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In response to the police raid on #WestminsterMeetingHouse, #Quakers are organising a #MeetingForWorship outside New Scotland Yard on Thursday. People of all faiths and none welcome. https://mailchi.mp/d312ad2f1001/quaker-faith-in-action-october-16511620 #Quaker #NonViolent #DirectAction […]

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#Michigan AG #DanaNessel has joined a coalition of 23 other states to sue the #HHS over its termination of $11B in #PublicHealth grants, including 20 grants in MI totaling $379M. “The #Trump administration is now terminating millions in grants being used in our state to support #vaccine […]

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Warning, enough to make you shake with rage... From: @Sustainable2050 https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/114244560635589745

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Can't emphasize enough how much I enjoy reading the @thecontinent - it's a Saturday morning highlight, even when the stories are dark, there's always hope in it. These days it feels like a minor act of resistance to seek out news from new places where people are doing their best to build up the […]

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Personally, from the UK, I endorse Mark Carney's statement that Canada's strategic deepening relationship with the US is over. Still faintly hoping that the US polity will fight back a bit more against fascism and renewed racism. No disrepect intended, but it doesn't sound like the wonderful […]

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"No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house within living memory." Reposting with hashtags #UKpol #policing #repression #Quakers h/t @SusiArnott https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-condemn-police-raid-on-westminster-meeting-house

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Violent London policing - breaking into a Quaker meeting house is a new low. Youngvpeople were meeting to share concern over #Gaza and #climatebreakdown […]

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I am amplifying every law firm that shows integrity and professional excellence by publicly standing with the law firms Trump targets specifically. Noting here and on LinkedIn. Yes, I want to give them as much free publicity as I can. Firms so far: 1/

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We’re excited to announce that, from Monday, we’re going to be the new admins of IndieWeb.social! We’ve always loved how @tchambers has run IndieWeb.social. His direction has made it one of the best instances on the Fediverse! Thanks to Tim for his trust in […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

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😳 “ #Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order Thursday that targets funding to programs with “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.” […]

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“ #California Democrat wants the world’s fifth-largest economy to create its own National Institutes of Health and vaccine program, saying the state can’t rely on the #Trump administration to support research and science” […]

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Mild alert! You remember those 2024 jokes about ideas for NHS change? And the threat of a 10-Year Plan?? Well, while they're still officially "open" to new ideas, there's now a new survey which indicates where the wind is blowing. See link below ... until 14th April. [Spoilers. There's quite a […]

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Just released a 37-page ruling from Chief Judge James #Boasberg, denying the #Trump administration request to vacate its TROs preventing the government from enforcing the #AlienEnemiesAct against #Venezuelans. No one subject to it can be deported without a hearing […]

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Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00791-z

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E&P - The Voice of America is facing an unprecedented crisis. Journalists have been cut off from their newsrooms—emails shut down, phones disconnected, and no way to reach editors—leaving many in a state of uncertainty. VOA’s chief national correspondent, Steve Herman, finds himself among more […]

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Yup. No-one sensible/ no sensible country should now rely on US weapons. This particular link is about Denmark and buyer's regret. BUT, transition to a comfortable level of independent European/UK defence will take years; so please expect and allow our politicians to buy time. By almost any […]

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Normal news. I didn't watch any of this rugby match on TV, but it's great to read two different national stories afterwards. The normal news is that they report facts, the same facts, with respect and appreciation for the other side. #SixNationsRugby #journalism […]

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An excellent person offers medical information about vaccines and infectious disease, calmly and helpfully. Here. Line up ... @boghuma

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These are dangerous times for everyone in and around the US, but many times more so for those without the protections of US citizenship. Those of us who are privileged enough to be able to speak freely and without the immediate threat of draconian consequences have a special obligation not to […]

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Now official: Edinburgh to host Tour de France Grand Départ in 2027 www.heraldscotland.com/sport/250221... Yes, it really is coming here!!! 😀

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UN staff member killed in central Gaza blast, five others injured https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161261

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Hiking in the Gunks on a delightful early almost spring day.

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After two months of watching a rush into autocracy, it's heartening to see a small episode of "normal" US judicial work and "normal" US journalism. Both are now at risk of oppression and deletion. And I'm also aware that this episode is one of so many […]

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All 550 of VOA’s contract status reporters, editors, videographers, engineers and techs just notified they’re terminated effective end of this month. We don’t distinguish internally between them and regular staff — all are highly skilled and absolutely critical to the operation.

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#TIL today is the 9th year anniversary of the Mastodon’s first post

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My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth, are being silenced this weekend […] [Original post on journa.host]

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ICYMI the good lawyer Sir JJ (former head of the Government Legal Service, UK) is alert to the US executive choosing to ignore an inconvenient judiciary.

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Amazing to see #greensteel at scale! https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/green-steel-produced-without-co2-emissions

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Small news. A compost heap I built in February is reasonably happy, despite low overnight temps. #compost

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NHS reorganisation again. With fewer people, and more of them on their knees. Really trying to stay optimistic. Anyway, we're also looking forward to getting a national care service inside DHSC. Possibly then the biggest Whitehall department of all time. #NHS #DHSC

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The FBI is moving to criminalize community climate workgroups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA under the Biden administration, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by writing successful funding proposals […]

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In addition to writing here and on my blog about the executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie, I've just posted a description and explanation of the complaint the firm filed against the order over on the blog. I hope it helps people understand just how fundamentally unlawful and […]

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"The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects, from breast-feeding support efforts in Baltimore to mosquito-net programs in Mozambique." […]

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I'm remembering Heike Matthiesen. Just because. @gitarra https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heike_Matthiesen

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Afghan women who fled Taliban to study abroad face return after USAID freeze https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4k25wlw21o

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Good news. There's a bit of hope in Syria, and for the people of Syria. #UKpol UK lifts restrictions on Syria’s central bank - https://on.ft.com/4i7kMJM

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Just hoping, that the UK government will find a clever way to keep pace with the EU flexing its deficit rules to allow more spending on defence. None of the Ukraine scenarios are going to be cheap.

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Good news. The UK government has come to an agreement with NHS GPs ... and has agreed to negotiate a new GP contract during this Parliament. This link to Bluesky then has the link to a BMJ article. #NHS #GPcontract #Streeting

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Once again, the American Bar Association chooses rule of law over Trump and his henchmen. Full statement at https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/03/aba-rejects-efforts-to-undermine-courts-and-legal-profession/ Selected portions in this thread. 1/

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ICYMI, the FT had a weekend editorial "The US Congress is missing in action". Final para screenshot below. Link in next post. 1/2 #PeacefulOpposition

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Some words the U.S. military is dropping from its vocabulary: dignity, respect, history. https://www.tpr.org/military-veterans-issues/2025-02-28/u-s-military-removes-words-history-respect-dignity-from-digital-presence-as-part-of-dei-review

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The US armed forces are being purged and politicised. And their most senior lawyers were fired first. This example comes from Bluesky, mentioning that West Point has ghosted reference to Emily Perez. Check her Wikipedia entry. See also the earlier post from @heidilifeldman which I've boosted […]

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Reuters ran a story on Friday, Feb. 28 that might have been lost in all the attention paid to the Oval Office ambush: Reuters cited 4 sources speaking on condition of anonymity who said Israel has been lobbying the U.S. to keep Syria weak and decentralized, including by letting Russia keep its […]

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