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submitted 14 days ago • 507 comments

Why is today the start of the new tax year? The answer is a surprising tale! It embraces the wonders of the universe, the gentle rhythm of days gone by and European religious and political history | Janice Heppenstall @sussexbylines.co.uk

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

submitted 31 days ago • 719 comments

Victorian diseases erysipelas and scabies return to the UK. Poverty, malnutrition, poor housing are the main causes. Govt response - benefit cuts for poor/disabled, two-child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut, freeze tax thresholds. NHS queues, can't see GPs. Must redistribute.

submitted 32 days ago • 11 comments

I’m very glad we don’t have elections for senior judges, which can be influenced (or not) by very rich people, and the outcome of which might have “far-reaching implications” for our national politics www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

I'm on the road this week! Find me in DC at American U Tues @ 5.30pm, in Columbia MD at the Chesapeake Faith & Waters Forum Thurs @ 5pm, and in PA at the Wayne Presbyterian Church Fri @ 7.30pm + Sat @ 10am. All events are free, some have zoom links for remote attendees. Details below. Please share!

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

Record amounts of sewage dumped into English waters www.channel4.com/news/record-...

submitted 39 days ago • 17 comments

Lisbon airport. Thank you, Brexit.

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

“Director of Endowment Operations at GUY'S & ST THOMAS FOUNDATION” Just what kind of surgery are they doing there?!!

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments

The government has confirmed 9,500 jobs will be lost with the abolition of NHS England

submitted 52 days ago • 30 comments

Just what kind of system estate does NS&I run?! www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/t...

submitted 59 days ago • 2 comments

Victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal victim offered compensation after death. The slow process of compensation is utterly shameful and adding to pain. People are being bounced into accepting lower amounts. No one has been charged or prosecuted for this long running scandal.

submitted 59 days ago • 19 comments

You should know that three quarters of UK police forces refuse to say if they even have a contract with Palantir. goodlawproject.org/uk-police-fo... Free zones are a form of corporate fascism, so the law will be a Paper Tiger in SEZs and Freeports. Thread 1/3

submitted 59 days ago • 8 comments

⚠️ Global sea ice cover reaches record low for February Scientists warn of severe impacts as polar melt continues and global sea ice hits record low for February By Brian McHugh @brianmchugh.bsky.social

submitted 59 days ago • 6 comments

Love this so much

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

I learned about the @eotarchive.org project earlier this year thanks to MIT libraries. Turns out librarians have been on top of systematically backing up government websites before presidential transitions for over a decade! eotarchive.org

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

I tweeted this in 2023. Charter cities shall have EXCLUSIVE jurisdiction to regulate matters, including labor law, tax law, environmental law, business registration, land registration, and dispute resolution, and the administrative authority necessary to exercise those powers'.

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments

Twenty years ago I was a local campaigner pushing for 20mph limits borough wide in Islington. We won the argument and Islington was the first London borough to have default 20mph limits on main and side roads. With insurance savings too, we should see drivers calling for lower speeds everywhere.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

www.itv.com/news/meridia... No Eurostar stops for Ashford

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Ashford wants Eurostar to reopen its stop. Same Ashford voted for Brexit

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments