💯 “It’s so clear that we need a new system, fit for the 21st century, and the conversation amongst MPs is shifting from "if" to "when" and "how". As a first step the Government should set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform” 🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk #Labour4PR

Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world. It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office. Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.

How can we do climate change work in academia during the present crisis? Here's our full Future Trends Forum conversation with @michaelemann.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GEn...

Gov. Walz is warning that he is will to call up his National Guard to stand up against the ICE THUGS. www.youtube.com/live/U9n1JNc...

Across the UK, children and teenagers are buying military-grade catapults and using them to attack and kill animals, inflenced by online "content". There’s something we can all do to end this sickening social media trend. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

"there are folks who think feudalism and colonialism are the future so long as they're enabled by AI and crypto, that eugenics is a good idea that just got a bad rap, that if you're smart enough you can cheat death, and that most people are too dumb to know they're serfs."

Glad we made this decision today I know colleagues, the government and other organisations think they will be ceding ground and an important public discussion space if they leave X It has been twisted too far into an unsafe, malign and destructive tool to morally use, & thereby endorse, anymore

After Cyclone Senyar’s deadly floods in northern Sumatra, scientists say extreme rain wasn’t the only cause. Decades of deforestation in Batang Toru — home to the Tapanuli orangutan — likely amplified the damage, with risks lingering long after forests are cleared.

A horrific video of an ICE agent shooting a woman in a stationary car several times in the face at point blank range. The woman was killed. This was done by an agent of the regime that Farage and other prominent British right-wingers support.

Excellent - conveying both the chilling similarities and the power of resistance.

Howard Buffett has been standing with Ukraine both in words and deeds for a long time. Today, he visited frontline Kherson to show his support personally, meeting with Ukrainian medics and children. 💙💛 Thank you, Howard, for this gesture of support and solidarity👇

Canada is a faithful ally of Denmark. We are both Arctic nations and even share a land border that runs across Hans Island. Canada and Denmark support the self-determination of peoples and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Strong democracy is the foundation of good societies.

'survey involved 130,000 people in 125 countries' 'found 89% of people across the world wanted their national governments to do more to fight global heating. More than two-thirds said they were willing to give 1% of their income to fight the climate crisis'

Based in Spain with links to Russia, hardcore conservative campaign group CitizenGO’s accounts show it received over $7m of donations last year. It closed its UK arm in 2023 – but we’ve revealed that the organisation is actually expanding its operations on these shores. https://goodlaw.social/l1vd

Robots perform dangerous tasks, so that people don't have to: u24.gov.ua/allies-of-st...

Stop Trump Coalition condemns the bombing of Venezuela and calls for the British government to finally condemn the US for its warmongering. stoptrump.org.uk/trumps-crimi...

Not satisfied with breaking international law to take control of Venezuela, Trump reiterates he wants #Greenland. We should believe him. World leaders must uphold international law consistently. They must stop Trump from annexing Greenland, and hold him to account for his actions.

Farage’s Schoolboy Antics. youtu.be/5OaXTd7__Ys?...

Resharing this today for obvious reasons. youtu.be/iCMnJ4KicW8?...

Just another day on X.

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This April 2025 NYT opinion piece by @ryan-holiday.bsky.social came to mind…

Just a gif of the EU flag projected onto the London Eye as part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's London's New Year's Day fireworks 😀 The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️

Serhii ‘Shyshka’ Shyshkovskyi first defended Ukraine in 2014, then again when the full-scale invasion began. His greatest dream in life was to have a daughter, however he did not live to raise his little Polina. On June 12, 2025, Serhii was killed while carrying out a combat mission 🧵

🕯️🇺🇦 Drone operator, artist and journalist Lana "Sati" Chornohorska died at the front Lana died on January 1 in the Southern direction as a result of being hit by an enemy drone. Fellow soldiers remember Lana as a principled, bright and very loyal person who lived by business and was always there.

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testifies how he had Trump in his cross-hairs and could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was responsible for the insurrection on January 6, 2021. Man things would have been so different if Garland didn’t slow walk this case. Ugh‼️‼️

Hats off to this rock band (including 3 Cumbrian Hardwicke Circus musicians) for their courage and generosity for Ukrainians: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

🇦🇺🕯️ An Australian soldier who spent several years fighting for Ukraine has been remembered as someone who "gave his life so others could keep theirs". Russell Allan Wilson was killed in action last month while serving in the country's Donetsk region, — ABC.

Axolotls are on the brink. Can we bring them back? Their native habitat has shrunk to a single lake system — Xochimilco, just outside Mexico City — where water pollution, habitat loss and invasive species have pushed them to the edge of extinction cdn.sanity.io/images/71jmx...

West Papua Indonesia Earth's oldest living eco system existing for at least 70 million years Look at the 292 square Kilometers of ancient forest cleared in just 21 months Now army brought in to fast track 5 million more acres www.ft.com/content/27a6...

Full Fact’s Head of AI, @mrdudders.bsky.social, reflects on how AI has shaped misinformation this year—and how our own AI tools are helping fight back.

Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist, write @michaelemann.bsky.social & Bob Ward - It is latest move in relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by fossil fuel industry @ncar-ucar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage. His first question was: “who funds him?” Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇

one of four in a week www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

Illegal #wildlife #crime is rampant in #Indonesia, from #birds to #orangutans, to coral. #Trafficking online is worth $852.6mil USD per year. Indonesia is weak in response #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife #extinction @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2024/11/03/i...

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Please consider signing this petition urging the Lords to stop delaying and pass the assisted dying bill. 38d.gs/gq6c

🔴 Exclusive: Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake Reform UK’s biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation. @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/12/16/n...

This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...

📢 This petition reflects what many of us already feel about Brexit’s impact. If you haven’t signed yet, here’s the link: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

The president of Ukraine in a town that the president of Russia claims Russia occupies. Ukrainians can defend themselves if they are helped by their allies. We have a simple job here — help courageous people who are defending themselves in horrible circumstances. Continuous good work by Phil OBrien

This is good news, particularly if it does indeed report by April 2026 so the government can get through a worthwhile law to toughen up the rules around electoral finance. bsky.app/profile/theg...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... 'Across the globe, we are now confronting not one single danger, but an interlocking web of security challenges...Our world is being actively remade, with profound implications for national and international security.'