@ralphmclean.bsky.social Thanks for the Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings recommendation. A great album in its own right - the extra material well worth a visit. My favourite alternate was Humidity Built the Snowman - real stripped back.

For whatever reason, I’ve never watched Jimmy Kimmel’s show. But I did tonight. His monologue on free speech was well delivered. It reminded me of the MANY liberties we should vehemently protect.

I guess we should thank Donald Trump for making the relationship between fossil fuels and fascism explicit.

“I think we're going to test ABC out on this. Let's see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.” I don’t think he’s ever been quite this explicit about his extortion.

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering. There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism. A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

PR v FPTP! 🇬🇧 | Projected result of this week's @FindoutnowUK poll — under PR (Via @joshhousden.bsky.social ➡️ RFM: 34% | 227 (+131) 🔴 LAB: 16% | 110 (-124) 🟦 CON: 16% | 104 (-52) 🔶 LDM: 13% | 87 (+6) 💚 GRN: 12% | 78 (+35) 🟡 SNP: 3% | 18 (+1) 🔲 PLC: 1% | 8 (+3) +/- vs. GE2024 [PR]

Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh

But it won't stop the next one, and the next one, and...

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Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.

Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity. He feigns strength, but the reality is that he's operating from a place of weakness.

He finally got his revenge against the man who asked him if he was up past his jail time. Now it's up to us to ask why he's terrified to release #TheEPSTEIN_PedoFiles. #StandWithTheSurvivors

When Fox can't ignore it, you know it's bad.

This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon

Vance in Charlie Kirk free speech update From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time. Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.

Number crunching: Peter Mandelson’s days in government before resigning / getting sacked. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Welcome to the United Kingdom! 🇬🇧 Never before in U.S. History has a President been acknowledged by another country in this unique way! 🇺🇸 At Windsor Castle, in London & all across the land, people are United! ✊ They all want to see the #EPSTEIN_PedoFiles, ASAP! 👀

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The brilliant @georgemonbiot.bsky.social at Stop Trump tears into this government. ‘By bringing the fascist in chief here, they dishonour us, and they dishonour themselves. By rolling out the red carpet for Trump, they roll out the red carpet for Farage.’

Jess is brilliant

Irish poet @jesstraynor.bsky.social will be reading from her brand new fourth collection New Arcana @outspokenldn.bsky.social at London's Southbank Centre on Thursday 18 September, 7.45pm, alongside Leo Boix, Sara Mansour and fellow Bloodaxe poet @imtiazdharker.bsky.social.

So it's dangerous for China to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps. But it's okay for America's billionaires (and Trump allies) to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps. Do I have this right?

Here's a parody adaptation of the classic song "Walking in Memphis" by the soulful Marc Cohn, in which we address Donald Trump's arrival in the UK for his exciting historic second state visit. It's called "Put Up Some Fences" 🎹🎶 youtu.be/1Iag4yaozis?...

Highlights from the Westminster debate on #DemocracyDay👇 Thank you @rachelblakemp.bsky.social for securing this important debate, and to @richardfoordld.bsky.social @lizzicollinge.bsky.social @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social for making the case for electoral reform.

JD Vance: “Charlie Kirk never said Black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. He never uttered those words.” Charlie Kirk: “Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson — you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.”

Yes, but not only.Failure to tackle it is a major part of the problem. Also requiring solutions are industrial discharge, domestic waste management including septic tank discharge into watercourses, invasive species, sand dredging, all with a topping of global warming. Plus Stormont.

‘At last: a serious way to rescue our failing democracy’ “If Parliament were to grasp this nettle now, we could have a new, and more democratic, electoral system in place in time for the next general election in 2029.” StephenMcNair @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/at...

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

At what point do Labour MPs decide to rescue their party - and their seats - by evicting Starmer and Reeves? When voting intention figures fall to 19%? 15%? 10%? (Last week they stood at 21%, and have prob fallen since) The longer they leave it, the harder and less plausible the recovery will be.

Should the BBC be giving Reform UK so much coverage? (Cardiff Uni School of Journalism found it featured in a quarter of all News at Tens in the 6 months to June). Latest BBC Newswatch from midnight Fri on iplayer or Sat 745am BBC1/Breakfast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

"When electoral fragmentation meets Britain’s ancient first-past-the-post voting system, it produces unpredictable results." @getprdone.bsky.social @makevotesmatter.bsky.social Is British politics broken? Its centre is cracking www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

This petition for Proportional Representation has reached over 10,000 now…. Let’s get it higher! 💪 #getPRdone #MakeVotesMatter #FairVotes #ProportionalRepresentation petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

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⏪ #ThrowbackThursday to BASW Conference and the launch of our campaign with @swu-uk.bsky.social to improve working conditions for social workers. Our campaign is demanding safe staffing, sustainable workloads, investment in services, and better wellbeing support for professionals. Learn more ⬇️

This petition is a smidge off 10,000. Please retweet. Let's get it there. 💪 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

📢 BASW's campaign raised in parliament! 📢 Thanks to Baroness Neuberger for highlighting to Ministers our deep concerns about the impartiality of the NAAB and backing our calls for Home Office led age assessments to be shut down immediately. Watch a clip from Monday's debate 👇

In countries using proportional representation, parties are incentivised to work together collaboratively. They keep the 80% that works and try to fix the 20% that doesn't. With FPTP, parties scrap it altogether and take years to implement a new process with lots of flaws. #MakeVotesMatter

If Farage becomes Prime Minister on 30% of the vote I wonder if Starmer will still believe he was right to defend our antiquated voting system?

Another interesting thread on tax approaches that might work

Labour won't be using First Past the Post to choose its new Deputy Leader. So why does the government keep telling us that it's the best system for electing MPs? 🤔

Over the past 10 years, the UK has had: - 6 Prime Ministers - 8 Chancellors of the Exchequer - 9 Foreign Secretaries - 10 Home Secretaries Tell us again how First Past the Post leads to stable and effective governments.

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