One of the worst things the Tories scrapped. The grown ups are back in charge, this is fantastic news. Life will get much easier for a lot of people.

"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."

It seems that many people haven't realised the truth about Palestine Action. And some seem happy to both mislead others to think it's all about some paint on a plane, while purposefully conflating the proscribing with a ban on legitimate protest about Gaza. But that is not the truth... 1/2

It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives

Nestled between El Yunque National Forest and the ocean, 101-year-old Andrés Gonzalez Vega is one of 16.4 million who served in the U.S. military during WWII. Eighty years later, fewer than 1% remain. González Vega, who is now writing a memoir, is one of them. nbcnews.to/4o4j9jv

Repost proudly if you have left X and joined Bluesky full time 🦋

The TikTok ban was a stunt to suck up to Trump. Meta is giving him what he wants. X is owned by the administration. Companies that haven’t donated to an inaugural fund in 20 years are shoveling money. I’m scared man. As a 22 year old, the authoritarian is winning. I don’t want to lose America.

We live in a post-shame world.

Someone tell that sanctimonious pixie Speaker Mike Johnson that if he places conditions on California's ability to rebuild, his state, Louisiana, the Welfare Queen of Federalism, won't be able to fix any of its roads because that money comes from the far more successful economy of California.

New artist I like. Just sharing because this is a social network youtu.be/H4GzsABwWO4?...

Taking the leap into Bluesky 👋

I thought the Greenland stuff was a joke I didn’t get. Oh boy.

It's really not about leaving the other platforms. It's about bringing people here and giving them more engagement than the other apps. That's what people want. Engagement. Takes nothing to offer it If there is a user on another app that you like, DM them and invite them here. Post and tag me

Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵 How can you support us? SHARE our posts WRITE to [email protected] JOIN US - there's cake!

Leak the report. Pass it on.

we did it! 🥳

Trump Locks Bathroom Door So Elon Musk Can’t Follow Him In theonion.com/trump-locks-...

Something quite Lexitty about eco-radicals marching alongside Faragist anti-tax reactionaries because, er, yay the countryside.

A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss. She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’ Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻‍♂️

'Bluesky is an echo chamber' say the thousands of people paying to see their reverential posts about Elon Musk appear at the top of the replies to every single one of his Tweets

🔴Public Demands Starmer Resurrects Leveson Press Corruption Inquiry Amid Collapse in Trust in UK Media The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to “find the courage” to take on newspaper owners and restart the inquiry bylinetimes.com/2024/11/12/p...

Really enjoyed this. It’s a great listen.

A couple of people have asked me what I think about (re-) extending inheritance tax to farming. I think Will Hutton is spot on www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Blocking bots, people dumber than bots and escaped mental patients isn't creating an echo chamber. It's protecting your peace.

Stats from Brussels, which since 2022 has closed off the city center to through motor-vehicle traffic. > 20% fewer cars > 37% more bikes > 21% fewer crashes > 69% fewer crash fatalities > 35% less toxic nitrogen dioxide from diesel > 10% rise in credit-card billings www.politico.eu/article/brus...

Recommendation: At your public library, check out gorgeous art books this winter. You know, that huge type of book you wouldn't necessarily buy -- but is a glory to keep company with for awhile.

Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.

WTF is going on here at Blue Sky? People are civil to each other. People having intelligent discussions. People are spelling things correctly. I haven’t seen any racism or sexism. I’m confused.

An analysis of over 500 conflicts shows they rarely end easily.

Musk is so hopeless…

Who made this? Ahahaha

Nice here innit?

Is it still international dog day :)

Lovely sunset with a beautiful rainbow.