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06.03.2026 14:53 👍 94 🔁 21 💬 6 📌 21
Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

05.03.2026 16:59 👍 4698 🔁 1705 💬 244 📌 331

Civil engineer. School principal.

04.03.2026 23:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

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02.03.2026 15:43 👍 2892 🔁 2418 💬 93 📌 468
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone.

It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities.

It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.

It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete highway.

We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat.

We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.

This, I repeat, is the best way of life to be found on the road. the world has been taking.

This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete highway. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. This, I repeat, is the best way of life to be found on the road. the world has been taking. This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

from Eisenhower's April 1953 "Chance For Peace" speech

28.02.2026 14:55 👍 859 🔁 347 💬 5 📌 17

One disgusting aspect of all this is Trump fundamentally doesn’t care about it at all. He barely knows where any of these places are. He likes cash in brown envelopes and being on TV as Mr Big Important Guy. He’s just willing to pull any lever he thinks might keep that stuff flowing indefinitely.

28.02.2026 19:41 👍 2217 🔁 481 💬 24 📌 9
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Strike on Iranian primary school kills 85, authorities say Girls’ education facility hit as US and Israel launch joint military operation

Strike on Iranian primary school kills 85, authorities say ft.trib.al/jsHTzat

28.02.2026 19:28 👍 47 🔁 44 💬 5 📌 6

this ragged scrap of newsprint arguing against senseless war ... folks, there is a metaphor for my life here

28.02.2026 19:28 👍 199 🔁 30 💬 11 📌 0
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Brokers have told the FT that war risk insurers have submitted cancellation notices for policies covering ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil chokepoint, with prices set to rise as much as 50% in the coming days ft.trib.al/Dc82Tff

28.02.2026 18:39 👍 518 🔁 219 💬 20 📌 34
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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

28.02.2026 16:00 👍 17012 🔁 6538 💬 469 📌 549
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Iran's revolutionary guards tell ships passage through Strait of Hormuz 'not allowed', EU naval mission official says An official from the European Union's naval mission Aspides said on Saturday that vessels have been receiving VHF transmission from Iran's Revolutionary Guards saying "no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz".

Iran's revolutionary guards tell ships passage through Strait of Hormuz 'not allowed', EU naval mission official says reut.rs/4l4rJ0G

28.02.2026 16:01 👍 97 🔁 75 💬 6 📌 17

A machine is more blameless, more sinless even than any animal. It has no intentions whatsoever but our own.

28.02.2026 11:30 👍 99 🔁 33 💬 0 📌 3

Is it too much to ask that one - ONE! - person in the Trump administration be sufficiently across the detail of the Cold War to know how close we came to global annihilation by mistake? Unsurprisingly but depressingly, the answer is yes.

28.02.2026 01:43 👍 482 🔁 85 💬 7 📌 0

vindictive, vicious cruelty designed to humiliate and criminalize every trans person in kansas

horrifying fascist shit reminiscent of the runup to the literal holocaust

26.02.2026 02:05 👍 2868 🔁 879 💬 15 📌 15
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The Most Likely Ways We Would Have Died in the Winter Olympics If we, two normal-style people, were to compete in the Winter Olympics, we would immediately die. Here’s how: Cross-Country Skiing 10K: We struggle...

"Ski Mountaineering: High up in the majestic Dolomites, our throat is ripped out by a Eurasian Eagle-Owl."

25.02.2026 03:00 👍 27 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

25.02.2026 20:41 👍 15494 🔁 8146 💬 853 📌 542

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

25.02.2026 20:48 👍 12649 🔁 6098 💬 56 📌 331
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Here's a story about his death www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

25.02.2026 20:30 👍 2440 🔁 1162 💬 164 📌 350

I recently discovered something that has markedly improved my experience of daily life: if you Google something and add “-ai” after the search term, it gives you search results without the AI overview

25.02.2026 08:51 👍 182 🔁 60 💬 8 📌 7
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Opening remarks by Governor Cook on artificial intelligence and productivity Good morning. Thank you to the National Association for Business Economics for inviting me to speak with you today, and thank you to Jared for serving as our m

Opening remarks by Governor Cook on artificial intelligence and productivity: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/BEPvRhT...

Learn more about Governor Cook: www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/...

24.02.2026 14:31 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

Attempted to subscribe, held up by not being able to pass the 'press & hold' challenge to distinguish between humans and bots. Feels a little on the nose.

24.02.2026 14:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I am reading the Mirror and the Light, and it is hard not to hear all of Henry's lines in Trump voice.

23.02.2026 21:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...

22.02.2026 19:21 👍 3400 🔁 2630 💬 120 📌 382

I need all of you to write the most angry letter you've ever written in your lives.

23.02.2026 10:23 👍 138 🔁 119 💬 2 📌 3
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Matt Goodwin is running: the search for Reform’s elusive byelection candidate Nigel Farage’s man in Gorton and Denton has a huge public platform, and a taste for culture war. What happens when he concerns himself with bin collections?

spent a couple of weeks in manchester on the trail of matt goodwin. why has nobody seen him? how do you fight a politics that lots of people absentmindedly agree with? and - you know - does he secretly want to remigrate me?

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

22.02.2026 13:40 👍 86 🔁 23 💬 9 📌 2
Hannah and Zack having a selfie

Hannah and Zack having a selfie

Final weekend. One last push.

This is about whether you want local plumber Hannah Spencer or the extreme Reform candidate.

It's hope vs hate.

It's Greens vs Reform.

Hope can win.

22.02.2026 08:37 👍 2334 🔁 639 💬 69 📌 44
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You spend a decade trying to understand the UK’s baffling relationship to class, you think you’ve finally started to get it, then you see something like this and realise you’re right back to square one.

22.02.2026 12:47 👍 1420 🔁 193 💬 160 📌 196
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Matt Goodwin is running: the search for Reform’s elusive byelection candidate Nigel Farage’s man in Gorton and Denton has a huge public platform, and a taste for culture war. What happens when he concerns himself with bin collections?

Jonathan Liew profile of a somewhat elusive Matthew Goodwin in Manchester and Denton, does eventually include the candidate saying what he does and does not think about immigration and remigration

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

22.02.2026 08:45 👍 74 🔁 41 💬 5 📌 5

2020: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2021: The Green Knight
2022: The Banshees of Inisherin
2023: Rye Lane
2024: The Zone of Interest
2025: I'm Still Here / One Battle After Another

22.02.2026 03:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago The ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.

OpenAI employees pushed for the company to inform Canadian police about a user they thought would engage in real-world violence months before the person did just that, killing eight people in a horrific attack in Tumbler Ridge.

The company only reached out to police after the shooting had occurred.

22.02.2026 02:18 👍 908 🔁 393 💬 6 📌 61