Trump pressure to hike UK drug prices could cost NHS billions. Corporate profits will increase. NHS budget will buy less. People to pay higher taxes or face public service cuts. To avoid bullying UK Govt must produce cheaper generic drugs. Who governs UK - Govt, Trump, Corporations?

Labour have branded Nigel Farage’s migration attacks "unfunded, unworkable and falling apart in real time." And the classic: "Unserious". They seem very reluctant to say "immoral" or "wrong".

A new #painting. "Cill Chiaráin". Kilkieran if you prefer. One ridiculous perfect day in South Connemara I was painting by the side of a road. Everywhere I looked I saw more paintings I knew I'd paint later. This is later. I love this part of the world. Love it. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm #MountainMonday

OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.

Poppies blooming 🥰

Lesson 1: DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE “Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, & then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”

Damn the evil prick ending $500 million in vaccine research while children die of preventable diseases.

“Gaza is a turning point that lays bare the full range and cruel depths of the contemporary world’s contradictions ... It exposes what is fundamentally wrong today: a persistent inability to recognize every human being as equal and deserving of dignity and life.”

testing insanely fast tick rates #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #art #digitalart #games

some new and updated artwork for the early game #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #art #digitalart #games

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #TorySewageParty @angellady.bsky.social @socialistbella.bsky.social @badassmutha.bsky.social @neets21.bsky.social @samdalefox.bsky.social @genxdutchess.bsky.social @savethenhs.bsky.social @claralfc.bsky.social @bladeofthes.bsky.social

Now THIS is a very thorough starter pack. Highly recommend that you hit “follow all” on this lot. 👍 go.bsky.app/FpbsVro

If you're paying your landlord's mortgage, he shouldn't own your home, you should

Today is International Trans Day of Remembrance. This is the toughest time in history to be trans and visible in the world, thanks to certain politicians, billionaires, trash media and Evangelicals. And it’s particularly tough for children and teens. Now, more than ever, we need our allies. Ty ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy

Severn Trent Water six month pre-tax profit up from £71m to £192m. CEO got £3.2m, company fined £2m for dumping 260m litres of sewage. Long-term debt £12bn. Dividend up from 46.74p per share to 48.68p. It wants a 50% price rise in customer bills. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“We need to imagine what it would look like to live in a society that supports people and holds people, in care and love, no matter what they are doing, what drugs they are using, no matter what kind of pain they are dealing with and how they choose to deal with it. We need to build that world.”

Please listen to Emily. Don't abandon trans kids.

i'm not sure where the idea that we can change the minds of people who fundamentally disagree with us on social media came from, but I think these places are infinitely more valuable as spots to share resources and ideas with people who largely agree with us and want to learn or get organized.

I work from home. I have a good job and my energy account is in credit. I wear thermals under my clothes and have a wee ceramic fan heater that I put on every couple of hours. If I'm worried about putting the heating on, then how bad must it be for those on fixed incomes who are already struggling?

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Remembering the formidable anti-racist campaigner Anwar Ditta. A working-class Kashmiri woman, she was born in Birmingham and lived in Rochdale, sharing platforms with the likes of Tony Benn and Arthur Scargill and leading numerous anti-deportation campaigns.🧵

This should be treated as a national scandal. More than 1 in 3 children are now living in poverty in the UK as deprivation levels rise to the highest in the 21st century. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

“Don’t bother. We’re waiting to die.” The world has failed the Palestinian people. Keir Starmer and David Lammy included. Thank you for trying @rohantalbot.bsky.social

Combined costs of cross-border tax abuse by multinational companies and by individuals with undeclared assets offshore stands at estimated $492bn. UK and US among the biggest enablers of abuses and the biggest losers of tax revenues. Yet govts squeeze the poor www.commondreams.org/news/global-...

Ask you friends and family if they know what Freeports and Special Economic Zones are, they will look at you like you have two heads, then tell them there are 12 Freeports and 74 SEZs currently being set up across England, Scotland, and Wales.

If you don't already follow @europeanpowell.bsky.social‬, you should follow @europeanpowell.bsky.social‬. I would know almost nothing about SEZs and their impact on the community without his diligent reporting, and I live in one. There's been no public consultation afaik, so you know it's bad.

If you're not already following @europeanpowell.bsky.social, make sure you add him. #SEZs #Freeports

Hello! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) ⭐️💙

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

Benjamin Zephaniah "If you didn't have troublemakers, most women wouldn't have the right to vote, a black person wouldn't be talking to a white person and I'd be back in slavery. We need troublemakers to challenge the establishment. I want to be one of those people."

The reception that Nigel Farage received today at the farmers protests in London, should be an indication that we should never become a Republic. The people whose industries he campaigned for and ruined, welcomed him like a hero in the streets of London.

Clarkson on The One Show, says public sector workers protesting about austerity, should be shot in front of their families.

There is political murmuring across the empire to crack down on boycotting Israel. The audacity of governments to attempt to force us into consuming products drenched in blood tells us one, very loud, very clear thing: BOYCOTTS WORK

@ecomarxi.bsky.social hey friend! I'M FINALLY HERE! Thought I'd message you before you become inundated again.

crazy how this app is actually pretty good

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

Bear with me, I'll figure out how to transfer my Twitter following accounts to Bluesky soon.

Umm. This is like first day at school. I’ve joined up

I've just migrated from Twitter, hello Bluesky comrades!