My book "On Freedom," the case for the value of freedom and a proposal for a better future, with a new foreword accounting for where we are today, will be out in paperback October 28th. timothysnyder.org/on-freedom

Sometimes, the "perspective" that comes from space isn't quite the one we need to see. What do you think would happen if billionaires spent as much energy improving life on Earth as they do exploring space?

4. Failing to clear out the Tories’ highly political appointments to the BBC. They should be replaced immediately with independent people. Until that happens, it will remain a public relations outfit for the hard right and far right.

3. Refusing to introduce Proportional Representation. Under our First Past The Post system, a party with a minority of the vote can achieve a huge majority (as Starmer did with 34%). There is no way Farage could become Prime Minister under a PR system. Only under FPTP.

2. Empowering and legitimising the far right by echoing its themes, threats, cruelty and nastiness. Even if you set aside the moral implications, it’s an utterly baffling policy, as all the evidence shows that this gifts voters to the far right. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer. This thread explains why. 1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power. 🧵

The winners of the inaugural Bylines Network national poetry competition will be announced by livestream next week By Jimmy Andrex

The Royal Family own 250,000 acres including at least 12 grand palaces and large country estates. Funny. Never seen the Telegraph get sniffy about that. Seems like more of a target.

They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.

"[The Government] is using Brexit to weaken crucial environmental protections and is falling behind the EU despite Labour’s manifesto pledge not to dilute standards" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Here's a fact for you all. Prior to 2017 there was not a single documented case of any individual travelling by small boats across the English Channel to caim asylum in the UK. Not ONE. This current 'boats' crisis has been largely caused by Brexit. But for some reason NOBODY is saying that.

Are speakerphone conversations in public places and transport the communication equivalent of chewing with your mouth open?

The last time the GOP tried to mess with Obamacare, they got a drubbing at the midterms. Let’s make sure that happens again this time around.

International embarrassment.

That part. (… and the 2000 other verses that talk about caring for the poor and having compassion on the vulnerable)

As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.

Come on Mr B maybe literally save 'the' Amazon? Spaceship Earth's life support anyone?

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Lesson 1: DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE “Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, & then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”

The world’s in flames. But these are the ways I’ve found hope this summer amid the gloom | Jonathan Freedland

You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!

From this month's edition of The Onion.

NHS drug prices were back in the news this week, as the US President continues to put pressure on pharmaceutical companies to raise their prices outside the US. Read our Q&A with @markgdayan.bsky.social and @sallygainsbury.bsky.social for the wider context on US-UK relations: buff.ly/OtBcFyP

This is Rupert Murdoch printing this. Why do we still have Brexit?

Could we all be more "Olaf"? A Disney meme and selection of medical opinion pieces in this months British Journal of general practice help us to approach reality! Featuring @timsenior.bsky.social and others! bjgplife.com/insummer/ fyi @euanlawson.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social

'These allegations are not true’, Mark Menzies insisted while chewing his own teeth to dust, ‘I look forward to setting the record straight in due course’. A decade later, we’re still waiting. Exclusive extract from my new book, on @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...

The fossil fuel industry is in decline. That's not politics, it's geology. Trying to double down on oil & gas is bad for our climate and for our economy. Scotland's green industries have huge potential. If we want to lead the world we must invest in and harness them now.

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How privatisation ruined the UK’s water system - Prospect Magazine

A primer for the civically ill-informed.

"The UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) forms the backbone of national security, economic stability and public welfare. Yet, decades of privatisation have left many of these vital assets in the hands of private companies, often with significant foreign ownership."

This month we've seen more heatwaves. Temperatures will keep rising unless we stop burning oil and gas. The government can't claim to care about our future while backing new fossil fuel projects. That is why @UKLabour must stop new oil & gas extraction, starting with Rosebank.

Starmer and Merz sign biggest UK-German treaty since WW2 with deals on migration, trade & security Post-Brexit agreement includes defence, investment, moves to tackle small boats & will allow some British travelllers to use e-gates at German airports www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

“Other changes announced include expanding voter ID to include UK issued bank cards, moving towards automatic voter registration and tightening rules on political donations to protect against foreign interference.” This is good stuff from Labour. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...

"AI won't save healthcare on its own" is my current mantra. I explain why in this interview with Artur Olesch conducted after HIMSS in Paris last month: aboutdigitalhealth.com/2025/07/16/a...

#BackZack !

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Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is the ultimate betrayal of his base | Sidney Blumenthal

I’m calling on the govt to start the promised cross-party talks today, and to finally get serious about fixing social care. That means moving quickly to set up a National Care Service and delivering free social care for all who need it, funded fairly through progressive taxation.

It's not town vs country, whatever the culture warriors might tell you. It's money and power vs people. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Reporters are being weirdly loath to say it, but a consensus seems to be building that one way or another the Iran War will blow up in Trump's face. Apparently no one can confirm that Iran's nuclear capacity was destroyed, and now it has _every reason_ to rush headlong into building nuclear bombs.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."  -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡

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What a surprise Reform MP makes up scare stories with no evidence