Tim Walz mobilises Minnesota national guard to protect protestors Of course, the Trump regime is retaliating - with the Justice Department launching an investigation into Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey. @wordsbyhg.bsky.social reports: www.thecanary.co/global/world...

6 year sober ✌🏻 I couldn’t think of a better place to be this week

Farage kicking off about vegan tampons shows just how much period stigma still exists The fact that Farage is married to a woman astounds @wordsbyhg.bsky.social - because he has clearly never listened to one. If he had, he wouldn't speak in the way he does. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Semi-regular update on how many jobs there actually are for disabled people in the UK, according to DWP Find a Job All Jobs: 110,774 Fully Remote: 673 Of which are disability confident: 92 Of which are part-time: 5 BUT 3 of them are in care homes, so TWO WHOLE JOBS

Batshit Robert Jenrick has completely lost the plot this time Roving investigative journalist... nah, we're joking - it's Robert Jenrick and he thinks he's uncovered some massive conspiracy when he hasn't, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Penguins in captivity: excess deaths, preventable infections, and 'clear signs of distress' A major Canary investigation has revealed shocking conditions for penguins at zoos across the UK. Our journalist @wordsbyhg.bsky.social went undercover to expose the truth. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

‼️🚨Personal news 🚨‼️ I've officially completed my @nctj.bsky.social diploma with a gold standard🏆 Finishing off my MA and I'll be with @thecanaryuk.bsky.social full-time from October Not bad considering a few years ago I was labelled a 'troubled young homeless person with complex needs'

"It changed everything": how running helped a trauma survivor rebuild Trauma survivors know how to endure. But endurance sports like running allow them to endure on their own terms. www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Get your popcorn - the world's 'most powerful' men are arguing like little bitches It seems that far-right rich white psychopaths like Trump are actually little more than means girls with ED and internalised homophobia, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Waiting for gender-affirming care: five years on the NHS - or 48 hours, bitcoin, and the black market More than 37,000 people are on waiting lists for GICs - so black-market testosterone is thriving, and Canary journalist @wordsbyhg.bsky.social managed to buy some. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

People have been telling Starmer what they're actually angry about - and it's not what he says he is... Someone take the social media accounts away from Starmer and his advisers - because every time he tweets, he gets ratioed now, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

So cool to finally see this out in the world. Hugely important piece of work #homelessness 👏🏻

Robert Jenrick goes all toff vigilante - and it backfires worse than George Clooney's Batman 'I'm both Robert and Jenrick. Not because I have to be, now because I choose to be'... All the Tory dickhead needed was a cape, says @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

DWP PIP assessment horror stories emerge after 'do you watch TikTok' viral scandal From asking whether disabled people had sex to questioning when someone with MS would get better, DWP PIP assessors are treating claimants diabolically, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Tommy Robinson is out of prison - and already on the grift Stephen Yaxley-Lennon emerged from prison looking like he'd been living under a bridge for years (all part of the grift) and is already up to his old tricks, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Autistic man with ME/CFS forced into psychiatric hospital in Ukraine Marc's story is a window into the reality of life with ME/CFS under military siege - but also a microcosm of the abuse of patients globally. @wordsbyhg.bsky.social spoke with him www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Pingu is mad at Trump's tariffs

Trump's latest target? Pingu - as he slaps tariffs on an island populated only by Penguins Maybe Trump thinks all Penguins can boil a kettle, answer a phone, and trade goods internationally. That's the reason, right @wordsbyhg.bsky.social? RIGHT??? www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Eight months in, Labour is failing on all measures to tackle homelessness @wordsbyhg.bsky.social takes a deep dive into the available data and shows that Labour has been, is, and will be merely tinkering around the edges of the crisis that exists across England. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Israel just killed two journalists in Gaza on 'another bloody day' of genocide Israel targeted the car of Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat, & the house of Palestine Today journalist Mohammad Mansour. They are among an estimated 51 people Israel has killed today. www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

‘The wheels came off’: pandemic causes ‘surge’ of over 50s in addiction treatment The pandemic took the lives of many battling drug and alcohol addiction to new lows. However it forced some to confront their demons. @wordsbyhg.bsky.social investigates what went on www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

A think tank has issued a stark warning over Labour's planned DWP cuts The Resolution Foundation found that Labour's planned cuts would hit poorest people the hardest. Overall, nearly HALF A MILLION people would see their benefits cut @wordsbyhg.bsky.social reports www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

One month. 9090 pieces. No iceberg 😂 #Lego

Being alive & paying attention to the world is now a deeply traumatic experience. Yet we keep being told we're in the midst of a 'mental health crisis'. OF COURSE you're anxious Me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Labour's latest anti-immigration stunt is racist reality TV for the far-right. Literally. Vilifying migrants for TV ratings from racists like is some Hunger Games-like dystopian hell if ever there was, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social - and it's Labour new plan www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Just when Starmer couldn't make things any worse for himself - the floodgates open 😉 Starmer has pledged record investment in flood defences - but he can't even get this right in yet another botched policy announcement writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Hands up if you remember Starmer pledging NOT to increase Council Tax? This is not the first U-turn, or broken promise from this shower of Starmerite shitheads - and it probably won't be the last, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Elon Musk has access to the federal payment system. What could go wrong? What do you call it when a private, billionaire citizen takes control of government offices and its cheque book? A coup. It’s a coup. www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

TikTok may be back - but the whole thing is a five-year Trump publicity stunt Buckle up, because there's plenty more where this came from - as TikTok is the first in a long line of Trump PR campaigns says @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Scum landlords in LA are price-gouging rentals - but people are putting them 'on a list'... LA rentals are now a disaster capitalist's goldmine - but people are taking matters into their own hands. @wordsbyhg.bsky.social looks at the 'list'... www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

£1350-a-month London room rental sparks fury: no heating, no guests, no noise A London room rental where the landlord had some... interesting... caveats has exposed the wider chaos in the housing market, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

The California fires show no signs of letting up thanks to Santa Ana winds The fires raging around LA have so far taken 16 lives - and with no let up in the Santa Ana winds, worse may still be to come. @wordsbyhg.bsky.social has the latest news #California #LAfires www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Three wildfires are currently tearing through various parts of Greater LA - but why? One resident tells @wordsbyhg.bsky.social the #Palisades fires are 'devastating', as news emerges that over 60,000 homeless people are at risk #GreenSky Photo report below: www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Scared or impressed? #Lego

The US has NO IDEA what a terrorist is, if Luigi Mangione is one If Luigi Mangione is terrorist then private health insurance companies are a unit of government, according to the US definition... WTF is going on, wonders @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/global/world...

All is not quite what it seems with Cumbria Safari Zoo's alleged 'closure' Cumbria Safari Zoo was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of animals and a worker - yet it is only now facing the consequences, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024...

Reform are playing the victim over Labour's devolution plans. Cry harder. No, Labour isn't diddling Reform goons out of some local government seats - Nigel Farage's gormless crop of candidates will do that on its own, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Lee Anderson: ridiculous elected official or time-travelling WWI hero? Where we're going, Lee Anderson, we don't need roads - nor do we need your rampant disdain for women, either, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Labour can't seem to decide whether terrorism is okay or not HTS is a former wing of al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), & also briefly ISIS itself. But fuck Shamima Begum. Fucking dangerous Brown woman. @wordsbyhg.bsky.social wonders WTF once again. www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Social media comes through after murder of US healthcare CEO Brian Thompson Many people across the US have been discovering that condolences for Brian Thompson's death are very much an out-of-network benefit, says @wordsbyhg.bsky.social in our #Editorial www.thecanary.co/editorial/20...

Starmer and Reeves just showed their asses AGAIN - this time, over dodgy PPE contracts Clearly, Starmer and Reeves need to have a chat as she just gave a top job to someone directly involved in PPE VIP lane contract commissioning writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

The Daily Mail excusing away Gregg Wallace's predatory behaviour is the tip of the iceberg For years, the BBC has been the perfect hideout for abusive, predatory men - while the Daily Mail lays cover for the likes of Gregg Wallace, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/editorial/20...

Channel 4 just gave Fraser Nelson a show about #disability and #benefits. For shame #Dispatches Fraser Nelson (a non-disabled, white, straight male involved in Iain Duncan Smith's thinktank) should be nowhere near anything benefits. Me for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024...

Jewish filmmaker slams Germany for weaponising antisemitism to 'silence critics of Israel' Yuval Abraham is co-director of No Other Land, a documentary about the ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta in the OWB. Predictably, he's been targeted by the Israel lobby. www.thecanary.co/global/world...

The recent #Budget2024 is an insult to anyone who is, or has been homeless. Rachel Reeves announced £230m in the Budget for #homelessness. That amounts to £707 per ‘household’. That won't touch the sides Me for The Canary👇

The recent #Budget2024 is an insult to anyone who is, or has been homeless. Rachel Reeves announced £230m in the Budget for #homelessness. That amounts to £707 per ‘household’. That won't touch the sides Me for The Canary👇