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I overheard a lady say that she wouldn’t let her child watch Peppa Pig because it encourages bad behaviour. I told her I watched Road Runner as a child and I haven’t blown anyone up with dynamite…YET!

Liz Truss is still threatening legal actions against people who repeat the fact that she crashed the economy. Say it with me, Liz Truss crashed the economy.

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The awful treatment and conditions suffered by ICE detainees in the US should, MUST remind us that the concentration camp guards are all out there. They are our neighbours and colleagues. They never went away and are ready to get to work.

I used to be something of a Russophile, enjoying so much of their literature, music & ballet. Now that all seems to carry the stench of superficial beauty unsuccessfully covering up the stench of depravity. No remorse for the horrors of Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, Kherson …on and on. Just lies.

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, YET?! And here we go becoming a third world country in real-time…👇 Get rid of him, already! ✨

⬇️ So True‼️

A horse walks into a bar. The surprised bartender asks “aren’t you a horse?” To which the horse replies “I don’t think so!” and promptly disappears. I’d explain it, but that would be putting Descartes before the horse.

The magnolia I planted around this time last year is in full bloom. I'm pretty delighted with how well it's taken. Bodes well for the acers, I guess. I hope. #garden #LHBTS

One law for the rich..... has nothing changed since the GE?

I would point out that just because Americans are English speakers this does not make them British Ditto the Irish, Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians, Maltese

Harrowing description of lack of basic medical care or dignity for women prisoners (and presumably men too). Well done to this woman for spending the time teaching other prisoners to read.

Unique to America, our health care system is designed not to make people well, but to make CEOs & wealthy stockholders incredibly rich. The result: We have the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country on earth. How cruel, how immoral is that? We need Medicare for All.

From Germany, let me say: Despite all similarities, there's one significant difference between Germany 1933 and the US 2025. We can bring them down by peacefully boycotting their companies. They're already panicking. #Tesla #airbnb

Elon Musk called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme," and wants to fire thousands of workers that keep the program running. That might be easy for a billionaire to say, but Social Security is a lifeline for millions of Americans. We must fight to protect it.

Wasn’t gonna. But did. Laughtor Man #StandingStoneSunday A very nice couple stopped & I took their photo. “Um, silly question” said he. “But where are we?” Felt like saying “Does anyone really know anymore?” 😏

Here are some nice mushrooms

See, it's funny cuz it's true. 🤣 (also: #sad) 😞

Victory! 🎉 After a long Vegan FTA campaign, Peet’s Coffee will no longer charge extra for plant-based milk! 🙌 #peetscoffee #plantmilk #oatmilk #soymilk #vegan

Five years ago, the world shut down, but also opened in new ways. Happy Gotcha Day to my little land shrimp.

Progressive organization “Indivisible” is helping organize town halls in districts nationwide where Republicans in Congress are avoiding voters. Wisconsin Secy. of State Sarah Godlewski joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss why she decided to speak out at a Wisconsin… news.yahoo.com/news/hell-ga...

🇬🇧 "Britons never will be slaves." 🇬🇧 Unless we are giving US tech companies tax breaks to appease a 🇺🇸 man-child dictator UK mulls big tech tax changes to avoid US tariffs

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey. Defiantly, ME

Imagine if you were a Police Officer who accepted donations 'and just happened to look the other way'. Or a Doctor who accepted them, and patients magically jumped to the front of the queue. You be fired and imprisoned. But politicians do it and apparently it's all fine.

DAY 1378 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK Well today I dedicate to @reecedinsdale.bsky.social. Not sure what I would have done without his support this week. I’m just a swimmer who’s deaf & wants to represent my country but a policy hides my existence. He lent me a ladder #equality

@duffycaramole.bsky.social this reminded me of you

Canadian Airports is seeing empty U.S. gates as more Canadians cut back on cross border travel 🇨🇦🍁

The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.

Seems timely to repost this #lies #HannahArendt

Labour pledges to ‘tear down’ barriers after new figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year Exclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I find this YouGov survey outcome staggering 40% of Brits haven’t read a single book in the past year & just 23% have read > ten. Per @samfr.bsky.social :-In reality it’s probably fewer given the tendency to exaggerate positive characteristics in self-reported polls. yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...

UK ministers are claiming ill health is over-medicalised in the UK. It isn’t. It’s under-politicised instead. It’s neoliberalism that is making us ill, but they refuse to recognise that fact. youtu.be/MIdpSs5HlaU?...

He's dead right.

This is what we’ve come to, and so quickly.

This is a start. And, thank you, Steve Liesman. @cnbc.com

How about instead of doing a hundred Fox interviews this week, maybe Bondi could show up at the next hearing and tell this to the judge directly.

“Devastating benefits bill” says Starmer Yet it’s the lowest in Europe and 42% of the ‘Welfare’ spend is on Pensions 🤔

Morning, gang. There's a 7am on Sunday mornings - who knew! Well, the visiting dog of course. "Are you awake? Only, I need a wee and could manage spot of breakfast."

I reposted this raw, but the interesting thing here is the subtext that living in America now makes you suspect to anyone outside America. In two months this has become a global fact that maybe a lot of Americans aren’t yet aware of. Or don’t care probs. But they should.