remember, it's our freedom they hate. definitely not the fact that our government is made up of monsters and we keep acting like it is normal.

Iran targeted U.S. interests across the Middle East on Saturday, as Tehran promised wide-ranging retaliation following coordinated strikes by the U.S. and Israel. Follow live updates. trib.al/Q6roMjl

“The data, painstakingly gathered and verified by ELSC, reveals the operation of a system, not something which is centrally directed, of course, but something which is organic" multipolar, self-reinforcing and mutually exacerbating."

The Analyst : New Beginnings Therapy, : 9798861409643 : Blackwell's share.google/OJY2V9F2DxKQ...

Plan to pedestrianise London’s Oxford Street given official go-ahead

Palestinian solidarity in Britain ‘being silenced and criminalised’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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The Representation of the People Bill doesn't cap political donations. Super-rich can buy/bribe political parties to protect their interests. The poor can't. The bottom 50% of the population owns less than 5% of wealth and the bottom 20% has only 0.5%. 24m live below minimum living standards.

An Unknown Woman: how I discovered a hidden tragedy tied to Russia’s most famous painting

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British pop-soul sensation Skye Newman: ‘I come from a vulnerable background and there are vultures in this world’

Join me and let’s make history - the Greens defeating Reform in Manchester! This Sunday 10am, Greenbank Playing Fields, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3EU. If you’ve never campaigned before - great! You’ll be paired with someone who has! See you there 👇 actionnetwork.org/events/big-s...

“We—that is, Americans—live most of the time inside the cocoon of our small daily lives. Except for fire, flood, or outright war, the history-making world hardly ever impinges on most of us. For the most part, it is over there and we are over here.” New from Vivian Gornick:

The brain drain from science in the US isn't to other countries, but from science to non-science (e.g., I know scientists driving for Uber). The one exception is that students and postdocs are choosing other countries over the US because of the lack of funding, the danger, and the uncertainty.

People are ridiculous. Chickens aren’t loud. Cars and gas-powered leaf blowers are loud.

BREAKING: The Prince and Princess of Wales support King Charles' statement, following the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, PA reports

Should your esteemed constabulary be inclined to cross the pond, we are in possession of a most splendid catalogue of miscreants (which we would be delighted to preserve in like confidentiality) for your good offices to apprehend.

‘Made in Europe’ EU industrial strategy could hit supply chains, UK minister warns

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#Photography #blackandwhite Signs of spring!

#CopernicusLand created a new #CLMS Snapshots – featuring some CAMS and C3S data – showing how snow conditions in Europe vary from year to year, effects on alpine ecosystems and wildlife, and how Saharan dust can dramatically accelerate snowmelt. @copernicusland.bsky.social @eea.europa.eu ⬇️

Why do millennials think the year of the fire horse will save them? trib.al/ytDEnEA

The United States' national debt is set to balloon to $64 trillion over the next 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday, citing a jump in annual deficits that owes in part to tax cuts enacted by President Trump. | ABC abcnews.com/Business/us-...

The best way to predict the future is to invent it – or ask a cat.

Another communicable disaster for multiple nations coming soon …

Provence in bloom – exploring its flower festivals and the ‘perfume capital of the world’

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Politics is personal for me.

This week on Bylines Scotland… “Child abusers tear at the very fabric of our shared humanity. They create hell on earth for their victims and, at times, their victims’ victims. All that we have built – justice, health, education, community – erode.”

Wetherspoon boss, a Reform UK funder, supports Farage because of pub-aid. Cut beer duty by 10% Cut VAT to 10% for hospitality sector Reverse employers’ NIC Remove business rates for pubs To be paid by increasing child poverty ... Jeez. Reform oppose workers rights, tax rises on the rich.

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Please join this town hall at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow that @gmacgilchrist.bsky.social and I are convening, moderated by @helenczerski.bsky.social. We'll discuss what's happening to ocean sciences and what institutions and individuals can do. agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/me... #OSM26

Hind Rajab ticket link here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982520629...

Your nights out shape our city. We want to improve London's nightlife by expanding what’s on offer after dark, and we want to hear from Londoners about it. Have your say on the future of London nightlife 👇🏽 www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...

I think I'll wait for Minnesotans to tell us when it's over.

"Used extremely diverse, advanced and flexible farming methods, rotating and combining hundreds of species. Yet today humans use the land for cattle farming and monocultural corn plantations that does nothing but destroy" #Agroecology www.theguardian.com/news/2026/fe...

Another lead generator 🫠

In the north of #Gaza our teams treat more than 500 patients a day. We provide medical care to people living in dire conditions. Watch Dr. Roberto Scaini, our Project Medical Referrent, explain Doctors Without Borders services and why people in Gaza need more humanitarian aid, not less.

Good morning! Here are your 3 minutes of peace & calm. #OceanDevotion

Lisa Nandy refers Telegraph sale to watchdogs over rightwing media plurality concerns

A cafe is the most public place to be private, and the most private place to be public. Capitol Hotel, Tokyo

“This is the most corrupt administration of all time and everybody knows it.” The “everybody knows it” is key here. Even Trump’s defenders know it. They might do a “what about Hunter” but nobody seriously thinks there’s any comparison. Hunter wasn’t running crypto schemes in the open out of the...

Amsterdam will ban fossil fuel and meat advertisements in public spaces and on public transport starting May 1st. 🥳

“True leaders understand policy and anticipate how the public will react to it. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know what a mass deportation force will do. But it does take knowledge and a desire to make voters understand the stakes.” @adambonica.bsky.social & @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social:

Proud of my people ✊🏻

The mirror shows a fragment of you. The rest stays hidden inside. That’s why you never look the same twice.

Roaring winds, dry country and rugged terrain: Why Victoria is prone to devastating bushfires #Environment #ClimateCrisis

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