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I don’t have much truck with most justifications for staying on X, but I will accept “I’m Joyce Carol Oates and I’m needling him into profoundly humiliating public self-exposure”

Raging. How dare Donald Trump come for the BBC. If you feel similarly, here's the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Looking for inspiration for a new build or retrofit? Well there are plenty of great projects to flick through in our archive. www.houseplanninghelp.com/podcast/ #SelfBuild #EcoHome #Passivhaus

It's still a lot of work today, there is a saying that guys doing plaster need a good sense of humor.

Don’t allow anyone to tell you that being a library ghost in the afterlife “doesn’t classify” as an appropriate long-term goal.

me when the AI bubble bursts

ICE is pepper spraying toddlers. This one-year-old was in her car seat, inside the car, with her parents, in a parking lot. They were out buying groceries. Then ICE confronted them, and arrested a bunch of American citizens. Watch this child cry. Imagine it's your child.

There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate

"What's that they're chanting, Smithers?" "Um. I believe they're saying 'Release the E... arhart Files', sir."

An interesting article on facilitated communication by @drnaomifisher.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment. jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...

Natural fiber insulation leads to dryer, more durable structues (dryer wood - less chance of failure) compared to mineral wool. You may need to update your urban myths.

Hey! Hey! It’s my birthday and to celebrate I’m giving away 50 free prints this week. Each mini print is 5x5” and mounted onto a ¾” thick wood panel. They’re adorable and every bit as beautiful as my large prints, just smaller. Good luck!

I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC. The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

On-road taxes for fossil fuels, known as fuel duty, have been frozen for 14 years in UK The one that govt now seem keen to bring forward is one on cleaner vehicles Case for road pricing as the end point is sound. The way the UK Treasury is going about it is idiotic www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's getting colder every day throughout much of the northern hemisphere. If you want to build shelters to help keep your local stray and feral cats warm this winter, here is a great DIY option! www.alleycat.org/resources/ho...

A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.

It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.

It is, & it’s too moderate. For example: only 24 top Nazis were tried at Nuremberg. Everyone involved in horrendous abuses such as those reported in the thread below should be tried, down to the lowliest prison guard. The “Nuremberg defence” – “I was only obeying orders” – must be disallowed.

Imagine an EU-wide government shut down in its 6th week leading to serious disruption of air traffic. We would not hear the end of it in Anglophone media.

Again Labour shows its colours through its choices. We have billions to give in subsidies to fossil fuel giants and failing water companies, but not to put into nature’s greatest defence against our foolishness.

Bringing down CO2 emissions is like paying off your credit card. It might cost something now, but it will cost more later in climate change 'interest' the more we delay.

Trevor Philips, "Prime Minister Keir Starmer is coming back from #COP30 having refused to put money into the tropical forest fund on the grounds that we can't afford it. He's right, isn't he?" Zack Polanski, "No, it's outrageous. When it comes to climate, we have to look at the cost of inaction"

This article explains how Musk’s ridiculous pay is tied to achieving various benchmarks for Tesla. So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla. If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt. You know what to do, world. The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown

Not a moment too soon. Several years too late.

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www.theguardian.com/society/2025... I still think this system should be turned around and make the MPs and civil servants the suspects. Withhold their salaries if they decide fraud but can't prove it 100% certain. They will suddenly be very cautious.

btw the butterflies are paper kite butterflies, which are my favorites

Fairly obviously sticking vulnerable people seeking asylum into camps is messed up. There is something darkly comic though about this government claiming that it is okay, despite camps costing more than hotels, because it "reduces tensions", when it clearly doesn't. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nice response to the curric & assess review. In case it’s paywalled for you, @missgoodyear.bsky.social & @samgibbs.bsky.social conspicuously don’t go down the ‘implementation’ of ‘what works’ (ie data-farming) path, but instead go with attuning to & meeting actual needs. Happy #neuroqueering! 🦋

Good folk doing the right thing being treated like extremists. #climate www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

Trevor Philips, "What is the implication of the white poppy?" Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism" "So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"

Can’t wait to hear fuel duty get frozen again in the budget in ten days or so!!

‘Our priorities are growth and climate’ Oh rly???

There is no such thing as ethical generated AI. There is no such thing as AI 'art.' AI generated media is theft. Enthusiasm for AI is weird and stupid and yes you should feel bad if you've used it for anything. Give up on it, move on and do something worth time and effort.

Drax still doing what Drax does: burning old-growth forests in order to be Britain's no. 1 producer of CO2.

If you read one thing this weekend, read this. The way we treat young people who are a little 'different' is endlessly shocking. With thanks and respect to Kate Szymankiewicz. From theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NOTHING can destroy a Cyber Truck….😎😏 #WorldBollardAssociation

"And Then There Were None [...] is an indictment of the myth of British moral superiority that colonialism was built on." youtu.be/MUaWtX1euPQ?...

This is, honestly, unusual for a business association who are usually freaks for car shit against all evidence.

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

ABA proponents often claim play-based methods are “evidence-based” bc they produce measurable outcomes. The problem is what they measure. Most studies in ABA research focus on short-term behavior change—not long-term psychological health, identity or self-regulation. endseclusion.org/2025/10/31/t...