It's a good night to read this excellent piece, on the Orban regime's network of financial support for the nationalist right in Britain. For many on the radical right, the tills are about to stop ringing. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

Populism is a fundamentally dishonest form of politics, that attracts fundamentally dishonest people. It is a tissue of lies that validates the darkest prejudices, and covers up the most blatant greed and corruption. It generates wealth for the few, and suffering for the many.

“manosphere” “mantasy” THESE ARE ALL NAMES FOR GAY CLUBS.

Time to bring the Tower of London back into full use.

My kind of SportyGuy! "Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers by urinating the words 'Fuck Ice' on the snow just before the start of the Winter #Olympics." #FuckIce @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Love me an Opening Ceremony #WinterOlypics

It'd be funny if they sacked her too, for not having sufficient regard to HR approaches.

This LGBT+ History Month, pick up a celebration of queer history like you've never seen it before. To truly understand who queer people are today, we must confront the twisted tales of the past. 30% off as part of our @lgbthm.bsky.social promotion until 28th Feb. @sachacoward.bsky.social #booksky

As consumers, we have tremendous power. My friend @profgalloway.com has provided a very simple set of tools. RESIST and UNSUBSCRIBE: www.resistandunsubscribe.com

Poverty is deepening. 🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning. People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people. This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.

Not really bothered until Tim Cook is dropped

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

The killings will continue until morale improves.

"in most cases, these videos appear to have been filmed secretly - using Meta smart glasses." Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.

I found a petition to ban smart glasses in public spaces that needs a bit of a boost, if anyone else feels strongly about this: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

AI has the potential to do good but also great harm, to the environment, to people's right to privacy, and to the livelihood, intellectual property, and employability of artists. Read Humanists International's Luxembourg Declaration on AI humanists.international/policy/luxem...

So we have figures now. Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X. Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

Everything sounds more romantic in French.

I think this needs to shared widely. Especially to those who have the power to stop it.

In what sense is gender reassignment a protected characteristic if it gets disregarded the moment someone else complains about you existing near them?

“The fact that Grok can be used to defile images of women and children is not an unfortunate accident of technological progress, but the direct consequence of decision-making, and of an ideology,” writes Alona Ferber

Clarification: Nigel Farage (who earns thousands of pounds a year from his X blue check) describes calls to ban the site "appalling." I'm sure he does.

This is just a suggestion but maybe... the US could set itself on fire and leave the rest of us alone? It's just a suggestion! I'm open to other ideas as long as they also involve the US leaving the rest of us the fuck alone?

Fantastic news! Britain has so much potential to harness our own energy for greater security and to bring down energy bills. This year let's go even further⚡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Everyone please turn to your notes about “Starting an illegal war so that you can denounce anyone who complains about it as unpatriotic”.

Happy New Year and all that

Honestly, this is *chefs kiss*

“Those who protest that human rights have gone too far often do not like human rights in the first place,” writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.

"The Trump administration is exporting its culture wars, and it is using the rhetoric of 'free speech' to extend to other countries the very same assault on democracy that is taking place within the United States." ✏️ @katherinestewart.bsky.social

How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion. www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?" Yes: 80% No: 8% Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%. Maybe a political party could lead on this issue. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

>Violent< far right terrorism is a growing & real threat in the UK & Ireland. These extremists work together between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Ireland. Their apologists incite violence against migrants & LGBTQ ppl online Man charged in investigation into violent right-wing extremism

Okay. This is angering me. First of all, “MAN”!? We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”. And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

77 years ago #OnThisDay 'men and women from every country and every culture, every religion and worldview, came together to agree that some values were shared and should forever be protected as rights for all.' @andrewcopson.bsky.social #HumanRightsDay2025 andrewcopson.com/2024/12/cele...

HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn. They are a threat to every organisation.

If they aren’t a registered charity and they aren’t registered with the Fundraising Regulator (example logo below), it’s probably one of these scammy orgs where the ‘profit’ is a tiny fraction of the money you handed over and some bastard gets rich on your good intentions. Give to a real charity.

We love this! As we head towards the shortest day of the year, the holiday season, and the colder weather, there’s no better time to spread a little extra kindness. We’re encouraging everyone to download the #DoGoodDecember calendar and get involved. humanists.uk/2025/12/02/s...

Time for a bigger US boycott then www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

🚨New research published today🚨 Reforms to Scottish disability payments suggest that the system can be kinder without being costlier. Full story 👉 buff.ly/OAMzq06

When we talk about the lack of opportunities for young people, we rarely talk about local government funding decimation. The lack of cultural funding, third sector funding, place based funding, training opportunities - all of that has evaporated over 15 years www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Nailed. It. This is the kind of man you want leading your country.

🎄All we want for Christmas is for AI regulation to work for people and society. Our new polling shows the UK public are concerned that tech companies’ needs are being prioritised over their own when it comes to AI regulation. Read the full findings ⬇️ www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-brief...

I’m thoroughly enjoying the full on 80s-ness of the online Stranger Things radio station WSQK. Especially the fake Hawkins adverts.

Is that turkey still in charge of the White House?

Overall, the combination of tax rises and giveaways since last year’s Budget is progressive. Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.