Always strive to be kind, but while striving to be kind, don't forget you're allowed to get angry too
Missing jigsaw piece: the (former) Nazi now runs a popular satirical website where Badenoch is treated as some sort of cross between Boudicca & Margaret Thatcher while Labour & even Reform are constantly mocked. So this whole sorry mess is just another symptom of her being terminally online.
James O’BrienAnother glorious vindication of Kemi Badenoch’s impeccable political judgment. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Attack of the Drones, Act II: The Escalation 🗺️
The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe — Guardian USInitial evidence suggests the drone, which was found near Ukrainian cargo planes at the German airport, came from Russiaapple.newsCold War II: Attack of the Drones 🗺️
Romania shoots down third Russian drone, as president calls breaches 'intolerable' — ReutersA Romanian F-16 fighter jet pilot shot down a Russian drone over the Black Sea, the defence ministry said on Sunday, the latest in a series of breaches of the NATO member's airspace that President N...apple.news
Harry Potter has been on the NYT Children's & Young Adult Series list for NINE HUNDRED AND FIVE WEEKS, in case you're wondering whether anyone gives a shit about giving the terf queen their money. And know that every pull to publish, fanfic, tattoo, pin, whatever the fuck keeps these books relevant.
Who is this “we”?
Aaron RuparTrump on Venezuela: "We're taking out hundreds of billions of dollars"
Explain to me why anyone would print this, much less believe it, at this point?
Trump says deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come this weekU.S. President Donald Trump says a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come this week. Iran and Oman appear to be inching toward an agreement on the critical waterway that could ease pressure on...apnews.com
Zuckerberg was evil well before Musk even got involved in social media. Exhibit 94.
Matt Burgess (WIRED)NEW: Over the last few months, Meta has run dozens of paid ads that included AI-generated CSAM. The ads, some of which were linking out to “nudify” apps, targeted men in the US, UK, and a dozen European countries. Some were running in the last few days
it was close to 6 years ago that we had @abdulelsayed.bsky.social on to talk about the case for Medicare for all, among other topics. time flies man www.leftanchor.com/e/episode-15...
Episode 153 - Healing Politics with Abdul El-Sayed | Left AnchorToday we've got Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on to talk about his new book, Healing Politics. We discuss the coronavirus pandemic, health care reform, the experience growing up in an immigrant community, what h...www.leftanchor.com
There is a real prospect these reforms mean working-class kids struggling with English, maths and science are just told "you'll be good with your hands instead, then" - rather than being given more support for those subjects. And therefore risks *reducing* social mobility, rather than boosting it.
"The electrical installation course requires knowledge of algebra and trigonometry, plus mastery of a wiring regs handbook that is twice as long as Pride and Prejudice" Important read on vocational ed from 14. You need a really solid foundation in English, maths & science for many jobs in trades.
The problem with "parity of esteem"Vocational education at age 14 is not the answersubstack.nomoremarking.comAnother glorious vindication of Kemi Badenoch’s impeccable political judgment. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidateKemi Badenoch says Joshua Bonehill-Paine will now advise the Conservatives on tackling extremism.www.bbc.co.uk
The majority of local councils budgets and your Council Tax is spent on Adult (Pensioners) Social Care and Children in Care These are both privatised and now cost 2-5x more per person to produce massive profits that go to foreign based billionaires This is why there is no money
Will really suck when the Moon burns down.
FinTwitterSPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
FFS we cannot keep doing this… A handful of the richest people hoovering up wealth from everyone else while quite literally making the planet unlivable At what point does someone grow a fucking spine and do something?!
Minority communities in the UK have assimilated themselves into powerlessness. There seem to be no media platform for us, or representation in public life. If black and brown politicians & journalists cannot speak up for us when these things happen, what’s the point of them being in such positions?
Nadine Batchelor-HuntI just can’t believe we’re seeing this sort of stuff from a sitting MP Just want to say to British Somalis that you are loved and I’m so, sorry this is happening.
If you're someone living outside of the UK who wants a primer on what Keir Starmer's deal was, why he was so unpopular, and so on, Sinan is one of the most thoughtful and thorough chroniclers of our incredibly cruel and stupid epoch of British politics, and I highly recommend their work.
Sinan KoseIt's finally here, I'm ending the Starmer trilogy and it was a blast to make. This time I'm trying to work out whether the 2+ years of feckless, useless, bigoted government had a point to it? And if so what it was. youtu.be/tKw1PGRDLvQ
