Lisa✨
@lisatwit.bsky.social
Cat lover | Beer drinker | Liverpool FC | Here for the politics and current affairs.
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Number crunching: Pay and dividends of Bet365 chief executive v total fiscal cost of gambling-related harm.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Number crunching: Pay and dividends of Bet365 chief executive v total fiscal cost of gambling-related harm.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
pen.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
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Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
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Striking how many people currently explaining the state’s right to murder *other people* were quite hysterical about the state’s right to limit *their own* freedoms during lockdowns.
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Striking how many people currently explaining the state’s right to murder *other people* were quite hysterical about the state’s right to limit *their own* freedoms during lockdowns.
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Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
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British woman left stranded in Hungary after the Home Office refuse to let her bring 13-year-old niece to the UK.
The girl, who was abandoned by her parents, could now end up in state care, following the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
The girl, who was abandoned by her parents, could now end up in state care, following the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
British Woman Left 'Stranded' in Hungary After Home Office Refuse to Let Her Bring Niece to the UK
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given parental responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 AM
British woman left stranded in Hungary after the Home Office refuse to let her bring 13-year-old niece to the UK.
The girl, who was abandoned by her parents, could now end up in state care, following the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
The girl, who was abandoned by her parents, could now end up in state care, following the Home Office's decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
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Yeesh I hate being repetitive, and yet...
It's time once again to remind my fellow Americans that there is no mechanism whereby state run elections can be suspended or canceled by the federal government. None. So don't go along with any garbage you hear to that effect. Laugh, and get ready to vote.
It's time once again to remind my fellow Americans that there is no mechanism whereby state run elections can be suspended or canceled by the federal government. None. So don't go along with any garbage you hear to that effect. Laugh, and get ready to vote.
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Yeesh I hate being repetitive, and yet...
It's time once again to remind my fellow Americans that there is no mechanism whereby state run elections can be suspended or canceled by the federal government. None. So don't go along with any garbage you hear to that effect. Laugh, and get ready to vote.
It's time once again to remind my fellow Americans that there is no mechanism whereby state run elections can be suspended or canceled by the federal government. None. So don't go along with any garbage you hear to that effect. Laugh, and get ready to vote.
Christ, the sooner we move completely to renewable energy the better.
Not because of climate change no, because I can’t imagine despotic psychopaths fighting over solar panels.
Not because of climate change no, because I can’t imagine despotic psychopaths fighting over solar panels.
January 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Christ, the sooner we move completely to renewable energy the better.
Not because of climate change no, because I can’t imagine despotic psychopaths fighting over solar panels.
Not because of climate change no, because I can’t imagine despotic psychopaths fighting over solar panels.
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Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
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X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
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Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
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🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19.
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19.
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
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It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 AM
It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.
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Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
January 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
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These people are out of their minds. They are endangering the whole world. This has to stop. This is the wife of the man who is currently running foreign policy for the United States:
January 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
These people are out of their minds. They are endangering the whole world. This has to stop. This is the wife of the man who is currently running foreign policy for the United States:
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Back in the chair tomorrow.
January 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Back in the chair tomorrow.
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Chippy Tea, painting by Manchester-born Anthony Marn.
January 3, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Chippy Tea, painting by Manchester-born Anthony Marn.
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A mere one month from Trump winning the inaugural Fifa peace prize for his "exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace".
NEW: Trump administration launches direct military strikes on Venezuela. Explosions reported in Caracas. Aircraft reported flying over the city.
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
A mere one month from Trump winning the inaugural Fifa peace prize for his "exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace".
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June Street, Salford, 1973, photo by Daniel Meadows and Martin Parr.
December 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
June Street, Salford, 1973, photo by Daniel Meadows and Martin Parr.
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Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
We can call out the sheer hypocrisy of Reform UK, Lucy Connolly and the Tories who literally gave Alaa Abd el-Fattah his UK citizenship. But it doesn’t change el-Fattah’s own very real extremism and it doesn’t change the fact that the government(s) have dropped a serious b*ll*ck here.
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We can call out the sheer hypocrisy of Reform UK, Lucy Connolly and the Tories who literally gave Alaa Abd el-Fattah his UK citizenship. But it doesn’t change el-Fattah’s own very real extremism and it doesn’t change the fact that the government(s) have dropped a serious b*ll*ck here.
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Supporters of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK held the most extreme views of any party backers, with 71% saying that having British ancestry was a prerequisite for someone to be truly British(Guardian 30.12). So that rules out the Royal Family
December 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Supporters of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK held the most extreme views of any party backers, with 71% saying that having British ancestry was a prerequisite for someone to be truly British(Guardian 30.12). So that rules out the Royal Family
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Herring girls gutting fish on the quayside, North Shields, 1930s, photo by Edwin Smith (1912-71).
December 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Herring girls gutting fish on the quayside, North Shields, 1930s, photo by Edwin Smith (1912-71).
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Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Former Tory councillor in court accused of drugging and raping ex-wife
Former Tory councillor in court accused of drugging and raping ex-wife
Philip Young appears at Swindon magistrates court charged with 56 offences relating to 13-year period
A former Tory councillor has appeared in court charged with drugging and raping his former wife over a period of 13 years.
Philip Young, 49, and five other men have been accused of more than 60 rapes and sexual offences against Joanne Young, 48. She can be named as the alleged victim because she has waived her right to anonymity, which would otherwise apply in such cases.
Norman Macksoni, 47, a black British national of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, who has been charged with one count of rape and possession of extreme images.
Dean Hamilton, 46, of no fixed abode, who is white British, has been charged with one count of rape and sexual assault by penetration and two counts of sexual touching.
Conner Sanderson Doyle, 31, of Swindon, described as white British, has been charged with sexual assault by penetration and sexual touching.
Richard Wilkins, 61, of Toothill, Swindon, who is white British, has been charged with one count of rape and sexual touching.
Mohammed Hassan, 37, of Swindon, described by police as British Asian, has been charged with sexual touching. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Former Tory councillor in court accused of drugging and raping ex-wife