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They just fired hundreds of FAA employees.

submitted 8 hours ago • 3940 comments

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

submitted 1 day ago • 462 comments

This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇 @housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.

submitted 2 days ago • 761 comments

The University of Sheffield should stop partnering with Drax, the biggest source of CO2 in the UK. Please sign you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/un...

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Professor Brian Cox - brain the size of a planet "My thought for the day. Single Market. Customs Union. More money for defence. Strengthen Europe. Place us firmly back at the heart of our continent economically, militarily and geopolitically."

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

#SheffEvents

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The genius art of .. #LedByDonkeys

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

The rumors are true: The proposed SAVE Act, now considered a priority for Republicans in the House, will make it harder, if not practically impossible, for millions of women to vote.

submitted 3 days ago • 366 comments

Yup.

submitted 3 days ago • 66 comments

Very sad to read this. The Leadmill is a Sheffield institution, and for a national company to buy their building and kick them out just so they can run it as a music venue themselves just seems so crappy 💔 www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Stephen Fry, "I'm deeply worried about the darkening shadow that's going over the world, the shadow of fascism" Laura Kuenssberg, "You would use that word?" Stephen Fry, "Absolutely. It's a cult of power. And power only speaks to power"

submitted 4 days ago • 172 comments

I wouldn’t think “moved to root out diversity initiatives” is a useful phrase for journalism at all, but using it as a euphemism for a purge of high ranking black officers is downright Orwellian.

submitted 5 days ago • 156 comments

The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now. My column today. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

submitted 5 days ago • 82 comments

This argument is right - but it shouldn't be left to junior ministers and it needs consistent policy over years, not just one budget. "you cannot have a failing state and a growing economy" Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Here we go!

submitted 7 days ago • 74 comments

What a day: our first post on Bluesky and a new exhibition! 🚀 🚨These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture is now open at the Millennium Gallery! 💛 See rarely seen sculptures by John Hoyland alongside a spectacular assembly of contemporary sculpture ✨

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Trump could have pushed for an end to the war in Ukraine without becoming actively hostile to Ukraine. Instead, he has imbibed Putin’s lies. Have written about the emergence of a new US/Russia axis, where it comes from and the staggering implications for Europe. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

submitted 7 days ago • 102 comments

I feel the greatest pride in my country and my people since the history-defining days of the Battle of Kyiv in 2022. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

submitted 8 days ago • 178 comments

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

submitted 8 days ago • 1383 comments

Dark Pence is back.

submitted 8 days ago • 4554 comments

Trump wants to land-grab in Ukraine— — just like Greenland, Gaza, Canada, Panama. He wants to grab other people’s land and natural resources all under the guise of “protection” and “development” of “the west” under his care. It’s pure mafia imperialism.

submitted 8 days ago • 71 comments

Marco Rubio's collaboration with Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Putin is one of the most disgusting acts of betrayal to democracy and our nation. Rubio has secured his place in history of infamy.

submitted 9 days ago • 1365 comments

US Senator Roger Wicker, head of the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, commented on the talks with Putin: "No, Putin cannot be trusted. Putin is a war criminal and should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed."

submitted 8 days ago • 617 comments

Despite endless stories that suggest the opposite, unemployment has stayed steady - & historically low at 4.4% The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced. The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today

submitted 9 days ago • 41 comments

"This was not peace talks nor a negotiation, but a business meeting," risk analyst @samdebendern.bsky.social says. "A business meeting between the representatives of two bosses, who want to decide how best to share the spoils of war. That is really what we're seeing here." ~AA

submitted 9 days ago • 41 comments

The most unpatriotic members of any society are the far right. They will always align with foreign interests against the interests of their own nations. They will always undermine national institutions and national values in pursuit of their own interests. When they pose as patriots, they lie.

submitted 9 days ago • 278 comments

2016: Brexit: take back control 2025: The alignment of the White House with the Kremlin UK, weakened EU, weakened US, weakened Western world, weakened The winner? Putin Laughing at how he brought democracy down Laughing at 'make Brexit work' knowing that all versions of it weaken us

submitted 10 days ago • 25 comments

it helps if you STOP USING THE FUCKING RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA WEBSITE HE OWNS

submitted 10 days ago • 28 comments

The co-occupant of the Oval Office is a sexually abusing, business defrauding, draft dodging, convicted felon who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy. He is a predator. Not a president. #PresidentsDay

submitted 10 days ago • 280 comments

NEWS: 💃🕺🎤🍻 Iconic venue The Leadmill has ultimately LOST it's court case and will have to move out of the building. 🔗 Read more and have your say at Sheffield Forum: zurl.co/2iGhy #Sheffield #SheffieldForum #TheLeadmill #Nightclub #Venue #Music h/t: The Tribune.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

I criticise Starmer regularly, so it's only fair to give credit where credit is due: this is very positive. Unfortunately, he puts most of the European leadership to shame with this position, but they (we) deserve it.

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

The Guardian, As always, incredibly insightful

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

1. Trump and his Death Eaters cannot tolerate any rival power. Europe, when united, is a major trading and diplomatic bloc. They see Russia (much less of a threat to US hegemony) as an excellent instrument for breaking up Europe, by threat or by force.🧵

submitted 11 days ago • 83 comments

In this new world, if you're not around the table, you're on the menu. If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours. European leaders...lead! on.ft.com/3CQFzlI

submitted 11 days ago • 89 comments

I love how Trump, Vance and Musk style themselves defenders of free speech, while simultaneously banning government agencies from mentioning climate change or diversity (inc biodiversity!), equity and inclusion, or even possessing maps which show the Gulf of Mexico. Torquemadas the lot of them.

submitted 11 days ago • 108 comments

Several others have already recommended this piece by @lewisgoodall.com, but it really is worth a read. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments