Jalata
@jalata.bsky.social
European 🇪🇺 Life-long language learner, most recently 🏴 and 🇵🇹 Lover of literature. Deplore the divisions caused by Brexit and the whipping up of xenophobia.
I’ve lost my dog, Nico. She is very dear to me and I am absolutely heartbroken. She was last seen in Silkstream park in Colindale London. If you see her, can you let me know? I realise she could be anywhere in the country now if she got into someone’s car...
While everyone is talking about Rod Liddle, there is a shocking piece about Huw Edwards on the BBC website. He seems arrogant, unrepentant and completely unself-aware.
Huw Edwards criticised for entering National Eisteddfod poetry competition
A sex abuse survivor says the ex-BBC newsreader winning would've been "catastrophic" and wants the rules changed.
bbc.co.uk
Well, I’ve heard some things but never until today have I been told by a barman that he can’t sell me a tonic water without a gin 😳
Sorry but unless you, as a media outlet, have managed to get someone from the Navy (probably a former sailor because those currently serving maybe disbarred from commenting) to explain that this is extremely unlikely to happen for legal reasons, then, arguably, you haven't really done your job.
Politics latest: Reform wants to use Navy to stop small boats after Burnham vows to be 'relentless' in tackling crossings
Reform UK says a Nigel Farage-led government would send the Royal Navy into the Channel to intercept all migrant boats - and is accused by Labour of "reheating" old proposals. Follow the latest.
news.sky.com
After the cruel impact of changes to the skilled worker visa scheme, there’s another hostile action from the Home Office, this time directed at EU citizens granted right to remain after Brexit. These life shattering letters disrupt peoples’ lives built in the UK and are are utterly shameful.
Hi @sturdyalex.bsky.social 3 weeks ago I wrote this, printed about 200 copies, drove to Clacton & stuck them around the town - it shows the exact timeline of which you speak. PS, great show at Leicester Sq theatre last Thursday, you were all great and Count Binface - wow! v funny with serious point
Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3d agoImportant, because Farage's defence for not declaring Harborne's £5m 'gift' has always been very specific: he did not decide to stand until 3rd of June. Turns out this deal was struck mid-May (confirmed by RefUK) and facilitated by Farage's other big donor, convicted felon 'Posh' George Cotrell. 🧐
Chillingly, Andy Burnham’s chief of staff is former exec of corporate lobbying firm: clients include Apple, Google, Amazon et al. See below: www.thenerve.news/p/adele-walt...
We’re being asked to save two buckets of water a day. Meanwhile data centres drink a town’s worth
England is heading for a 5bn-litre daily water shortfall by 2055 – so why is the government fast-tracking one of the most water-hungry industries there is, and letting it keep its consumption private,...
thenerve.news
What a horrid feature of #Duolingo to chuck you out of a lesson in progress for not responding to any of its inducements.
Classic Reform playbook: Get elected, cancel stuff which contributes to wellbeing, get criticised, whine about “hate speech” and threats to personal safety, tell the police 🙄
HappyToast@happytoast.co.uk · 5d agoThis has really pissed me off, if you're in the area and can afford it go and give the cafe owner some money to help fund the kids meals. And if he refuses buy yourself a nice coffee and tip him as much as you can. Fuck Reform taking food from kids in need. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Govt planning c. 100 new data centres by early 2030s, mostly in already water stressed areas. They have no legal obligation to disclose how much water they use. Meanwhile Govt launches £75m publicity campaign to urge us to reduce water use & privatised water companies waste 19% thro leaks. Madness
🧵 We keep saying that once the consequences of #ClimateChange become obvious, people can no longer deny it. They have to learn & come around. No, they don't. They've gone straight from 'climate change is a liberal hoax' to 'oh well, it's too late now, but not too bad; let's make the best of it'.
🇺🇸🏴 'Dwi’n gweud wi'n dod o America,' a dy’n nhw ffili credu'r peth' Ar ôl dysgu Cymraeg er mwyn gallu sgwrsio gyda'i fam-gu, a symudodd o Aberaeron i Ohio yn yr 1970au, mae Rhys Davis wedi treulio’r haf yng Nghymru eleni
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
Just returned to Duolingo. The pestering for a free trial etc has reached new levels of annoying! #Duolingo
I’m coming back to this one. Good bye, Bacon Thursday Lee can hang a name on you I think you sound more like Chewsday I’m not gonna miss you 🥓
Parody Nigel Farage@parodypm.bsky.social · 2w agoLee Anderson filming himself patting a bacon sandwich, proving yet again that his £98k salary is public money well spent.
Claudia Gonzalez Pacheco reports from Venezuela following the twin catastrophic earthquakes that struck the country on 24 June, killing 5,000
Helping thousands left homeless by earthquakes in Venezuela
bigissue.com
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
‘It’s not fair’: cafe owners frustrated over exclusion from business rates cut
‘It’s not fair’: cafe owners frustrated over exclusion from business rates cut
Business owners in England say prioritising venues selling alcohol leaves vital community spaces behind
theguardian.com
Can we just do some governance for a few weeks please? Rather than this stupid faction stuff which has NOTHING TO DO with the country's interests?
For those who prefer their hair to be nasty, brutish and short
France made a landmark decision by becoming the first country to ban all five neonicotinoid pesticides associated with widespread bee declines🐝 The nationwide ban applies to clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, thiacloprid, and acetamiprid across farms and greenhouses.
Nigel Farage says his Brexit hasn’t been delivered. Has it been left behind the bin?
Farage can *never* be PM. His greed and needy vanity make him an enormous national security risk. He has no clue how to behave with dignity or probity. The day he gets booted out of public life for good cannot come soon enough. If Clacton has its wits about it, it could be in less than a month.
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2w agoLarry the cat's commitment to public service remains strong.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Amazing people, not moaning but finding the positives in living under a motorway. Interest is even taken in the kinds of detritus thrown from cars, which lands in their gardens!
I have the M4 motorway in my Port Talbot back garden
It was built over people's homes 60 years ago, but what's it like to live in the shadow of the M4?
bbc.co.uk
This could very well be the most important story in politics for the last decade and a half. Please read and share this equally harrowing and illuminating account by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social of just how dark the money in politics pit really goes. Absolutely mind blowing.
Farage, the money launderer and me: a decade of denial
The Reform leader’s relationship with the UK media has enabled him to operate with impunity for years. This past fortnight, that impunity finally appeared to be coming to an end. Carole Cadwalladr, wh...
thenerve.news
Which plants are coping with heat and drought? Please complete and share this form to help identify established garden plants thriving without watering during hot, dry weather. forms.gle/YVZzHi9sWPEW...
Which plants are coping with heat and drought?
Help identify established garden plants thriving without watering during hot, dry weather. Check your garden this week 21 - 24 July 2026 and report how your plants are coping. I am researching which ...
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The UK will not have enough water for future datacentres. England faces 5bn litre a day shortfall for public water supplies. A trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks. Widespread hosepipe bans. No national grid for water. Poor infrastructure. No national plan.
Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says
Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’
theguardian.com
