In other words, prison is ineffective as a deterrent or as rehabilitation. To the contrary, it often perpetuates and intensifies cycles of violence. Whatever you think of these early releases, we need ways to actually address crime rather than the avoidance response of just locking people in cages.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 10h ago

More women will die if domestic abusers leave prison early, victim’s parents warn

Is Japan also getting glorious flooding? Perhaps we'll all be treated to a wonderful nuclear apocalypse if Trump pushes the button on Iran. If we still have a functional civilisation in 20 years, whoever wrote this headline should be in the dock.

Our right wing press has showered itself in glory with its dogged determination to tear a man's life apart because he had the audacity to be black in academia. If they were so concerned about grifters blagging jobs they don't deserve, they needed to look no further than their own newsrooms.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

Jason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims

Hi @andyburnham.bsky.social Our ally here. If you can pull yourself away from videos about snacks for a moment, care to tell us when you’re going to stop arming this racist butcher

I'm Python-sceptic, not Python- phobic. Unfortunately, some Pythons are bitter, washed up, narrow-minded bullies with fascist sympathies, and that definitely warrants blanket generalisations about all Pythons. Not to mention, a lot of people WERE outraged after Life of Brian.

If there's one lesson we can take from this summer, it's that things can always get worse.

Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · 4d ago

Temperatures provisionally reached 38.1°C at Kew Gardens, making it the hottest day of the year so far. This is the second time this year we have reached 38°C. The only other time this has happened twice in one year was in 2022. It also makes it the 5th hottest day on record.

Democratic socialist Francesca Hong was abandoned by those who could—and should—have helped her become the first DSA governor. Next time, we need to do better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/without...

Without Solidarity, The Left Will Fail

Democratic socialist Francesca Hong was abandoned by those who could—and should—have helped her become the first DSA governor. Next time, we need to do better.

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Temperatures have now provisionally exceeded 37°C 🌡️ Before 2026, the UK had recorded 37°C or higher on only six occasions. This year alone, we've already reached that mark three times.

Make sure to get out and vote for Count Binface today, Clacton. It'll be worth braving the heat to see a close contest. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Polls open in Clacton, where Farage spent more than £10,000 in byelection against Count Binface – UK politics live

The Reform UK leader resigned as the MP for Clacton at the start of July and forced a byelection

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As usual for The Daily Fail, up is down, black is white, and the very best sources of resilience to wildfires are actually to blame for exacerbating them. Ecologically illiterate wank.

Burnham chairs a COBR meeting (only after a report estimated that we've seen £4bn in lost productivity from the heatwaves). The upshot: the government will 'look at' sort of maybe banning disposable BBQs temporarily. Strike one, you're out, Andy. Utterly pathetic failure of responsibility.

Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · 4d ago

Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels

Adult Harry Potter fans should be exchanged for asylum seekers in the 1 in 1 out scheme. Grow up, get a grip and read something good.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

Ban driven grouse shooting permanently.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5d ago

Inglorious Twelfth? Calls for grouse season to be banned to prevent wildfires and peatland damage

I wonder how many hundreds are dedicated to grovelling before the National Farmers' Union. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires

Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves

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He deserves a few votes tomorrow for this answer alone

People can't get enough of Count Binface's brilliant answer to US interviewer

This has been an election campaign trail for the ages from Count Binface, the likes of which we probably will never see again.

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If prominent US progressives had stood firmly behind Hong, instead of getting jittery about some of her past tweets, she almost certainly would have won. An important lesson to learn. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Wisconsin Governor Primary Election 2026 Live Results: Hong, Tiffany and More

See live results from the 2026 Wisconsin Governor primary election as Republican and Democrat votes are counted by candidate and county.

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For anyone who thought that @greenparty.org.uk would just fizzle out after Burnham's coronation, they're still exerting pressure on the government to do the bare minimum.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d ago

Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

If you know anyone in Wisconsin urge them to get out and vote for @francescahongwi.bsky.social today. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Will democratic socialist Francesca Hong shake up the establishment – or help Republicans win Wisconsin?

Hong, whose grassroots campaign has made her a frontrunner, aims for primary win after public skepticism from top Democrats and a last-minute shake-up

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Remember that wildlife will be struggling with the heat and drought as much as we are. If you have a garden, help make it as valuable a resource as possible – and then watch this film. @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org sussexbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

Over the Hedge at 20: the perfect environmental movie?

Underappreciated at the time and overlooked since, this subversive Dreamworks adventure has never been more relevant

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Almost 75% of England is in drought. In the southeast, I can't remember any prolonged rainfall for about 3 months. This week, we'll be hit by yet another heatwave, in a summer that has already been practically Mercurian. 1/3 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More than two-thirds of England now in drought

The East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East Sussex, and Solent and the South Downs have moved into drought status.

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Very weird to be living for weeks through what has so far been the worst UK drought since records began and for the Prime Minister to have still said absolutely nothing about it

Wow. Just wow.

The whole point of centrism is to scoff derisively at anybody who has ambition to improve society, and to patronisingly tell us that better things aren't possible. If that's your attitude, why are you even involved in politics? Piss off and do something else.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · last wk.

The Economist personal hit pieces are surely just embarrassing for them. What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress? It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.

Trump signed an executive order in February explicitly promoting the use of this carcinogenic biocide.

Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · last wk.

#Glyphosate and earthworms: yes continually dosing this #PoisonedPlanet has costs we're only just beginning to grasp www.ecoportal.net/en/earthworm...

A reality check to the Government on the climate crisis. Heatwaves this year estimated to have killed thousands of people. The BBC didn't stream this emergency conference at all despite the urgency & their constant coverage of Reform - thank you to Sky. www.youtube.com/live/QnygX67...

Green leader Polanski delivers 'urgent message to Burnham'

YouTube video by Sky News

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Gervais thinks that his new show is offending people because it's bold and edgy. Actually, it's offending people because their @netflix.com subscriptions are paying for him to write 'cunts' 50 times in his own lukewarm excrement and call it a script. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Ricky Gervais hits out at ‘offended’ Alley Cats viewers as critics pan Netflix show

‘After Life’ star has returned to Netflix with latest sitcom

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On #ınternationalcatday we pause to remember some of the species we have lost from our island since the late Pleistocene.

Do this with every dairy farm in the country. Subsidise the farmers to make the transition if they want to stay on the land. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Former dairy farm to become 'climate resilient' nature reserve

Avon Wildlife Trust says it will transform the 44-acre farm into a haven for birds, bats and newts.

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I just want to remind people that @translucent.org.uk did a big investigation on complaints about trans women in hospital wards and across the whole of the UK. There was... Only one complaint. translucent.org.uk/the-non-prob...

Carry On Nurse: The Non-problem of Trans Women and NHS Same-Sex Accommodation - TransLucent

The Non-problem of Trans Women and NHS Same-Sex Accommodation

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Elizabeth Taylor@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yvette Cooper confirming that NHS guidance is coming forth shortly banning trans people from single sex wards. She waffles about ‘alternative provision’ but let’s be realistic here, this will massively massively disadvantage trans people’s care. Fuck Andy Burnham

People are being bled dry by landlords and private water/energy companies. We're still selling weapons for genocides in Gaza and Sudan. Climate breakdown is killing tens of thousands in Europe – let alone the global south – and threatening the food system. And this is what Burnham is focused on? 1/3

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

‘It is British life’: Downing Street vows to stop councils trying to restrict standing in pubs