BabelBrunning
@ribblebabel.bsky.social
Antifascist, Librarian, European, Environmentalist, & as Woke as a Wokey thing. Dr of an argumentative persuasion who knows how to use an Oxford comma, rather than the useful, life-saving kind. Trying not to be so sweary but it's fking difficult. 🇺🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸🇪🇺🌈🏳️⚧️🖤💚🏴☠️
Another day, another report on the damage that Brexit has caused... A new report from the Fraser of Allander Institute and Prosper finds that Brexit has made it harder for Scotland to be viewed as part of the European business ecosystem.
Brexit barriers hinder international growth for Scotland’s service firms
Businesses said that Brexit has made it harder for Scotland to be viewed as part of the European business ecosystem
scotsman.com
This 👇 Our trans friends and members of our communities are being victimised in their places of work, in school, in their social lives, and in any and all public spaces everywhere. It is an absolute bloody outrage, not least that they can no longer even take a piss safely.
Jojo she/her@jojofe24.bsky.social · 10h agoLot of cis people still dont see trans people being forced out of public spaces as segregation and i urge them to wake the fuck up and read a history book as well as a dictionary Its *literally* segregation If you think even saying it is bad, you should be angry its actually happening
🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
I’m old enough to remember when lying about adultery was worthy of impeachment. Feels quaint at this point.
He fired the two remaining Democratic members and the sole Republican member resigned under pressure. A fourth commissioner had already stepped down. With zero commissioners remaining, the EAC can't allocate federal grants, or certify voting systems until new appointments are confirmed.
This 👇
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11h agoMy column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
open.substack.com
When is a football pitch not a football pitch? When it's also a safe space, a support network and a place to grow. That's why my London Violence Reduction Unit is investing a further £1.5m with London clubs so more young Londoners can benefit this summer.
Sadiq Khan wants London to be the best place in the world for kids
The Mayor of London has admitted the incoming social media ban alone will not be enough to stop youth crime
mylondon.news
50m people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger because of El Niño. Studies suggest that global heating may be leading to even stronger El Niño events. In Britain, farmers are already warning about the impact of extreme heat on their harvests. What else needs to happen for us to take action?
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity
theguardian.com
What a repulsive man. I had eye problems. Everything from routine cataract surgery and laser work for retinopathy in both eyes, to a vitrectomy. Some of the surgeons and nurses didn't have flawless English. But as they were busy saving my eyesight, it would have seemed churlish to whine about it...
Yep. She also TWICE said on R4 Today that Councillors "are only responsible for parks & bins", which is news to everyone concerned about Reform Councillors aged 18 now in charge of Adult & Children's Social Services, an insult to all hard-working Councillors, and not picked up by the interviewer.
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 4h agoHere are the stupidest things Kemi Badenoch has said so far today inews.co.uk/opinion/kemi...
A paramilitary group plotted to overthrow the Constitution then conducted a violent attack on America. They were convicted in court of seditious conspiracy, and jailed. Then the leader they aimed to illegally install got power and let them out, their records wiped clean. The Jan. 6 attackers won.
Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers
The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”
nytimes.com
After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon Brown www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon Brown
Even in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
theguardian.com
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
If you aren't angry then you aren't paying attention.
READ @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Yet again making all the points that need to be made. Democracy isn’t dying any more than football… it’s just subject to a hostile corporate takeover.
Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
theguardian.com
You know how bad it's got when... | RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak
Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR
theguardian.com
Yes: Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM
Labour politicians say mutualised model puts public in control without adding debt to government’s balance sheet
theguardian.com
"A president without a moral compass and advisers whose true north is the extreme right, helming a government with unparalleled legal, technological and financial resources, can implement...political repression that Joe McCarthy...could not have dreamt of," writes @judith-levine.bsky.social.
McCarthyism has returned to the United States – and this time it’s even more dangerous | Judith Levine
Trump’s campaign of repression echoes the red scare. But now the government has bigger ambitions and more powerful tools
theguardian.com
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...
🚨 United States of America v. Matthews
Learn more.
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