Today a lesson that when faced by violent racism, even the polite sort wearing a fucking pocket square and tweeds, we all need to be more Ahmed El Ahmed.

Do you remember how we used to (a few years ago) debate no-platforming racists? I wish my side had won that one

I am in awe of the women of @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social and the movement that has supported them and forced the inquiry www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today should have been a day of celebration for Jewish communities around the world. Instead, they are mourning. As Greens we stand today, and every day, with our Jewish colleagues and friends.

How a Palestine Action hunger striker was left on her cell floor Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do' www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...

Removed from anniversary coins for being too "woke": -the end of slavery -giving women the right to vote -the civil rights movement Added: -Trump Nothing subtle about what's happening here. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...

I'm probably not alone in struggling to read this situation with Girl Guides and the WI. It seemed clear to me their recent statements about following EHCR guidance were reluctant, this seems to me to underline that - or am I optimistically reading too much into this?

It's beyond appalling that the Government are clearly happy to endorse this cruel treatment of people fighting to stem genocide in Gaza. And displays in sharp relief the British state’s role as brutal enforcer of capitalist interests in the middle east. www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...

"In a June 2025 poll by the campaign group Care Not Killing, 65% agreed that the government should prioritise sorting out palliative, social and end-of-life care before considering whether to introduce assisted dying." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

No sight so far of underwater scenes or space themes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #TheArchers

Brilliant. Saw Pillion last night and now my Sunday-morning-liminal-state brain is sloshing with images of hunky Alexander Skarsgård whizzing through the woods between Bromleag and Cyselhyrst

It gets lost in all of this nonsense every time, but it is worth pointing out that it's not illegal to use any toilet you like. Toilets aren't legally restricted places and never have been, for very obvious reasons. This whole thing is based on an absurd fiction about who can and can't go where.

Of course it has. Totally manufactured moral panic.

Since the spooky & uncanny remain with us beyond October's tides, Mugwort Magazine celebrates with a hint of the spectral & strange. You'll find the misty presence of a bunch of writers, inc. the soft brush of my own passing by... #PoetrySky #FolkloreSky mugwortmag.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/s...

I love this

"The rationale was above all economic. These were what H called ‘ballast existences’, weighing society down; they necessitated expenditure on care while bringing ... no discernible benefit to the community." This could be from summer 2025 on welfare cuts www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... @lrb.co.uk

Immigrants. December 2025. These blooms are grown in far off lands, passported, and flown in. But society would treat the people who grow them differently.

My Christmas playlist is growing with this new ballad from @billybragg.bsky.social youtu.be/liRd9pjSBDA?...

Also unquestioningly repeating this line, despite people who sign up to Reform not having to confirm they are UK citizens, as is required for membership to other parties…..

My family briefly lived in a Span house in Corner Green in the '70s. As a child what I loved most - the memories that have stayed with me - were the light and openness, in landscaping that created opportunities for childish adventure (and enough privacy). www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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At times Kim Leadbeater's heightened tone & emotional language has seemed disrespectful & almost bullying. Would have liked even a little empathy with fearful disabled people www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Lullaby, recorded and released for Christmas. Please buy it (and pay as much extra as you can) togetherforpalestine.bandcamp.com/track/lullab... #freePalestine

Eight people who took action in solidarity with Palestine have been on hunger strike since 2 November in protest at their prolonged pre-trial imprisonment, censorship of communications and alleged mistreatment in custody. Five have now been hospitalised. David Lammy must respond.

Alongside fellow Green MPs and Peers, I have written to the Justice Secretary to express my serious concern about the wellbeing and conditions of the hunger strikers. Five of the strikers have now been hospitalised - it is clear Lammy must take urgent action to prevent tragedy.

Use Ecosia! climatenobelprize.org

Schools Week lists the projects to be closed / deferred. Herefordshire's long-awaited, much-needed special school rebuild is on the list

This is potentially disastrous news for our health and social care sectors.

Whenever I hear @elliechowns.bsky.social speaking up on immigration I feel this overwhelming sense of gratitude and a deepening resolve to get more Greens elected. Help make this happen join.greenparty.org.uk

Spotted on the Vicky line.

I'm generally reluctant to comment on US politics - but this seems horribly relevant to the racist 'deport 'em all' trend growing in the UK [there's also a personal association for me with Koreans in the US]

I had no idea just how much nonsense is believed by folk these days until I started following @fullfact.org it's frankly depressing. I now know just how sheltered a life I lead (& how successfully I have curated my socials feeds). I could not do this job I would despair fullfact.org/economy/chri...

Solidarity with the hunger strikers. It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction. All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.

Keeping it real... great thread

Art of the day Two girls racing sheep on a farm in Cornwall, England (colorization), 1969 - by John Drysdale (1925 - 2016), English

Israeli attacks on the occupied West Bank are reaching a critical level. It is imperative we act to call out these heinous attacks, raids, abductions, and violence of the Israeli occupation.

Lidl has put Toy Banks in stores where you can donate a gift for a child who wouldn’t otherwise have one on Christmas Day. Must be unopened and dropped off by 15th. Wonderful thing to do if you can (and there’s loads of cheap but great toy deals online still). www.lidl.co.uk/c/christmas-...

imagine lions and bison roaming E Anglia, macaques swinging from tree to tree...

How can we draw more attention to this? They're Palestine Action hunger strikers who are now in critical condition in the hospital and the UK is just letting them die. It also feels like there is a media blackout

From Do Rabbits Have Christmas?, Aileen Fisher, illustr. Sarah Fox-Davies.

This is my recollection of those times too

"The decision means that a blanket ban on trans people using single-sex spaces is likely to be unlawful in the majority of incidents."

I’ve been secretly rooting for Nnena Kalu and now she’s only won the Turner Prize! An amazing achievement.

It's just not making sense that there's no reference to George's probation officer - Azra shld have asked about it, and she surely should have picked up Ed's mention of violence & probed a little, for Ed's sake at least. Feel this SL isn't being dealt with properly #TheArchers

You will be visited by 3 spirits

I can honestly say that an @lrb.co.uk sub is still one of the best gifts I've ever been given.

You’d never know this was what was decided as part of that tribunal ruling…

#OtD 9 Dec 1842 one of the founders of contemporary anarchist-communism, Peter Kropotkin, was born. An activist, scientist, and philosopher, he abandoned his aristocratic background in favour of the revolutionary class struggle. Works available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...