Exactly my thoughts @mrbensellers.bsky.social

Cracking recipe with some great suggestions for accompaniments. I used feta cheese instead of goats cheese & served it with sliced vine tomatoes & salad leaves & boiled salad potatoes www.allrecipes.com/recipe/22973...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

This is one of the most compelling 'party political broadcasts' I've seen in decades. No wonder Labour is petrified about being eclipsed by the Green Party. There is an alternative to the politics of austerity and the weaponisation of prejudice and xenophobia and yes finally a glimmer of hope.

If Labour doesn't want Burnham then perhaps he should consider joining a party that is more aligned with his values. @brumgreens.bsky.social www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...

No one is safe until everyone is safe. #PublicHealth is global. And this is deeply concerning www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

Photographer Patrice Molinard. Jeune couple à Montmartre Paris 18e 1970.

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Congestion pricing is mobility justice.

And the mainstream media narrative is that we should have welcomed Maccabi Tel Aviv fans to Birmingham with open arms & that anyone criticizing Israel is anti-Semetic...https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/21/not-stay-silent-palestinian-prisoner-sexual-abuse-israeli-jail

Hmmm. 'Today looks like a good day to release bad news.'

Wow. 15 year old LG BD 550 blu ray player stopped playing discs before Christmas. Just took the case off, accessed the two laser lens and cleaned them with a cotton bud dipped in isopropyl alcohol. Switched on and it's working again. Result 🎯💽💿

"Brilliant"

To tackle political lies why not have mandatory MP training? Making MPs do work experience might help then realise the difference between what they say in elections and what they do in government. My latest article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...

Great recipe. Used dried mango as I couldn't find a ripe one - do rehydrate if you go down this route. Also, have all of your ingredients prepped & ready in bowls as timings are critical & close together www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/ligh...

If you need AI to interrogate the info you need - especially pricing information - from a service provider - it means that either their website and/or your search engine isn't working. A failure of information provision/management. AI is basically being used to fix bad information provision.

“I only use one room in the apartment since the boiler went,” Craig tells me. For the last couple of years, residents at Wakefield Court in Birmingham have been fighting their landlord, the multi-million-pound London property empire, Freshwater, for basic maintenance.

Over-reliance on China could hit UK energy supply chains ‘putting 90,00 jobs at risk’. Result of deindustrialization by successive govts. Reliance on foreign supply chains for essentials is a mistake. The City prefers speculation rather than long-term investment. Need direct state investment.

The Daily Rothno is a bricked-up, painted-over window in a wall in Islington

your regular reminder that the uk government saw what the us was doing and immediately went for the ice rebrand

BREAKING!!! Trump has arrived in Greenland

What an absolutely miserable and shameful state of affairs. Our high performing police Chief Constable Craig Guildford being forced to retire under a cloud after making the right decision in ensuring the safety of the citizens of Birmingham. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

"Not only is removing paywalls for public-records-based reporting not financial suicide, it’s good business," @johncusack.bsky.social tells @columjournreview.bsky.social. Read more about the importance of dropping paywalls:

Just a heads up that toxic right wing doxxing bots are now active on Bluesky. Hoping moderators will do their job unlike on X and Meta channels 🚫

I've lost confidence in our Home Secretary www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... I stand with Craig Guildford.

West Midlands Chief Constable, Craig Guildford. They want to fire him for keeping you safe.

Oxford Street is finally being pedestrianised!   @TfL is consulting on the proposed transport & highway changes.   I’ve submitted my response as a Green Party London Assembly Member and Londoners are welcome to use it as a basis for their own.   🗓️Deadline 16th Jan

Elon Musk’s X is helping people create indecent images of KIDS. His response to outcry this week? He doesn’t give a f*ck. Imagine his face if millions get the f*ck off of X though. Join millions deleting their accounts. Link in bio to download this poster for free and spread this worldwide.

Sorry, but triumphant claims about autonomous vehicle safety are wildly exaggerated. It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans. And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question. My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵

Protest against complicity in genocide in Keir Starmer's and Labour's UK now carries an extra-judicial death sentence. All the Palestine Action prisoners are asking is for a judicial process worthy of a normal democracy. This will never be forgiven or forgotten.

“I don’t trust anyone who’s nice to me but rude to the waiter. Because they would treat me the same way if I were in that position.” ― Muhammad Ali

More of a furore over this decision to protect the population of our city while scores of Palestinians are killed & injured every day by the Israeli army & brave UK citizens are close to death on hunger strike trying to prevent UK military support for this genocide www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🧵I just don't get the process here. X should just be banned until it can demonstrate that sexually criminal GROK-created imagery is gone and that this AI function is permanently disabled. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A thread. Witness the life of a lovely lady, remembered with love. If this person can deactivate their twitter account - you can too.

Disappointed w BBC for that Mandelson interview. A slap in the face to Epstein victims. He was part of the system of male power which enabled & dismissed abuse. The media went after Mandelson correctly in my view. Now the media is aiding his swift rehabilitation & PR. 1/2

I think it's safe to say that there will be no World Cup this year. No Eurovision either.

If we're going to ban social media and mobile phones for kids, then we need to ban Facebook and the Daily Mail for boomers. For the exact same fucking reasons.

🚸 We are calling on all those preparing to stand for election in Birmingham next year to back practical steps for safer streets. Ask #7: Install residential cycle hangars using clean air zone money, targeting areas with terraced housing. 👉Read the ten asks & co-sign betterstreetsforbirmingham....

This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm

This is without doubt another 'Rodney King' moment. Another George Floyd moment. Another... The video is horrendous. America is out of control - internally & externally - and we are complicit.

Critically, we also need the public to support actions that enable older people to live great lives without having to drive for when they fail the eye tests. So the public need to get onboard with no pavement parking, pedestrian priority, denser housing, fewer out-of-town shopping centres, etc etc

Palestine Action hunger striker, on remand and not convicted of any crime, nears death bit.ly/3Naa2Qr as she reaches day 66 without food when convicted IRA prisoner Bobby Sands died in 1981

Lost months of my life to cluster headaches & missed career opportunities. Haven't had an attack since 2019 so I think I'm out of the woods 🙏🏼 Good to see treatments & strategies being developed to support the 69,000+ UK people who live with cluster headaches www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Psychopath Trump attacks Venezuela, kidnaps President and his wife. The 21st Century bully wants oil, gas, minerals, puppet regimes. What next - attack on Iran, Syria, Panama, Canada, Mexico, Denmark ... there is no limit to his stupidity. The world must unite against new imperialism.

The final nail in the coffin of world order is hammered home by the US following the illegal attack on and kidnap of the sovereign leader of Venezuela. No remaining leaders in the world will now be sleeping easy at night.

The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.

Zohran Mamdani: “We will answer to all New Yorkers, not to any billionaire or oligarch who thinks they can buy our democracy. We will govern without shame and insecurity, making no apology for what we believe. I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist.”

Actor Pete Postlethwaite died on this day 2011. Born in Warrington 1946, won an Academy Award nomination for In The Name Of The Father (1993), one of several memorable film and TV roles.

Had a feeling I'd smelt a rat. Achva are an Israeli company based in the occupied West Bank. These products are on the shelf in Sainsbury's Selly Oak. Keep your eyes peeled & download the @nothanksapp.bsky.social so you can make informed choices on what you buy www.whoprofits.org/companies/co...