The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.

Some day I won't have to go to work on Saturdays. (I have good coffee, though). #coffeesky #train

Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender

I accidentally touched the paper, and need to wash my hands now... #ukpolitics

On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism". These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

I don't think its up to the perpetrators of discrimination, harassment or bullying to make a judgment on the damage and pain they themselves caused to others with their vile behavior.

I have recently developed a fascination with regional anaesthesia, especially with regards to chest wall blocks for cardiac surgery. So, looking forward to this workshop by @esra-society.bsky.social in February. #ansky

Sunny winter days are made for walks by the river... #photo #photosky

The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party. It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence. We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it. Never again for everyone.

On the other hand, I want to make the UK the most beautiful, safe & fair place on the planet where people live together in harmony supporting & nurturing each other and where poverty, war & prejudice become stories of the past. I have a dream and that’s one thing regressive politics can’t take.

Do.not.eat.ultra-processed.foods.

Methodology

Quite fittingly, the Home Secretary is dressed in Reform-style blue. #LabourUK #UKpolitics #immigration #Reform

After a year of sucking up, the PM can’t even get Donald Trump on the phone as he tries to destroy one of our most important institutions, the BBC. Was the state visit really worth this?

Ισως ο τελευταιος σπουδαιος πολιτικος δισκος της ελληνικης δισκογραφιας. #πολυτεχνειο #17_Νοεμβρη

There is no evidence that stripping refugees' rights one by one will have any impact on people crossing the channel. Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children. These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.

London is also diverse. It's hugely multicultural, and it's a largely tolerant and welcoming place. Sure it has it's problems and the housing crisis is a big one. But the haters don't hate this city because of that. They hate it because it stands as living proof that multiculturalism works.

You don't bite the hand that feeds you... #adayinthefarm

Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics

British politics is hilarious..

Labour has done everything possible to out-Reform Reform and they are still surprised that they’re haemorrhaging support. This is why I genuinely believe Labour will continue boosting Green party membership to unprecedented numbers.

Heard quite a few things about this one, so looking forward... #booksky #books #booklover #coffeeandbooks

I think somehow it's going to take a lot more then that. But yes, that would be welcome.

Confident in the work we have done to reach this conclusion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least

In 'How They Broke Britain', I do a pretty good job of detailing the depth & breadth of Tufton Street/Tory/Murdoch/Mail attempts to scupper the BBC, even as I castigate some presenters for going too easy on precisely the people who seek the Corporation's abolition. But I should have done more. 1/2

This little fella did its job very well for nearly half a century (!), but eventually reached the end of its life and had to be replaced by our cardiac surgeons the other day... #cardiosky #ansky #starredwards #ifyouknowyouknow

Πολλές φορές ακούω την εκπομπή Σάββατο πρωί όταν πηγαίνω στη δουλειά, και εχω καταλήξει οτι ειναι απο τις καλύτερες του ελληνικού ραδιοφώνου. Μίξη παλιών και καινούριων ακουσμάτων, βαθιά γνώση μουσικής και 'εντελώς 'ραδιοφωνικη' παρουσίαση. Άψογη!

Stop. Policing. Poppies. That's. Not. What. Remembrance. Is. About.

1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose. Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵

November walks... #photography #photosky

That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership

To balance the glut of articles interviewing New Yorkers who claim they’re going to leave the city if Mamdani wins, someone should interview my wife and I who want to move back if he wins.

Μην διαβάσετε το thread εάν δε σας αρέσουν τα λογοπαιγνια...

London has had a progressive mayor who happens to be muslim, for 9 years and the world hasn’t come to an end. Today, New York will also elect a progressive mayor who happens to be muslim. The two greatest cities in the world led by two people who love them. Simple as that.

“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year” A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...

The police continue to investigate the motive for last night's stabbings. Their initial statement is they don't have grounds to believe it was a terrorist motivated attack Elected Reform Durham county councillor Darren Grimes posted this political attack on the assumption it was an Islamist attack

I watched 'One Battle After the Other' recently. It didn’t quite live up to the masterpiece I was hoping for, but it’s still a thoughtful and timely metaphor on the meaning of resistance in the dystopian age of Trump, white supremacy, and ICE-style repression. #filmsky #moviesky

OK, so I have approximately 14 minutes to drink the coffee. #coffee #coffeesky #coffeeshop

Αν γινοταν σε ξυλινο πατωμα, θα ηταν παρκε-λαση.

What I think this demonstrates is 3 things (1) This mass deportation policy is wildly at odds with public opinion in general, and with opinion of many sensible Tory voters, members & MPs (2) Many ppl defending the policy didn't know what was in it (3) Informing and pressuring them therefore works

UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 : Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn** Don't believe the wind power haters www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gosh, that was quite a slog — it took me a few months to get through. A comprehensive and deeply detailed book, highly recommended for anyone interested in exploring the recent history of this often maligned, yet complex and interesting country. #booklover #booksky #books #middleeast

I love the original acoustic version of 'Atlantic city', but this full E Street Band arrangement is also great. On repeat since yesterday... #springsteen #nebraska

Poor child...

'Μοιάζεις κι εσύ σαν θαλασσα' Διονύση μου

Σαββοπουλο live ειδα πρωτη φορα φοιτητης στην Πατρα, το 97 η το 98, στο Τελωνειο (liveαδικο που το μετατρεπαν σε μουσικη σκηνη τις καθημερινες). Ειχε ερθει με μια μικρη μπαντα, με Γιωτη Κιουρτσογλου στο μπασο. Ξεκινησε με αυτο

You don't see these things every day😯 Massive intracardiac embolism, affecting both right and left sided chambers (and the pulmonary artery). Presentation with a 2-week history of atypical symptoms, with acute deterioration the day before surgery. #ansky #cardiosky #echosky #echofirst