@joyheard.bsky.social
@joyheard.bsky.social
Likes - 🌍; 💙; humour; loyalty; intelligence; 🇯🇴. Dislikes - dishonesty; injustice; bigotry.
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Assisted dying in doubt as rollout could be delayed until at least 2029
Assisted dying in doubt as rollout could be delayed until at least 2029
A Liberal Democrat MP warns the delay could push assisted dying legislation beyond the next general election - meaning it could be "abandoned altogether".
news.sky.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Assisted dying in doubt as rollout could be delayed until at least 2029
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Join the dots up. Amazing how many so called "experts' in the media seem unable to do this. I guess joining these dots up doesn't suit the narrative 😐
#BrokenMedia
#BrokenMedia
January 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Join the dots up. Amazing how many so called "experts' in the media seem unable to do this. I guess joining these dots up doesn't suit the narrative 😐
#BrokenMedia
#BrokenMedia
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"Nadhim Zahawi, a few years ago you tweeted: 'I'm not British born Mr Nigel Farage, I'm as British you are. Your comments are offensive and racist. I would be frightened to live in a country run by you'"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
"Nadhim Zahawi, a few years ago you tweeted: 'I'm not British born Mr Nigel Farage, I'm as British you are. Your comments are offensive and racist. I would be frightened to live in a country run by you'"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
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Nigel Farage on GB News in 2022: "I thought Zahawi had principles. Tonight we learn he's just about climbing that greasy pole, as so many of them are"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Nigel Farage on GB News in 2022: "I thought Zahawi had principles. Tonight we learn he's just about climbing that greasy pole, as so many of them are"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
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Nadhim Zahawi says that banning violent racist Israeli football hooligans sends a message that Islamist thugs and terrorists control our streets.
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Nadhim Zahawi says that banning violent racist Israeli football hooligans sends a message that Islamist thugs and terrorists control our streets.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Ukrainian refugees have been accepted, but where is that same kindness and compassion to human beings from Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea?"
"Ukrainian refugees haven't been getting on small boats.."
"that's because they've been given safe & managed routes" 🎯
"Ukrainian refugees haven't been getting on small boats.."
"that's because they've been given safe & managed routes" 🎯
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Ukrainian refugees have been accepted, but where is that same kindness and compassion to human beings from Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea?"
"Ukrainian refugees haven't been getting on small boats.."
"that's because they've been given safe & managed routes" 🎯
"Ukrainian refugees haven't been getting on small boats.."
"that's because they've been given safe & managed routes" 🎯
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Farage gets all defensive and flappy when Zahawi is asked about vaccines.
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Farage gets all defensive and flappy when Zahawi is asked about vaccines.
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
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Farage: "No parliament may bind its successor. This is a democratic outrage."
Also, Farage: Trying to improve the EU trade deal that last parliament negotiated is a democratic outrage. ~AA
Also, Farage: Trying to improve the EU trade deal that last parliament negotiated is a democratic outrage. ~AA
“Exit provisions are a basic staple of any international trade agreement. Pretending these routine legal contingencies constitute a democratic outrage is frankly exhausting.” ~AA
www.ft.com/content/3733...
www.ft.com/content/3733...
January 12, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Farage: "No parliament may bind its successor. This is a democratic outrage."
Also, Farage: Trying to improve the EU trade deal that last parliament negotiated is a democratic outrage. ~AA
Also, Farage: Trying to improve the EU trade deal that last parliament negotiated is a democratic outrage. ~AA
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Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to its misuse in generating explicit images.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
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With more species being threatened with extinction every year, I always welcome a good news story about the reintroduction of creatures to their previous habitats. Yet it is important, with numbers dwindling of many creatures, to protect them now in their natural habitats.
bsky.app/profile/tito...
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"The Yurok Tribe considers the condor a sacred animal, integral to their creation story. But they had been absent from Northern California for so long, that they weren't even part of the conversation anymore."
🦤🦅🌄 #Condors #California #YurokTribe #Conservation #Wildlife #Nature #AmazingCritters
🦤🦅🌄 #Condors #California #YurokTribe #Conservation #Wildlife #Nature #AmazingCritters
How a tribe brought back its sacred California condors
For the first time in 100 years, California condors flying over Yurok land, thanks to an intensive reintroduction programme.
www.bbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
With more species being threatened with extinction every year, I always welcome a good news story about the reintroduction of creatures to their previous habitats. Yet it is important, with numbers dwindling of many creatures, to protect them now in their natural habitats.
bsky.app/profile/tito...
bsky.app/profile/tito...
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Palestinian Action hunger striker ‘deteriorating’ after losing 10kg in 69-day starvation protest
Heba Muraisi is among three Palestine Action activists still on hunger strike while awaiting trial in the UK
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Heba Muraisi is among three Palestine Action activists still on hunger strike while awaiting trial in the UK
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Palestinian Action hunger striker ‘deteriorating’ after losing 10kg in 69-day protest
Heba Muraisi is among three Palestine Action activists still on hunger strike while awaiting trial in the UK
www.independent.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Palestinian Action hunger striker ‘deteriorating’ after losing 10kg in 69-day starvation protest
Heba Muraisi is among three Palestine Action activists still on hunger strike while awaiting trial in the UK
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Heba Muraisi is among three Palestine Action activists still on hunger strike while awaiting trial in the UK
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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About time!
Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes
The watchdog said it had received reports of the platform's Grok AI chatbot creating undressed images of people.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 11:20 AM
About time!
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I once called Zahawi a child's drawing of pure greed, superimposed onto a competitively evil gonad, which is funny, but there is something more serious to consider.
Reform are turning into Re-Formed.
You can't be "the different party" if you're made of all the same idiots.
Reform are turning into Re-Formed.
You can't be "the different party" if you're made of all the same idiots.
NEW: Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
January 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
I once called Zahawi a child's drawing of pure greed, superimposed onto a competitively evil gonad, which is funny, but there is something more serious to consider.
Reform are turning into Re-Formed.
You can't be "the different party" if you're made of all the same idiots.
Reform are turning into Re-Formed.
You can't be "the different party" if you're made of all the same idiots.
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"More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise."
A rebranding exercise of the most established party masquerading as anti-establishment that shows total contempt for voters. ~AA
A rebranding exercise of the most established party masquerading as anti-establishment that shows total contempt for voters. ~AA
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
"More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise."
A rebranding exercise of the most established party masquerading as anti-establishment that shows total contempt for voters. ~AA
A rebranding exercise of the most established party masquerading as anti-establishment that shows total contempt for voters. ~AA
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Remember guys, Reform are definitely 100% NOT just a bunch of Tories in a different shade of blue...
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Remember guys, Reform are definitely 100% NOT just a bunch of Tories in a different shade of blue...
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The benefit cap. The two-child limit. Years of austerity. Now 4.5 million children live in poverty.
Child poverty isn’t just numbers. It’s cold bedrooms, missed meals, exclusion, poor health & futures curtailed.
Child poverty isn’t just numbers. It’s cold bedrooms, missed meals, exclusion, poor health & futures curtailed.
Child poverty: policy, consequences and the emerging road ahead
UK child poverty is rising, leaving millions of children hungry as families struggle with the cost of living and an inadequate safety net
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
The benefit cap. The two-child limit. Years of austerity. Now 4.5 million children live in poverty.
Child poverty isn’t just numbers. It’s cold bedrooms, missed meals, exclusion, poor health & futures curtailed.
Child poverty isn’t just numbers. It’s cold bedrooms, missed meals, exclusion, poor health & futures curtailed.
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Former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform. He came to Britain as an 11 year old without a word of English.
A decade ago, Zahawi was advocating (as Boris Johnson was too) for an "amnesty" to give regularise those without legal status in the UK
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
A decade ago, Zahawi was advocating (as Boris Johnson was too) for an "amnesty" to give regularise those without legal status in the UK
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
The Boy from Baghdad: From Waziriyah to Westminster by Nadhim Zahawi review – an unlikely journey
The disgraced ex-chancellor’s bullish memoir makes much of the obstacles he overcame to hold a number of ministerial posts, but how does he square his support for migrants with his presence in cabinet...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform. He came to Britain as an 11 year old without a word of English.
A decade ago, Zahawi was advocating (as Boris Johnson was too) for an "amnesty" to give regularise those without legal status in the UK
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
A decade ago, Zahawi was advocating (as Boris Johnson was too) for an "amnesty" to give regularise those without legal status in the UK
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
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Nadhim Zahawi was sacked by Rishi Sunak in January 2023 after the prime minister's independent ethics adviser found that he had broken ministerial rules by failing to disclose that his tax affairs were under investigation by HMRC.
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Nadhim Zahawi was sacked by Rishi Sunak in January 2023 after the prime minister's independent ethics adviser found that he had broken ministerial rules by failing to disclose that his tax affairs were under investigation by HMRC.
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Please sign and share.
I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Call on MP and Secretary of Justice David Lammy to intervene and protect the hunger strikers. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Call on MP and Secretary of Justice David Lammy to intervene and protect the hunger strikers
Eight prisoners currently held on remand for alleged actions in solidarity with Palestine have been on a hunger strike which began on 2nd November. Their names are Amu Gib, Qesser Zuhrah, Heba Muraisi...
actionnetwork.org
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Please sign and share.
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So, the latest Tory to join Tory 2.0 is Nadhim Zahawi who has joined under the auspices of "bringing frontline experience."
What experience is that which is so attractive to Reform?
Heating horses using public funds or avoiding taxation?
The mind baffles, doesn't it.
What experience is that which is so attractive to Reform?
Heating horses using public funds or avoiding taxation?
The mind baffles, doesn't it.
Fomer chancellor Nadim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
Zahawi was a Conservative MP and served as chancellor under Boris Johnson.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
So, the latest Tory to join Tory 2.0 is Nadhim Zahawi who has joined under the auspices of "bringing frontline experience."
What experience is that which is so attractive to Reform?
Heating horses using public funds or avoiding taxation?
The mind baffles, doesn't it.
What experience is that which is so attractive to Reform?
Heating horses using public funds or avoiding taxation?
The mind baffles, doesn't it.
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A little statistical tweak, so nobody can say "Ah, but.. "
Police fatal shootings per million of population
Canada 7.314
France 3. 396
Germany 1.189
Australia 1.920
UK 0.316
US 43.921
Police fatal shootings per million of population
Canada 7.314
France 3. 396
Germany 1.189
Australia 1.920
UK 0.316
US 43.921
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 AM
A little statistical tweak, so nobody can say "Ah, but.. "
Police fatal shootings per million of population
Canada 7.314
France 3. 396
Germany 1.189
Australia 1.920
UK 0.316
US 43.921
Police fatal shootings per million of population
Canada 7.314
France 3. 396
Germany 1.189
Australia 1.920
UK 0.316
US 43.921
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This blog purporting to be from a survivor of Trump / Epstein is very, very extreme.
Seriously: warning ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️
Have to admit, it's so horrifying I find it hard to believe.
But unbelievably horrifying things do happen. Judge for yourselves.
open.substack.com/pub/lisevold...
Seriously: warning ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️
Have to admit, it's so horrifying I find it hard to believe.
But unbelievably horrifying things do happen. Judge for yourselves.
open.substack.com/pub/lisevold...
"Don't worry. Boys are hard to find." Part 1 o2
Trump/Epstein and Associated Criminal Enterprises: Victim Interviews: SR
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
This blog purporting to be from a survivor of Trump / Epstein is very, very extreme.
Seriously: warning ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️
Have to admit, it's so horrifying I find it hard to believe.
But unbelievably horrifying things do happen. Judge for yourselves.
open.substack.com/pub/lisevold...
Seriously: warning ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️
Have to admit, it's so horrifying I find it hard to believe.
But unbelievably horrifying things do happen. Judge for yourselves.
open.substack.com/pub/lisevold...
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Time to slap on some proof of vaccination(s) requirements for Americans at the border.
Canadian doctors are warning that a new U.S. policy which slashes the number of vaccines universally recommended to all children will have deadly effects in Canada, including increasing disease spread through American travellers visiting north of the border.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
‘Incomprehensibly stupid:’ How U.S. cuts in vaccine recommendations will impact Canadians
Canadian doctors are warning that a new U.S. policy which slashes the number of vaccines universally recommended to all children could have devastating, and potentially deadly effects in Canada, inclu...
www.ctvnews.ca
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Time to slap on some proof of vaccination(s) requirements for Americans at the border.