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Kier Starmer, without the promised consultation sent the RAF in to drop bombs on the Yemen, in a joint operation with the Americans. Why? And why us, and not NATO? The US didn’t need us. Was it simply Starmer’s way of sucking up to Trump to get a better trade deal?

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Prof Paul Rogers, Emeritus at Bradford Uni Peace Studies,today's Guardian- "Just now, Starmer’s government could be using its limited influence to try to rein in Netanyahu. Instead, it is increasing its military support for Trump and getting even more embroiled in a deeply controversial conflict".

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A new day, a new horror. Ricardo Prada was detained by ICE, imprisoned in Texas & apparently deported. But no-one can find him. He has, literally, been disappeared. Stephen Yale-Loehr, Cornell Law: “I have not heard of a disappearance like this in my 40-plus years of practicing immigration law.”

submitted 10 days ago • 68 comments

I can’t stress enough how important these actions of resistance are for the whole world. Academic institutions should live up to their raison d'etre and that is FREEDOM not grant funding.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

⚡️Ukrainian orchestra musician, Olena Kohut killed in deadly Russian attack on Sumy. Ukrainian orchestra musician, Olena Kohut, was killed in a deadly Palm Sunday Russian attack on Sumy, which killed at least 34 and injured 117 people on April 13.

submitted 19 days ago • 50 comments

Nigel Farage confirms on live TV he thinks Crimea should belong to Russia. Bastard.

submitted 20 days ago • 16 comments

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: Australia 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Netherlands 0 Norway 0 Portugal 0 Spain 0 Sweden 0 UK 0 United States 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

submitted 22 days ago • 615 comments

Please Corey Conners win The Masters !

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Paris reduced speed limits on the Boulevard Périphérique from 70 to 50 km/h. The results after 5 months? Reduced traffic congestion, smoother traffic flow, fewer crashes, lower air pollution, and lower noise levels. Read more here (in French) www.apur.org/sites/defaul...

submitted 32 days ago • 5 comments

Wondering whether to get your kids vaccinated? Wondering whether to delay your baby's jabs till s/he's a little older? Worried about your unvaccinated relatives? See our new @independentsage.bsky.social report on Preventable Diseases, Preventable Tragedies. independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 🧪

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

As the scale of devastation becomes apparent here - please remember the golden rule for helping in disaster. It’s #CashNotStuff. Do not try to send items or organise collections. Will post links to verified funding pages when I get them 🚨

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If the American journalist she calls to ask a question instead, who responds by saying yeah I’d like you to answer the Brit’s question, is ever in a London pub we’re definitely buying him a drink yes

submitted 37 days ago • 54 comments

Tree of the day @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ? Besides the Alwin in Northumberland

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DWP is using a sleight of hand in its disability benefit cuts impact assessment: Actual increase in poverty is closer to 400,000, not the 250,000 in the impact assessment. Quick thread explaining why. 🧵1/7

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

Breaking news - government sleight of hand over poverty figures. Actual increase in poverty from their cuts to health related benefits is closer to 400,000 📢

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

Seconded.

submitted 40 days ago • 3 comments

The Trump administration announced plans to expand drilling in the Arctic, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Interior Department stated it would begin steps to open the entire 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the refuge to oil and gas exploration.

submitted 41 days ago • 366 comments

hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

This years @hopenothate.org.uk yearly report included a long read on the strange radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin. It's a fascinating case of how a sad desperation for recognition can make some people do and say anything. hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

We should remember that (a) in the US people like this went from “fringe crazies LOL” to running the country in a decade and (b) this kind of thing is already rife in Reform (c) Reform are already leading in some polls

submitted 44 days ago • 28 comments

Worst take ever. More accurate headline would e “Putin fools Trump by pretending to agree to a ceasefire he has no intention of honoring, whilst offering terms designed to eviscerate Ukraine.”

submitted 45 days ago • 8 comments

@cmckinnellmp.bsky.social please please do not cut benefits for people with disabities. I've read what I can to understand a complex issue but in the end it's simple - this is the wrong place to act. Tax the Rich.

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lithub.com/a-columbia-u...

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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space. Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

submitted 46 days ago • 542 comments

KLAXON 🚨: Indie SAGE has come out of retirement to release a new short report standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the sciences! DEI is not just the right thing to do, it improves the quality of the science. Please read and share. independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2

submitted 47 days ago • 20 comments

@mrjamesob.bsky.social your conversation with Matt Forde was fabulous. Thank you so much. #FullDisclosure

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Congratulations to the Toon.

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Yes we are. 😎

submitted 47 days ago • 5 comments

A sad day for America—Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University activist, has been arrested by ICE, not for any crime, but for his political activism. The Trump administration claims he was involved in “pro-terrorist” activities, yet no formal charges have been filed.

submitted 53 days ago • 250 comments

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

submitted 58 days ago • 1573 comments

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... Has the US really sent Ukraine $350 billion for its war? In less than 5 minutes @timharford.ft.com calmly demolishes Trump’s big lie

submitted 58 days ago • 11 comments

@wesstreeting.bsky.social please correct the misinformation. Given what is happening to US government you must be truthful and honest.

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