Can we turn from US politics, and have some focus on the apparent rise of Reform UK? It's the Trump team, but with British accents. Remember that Farage's fascism was noticed when he was in school. He hasn't changed. #StopTheFarRight #ImmigrantsWelcome #VoteGreen

Did you know? Chromosome testing in sports has been done before and was stopped because cisgender people repeatedly learned that their chromosomes didn’t match their assigned sex. — Something the “XX and XY only” crowd seems to have forgotten.

We know that having an abortion when you are already a mum is common; yet these stories are often overlooked. All abortion stories matter. Read a story from one of our UK clients, who explains why she felt that having an abortion was the right decision for her whole family shorturl.at/y0PQH

We haven’t seen this many white people saying “people make mistakes” since Brock Turner.

Guys, guys, guys, you see, it wasn't war *plans* that they texted. It was war *crimes*. Important distinction.

Was waiting to see what she thought.

Abortion is healthcare. Withholding healthcare when an emergency with happening is a violation of a person's rights.

The UK is supplying weapons to a country whose leader is wanted for war crimes. How much simpler can we put it?

Britain and Germany issuing travel warnings to the US is the kind of thing Americans might not be aware of, but it’s poison to tourism and international economic activity. The perception of the US as dangerous due to gun violence is widespread; now the government is chaining up British tourists.

“Serial perpetrators harm generation after generation of students and junior colleagues.” Too many professors are pursuing their students and causing untold harm, says @annabull.bsky.social of @the1752group.bsky.social: goodlaw.social/xsix

Human rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free speech initiatives, and put the lives of their staff at risk.

That is awesome. Also anyone who has T-mobile should switch cellular providers because they now have a partnership with Starlink.

Eutelsat, the owner of OneWeb, a satellite rival to Starlink, said today that it was “actively collaborating with European institutions and business partners,” adding that it had equipment that could be “deployed swiftly in Ukraine to connect the most critical missions and infrastructures.”

Haven't we had enough yet? Creating a stronger relationship between Canada, Mexico, the EU, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa would be in everyone's best economic & security interests right now. Cut the U.S. out & let the Tangerine Felon & Apartheid Edison have their little tantrums.

Right now, the executive class and the millionaire/billionaire class knows we are pissed at them. And they are going to use every tool at their disposal to propagandize us back into thinking other people are our enemies. Don't you dare let their message win. Stay angry at the right people.

Attacks on free speech, book banning, forcing companies to drop DEI, not allowing people to study history, these are what the radical right MAGA people are doing. They blame the left for what they do. The proof is in the pudding. This too is an attack on free speech.

National, regional, and global economies with billions of transactions? So simple. The labyrinthine Rube Goldberg US healthcare system? So simple. Hemisphere-wide migration movements? So simple. The most straightforward act of unprovoked military aggression in decades? Well, it’s complicated.

"Camps." The word you're looking for here is "camps." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

#Trump openly praising Reform UK and Nigel Farage... 🤦‍♀️ The US needs to support other countries left-wing parties like they ask us to support theirs. Whether you like it or not, we live in a global society. What happens to us can happen to you. And vice versa.

#Trump didn't come out of nowhere. This is why more Americans need to pay closer attention to international politics. If malicious actors use smaller countries as test cases, you know they won't stop there. #Brexshit #CambridgeAnalytica #Facebook

Cognitive dissonance 🤦‍♀️

We join 230+ organisations calling on all F-35 partners, like the UK gov, to take action in line with their legal obligations and immediately halt the direct and indirect transfer of F-35 parts and components to Israel. Read more here: amn.st/3637

this story fills me with rage. no one deserves to be treated like this. we are truly being governed by the worst people on earth

The Sunday Times (South Africa) front page tomorrow, 16 Feb 2025.

Musk can't secure his work against hackers. fortune.com/2025/02/14/e... Concerning.

We cannot afford to go down the U.S. route of private healthcare. The NHS *MUST* be protected from threats by Trump and the private sector. #HealthcareIsAHumanRight

"You are who you hang out with." Thank you, Sheryl Crow.

Sex designation changes for birth certificates are being expedited in Washington! #TransRights @alt-hhs.bsky.social

IMPORTANT REMINDER: All six of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s children have been vaccinated. Not only is RFK Jr. a longtime anti-vaxxer, he has made a highly profitable career of endangering the lives of millions in his dangerous crusade against vaccinations. The ascendancy of this lying profiteer…

This was inevitable given it now seems anyone can do whatever they want

Israel has destroyed dozens of homes in Rafah, southern Gaza, despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, satellite imagery analysis conducted by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency, Sanad, has revealed ⤵️ aje.io/sybivy

Firing the heads of Institutes at the NIH (NIAID, NIDA, NCI, etc) will mean: -More cancer deaths -More overdose deaths -More AIDS deaths -More asthma deaths -More cardiovascular deaths -More lupus deaths -More measles deaths -More sepsis deaths -More liver & kidney-related deaths -More infant deaths

NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

This is not a war on affirmative hiring practices or HR trainings. This is a war against women, girls, and LGBTQIA people worldwide. It is a war to reinforce patriarchy.

Hopefully this judgement will be honored by the Trump administration and aid will begin to flow again. It's worth repeating: The President of the U.S. does not decide where or how our tax money is spent. That is Congress's job. That's why Trump keeps losing in court. apnews.com/article/usai...

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my question is why hasn't Musk been run out of town

This is so unsurprising. Did anyone think Elon was doing all of this work just for fun?

Honestly, if they left this unsecured, image what else is just hangin out there flappin in the breeze

Not just his, but those he has invested in, affiliated with, or wants to own, eg chatgpt.

Lots of people worried about #DragRace with the Paramount+ and YouTube drama. If you can, try World of Wonder website directly.

South Africa is a massive challenge to the theories of Donald Trump and other white supremacists. Here we have a living example of what it looks like to transition from white supremacist minority rule to black majority democratic rule.

🚨BREAKING: Unilever profits increased to £50.7 billion in 2024. It’s grotesque. Shareholders getting richer while the rest of us drown in THEIR PLASTIC WASTE. Who else thinks Unilever shouldn’t be getting away with this?

I TOO have renamed The Gulf of Mexico 😜

Even though Rubio promised life-saving aid wouldn't be interrupted, it has essentially been halted worldwide, interrupting HIV and TB treatment and threatening millions of lives. People are dying today because of these chaotic, inconsistent stop work orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

Worth a read: Maany Peyvan argues that we should make a less selfish case for USAID. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

➡️Tax the rich⬅️ We have plenty of wealth in the UK; there are more billionaires than ever before, yet working-class Scots are facing a cost-of-living crisis. Scottish Greens will redistribute wealth from the top 1% to those who need it most. @lornaslater.bsky.social on #bbcdn