Just sitting on the pavement and clapping is now terrorism. Not saying anything, not holding or displaying any signs, just sitting on the pavement & clapping. Andy Burnham can stop this. But he isn't. Reporting by Steven Methven for @novaramedia.com
Rebecca Shadwick
@rshadwick.bsky.social
Optimist; collectivist; feminist; gardener & knitter. Believes in a better future. All views are my own.
Wtaf. No lawyer working in a courthouse should be assaulted for doing so, much less by police. But 'investigators concluded there were "no reasonable grounds” to support criminal charges against any of the officers involved' -?!
Resign, Carney. ⚜️@lalegault.bsky.social · 5d agoThe police are allowed to beat lawyers now but keep thinking it won’t reach you. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is absolutely gross. It smacks of the pandemic, when the only recreation that was sanctioned included everything the super-rich made a fuss about. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s alright for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bans
As parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush – even in school holidays
theguardian.com
The actor has been accused by four women of sexual misconduct dating back to when they were teenagers.
Oscar Winner Accused of Criminal Sexual Conduct
The alleged incidents span 2002 to 2016, when the actor was in his 30s and 40s.
thedailybeast.com
Doug Wilson spent years on the Christian nationalist fringe. Now he is preaching in the Pentagon. The pastor, who has defended slavery, called for criminalizing same-sex relationships, and advocated repealing the 19th Amendment, is gaining powerful influence in the Trump administration. Read more:
Moscow Rules: How Doug Wilson Preached His Way From the Palouse to the Pentagon
Doug Wilson spent decades on the Christian nationalist fringe. Now he's preaching inside the Pentagon. The pastor, who has defended slavery, called for repealing the 19th Amendment, criminalizing same...
globalextremism.org
#Gaza: On July 25, seven airstrikes hit different areas of Gaza. Eight wounded patients were referred to our field hospital in Al Zawayda, Deir al-Balah. Across Palestine, people are under constant attack from Israeli forces. This is not a #ceasefire. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ag...
And also pouring boiling water on her, and also threatening her with a gun. (His colleague denies these charges.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
motherjones.com
Farmers in Senegal are welcoming fish into their rice paddies. The hope is they'll fertilize the crop, be a source of food ... and eat the snails that carry parasitic worms.
A promising tale from Senegal of fish, rice .... and dangerous worms
Farmers in Senegal are welcoming fish into their rice paddies. The hope is they'll fertilize the crop, be a source of food ... and eat the snails that carry parasitic worms.
n.pr
shoutout the chucklefuck pundit who insisted once that “environmental racism” was a nonsense term
Reuters@reuters.com · 3w agoElon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm
📌 ICYMI @josiahmortimer.bsky.social EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison
Reform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election Leaflets
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison
bylinetimes.com
"Fourteen Years in Prison for Quoting Hamas? New Law Could Criminalise Journalists" Starmer is rushing legislation through parliament that experts say threatens free speech, reports Paul Holden for Zeteo UK. Read/share/subscribe:
Fourteen Years in Prison for Quoting Hamas? New Law Could Criminalise Journalists
Starmer is rushing legislation through parliament that experts say threatens free speech, public interest journalism and international humanitarian aid.
zeteouk.substack.com
#Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious disease killer. In 2025, APOPO's #HeroRATs helped identify 3,100+ additional TB patients missed by health facilities — with support from Postcode Lottery UK This means they can get treatment and lives saved. #EndTB #APOPO #SDG3
This is real. "More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking." www.wired.com/story/leak-e...
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.
wired.com
The US slaughtered 120 schoolchildren on the war's first day. Is he gonna write each of their parents an enthusiastic letter telling them how much safer the world is because their children were blown up by bloodthirsty idiots? This is a genuine question for whoever runs @mark-carney.bsky.social
PM Carney says he’s seen tentative U.S.-Iran peace deal, calls conflict ‘worth it’
After the U.S. and Iran say they’ve reached a tentative deal to end the war, Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling the conflict 'worth it.'
ctvnews.ca
Can somebody explain to me why the rule is "if you can't make rent, cut out the streaming apps, lattes, and avocado toasts" but it's never "if you can't afford your workers a living wage, cut out the mega-yachts, rockets, and spaceships."
Tesla & SpaceX have benefited from ~$40B in government subsidies. Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes in 2025, despite $5.7B in income. SpaceX has paid little to nothing in taxes since it was founded. Now Elon is a trillionaire who has pumped over $300M into our elections. The vicious cycle.
A lot of the “kids online safety” proponents actually are anti-LGBTQ extremists and fundamentalists who want kids to have less freedom and don’t care if that actually makes them tremendously less safe too
Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts boingboing.net/2026/06/15/m...
Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts
CNN quotes early Tesla investor Ross Gerber saying, “There would not be Tesla and SpaceX if it weren’t for the government.” That is the whole story in one sentence.
boingboing.net
🔴 SCOOP: Farage doesn't seem to want to answer questions about his money. So I went looking - and found that the Reform leader's personal company is in breach of UK company law democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-n...
Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law
Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents
democracyforsale.substack.com
1000s at Woolwich Crown Court right now as Judge Johnson weighs handing down “terrorist connection” sentence against 4 Palestine Actionists, despite them never being charged with or convicted of a terrorism offence. Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism. www.defendourjuries.net/savinglives
Yearly Murmuration of Starlings in Rome are incredibly adaptable songbirds known for their mesmerizing, synchronized aerial acrobatics, exceptional vocal mimicry, and shifting, shimmering plumage
The Facebook page and crowdfunder for the Raise the Colours group are currently offline. Separately, their founder has been arrested and charged for murder www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/raise-t...
Founder of Raise the Colours charged with murder
Billy Allison, one of the founders of the Raise the Colours movement, has been charged with murder and grievous bodily harm with intent.
thelondoneconomic.com
Elon Musk is set to become a trillionaire within the next few months and a Karl Marx quote comes to mind. "One day there will be trillionaires, but you will still have nothing." Amazing powers of prediction.
Incredible news! Weeks after the new Prime Minister Péter Magyar took office, the mayor of Budapest, Mayor Gergely Karácsony, has had his charges dropped for illegally celebrating Pride month in his city. It appears changes are coming to Hungary. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Charges Dropped Against Budapest Mayor For Pride After Hungary's New PM Took Office
“Those in power did everything they could to intimidate and discourage us. They even threatened us with prison. But we did not back down.”
erininthemorning.com
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested Again for “Terroristic Threats”
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested Again for “Terroristic Threats”
newrepublic.com
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
