“The next time someone shares with you some anti-London b******t, be sure to send them this video" Excellent explainer from @evanedinger.bsky.social, countering hate and lies about London www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDky... #racism #hateforprofit #stopfundinghate

Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed… …perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.

Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments. www.cell.com/current-biol...

“This actually might be the worst thing we’ve seen coming out of HHS this year, and that’s saying a lot, in an unimaginably damaging year for science and public health.” youtube.com/shorts/aSHjr...

"If people are really worried about the flu season then we could start vaccinating more adults" Spot on from @chrischirp.bsky.social

It's right to explore what's driving increased prevalence & what support people need. But as @johnharris1969.bsky.social says, in "a country in which questioning other people’s needs is almost becoming a national sport" the government risks stoking a toxic debate www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“People in countries like the UK don’t understand how refugees make decisions because our experiences are so different from theirs.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“How can vulnerable nations be compensated for the “loss and damage” caused by climate breakdown if we haven’t the faintest idea how great that loss and damage might be?”

Kruger: “The whole DEI/woke agenda that has infected so much of Whitehall will be in contravention of the civil service code that we introduce. Socially controversial political positions will not be acceptable in the civil service.” So anti-racism is socially controversial, but racism isn’t.

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right… What a grim betrayal of our democracy. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

"the hard data suggests that the largest of the UK’s very real problems are no more being caused by mass immigration than they are by a group of charity fundraisers rowing past Great Yarmouth" on.ft.com/3IsyVVu @timharford.ft.com with his facts and reasonableness

Exciting to see this ancient law, which baffled scholars for centuries, finally being used.

"Rector, the Reverend Michael Smith, said it was "probably no coincidence" the graffiti appeared soon after an anti-racism meeting in the church hall"

EXCLUSIVE: England’s farms are being fertilised with a cocktail of toxic landfill juice + sewage sludge. 750,000 tonnes of landfill leachate tankered to sewage works every year → mixed into sewage → spread on farmers' fields. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Astonishingly, I've discovered, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss's agenda are still operating at the heart of government. Remind me what we voted for again ... This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress

“Abortion is so much more normal and common than people think," says Kendall, an abortion nurse for @msichoicesuk.bsky.social Kendall told us what it's like to be an abortion provider in England, and what's changed since anti-choice groups were blocked from harassing people outside clinics ⤵️

“As temperatures in this corner of northern Europe once again scrape the mid-30s, what must it be like to work in warehouses and factories with precious little ventilation, let alone air conditioning? How do builders and bike couriers cope?” Excellent piece from John Harris.

‘Every human being deserves dignity’: asylum seeker in Essex hotel calls for understanding

“There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Here's why we're in the High Court today.... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"you need to make it cheap and easy for people to make the switch. If it’s expensive, most people won’t do it. If it’s difficult or inconvenient, then forget it." www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/the-false-...

“To some, [lab-grown meat is] a healthier option with less cholesterol, no animal suffering - and a clever solution to a pressing environmental problem. To others, those benefits may have been overblown.” How has “no animal suffering” been overblown? It doesn’t say: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report by @eea.europa.eu finds - The stress and sleep disturbance from noise results early deaths and disease, with children especially vulnerable Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"If ever you’re in need as I was may you have an island of strangers like I had" @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“The far-right is on the rise globally. What is needed in this moment is a clear articulation of why they are wrong, and an aggressive defence of core liberal democratic values.”

My letter to the Prime Minister. #immigration

📣 Stop Airport Expansion 📣 Help us tell the government WE DON’T WANT EXPANSION at any UK airport, including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton. Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

This is one of the most gruesome raptor persecution cases I have ever heard– yet incidents like this take place up and down the country every single year . It must end , please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036

In 1851 Samuel Morton proposed the infamous "drapetomania" as a mental disorder that caused slaves to run away. Nothing new about using mental disorders to discredit resistance to some political or social order.

UK musicians hit with £914M+ loss post-Brexit. Streams, tickets, vinyl - it’s grim. Join @europeanmovement.co.uk to sign the petition: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/brexit_music...

Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?

America are going backwards. Decriminalisation of abortion is LONG overdue in the U.K. Please sign, share on other platforms. Send to friends. Ask them to forward it too. We need to protect ourselves. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Human rights are not a ‘loophole’ – why can’t families from Gaza like mine seek safety in the UK? | Ghassan Ghaben www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’

Superb article by @profkeonwest.bsky.social. “The unconscious bias narrative … ignores both simple deception and complex psychological trickery, leaving us with a narrative in which most or all people are entirely, and innocently, unaware of their own biases. This makes it restrictive and myopic.”

Living in the UK? Unhappy about the lack of testing for COVID and spread of infections within hospitals? Then please support and share this petition to direct @UKHSA to monitor and report on the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

The far right claim to be trying to protect women from grooming gangs. So why do they have such a lousy track record of their own abuse of women and children? My latest piece for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

If you don't want to take it from me, perhaps you will listen to Oxford uni! Privatisation is worse for patients. This is about making money - not about patient wellbeing. If you want to help patients, invest in the NHS. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-02...

I wrote this on why the #RSPCA should stop certifying meat products and pivot to a bolder strategy in the new year theecologist.org/2025/jan/08/...

Elon Musk’s fascist turn isn’t puzzling at all. It’s all about labour 🧵

Nellie won’t live long enough to try this, but she would have been up for it!

I have a piece in today’s Guardian based on my book in which I argue for an expanded, more inclusive definition of multiculturalism as a way out of the culture wars www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters. She's fighting back.

Truly shocking police treatment of Emma Kamio, whose daughter is charged with action against Elbit. Refused access to a solicitor, held for 5 days 'incommunicado', degrading searches, sleep deprivation, etc. Will this get the coverage of other police oversteps? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Pielarks will be singing at (and to) The Oak, in Kingston upon Thames, Wednesday 11 December. And there’ll be a tunes session afterwards, so bring instruments!

Seeing some stuff on 'Get Britain Back to Work'. Obviously, those too unwell to work should get support. BUT there is a nuance in the figures of those who could work, and would like to work, but are signed off due to excessive NHS waiting lists and reduced treatment options.

Exciting news from camp Granny's Attic! We've got a new album coming out next year, and we think you'll love it! We're just asking for a little help to get it out there. Here's a link to the kickstarter we've set up. Lots of rewards on offer, have a look around! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...