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Friends, I'm returning to share new work and continue building communities in 2026. Here's a new poem for the new year. Sending love to you all.

He donated $1.8 million to Trump and hired Pam Bondi’s brother as his pardon attorney. Defrauded hundreds of millions from people. Walked away free. Not Somali.

These are unsettling times.

Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.

When healthcare claims they learned from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and how to deal with airborne transmission. They have not.

how all youtube ads sound to me

No-one with eyes & ears could’ve doubted there was a festering cesspit of racism bubbling just below the surface of UK society, the only surprise is quite how rapidly it’s engulfing us & with how little resistance from our supposed democratic institutions

"The self-charging EV highway is packed with copper coils underneath the asphalt which are responsible for generating a magnetic field that can transfer power to electric vehicles with special receivers. The French goal is to lay down 9,000 km of wireless charging electric roads by 2035." #NetZero🌻

No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?

PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask. Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.

A 'Malignant Narcissist' is a severe personality type combining traits of NPD with antisocial features, marked by grandiosity, lack of empathy, manipulation, and aggression, often finding pleasure in others' suffering, exhibiting paranoia, and actively exploiting and harming people without remorse.

The human community has failed in regard to Covid-19 because human morality has failed. Essential values of care and concern have been abandoned for the sake of convenience and selfishness, and as a result, the extreme harm of uncontrolled Covid-19 is undermining our collective well-being. #COVID19

Most people have responded to the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 by abandoning care and concern, but in doing so, they have made a fatal mistake, because human survival depends on care and concern. bsky.app/profile/mcol...

It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately.

NEW Jane Austen as a writer about law Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me (And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.) emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...

Off on a roade trippe wyth Dante. See you yn a fewe dayes, everyebodye! It ys manye miles and dimensiouns to Los Angeles, we have a fullye charged Hyundai Ioniq, halfe a page of plannes for frame tale narratyves, we are lost yn a darke woode, and we are wearinge sunglasses. Hit it.

Me right now @socialistdawn.bsky.social @iammardikins.bsky.social @nickynoo007.bsky.social @rachel4742.bsky.social @devonianmatthew.bsky.social @hill-hillbill.bsky.social @rogerday.bsky.social

"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas" The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending My popular seasonal post from last year: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni... Now with a couple of footnotes one year on: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...

Discovered in some forgotten stack of papers by my sister.

I'm stopping by to offer these words for Christmas. I hope to see you all in the new year.

A lovely story that embodies what Christmas is supposed to be about www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happy Resistance! ✊

How I’m arriving at the Bluesky Xmas party.

That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.

No this is not the opening sentence from a dystopian novel.

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

Anyone who watched Vance's speech on Sunday at TPUSA knows the real headline is that the VP gave a full on endorsement of christian white nationalism, with his own racism & bigotry on full display. (Watch these clips posted by @atrupar.com bsky.app/profile/atru...) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

We have this problem with certain management at the BBC. Gibb has to go, taking his gang of Tory placements with him.

Chris Van Hollen speaks to protesters outside the Kennedy Center: "We are here to say that this desecration of the Kennedy Center will not stand. Mark my words, whether it's a matter of weeks or months, Donald Trump's name will come down off of the Kennedy Center.

Guess who isn’t in the #EpsteinFiles

In a brutal abduction incident on December 18, 2025, ICE In Pittsburgh subjected a man to a horrific ordeal, involving beatings, pepper spraying, and choking.

To be blunt: if you are doing anything at all right now to reduce your risk of infection from SARS-CoV-2, you're being smart. As a result of the current high prevalence of flu, masking is back in the media. Ignore anything negative said about it. Political nonsense is irrelevant.

For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such

If I was running a local newsroom, I’d be finding local families living this same exact nightmare. This ‘show & tell’ of what it’s like to try (&fail) to find someone locked up by DHS is crucial to understanding the devastating, real-life impacts of these Trump immigration policies.

On October 21st this year, disgraced former PM Boris Johnson gave further evidence to the #CovidinquiryUK (Module 8). He reaffirmed his full responsibility for what happened on his watch. This is the lying POS taking full responsibility:

If you agree that Johnson’s complicity in the deaths of thousands of people means he should lose access to the £115,000 a year benefits he receives for his time as Prime Minister, sign our petition below: t.co/kqsrZnsyEQ

Boris Johnson’s old tricks cannot hide his complicity. Our member, Lobby Akinnola, on the disgraced former PM's attempt to wash his hands of responsibility for the deaths of our loved ones ⬇️ www.covidfamiliesforjustice.org/latestnews/b...

Oh look wearing an N95 respirator continuously provides a high level of protection.

“You tell me, Mr Anderson — what good is washing your hands if the virus is in the air?” #COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUp 😷

It’s still the Gulf of Mexico. It’s still the Department of Defense. And it’s still the Kennedy Center. And they will remain as such long after that orange fucking idiot is gone.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

It's hard to find the words for how disgusting this is. It completely silences girls' experiences of male violence. It fails to recognise the importance of education for prevention. It ignores the drivers of men's violence. And it's racist. Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?

FUCKIN FACTS 💯

Press Gazette: "GB News issued a high-profile apology this week to the mother of Meghan Markle, Doria Ragland, after a totally inaccurate and shocking claim. Carole Malone who made the remarks has blamed misinfo she had seen online. But she had previously doubled down on the debunked comments...

The ‘Raise the Colours’ campaign, widely praised by politicians and commentators as a "grassroots" campaign for "unity" has now pivoted to harassing migrants and charity workers on the beaches of France. Activists were seen stabbing dinghies and releasing dogs to intimidate migrant and aid workers

'John Muir, co-founder of the Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation, a UK charity campaigning for the improvement of clean indoor air, said any investment in the devices was well worth the money'. There's a poll in this article - please vote. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/educati...

Today is International Migrants Day. The immigration debate has become increasingly toxic - so we asked the public what they think. Watch and share if you agree 🔁