What would David Lammy in opposition have said about secretary of Justice refusing to meet with hunger strikers? or what would former human rights lawyer Sir Kier Starmer have thought then? beliefs before power and after power, just not when in power . www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

It's terrifying (even watching from the UK) that this is needed, but these are important questions.

Astounding cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social, deserves to win multiple awards, will be etched in our brains forever

seeing numerous commutators use the language of mental illness to describe atrocity, depravity, inhumanity, or outrageous behavior beyond the pale may I suggest using the category of evil instead no need to use recent events as an occasion to further stigmatize the mentally ill who are not evil

The best response.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.

Great antidote to the news- watch the funniest video ever- 50 sheep in a Bavarian supermarket. youtube.com/shorts/OSQFC...

CPS states max time on remand, in prison without trial, is 182 days (6 months) Muraisi and Ahmed, arrested Nov 2024 trial not due until at least June (20 months) Chiaramello, arrested July 2025 provisional court date Jan 2027 (18 months) 'process as punishment'

Please write to your MP urgently.

Before Christmas I had the opportunity to sit and talk to Harry Japp about Race, Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy. The video is now up on YouTube. youtube.com/watch?v=FGZ6...

From George Monbiot

Wow holy fucking shit. As someone in recovery, this is a living nightmare even I didn't see coming. Very cool. These are death machines that sometimes make kiddie porn. Simple as.

The last few years have been a vicious wake up call for privileged people like me as to just how vicious and empowered misogyny, racism, homophobia, ableism and transphobia are in the world - I was never blasé but I was naive

Wrote a thing: The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....

Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist. Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it

This war/invasion/kidnapping is a lot of terrible and illegal things, but don't forget that one of them is a distraction from the still-largely unreleased Epstein files and what they may tell us about Trump's history of sex crimes.

It was news to me that they kept the Epstein files in Venezuela

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

New Shared Link - The Neuroscience Of Being Kind thoughtsonlifeandlove.com/the-neurosci... Kindness

Here is a piece from the Telegraph - written by a Conservative MP (when they were still in power) on Shamima Begum www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk/news/case-br...

the most common mental illness of these times is pathological individualism, and looking at how one reacted to the emergence of a global pandemic is the best way to diagnose it

Everybody needs to read this thread, whether they identify as a "helper" or not.

“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.” Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me. So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Remember when the reprehensible Shabana Mahmood suggested those who continued to protest about Gaza after the 'ceasefire' had bad motivations ie, as I read her, were antisemites?

Remember, these people are on remand, not convicted prisoners.

Cracked up watching this! 🥚

This is fascinating!

The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

A Buddhist take on healing the Inner Child (non-paywall link in the OP comments) #cptsd #recovery

No child should ever be bound to a man who raped her mother, writes @drproudman.bsky.social. goodlaw.social/1jcu

It seems timely to post this remarkable spoken poem by Andrea Gibson - youtu.be/Q0a840FbnbY?...

Chanukah ... the miracle of light... may the human heart be released to give light and warmth to all in these dark times.

It seems timely to post this remarkable spoken poem by Andrea Gibson - youtu.be/Q0a840FbnbY?...

Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones. The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.

not sure I’ve ever met a single bully, harasser, or domestic abuser (whether or not violent) also a large proportion of jealous lovers who didn’t in some way blame their victim for making them that way

In my view, the most compelling spaces for learning feel a bit homemade, messy, informal. (Not all shiny, performative, neat at the edges). Spaces where it feels OK to share our doubts, fears, hopes, and ideas out loud. Notice, listen, and talk openly in the spaces in between.

What the fuck

So I’ve been concerned for a good while about the future and function of psychotherapy in the wider culture And this thread itemizes some of my concerns and my personal attempts to address them 1. There is a significant mental health provider shortage

We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).

Farage just said “I didn’t wear a mask last time and I won’t wear them this time. This is nonsense.” Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…