Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.

That's @thenerve.news

Thank you Stewart Lee for the reminder to vote today in the @nationaltrust.org.uk AGM. He writes in The Nerve: "Act now. Or every National Trust property is going to look like the remodelled White House Rose Garden. With cage-fighting".

i wouldn't necessarily call myself the most constitutionally ai-hostile person there is but the specific way they've rolled it out has made me a borderline neo-luddite. "oh we can't do this unless we steal." well now i want your company to burn

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

We all rely on transport. To work, do the school run, access healthcare and education, see family and friends. But Disabled people are locked out by a concessions system not fit for purpose. It’s time for change. Write to your MP: https://bit.ly/3VIx95C #UnlockTransportAccess

The number of people providing full-time unpaid care has increased massively, as the social care system approaches breaking point.

"That's when we become unstoppable." 🤝 @zackpolanski.bsky.social meets co-leader of New Zealand Greens Chlöe Swarbrick 💚

Four people were arrested for an “unauthorised projection”. This is apparently what counts as a crime now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We have had many years of leaders promising to invest in "left behind" communities, and reports saying it isn't being felt. So here's another one. Perhaps better to ask why settled cross party consensus hasn't delivered. Because the aim isn't clear. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Some more direct incitement from Musk This man burned his sheep's clothing a long time ago and is now fully leaning into his right wing white supremacist nationalism

A small scale initiative to tackle a large scale flooding problem. Inspirational, well worth a listen. Thank you BBC World Service #FYI-New-Orleans @robinince.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

1/ - Trade Policy in 2025 - Step 1. Donald Trump invents threatened new tariff rates on your country based on some combination of the trade balance, vibes, personal grievance, vibes, how much he likes you, vibes, or a Peter Navarro formula so stupid it made Lesotho enemy #1. Also vibes.

Gov. Pritzker: “Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump…asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’ Instead, I say, ‘Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.’”

So good to see this, some backbone.

Famine is now in Gaza and waiting even a few days to act will kill many more people. How much longer before European leaders do more than pretty speeches? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Sigh. Why am I not surprised that the latest use of flags to whip up patriotic hysteria and culture wars is funded and organised by far right criminals? Anyone going along with this and saying "it's not racist" is not paying attention. This kind of patriotism enables bullies to feel virtuous.

When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.

I've only just read about this. I don't know if he can be stopped, but we can at least try. Please sign, it only takes a few minutes....

GOOD TWEET. GOOD MOOD. FIGHT.

Watch this substack.com/@thebulwark/...

I'd be grateful if someone could explain what the data is for and how it benefits the inhabitants of planet Earth.

That this is happening is not in the least surprising (we all predicted it), but what’s most disgusting is GC/TERF women denying the direct lived experiences of other women as “scaremongering”. Truly, transphobia breaks your brain. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Heartbreaking. Anas Al-Sharif posted this 1 hour before being assasinated tonight. “If this madness does not end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased. Please share this message & tag everyone who…has the power to end this massacre. Silence is complicity.”

Scene at Rafah crossing shows CNN correspondent confronted by individuals demanding broader media representation and condemnation of violence against Palestinians. 🇵🇸🇨🇦

Much of UK has been, and continues to be asset stripped...

Excellent piece. See also Adult Services. See also SEND: schoolsweek.co.uk/abu-dhabi-ow...

I can sort of understand when they say Bluesky doesn't have the reader numbers that X has. But couldn't organisations run X and Blusky accounts in parallel? I haven't used X for a long time, but there are a few accounts I would like to follow but can't.

A reminder of how long ago April 2023 was: X was still Twitter back then. And yet the government thinks nothing of enough significance has happened since to make it review whether it should use X...!

This makes tragic reading.

I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...

Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

Every time I post about ICE tactics, I get replies, “This is what I voted for.” Really? You voted for a mother crying for mercy while her child is still in school—about to come out and find her missing? There isn’t another way to go about this that preserves our humanity?

Tom Watson at @democracydocket.com understands why Bruce's approach to opposing Trump matters, and might actually work:

“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft

This is going to sound incredibly earnest and preachy but fuck it. Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.

Naomi Tutu, daughter of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu (and an Episcopal priest herself) fully addresses the lie at the heart of the claim of that white South Africans are “refugees.” Amplify her voice. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

My letter to the Prime Minister. #immigration

I don't pretend to understand the minutiae, but on the face of it, this looks appalling. I understand passing a Bill is a long process, but surely we need to send the AI people a message about paying royalties? @robinince.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social @steverichards.bsky.social

Sir David, who will be 99 on Thursday, says: "After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The time has come. EVERYONE who follows me, please repost, share and spread this fundraiser to provide legal defense for whistleblowers in America, including my friend Miles Taylor, who Trump has ordered to be investigated for treason, for the “crime” of criticizing him. Please donate if you can. 🧵

Watching this from 🇩🇰 is absolutely surreal. I can’t believe this happened yesterday — in the US. A peaceful woman, attending a town hall, was carried out by police for simply asking: “What is your red line? When will you stand up for the Constitution?” If “Never again” means anything, it means NOW!

There is still some hope in this dark world, with people like @emilyjaynef.bsky.social

“We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.” ~ Carl Sagan

One MP said "Parliament has nothing to learn from a serial liar, cheat, womaniser and bankrupt. We don’t need Trump to lecture and dictate his unilateral terms to our elected representatives." 👇 buff.ly/nnAmXCa