Serious post, please boost... On #internationalmensday here's your periodic reminder, fellow AMAB prostate carrying people who are over 50: Go see your doctor. Don't put it off. Ask for a DRE or a PSA test. Yes, DRE means a finger up your bum, get over it. They probably won't find anything […]

I won't start ranting about it because I just get myself worked up, but quickly: I literally can not think of an investment of public funds that has a higher return than *cleaning the indoor air in schools*. It's so easy, so cheap, & has such HUGE payoff. Criminal that we basically don't do it.

What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be. It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Mastodon and the Fediverse matter to me because they present a truly viable alternative to this model, by showing its users no advertisement, respecting users’ privacy, focussing on keeping users safe, and allowing them to connect to the Fediverse and beyond rather than putting them into a […]

Inflammatory fascist rhetoric tearing UK apart, Daniel says! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"More or Less", a BBC radio show about numbers often takes popular statements and fact checks them. Usually they give the claims to be false. Today is the turn of Bernie Sanders' claims about wealth transfer to the 1%. Usually I want the claims examined undermined. Today not so much. Oh dear […]

Spectacular. No real plan for Youth employment, once again just vague hand gestures and slogans. Basic Income not even a thought in anybody's mind, our only value is being made to work for Capital. There's just no initiative, no ideas, it's just a void […]

It really sucks to be working age in the UK. Unemployed or economically inactive because:- - Too young and inexperienced - Too old and over-experienced - Long term sick - Nobody's hiring - The only jobs are zero hours, gig economy - Your white collar job got "replaced" by AI or just dropped - No […]

Now Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day are over, it's time to put the street Christmas decorations up. So it's time to take all the flags down.

I mean, just look at how far they stooped to try to appease not just the right but the far right. But you can never stoop far enough. Appeasement gets you nowhere. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#bbc OK, maybe not perfect on every occasion but the BBC is worth defending. Attacked by the Telegraph, Tories and Trump all at the same time tells you something. It's range of output (TV and radio) is immense and it's archive equally so. #bbcnews not great on this occasion but way better than […]

"There’s a direct link between the poverty Gates claims to care so much about and the wealth he fails to mention. In the US, homelessness is breaking records, and so is the share of assets owned by the top 0.1%... the ultra-rich thrive on impoverishing other people" -- George Monbiot (and this […]

Ever wanted to visit all the planets in our solar system? You can! Simply go cycle the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, where you'll encounter the Somerset Space Walk! #cycling #trafficfree #canal #willcycle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgflURKMROs Also, please subscribe?

Alarm Grows over Proposed Giant Mirrors in Orbit and Other Commercial Space Plans | Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alarm-grows-over-proposed-giant-mirrors-in-orbit-and-other-commercial-space/

‘The SNP Isn’t a Threat to the Security of Any Nation I Want to Be Part Of’ https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/06/the-snp-isnt-a-threat-to-the-security-of-any-nation-i-want-to-be-part-of/ Labour’s attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic […]

I knew vapes were a menace and an environmental disaster but i didn't realise the extent. This is extreme, 100% NON click bait (he did what he said) and flipping amazing ! https://youtu.be/dy-wFixuRVU?si=wxt6Gl9FwtL5ew0w

I'm sad to learn that Exeter has the highest death rate among homeless people of any English city. It's a lovely place to live but it seems we can't look after our vulnerable neighbours. Thank you @exeterobserver.org for reporting on this. exeterobserver.org/2025/11/06/e...

The day to remember all the millions of victims of militarism and war, and to recommit to #Peace and against #warmongering. #remembranceday https://www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white-poppies

November tomatoes from greenhouses in the Netherlands. Such a pointless product. Taste less even than the cucumbers. #food

Three years ago, I decided to quit Twitter and install a Mastodon server to see if it can replace it for me. It worked better than expected and I discoered so many new amazing people along the way. I would also never have imagined that I could end up recruiting and leading the team building it! […]

Richest 1% drive 41% of global emissions, says climate inequality report We need #degrowth, a #donuteconomy & #systemchange to #conviviality in a #caringeconomy of #partnerism within #planetboundaries, please!🙏 #taxtherich #makepolluterspay #cooltheclimate #capitalismkills

GreenPT https://gptonline.ai/greenpt/ Anyone tried this?

Laughing in Millennial because all the scare stories about the Budget are for home owners and that ain't us buddy! #landlords #ukbudget #rachelreeves #ukpol #ukpolitics #housing #millennial

When I was 13, I was making my own radios. Simple ones - maybe 10-20 parts, many salvaged. Functional. I knew how they worked. I could choose between 3 BBC radio stations (and Radio Luxembourg). My grandson of that age has a smartphone. He can't fix it and certainly doesn't know how.it works. It […]

What is #degrowth? We offer a definition wherein the fundamental core is the planned reduction of energy and material use to keep within planetary limits, while the associated 'pluriversal' belt of concepts and practices is also essential to degrowth. Part of […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

My search skills are failing, but trying to find an essay I read a few years ago about understanding gen-alpha humor through the lens of historical artistic movements embracing surrealism in response to fascism. If anyone happens to have a link, I'd very much so appreciate it!

75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.

Remember kids: "Passive income" is a term used to describe wealth handed out to people by society, through our economic system, without doing any work. Many people receiving a "passive income" are intergenerationally wealthy, as opposed to the working class and long-term unemployed people who […]

Tradwife? More like RADwife!

This is also why universal basic income would do so much for educational outcomes. Not only via kids no longer being hungry at school, but also by kids coming home to less stressed out parents who can spend more time with them and help with their studying at home.

Spent allll day outside, fixing things, cleaning up, getting the farm and house ready for Real Canadian Winter, and hanging out with my animals. It was pretty good.

Excitedly waiting for the millionaires to leave so I can buy their swanky condos at a discount. ... aaaaand waiting.

People who follow me may know that I've been without work for some time. I don't talk about it much. I was laid off from a public #benefit corporation undergoing some restructuring just as companies started firing engineers due to the "AI" hype. I'm basically semi-retired at this point, mostly […]

Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Rufuk's unelected millionaire Muhammad Yusuf when asking about Kremlin rat Nathan Gill who was bribed by innocent Ukrainians butcher Putin to speak anti-EU propaganda. #ukpolitics

I see from the replies that people are trying to make it complicated again. So just ask yourself this: does a particular party or faction stand up to billionaires and corporations, or does it roll out the red carpet for them?

I've been walking around Disneyland all day with this shirt. Nothing I've worn before has ever gotten me more compliments, positive comments, fist bumps and high fives.

Congratulations to Lidia Morawska, the Aussie scientist who alerted the world to the airborne nature of COVID-19. Winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. I’ve learnt so much from being a (very minor) part of Lidia’s team. Brilliant, incisive, generous. www.industry.gov.au/publications...

Kathi & I are running ceilidh dancing sessions for the next four Saturdays at Cranshaws village hall in Berwickshire, 18.30 - 20:00. All welcome! #Ceilidh #Dancing #FolkDancing #berwickshire

Sadly that ship has sailed and that's why Left Wing voters are abandoning Labour for an actual Left wing Party (the Greens) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/02/sadiq-khan-calls-on-reeves-to-bring-authentic-labour-budget-that-boosts-green-investment #labour #sadiqkhan […]

If you've got any wind farms near you, lobby them to do this too!

They keep arresting people who protest the Government and the Rich but the Law upholds their right to protest. So they'll be coming for the Law next, first ripping us out of the ECHR […]

"Interesting that Lloyd suggests that Andrew should be “packed out to a shed in the Outer Hebrides”. Why is Scotland always seen as the repository for unwanted goods and people?" — @BellaCaledonia A council house in Clacton would seem more suitable. I'm sure he would be welcome there […]

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A Bizarre #uk Story: #birmingham city council was probably never bankrupt, says accountancy expert “ …and its decision to issue a section 114 notice two years ago was based on "unaudited and incorrect information". The notice triggered deep spending cuts and plans to sell hundreds of millions […]

Fake cobwebs kill birds and small animals. Please don't use them. https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/20/decorative-spider-webs-dangerous-or-no/

Blimey! Green Party [of England and Wales] now polling in FIRST for all voters under 50 https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/green-party-polling-yougov-who-is-zack-polanski-399670/ YouGov’s latest polling shows a collapse in support for Labour and the Tories, stagnation for Reform… and […]

Edinburgh e-bike component manufacturer, Intradrive, are hiring. They are looking for a junior to mid-level engineer with a hands-on approach and a passion for bikes and electronics. Find out more about Intradrive on their website www.intradrive.co.uk

i always assumed that the openstreetmap of my college town was created incrementally, over time by many passionate people who spend a little time out of their day to make the map better. decided to check, and actually its just all made by one guy who had 102491 contributions in the last year