This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects. Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet. www.gov.uk/government/c...

BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄

“In the #Gorton&Denton by-election, Reform UK put out leaflets which attack #refugees and #trans+people in the same sentence. So we know what is on the horizon." Best #VoteGreen socialistworker.co.uk/lgbt/our-pro...

And just like that, Gilead was no longer dystopian fiction. “Just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… So they go to the gulag first. They go to the breeding gulags.” www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...

In about ten years the number of anti-trans articles per year has literally grown a hundredfold.

The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people. 1. JK Rowling 2. Maya Forstater 3. Helen Joyce 4. Graham Linehan 5. Kathleen Stock 6. Posie Parker 7. Wes Streeting 8. Rosie Duffield www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...

For those eligible to vote, and who've enjoyed my writing, my eligibility list for 2025 is: Novel: Shroud, Bee Speaker Novella: Lives of Bitter Rain, The Hungry Gods Series: Dogs of War Short fiction: Holy Fools (in Of Shadows Stars and Sabers) Fancast: Starship Alexandria

Downing Street weighing in on Jim Ratcliffe's comments about immigration. A Number 10 spokesperson said “Jim Ratcliffe should immediately apologise. His offensive remarks are wrong and play into the hands of those who want to divide our country.”

We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege

NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise. BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?

they are not drawing down, they are just trying to get better at getting away with it

Those “patriots” at Reform…

🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole

Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?

🧵6/6 Key points Russian threat clear, present, serious Reform heavily involved in manipulation Details cited Treason and fraud stated MPs dismissing Russian interference are lying Press not reporting and media playing down is misleading public This should be shared widely by MPs, media, and us.

WHY has no one in the Epstein Files been charged? Epstein and his girlfriend, and literally no one else. DOJ has spent more time and resources protecting the criminals than investigating them. Even as a blanket cover-up it doesn't make sense.

This is pretty menacing. Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students." When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.

We’re going door to door in Headingley and Hyde Park! If you’d like to help us elect a second Green councillor in this ward, please consider joining our door knocking team! leeds.greenparty.org.uk/local-wards/...

Air pollution from burning fossil fuels causes 100,000 to 200,000 avoidable American deaths per year. At the EPA's statistical value of life of $10 million, these deaths cost America $1 to $2 trillion per year, every year. These costs far outweigh the costs of transitioning off of fossil fuels.

🚨Gorton and Denton by-election Surely by now we can all see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities to gain support. We are so much better than that. DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM youtu.be/cWWf1mZhlGk?...

If you spot the “pure English blood” preacher Goodwin outside your house, he might even fraudulently Photoshop a Reform UK poster onto your window - then all your friends and relatives will think you’re a Reformmoron. #UKPolitics

Your MP is constantly being lobbied by the oil and gas industry. Let’s make sure they’re hearing from the people they’re supposed to serve – us. Send a postcard to your MP or MSP now 👇 stoprosebank.postbug.app @laurenthesunflower.bsky.social

Beth reviews Amélie Wen Zhao's stunning and dark Xianxia romantasy THE SCORPION AND THE NIGHT BLOSSOM: "an addictively rich read, one to gorge your senses upon" Read more: tinyurl.com/mrxryd3n @ameliewenzhao.bsky.social @bethanmay.bsky.social

Why isn’t every politician, leader, prosecutor, and news channels focused on this. The President is accused with significant proof of killing and raping minors.

Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities: Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged Thuggish violence against observers: Way up

From "Green Eggs and Vance" We will boo you on a train We will boo you in the rain We will boo you on a boat We will boo you with a goat We will boo you on TV We'll boo you in Italy We will boo you here and there We will boo you everywhere We'll boo you at every chance We do not like you, JD Vance!

Someone said this morning that it's good it calmed down in the Twin Cities. It hasn't. The news cycle just moved to the Olympics. It's WORSE here.

"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices." – George Monbiot

The Reform party is *lying*?!!

For Greens to win in Gorton and Denton, they must rage against the political machine. Me for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: www.bylinesupplement.com/p/for-the-gr...

"It's bizarre (or maybe it's not) no one talks about this but the rate of change of current global warming - averaging 0.2-0.25 C/decade - is greatly outpacing the ability of vertebrate lifeforms to keep up. Even if you accept the IPCC's (likely) conservative..." www.facebook.com/groups/clima...

'The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not. The emails showcase the private behaviour of a male ruling class, as they network, joke and trade information.'

One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.

We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world now. That's what we can't face. It's our world. Where sexual desire for children is protected, victims receive no justice & the President of what used to be called the free world is Jeff's friend. This is Jeff's World now. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Don't remove the racist post. Remove the racist from his post.

It’s just so strange to live in times where there are so many platformed defenders of sexual abuse and rape just being a perk of the job, much as genocide is too

Why Nigel Farage’s reaction to the Epstein and Mandelson scandal has been deeply hypocritical, and how his own connections to the story are much closer than he now admits www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

This is awful and desperately important. Gender-affirming care saves trans kids’ lives.

Only a Vote for Hannah Spencer Can Stop #Reform In #Gorton&Denton This by-election is our chance to elect an MP who actually understands working people. Join thousands of local residents backing Hannah Spencer #VoteGreen #BackZack and #HannahSpencer gorton-denton.greenparty.org.uk?link_id=1&ca...

I'm so excited for this weekend. It's hate Vs hope. Let's get Hannah Spencer elected! 💚🙌🏼

This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,

God will never forget what MAGA did. They are not forgiven. Nor shall they ever be. Can God get a fucking amen?!

Campaign says Jan 6 police responder Harry Dunn raised more than $500,000 in the first 24 hours of his campaign for Congress in Maryland

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday. It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

A very important question.

The perpetrators in DHS must be held to account and charged with attempted murder.

Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3

The Fantasy Hive has returned to SPFBO! Our resident SPFBO super-fan Theo has put together a team for SPFBO 11 - eleven?! Where has the time gone?? Meet this year's team and learn about the Hive's process here: tinyurl.com/mrab3mrk #SPFBO