Plus, since 2016: About 3.2 million people who voted Leave have died compared to about 1.8 million who voted Remain voters

I thought removing Meta from my life would be too hard, especially WhatsApp. After they decided to make their policies homophobic and transphobic back in January I decided I had to try. Current score: 2-1 to me - I'm stuck with Facebook for some groups. tomm.org/2025/breakin...

LibDems: in my continued attempts to get off Meta, I’d like to do a survey. If you’re interested in a @signal.org group for @markpackuk.bsky.social ‘s excellent Newswire please like this message (and reshare so we can get some eyes on this!) I hope there’s enough of you that make it worthwhile!

LibDems: in my continued attempts to get off Meta, I’d like to do a survey. If you’re interested in a @signal.org group for @markpackuk.bsky.social ‘s excellent Newswire please like this message (and reshare so we can get some eyes on this!) I hope there’s enough of you that make it worthwhile!

Phonemakers have been ordered to pre-install the Indian government’s “Sanchar Saathi” cyber safety app on all new devices and ensure it cannot be “disabled or restricted.”

What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?

If Nigel Farage wanted to investigate Russian infiltration into Reform, he’d have done it already. It’s time the Prime Minister launched a national investigation.

Today is World AIDS Day. We have come a long way since the horrors of the 1980s, which triggered a wave of homophobia which has its echoes today. HIV is now routinely treatable and for the first time there is the prospect of a world without AIDS too. (1/2)

You're not cross enough! First and second headlines from The Times. (Telling how consistently male gaze is the 'feminism' of The Times.)

We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w

this, but for Jonathan Gullis defecting to Reform

For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million

ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn

Wohoo! Now @signal.org has released its new backup feature, I'm moving our family group chats to it from WhatsApp! My de-Metafication is continuing. Realistically, I'll not get rid of WhatsApp for a while, but I will continue to encourage people I talk to a lot to move. #FuckHomophobicMeta 🧵

Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us. on.ft.com/4pb0xP6 UK talks to join EU defence fund break down

“Another taxi driver…claimed firms would purposely increase the mileage on trips by dispatching drivers to another distant town to carry out short journeys.” Unsurprisingly the title of this article is about asylum seekers and not taxi firms ripping off the taxpayer. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Imagine being turned away from a bathroom, hospital, or cinema for “not looking female enough”. The leaked EHRC guidance could do just that. Along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I’ve written to the Minister calling for new, inclusive, practical guidance that protects everyone’s rights.

“Japan is the only G7 country that does not recognise equal marriage or offer legal protection to queer couples, whilst in wider Asia only Taiwan, Thailand and Nepal offer same-sex marriages.” Sad news on equal marriage from Japan! #LoveIsLove www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/j...

Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission". Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’m all for meaningful URLs but in this case maybe it was a bad idea.

And this is why the government should have removed the two-child benefit cap the moment they entered office. Behind every percentage point increase from last July to now are thousands of struggling families. That's on Labour.

I'm not sure how much it is appreciated that there will be significant emigration coming. Those here on graduate visas coming to an end, the toughening up of skilled worker rules re. salaries/sponsorable roles and the 'earned settlement' changes to come. Lots of people are going to leave.

An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.

Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting. Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth? For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today

The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet. I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait. www.theverge.com/news/826902/...

Ubuntu extended their LTS (paid) support to 15 years, meaning that you could support a Ubuntu version from 2014. Ubuntu 24.04 would have support til 2039. Meanwhile Microsoft is obsessed to phase away computers from 2017.

"A YouTuber dropped his camera to the bottom of the ocean and recorded a deep-sea animal that no one has been able to identify." petapixel.com/2025/11/25/y....

Sometimes all it takes is someone asking. Encouraging women to stand isn’t just symbolic - it changes Parliament for the better. If we want a stronger, more representative democracy, we need more women in politics. Proud to back #AskHerToStand.

Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...

The [digital ID system] will be the “safest most secure system we can possibly design“. Well @ianmurraymp.bsky.social has convinced me now. If only all of those systems that have been hacked by nation state actors, including the UK’s own elector database, had thought to design secure systems. 🤦‍♂️

Dear BBC, the word you’re looking for to describe the complainant is “woman”. And if it’s relevant to the story you could add the adjective “trans”.

The UK must remove the pension triple lock on.ft.com/49AbdBV | opinion

🏳️‍🌈 amazing news! love is love ❤️

On reports that Russia could be readmitted to the G7 under peace plans, Lib Dem Calum Miller MP says: "Russia must not be readmitted...Putin is a war criminal who is also hell-bent on destabilising Europe and the rest of the international order. A ceasefire in Ukraine would not change those facts."

All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'. It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game

Farage's racist remaks as an 18 year old were only "banter" if he rejected racism later. But he never has. In fact, without racism, Farage wouldn't have a career! #RacistFarage

My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation. Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.

New analysis by non-profit climate group Possible today: Private jet passengers typically pay less than 1% of the cost of their flights in taxes, compared to 26%-54% paid by economy passengers on standard flights Loopholes mean private jetters often pay little or no APD, nor fuel duty on kerosene.

do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge

UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114. This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️

Iowa City made its buses free in Aug 2023 as a 2-year experiment. Worked so well, city council extended for another year. Paid for with a 1% increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

After several difficult years for the trans community, we must continue to stand up for the rights of trans people across the UK and the world and fight discrimination wherever we find it #TransAwarenessWeek

Spineless. Not content with using one minority as a wedge issue - the trans community - they're on to refugees. Vote Labour, get Reform (policies).

Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division

Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people. How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?

The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning. The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable. A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

Thx to Julie Ivory on Facebook for a great meme

Next year, from Sat 23 May to Friday 5 June, the @marchforrejoin.co.uk team are planning the Rejoin Ramble They will walk 255 miles from London to Brussels & deliver a booklet full of your comments on why we want to rejoin the EU. Get involved All info below or see @marchforrejoin.co.uk/ramble