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Great thread (ICYMI) on the many ways in which mean-minded government decisions, and incompetent prison / IT / maintenance contractors, are delaying justice. Nowt to do with juries.
But rather than fix these problems, Lammy chooses to tear up the right to a trial by our peers, instead? For shame.
But rather than fix these problems, Lammy chooses to tear up the right to a trial by our peers, instead? For shame.
1. The defendant not being produced at court from prison. 🚚
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Great thread (ICYMI) on the many ways in which mean-minded government decisions, and incompetent prison / IT / maintenance contractors, are delaying justice. Nowt to do with juries.
But rather than fix these problems, Lammy chooses to tear up the right to a trial by our peers, instead? For shame.
But rather than fix these problems, Lammy chooses to tear up the right to a trial by our peers, instead? For shame.
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Climate advocates say it's time to move to accountability for climate change, as people in Asia are living the evidence.
At least 1,250 people dead: What caused the devastating Asia floods?
Climate advocates say it's time to move to accountability for climate change, as people in Asia are living the evidence.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Climate advocates say it's time to move to accountability for climate change, as people in Asia are living the evidence.
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The modal year of death from the evolution of Homo sapiens until the 1940s was 0 - 1 year old.
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The modal year of death from the evolution of Homo sapiens until the 1940s was 0 - 1 year old.
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There's a move to delay EU phaseout date of petrol & diesel cars because of domestic auto industries are struggling to change
But head of Volvo says “If Europe doesn’t take lead in this transformation [to electric] rest assured, other countries will do it for us”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
But head of Volvo says “If Europe doesn’t take lead in this transformation [to electric] rest assured, other countries will do it for us”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘The Chinese will not pause’: Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Exclusive: Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
There's a move to delay EU phaseout date of petrol & diesel cars because of domestic auto industries are struggling to change
But head of Volvo says “If Europe doesn’t take lead in this transformation [to electric] rest assured, other countries will do it for us”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
But head of Volvo says “If Europe doesn’t take lead in this transformation [to electric] rest assured, other countries will do it for us”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Together 9 top experts joined the dots. We didn't just talk about climate, nature, and tipping points as abstract issues, we heard briefings on what this emergency means for:
Our food security here in the UK
Our health and the NHS
Our national security
Our food security here in the UK
Our health and the NHS
Our national security
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Together 9 top experts joined the dots. We didn't just talk about climate, nature, and tipping points as abstract issues, we heard briefings on what this emergency means for:
Our food security here in the UK
Our health and the NHS
Our national security
Our food security here in the UK
Our health and the NHS
Our national security
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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My friends Neil & Katy from the Gougane Barra Hotel organized this raffle for Gaza. It ends in a couple of days. Please check it out www.idonate.ie/raffle/Gouga...
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My friends Neil & Katy from the Gougane Barra Hotel organized this raffle for Gaza. It ends in a couple of days. Please check it out www.idonate.ie/raffle/Gouga...
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If you're in or nearby Sligo, Ireland there is an amazing art auction benefiting Gaza that my friend @vandalhandle.bsky.social helped organize. Nov, 29th doors open at 5:30pm
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you're in or nearby Sligo, Ireland there is an amazing art auction benefiting Gaza that my friend @vandalhandle.bsky.social helped organize. Nov, 29th doors open at 5:30pm
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Guardian currently running with some shit Starmer said in 1992, and not this? very weird
RIGHTO
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Guardian currently running with some shit Starmer said in 1992, and not this? very weird
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A new book by Costs of War contributor William Hartung and Ben Freeman looks at how we got to a trillion dollar military budget — more than half of which goes to military contractors. www.commondreams.org/opinion/tril...
'Trillion Dollar War Machine': Understanding US Militarism and How to Dismantle It | Common Dreams
William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman's extremely timely and necessary book explains how today's crises are the predictable consequence of an entrenched system of militarism, a politics captured by lobb...
www.commondreams.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A new book by Costs of War contributor William Hartung and Ben Freeman looks at how we got to a trillion dollar military budget — more than half of which goes to military contractors. www.commondreams.org/opinion/tril...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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At least 160,000 people have been granted refugee status over the past five years. It now seems they are intended to be caught by the Government’s plans to make refugees wait up to 20 years for settlement - even for those just months away from ILR
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
At least 160,000 people have been granted refugee status over the past five years. It now seems they are intended to be caught by the Government’s plans to make refugees wait up to 20 years for settlement - even for those just months away from ILR
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
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Things like this can only happen a profoundly corrupt & immoral society. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new payment package compares with other occupations in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Things like this can only happen a profoundly corrupt & immoral society. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Lord Dubs speaks with some authority here
Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs
Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ plans will increase community tensions
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Lord Dubs speaks with some authority here
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As Obama’s WH counsel Kathy Ruemmler and Obama’s NEC director Larry Summers are pulled into the Epstein case, are Obama’s legal ethics, economics and administration going to be tainted? Or are ppl compartmentalizing these as separate?
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
As Obama’s WH counsel Kathy Ruemmler and Obama’s NEC director Larry Summers are pulled into the Epstein case, are Obama’s legal ethics, economics and administration going to be tainted? Or are ppl compartmentalizing these as separate?
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Alice fucking Wong never had a “job,” scraped by on freelance gigs, had to win a MacArthur to keep from being warehoused in an institution, and got laid off a week before she died by Teen Vogue…
…and this dipshit Nuzzi gets like one of the few writing gigs in America? At Vanity Fair?
…and this dipshit Nuzzi gets like one of the few writing gigs in America? At Vanity Fair?
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Alice fucking Wong never had a “job,” scraped by on freelance gigs, had to win a MacArthur to keep from being warehoused in an institution, and got laid off a week before she died by Teen Vogue…
…and this dipshit Nuzzi gets like one of the few writing gigs in America? At Vanity Fair?
…and this dipshit Nuzzi gets like one of the few writing gigs in America? At Vanity Fair?
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Just so: the plan is to lock the cabin doors to keep the passengers out, fly the plane into the ground and then walk out of the wreckage untouched to fancy jobs at Facebook and PWC. And if you don’t like it, fuck you.
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just so: the plan is to lock the cabin doors to keep the passengers out, fly the plane into the ground and then walk out of the wreckage untouched to fancy jobs at Facebook and PWC. And if you don’t like it, fuck you.
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When you’re so deep into dehumanising refugees you convince yourself there must be a nefarious reason they take care of their children rather than yknow, love
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
When you’re so deep into dehumanising refugees you convince yourself there must be a nefarious reason they take care of their children rather than yknow, love
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"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
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I've been working on this piece for months - out today in @observeruk.bsky.social. Britain is now “clearly the worst country in Europe" in how it deals with protest. It's about how it happened and why it threatens our democracy, told through letters from jailed activists. tinyurl.com/5n92yve5
Letters from prison: the protesters locked up for trying to change the world | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I've been working on this piece for months - out today in @observeruk.bsky.social. Britain is now “clearly the worst country in Europe" in how it deals with protest. It's about how it happened and why it threatens our democracy, told through letters from jailed activists. tinyurl.com/5n92yve5
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Well, I would ask whether any of these foibles make Morgan stand out as radically different to e.g. most of the cabinet
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Well, I would ask whether any of these foibles make Morgan stand out as radically different to e.g. most of the cabinet
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We never acknowledge how masterfully white supremacist billionaires managed to destroy social media as an organizer tool and completely atomized us. Twitter & tiktok had to be sold. Meta already belonged to them and this app here is a poor man's Twitter but coded to prevent educating and organizing
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We never acknowledge how masterfully white supremacist billionaires managed to destroy social media as an organizer tool and completely atomized us. Twitter & tiktok had to be sold. Meta already belonged to them and this app here is a poor man's Twitter but coded to prevent educating and organizing