We can't copy the good things already happening in other countries, but we urgently copy the unproven or failing things like social media bans. For a country that prides itself on its historical martial spirit, our governments are visionless cowards.

some nominal fees are one thing. But even the current fees aren’t nominal. The people should have free and easy access to the edicts of the judges who increasingly run their lives. This is bs.

What do you mean abolishing ICE is not doable? It was created in 2003. There are Missy Elliot songs older than ICE.

AOC: The Republican Party’s brand is fear. They constantly want Americans in fear of somebody because, if you are not afraid of someone who is your neighbor, you’re going to realize who’s actually pickpocketing you.

"And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God." Leviticus 19:33-34

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More on the Secret War between Russia and the UK/EU that I’ve written about: Russian hackers were behind a cyberattack last year that crippled Jaguar Land Rover that cost billions in damages and harmed the British economy, investigators have concluded.

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I've just written a review of the system-neutral horror adventure by @irny.bsky.social tl;dr; Buy this if you like running modern horror games! planesailinggames.com/review/2026-...

This is the single greatest opportunity for constitutional reform in our lifetime. One of ours is about to get into Downing Street. That never happens. iandunt.substack.com/p/finally-so...

This is a really horrifice article in so many ways. It smells of neo-colonialism and a frankly arrogant and exceptionalist attitude towards Europe and towards Spain in particular. Let's count some of the ways. (warning: may contain unparliamentary language) A 🧵

I think we need to explain the word "assimilate" to a lot of people. It doesn't mean "change the colour of your skin"

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I think there's an argument that the backlash is proof that it *is* working. LGBTQ+ people being seen as normal and present is an existential nightmare for the worst people in the world, so they're freaking out and trying desperately to prevent it, and in most cases, it's way too late.

Britain is more than halfway towards reaching Net Zero. Most people don't realise this, not least as the fossil-fuel fanatics want us to think achieving it is impossible. Via YouGov

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This is my favourite match-up so far. By a wide margin. It’s going to be a hard one to top.

Meanwhile, here’s how Ohio’s governor, a Republican, responded to today’s decision.

This is Holly. Every day for the past 5 years, she picks out a stick and brings it to her favorite spot for “zen time.” While her stick may change, her routine never does. 13/10 (IG: hollythebluestaffy)

I keep thinking I can't possibly hate this fascist mole rat any more than I already do, and then ....

BREAKING NYT: A New York City panel just voted to freeze rents for nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments — fulfilling one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's key campaign promises and handing the mayor a major policy win six months into his tenure.

The oil companies now know the demand curve will sustain higher prices than they thought. Oil companies sell at what they think is the highest possible price ALL THE TIME folks.

They’re going to fight back by only listening to their donors harder

And make no mistake, when the Klan was ranting about unassimilable immigrants in the 1920s, they were very much talking about Italians whom they attacked as Catholic pawns of the pope, as a "criminal race" whose members were all tied to the mafia, and as a non-white threat to white women.

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What breaks my mind about this is that there was precisely zero public glamour to reform indefinite leave to remain, outside of a highly online right fringe. The public debate is about small boats, not whatever the hell this is.

I’m not saying the debate in the U.K. has moved to the right, but Ed Miliband is basically seen as Pol Pot for aiming for a climate target first agreed to by…I think Theresa May’s government? Definitely Johnson’s. And this chat is going on during the middle of a record-breaking heatwave

#OTD 26 June 1917 the poet & army officer Wilfred Owen was admitted to Craiglockhart War Hospital, near Edinburgh, where he was to meet Siegfried Sassoon. The admission & discharge book records his arrival, departure, period of service, & diagnosis of neurasthenia. (UK National Archives MH 106/1887)

The only reason anyone talks about this approach is because it sounds mean, not because it would be effective. Sign of unserious government.

I did not expect the UK to be worse than Australia. I expected them to be on par.

Imagine spending an unbelievably hot week, when people are really struggling to sleep or be comfortable, telling them that we don't need to tackle climate change. Do it in winter, you mad cunts. If you're going to be wankers, at least be professional wankers.

Antibiotic cocktail made by soil bacteria can kill superbugs www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Re : Elon Musk, the once and future trillionaire. In every fable in history, the dragon sitting on a hoard of gold is the bad guy.

If you support inheritance taxes but not wealth taxes then what you're saying is: "Hoarding is fine. It's the handing of the hoard to your children that offends me."

THIS is why the asylum appeal success rate is so high. It’s not a bunch of tree-hugging judges. It’s a bunch of utterly demoralised, very junior, badly-trained, badly-led officials at the Home Office consistently making bad decisions

And it’s not ideology, it’s an understanding of physics

Might be nice to see some more parties saying this too Or even a govt willing to spell out consequences (for people, economy, EU relations and general international standing) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

“There are just over 1000 billionaires in America. Why is their agenda prevailing over that supported by hundreds of millions of the rest of us? (Since Citizens United, billionaire donations to political campaigns are up 14,000 percent.”

Tanzania’s native turquoise dwarf gecko was once a popular pet in Europe; this became a problem when collectors started stripping them from forests. Listed as critically endangered, the gecko was subject to an international trade ban, now numbers have bounced back. buff.ly/Zpjnfgc #ShareGoodNewsToo

Whichever kind soul did this in Stockton...im eternally grateful

This man is absolute fucking poison.

For the UK ban social media contingent. Btw, I think the harm that social media targeted political ads does to the world is a much bigger problem. And under 16s don’t vote.

Over 40 economists write to leader of Unite the Union, rejecting her claim that Ed Miliband would destroy jobs if he becomes next UK chancellor "The net zero economy generates output worth over £100bn and employs over a million workers....these numbers will grow” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I love getting to team up with the legendary @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social. The pro-Brexit arguments come across as laughable and archaic in the current context. inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

You cannot have the Platonic ideal of "sovereignty" in an integrated world. Every trade deal, every international agreement, brings contraints - bigger benefits might mean bigger constraints. To argue otherwise is to be a 5yo child screaming for rights without obligations.