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This is what really matters. Just peace for Ukraine.

“Trump simultaneously says we should execute drug dealers while pardoning the largest drug market creator in human history. And so he is creating one of the hallmarks of authoritarian rule, which is a tier of justice that says: if you’re my friend, if you’re an ally, the rules don’t apply.”

Nazi salutes at the inauguration & violent convicts released in *week one*…

If you share my deep concern that a fascist like Elon Musk could use the X algorithm to interfere with the upcoming Canadian election please write to Elections canada and demand a full investigation into X's interference in Canada. [email protected] www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Love The Lincoln Project.

If Viktor Orban really blocks European sanctions at a key moment for the war, it’ll be absolutely clear that in this big game for the security and future of Europe, he is playing in Putin’s team, not in ours. With all the consequences of this fact.

A truly dreadful piece of writing that neatly demonstrates why he had no respect at all from the rest of the senior civil service.

🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & @thebhf.bsky.social in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏 450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES! Let’s all be ready👇 www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...

Sadly many of us will witness a cardiac arrest in our lifetime - let’s be ready. THIS WEEKEND please join me & @thebhf.bsky.social in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏

The dream of technology is now under the control of men who are vain, foolish, self-centred, amoral, desperate for power, and in some cases openly fascistic. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...

Excellent episode. Listen to it. It’s 17 minutes long.

🟦 BREAKING NEWS The Estonian Orthodox Church has cut all ties with Russia, registering a new name to remove links to the Moscow Patriarchate. The move aims to avoid restrictions amid government plans targeting organizations tied to Moscow. ⨳ Media reports.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Hegseth's confirmation is awful news for global security, esp in a 50-50 tie. Cannot emphasise enough how unusual this is for Defense Secretary. Biden's Lloyd Austin got 93 votes to 2. A misogynist drunk, with little experience, now in charge of 3m personnel + $1Tn budget with a paper-thin mandate.

🟦 BREAKING NEWS Hamas has handed over four more Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City, according to Al Aqsa TV. In return, Israel will release 200 Palestinian prisoners. ⨳ Al Aqsa TV.

The Government has contacted potential administrators for Thames Water in case the company falls into bankruptcy. It should have been the Labour Government priority to nationalise water companies right from the start. I personally can’t wait for this. ❤️🇪🇺 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This is so deeply sinister. The USA is broken.

This is disgusting. It’s happening across government agencies, but there’s something viscerally horrible about seeing such hateful language underneath the NASA logo.

www.972mag.com/palestinians... How heartbreaking this story is, how do you recover from such losses. 😢

This 👇

Mo has been caring not only for his beautiful family through the last year+ of brutal genocide, but for a shelter full of cats! He risked his life countless times to keep those in his care safe, and he still needs our help in this time of ceasefire. Please help Mo, his family, & the sweet kitties.

Foggy Kyiv💙🩵🩶🤍

Feeling overwhelmed by Trump’s first week? A little piece of advice: skip the doomscrolling and go straight to the facts. This read is a great place to start.

So close to 25,000 European Movement members! NO to Trump and YES to EU membership. It’s that simple… …let’s do it —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership

The truth of January 6th can't be erased. Watch the pardoned criminals brutally attacking police inside the Capitol and see what some call 'patriotism.' No spin, just facts. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...

Immigration raid in Newark, NJ, where they abused a military vet.

Has anyone seen other examples of these?

"It makes no sense for Starmer to pretend he would die in a ditch over Brexit – the sooner he abandons it the better" 👏👏👏

📳 NEW EPISODE 📳 Why did civilised Germany welcome Hitler’s message of hatred so fervently? @nndroid.bsky.social talks to historian Laurence Rees, writer of acclaimed BBC series The Nazis: A Warning From History, about his new book The #Nazi Mind. Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps. The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years. History is repeating. Pay attention.

57th day of non-stop protests in Georgia, the regime is stalled dealing with protests as people nationwide hold them accountable. The movement demands two things: New elections free of manipulation and cheating. The immediate release of all regime prisoners.

Israeli forces have arrested at least 22 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since yesterday evening until this morning, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

MOVING MOUNTAINS: Writing Nature Through Illness & Disability launches in paperback on 6th March 2025! You can preorder now from the usual places & do ask your local bookshop/library for a copy too. Available as an ebook/hardback now. 📚💚 #NatureWriting #Disability uk.bookshop.org/p/books/movi...

Rupert Murdoch has now spent around £2bn in keeping the truth about the way his news organisations operate out of the courts in the UK and US. Please don’t shrug and say it’s normal. It’s not. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Leeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X but will stay on other platforms like Bluesky. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

This is a hell of a piece of writing about a story that, if you heard about it for the first time, would blow your socks off. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

'The political landscape is far from funny, but sometimes a headline really gets you.' @mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to Kemi Badenoch reportedly saying 'it would be best if Liz Truss would shut up for a while.'

Have UK newspapers created an environment so hostile to Prince Harry that he will never see the crimes committed against him fully investigated? The Planning ‘pendulum’. Mystery Hour. www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

"Does the rule of law apply equally to everybody in our society? Or are there people who are untouchable?" NotW whistleblower @danevanswrites.bsky.social talks #phonehacking with @goldbergradio.bsky.social From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/1747192337/e...

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BRIAN IS BACK! “If [as a European gov’t] you pull your punches all the time, you’re going to end up with the worst of every world: you’re going to end up undercutting your own dignity and power on the international stage, and you’re not going to get Trump to change.” @brianklaas.bsky.social 🥊🥊

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