Ken Bardsley
@kenbar.bsky.social
85 year old retired Chief Electrical Engineer and International Sales Manager. M.I.E.T (50 years). M.Inst.M. #FBPE, #LetsTryUBI. Father of 5. NO DMs. @kennethb@mastodon.world
Burnham must be watched carefully. He seems to have no scruples at all about claiming the credit for the great work of his predecessors. He seems to be reluctant to provide attributions, or tardy at the very least.
Trump has chosen personal lawyer Todd Blanche to be nominated as Attorney General. Blanche failed the Common Cause public interest test by prioritizing Trump over the rule of law. His recent antics angered GOP Senators, giving us a chance to block him. app.sosha.ai/s/fWKnpUFF
Sign The Petition: Any senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche is sending a clear message: loyalty to Trump matters more than the rule of law. Speak out now >>
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Remember that Russia has a penchant for staging certain type of events, like the 1999 apartment bombings, or the Moscow theater hostage crisis, to justify military actions and bolster support for the war. With Putin and the war becoming increasingly unpopular there is a likelihood of another setup.
Russian media report that an urgent evacuation has begun in all towers of Moscow-City, which comprises around 20 skyscrapers. Elevators in the complex have been turned off, and people are being evacuated en masse. The reason for the evacuation has not yet been reported.
Daily reminder that we don’t have a president. We have a mob boss masquerading as one.
Senate Republican leaders unveiled a spending bill that would temporarily block President Trump from implementing a rule change that would give political appointees sweeping power over hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants.
Senate Republicans join in rebuking White House over science funding
GOP leaders are supporting a spending bill that would prevent the White House from asserting greater control over hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants.
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Trump is going to make every January 6th insurrectionist a millionaire with YOUR money, and not a single Republican is going to try to stop him.
Nigel Farage called a by-election against a bin to run away from unanswered questions, but the net is closing in. Grubby pacts, cover-ups, secret gifts, support from a convicted fraudster – it all adds up to a stench of sleaze. The public can smell it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Stench of sleaze’: Farage struck deal over political return months before 2024 election, reports say
Labour chair accuses Reform of making ‘grubby pacts’ after contradictory reports emerge on timeline of events
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Elon Musk will be spending $100 million to $120 million in at least eight states to help elect Republicans in November, according to The New York Times. But Musk’s money shouldn’t be viewed as a problem. It’s an opportunity. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-stink-of-musk
800+ traditions are inscribed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. None is LGBT+ – yet. The Netherlands is nominating the Pride movement. Sign to help make Pride heritage #PrideIsHeritage: a.allout.org/s/W7BRj/
UNESCO: Recognize Pride as cultural heritage
Pride could join UNESCO's list of the world's living cultural heritage – but none of the 800+ traditions on it are LGBT+ yet. Add your name to change that.
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I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-07...
EU: Don’t increase bonuses for bankers!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: EU: Don’t increase bonuses for bankers!
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I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition to demand the government protects us all from the impacts of extreme weather and the #ClimateEmergency. Add your name too! action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
Tell the government: stop extreme weather destroying lives
Add my name Extreme heat. Droughts. Wildfires. Flooding. Homes destroyed. Lives shattered. Climate breakdown isn’t a distant threat. It’s happening now, and communities across the UK are on the frontl...
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I wrote this last year, but as nothing has been done to address the underlying issues, it remains, unfortunately, just as relevant today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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This 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...
Reform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to cops
EXCLUSIVE: Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook café in Hastings, and Labour MP Helena Dollimore have been told by East Sussex County Council chief Andy Woolley that he plans to contact police after...
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I just signed this petition telling governments around the world to make polluters pay. Sign and share it too: act.350.org/sign/treaty-...
Sign the petition: The global tax treaty that can make polluters pay
Every time oil and gas prices spike, from war, shortage, or plain market panic, big oil and gas companies cash in. We pay more at the pump and on our energy bills. They pay almost nothing extra in tax...
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