Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

On a day tens of millions of Americans are more sure than ever before that the leader of our nation is a serial sexual predator who's either a pedophile or aiding and abetting pedophiles, the idea that his party is investigating Spanish lyrics they don't understand is a near-alien level of weirdness

‘We feel kinda bad when a solo bird shows up’: Canada sees its first European robin – but how did it get there?

Huh, maybe the revolution will be televised

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Shakespeare knew - a plague on both our houses - here and in the US ❤️ Ian McKellan

take this in

UCU members have a right to a free + fair election, and a working union. Under Grady, members have seen: 📉over 10% real pay cuts, for lecturers, senior lecturers 🔻union membership+density plummet over 5% ✊UCU staff doing 4 strike ballots 🏳️failure to protect branches+job security So we need change.

Key point from Fiona Hill at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk event this evening about the Trump presidency, both domestic and foreign: “This is not a normal time and we should not rationalise and analyse this into normalcy”

Umm, so we “need” to take Greenland to “protect it from Russia”… The same Russia he just asked to join his “peace board”? Do I have that right?

Phang: If the Trump/Bondi DOJ continues this charade of Halligan presenting herself as a U.S. attorney—even though a federal judge has found that she was unlawfully appointed—indictments like this for carjacking and attempted bank robbery could potentially be dismissed.

Today we honor Dr. King by remembering that his legacy wasn’t comfort or quiet it was courage, sacrifice, and resistance in the face of injustice. He knew progress is never handed down; it’s pushed forward by ordinary people who refuse to accept inequality as normal.

A person‘s attractiveness increases by a minimum of 58% when they support their local bookstore, café, theatre, bakery, and library.

The Black Panthers in Philadelphia have initiated armed community defense initiatives to counter ICE kidnapping raids within the city. (January 15, 2026) ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾

Maybe we should stick to a message this simple.

i don’t think it’s appropriate that old people are my age

Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.

My Republican colleagues must take notice: The U.S. cannot base foreign policy on whether or not a president gets a prize. This is pathetic. It is petty and dangerous narcissism — behavior we might expect from a spoiled child, not the leader of a democratic nation.

Poetic

BREAKING: The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, just delivered the strongest rebuke of Donald Trump we’ve seen yet regarding Greenland. Wow.

Interesting and welcome that three darkest areas, where most people have signed are Newark (Robert Jenrick), East Wiltshire (Danny Kruger) and Romford (Andrew Rosindell). People want (and deserve) a say when what they voted for changes. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Remember this.

January 19, 2026, marks one month since the deadline to release all #EpsteinFiles. #stillwaitingfortheg*da*nfiles

A tiny twinkle of light amongst the wall-to-wall gloom www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

We are a few dozen haystacks beyond the final straw.

Feels like we're living in an alternative reality ... it seems to get crazier by the hour. Make it make sense

BREAKING: White House says stop arresting protestors for supporting Palestine Action Extremely embarrassing for Keir Starmer, this exemplifies how the ban & arrests for holding paper signs have made the UK an anti-free-speech outlier on the global stage www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

"Students and teachers are staggering under the weight of endless classes and continuous assignments, and it is clear that the point is to stop students and teachers from having any time to do any critical thinking." #AcademicSky frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/j...

Representing @quaker.org.uk at the National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crisis in a packed Methodist Central Hall. Impressive list of speakers but suspect we're in for quite a challenging morning. I'll keep you posted.

47 arrested outside the Ministry of Justice. 90 arrested in Tavistock Gardens Peace Garden. 60 outside the Home Office. 140 outside the Royal Courts of Justice. These are just from the last week. Over 2,500 arrested in total. This is what Starmer, Cooper and Mahmood have done. Do you feel safer?

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This short film perfectly sums up why I support the Lift the Ban campaign having been arrested 3 times.

Opposing genocide is not terrorism. Make your choice. www.wedonotcomply.org

Following a report on @drjogrady.bsky.social's NEC update, we want to clarify that all dispute issues remain unresolved: ❌ trade union victimisation ❌ failure to negotiate a hybrid working policy ❌ failure to adequately deal with safety issues ❌ breach of recognition agreement & other policies.

A reminder that Israel has used the dead bodies of Palestinians as bargaining chips for decades. Last year Mustafa Barghouti explained that Israel is holding over 500 bodies.

Israel is using the failure to return the bodies of hostages as a pretext to violate the ceasefire themselves, but as Nour Odeh points out, the ceasefire agreement did not contain a timeline for the handing over of the bodies & Israel already knew it might take weeks or months.

The Fraud serialisation, Part Three: the money keeps rolling in Cash was flowing into Labour Together - but Morgan McSweeney failed to declare it. Little wonder, when it was used to astroturf against Corbyn and the Canary... www.thecanary.co/the-fraud/20...

It's been four months since the high court ruling. Rainham children deserve better 💔 #ZanesLaw #EllasLaw #LaundersLane thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2025/10/15/l...

A South African had his US visa revoked over a tweet referring to assassinated activist Charlie Kirk as ‘white nationalist trailer trash’.

“Protest is allowed, as long as it’s invisible, transient and useless. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies.” - @GeorgeMonbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Posts from those living through starvation in Gaza, showed produce with dollar price tags, at extortionate prices Such Israeli tactics serve 2 purposes... Creates tension & divides population into starving & just surviving… It also squeezes every last ounce of wealth from those imprisoned there!!

This Friday. Outside the Inquiry. 9am. 'Sara' will be giving evidence about #spycops sexual exploitation of women, in particular James 'Straven' Thomson.

Trump overheard on hot mic talking to the President of Indonesia asking for a meeting with son Eric. Unless Eric’s converting to the Muslim religion, this sounds like Trump family business. Our Supreme Family of grifters never stop. Oh well, this is just the Trump family being the Trump family.

Workers hired to remove flags are being intimidated and abused leftfootforward.org/2025/10/work...

Heading to negotiations on day ten of our strike action.

Staff and students came together early on a Friday morning to send us into negotiations. Our @leicesterucu.bsky.social community is amazing! Shame our managers were not willing to actually negotiate. At least they listened and they certainly heard the crowd behind us! The strike continues.

Staff and students came together early on a Friday morning to show their support before negotiations. The negotiations did not lift the threat of compulsory redundancies, so we'll be on strike again in the coming week.

Ridiculous that Geography Geology and Environment at Leicester is under threat. @leicesterucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk . In the shadow of where David Attenborough grew up (house at the back), we are on strike to protest against this threat. #climatechange #attenborough

Leicester are co-hosting this rally to discuss how we defend education locally and nationally. Hear from local and national negotiators and join in the conversation. More details and registration here: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...