Songs for these times thread: 🧵 “We are not free, but we are brave.” Leticia Van Sant, Home of the Brave. youtu.be/vPaSQHzjA9s

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Reminder for all UK dual nationals: As of the 25 Feb 2026, dual nationals will not be able to travel to the UK on their 'other' passport. If, for example, you or your dual citizen children live abroad & currently don't hold a UK passport, you need to get one (for them) in order to re-enter the UK.

youtube.com/watch?v=BRHx... The amazing Marsh Family

I'm a journalist and attorney, not an activist, so I've no answers on what Americans should do right now. I only know this: Donald Trump is attempting to incite a civil war so he can cancel all future elections, and he will keep executing citizens until that outcome is achieved.

The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.

"'What did we learn from the Holocaust? We have to act and we have to resist,' Tracht said, running out of breath as the car turned the corner. 'If I’m not going to act and resist now, then I shouldn’t call myself a rabbi and I can’t be a proud Jew.'" religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

@rcdewinter.bsky.social I tried to thank you for the NYT article in „the other place“ but it wouldn’t let me. So: thank you! 🙏

Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

If you want to know how Trump’s remarks on England was received overseas, this will give you a good idea. It’s well worth a listen. youtu.be/nm3xZVkFmoE

Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"We would prefer to live in societies where there were good education systems, good health systems, all the other things that you might achieve by taxation...than being a little bit richer than we already are." Our member Brian Eno on Politics Live today

Unbelievable … (Posted by @rnaudbertrand.bsky.social in the other place)

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence.

"One of Us" was ABBA's final parting single - so we've adapted it into a 🎶 parody we're calling "Exodus" to reflect on the urinary trickle of Tory departures to Reform UK, most notably two driplets this week from the very bottom of the last government's barrel. youtu.be/GRQrQr198to

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

I think there's merit to holding by-elections when an elected MP changes parties. It's a party's platform they campaigned on. The whip system ensures they vote accordingly. When they join another party, that's another platform, another set of policies. Voters should get a new say.

Very interesting!

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

For reasons: If you are a parent/family member/loved one of someone who has become part of the far-right, extremist, neo fascist movement in the US, or if you are that member and seek a way out, check out Life After Hate. They are a nonprofit based in WI. They offer help: Lifeafterhate.org

Anstatt bei den Ausgaben zu sparen, könnte man ja auch die Einnahmen erhöhen, indem "im Interesse des Ganzen" alle (auch Privatversicherte) in die gesetzl. Krankenkasse einzahlen (& gewünschte Extraleistungen über Zusatzversicherungen erhalten). Ich sag's nur mal. Im Interesse des Ganzen. #cdu #csu

I just had to announce on 🐦 that I can/will no longer post any images there, incl cartoons. It would be irresponsible to publish other people's work & art, knowing that it could be altered & misused. This also includes the daily German word & that makes me sad bcs 🐦 is where it all started...

„Das muss man sich immer wieder vor Augen halten und das eigene Handeln danach ausrichten: „Jemand, der weiß, dass er widersprechen kann, weiß auch, dass er gewissermaßen zustimmt, wenn er nicht widerspricht." Hannah Arendt gest. am 4 Dezember 1975 

Eine der dringendsten Aufgaben, um sich am die Folgen der Klimakrise anzupassen: 👉 Wir müssen endlich anfangen Wasser 💧 in der Landschaft zu halten, anstatt es über Gräben, Kanäle & begradigte Flüsse möglichst schnell rauszuleiten, wie es gegenwärtige Praxis ist.

"EXCLUSIVE: Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say" "Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism" www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/laurab...

Krank zur Arbeit: „Präsentismus ist kein Zeichen von Engagement, sondern ein Risikofaktor für die Gesundheit. Wer krank zur Arbeit geht, riskiert Folgeerkrankungen und die Ansteckung von Kollegen, entlastet Kollegen nicht, sondern belastet sie zusätzlich.“ www.zdfheute.de/ratgeber/ges...

"Der Tod der menschlichen Empathie ist eines der frühesten und deutlichsten Zeichen dafür, dass eine Kultur gerade in Barbarei verfällt." Hannah Arendt 

Latest YouGov opinion poll: Reform + Conservatives: 43% Labour + Lib Dems + Greens: 50%

We've just hit *LAUNCH* on a @kickstarter.com to fund our debut album #HollowChapters. We've finished 7 of the mixes (explainer & extracts in video via link), but as independent artists need a final push to get over the line 🎶 PLEASE share and support if you can www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

Is there a bookmark function anywhere on Bluesky that I have not found yet or need to activate?

This poll is in dire need of help.

Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

I have signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation of the press in the UK. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Patriotic Millionaires' Phil White features in this great documentary 'How to Fake an Exodus' made by @cityjournalism.bsky.social students Joe & Joe. #BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich

Their daughter, Gladys, later married a descendant of French Huguenots called Harry Farage... and Gladys and Harry are the grandparents of this man. Maybe someone should ask him who of his ancestors he'd have liked to deport. 3/3

"Der neue Leiter des Hauses habe die Einladung auf Weisung des Bürgermeisters zurückziehen müssen (...) Begründet worden sei dies unter anderem mit der Sorge vor Protesten durch rechte Gruppen." Es handelt sich um einen Auftritt von Michel Friedman im Herbst 2026. Was für eine Schande.

9/18/25😢krasnov arresting 18 Dems in NYC🇺🇸🙏 www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Wie Maga im Uk zunehmend an Einfluss gewinnt. Und ein Besuch im Podcaststudio von @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social 😉 Mein Bericht für die Tagesthemen vor dem Trump-Besuch in Grossbritannien. 👇