There’s an Arabic version of “every cloud has a silver lining” that translates to “no cows, no feeding them at dawn.” A Scots version is “today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky.” And a Romanian phrase for looking on the bright side is un șut în fund, un pas înainte, or “a kick in the ass, a step forward”

Two Nuclear Superpowers. Reneged on the Budapest Memorandum. Neither can be trusted. 🇮🇪🇪🇺

Just checked the weather forecast for Xmas day ☀️ but 🥶 (6C at warmest). Lovely! But also thinking of the households owing money to energy suppliers that, according to MSE website has jumped dramatically by 46%, rising from 2.4 million last year to 3.5 million this year.

Dog tax

On Clinton in the Epstein files: Clearly, the DOJ chose to release Clinton material as a distraction. Bubba is a jerk, but rest assured, if there were something worse, we'd be seeing it right now. This is the worst they have on Clinton.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

One more week until the #EpsteinFiles are due to be released.‼️

Ah yes, Boris Johnson—the genius who kick-started Brexit (a movement largely driven by stopping immigration) by pushing migration to record highs, has this to say 👇🙄

The Bible never says how old Mary was when she gave birth to Jesus, but many scholars think she was between the ages of 12 and 16.

Justice Department • Friday Deadline I don’t care what your political affiliation is, your social status, power or wealth. Anyone that has participated in sex trafficking, abusing & raping children/women must be held accountable! Release The Epstein Files! #EpsteinClientList Thread 1/3🧵

The more we see of Chinese EV's the more we realise just how shit and out-of-date Tesla really is. "Ignore that! Look over there! Fake robots and a Mars mission which will never happen! Please believe me, don't tank my fraud!"

#OnThisDayYesterday. 1905. Birth of Simo Häyhä, AKA The White Death, a Finnish military sniper in World War II He is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war Picture. Häyhä with his unit in 1940 (second from the left)

I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!

I am filing a $10bn lawsuit against Donald J Trump for damaging the good reputation of the USA.

In this particular case those categories are not mutually exclusive. So, drink up, lads!

The Melania movie will be a beacon of hope for sex workers everywhere.

Undoubtedly a candidate for FIFA film of the year.

Spot the difference One is the bile spewing, lying mouthpiece for an dark overlord intent on conquering the west The other is the Mouth of Sauron

Fuck! If you agree with Marge then it’s the upside down

As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

A lifetime of "thoughts & prayers" have done JACK-SQUAT to reduce or eliminate gun violence. We need to do MORE. It is the GUNS. #SadButTRUE 💔

SO TRUE 👇👇

Brilliant

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

And think The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.

I was in a supermarket and saw someone I knew. I waved and shouted out "Hiya" It was then that I realised I was looking in a large mirror. I'd said hello and waved at my own reflection.

Oh Marsha, you ditzy twat, it’s not tremendous news. He’s blowing up the national debt to fix a problem he created. Keep Joe Biden’s name out your damn mouth.

If only ☠️ 😭

I have an idea Let's release the Epstein Files and then let's start arresting people. I have another Impeach and remove the traitors, and let's do trials

Drag him.

I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.

Pete Hague-seth seems to think the expression "The Fog of War" is literal. It is not. It is a metaphor, and one that would not excuse executing shipwrecked passengers you can clearly see on your video screen.

There are four gaelic-medium primary schools and one gaelic-medium secondary school in Glasgow

Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.

I believe, Nigel Farage and @ottoenglish.bsky.social that many of them speak Scots, some Gaelic, with a few Doric-speakers thrown in for good measure, not (I suspect) that Nigel would be aware of Scotland's long-standing status as a multilingual country.

Stolen from FB

I thought being heard before a jury of your peers was established as part of the Magna Carta? I don’t mind giving the accused the option to go before a magistrate instead of a jury but it should be at the option of the accused. #humanrights #britishjustice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

Don’t obey illegal orders because if you do the White House and administration will hang you out to dry to save their own necks from the hangman’s noose. #hegseth #usmilitary #warcrimes US Navy admiral ordered second deadly Venezuela boat strike, White House says www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sadly relevant today.