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oh lord, I ended up having to write something about what's going on with Apple's Advanced Data Protection - what it is, what it does, and what happens now for UK users. www.ianbetteridge.com/apples-advan...

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Friends, May we never forget that while negotiations,statements, addresses and the rest of the (undoubtedly important) diplomacy track are happening,exhausted #Ukrainian men &women in military uniform are holding back evil on the frontlines. Without them,there would be no diplomacy track at all.

submitted 7 days ago • 333 comments

How different birds would act on a first date...a thread. (From us to you this #ValentinesDay) 💕👇

submitted 9 days ago • 49 comments

Journalism is collapsing in the middle of the information war iandunt.substack.com/p/journalism...

submitted 16 days ago • 51 comments

🗳️ What voting system do Brits prefer? 🟡 Proportional: 49% 🔵 First-past-the-post: 26% Via YouGov, 22-23 January 2025

submitted 20 days ago • 6 comments

The Papua New Guinea Courier's overseas correspondent on America's Coup Klux Klan... mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-papua-...

submitted 17 days ago • 47 comments

Thames Water must go bankrupt, otherwise every single Water, Power, Telecoms and 'Public' Transport company will do the same and build up massive debts and force you to pay them with illegal bill increases.

submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

A "pure" culture is a deid culture. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 youtu.be/xantRKgJPl8?...

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

A tiny 2% wealth tax, on 20k people would raise £24 billion per year to spend on the things that urgently need fixing in our country. We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.

submitted 30 days ago • 60 comments

I donate monthly to try to keep Wiki out of the hands of the Oligarchs Do you? It’s important that this precious resource stays independent

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Extreme wealth is extreme control. Never has this been so clear. Well we don’t have to settle for it. In our letter to Davos leaders, 370+ millionaires & billionaires say we must draw the line. Protect ppl, planet, & democracy: rein in extreme wealth & tax us, the super rich.

submitted 32 days ago • 12 comments

Well done @pamelaannehemphill.bsky.social You’ve restored a little of my faith in the US and its future Convicted US Capitol rioter turns down Trump pardon www.bbc.com/news/article...

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I will never ever forget the first Palestinian hospital getting bombed by Israel in this genocidal war and how the world could've put a stop to it then, withdrawing all support but instead our political leaders gaslit us, told us it was self-defence and gave Israel the green light to genocide away

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

The UK loses £400m every single day it isn't in the Single Market. That's the entire NHS budget.

submitted 37 days ago • 17 comments

There is a danger that this important new discovery may have to be reburied if funding for further research is not forthcoming Please help if you are able gofund.me/4f352d0a

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

This is relevant even if you are not Scottish. If this is truly a voluntary union then Westminster should have the respect to put this in place

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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…

submitted 50 days ago • 199 comments

Britain is paying the highest taxes ever, but has the worst Public Services because all of them have been privatised and most of your money is being stolen as profit.

submitted 51 days ago • 27 comments

I didn’t think Musk was this self aware… In Scotland, to “kek your drawers” means to 💩 oneself. So, in my cod Latin, Kekius Maximus makes Musk the biggest shit on Twitter! 🤫 Elon Musk changes his name to Kekius Maximus on X www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

If you only read one thing today, make it this!

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Something worth considering….

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There are more than 10m children in school in the UK…but, per Times, 3,000 might move to state sector because of VAT rise…so Whitehall is “braced” 😲😲😲 Says a lot about UK media bubble, the way this story is reported. You pay VAT on luxuries. Private schooling is that.

submitted 59 days ago • 205 comments

Just your regular reminder that public ownership is hugely popular ❤️

submitted 85 days ago • 11 comments

RP if you agree with this. ❤️🇳🇴

submitted 67 days ago • 83 comments

As Police Inspectors in England worry about the far-right, why Scotland is different: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/08/11/w...

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Britain was rich before Margaret Thatcher and billionaires didn't exist in the UK. After her Britain has nothing and the billionaires have everything. That is what she did.

submitted 68 days ago • 47 comments

I’ve done it. Will you?

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Voters air frustrations ahead of Irish general election @ryderfromtwitter.bsky.social how does this fit with your experiences and the chat in the pub?

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Make sure you vote

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