apart from the sheer inconceivable horror of the El Fasher massacre and its attendant horrors itself, the thing I'm feeling depressed about is that it probably won't matter. these were people already on the utmost margins of the global system, who the world has already decided it doesn't care about

I’m at $162/1,130. It’s a big goal but we really need heat and food. Any help and/or boosting gets us that much closer. More eyes the better! I’d really like to enjoy the holiday with my kids and make memories but being without essentials is making that hard. Not much of a Christmas at this point

When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!

Just for some context - the house mentioned in my post below cost £4,000 to purchase in 1970. If it had changed in value by inflation, its price now would be £55,000. Just saying.

Without sustained international pressure, we're likely to see people in Gaza living in tent cities for years to come, depending on unreliable supply of international aid, under occasional if not constant bombardments.

I wonder how many crimes trans people ever committed at Women's Institute meetings. I wonder if it was in fact, "none at all." I'd rather suspect, actually, that it was none at all. So sad we have 99 problems and this is where people pour their energy in to. Build more houses, you miserable fucks.

The persistence of Africa’s conflicts has directly contributed to a record 167 million Africans facing acute food insecurity with an estimated 700,000 threatened by famine. africacenter.org/spo...

I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

New UN estimate: The Gazan economy contracted by 87% in 2023-2024 (so the situation is likely worse now). Israel’s military operations had “significantly undermined every pillar of survival” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!

And food? I don’t get much food stamps so I save food stamps for emergency things when we run out of food. The amount I get doesn’t even cost one grocery trip. I feed four kids and myself. One of those kids is a teenager. Food goes fast. I try to buy things that will stretch but I also have kids

It’s not been thought through at all. It’s back of a fag-packet hate stuff, that’s all. Incompetent as well as viciously horrible.

This is the point. Policy *should not* be adjusted or fine-tuned in response to minor forecasting judgements. Decisions about whether or not to break a prominent manifesto promise *should not* depend on minor forecasting judgements. This stuff matters. We've got to do better than this.

Two years on, Israel’s war in Gaza might be finally drawing to a close. The conflict built an unprecedented arms pipeline from the U.S. to Israel that continues to flow, generating substantial business for big U.S. companies. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion. So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.

Can I just say, as I've seen a few posts along these lines, it's a logical fallacy to suggest that because you're criticised by both sides you must be being neutral or impartial. One (or both) sides may be criticising unfairly or in bad faith. Indeed, they very often are. Please don't do this.

I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Of course the right to work isn't a silver bullet which solves all the issues of human trafficking, exploitation, and actual criminals, but it does go one hell of a lot further than this government's policies of weakening modern slavery protections, and, primarily, targeting those being exploited 4/

Once you provide people seeking asylum with the right to work they are less likely to become victims of exploitation, which directly impacts the genuine criminals, making it harder for them to sell illegal vapes etc, so you combat actual crime, while protecting people. 3/

I do also find it ironic that some of the most hated people on the Internet are people who like being around people. But I think some people confuse being introverted with being a misanthrope.

It's mad how much people care about immigration when it is so proportionately unimportant compared to healthcare, cost of living, poverty, climate change, wealth inequality, war etc. How easily people are convinced to rage about the wrong things by charismatic manipulators and social media posts.

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

What are these wacky hourly posts?? - Link was our daily sharer yall - join in! - Six families & a camp are still starving in thin tents in the cold, their homes destroyed - Each day we have a big goal because we’re sending rapidly for food & shelter - We’ll match £250 19 hours left 🚨 61/1000

Please share: 1.97 million Palestinians in acute hunger, over 90% of buildings gone: the slow genocide, and one we can fight. The deal may say “aid trucks,” but they haven’t entered, and food will STILL cost money. Our attention + boldness still matter ‼️ 7 hours left 🚨 398/1000 for six families.

*sighs* open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/n...

You don’t have a Special Needs child. You have a DISABLED child who has regular ass needs like you but requires additional support/aides/etc.

It shouldn't be as hard as some people seem to make out to recognise that islamophobia, anti-semitism, hate in general, all needs to be absolutely, unconditionally, condemned every time without any form of whataboutery or "but this..." etc. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Highlighting this for the weekend crowd 😊 #booksky 📚 💙

Short version: You AREN'T paying your state pension. You paid for your parents' pension. The 'kids today' and 'those immigrants' are paying your pension.

You should fund @blackskyweb.xyz, even if you don't plan on using their services, because there's a high likelihood that a social platform you use in the future will utilize their work or at least be inspired by it

Treatment of disabled panellist shows just how much contempt Labour has for disabled people At Labour's conference, a fringe event failed to provide basic accessibility for a disabled panellist so he could join speakers on stage, writes @rachelcdailey.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

People forced to migrate “tend to go where they have existing ties”. Confirmed by all sorts of records on migration from Europe to the U. S. the past 200 years (I saw this in manuscript Census records 1790 - 1880, as just one example.)

Stockport Mosques statement of solidarity

About time consequences were faced for the PPE scandal… But why only Michelle Mone? £15b worth of contracts were flagged with a corruption risk So where’s the rest of them? And what about the Tory ministers who greenlit that institutionally corrupt VIP lane?