forest service plans $10m worth of work to create fire breaks in superior national forest in minnesota. trump allows his top donor -- a self-proclaimed expert on everything -- to ixnay that funding because... reasons! superior national forest now on fire. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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Geoffrey Harris
Disappointed British European, worried believer in human rights. Former EU official
Reform's Poll Lead Collapses Amid Row Over Nigel Farage's Finances www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
the Miliband brothers' schism is one of the saddest tales in British politics, but maybe serving together under Burnham could bring them closer again, who knows www.ft.com/content/6f7c...
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.
Labour’s immigration plans tear up the promise made to 300,000 people recruited for a sector in crisis
Peter StefanovicThe governments plan to offer rapid routes to settlement for those earning six-figure salaries whilst punishing and making lower-paid workers wait appears to be based on the notion that care workers are “low-skilled” because they are low-paid - its an absolute disgrace youtu.be/DI1arGGNP50?...
For the first time in decades, consensus broke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The United States cast the lone “no” vote on a document aimed at improving justice systems for women and girls worldwide. Misogyny is the official policy of the US under Trump.
#Rutte #NATO destruction of the organization he supposedly leads😢😢😢
"Chris" "Caple" 🇨🇦🥌🦫🎸🎶Cowardice so vast it defies comprehension. A complete absence of any recognizable form of integrity or morality. A body that somehow manages to stay upright despite the total absence of anything resembling a spine. Is Rutte in the unreleased Epstein files? bsky.app/profile/atru...
At a time when Farage and other far right politicians are losing ground because of their sympathy for #Trump this could be a turning point www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Trump is openly threatening a war crime,” said Ken Roth, a former executive director of @hrw.org. “And people aren’t saying anything because they’re numb to it.” Story w/ @tmgneff.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
"For the first time ever, Russian and America are working to subvert European democracy and to allow the Kremlin’s armies to seize territory and America’s corporations to seize market share." piece from me
Bravo. It also occurred to me that the bigoted idiot Nick Timothy is effectively calling for the prohibition of faith-based funerals. A thought prompted by a horrible story I will post as a reply to this one… www.jewishnews.co.uk/voice-of-the...
Multiple sources reported earlier today that the U.S. specifically approved of this strike on Iran, which Trump is now trying to disavow.
Brian FinucaneWhether or not this factual account is accurate, it seems POTUS is trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube to some extent and forestall further attacks against energy infrastructure. (Obviously makes him look weak if Israel did this without his knowledge. And foolish if he approved of it.)
Hopefully the #EU will see this as a good idea
La RepubblicaSadiq Khan: “Labour should fight the next general election pledging to rejoin the EU” https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2026/03/19/news/interview_sadiq_khan_rejoin_eu_without_second_referendum_brexit_labour_starmer_election_commitment_pledge_farage_trump_timot-425231197/?rss
"There is an alternative way forward: being True – not Blue – Labour. True Labour doesn’t fear those who are different. Instead, it demands everyone contribute their abilities to society – and works to unlock such skills." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...