2026/08/04/s...
Senegal is one of 45 countries where lesbians are persecuted: 8 women arrested
While 66 countries criminalize homosexuality, since the criminalization of same-sex sexual relations in Niger, only 45 countries impose criminal penalties for both male and female homosexuality, inclu...
76crimes.com
"Revealed: Majority of rape allegations in England and Wales are closed due to lack of ‘evidence’ or ‘public interest’." www.opendemocracy.net/en/police-ra...
Police take ‘no further action’ in more than half of rape reports
Revealed: Majority of rape allegations in England and Wales are closed due to lack of ‘evidence’ or ‘public interest’
opendemocracy.net
Since 2021, the 10 largest private water companies in the UK have hiked up their bills by an average of 56% while spilling sewage more than 1.8 million times 💰💩 Find out what the sewage scandal has cost you – and send Andy Burnham a message 👇 https://goodlaw.social/4rcc
"Up until now – and this has yet to change – the Church [of England] has overwhelmingly engaged with that Establishment, essentially closing its heart & mind to the many Jews who are critical of Israel, and indeed Zionism, the dominant ideology of the Israeli state." www.campain.org/post/the-jew...
Synod begins loosening the shackles -that tied it to the pro-Israel Jewish Establishment
The Jewish Establishment tried, but failed, to squash the Church of England General Synod’s belated attempt to acknowledge and cite the Palestinian Christian Kairos II initiative
campain.org
It says a lot about a politician when 20% of people would rather vote for a bin.
"Palestine has become the defining test of whether Labour still believes that international law applies equally to everyone." labouroutlook.org/2026/07/23/k...
Kim Johnson MP: Learning the Lessons of Starmerism Must Begin with Palestine
If the Labour Party wants to restore trust, it has to confront the damage the Starmer years have done. Nowhere is that more urgent than on Palestine - Kim Johnson MP.
labouroutlook.org
"The UK government estimates that all the UK’s post-Brexit trade deals combined could increase GDP by £15bn (or half a percentage point). The report’s findings suggest that membership of the EU alone would deliver at least six times more growth (£92bn)..." bestforbritain.org/eu_membershi...
EU membership to supercharge UK economy by at least £92bn, report suggests - Best for Britain
bestforbritain.org
US Congress and lawmakers everywhere: Urgently pass AI safety laws. actions.eko.org/a/us-congres...
US Congress and lawmakers everywhere: Urgently pass AI safety laws.
It happened. An OpenAI system broke out of its secure testing environment, hacked its way online, then broke into a second company's servers to access data.No one told it to. It chose to.Now imagine t
actions.eko.org
"We found that all four chatbots presented women with information from at least one anti-abortion advocacy organisation that discourages terminations and promotes misinformation about reproductive healthcare." www.opendemocracy.net/email/c65822...
Leading AI chatbots are nudging pregnant women to anti-abortion sources
Exclusive: A handful of US tech firms are shaping intimate medical decisions – with little transparency about answers
opendemocracy.net
Hard to keep track of the number of times he's declared victory in his illegal war-of-choice. #86-47
"The overwhelmingly homophobic Parliament of Ghana plans to reconsider — and possibly add harsher punishments to — the cruel anti-LGBTQ bill it passed on May 29." 76crimes.com/2026/08/03/g...
Ghana parliament plans to redo anti-LGBTQ+ bill, maybe make it crueler
The overwhelmingly homophobic Parliament of Ghana plans to reconsider -- and possibly add harsher punishments to -- the cruel anti-LGBTQ bill it passed on
76crimes.com
From today, EU citizens have a legal right to know when they're talking to a bot or looking at a deepfake, backed by fines of up to €15m. Thanks to Brexit, we're missing out on this protection.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
If only the UK had massively subsidised the green economy with retraining for wind & solar and 100% home insulation instead of massively subsidising polluting but profitable oil and gas and warmongering ... meme via Neil McEvoy
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
BBC News: Reform UK's Richard Tice under investigation from the parliamentary commissioner for standards Sky News: Reform UK's Nigel Farage under investigation from the parliamentary commissioner for standards BBCQT: Reform UK's Muhammad Zia Yusuf rejected by Reform UK to stand in by-elections
Thames Water CEO Chris Weston says public ownership of his company would cost too much. It's a myth, and here's why.
I’ve joined Oxfam in setting out five tests for the new Prime Minister’s first 100 days. These first decisions will set the direction for years to come. Words are easy, but the real test is the choices made in the weeks ahead. @andyburnham.bsky.social www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Tell the new PM: Act Now
I’ve joined Oxfam in setting out five tests for the new Prime Minister’s first 100 days. These first decisions will set the direction for years to come. Words are easy, but the real test is the choice...
oxfam.org.uk
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
Israeli attacks killed at least 18 Palestinians, including three children and an unborn baby, and wounded several others across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in the latest violations of the ceasefire that has been in effect since Oct. 10, 2025. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260802-isr...
But you can get arrested for supporting Palestine. Okayyyy 🤔
The evidence is clear: neighbourhood crime is falling across London. There have been 35,000 fewer offences in the last year thanks to record investment in the Met, more officers on our streets and targeted action to tackle robbery, burglary and vehicle crime.
Neighbourhood crime plunges in London as mayor slams 'dystopian hellhole' narrative
‘Neighbourhood crime’ falls 14% with 35,000 fewer offences in a year
standard.co.uk