Two weeks ago @zackpolanski.bsky.social went to Palantir's London HQ to tell the US spyware company to get the hell out of the NHS. Zack has now written to Wes Streeting urging him to end Palantir's NHS contract, citing links between Mandelson, his lobbying firm, and Palantir.

Board of Peace - Season 1

🎵”Suss-suss-sausages”🎵

Spotted in a Mumbai restaurant: “London corner shop style samosas” and “Birmingham Balti”.

Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times. So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too

Lauterbrunnen

Home for a week. Lofer, Austria

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Picard civics tip: If there is one truth, one constant that history shows us over and over, it is that resistance is never futile.

The PNG Courier on the crime against humanity currently being permitted to take place in Gaza. Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...

Sparks, last week in Manchester

Tory water privatisation was one of the biggest scams ever, and we're still getting ripped off now

The first rule of Norman Collier club is ou alk ut orm er club.

1. There has been a major effort by that old combination – big business and the far right – to diss foods derived from plants. The meat lobby invests big time in misinformation. And the far right hates “soyboys”, while associating itself with red meat-eating. It's a match made in hell. 🧵

Caracol Mayan city, Belize

The island town of Flores, Guatemala

At the rebel base on Yavin 4, sometimes known as the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala

Lake Atitlan

More from Antigua Guatemala

Semana Santa, Antigua Guatemala. Alfombras made from flowers, sand and sawdust

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The groundstaff say they will put a bit of sawdust down and conditions should be fit for play within an hour.

🚨BREAKING CROSSPOST AFTER DDOS ATTACK Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman www.bylinesupplement.com/p/breaking-c...

I love how Trump, Vance and Musk style themselves defenders of free speech, while simultaneously banning government agencies from mentioning climate change or diversity (inc biodiversity!), equity and inclusion, or even possessing maps which show the Gulf of Mexico. Torquemadas the lot of them.

🔴NEW: Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a ‘neo-reactionary’ take over of government is happening in real-time, reports @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...

It’s a Blue Sky exclusive - a new episode of Cummings Your Way, in the Shropshire Hills. Join us for some cosmic English exploration in Church Stretton, Bishop’s Castle and Clun youtu.be/MY1dmNVsBYU?...

Can going vegan for one month have an impact? At the individual level, see how the month-long campaign can have a significant impact on both animals and the environment. 🧵

#vegan It's reasonable. It makes sense.

People who don't deserve an honour: London's longest serving Mayor. People who do: Gavin Williamson, Evgeny Lebedev, Charlotte Owen, Toby Young, Therese Coffey, Jacob Rees Mogg, Oliver Dowden, David Frost, Chris Grayling...

This is sort of fascinating because if you were to turn on pretty much any talk radio station or pick up any tabloid, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was the inverse.

Fontaines DC Wolverhampton 20.11.24

The Arctic Monkeys

Old Gold youtu.be/rwNUUL3tS9Q?...

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 15.11.24

This is reminiscent of swapping between vinyl and CDs in the early 90s, and trying to work out if your quality of experience is going to be replicable