Globally, millions are on the move - because of climate change, war, poverty etc - and the numbers are mushrooming. Pulling up the drawbridge cannot work. A solution requires rich countries to confront the causes rather than descend into populism. We must find a way to reduce global inequality.
It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.
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Some of the recent comments about the Fabian Society have been hilarious. Here it is subversively noting that co-operative farming is more resilient, & pursuing their evil socialist agenda of greater food security.
Fabian Society@thefabians.bsky.social · 3w ago"Co-operatives across the economy have long suffered from a lack of business development support" Farming co-operatives are key to food security and a fairer and more sustainable agricultural sector, writes @jimmcmahon.co.uk fabians.org.uk/fertile-grou...
From William Beveridge's five giant evils to today's populism – Neil Kinnock and Prof. Colin Tyler trace the humanist ideas behind the welfare state, and why building real human contact across communities matters more than ever. #UnholyHistories out now. unholyhistories.humanists.uk
There's certain people who have to learn the difference between an organisation "disappearing" vs not posting on X anymore. I just watched a video of two very self-serious people who clearly spend too much time on X talking about how Bellingcat has just vanished.
NEWS // Exeter UCU declares trade dispute over University of Exeter job cuts plan Union threatens strike action if university does not abandon scheme to make 150 academic staff redundant while putting more than 500 staff at risk. exeterobserver.org/2026/07/10/e...
Exeter UCU declares trade dispute over University of Exeter job cuts plan - Exeter Observer
Union threatens strike action if university does not abandon scheme to make 150 academic staff redundant while putting more than 500 staff at risk and jeopardising 85% of humanities, arts and social s...
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Considering Starmer used to be a human rights lawyer, the Labour party have passed an astonishing amount of legislation that clearly breaks human rights laws. Removing immunocompromised people's right to peaceful protest now. Little chance this will be fixed under Burnham either.
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 4w agoPolice have told immunocompromised protesters they will be prosecuted for wearing masks because chronic illness is not a defence By @skwawkbox.org
"If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I wont stop him." <stop stop he's dead gif>
Any Clacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior, ping me a line!
One does not teach, model or incentivise digital health & safety through enforcing age-gated abstinence with mass surveillance and data-mining. But if you were designing a system for producing ideally helpless predator-ready victims en masse, it would look a lot like the UK’s latest move….
A double-win on #stripes day today for #birdoftheday! The easy choice for me was a common loon, but this one caught a fish with some (short) stripes! #birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #commonloon #loon 🦉 🪶
Allowing vast, taxpayer-funded academy chains to entrench religious selection risks dividing communities & increasing segregation of children on grounds of faith or belief. @humanists.uk warned about this in 2021 and those fears are sadly being realised.
Catholic academy trust expansion sparks warning over religious control of state schools
Humanists UK has warned that the proposed expansion of large faith-based academy trusts, St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust, risks entrenching religious control over state-funded education, after ...
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The Bishops' Conference of Scotland has claimed people are "selectively quoting" the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to support an end to compulsory religious observance. Actually, the UN has directly and explicitly told the govt to introduce opt out rights.
To save typing everything out, I have done a quick video on how Labour's latest attack on people seeking asylum, by halting work and study visas for Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon undermines its own arguments defending why they have cancelled other previously remaining resettlement routes.
TikTok incapable of delivering both user privacy *and* user safety, retains capability to surveil user communications https://alecmuffett.com/article/148043 #EndToEndEncryption #censorship #china #surveillance #tiktok
TikTok incapable of delivering both user privacy *and* user safety, retains capability to surveil user communications
Nothing to do with it being Chinese, then? “TikTok told the BBC it believed end-to-end encryption prevented police and safety teams from being able to read direct messages if they needed to. …
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The problem with "This is not Winston Churchill" is Churchill declined an American request to intervene in Vietnam. Americans said Churchill was senile. Churchill privately regarded the American president as "weak and stupid". Starmer may have more in common with Churchill than he'll admit.
So I need to have eaten 50g of cheese a day, 25 years ago, I mean on average maybe, there was a bit of a fondue phase....
Wataru Tenkawa@10wataru.bsky.social · 8mo ago"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to eight bribery charges while being an elected member of the European Parliament. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
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Watch the full video 👉 youtu.be/JeezeLVllzM @cast-centre.bsky.social @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social @stuartbrocklehurst.bsky.social 2/2 🧵
Communicating about the future - Climate Conversations
Communicating information about our climate and how its changing has always been a difficult task; whether it’s providing the latest facts and figures or information on new initiatives and projects…
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As a Jew I am far, FAR more alarmed by our institutions equating me and other Jews with the IDF, who are responsible for the murder of over 80,000 Palestinians, by dint of framing any critique against the IDF as ‘antisemitism.’ Linking all Jews to the IDF is *actual* fucking antisemitism.
And on it goes. Israeli politicians using UK media to stoke up outrage around Bob Vylan & Kneecap must be laughing their heads off at how easy it all is. I think this brings the Palestinian death toll *since the Glastonbury performance* in to triple figures. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say
The outdoor cafe was frequently used by journalists, activists and local residents.
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Odd decision by BBC news at 6 to run the broadcasting of protests about the IDF at Glastonbury, above the IDF killing journalists in Gaza by targeting a seaside café where journalists are known to work. @glastonburyfestivals.co.uk #bbc
