Nigel Farage wants to drag Britain down the same road as Trump’s America: chaos, division and fear. Our NHS, our rights and our communities are at risk. Do not let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

I wrote about Trump’s comments trivializing domestic violence, and tried to chart the parallels between his own theory of governance and the logic of abusers. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’ve never been more scared about the state of the world

Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?

When centrists adopt far-right rhetoric, they don’t make themselves stronger. They make themselves look inauthentic, legitimise the far right, and shift the political debate onto terrain defined by their opponents. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

NOT a small part. A big, big, big part. I am a glorified audio stenographer, to these fabulous women.

Sorry, but wtaf? This does absolutely nothing but ensure that even more people, including children, have to use irregular crossings, and blocks people who even this government have recognised are refugees from being with their families. This is utterly sickening from Labour. 1/

Season Finale! I’m so proud to have been a small part of this podcast with my fellow experts. But the credit goes to @sturdyalex.bsky.social who has worked incredibly hard and produced an outstanding podcast. He really is as lovely, inclusive, funny and clever as he comes across on his podcasts 💜

🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦 Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled. 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

🚨 BREAKING: Russia has struck the EU delegation building in Kyiv. Read the developing story: ow.ly/N2RW50WNllP

Here’s my take. I resent having to hear voices that I trust endorsing a platform that erodes the value and viability of our profession. As a kicker, they are helping to line the pockets of US tech bros and investors whose values I (and I suspect they) find repellent. 🤑💰 #podcast #advertising

Fellow therapists: do you also feel uneasy with BetterHelp ads on every podcast? I can’t identify the source of my concern but I’m aware of the criticisms (low pay/high caseloads, mismatch in client needs and therapist expertise) Does it erode trust in #therapy? #counselling #psychotherapy

This is probably the episode that I would Clockwork-Orange-force every Labour politician to listen to. The amount of work that went into this 75 minutes almost killed me. I hope you get a lot of joy and insight from it. x

Actual question: It has been only 72 hours since the disastrous puppeteer/puppet show in Anchorage. Has there yet been a background story on how, and by whom, this emergency intervention of *eight* big-time world leaders was pulled together, over a weekend?

On Sky News from 12:30 giving a view on today's stories. You can watch live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDvs...

Trump mentions NYC, Baltimore, and Oakland, says "they're so far gone," and adds, "this will go further. We'll starting very strongly with DC."

Trump whipping himself up about cracking down on DC. The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.

#BREAKING | CNN’s Matthew Chance joins the Jordanian air force in a flight over Gaza and gets an aerial view of the widespread destruction caused by the Israeli military after almost two years of genocide war. This is despite Israeli limitations on recording Gaza

obviously that was incoherent because I'm angry, anyway I saw this on Cambridge Heath Road yesterday and thought it was nice

🆕 The fault, dear POTUS, is not in our stats 📉 @pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social welcome back sage @brianklaas.bsky.social. 🗡️ Is MAGA beginning to turn on Trump? 😫 Why is the British far right SO WHINEY? 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13Gz...

@decodemestudy.bsky.social found eight genetic signals linked to #MECFS They show differences in immune and nervous system function, and how the body responds to infection. This indicates immunological and neurological causes. ME is real. We are ill. #DecodeME www.decodeme.org.uk

God, the number of people who were willing to believe that the South Yorkshire police were too woke to prosecute sexual abuse cases, when in fact the police force was itself an instrument of patriarchal sexual violence. It’s like a case study in the worst excesses of the British press.

Another wonderful episode of @alexpodyssey.bsky.social Although I am a contributor, I am an avid listener too and it’s a real treat to hear the whole episode and expand my own understanding. Alex beautifully shows us how and why the Greeks myths are still alive today.

All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.

I’ve worked as a trauma psychotherapist with refugees who experienced war, torture and sex trafficking. I’ve heard stories of what happens to civilians during war and more methods of torture than I thought possible. Without doubt: shooting starving people in search of aid is a form of torture.

I've wanted to say something on Gaza for days, but nothing seems adequate. Still, I must. I cannot fathom a more perverse or wicked policy - and it's happened too many times not be policy - of starving people, then shooting them as they try to get food from an "aid" location, set up as a trap. 1/2

If you were born between 1970-1990 you may not have full MMR protection, even if you had parents who took you for all your jabs. The NHS will give you a free booster. With cases surging, this is a great way to protect yourself & your community. I’m getting mine tomorrow www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

Bribing Trump, firing Colbert, and now bringing on Bari Weiss. I'm not watching CBS News or reading CBS News articles. I'm not watching Paramount movies or shows. I am done with Paramount and CBS. They have sided with fascism, and we must side against them to preserve democracy. It's that simple.

After hauling butt for months, we've booked about £10k's worth of upcoming projects over at @aat-transcribes.bsky.social and I'm aiming to book between £18-30k for Q4, so I am opening up recruitment for freelance editors this week. Want to join my team and support some great projects? Email us!

On International Non-Binary People’s Day, Liberal Democrats are proud to stand with and celebrate non-binary people in the UK and all around the world. We will keep fighting until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.

July is #DisabilityPride Month. The social model of #Disability holds that disability doesn’t reside in the body, but is shaped by the world’s refusal to include us. Practical provisions, compassion and justice are not extras, they are entry points to belonging. #InvisibleDisabilities #MECFS #FND

First disabled adults, now children with SEND…. Great article by @johnharris1969.bsky.social 👏 “Labour needs to stop sowing fear and dread among people whose lives are already full of those things”. I’m done with #Labour #SEND #Disability #DisabilityRights www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Good discussion on re: 16-26y/o attitudes re: democracy. Interest in autocracy may stem from lacking autonomy or hope for the future, thus wanting “strong” leaders to ‘fix’ things. The scared inner child and rebellious inner child working in sync perhaps? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

US President Donald Trump toured the newly opened immigration detention complex nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” this week. By opening the complex, the US government is expanding a system already rife with inhumane conditions, neglect, and dehumanizing treatment.

If you want to stop funding everything Amazon does and stands for, you’ve come to the right place. We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.

Sad to hear Starmer cite changing the Labour Party as one of his major achievements. Sure, it's changed, in so far as everyone in it feels alienated and drained of hope but it's not very classy to brag about that.

July is Disability Pride Month. It’s a time to celebrate identity, community, and resistance. Amid ongoing welfare reforms that too often devalue disabled lives, our visibility is not just important, it’s necessary. #DisabilityPride #Disability #StopTheCuts #MECFS #FND #LongCovid #welfarenotware

How awesome is MacKenzie Scott! ( jeff Bezos first wife & mother of his 4 children) ). As of mid-December 2024, she had given a total of $19.3 billion to over 1600 charitable organizations

The Government (first Tories, now Labour) delays a vital report in #MECFS yet again—calling it a “distraction” from its 10-year NHS plan. But without addressing chronic illness, what are we really planning for? #ChronicIllness #Disability #InvisibleIllness #DisabilityJustice archive.ph/X4m2m

Starmer’s welfare cuts could leave thousands of disabled women trapped with abusers. Why no gender impact assessment? Women lose disproportionately more in public sector wage cuts, benefit cuts, state pension age hike. Despite equality laws gender pay/pension gap persists.

I previously wrote to my MP about the proposed #PIP changes. My MP hasn’t joined colleagues in speaking out against the proposals. I’ve followed up to ask why. If your MP is silent too, I urge you to write. Our voices matter. Our lives matter. #Disability #PIPReforms #labour #WelfarenotWarfare

🚨 Joint statement: Unacceptable “concessions” on the disability cuts MUST be rejected. Signed by @justtreatment.org, @nsunnews.bsky.social, @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social, Crips against Cuts, Mad Youth Organise and Taking the PIP. 👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/unaccep...

Clip from 1989 and 36 yrs later we’re still experiencing the same relief when a doctor believes us and given the same advice. It shows we’re still fighting the same battles, with the same results and doing so while being very unwell. #MECFS #FND #disability #chronicillness #longcovid

Less than a third of the public supports the cuts. 45% of benefits recipients expecting themselves to be less healthy if their benefits reduced or removed. 49% of the public say that cutting benefits will make the health of Disabled people worse. www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/public-...

Since it's #DanHannanDay let's run through the "brain of Brexit's" 5 greatest moments since 2016. First up The One Where Dan Predicted Independence Day in 2025

#chronicillness and guilt are constant companions. Especially when we have to say “no”: to family, friends, work & ourselves. Remember: no is a full sentence. No need to explain or apologise. Your life isn’t an apology. #disability #chronicillness #neis #MECFS #FND

#WelfareNotWarfare Keep piling pressure on MPs not to vote for disability benefit cuts. Flood their post bags & email in boxes They vote for cuts organise in your area show electorate what they voted on & hold that MP to account - that they won’t be forgiven for it & disabled people won’t forget

Printmaking has been vital to both the creation of art and women's activism. Barbara Kruger's “Untitled (Your Body Is a Battleground), 1989, silkscreen #ReframingWomenPrintmakers