Because of Brexit, the UK GDP is 6–8% lower than it would have been, business investment is 18% lower than in comparable economies, and both employment and productivity are around 4% lower. Can’t wait to see in a decade how Trump has damaged the US economically.

A new all-electric double-decker Climate Stripes bus has started taking passengers around Reading today. The bus shows the warming stripes for Reading back to the 1860s and will hopefully help start climate conversations amongst passengers. #ShowYourStripes

Whole interview is remarkable. The AI chat around 17-18 mins is spot on. Ian's gag about being glued to your phone at 19 mins is superb. But the last 4-5 minutes with a highly political soliloquy (written by Shakespeare) from Thomas Moore is utterly stunning.

I feel this way about the use of X as the main communications route for lots of companies. Transport are particularly bad for this - train going to be cancelled? Find out on X. Lost your bag? Contact us on X. You shouldn't have to sign up to a digital platform to engage with the physical world.

If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city like Southend loses its university? Loss of education, reskilling, social mobility, exports, contribution to local economy and hope. 40-45% of universities in crisis, caused by govt policies.

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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

Why do you not point out why Andy Burnham had to leave the Labour Party in the first place? Not balanced journalism this morning on your podcast @newsagents.bsky.social

Zack Polanski dans une brillante campagne du parti vert britannique avec des thèmes de campagne très à gauche.

We can do this. A Green MP in Greater Manchester would be a massive step forward.

Secretary Noem has forfeited her right to lead. I’m calling on her to resign. Gregory Bovino must also be fired. No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.

Too often, a loud minority claims to speak for women. But women are diverse - and most of us reject the idea that feminism means exclusion. This campaign gives women a platform to show that we will not be misrepresented. ✍️ Sign the letter at notinourname.org.uk #WhyWeSigned #Feminism #WithTheT

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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

Board of Peace - Season 1

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One court decision, two different headlines. Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?

Let me just say, having to ask my pregnant patients who are having sudden bleeding if they’ve been at all exposed to chemical irritants/tear gas is not something I ever pictured having to do when going to nursing school. #Minneapolis #OBGYN

When billionaires earn in seconds what most make in a year, the rules are broken. 👉 Find out how we can slow their sprint for power: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich #WEF26

If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help. The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later: thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/

Not the key part of this story, obviously... but they *sold* his phone? WTF?

Me at the dentist right now!

Dystopie du matin. Se réveiller dans un cauchemar.

Lee Elliot Major, a professor of social mobility, said: “The evidence is clear: when talented students who have faced greater barriers gain access to elite universities, they flourish precisely because opportunity, not ability, was the binding constraint." www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Check out our solicited speakers: Elsa Abs (Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment, LSCE, France) www.elsaabs.com Tina Santl-Temkiv (Arctic Research Center, Aarhus University, Denmark) bio.au.dk/en/research/...

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How to submit - www.egu26.eu/authors/how-... Background on the Eco-Omics community within the Biogeoscience Division (BG) EGU @egubg.bsky.social blogs.egu.eu/divisions/bg...

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Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation A shameful day for Indonesia and the world

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Are we living through a new Victorian era? youtu.be/E4D5doaKulk

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Postie brought a leaflet from Reform UK today, in Glasgow. Incl a 2nd Class postage paid envelop. If you get one, remember to post the envelop back to them, empty or perhaps with a special message. Every envelop returned will cost them 85p. If every Glasgow household does that, cost will be £250K 😂

Let's choose kindness in 2026. youtu.be/lopMMkz0law

Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide. When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble. Happening under a Labour Government.

I keep hearing that folk who don't use AI will be at a competitive disadvantage compared to those who do I wonder how long before that flips completely, and there's a big market for people who still have basic creative and research skills

The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells. Americans once opposed this inhumane system. The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.

"but it'll save time!" i actually...don't care? lol. the genAI evangelists overestimate how much the people who chose to do research for a living (before chatgpt even existed) value "saving time." i'd rather do research well than do it quickly. i'd rather write an award-winning book than a fast book

This is profoundly irresponsible by the BBC. Truly shocking. It should actually be a BBC podcast. @evanhd.bsky.social

I wonder who is putting pressure on the bbc to bully Evan Davis? @therestpolitics.bsky.social why can’t the podcast continue without Evan?

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"For people with heart disease, the flu vaccine should be presented not merely as protection against a respiratory illness, but as a proven cardiovascular intervention to reduce heart attacks and strokes."

I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

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Plus de 1,7 million d’écoliers français soumis à une forte « pression pesticides », selon une cartographie inédite www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...