Musk is posting on X that it's the only platform you can trust for news because "all the other platforms are bought and paid for". $44bn wasn't it?

@jackabbott.bsky.social At the very least THIS government should carry out an immediate speedy and PUBLIC analysis of costs/benefits of Brexit. The appeasing of this fascist project shows us where the country really stands.

Day 8 of your Hammy Christmas Advent Calendar

Someone needs to invent some kind of online calculator whereby we Brits can put in our recent healthcare appointments/meds/experiences and it’ll calculate what it would cost on average in the USA. Just to hammer home how bloody lucky we are to have the NHS and how fiercely we need to protect it.

What have I been saying for the last 5 years? Deregulated SEZs and Freports are the gateways to privatising the UK. BlackRock will privatise Britain – our housing, education, health, nature and green energy – with our taxpayer money as sweetener. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Thought you might like to see a good old tikkytokky… 😂😂 sound up!

Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind. Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.

With Nigel Farage back on Question Time and with around 300,000 reads in over 144 countries but still with no response from Question Time Here's @docrussjackson.bsky.social's open letter to the BBC about widely held concerns about why bias on #bbcqt is not going away @yorksbylines.bsky.social

20 days until 👇🏼🎄 Save the date and join in the fun 😍

Gen-"A.I." is a bullshit machine in the technical sense. It is indifferent to whether its outputs are true - necessarily so, because it's not a person who can assess truth and falsehood! Fabulous paper by some of my colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on this. The title goes hard.

So the day has finally come - and the early risers among you get to be the first to see the new Pinguwalda Enterprises Online Emporium (would love to call it that but y’know, copyright issues). Enjoy! submerged.teemill.com/blog/launch-...

So, when I ditched Twitter, I deleted content and changed my user name to ‘F£!k Elon Musk’ before deleting the app. Just got an email from them…. Hahahaha.

All rather fun! Head over to @fekri.io’s site blueskyroast.com to get your analysis. #BlueskyRoast

Left: Kemi Badenoch, "The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions" Right: Kemi Badenoch wants Donald Trump (guilty of 34 convictions) to address parliament

"One by one, the premises of Britain’s 2016 decision [for Brexit] are crumbling. Britain cannot thrive alone and in the cold. It’s not ideology or idealism, but hard-headed, practical common sense to say our place is in Europe – and to say so now." #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Eye-watering sums for political posturing.............

Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots. To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

We laud people like, say, Martin Lewis for helping us get what we are entitled to, but scorn the disabled and unwell for doing the same.

“The gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.” www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

Andrea Jenkyns joins Reform. Never has there been a more natural fit for a party of ignorant bigots and idiots.

The Secretary of State commits to the first ever Men’s Health Strategy. Fact... Men tend to seek help for their mental health less than women. They are also more likely to die by suicide, with men accounting for three of four suicides. This is good news as #MenMatter 🧍‍♂️ www.gov.uk/government/n...

Perhaps tonight is a good time to remember that about 19% of NHS staff in England are non-British nationals. They are some of the most hardworking & caring members of our society. They look after our sick & vulnerable & during the pandemic risked their lives to keep us safe

🧵 Well. Here is the GMC on X, responding to revelations (via FOI requests) that they're been secretly employing social media specialists to monitor doctors' criticisms of their actions regarding physician associates & shape their tactics accordingly. I'm one of those being monitored. 1/n

Dear America, Happy Thanksgiving. And good luck. We're on your side, and we'll do what we can to help from the sidelines. Love, All decent, democracy-loving folk, everywhere.

Welcome @haaretzcom.bsky.social that has been standing up to the Israeli Government over its war crimes in Gaza. The Gov is trying to shut it down, removing advertising funding.

Seriously, you all have to start speaking out against Brexit, I know many of you already do… but where have the millions gone! This fight is not over and never will be! Vive la revolution !

Let’s see @bsky.app do its thing. Please share. Let’s help Lilian’s heartbroken family find her a stem cell donor match. It’s simple to register www.dkms.org.uk/get-involved...

1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture. The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention. Here’s how they did it... 🧵

The public have never been asked if they would like the NHS to be privatised, and yet governments have enabled infiltration of private companies into the NHS for the past 4 decades 🚨

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A simple click to follow all the good people and organisations i recommend in my book All now on @bluesky Thanks @stefsimanowitz.bsky.social 💙💙💙 go.bsky.app/BKXnrpi

Remember, it’s okay for radio, cable, local news, newspapers, podcasts, youtube, facebook, and twitter to be right wing echo chambers. But IT IS NOT OKAY for a new app that’s starting to gain traction to be a left wing echo chamber. NO NO NO NOT FAIR! 😠 😭

Hi, I’m God. Jesus said he wants you all to have free healthcare. Love, God

Honestly the way “the media” is tut-tutting about Bluesky must mean everyone on here is doing something right.

If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟

“Handing vital infrastructure to private investment companies will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan.” A stark warning about BlackRock… they’re not here to help. They are here to seize control. That’s what they do.

Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote that there would be civil war if Biden won. So presumably it’s okay the other way round? Is this the kind of language a Defense Secretary should be using? Ultimately, who is he defending?

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How the Trump campaign, Jan 6 insurrection, the Russian Government & the UK's worst race riots in a generation are all connected. Essential investigative reporting from @bylinetimes.bsky.social & @nafeez.bsky.social on a network of tech platforms & far-right organisations sowing seeds of disorder.

Farage is slithering back in, report and block.

Whichever way you look at it, Wes Streeting's near religious attachment to Palantir is hard to understand. (And yes, we continue to develop our plans to litigate.) https://buff.ly/3B6abhY

It's unlawful - even criminal - to have hidden funders if you are an influencer selling toasters. Why is it lawful to have hidden funders if you are Nigel Farage selling ideas? https://buff.ly/3CNQiN8