UBI used to be a radical idea. But given what billionaires have been up to and the unambiguous moral imperative to stop it and the increasing ubiquity of the shockingly predatory gig and scam economies, I believe UBI is the ONLY way we get back to anything resembling a fair playing field.

So few men control so much money and so much information and I can’t really see a way out of it. When the worst of human nature controls the world, so openly justifies sexual abuse and genocide, it’s hard to see what can obstruct this path of destruction

List of all the countries in the world that ban all Afghan women from studying in their sovereign Higher Education institutions: 1. Afghanistan 2. United Kingdom Must make you proud to wave your flags, UK patriots with legitimate concerns. Wave them!!!

Love to see this result from the Penryn town council by-election yesterday. Well done Mikey and Rachael! @greenparty.org.uk

More than £133m went to three media organisations: GB News, the Critic, and UnHerd We need: ✅ a ban on cryptocurrency donations ➡️ media laws to cover digital and social media ➡️ political donations to media organisations disclosed to Electoral Commission www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

It's a dollar too much

Imagine how much money we’ve wasted. Imagine how much could have gone into the NHS, public services, tackling poverty… Will anyone be held responsible though? For the lies that were told, the false promises made? Perhaps a brexit tax on all the corporations that cashed in? I’M SO CROSS!

Buster Bloodvessel is 6”2. Which if you ask me is the height of Bad Manners

Argh, please don't link amputation and brexit, I'll end up wanting to keep the broken bit just because brexiting my leg seems like a bad idea!

Everything from Camden Market to the Admiral Duncan pub and central London Harry Potter stores are owned by shell companies in tax havens. For years, they hid the identities of their real owners. Today, @andrewkersley.bsky.social pulls back the curtain.

“This is a dark day for Britain” howls Reform’s Zia Yusuf on the govt’s decision to immediately ban crypto and cap foreign donations to political parties. Almost as if he doesn’t give a shit about democracy or patriotism and cares much more about money, no matter how dirty and corrupt it is. (Times)

Thank you for watching Rosie Here’s the link for those who wish to see and hear these incredible women www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

🚨BREAKING: Wes Streeting takes NEW £55,000 donation from private healthcare. Only one group stands to benefit from a weaker NHS: ❌NOT patients, ❌NOT staff Yes, private healthcare - the group that has given Wes Streeting 60% of his donations. He must return these donations. vist.ly/4w7u5

NEW: Trump had business motive for keeping classified documents, Jack Smith finds The special counsel’s team found Donald Trump held onto documents so secret only six people could legally review them — and believed his reason for doing so was personal financial gain. www.ms.now/news/trump-c...

Pro-war, pro-privatisation. Don't trust these people.. www.ft.com/content/be4b...

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most human of them all?

Crypto donations to political parties to be banned. Good. Farage claims this is aimed directly at Reform. Good. He also says that him publicly promoting Harborne’s crypto company had nothing to do with Harborne giving Reform £9M. You’d have to be a v special kind of useful idiot to believe that.

How well do you remember lockdown and how do you feel about it now? Please take part in our short survey, which takes about 10-15 mins. It’s so much harder to get participants these days so please do take part if you can and do ask friends or family to do it too: research.sc/participant/...

If the US is insolvent, what is Trump going to huff before facing the media. Sent solvents now!

Govt shows no urgency about the plight of postmasters prosecuted by DWP. In Feb 2025, parliament was told that a review would take place. I met Minister in Jan 2026 and learnt that no review has taken place. Now a reviewer is being appointed but only for 30 days work. Not acceptable.

"They gave us a present, a big present, I'm not telling you what it is, but I know it was a present... a prize... it was mine... I remember it... it was real. It was real? Nurse? Where am I? I want McDonalds. Nurse?" Can someone give Trump time to wake up and stop dreaming before speaking?

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When are we gonna admit that billionaire‑ism is an illness? They’re hoarders No control, insatiable greed & their hoarding just drains every one of us They cut wages, buy politicians & bleed the planet just to watch a number tick up that they’ll never spend Sick in the head.

Do any regional news sites really believe their programmatic and Taboola-laden drivel is worth a tracking-cookie paywall? Really? Publishers needed to stand firm and deal with agencies and real advertisers for demographically relevant advertising. Particularly when SEO-mad AI is generating content.

Hey all! I have a book coming out in exactly 4 weeks. It’s a data-driven and, I hope, thorough account of how center-left media sold the public on mass death in Gaza. Pre-ordering helps a lot so do that if you can. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social. Thanks!

"The neurodivergent brain sees the pattern before the problem. The frustrating part is nobody believes you until the problem shows up."

That seems excessive. One was enough.

Evening.

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Traders placed $580mn in oil bets ahead of Donald Trump’s social media post on Iran talks

From Tory HQ to the Daily Mail to Tufton Street, the myriad creeps & cretins who created the ecosystem in which this could happen still claim to be patriotic. And Boris Johnson fluffers still dominate all three places.

Things are grim out there so take a deep cleansing breath and watch 60 seconds of bear cubs gambolling around adorably.

*attempts a surprised expression*

Please don't, I'm genuinely worried that one will end up elected POTUS. Though, could it be any worse?

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So, that giving the PedOTUS a Boeing to keep him sweet worked out well for Qatar :/

Privatisation has been a very expensive SCAM. It is time to end it. Read more here: vist.ly/4vspm

This horrible story points up a difference between alleged and actual political extremists. Zack Polanski correctly says antisemitism is vile, and has no place here. Nigel Farage, with no evidence yet, whines about migrants, suggesting the attackers came from Iran... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

A problem, encapsulated.

And you know what's crap about it? What made the internet awful wasn't legitimate companies wanting to advertise. Treated like print, but publishers directly selling to clients, internet advertising could be targeted, relevant, unobtrusive. It's the agents who create nothing, just skim money.

You know how in a library no one’s trying to sell you anything? That’s how the internet was.

Spring in Whitby, Yorkshire, photo by Helen Brown.

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

Holy shit. There is no barrel too deep.

You know when you put the hair on the Lego people on backwards?

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One of these things is not like the other things...

Most of the media reflects neither reality nor public opinion. It reflects the views and demands of those who own it: the Oligarch Class. They employ editors and journalists to channel their demands and sell their fictions. Hence the endless attacks on net zero. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hard drives removed from a federal crime scene between warrants. Six storage units Epstein paid to maintain until his death never raided. Jail surveillance wiped. This isn't a conspiracy theory. It's documented in federal court testimony. The question is who made sure we'd never see it.