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Planned benefit cuts designed to get people back into work will actually drive them into homelessness, charities have warned the government www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

submitted 22 hours ago • 23 comments

Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

submitted 4 days ago • 1150 comments

Happy to confirm that, as somebody whose job involves public speaking on a daily basis, I routinely throw in a few Nazi salutes to keep juries on their toes.

submitted 10 days ago • 31 comments

This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power!........

submitted 6 days ago • 56 comments

BREAKING NEWS: Trump has taken possession of his bribe, in contravention of federal criminal statute and the Constitution. He’s hiding behind the USAF and DOJ to intimidate Congress—which must initiate impeachment proceedings. Bribery is one of two enumerated impeachable offenses. Much more here:

submitted 9 days ago • 168 comments

As an ambassador , I'm firmly behind @bigissue.com call for a ‘Poverty Zero’ law – the establishment of statutory poverty reduction targets . Please join me in my support by signing the petition at bigissue.com/poverty-zero – thank you !

submitted 15 days ago • 5 comments

Trump-Kushner $500 million luxury hotel project in Serbia hits a snag: alleged forgery Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...

submitted 15 days ago • 14 comments

🧵 There’s a thread going around misrepresenting my work and Bellingcat’s education strategy. I want to use this as an opportunity to explain what we’re actually doing—and why it matters. This is about truth, democracy, and how we build a more resilient society. x.com/buynevich/st...

submitted 16 days ago • 30 comments

Forbes: The Qataris have been trying to get rid of that ostentatious luxury jet for five years, but no one would buy it. It costs too much to fly, costs more to maintain, and needs too big a landing strip. They had another one they unloaded on Turkey. Delicious. www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...

submitted 15 days ago • 77 comments

When humans look at something we find beautiful it causes dopamine release in our brains & looking at plants shifts our brain activity away from fight or flight & into rest & digest mode. A field of phacelia, Norfolk:

submitted 16 days ago • 148 comments

A video of Macron, Merz and Starmer on a train to Kyiv has gone viral because users like Alex Jones and at least two senior Russian officials claim the three leaders were caught on camera with a bag of cocaine and a spoon. In reality, the bag is a tissue and the spoon is a cocktail pick.

submitted 18 days ago • 20 comments

THREAD: India-Pakistan misinformation - Day 5 While videos confirm Pakistan's Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi was attacked tonight, this video, shared by Jackson Hinkle, is old. Filmed in December 2023, it shows a fire caused by tankers colliding near the Nur Khan air base.

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

I'm seeing a lot of people on X to check if videos are AI generated or deepfaked, and Grok is more than happy to give confidential answers despite having no way to assess it.

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments

Hormone-treated beef will not enter UK after US deal, says government www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 21 days ago • 52 comments

David Tennant, "Keir Starmer talking at the VE Day commemoration event said: we owe the veterans that can never be fully repaid" "He could start by giving them back the Winter Fuel Allowance" #HIGNFY

submitted 21 days ago • 20 comments

Just in case www.samaritans.org

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

We're at the very end of the dry season here in this part of Costa Rica and there are #butterflies everywhere at @tapirvalley.bsky.social This is a Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark, a less-common and beautiful butterfly here. #costarica #bugsky 🌿

submitted 22 days ago • 65 comments

President Trump, "We don't do much business with Canada" PM Mark Carney, "Canada is the largest client of the United States" Trump fact-checked in real time 👏

submitted 24 days ago • 123 comments

submitted 25 days ago • 1376 comments

Whoever is working on behalf of Russia to spread disinformation has emailed Bellingcat, pretending to be a concerned citizen, to let us know their latest work. Their current focus is Maia Sandu, president of Moldava, with fake news articles claiming she's both gay and corrupt.

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

An inquiry is essential www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Skype would helpfully tell you who a phone number belonged to, which was pretty useful in a couple of investigations, including connecting a so-called journalist to a GRU handler.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.

submitted 27 days ago • 142 comments

Spring Has Arrived

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

Oh.

submitted 30 days ago • 746 comments

A young male Resplendent Quetzal that was outside our cabin in San Gerardo de Dota #CostaRica #birds #nature

submitted 30 days ago • 218 comments

“We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves and above all, we have to take care of each other” - Mark Carney

submitted 32 days ago • 59 comments

worth every second

submitted 32 days ago • 1380 comments

“It was only at the end of January last year that the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales published its report... The Commission found that a country conquered by its neighbour over 700 years ago could nonetheless have a viable future as an independent state.” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

submitted 34 days ago • 13 comments

i genuinely want to know what the hell is wrong with this guy. he is a total monster and i am a little interested in how he got to be this way.

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submitted 35 days ago • 325 comments

With the MoD finally admitting after 70 years there 'may have been' radiation experiments on UK troops, if you are not yet familiar with the shocking Nuked Blood Scandal - one of the greatest injustices & worst cover-ups in British history - watch this jaw dropping report

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Duck zoomies! 🔊sound up 🎥ducktails

submitted 35 days ago • 162 comments

A child in control

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

submitted 37 days ago • 861 comments

I was commissioned in the Army a month before Ronald Reagan stood at the Berlin Wall and defiantly challenged the Soviet Union's leader with, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" I'm proud to be alive to see Donald Trump issue this own challenge to the Russian leader, "Vladimir, STOP!" HISTORY!

submitted 36 days ago • 165 comments

💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”

submitted 37 days ago • 1025 comments

Pete Hegseth just ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon for him to prepare for his television appearances, which will cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to build.

submitted 37 days ago • 3983 comments

Donald Trump has defended Pete Hegseth's performance as Defence Secretary by telling reporters: "ask the Houthis how he's doing", as presumably he's started a Signal group with them too

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

Three users on X who feuded with Elon Musk in December saw their reach on the social platform practically vanish overnight, The New York Times found, signaling that Musk or others at the company have the power to punish critics and that they may be willing to use it www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 37 days ago • 31 comments

I spoke to the BBC about why it was important for me to protect British steel during the recall of Parliament. Many Highlanders want to see a next-generation reactor sited at Dounreay. Any such reactor will rely on the supply of top-quality British steel. Simple as that.

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

submitted 38 days ago • 1683 comments

This ultra-small generator is designed to harness energy from even the smallest rivers, like those flowing through urban areas between homes. It can power street lights, offering a sustainable solution for remote or urban communities to generate their own electricity.

submitted 38 days ago • 242 comments

This is incredible. Wait about 20 seconds into this clip. 🙃

submitted 38 days ago • 540 comments

The country that wants to send their hormone infused beef, chlorinated chicken, and endless other dubiously doctored agricultural products to the UK, doesn't even have enough food inspectors to keep their own citizens safe.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

“This happens today: if the investments in the banks fall slightly… a tragedy… what can be done? But if people die of hunger, if they have nothing eat, if they have poor health, it does not matter! This is our crisis today!” -Pope Francis

submitted 39 days ago • 137 comments

As the news report that US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth had a second signal chat in which he shared detailed military plans with his family One wonders if he was inspired by Mission Gainsborough from this episode of Blackadder Goes Forth 👀

submitted 39 days ago • 82 comments