UEFA should suspend their membership of FIFA until Infantino resigns. Six of the World Cup quarter finalists leaving would tank FIFA's value to the shady financial forces Infantino is courting.
As the *fourth* heatwave hits, what would a more urgent climate plan look like? 1. Faster phase-outs of petrol/diesel cars & gas boilers 2. A national roll-out of home insulation, roof solar & heat pumps, rather than piecemeal grants [1/2]
As with all recent Prime Ministers, social care reform is back in the spotlight. It's a complex issue, but the one aspect you can guarantee the government won't be discussing is this 👇👇
This is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.
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Pool report from @svdate.bsky.social, who is at the World Cup ceremony: "The president walked onto the field at 1826 to a sustained chorus of boos. Ambient crowd noise was about 78 decibels. Booing brought it to 84."
As it stands, the team who got the best result against the World Cup winners was Cape Verde.
Seeing the Peter Serafinowicz Harry Potter announcement just made me think, once again, about this excellent James Acaster bit from Off Menu.
Matthew Dow Smith@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 2mo agoHey, UK acting people, it would be great if you just came out and said you were totally cool with transphobia instead of making us all wait for the slow trickle of casting announcements for projects with the very openly transphobic lady to know that you suck.
New drilling isn't just a catastrophic signal of us stepping back from our climate commitments, it also runs against the geological reality of an almost depleted resource. Our focus should be on cheap, clean fuel for the future - not propping up oil and gas. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Burnham to Back North Sea Oil and Take Control of Thames Water
Within days of taking office incoming prime minister Andy Burnham is preparing to announce new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea as well as taking public control of Thames Water.
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How long does it take to shoot an apple off someone’s head with a crossbow? Time will tell.
I wish the BBC would stop framing the slow death of the climate as a positive 🫠
Europe recorded 10,000 excess deaths during late-June heatwave, data show reut.rs/3SXDz2G
Europe recorded 10,000 excess deaths during late-June heatwave, data show
The vast majority — more than 9,000 — were among people aged 65 and above.
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Nothing describes the cut throat nature of US right wing politics quite like being brain dead in a hospital bed, your wife didn’t cut her trip to China early to see you, the top tier of your Party is lying about conversations with you & your President hasn’t even noticed you’re missing. #uspoli
🔥 WE SHUT DOWN ONE OF THE UK'S BIGGEST LANDLORD CONFERENCES. While landlords and property investors were thinking up the best ways to line their pockets, we took the microphone to demand rent controls and force them to listen to the realities of renting in London. Rent controls now!
The IOC is not giving up the title of world’s most corrupt sporting organization to FIFA without a fight
I predict the Americans will be entirely normal and chill about the world supporting Belgium.
Shoutout to whoever is scanning a QR code to buy a TV licence at 3am 👏
fwiw reckon it's probably for the best. It's bad if people interpret "i'm leaving X" to mean simply "I am left-wing", and that's the signal — for better or worse — departing X _for bluesky_ sends
Left Outside@leftoutside.bsky.social · last mo.It's soooo funny to do LinkedIn but not Bluesky.
This is the best thing a Labour politician has done in months. I'm always told that standing up to bullies is a fundamental British value. Well, Elon Musk is a fascist that has called for a coup in this country. Well done Lisa Nandy, who's next? www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’
Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concerns over far-right content fuelling violence and division
theguardian.com
229,000 excess deaths: the cost of US-UK trade deal? - The Latest
229,000 excess deaths: the cost of US-UK trade deal? - The Latest
The NHS will divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the US-UK trade deal agreed last December, which could lead to more than 200,000 excess deaths, analysis has found. Lucy Hough speaks to columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Since the hard-won, fragile, and crucial consensus on climate change was unpicked by the right wing, some on the left are happy to join this regressive attack. What does Graham tell her members about failing crops, coastal erosion, and global instability? Tough tits? It is so disheartening to see.
Finally.... been obvious for a couple of years that UK Govt continuing to use X as major social media output made no sense The guy who runs it - you may have heard of him - has literally been asking for there to be a coup Yet X/Grok/Elon were indulged www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy quits X in protest at 'misinformation'
Lisa Nandy says her department is also leaving Elon Musk's platform, which she claims "isn't healthy for our democracy".
bbc.co.uk