🚨These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child and even worse - these changes were introduced without warning, consultation and no evidence base

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Despite the Ceasefire, Israel keeps demolishing Palestinian homes across Gaza’s “Yellow Zone” (Sulaiman Ahmed)

Gaza 'scholasticide': We mourn our universities as one mourns an old friend - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/scholasticide-gaza-we-mourn-our-universities-one-mourns-old-friend

💜 It’s #PoTSAwarenessDay 2025 #Covid uncovered what many already knew — #PoTS changes everything. Many with #LongCovid are now being diagnosed with #PoTS — causing dizziness, brain fog, racing heart, fatigue + more. 💬 Have you been diagnosed after Long Covid?

Speaking of which, please lichen subscribe: youtu.be/NWoEWDJr6tA

If the general public understood that resident doctors are simply asking for £22ph and for jobs to be available for them to specialise in - instead of having cost the taxpayer £250k to then have to drive Ubers and leave wards hideously short staffed - the govt would lose the argument overnight.

Airport expansion will put UK’s net zero goal in ‘serious jeopardy’, MPs warn Committee urges ministers to set out measures to reduce carbon emissions before work starts on new runways. buff.ly/6578DJe

There is always a reason to be hopeful. There’s always something positive we can do. Wear a mask & show vulnerable people you care. Boost someone’s mutual aid. Donate to a food bank or community fridge. Visit & support your local library. Smile at a stranger. Help someone else.

Just look at the swathe of dishonest social media ads the Labour Party has belched forth in recent days (and always read the ALT text): bsky.app/profile/shak...

Bannon’s Fourth Term: “The press, God love them, too often covers this scabby, criminal fascist and his work like they’re covering a horse race, not a heist, quoting “both sides” while Bannon’s side outlines how to bulldoze the track” @therickwilson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Absolutely spot on, some people - like @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social have been pointing this out for years. The British public might take notice of this before it's too late, the irony being that it will be the Welsh and Scots who make the English realise.

What USA thinks it's #1 in (and its actual rankings): Life Expectancy: 46th FreePress: 42nd Healthcare: 30th Education: 26th Happiness: 23rd Freedom: 17th What the USA is #1 in: Military Spending Number of Billionaires Incarceration Bankruptcy filings Medical debt Gun deaths Funding israel

Gaza Civil Defence carry out 38 operations over last 24 hours - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-civil-defence-carry-out-38-operations-over-last-24-hours

Zelenskyy: "Wow, those hats!" Charles: "Yes, I thought you might like to see them" Zelenskyy: "What are they?" Charles: "The skins of Russian bears"

Shocking! Disgusting! And the world yawns! To the brave Ukrainians… I’m still watching with my family from Australia and every day we hope for your inevitable victory! 🇺🇦 xxx

A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise. The woods are gone. There’s a road called ‘The Woods’ there instead, containing a load of fucking ghastly overpriced executive houses with identical shiny light grey interiors and pointless giant clocks in their living rooms.

I have really enjoyed all the books of yours I have read, and I love maps too!

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

This one's better youtu.be/nD_25aSMSFc?...

OMG. What an ad!

These guys get $50k signing bonuses. Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos. They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces. They’re swinging assault rifles around in public. Abolish ICE

In the UK, the Clocks go back TONIGHT. A reminder of this absolute CLASSIC.

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Saher. Saher worked on a his family farm before this. He lost his left eye in the 2008 Gaza war when he was only 15. He’s now lost his home and farm and is struggling to survive with his family including his 2 year old nephew Mohammed.

‘Nothing has changed’: Gaza health workers report almost no medical aid entering the strip - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nothing-has-changed-gaza-health-workers-report-almost-no-medical-aid-entering-strip

'Gardening.' (c1945) Discussing Stanley Spencer's subjects of this period, the critic Eric Newton wrote: 'he tends to accumulate objects in his pictures, to relate them to each other dramatically rather than visually, and, above all, to paint them in sharp, harsh definition.'

Show us you’re listening @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social by responding to this from @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social in this months @bylinetimes.bsky.social Guessing you won’t … @adambienkov.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

I finally watched the Danish series Families Like Ours on Netflix. It’s incredible. Beautiful and tragic. And a reminder that as violently destructive as the climate crisis is and will increasingly become, ultimately it will be a refugee crisis of unimaginable scale and suffering.

Israel kills 93 Palestinians in Gaza since ceasefire: Health ministry - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-93-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-health-ministry

'On Thursday, Israel’s public broadcaster Kan quoted a senior government official as saying that “Israel does not intend to allow UNRWA to return to work in Gaza despite the International Court’s decision” requiring it to do so.' www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251025-gaz...

Jack Posobiec at CPAC: “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.” (February 2024) @accountablegop.bsky.social

There is only one solution to this. End the English Water Companies. If there is 'no money' don't pay.

Unrwa chief says Israel's genocide in Gaza shows 'utter disregard' for international law - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-chief-says-israels-genocide-gaza-shows-utter-disregard

They Tell Us To Fear Muslims While The US Empire Terrorizes The World The empire we live under is everything we’re trained to fear. Our own rulers are the murderers. Our own rulers are the terrorists. Our own rulers are the tyrants. Our rulers are the problem. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tell-...

Given that the GB News co-owner’s hedge fund was found to hold $2.2 billion in fossil fuel Investments, the channel's promotion of climate denial may not be such a surprise. But what may seem more surprising is Ofcom's willingness to enable it... /7

I found it incredibly moving to visit the art exhibition Gaza: Remains the Story yesterday in Diss. In the middle of such heartbreak in Palestine, it’s so crucial to remember the depth and beauty of Palestinian history and culture.

Since the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has intensified its operations against Palestinians in the West Bank, conducting military raids in the north and increasing settler attacks on Palestinians harvesting olive groves. Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.

Extending planning permissions without updating ecological surveys risks destroying habitats that have changed since approval. Nature moves faster than the legal system. #Planning #Biodiversity Full text 👉 bit.ly/47phdL4

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Man in green shirt, "I've been working with refugees and asylum seekers for the last three years" "I'm not sure why there's so much focus on preventing people coming to the UK, it would be much more efficient and effective to fix the broken, cruel, asylum system that is in place"

I explain why we should ban cigarette filters, which are pure "healthwashing", rather "greenwashing" option of banning plastic ones in favour of "biodegradable" ones, which are still hugely polluting. Let's not let #BigTobacco get away with this! www.openaccessgovernment.org/ban-the-butt...

The fact Israel is returning Palestinian bodies with their hands still tied behind their backs, multiple signs of torture and hoods still over their heads shows how utterly untouchable they feel they are... And we're proving them right. Every single day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Divers in Orkney have told me their seabed is being destroyed. Scallop dredging is turning vibrant marine habitats into lifeless deserts. I have called for an urgent ban on scallop dredging in Orkney waters. It was a pleasure to host a @OpenSeas event at Parliament #ScotlandSeas #ScottishGreens

#eyesongaza #palestine #israel