'British Asian families are being urged to record the experiences of relatives who fought for Britain for “future generations” as data reveals half the British public don’t know that Indian members of the armed forces served in the second world war.' 1/2

Thanks to Simon for including information about the source of this image, I’ve been able to explore the collection myself. If you don’t cite the source of archival images you post of socials, you are a scoundrel. 📸 Bnf Gallica, link in image description

‼️🇺🇦 On the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, President Zelensky called NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg from a bunker in Kyiv and urgently pleaded for a no-fly zone to stop Russian air attacks, - The Times

BBC News - One man's campaign for Commonwealth war graves restoration in Iraq www.bbc.com/news/article...

Been speaking to Lisa Nandy for my Sunday show this morning Had lots to say…join us from 10 @lbc.co.uk

The Lib Dems have over 70 MPs but you'd think Reform does, the way journalists keep banging on about them

Yeah :D

I now have the perfect example to explain "meta" to Tiny Human.

Mr Chief Secretary the government and the PM need to address this issue sooner rather than later! @darrenpjones.bsky.social

So why tf aren't they doing anything about it ? Leveson 2, moving Boris's men in the BBC on by giving them new jobs elsewhere, passing media ownership laws. All these things are within their power and yet none are happening.

BBC News - One man's campaign for Commonwealth war graves restoration in Iraq www.bbc.com/news/article...

There we go I made a hopefully one !

Great thread 👇

The agency behind the real work is a design coop called Forge and they did an absolutely incredible job https://www.forge.coop/

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro: “They think life is a bad Hollywood movie where they’re always the heroic Rambo-style winners and the rest of us—Latinos, Mexicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Caribbeans, Africans—are the villains. “Let them keep their fading empire and their ugly story.”

Is that the code word for a coup ?

All of the variable fonts by Matthew Hinders-Anderson are great, BTW. Designed with progressive causes in mind and free for non-commercial use (CC-NC). I especially like Mort. wehtt.am/fonts/

Oh God, I want to wear the newspaper! 🤩 I love my ombre, but if anyone has a spare Moschino crinoline newspaper ballgown lying around, I'll take that instead Yes, I do sleek and sophisticated. It's my trademark But I WANT to wear the outrageous

This quote from a British general visiting America in the 1860s still valid today, and never gets old

Love the names on the cockpit

New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...

Wait Italy did what?

When ICE is raiding daycare centers and dragging out teachers in front of of crying, terrified children, it’s not to keep America safe, but an attempt to turn Americans to violence.

JUST RAISE TAXES. MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR SOLIDARITY AND SHARED SACRIFICE FOR ONCE

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics. It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history. It corrupts our political system every day.

Italy was the only US military base I worked at where we had a civilian cleaner who came in to our office twice a week. I remember being puzzled by that because usually we made low level soldiers do that work (like me!) and being told if was part of the SOFA to make quotas for hired Italian workers.

IIRC part of the status of forces agreement between the US and Italy is that the US bases are required to hire a certain amount of Italian citizens. So yeah the Italian government is going to get pissed if we aren't paying those workers.

"Prosecuting a former president or prime minister is a normal and healthy thing for advanced democracies to do." foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...

Me: OK, so I’ve sold off my Lego collection, not going to buy any more sets, they’re just too expensive now. Lego Group: Hey, how about we release a TNG Enterprise set with minifigs of the crew? Me: Damn you, Lego Group. damn you to HELL!

My wife has a great conception from back in the day called 'Get Her Bucked'. It's Buckfast, Malibu and Cream Soda together. It actually tastes like cola cubes.

related thought people always talk about the nazis as if they had perfect strategy and tactics but of course they didn’t either, and picked a bunch of fights they were almost bound to lose. overextended themselves by a lot.

This in spades. Amateurs talk tactics professionals talk logistics. Also a win today doesn't mean a win forever.

That tracks and I think it's a consequence of what I think of as fascism's primary argument, which is that absent nefarious interference, the strong naturally prevail against the weak. Who needs logistics or strategy when you have a strongman who is already destined to prevail?

There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were: Black Baptist Churches A Mosque A small Appalachian church

I mean, removing the 2 child benefit cap and lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty was deliverable. Creating safe routes to seek asylum was deliverable. Etc etc

Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty. But beware...

A panel from X-MEN that's apropos to our current moment.

How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...

Wear them. My awards represent my Marines and I working together. Mission was important, but they were the reason I did what I did. Never was about who was in the white house or which general was in command. You and your comrades earned them. BTW ignore the assholes. They haven't been there.

Feels like @dreadships.bsky.social might have some fun with this one !

So there’s a website called Deer Of St Nicholas which posts Christmas wish letters from Ukrainian children who had their childhood stolen by the war, anyone can pick a child and get them their present and it’s that time of the year again to achingly scroll it for hours again

LA Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino tells his agents, “It’s our fucking city. Arrest as many people as possible, even if they touch you.” He then lies under oath when questioned by an attorney in court and denies saying what was clearly heard and seen on camera. Perjury! 🤨

Starting a war and expecting to move freely in Europe is hard to justify. The EU is tightening visa rules for Russian nationals amid continued drone disruptions and sabotage on European soil. Travelling to the EU is a privilege, not a given.

Hey! Calling all Wonder Women! We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit. 50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.