The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.

His comments are ‘deeply disrespectful’ towards British troops. www.bbc.com/news/article...

10. It’s time to recognise how deeply weird this is, reserve our votes for people who give us what we want, and stop subscribing to media outlets that lie on behalf of oligarchs. More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

5. But – and here’s the astonishing thing – almost the entire political class is in Group 1. They fiercely resist what the great majority want. Where, in the manifestoes of the biggest parties in almost any country, including those once on the left, will you find a call to make billionaires history?

4. In 33 of these nations, a majority believe their country’s economic system needs either “major changes” or “complete reform”. In the UK, a YouGov poll revealed, 75% support a wealth tax on fortunes above £10m, while only 13% oppose it. yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

3. As soon as you see politics in this light, you notice something extraordinary. Almost everyone's in Group 2. Polls in 36 nations found that 84% see economic inequality as a big problem, and 86% see the political influence of the rich as a major cause of it. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

One of the things I was most worried about is starting to come to fruition. RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.

Blumenthal: "I'm a no vote on that spending bill unless there are conditions that require ICE to go to a judge, to get a warrant, as well as other kinds of constraints -- the use of masks, the non-identification, the unmarked cars. These secret police, totalitarian tactics need to be stopped."

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that JD Vance tried to "soften" things in Minneapolis. He blamed the left for ICE violence and called the 5-year-old's father an "illegal alien" even though he's lawfully applying for asylum. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2056...

Why is the owner of Oracle buying Lion Country Safari in Florida? With the announcement of the campground closing, and rumors of a massive data center nearby, how will this impact water use, energy strain & the environment. Floridians deserve transparency, not backroom deals.

As ICE continues to kill, assault, and kidnap innocent people, Hakeem Jeffries again shows his weak and ineffective leadership. Seven dems voted to continue funding ICE while Jeffries did not support a formal whip operation, which could have done more to stop the bill.

#OnThisDay, 23 Jan 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduates with a medical degree. She is the first woman to receive one in the USA. She was also the first woman on the UK medical register. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory 🗃️

Instead of trading dependency on Putin for dependency on Putin's best buddy, perhaps the EU should build out its own clean domestic power supply.

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

The math isn't mathing for millions of Americans. And because of the Trump Administration, health care premiums continue to rise and with no relief in sight. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.

If you’re defending kidnapping a five year old, you’re losing

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

bsky.app/profile/cati... We certainly have proved we can ignore covid!

We know of course that Covid is airborne but where is the advice? bsky.app/profile/elho...

Over several decades, the WHO has played a huge role in bringing countries together to reduce death and disease at an unprecedented scale. It is by no means a perfect organization, but we can only improve it by continuing to participate. Withdrawal is reckless and makes us all more vulnerable.

When Trump exited WHO the Labour government also ignored the advice on COVID, albeit less than perfect advice, significantly better than that of UKHSA which isn’t saying to mask or vaccinate or ventilate & only offering vaccines to an extremely narrow band. It would be so easy to do better.

Here's a commercial-scale thermal battery (hot rocks!) that is providing heat at 1800C, which is what you need for processes like steel & aluminum. Industrial heat was one of those "difficult to decarbonize" sectors until, y'know, we tried. Get in, loser, we're electrifying everything!

"Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is suing some of the world’s largest oil companies, accusing them of colluding for decades to keep renewable energy and electric vehicles on the margins." There's a thought!

A Russian court has, for the first time, acknowledged that the cruiser Moskva was destroyed as a result of actions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

There’s no reforming this

We’ve officially reached the "Mean Girls" stage of international diplomacy.

Cancel the SEZs and freeports. Nobody voted for public money to fund a bunch of privatised fiefdoms.

Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America. At least until tomorrow.

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

⚠️ Extremely dangerous winter weather will impact much of the United States of America this weekend. Please stay warm and heed all warnings and safety advice. 🔗 weather.gov 🔗 https://x.com/NWSWPC

Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution Niall Ferguson: "Nothing will change Putin's calculus more decisively than a meaningful increase in the pace of European rearmament. Speeches at Davos aren't going to do it, folks, no matter how passionate they are.

URGENT 🚨 We have just one week to stop Sex Matters infiltrating a vote to ban conversion therapy. We must stop them. Use our tool and tell the MPs to stand up for what's right ✊ https://goodlaw.social/945cd5

It is reported that a Russian shadow fleet tanker seems to be malfunctioning in the Mediterranean Sea - Bloomberg. Progress is carrying about 730,000 barrels of Russia's Urals crude oil. It is under EU and UK sanctions.

Such wonderful news! Thankful to amazing friends of Ukraine!

That fact that the renowned racist, bigot Oswald Mosleys grandson is CEO for Palantir in the UK/EU needs to be shouted and made clearer.

The guy’s a sweaty lunatic

A great, in-depth article on @mongabay.com about our Earth Rover Program, and its transformative potential. news.mongabay.com/2026/01/eart...

‼️ The first truck with charitable fuel for the #Kyiv hospital has been unloaded. Thank you, 3 Musketiere Reutlingen e.V. - you are incredible. This is true solidarity and humanity. Here is a link to the website of a great organization that really helps and works: 3musketiere.org/en

Zack Polanski stood outside Palantir HQ to demand that the spy-tech firm - which has supported deadly ICE raids and enabled genocide in Gaza - gets out of our NHS Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇 goodlaw.social/658abc

Health care monopolies on patient care screw over working families and destroy your ability to access affordable care. All so corporate CEOs, like those from CVS Health, can pad their pockets. We must break up big medicine. We need a Glass-Steagall for Health Care.