In other news, Labour plan to water down net zero targets.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · yesterdayWe need to act now.
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He/Him Socialist Anti-zionist
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · yesterday
Genuine question, if this came to pass would there be any historical precedent for this? Has an Empire ever unilaterally attacked a peripheral foe and in so doing so drastically strengthened them?
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h agoThe proposed deal now under discussion would give Iran a 5-7% toll for traffic through Hormuz, making the war a massive victory for the Iranians and insuring them a long-term dominant position in the Gulf. It would reflect pretty much an unconditional surrender by Trump to Tehran.
"None of England’s fire and rescue services are thought to have direct access to firefighting aircraft." It's outrageous. Make the fossil fuel companies pay. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Fossil fuel producers should pay for wildfire helicopters, Zack Polanski says
Next week is the anniversary of the start of the Langdale Moor Fire in North Yorkshire, the largest wildfire in the country last year.
yorkshirepost.co.uk
Kinda weird for the government to behave like there's a shortage of firms that want to take the government's money and there's some desperate need to make their contracts less onerous
Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 24h agoEXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...
Has he "entered the fray" or did someone ask him and he carefully hedged out a position on something he didn't know much about?
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 8h agoIncorrect, Zack. In-fucking-correct.
It really isn't a "conspiracy theory" to state that at least one of the reasons Burnham won't investigate Epstein's abuses in the UK is because he was given his seat and enabled to become PM by Labour Together, an org founded and managed by acolytes of Epstein's friend Peter Mandelson.
Burnham not considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein
Victims’ minister said earlier that PM was ‘looking into’ inquiry into Epstein and another into Mohamed Al Fayed
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The Met Police arrested people for all sorts of ludicrous reasons, including putting down a tiny stand so that people sharing poetry and song could be heard. No amplification was used at all. One muslim woman was arrested for simply greeting the crowd. She said nothing unlawful.
Just a reminder that: - this isn't for workplaces and if your work is trying to implement it scare them over discrimination claims - the onus is on the service provider, not the service user to comply - the code *itself* says enforcement of toilet facilities is unworkable and low priority
Slurms MacKenzie@slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 15h agoEHRC Code of Practice comes into effect today so remember to be an absolute pain in the arse to any service provider who is trying to actively enforce it.
It would be lovely if we could see through the pivot from far-right antisemite to islamophobic Israel enthusiast this time. Just once, maybe?
The Tories have selected a convicted former Neo-Nazi as a councillor. Here's why that reflects very poorly on Jeremy Corbyn.
Things Elon has polluted so far: 1. Our night sky 2. Our social discourse 3. Our politics 4. The moon
Given the relatively narrow margin of El-Sayed's victory I could well see: A) Lots of accusations of voter fraud from libs focusing on one specific ethnicity. B) Stevens running as an "independent" candidate with the tactic or even explicit support of mainstream Dems.
This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.
Whether someone realizes it or not, accepting the "liberal bubble" framing at all is a way of granting the utterly absurd notion that the globally reviled and increasingly unpopular views of the reactionary right are the norm
Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · 2d ago"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
In case you still don't see how Israel's genocide in Occupied Palestine and the UAE's genocides in Sudan and Congo are connected. Elbit, the Israeli company in question, has 3,000 US employees and manufactures drones and night vision for the US military, and also owns US-based Universal Avionics.
palestinechronicle.com
EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect today so remember to be an absolute pain in the arse to any service provider who is trying to actively enforce it.
A reminder that Rafael Behr was so scared of mild social democracy in the UK that it gave him a heart attack which he claimed it was caused by Corbyn's antisemitism. Antisemitism which he is so relaxed about he's now endorsing someone who was jailed for it.
flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11h agoMe: (a smart columnist, looking at claims made by an ex-Tory neo-Nazi booted out of the party for crimes, now standing as a Tory councillor whole doing a rehabilitation tour parroting the agreed media line in his new “anti-extremism” gig) This is extremely convincing stuff, and very worrying.
The "cranks" who pointed out the antisemitism accusations were smears made in the absolute worst, most cynical bad faith were 100% correct. And the likes of Michael Richmond, Tom Gann and Archie Woodrow were marks absolutely played by the ruling class www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Badenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillor
Tory leader praises Joshua Bonehill-Paine’s ‘contrition’ but says she has higher thresholds for MP candidates
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Boomerangs are supposed to have 2 or 3 wings. Here is what happens when you test 1 through 6.
I do find it fascinating that Mormonism is the only mainstream religion whose founding claims can be objectively disproven. Sadly doesn't stop even "smart guys" from happily going along with it though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforme...
Reformed Egyptian - Wikipedia
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Of course Ken Jennings doesn't give a fuck about sending $15 a month to the NYT when he has given 10% of his income to a church that institutionally denies the existence of trans people lol.
The environmental cost being churned out by AI data centers is getting absurd. It spells out a worldview where tech capital and extreme power moves matter more than people, nature, and democracy. It’s a system operating completely without a moral compass.
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible
The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.
futurism.com
I'm enjoying my FNV playthrough (duh). I'd forgotten how easy Boone is to miss though. Not Raul level but I kept arriving in Novac during the day so in the end I had to specifically wait and then go up to the top of the t-rex at night to start his quest. A new player could easily never see him.
Try to say something "provocative" and "transgressive" about actual elites on your social media. You'll end up in prison.
Marcus 🏳️🌈🇧🇧@marcusjdl.bsky.social · 2d agoRod Liddle showed up to a university to make jokes about sex workers and essentially say Afro-Caribbean people are thick (the university of the West Indies proves otherwise) and the principal shouted the protesting students down. What wit, what a raconteur. etc
JFC. By this thinking, only rich kids are allowed to be music majors. I assume this will get legally challenged, and I hope, successfully
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v