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A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia. These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.

"If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it" - Arthur Kasspe #quoteoftheday

Slang-whanger: a long-winded speaker (parliamentary) #victorian #slang

This looks like the failed pilot for a computer animated sitcom in 1996

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

This week, I'm going to transfer in Watkins for Isak and bring in Emery and it is almost certainly going to backfire horrendously #FPL

#trenched #fpl

We have a new rescue today. He is a little puppy in a very bad way. Luckily his life has already started to turn around. This is little Leonardo’s story… (1/8) 🧵

"Cycling is not a practical daily travel option for most people." In 2022, 26% of car trips in the UK were shorter than 1 mile, and 71% were under 5 miles. A 5-mile bike ride takes around 30 minutes. Provide people with the option to cycle and build more safe infrastructure

Watching Xitter and Meta throttle this video is objectively hilarious. People of BlueSky - please do your bit to share it!

Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:

“Once an autocracy gains power, it will come for many of the people who quite rationally tried to safeguard themselves and their businesses.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

Are these people for real?

This is ghoulish from Labour. Using people's suffering to try and appease Reform, which is something no-one will ever go far enough for. Labour has the potential to actually be doing something to reduce hostility. Instead they are stoking anti-migrant attitudes just like the Conservatives did.

USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.” THIS HAS TO STOP.

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

After 14 years of demonising the long term sick, brutal cuts to sickness benefits & 1000s of successfully appealed PIP assessments why does Liz Kendall think there are suddenly millions of long term sick people out there who could be in work? Deluded. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

So after 14 years of the Tories punishing, impoverishing hounding and scapegoating people on benefits to distract from the rich trebling their wealth, the Labour Party is promising a crackdown on … benefits claimants

Triple captain should be called 1.5 captain and this is a hill I am willing to die on #FPL

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on

21% of people were in poverty in 2003/04. 21% of people were still in poverty in 2022/23. 20 years and no progress on poverty 📢 Behind these numbers are real people. Real struggles. Listen to some of their voices. 1/2

Wales’ 20mph speed limit is delivering incredible results: ✅ 100 fewer deaths/serious injuries on 20 & 30mph roads ✅ 35% drop in road casualties (Jul–Sep 2024 vs. same period in 2023) ✅ Lowest casualty rate for this period since 1979 The data is clear: slower speeds save lives. 🔗 bbc.in/4aGd72h

The White House has suddenly removed this page. whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Linking LGBTQ+ inclusion to paedophilia is a toxic and dangerous trope. Please take action to urge Sky to pull their ads from GB News: actionstorm.org/petitions/cu...

ICE detained a family—including a toddler—after they were overheard speaking Spanish. They’re US citizens from Puerto Rico. No chance to explain. The mother, grandmother, and child were shopping when ICE agents took them into detention before admitting their “mistake.” This is Trump’s America.

Top-heavy: drunk #victorian #slang