“We must rescue the truth of Tiananmen from the distortions of Orientalism, and interrogate the protesters’ demands beyond mere slogans.” Tough. When imposed or psychological self censoring construe to diminish memory & history, survivors’ rationale/capacity for expression pushed to the outer limit

So. Who made money from this?

Defining our North Star. What will it take? Have we got the courage? open.substack.com/pub/marianam...

"The hostility does not just upset people. It works." Excellent and important from @imixuk.bsky.social imix.org.uk/speaking-out...

Last week in Santa Marta, Colombia: 57 countries ie 1/3 of the world’s economy debated practical ways to transition from fossil fuels. War, global oil crisis & worsening extreme weather events didn’t deter from open & frank convos about barriers they face moving to clean energy. #ForgingNewPaths

A little thread on age verification/ID verification. A few years ago, I was one of a group of people invited by the government (the predecessors to DSIT) to help them investigate digital identity. I was wary, because UK governments' records in this area have been very bad. I mean, *very* bad. 1/6

How efficient is “effective” data mining if all it serves is to funnel citizens through Big Brother’s meat grinder? Go figure. Very, IFF we let them.

How #fair is fair when exploitation undergirds a system?

Short thread on nonsensical border policy making.

“Jewelers have turned out to be well suited for this kind of finicky manufacturing. Ukraine’s justly celebrated manicurists are good at it too. They are not alone in being new to the job. Everyone in this factory had a different profession 3y ago, because this factory did not exist 3y ago.” #All-4-1

CARE WORK IS HIGHLY SKILLED WORK and only paid so poorly because of the failure of successive governments to value it properly.

Somewhere. We'll find a new way of living, We'll find a way of forgiving Somewhere . . . There's a place for us, A time and place for us. Hold my hand and we're halfway there. Hold my hand and I'll take you there..

Time to switch off. But the memory blazes on. #AndyKershaw

When things are out of our hands: a warning for out-contracting data. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Pope Leo has previously said that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them”. He also referenced a Biblical passage from Isaiah, saying that “even though you make many prayers, I will not listen – your hands are full of blood”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Now that is the key issue: delivery! Will we see any impact on our daily lives anytime soon? Before 2030? 35? 40? Alternatively, how is UKG supporting immediately available resources and technology to be accessed by people now or as the crises increase and compound?

Anyone who describes a mere twenty-hour period as a marathon in any negotiation where there are fundamental disagreements, including peace talks, shows they do not understand negotiations.

Even these Alpha males have (finally) learned to share the trough.

Though… I’m not sure the war fighting capabilities shown are much to boast about, given the current outcomes.

It is widely known about algorithmic bias in facial recognition technology and yet the authorities insist on the easy route for increased “convictions” or “apprehensions “ and are too easily scammed/schemed by the tech enablers with little regard for ethical or even legal implications. 👇🏼 #mustread

Go where you will with the next logical thought. #ReadonMacDuff

The Daymare continues.

Long thread alert 🧵 1. Applying earned settlement rules retrospectively is wrong. But the proposal to extend the default settlement period to ten years for all future migrants is, in terms of long-term damage, an order of magnitude more serious. It has received far less attention than it deserves.

Solitary stand of a daffodil. Easter 2026. Perthshire, Scotland.

How do we *know* the oil/gas extracted will be used to supply UK homes? How can Milliband assure this will improve people’s lives by THIS winter 2026-27?

The longstanding strategies of power and influence over the lesser social aspiration for mutuality or a shared commons have embedded to the point of becoming *the* driving force of common purpose. But, as for lemmings, the cliff edge has no meaning and those herding have parachutes.

Britain will be poorer for it. Literally. And at every level of societal meaning. “Migrants with high skills who have a choice of destination may well be deterred”; others’ integration into British life more difficult, not cos they’re unwilling, but “the system will be actively working against it.”

Scene through a haze of low cloud, setting sun of uncertain future.

Should politicians be warned for wasting police time and resources in such unproven accusations?

Greater Manchester Police has found "no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting" in the Gorton and Denton by-election, after Reform made a complaint over alleged "family voting" The investigation looked at potential offences under the Representation of the People Act

Odd, isn’t it. And, speak quietly of demographics.

$32m bucks for anyone who wants to do "novel or emerging carbon capture and/or utilisation for hard-to-abate sectors" in Australia. Cool thing to drop during a crisis caused by overreliance on fossil fuels 🫠 www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUu... @louisemorris.bsky.social

Translation: We waited too long and we better get on our f*cking horse right this second and get to work or else The Road becomes a work of observational comedy.

Important. Vital. Imperative. @sundersays.bsky.social. Yet. Truth is one thing. How humans act on it is the choice we have. Our Condition is such that we barely see through conditions imposed, so ruled are we by them. It’s an exploiters’ world. #andstillwerise

This is not some lefty, hippy, environmentalist point of view. It's what investors are saying. www.ft.com/content/4696...

Oh what a lovely scam! #Jobcreation www.heraldscotland.com/news/2593164...

In case you missed it: Why the latest attempt to deter asylum seekers won’t work | Wyon Stansfeld

Everything old is new again: Ben Sakoguchi, "World War III Brand," from the Orange Crate series, 1974-81. Sakoguchi, now 87 years old, is a Japanese American artist who was interned with his family in Arizona during WWII. Based in Southern California, he has been steadily making work since the 1960s

“And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?” Raymond Carver’s words from Late Fragment. The peace of understanding delights when true reflection is sought. Not sure it happens without generosity and compassion.

Dialogue works. Open conversation is the essence of good relations. Humanity thrives when due attention is given to mutual relationships. asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/ir...

In case you’ve been distracted this past while …. youtu.be/0mla1i9AUhY?...

“If you can’t sell any oil, you might as well keep it under the ground”: Iraqi bank chairman. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b... Undesired. Under explored. Under estimated consequence. #WhatIsTheGoodOfWar Absolutely …. #StartUpThoseTurbines

This is what ecocide looks like.

Some might think “It’s not just us (women) who go on about the weather!” But, seems it is us (women) who have the balls (guts) to bear (bare) Truths, to listen and then to speak out and fight, for our children. It’s their Future after all. #NoShrinkingViolets #NoPlanetB

Apropos of nothing in particular, just resharing this chart showing why North Sea gas is drying up (we burned it all already)

We are all complicit. Few have the capacity to resist the gravy train of the real estate rainbow; after all, selling up is as significant as buying up. “Progress” happens at a cost. What is our (individual) price? #travel #climate #society #upheaval #Choice #World www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/t...

Lest we forget.

Are the British people wise to the self defeatism of populists and the wilful sabotage of decency and kindness? I sense they are, even as the subverting evil of untruths and ill will glide through our very beings. #knifeedge

From Hansard 2024. Yes, it is possible to both speak against the Iranian regime and today's US-Israel attack www.parallelparliament.co.uk/r/lord/baron...

Also: SHAME on @dailymail.co.uk, Farage, Badenoch not only for insinuating fraud or Muslim misconduct, stirring the racist pot, but for dragging *family* deeper into disrespect and disregard! Hard enough to maintain family connections nowadays w/out diminishing the support and help they can provide.