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"Reform policy creators are re-positioning society in ways that orientate male thinking towards a future ofj increased sexual abuse"
Claire Jones writes for West England Bylines to commemorate International Womens Day -
War, the President's secret police disappearing and killing people, a crashing economy, spiking healthcare costs, the President awash in a global pedophilia scandal, a do-nothing Congress
Trump's America
make that £2.2 billion and the water companies might take notice; anything less, it's just the cost of doing business (badly)
When the moon is full,
or wild seas pound,
we feel it deep down—
we are beasts after all
even if we wear suits
& pretend to be more—
gods even
as if we're not bound
to the land
that sprouted us
& we'll sink
with this ship
we take
for granted
ever poking holes
in the hull
& calling it
progress.
Yes, any one who has or has had a relative looked after in their final years of frailty and illness will know that this is an utterly repellent policy.
"would otherwise receive immediate access to welfare and social housing" is BS.
Correct: "after 5 years working in a care home, would be eligible to apply for welfare and social housing on the same basis as the rest of us."
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Deliberately misleading/disingenous.
Damn, Arthur Snell nailed both the analysis and the description in this one!
Time-lapse of various species of mushrooms growing
Original post
So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:
- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.
Great White Egret in flight
Great White Egret landing.
Great White Egret
Great White Egret with a fish.
I felt lucky to get such good views of this great white egret at Chard Reservoir this afternoon. It flew towards me and then spent some time fishing close by. Lucky for me - not so much for the fish. #Birds #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #SomersetBirds #Egret
Eisenhower
Yes. You can see Syria from Cyprus!
"We negotiate agreements that generate press releases but not export orders". The irony of an opposition party (Lib Dems) saying this to the UK government is that Labour said the same about the Conservatives. But despite a strategy haven't really changed. www.export.org.uk/insights/opi...
This loss of talent will have long term consequences for our national research base. Government and funders should do something about it.
Christopher who? In May, a party founded eight years ago, with no record in national government and only eight MPs, will fight elections in Wales and Scotland, and for control of councils across England, with every chance of winning many of them. British politics is being reshaped by Reform UK. This is a result of Nigel Farage's personality and of Christopher Harborne's money - £9m, from a fortune amassed largely through cryptocurrency investments. The party would not be able to field candidates, run social media operations or door-to-door campaigns if it weren't for the Harborne war chest. There is a template for crypto-funded campaigning - in the US, where it is viewed as having led to securing crypto-friendly legislation and sweetheart deals to enrich crypto charlatans and undermine transparency and accountability in politics. Reform threatens to destroy the Conservatives as a party of government and divide communities, increasingly along ethnic lines and with overtly racist arguments. It also poses the most serious threat to Keir Starmer's government, Harborne lives in Thailand and owns a 12% stake in the Tether stablecoin. Little else is known about this intensely private man. Yet he can influence the course of politics, seemingly without either much of a business or life in the UK. It's a lot like overseas interference in British democracy. Didn't someone once say: "Take back control"?
From yesterday's Observer.
Healthcare, community, public transport, daily life – a Texan who recently immigrated to the UK sees positive contrasts many Britons overlook.
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Sensible, evidence based advice here from Devi.
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Susan Sarandon joins UNRWA to remind the world that, amid devastation in #Gaza, UNRWA continues its work: keeping clinics open, sustaining shelters, and delivering emergency aid and education to thousands.
Together, we are UNRWA.
Donate now at: donate.unrwa.org/help
This aged well. Note the author.
As Trump ramps up his warmongering with Iran, his own son-in-law Jared Kushner — who is leading negotiations with Iran — stands to profit from lucrative contracts with its regional rivals.
The Trump family's insatiable greed endangers us all.
For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from:
-Epstein files
-His deadly deportation agenda
-Losing on tariffs at SCOTUS
-Tanking polls
-His devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
When he's cornered, he lashes out. Be warned.
Today we got another reminder that the legacy media is being taken over by pro-Trump owners or corporate interests that are too afraid to stand up to him.
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Russia spent 300 years trying to erase the Ukrainian language. In the 1930s, Stalin executed an entire generation of Ukrainian writers.
One of their novels, The Girl With The Teddy Bear, just reached English for the first time—97 years later.
We're publishing an exclusive excerpt.
Aggregate Result of the 209 Council By-Elections (for 212 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 73 (+62)
LDM: 60 (+21)
CON: 24 (-24)
LAB: 16 (-51)
GRN: 16 (+3)
Ind: 9 (-6)
Local: 5 (-5)
PLC: 5 (+1)
SNP: 4 (-1)
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Vol. 1 of our graphic novel SWEENEY'S PROGRESS is finished. An ecological fable set in C7th Ireland, from one of the great medieval poems. Script by me, art by @zaraslattery.bsky.social.
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Loving that the party whose slogan is ‘Family. Community. Country’ are now claiming that they lost because of ‘family voting’.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
Artwork depicting the execution by shooting of prisoners. The scene is set against a wall with fallen bodies on the ground, illustrating a historical event from Auschwitz
Black and white illustration depicting several people in a rustic setting, clearing rubble and debris. One individual in the foreground holds a shovel and wears a hat. A sign with the text 'Hurrah! Ich bin wieder da!' is also visible.
Sketch depicting a prisoners of Auschwitz at work.
3 February 1915 | Pole Jan Baraś Komski was born in Bircza. A painter; He arrived at #Auschwitz on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles (no. 564).
He escaped on 29 December 1942, was imprisoned again (no. 152884), transferred to Buchenwald, Gross-Rosen & Dachau. He survived.
It's the equivalent of Trump's "you're a nasty, corrupt person" whenever he doesn't like facts being pointed out, or difficult questions being asked.
Well, he would say that, wouldn't he? But if Farage seriously has an accusation of cheating, he should be specific, offer evidence and follow through. "Cheating" isn't a word to use casually.
