My gripe with SUVs is no secret, but seeing the data written in black and white always blows my mind. "The average driver in a Land Rover Defender cannot see a 4 year old child standing directly in front." www.bmj.com/content/391/...

The new album from Omnium Gatherum is a nice listen. #MetalSky open.spotify.com/album/3obnGt...

Great to commission this from @lucywebster.bsky.social – an extract from her book The View From Down Here which is out in paperback today. www.bigissue.com/opinion/disa...

It is quite a thing that a UK government minister would rather go on TV and say they are ignorant than congratulate Mamdani

INTERVIEWER: Any comment on Zohran Mamdani's victory and what it says about immigrants and trans rights? LABOUR POLITICIAN: (panicking) I've never heard of New York

"Many of the major public health crises we face today are largely driven by powerful corporations. The extent and impact of harmful commercial influences need to be revealed and addressed." This is really worth a watch from @lshtm.bsky.social 👇 vimeo.com/1131660477

Not to be old fashioned, but I don’t think it should be 17 degrees in November.

⚖️Air pollution is a public health crisis and social justice issue. Those exposed to most extreme pollution are in low income areas in urban centres. "[P]eople of colour, those on low incomes, and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Young Workers Month has just started and Farage has announced that Reform wants to lower the minimum wage for young workers. ✊ Join us to fight for a £15 minimum wage and an end to wage discrimination.

The harms of car dependency go far beyond traffic jams. In a blog published by the Faculty, Jennifer Mindell and Eleanor Lyons explore how cars act as commercial determinants of health, contributing to pollution, noise, road danger, and inequalities. Read the blog www.fph.org.uk/blog/cars-as...

🚨 NEW: The rapid spread of Active Clubs, a network of fascist martial arts groups, is among the most concerning trends on the British extreme right. We can now expose the figures behind AC Midlands - one of the best established chapters in the country.

BREAKING 🚨: Rosebank owner Equinor has just reported £4.7 billion in profit from the past 3 months. While millions struggle with soaring energy bills, and climate impacts worsen across the globe, oil giants like Equinor continue to profit by keeping us hooked on oil and gas.

Hospices in England are cutting hundreds of beds and staff because of a funding crisis, despite a sharp rise in demand for palliative care, a damning report warns.

British people welcomed Ukrainians into their homes, just 3 years ago.

Listen to 🏳️‍⚧️ trans people. 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people in a YouGov poll commissioned by @goodlawproject.org. 49% said they found it difficult to access appropriate toilets when out in public. This is a shameful human rights (and public health) emergency.

General Fuzziness would, of course, be in charge of this city.

Shocking new figures from the RCN show growing racist abuse against nurses. We stand in solidarity with affected nurses and colleagues across the NHS, and call for an end to the escalating use of hostile language and anti-migrant rhetoric. Read more: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

The far-right are saying the quiet bit out loud As someone who is both white and black, I feel comfortable calling this out for what it is Because I’m pretty sure the likes of Arron Banks don’t include me in their “white” Britain because I have a bit too much pigment This is racism

#NowSpinning Orbit Culture - Death Above Life. #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #MetalSky

Today is #MetalMerchDay, run by @metalforgood.bsky.social 🤘 I’m wearing my Only Equals Negotiate t-shirt from Eye Of The Enemy ✊ And I’ve donated at www.justgiving.com/campaign/metalmerchday25 #MetalSky

Great analogy from @spidermaani.bsky.social in today's Killer Tactics 2 workshop, looking at the commercial determinants of ill-health and the profit-driven companies behind them. "We've spent a lot of time looking at the malaria parasites, and not enough time looking at the mosquitos."

Beaut new tote bag from Black Lodge Press and @nosweatuk.bsky.social 🖤✊

Bezos is killing the Washington Post. Billionaires are destroying journalism for the very simple reason that they do awful shit and don’t want to be exposed.

Aside from the overt bigotry of this, the other thing that really gets my back up is the obsession with salary. This country would be in an even worse state were it not for some truly magnificent charity workers who do vital, life-saving, life-changing, under-recognised and under-rewarded work.

Do this mean that someone who has Indefinite Leave to Remain and takes maternity leave would be at risk of getting chucked out? This is batshit, narrow-minded drivel from the Conservatives.

It's outrageous how many organisations and MPs are still using this platform so consistently - and offering it legitimacy - when it is so blatantly a far-right content machine. What would it take for people to leave the platform?

Have to say, this is probably the most united I’ve ever seen a YouGov poll.

The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.

This song has got such a hold on me. Somehow giving both 👹 and 💃 A grizzly bop. spotify.link/kHh7F44UDXb #MetalSky

“If you’re angry about THIS, but not about THAT—“ Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea

Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this

"Israel carried out acts of murder, summary executions and systematic torture against many Palestinians”. Health officials said the documented findings included “clear signs of direct gunfire at point-blank range and bodies crushed beneath Israeli tank tracks”." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

“If we are serious about saving lives, the Government must stop doubling down on failure. We need a public health approach to drugs, one that includes a safe supply, legal regulation and access to care and policies rooted in evidence." @zoegarbett.bsky.social www.london.gov.uk/latest-drug-...

"if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors." @thunberggreta.bsky.social @swedenun.bsky.social @swedenineu.bsky.social www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

#NowSpinning Decapitated - Blood Mantra 🩸 #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #MetalSky

You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on. Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?

Did you know that cigarette filters don't reduce toxicant exposure from smoking? 🚬 Instead they increase palatability and lead people to inhale deeper and longer. They're also a huge source of plastic waste globally ♻️ New research from Dr @katieeast.bsky.social finds many smokers are misinformed 👇

Caerphilly apparently. I honestly, honestly despise this stuff. They have nothing to offer, nothing to say, nothing to hope for, nothing to aspire to, no solutions, nothing. Just hate and lies.

New single from Gaerea just dropped 👌🔥 youtu.be/9N5Ge0-9xQM?... #MetalSky

An important message to the people of New York City. More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

Breaking news: Nigel Farage and Reform have been secretly meeting with the extremists who helped BAN abortion in the USA. Since cosying up to them, Farage has started talking about limiting abortion. If Reform think they’re “taking back control” of women’s bodies, they can f*ck right off.

This genuinely made me well up. The powers-that-be want to isolate us, divide us, and leave us angry, separated, and alone. Imagine, instead, a country of neighbours. A country of vibrant communities. Where we look out for each other and prosper together. Make hope normal again 💚

Reject the politics of hate. And let's make hope normal again. With huge thanks to Benjamins wife, Qian, for permission to use the poem.

British.

Things we love to see 👇 "A surcharge would be introduced for motorists with "oversized and highly polluting vehicles" Drivers with cars weighing more than 2400kg - SUVs - will pay more for a permit, and those with cars weighing more than 3500kg will not be eligible." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So it’s time for the UK to follow the example of 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇳🇴 🇯🇵 and introduce a settling up tax. If your successes are made possible by the UK, then you should pay back into the same system. 9/9

NEW: Keir Starmer's Sharm el-Sheikh Diary "hostages swapped like Panini football stickers, 20 Israelis for 1700 Palestinian detainees. Not entirely sure what the difference is, but I’m sure someone on TalkTV would be happy to shout it at me." open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...