1322) Presentbots. Oh look, Santabot has brought some lovely presents to go under the Christmastreebot! There's some round ones, some square ones, some pyra...oh...oh no...

Trying to explain the uk government, hunger strikes and Palestine Action to my friend in gaza... "It seems that you are occupied not us"

NEW: A variety of military and intelligence contractors have already signed on to help ICE's immigrant bounty hunter program. A review of procurement data shows 10 companies stand to make up to *ONE BILLION* dollars from the program by 2027. theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...

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Me. Requires tonic. Walks downstairs. turns on light. opens fridge. Oooo caramel. Gets a spoon. Shovels caramel in mouth. Closes fridge. Turns off light. Walks upstairs. Sees the gin. Walks downstairs.... Repeat 3 times until actually picks up the tonic, not a spoon.

If you needed your heart broken today. Sent a santa and reindeer picture for my friends daughter. Only for her to ask why santa doesn't come to Gaza. God bloody dammit.

2025 was a miserable year for global health It’s nice see some hopeful things we can look forward to 👇🏾 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

How reporting facts can now land you in jail for 14 years as a terrorist Starmer's government has set the most dangerous of precedents: it can now outlaw any political group it chooses as a terrorist organisation – and thereby make it impossible to defend it open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Planned talks come as Southeast Asian leaders urge both countries to show 'maximum restraint' and return to dialogue.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

Kamran Ahmed and Amu Gib have been hospitalised as a rolling hunger strike that began 50 days ago raises alarm.

Every so often I remember I once spent a xmas in Kabul. Sounds moderately bonkers when I'm sitting here like an old frump. Fecking devastated for the women and children living there now. So little freedoms and hopes. We truely failed.

It Wouldn't Surprise You If This Headline Was About 318 People Being Shot In 12 Different Public Places https://theonion.com/it-wouldnt-surprise-you-if-this-headline-was-about-318-1819574532/

Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things. When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA

The tidiest my backside has ever looked. Very cross stitching

A rare series of watercolors by Hilma af Klint, The Tree of Knowledge c.1913-15 #WomensArt

Four immigrants died in ICE custody during a four-day period last week, all of them in detention facilities run by private prison companies. Three died in prisons run by GEO Group and one in a prison run by CoreCivic. ICE would like you to believe these are "natural deaths."

In rebel-held Myanmar, civilians flee junta airstrikes and a forced election

By signing up to one of my illustration workshops you also get an exclusive 10% discount for beautiful stationery from @presentcorrect & 30% off my etsy shop indefinitely.Held on zoom, open to anyone anywhere🌿🖋️👇

Advice solicitation: Does anyone bake bread on a fire stove? Is it possible to crisp the top of the leaf without burning the bottom which isn't flipping it over and ending up with a fat pancake?

The daily struggle and heartbreak.

If Marco Rubio 🤮 cannot see what his actions have done, then he should step down. You destroyed USAID, then lied about it and pretended competence. This is your legacy.

It's also a shame on a developed nation that this is required. Universal income and healthcare are the next steps to actual freedom.

Honest never fed up with dumplings.

It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

This is a joke and an insult to transparency and to the rights of the Epstein victims, shielding the president and his allies. Here are the Epstein files.

There are still a few spaces left on my botanical (10) & bird illustration (24) & mental health w'shops in January I'll teach you how to draw🌿🌱 or🐦‍⬛👇 AND how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health I'm an molecular cell biologist & illustrator: workshops.emmamitchell.uk

The US struck multiple targets in Syria that the US military tied to ISIS as retaliation for the recent attack against American troops there that killed two service members, according to two US officials. https://cnn.it/3KVsLhW

"How are there any platypuses on the planet?" You have to listen for the context. Another great episode of @ologies.bsky.social that was perfect fory walk. www.alieward.com/ologies/orni...

The USA finding new ways to be number 1 in child deaths.

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

Why do people have smart beds? You know that shit will be reporting your activities, seeking your nocturnal habits. Your affairs etc.

Gaza malnutrition to have 'generational' impact on newborns, UN warns - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-malnutrition-have-generational-impact-newborns-un-warns

On a hillside recently #hiking youtu.be/tvkvYi7AZus

"humanitarianism is being turned into its opposite. Instead of feeding starving children, some foreign aid will reward hedge funds. And refugee status may go not to the world’s neediest, but to some of the world’s whitest" @nickkristof.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Updating my LEGO White House

Israel's genocide in Gaza impossible without global complicity, UN report says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-genocide-gaza-impossible-without-global-complicity-un-report

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death. adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

If nothing else, this Maccabi Tel Aviv fiasco shows the extent of power the Zionists have in the UK. A direct line straight to the PM of the UK. And that PM is under strict instructions to take that angry call from the Zionists, no matter how trivial the matter or the hour of day. And act on it.

Hamas says Israel's decision to keep Rafah closed violates ceasefire - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-says-israels-decision-keep-rafah-closed-violates-ceasefire

Video shows widespread destruction and flattened neighbourhoods in Khan Younis following Israel’s war on Gaza.

Periodic reminder that teargas is an abortifacient. I've been documenting the effects of teargas for five years by speaking to people directly impacted and exposed in the US. 🧵

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tracks human cases, and the Department of Agriculture, which monitors animal outbreaks, have both suspended routine communication with states, leaving many officials without up-to-date guidance on how to detect and contain the disease”

I'm in Chile and everyone here who still has PSTD from watching people getting stuffed into trucks by the military during the Pinochet era is like, there no way in hell I'm going to the U.S. even for 5 minutes.

Six percent of *all children* in America are US citizens who have at least one undocumented parent. (Not a typo, source in thread)

People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home. I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

Israeli forces shut down the Islamic Charitable Society in Hebron, occupied West Bank, detaining staff and seizing equipment while providing no explanation or timeline for the closure of the charity supporting over 6,000 orphans. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/l7r9qw

Usually its protesters tearing down corruption government buildings and systems.

Our analysis, which shows that more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage after Texas banned abortion, adds to a growing body of reporting revealing that maternal outcomes have gotten worse under bans. (Published July) By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser