I love you all but you are incredibly (understandably) reactive. It’s making you SO easily manipulated by rage baiters. When you see something without context, a headline or a snippet of a quote, take a deep breath and look into it to see if you really should be upset. Please protect your hearts.
. @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu: "Hardly anyone will ask why it is that so many people are so desperate to move that they will risk their lives. Few will mourn the dead."
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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One sign of the rise of male supremacy and the decline in women’s status is the ubiquity of online porn lingo in casual speech.
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d agoIt was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.
Meanwhile, I don't own a car, and my tax dollars are also going to help subsidize parking. Something I will never use, and which I think is actively harmful to the city. Something that encourages car use, which I oppose. But that's just how it goes, sometimes. That's living in a society.
A reminder to all NHS staff: you are loved, wanted and appreciated by millions of Londoners, and we collectively condemn the vile racism you continue to experience.
NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients
Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staff
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Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026. Result of profiteering and govt policies. Sufficient to increase frozen personal income tax allowance by nearly £2,000. Banks paid out £25bn in bonuses in the year to March, can easily pay more tax.
Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026
Burnham urged to resist lobbyists and tax banks to pay for his cost of living measures
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Rod Liddle was a stone-cold arsehole who actually said in a national newspaper that he couldn't be a teacher because he would inevitably try and shag the kids Apparently his editor has said, 'he challenged conventional thinking' If you mean 'was wrong in every conceivable way' then, yes
Lockdowns showed that states can pour massive resources into making the politically impossible happen quickly, the public will accept huge changes if they understand why they're needed, and that we should listen to scientists. Something to remember when it comes to action on climate change.
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
This movie looks frigging AMAZING. WICKER - in which a lonely fisherwoman asks a basket-weaver to make her a husband out of wicker. Starring the incomparable Olivia Colman, Peter Dinklage and Alexander Skarsgård. youtu.be/HP0BWBWn14I?...
WICKER | Official Trailer | Only In Theaters October
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Evonne Goolagong Cawley (b. #OTD in 1951) broke systemic barriers as one of the most prominent #Indigenous Australian athletes in history. #tennis + 14 Grand Slam titles (1971-1980) + World No. 1 ranking, 1976 + First mother to win Wimbledon in the Open Era, 1980 #WomenInSport
No, discuss funding model later. Social care service definition must come first. Public can then choose from small, medium or large (universal). #bbcAQ
If Burnham’s government was serious about the below, it would be clear about not issuing any new permits for extracting North Sea oil or gas. By now, climate is like Brexit: you have to be honest on where you stand - or you will be washed out of office in no time. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain on Wildfires and Action on Climate Change
The UK and Spain agreed that the climate crisis is an urgent policy priority and committed to co-leading the green transition, strengthening clean energy cooperation and advancing international climat...
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And let's not even talk about how people generally think that doctors are the nurses' boss or whatever. They are equals on a medical team that provide different functions!
UK spends £35bn a year already on social care, so the money is there already. A small uplift to that could be what enables the start of the integration into NHS, and from there the inefficiencies and duplicate costs can be tackled to free up more resources. #r4today #bbcPM @andyburnham.bsky.social
Burnham faces media Q&A after social care speech
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Can't be the first to say this, but (and yay UEFA - brilliant) this works equally well if you swap out "football" for maybe "water" or "a stable climate". Look at me being the revolutionary socialist. "No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation."
You know, I could actually forgive the seemingly endless series of *shrugs* over bike theft and phone snatching if they did solve the big crimes, but crucially, they also don't solve those.
UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football". tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
Wildfires can devastate communities. They threaten homes, wildlife and the environment while adding pressure to our emergency services. In this dry weather, please keep sparks, cigarettes and anything hot well away from dry grass.
RFK Jr: After you’ve braised the dog assholes in chlorine for a few minutes you jump up and down on them to make them tender Tristan Tate: I hate women www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Exclusive: RFK Jr. hosting a new cooking show with celebrity chefs
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in an exclusive interview, says he will be 'reintroducing' Americans to cooking again in a new series.
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Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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As a new wave of pensioners is being rounded up and prosecuted as terrorists, it’s worth remembering that no organisation had ever been proscribed solely for damaging property until Palestine Action. And our new progressive saviour PM is absolutely fine with that level of authoritarianism.
Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism
On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …
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While fires rage in large parts of Europe incl UK, farmers face crop failure and livestock loss, every RefUK or Tory politician on the news must be challenged on their "let's do away with costly net zero nonsense" stance, side-by-side with live images of the cost of inaction. Expose the charlatans.
Every overseas student benefits the UK - They pay money to the university - They spend money in the local economy - They return home with good feelings about the UK (soft power) - They help subsidise local students - They make the learning environment better It's a real 'win-win'