youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem

“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

A US takeover of Gaza? The expulsion of all its Palestinian inhabitants? It's not going to happen, and everyone knows it's not going to happen, so what's the point even talking about it? The delusional rantings of a dangerous madman.

A private citizen shutting down a government agency is a coup. Do not normalize this.

Interesting that the two clearest voices against Trump so far are women: The Wonderfully Rev Marrian Edgar Budde, vicar, and Pamela Hemphill, ex J6 defendant and prisoner. Who knew eh?

I completely agree. Here's what I had to say to 10,000 global evangelical leaders this past September. Written version: lausanne.org/global-analy...

Took this pic in Pacific Palisades today. Not coincidentally, B of A is a major funder of fossil fuel expansion in the US.

What's happening now is designed to overwhelm, discourage and disorient us. There are evidence-based practices that can help center us in the eye of the storm so we can be more effective in responding. If you could use one now, here's a series of brief, daily meditations I can't recommend enough:

Wise words from Dale Vince re. social media companies and the part they played in the radicalisation of Axel Rudakubana...

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Does anyone else REALLY miss Janey Godley? We need her here, now, again. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

Seems he knows the difference, after all.

first snowdrops, early wild daff, hellebores at Myddleton House Gardens in Enfield...

"Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation," she said. "I pleaded guilty because I was guilty". Convicted US Capitol Rioter Turns Down Pardon. Credit to her for this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Perfect.

No lies told in this headline.

A very witty take-down. But it made me wish Starmer, for example, was more of a Falstaff than he is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Those who've been promoting Musk - on the Tory benches, in Reform, in the press, on social media - should take a good hard look at themselves and what they have become.

Deliberate fabrication as a political tactic

We are watching unfold yet another deliberate fabrication by Republican operatives. cf Swift Boat; Birthers; Pizzagate. Now "Rape Gangs"

Musk is either off his meds or on the wrong ones. Currently he’s polling whether America should take over Britain. Unhinged doesn’t even begin to cover it!

@King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace: is this the only Art Gallery in London which has NO concessions, and NO Art Fund discount? I know times are hard, but if the NG can do it why not Chuck3 ?

Viscount Rothermere and Richard Desmond are responsible for stoking division in the UK and must he held to account. Re-post if you agree.

This is brilliant news for people who enjoy walking! A giant thank you to all our friends, colleagues and partners who have worked so hard to save our paths - especially @ramblers.org.uk + @openspacessociety.bsky.social Great decision by the gov and DEFRA. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A rare actual good news story: bees – both honey bees and wild bees – seem to be doing better in the UK. Bee-friendly planting, less pesticide use and an uptick in beekeeping are all having results 🐝 🎉 inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

Who is Charlotte Owen and why is she a Lord? We may find out as a Tribunal has ordered all the documentation relating to her being made a Lord to be released to them.

Central YMCA continues on its sad corporate path. Latest email babbles about a 'destination site on your fitness journey.' The lovely old YMCA wasn't any kind of sodding 'destination', and the 'journey' to it was a brisk walk. Hate this sale.

Just walked out of Anora. Apparently, it's a rollicking bawdy feminist friendly comedy. Not caught on with the ladies though - Curzon full of youngish men, single and in gangs. Exploitative shite. ( move over Peter Bradshaw, new critic bounds into life...)

This is huge blow to communities that use the YMCA gym in Central London. HIV Positive Health has used this gym and pool for decades, and now this program is threatened with closure by a charity that claims to support health and wellbeing for communities. #ymcaclub #ymcagym #hivpositivehealth

Is it nice here?