Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction?
Really sad news. Thinking of my very talented colleagues today
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Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction?
Really sad news. Thinking of my very talented colleagues today
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
🌩️ NEW EPISODE 🌩️ 👉 Heatwaves & Net Zero: Who sets the climate agenda? How did long established climate science become a culture war? How does the news cycle run on fossil fuels? 🗣️ with @thediyora.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social from @desmog.com
Heatwaves and Net Zero: Who sets the climate agenda?
Media Storm · Episode
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It won’t stop these reprehensible, cowardly pieces of shit attacking the RNLI, but here is a handy link to donate rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Over on X, the far-right British Patriots have launched a hate campaign against the RNLI They are recording RNLI volunteers in order to dox them, reveal their identities and publish details of where they and their families live These men are dangerous
Anyone else finding it extremely weird that the government hasn’t said anything about climate change? Nothing on the drought? Nothing on the extreme temperatures predicted for our FIFTH heatwave of the summer? Nothing on how on earth we are going to adapt to this “new normal”?
Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.
For Earth Day, I profiled Asad Rehman, the new chief executive of Friends of the Earth for @hyphenonline.com. We discussed the threat of the far-right to climate action (and humanity), unexpected journeys into gardening and what a lack of access to nature takes away from marginalised communities.
Asad Rehman on the far-right threat to the climate - Hyphen
Rightwing groups are weaponising inequality against migrants, Muslims and the environment, says the Friends of the Earth head
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What if eating isn’t just personal, but political? Author Amber Husain talks to @thediyora.bsky.social about her new book and disordered eating ⬇️ hyphenonline.com/2026/03/18/a...
Author Amber Husain on her new book Tell Me How You Eat - Hyphen
The writer's latest title is a personal account of disordered eating and an exploration of how food has been politicised throughout history
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Within just 48 hours of the Tories refusing to sack Nick Timothy for his Islamophobic comments, the far-right is circulating a list of MPs “of foreign descent” trying to “silence” him. [1/2]
Ah yes, Iran, famously the biggest country in the world
The ocean. Some of the points are in the ocean.
Poor Matt Goodwin. All he ever wanted was to be a hard working MP/academic/tv presenter/commentator/writer/pollster/wealth adviser/women’s health guru and you all ripped that away from him. A shame
No one deserved this loss more than Matt Goodwin lol
Pundits have to stop referring to anyone voting against the government’s stance on Gaza and its growing anti-migrant rhetoric as being a part of the “Muslim vote”. I keep hearing it in relation to Gorton and Denton. Progressive votes come from all corners of society and Muslims aren’t a monolith!
I'm looking to speak to people whose houses have been flooded in recent years due to extreme weather (not a burst pipe, pls) for a piece. If this is you or someone you know, please get in touch!
Heated Rivalry MENTIONED in Parliament by Tom Hayes MP just now - iconic.
If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
The current state of The Times’ comment section on this anti-immigration story is that most of the “recommended” posts actually violate the paper’s own policy. Utterly depressing.
It’s hardly surprising that Suella Braverman has defected. What’s interesting is that Reform doesn’t at all seem concerned about accusations that they will look like the Tories 2.0 to voters — they’re confident it won’t hurt them. And I think they're right.
I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...
Asylum and returns policy statement
This policy statement sets out significant reforms to the UK’s asylum and returns policy.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
Can we agree that the BBC clearly has shifted rightwards despite claiming political neutrality – whitewashing a genocide, amplifying anti-immigrant and anti-trans narratives – but that it’s also very worrying to see it capitulate to the Orange Man and his cronies for not being far-right enough?
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
I SCREAMED when Mamdani mentioned Uzbeks of New York in his victory speech!!!! That's my mayor (I live in London)
Really excited to be taking part in @resurgencetrust.bsky.social's Festival of Wellbeing tomorrow. If you are available at 2 pm, please join the talk I’m giving on the Right to Rest. You can get tickets here: www.resurgence.org/take-part/re...
Looking for your next romantic read? 💕 From enemies-to-lovers to heartwarming slow burns, @thediyora.bsky.social rounds up the best romance novels by Muslim authors you should have on your shelf. hyphenonline.com/2025/09/22/b...
Book recommendations: top romance novels from Muslim authors - Hyphen
From chick lit to stories of forbidden love, our book columnist has selected her top reads from Muslim women writers
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all signs point to this being just an incredibly destabilizing moment. very very bad stuff. we're in a very dark place.