Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024 UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M. HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

I shall have to precede any future itterings with 'appears to...'. I might even appear to have some breakfast soon.

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Lyon fans held up this banner during a poignant minute's silence before their game vs. PAOK 🖤 Seven fans of the Greek club were killed in a minibus crash en route to the Europa League tie.

God forbid she could be the problem 🤔 Raducanu splits with coach after Australian Open exit - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...

Put me on the first flight to China. Actually, don't. What a pointless bit of PR.

Is there really any hope for USA? Doesn't seem like it. The mood in Trump country after Minneapolis killings news.sky.com/video/share-...

Another performer withdraws from the Kennedy Center.

Is there a way to specifically pay .01% of your taxes with a promise to send the rest when the Epstein files are released? Asking for America.

They're there to stop American athletes defecting

I seem to remember thinking that Russia should not have been allowed to host the football World Cup because of its poor human rights record. I didn’t expect the USA to try to outdo Russia, but here we are.

Reminding you all that Nigel Farage has proudly claimed he is going to be setting up a British version of ICE here in the UK to terrorise us just like American ICE if he ever becomes PM. He has openly said he wants to deport legal migrants.

Why TF would you ‘give Reform a go’? Yes. They represent change. But not good change. Not the change people want. This lot would torch everything we value and rely upon (NHS, public services, our rights, protections…) in an absolute frenzy of corruption, prejudice and uselessness. FFS. Please don’t.

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS (NYT): Trump Regime DOJ Won't Investigate Execution of Alex Pretti, Just As It Ignored the Execution of Renee Good Two U.S. citizens with no criminal records, executed by Trump agents without cause. Zero investigation. Trump has violated his Oath of Office and must be impeached.

Kilauea erupted again yesterday in a fierce display. In only the 2nd time in 40 years, park officials closed the area due to the intensity. Fountains were officially recorded at 500 m high, grapefruit size tephra were being ejected, and tephra fall was measured up to 20 miles away. #volcano #hawaii

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Hardly surprising, can't have Burnham on a position to challenge Starmer. Honestly, Labour are doomed. news.sky.com/liveblog-web...

I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.

This perfectly demonstrates the pernicious nature of BBC two-sidism. It almost always benefits the side with the most power. In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it

Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see. Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him. It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.

ANOTHER ANGLE: the original video was deleted but I screen capped it. Here it is.

My neighbour is a vicar so I leave little 'miracles' for him to find. He's gonna lose his shit when he sees one of his gnomes has developed stigmata

This is good to see, couldn't have been easy, hope she is rewarded with a good new job asap!

No! Send him to the Tower of London! news.sky.com/story/should...

This came from CNN: One day ago — Three Democratic senators are sounding the alarm about lucrative contracts and loans the Pentagon provided to companies linked to Donald Trump Jr. More grift; more corruption.

Trump one week ago: "It's a good thing for him [Carney] to sign a trade deal. If he can get a deal with China, he should do that." Trump today: "If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A."

Follow the money!

Predictable that there's more fuss about this than the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. Hypocrisy. BBC News - West Midlands Police admits overstating evidence in Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The apple 🍎 hasn’t fallen far from the tree.

Trump's "Board of Peace" is a blatant attempt to replace the UN with an organisation that he can dominate for self-interest and the imposition of a world order where 'might makes right'. His rampage through international law will make our world more violent & unjust. Good to discuss on First Post.

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

"Economists at LSE found 16,400 firms stopped exporting goods to the EU." Brexit is punishing the small businesses driving the British economy and employment. https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/uk-eu-relations-proposals-for-customs-union-and-connections-with-the-eu-single-market/#heading-1

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney breaks off a video address to open the door for his cat! ☺️🐱🇨🇦

Trump sold the oil from a seized Venezuelan tanker for $500,000,000.. Where is the money? He deposited it in a bank in Qatar where Congress can't get to it. He stole the oil from Venezuela, but he stole the money from America. Why has Congress not impeached and imprisoned him for his crimes?

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) told CNN he is seriously considering running for president in 2028.

🔥🔥🔥 #BoredOfPeace

Carney put crybaby Donnie in his feels.

"The board's charter does not mention Gaza once". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Another really odious individual. Infantino joke about British fans was 'cheap' - FSA - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Utterly shocking., callous and criminally stupid. My brother got polio as a young boy. I remember kids & adults limping around in calipers due to the ravages of polio. The fear of ending up in an iron lung…And these were the survivors.

Woah! Jack Smith just said that Trump intimidated witnesses via death threats!

A Great British disaster. Should have bought off-the-shelf. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Shortly before Donald Trump stood up in Davos to deliver his latest tirade against Europe, I asked a senior German official if it would be correct to describe the United States no longer as an unreliable partner but as a potential enemy. “Absolutely,” he replied.” apple.news/ABfW-CZy-R_6...

I'm not a violent person, but, in my mind, I have a list of politicians I would like to spend time with. Not in a nice way.

As I watch in horror the continuing genocide and total destruction in Gaza by "a Jewish state", I will not be told by a Rabbi in Australia how I should be a kinder and a better person. Perhaps he could share his message with the international criminal PM Netanyahu.