Russian drone operators are literally hunting Ukrainian civilians. This is not war. This is a war crime. Warning: video contains distressing content: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack

Ukraine said the video - showing a terrified civilian being hounded by a remotely-controlled drone - amounted to a war crime.

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Margo Gontar@margogontar.bsky.social · yesterday

Many of you’re asking and yes the man that Russian drone attacked while he was selling vegetable in Kherson is alive . Thankfully . He is wounded , injured all over, but he’s already given an interview and yes he is alive

They need to hammer down relentlessly on this. They can't become overconfident, like they did with Hillary in 2016.

Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening.

Silly season is definitely upon us. With all the main parties refusing to play fatuous Farage's fake game, journalists and podcasters are left interviewing the only opposition: Count Binface. Literally a man with a bin on his head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sj2... Look out for the bit on #Odyssey

Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell Interview Count Binface.

YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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We need better legislation to restrict plastic waste. We need changes to town planning to bring back local bakeries and dairies within 5 minutes walking distance. We need fair prices to farmers. We need to reverse the mechanisms that suck wealth upwards so ordinary people CAN pay fair prices.

French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡

Small boats is distraction politics. A placebo to make us feel as though we have control on Climate change, we don’t.

"Dear Diary The launch of our scheme to use the Royal Navy to stop small boats has gone exactly to plan. It is so patently absurd that it is all anyone can talk about, providing the perfect distraction from all our dodgy financial dealings"

Bravo Stuart !

Nettlecake@nettlecake.bsky.social · 2d ago

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

Hearing the Tate bros whining and crying about how scared they are in prison because inmates are targeting them for being nonces is just absolutely beautiful.

Perhaps the compromise is to charge an annual windfall tax based on the percentage lent to Fossil Fuel firms? Want to minimise that tax? Stop funding companies causing Climate Change and increasing the demands on the public purse. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn

Levy could raise £19bn to help pay for Andy Burnham’s support for those struggling with bills, say campaigners

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KingCon is at it again…

Biggie@biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 2d ago

I was under the impression that presidents were not allowed to do stuff like that....

"People don’t realise that we can’t make it get better again. We can only prevent it from getting much worse" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him

Evolved Chimp You can carry it onto a commercial flight as luggage. You set it down in moving water. And immediately, it generates enough electricity to power a dozen homes for five years. Germany just solved off-grid power without pouring a single ounce of concrete.

28.6% Remember that figure at mid-terms.

Wayne Benner@tygrhawk.bsky.social · 3d ago

Happens every time.

Dang. I didn't know Pepsico had bought Quakers (which owned Scott's Oats)! Another product to boycott when I've run out of plain porridge mid-week. I never buy the processed/added-sugar stuff anyway - "puddings wearing a vest". Pimhill & Mornflakes are still British. youtu.be/1mKZBgfLb0w?...

8 UK Porridge Brands YOU Must Avoid (And 5 That Are SAFE)

YouTube video by Food Crisis UK

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Will you order the navy to open fire on unarmed immigrants looking for a better life Nigel? will you puncture the dinghy's these desperate people are using to survive Nigel? Will you laugh like Katie Hopkins did of the picture of the drowned baby on a beach? See you at The Hague

If shop store staff member did this to a shoplifter, he'd be sacked. It's called "reasonable force" for a reason. If you are angry, it's time to call the police. Not drag a Doctor along the floor, past an exit, and into a room with no CCTV.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 2d ago

🔴 Talk TV Presenter Dragged Climate Activist Into Room and Assaulted Him During Pro-Trump Dinner, Court Told Exclusive: André Walker denies assault by beating over incident at Republicans Overseas gala dinner during Trump’s state visit to the UK

34 times larger than an average year, France really IS suffering from fires this year. Don't be fooled by the "Europe average" - Northern Europe & Russia (which was lumped into the graph circulating on other social media) haven't had a heat dome.

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · last wk.

Fires in France have now burned over 91,000 acres, by far the most of any year since the satellite record started in 2006. Current area burned is about 34x larger than this date in a typical (median) year:

Funny how Russia claimed that Ukrainians are Nazis, yet they are the ones burning books... ukrainetoday.org/russia-strik...

Russia strikes warehouse of publishing house and one of the largest book chains (video)

Iryna Pohorila16:53, 01.08.26 The fire engulfed the entire 10,000 sq m warehouse. After the attack, the bookstore chain suspended online orders. On the night of August 1, a Russian drone attacked t…

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Margo Gontar@margogontar.bsky.social · 4d ago

While you’re worried about AI destroying books, Russia just bombed and burned millions of books in Kharkiv, Ukraine

With wildfires increasingly an issue in Europe and America, there's another reason why you should swap from single use plastic bottles to a re-usable metal one: fires at recycling centres. In the UK only 44% are recycled shunpoly.com/article/what... In the US: abcnews.com/Technology/p...

Why plastic is building up at recycling centers and catching fire

A report found that there were at least 367 fires at recycling facilities in the U.S. and Canada in 2021.

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When is a £5,000,000 "gift" not a "£5,000,000 gift"? Just asking questions…

Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 5d ago

The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK

How to stop AI from storing your account details (and other scams).

Bylines Network@bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 4d ago

Scams to watch out for Some of the latest scams doing the rounds northeastbylines.co.uk/business/tec...

So true!

Barbara Longley Author (no DMs) 📎@blongley.bsky.social · 5d ago

Thames Water CEO went unchallenged on the BBC on the claim that public ownership means water investment competes with health and defence. This is a myth! 99% of water investment comes from BILLS. Take 2 mins to complain to Ofcom and the BBC vist.ly/5d5xb

Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership

Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record

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