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Firefighters continued for the fifth day to fight a fire at an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region, sparked last week by a drone attack that authorities blamed on Ukraine reut.rs/4hCiG3I

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K. Thx.

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Noida ‘honour killing’: A blue dupatta for a wedding and a strangulation. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

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Daisy Cooper, "We don't want cuts to our public services, when they are already cut to the bone" "We want a better trading deal with the EU to get growth back into our economy" Well said @libdemdaisy.bsky.social 👏

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Councils and NHS could face millions in extra costs due to disability benefit cuts Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Tax dodger seeks welfare for the wealthy. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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New UK minimum wage for an over-21 full-time worker will be £22,222 a year before tax and NIC. A single person needs to earn £28,000 a year for minimum acceptable std of living. A couple with 2 children needs £69,400. Millions in poverty. Save for pension, buy home? Poverty institutionalized.

submitted 83 days ago • 25 comments

It's really not that hard. We understand that Labour had a difficult inheritance. It's more that, since taking office, Labour has (it sometimes feels deliberately) stuck its middle finger up at almost everything Labour voters care about. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

submitted 83 days ago • 70 comments

In defending Rishi Sunak's non-disclosure of his financial interests, in appointing a Covid Corruption Commissioner in name only, and in arguing against the public interest in transparency, the Cabinet Office is a leopard which hasn't changed its spots. And you really ought to ask, 'why?'

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Labour's economics are all about growth, but for whom? Certainly not the poorest. The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it. Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?

submitted 85 days ago • 12 comments

La moitié des patients passés par un service d'urgences en 2023 y ont séjourné plus de 3 heures. → https://l.lefigaro.fr/tVU

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Three winters from now, Japan's snowy Myoko highlands will be home to a mega-resort built by a Singaporean fund. The project by promises to create 1,000 jobs and spur winter tourism, but for many locals, foreign interest has become a double-edged sword reut.rs/4hpVDZV

submitted 86 days ago • 3 comments

Why not gps tracking of all farm dogs and farm vehicles too, nobody would have a problem with that, right? www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/subscribe/ne...

submitted 86 days ago • 2 comments

If you're in #Cornwall and would like to see more hard-working Greens elected to Cornwall Council on 1 May, do please chip in to the crowdfunder here, and share it on your social media! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/turn-cornw...

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

Square Units xkcd.com/3065

submitted 86 days ago • 87 comments

I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. Then I saw what kind of tax break the Republicans would give me if my salary ever jumps from $74,000 to $14 million.

submitted 86 days ago • 35 comments

One report is more accurate. "Aus’s environmental condition remained strong...with a National Environmental Condition Score of 7.7 out of 10." www.tern.org.au/wp-content/u... "Overall, the state & trend of the environment of Australia are poor & deteriorating..." soe.dcceew.gov.au/overview/key...

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Labor are enemies of the environment. So too the LNP, ToP & PHON. If you value the many benefits nature provides, vote for candidates & parties that listen to & act on scientific evidence. No EPBC reform package, but protection for toxic salmon. Labor, lol. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Man Living In Most Affluent Country In World History Has Nerve To Complain About Being Homeless theonion.com/man-liv...

submitted 86 days ago • 94 comments

If you really want to help people with mental health issues back into work, stigmatising them as lazy sods who just need to get their act together is precisely the wrong way to go about it

submitted 89 days ago • 4 comments

Ramping up austerity will never solve problems caused by austerity in the first place

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The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority government, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #2025election

submitted 90 days ago • 34 comments

Shout out to everyone who came to the Dublin shows this weekend. Fake priests, The search for the coast of Kilkenny, the missing Portugal joke, and an evil Revenue Commissioner. So much fun. You all survive the next couple of days and I’ll be back on Wednesday! #youhadtobethere #recreationtour

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Laura Trott, "We hope Labour will put politics aside and vote for this, because it's the right thing to do" Just like all the times the Conservative party put politics aside over the past 14 years and supported sensible amendments from Labour/LibDems/Greens because it was the right thing to do 🤷‍♂️

submitted 90 days ago • 28 comments

Ethical Diamond Company Only Uses White Children To Mine http://theonion.com/...

submitted 90 days ago • 111 comments

An easy way for Manchester United fans to jettison the plastic patriot, climate destroying, tax dodging, precious flower who is ruining their club. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Tony Blair’s senior adviser commented: “It would obviously be embarrassing if all this came out”. It took 25 years. 👉 How Britain allowed Pinochet to escape justice for atrocities www.declassifieduk.org/how-britain-...

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There's a strong moral case for reintroducing child chimney sweeps. Many children want to work, but are being held back by schooling. It is part of the mission of a progressive government to help them return to employment.

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Damning Review of Reform UK by founding Lincoln member Reform UK Lincoln founder member Joe McAndrew has ended his 'membership' of the party, writing an incredible insight in to the state of the party:

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Report: More Americans Moving Away From Urban Areas For Rural Life Where They Have Escalating Feud With Beaver theonion.com/report-...

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Man Validated After Discovering Popular Kid From High School Ended Up Bottoming Out Almost As Much As He Did theonion.com/man-val...

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#Somalia: “This is not just a crisis—it’s a catastrophe unfolding in real time.” 1.7 million Somali children faced acute malnutrition in 2024. Funding cuts are forcing nutrition programmes to scale down, leaving many without lifesaving care. Read more: www.msf.org/drought-and-...

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Nearly 40% of the land in the UK is held by Lords and individuals who have held it for over 500 years since they seized it without paying for it. The French had the same problem, but they solved it in 1799 by having a Revolution and taking it all back.

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Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright." This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.

submitted 91 days ago • 113 comments

"Let us screw the public so our owners can get richer" is, I think history shows clearly, the problem not the solution.

submitted 91 days ago • 37 comments

Democrats Vow Not To Give Up Hopelessness

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"It runs at a $100 million loss — paid for by Victorian taxpayers." If it can't pay for itself, get rid of it, & then there's the environmental impacts! But governments keep telling us there's not enough $ to resolve social & environmental justice issues. Liars. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

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And roaming farm cats regularly kill many different snakes and other native predators, many of which eat mice and rats. The authors of this article theconversation.com/working-dogs... strangely don’t elaborate on that.

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For the first time in 10 years, a child has died from measles in the United States. Vaccines prevent measles. Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.

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Local Teen Invents Masturbation Shane O'Donnell might seem like an ordinary teenager. But after countless hours of research and experimentation, what he's discovered is anything but ordinary.

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Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 people in the area could be at risk. cnn.it/3QYobi9

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Only seven countries met World Health Organization air quality standards last year, data showed, as researchers warned that the war on smog would only get harder after the United States shut down its global monitoring efforts reut.rs/3Dkn09T

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Water Balloons xkcd.com/3061

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Report: Fun Aunt Has To Go Away For A While theonion.com/report-...

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The average MP is claiming more than £40,000 in personal benefits, including for ridiculous things like new phones, electricity, heating and food. Which everyone has to purchase. Why don't we talk about this benefit fraud?

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Pokémon-Shaped Cheeto Sells For $87,840 theonion.com/pokemon...

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Lookalike: Nosferatu and UK defence secretary John Healey From the latest Private Eye, in shops now.

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How the Observer marks International Women's Day 👇🏻.

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