Appalling - vulnerable children are not cash machines The avg charge to the state by a private provider for a child in “care” is now £384,020 a year. 6 x what Eton charges. Some providers now levy more than £1m per child per year, rising in a few cases for children with complex needs to £3m+

The paper claimed that 'Project Fear' was pure propaganda - but the economic facts show it was all too real ✏️ Matt Withers

At this point it's basically pathlogical. The site is once again being used to whip up race riots and people with responsibility for national security are on it merrily whistling away.

Watch www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The Kennedy Center ordered employees to remove President Trump’s name from the performing arts venue, strip all references from signs, brochures, the website and other materials — and to update email signatures and letterhead immediately.

"'Project fear' was pure propaganda", says the Torygraph. (Never knowingly accurate). www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-withers...

Think in decades. If Trump is president five years after January 6, where will America be in another five or ten years with his death cult surviving him? Listen to how to stop them and rebuild: gaslitnation.libsyn.com/a-new-americ... #oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump

A new documentary chronicles how the app became a stand-in for American anxieties about social media, China, and political power. www.wired.com/story/made-i...

“I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few” Adolf Hitler.

In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters. Concerns about negative environmental effects, public health, increasing utility prices, proximity to homes. Data centres don't generate many jobs. Will Britons follow suit?

UK MP Jess Asato is suing xAI, after Grok produced a fake sexualized image of her. This isn't a one-off. We found that Grok produced an estimated 3 MILLION sexualized images over just 11 days. This case is an important step, but we need real regulation to hold AI companies accountable.

“Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch.” @muellershewrote.com bsky.app/profile/muel... bsky.app/profile/madd... bsky.app/profile/gtco...

The French-Iranian cartoonist, author of the award-winning graphic novel series ‘Persepolis’, has died aged 56: ft.trib.al/X04XmOt

While Russia bombs apartment buildings and murders civilians daily, the US will play a hockey game in Russia to “melt the ice between us.”

BOYLE: Do you agree with the American people, or are they just wrong? BESSENT: Look, the American people were torched under Biden- BOYLE: Oh my goodness. I wish I had a dollar for every time you bring up Biden's name- I might have as much money as you have. Consumer sentiment is at an all time low

A Lot of Good News in This….

🚨BREAKING: A lawyer who was active in lawsuits seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, and later represented the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, is the latest attorney to be hired by the DOJ’s Voting Section. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This is exactly who Nigel Farage is.

“How, exactly, did we go from a $200 million privately-funded ballroom, to a $1 billion taxpayer-funded one?” @logicallyjc.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/logi... bsky.app/profile/meid... bsky.app/profile/ifin... bsky.app/profile/ifin... bsky.app/profile/ifin... bsky.app/profile/ifin...

In case anyone fancies signing a "Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK" petition x.com/RejoinPetiti...

Deniers thought it would take thousands of years Antarctic glacier collapses at record speed as Hektoria retreats 15 miles in just 15 months Warming conditions and ocean-driven instability turned the glacier from stable to rapidly unraveling almost overnight www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Cottrell who, it is reported, likes to use Harborne’s Tether crypto in his other “business” dealings according to the Guardian

Looks as if Farage got another contribution for “security” from convicted wire fraud/ money laundered George Cottrell just weeks after he got £5 million from Harborne to pay for his security “for life” bsky.app/profile/anna...

Quite the property portfolio Timeline. 📌 End March 2024 Farage gets the £5mill crypto currency “gift” from Harbourne-aka-Thai-alias. He says “for his security”. Right. Financial security maybe. 📌 10 May 2024 Farage purchased a £1.42 mill property for cash. news.sky.com/story/nigel-...

Teachers shouldn’t have to buy classroom supplies with their own paychecks while billionaires enjoy tax break after tax break.
 That’s wrong – it’s past time to put workers before billionaires.

Want to learn more? Check out the latest from @nlanard.bsky.social:

In 2022, Peter Thiel bought a Senate seat for JD Vance with $15 million in campaign expenditures—a pittance for a man whose net worth has increased by about $12 million a day. This year, a handful of cryptocurrency billionaires may be on the verge of helping to secure one in Alabama for even less.

The Telegraph's desperation to attack Greens leader Zack Polanski has plumbed new depths — complete fiction Via @skwawkbox.org

I find that hard to believe to be honest Fartage doesn’t have friends Just useful Idiots

America's money goes to Hungary. To Argentina. To fund wars in Iran and invasions of Venezuela. It goes to kill shipwrecked survivors. To ICE, who shoot US citizens and build concentration camps Our money seems to fund death and destruction all across the globe But it never goes to help Americans

A reminder. “There is no superior race.” “There is no chosen people of God.” “It is neither the United States nor Israel.” “The chosen people of God is all of humanity.” President of Colombia - Gustavo Petro

#EpsteinFiles Melania’s damage control performance was as bad as her English, now her past is coming back harder to her face. wealthofgeeks.com/amanda-ungar...

This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.

Not really the point (and please read the linked article), but why do weasels get such a bad press? They're rather lovely, and it seems harsh to compare them to people like Matt Goodwin, but we all do it. bsky.app/profile/paca...

The Great Kristi Noem's Incel Army Honeypot Swindle - thank you for your service, Minneapolis Tinder trappers 🫡

Whose “ red lines” are these? 👀

“Your Chancellor has been using this figure of 8% of our national income that Brexit cost us. It’s a massive hit to the British economy.. why won’t you be more ambitious?” - Peston “We do have red lines in our manifesto and we need to keep to those red lines” - Keir Starmer

Angus: This is a president who says the only constraint on his actions is not Congress, not the courts, not international law, but, quote, “my own morality, my own mind.” There is no morality in a man accused of being a rapist…

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

So far, Trump has: - cut off military aid to Ukraine - imposed import tariffs on Europe - threatened to occupy Greenland - started a bloody war against Iran - threatened once again to leave NATO b/c Europe refuses to help him. We should distance ourselves from this horrible fascist and loudmouth.