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BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
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"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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CW #metoo —>Did you see Greta Thunberg’s post about sexual assault of aid workers on the flotilla? It’s full of statements by women who were assaulted during detention and incredibly horrific. I’ve barely seen it reported anywhere—I understand some things feel too horrifying to face, but we have to.
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
CW #metoo —>Did you see Greta Thunberg’s post about sexual assault of aid workers on the flotilla? It’s full of statements by women who were assaulted during detention and incredibly horrific. I’ve barely seen it reported anywhere—I understand some things feel too horrifying to face, but we have to.
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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
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This Christmas, please #KeepEyesOnSudan.
The war has caused over 150,000 deaths and displaced over 12 million people. The United Arab Emirates is bankrolling the genocide.
The war has caused over 150,000 deaths and displaced over 12 million people. The United Arab Emirates is bankrolling the genocide.
December 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This Christmas, please #KeepEyesOnSudan.
The war has caused over 150,000 deaths and displaced over 12 million people. The United Arab Emirates is bankrolling the genocide.
The war has caused over 150,000 deaths and displaced over 12 million people. The United Arab Emirates is bankrolling the genocide.
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George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
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the nominees were
-a campaign to get lifechanging medication for extremely sick children
-a campaign to improve access to justice for victims of rape and sexual assault
-a transphobic hate campaign that managed to convince some judges to make the worst ruling in Supreme Court history*
(*winner)
-a campaign to get lifechanging medication for extremely sick children
-a campaign to improve access to justice for victims of rape and sexual assault
-a transphobic hate campaign that managed to convince some judges to make the worst ruling in Supreme Court history*
(*winner)
For Women Scotland wins Public Campaign or Campaigner of the Year at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2025, in association with ScottishPower
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
#politicianawards25
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
#politicianawards25
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
the nominees were
-a campaign to get lifechanging medication for extremely sick children
-a campaign to improve access to justice for victims of rape and sexual assault
-a transphobic hate campaign that managed to convince some judges to make the worst ruling in Supreme Court history*
(*winner)
-a campaign to get lifechanging medication for extremely sick children
-a campaign to improve access to justice for victims of rape and sexual assault
-a transphobic hate campaign that managed to convince some judges to make the worst ruling in Supreme Court history*
(*winner)
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
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Some great reporting here: “One of the most prominent YouTubers, Anthony Styles, 59, has since deleted his AJ Audits channel after it was revealed he is a convicted paedophile. He was known to frequent protests… where demonstrators claimed to stand for the “protection of women and children”
Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Details here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks
YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Some great reporting here: “One of the most prominent YouTubers, Anthony Styles, 59, has since deleted his AJ Audits channel after it was revealed he is a convicted paedophile. He was known to frequent protests… where demonstrators claimed to stand for the “protection of women and children”
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you can't get just how lunatic and hateful UK media has been on this without knowing this. it is *astonishing* in both volume and spite.
"In 2012, 60 trans-related articles were published by Britain’s media. By 2022, it was more than 7,500, according to figures from Trans Media Watch. The media is not responding to public rage against vulnerable minorities; it is helping to create it." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?
A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
you can't get just how lunatic and hateful UK media has been on this without knowing this. it is *astonishing* in both volume and spite.
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
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What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
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Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.
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Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."
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hi, cis folks!
the WSJ endangered trans lives with false reporting yesterday. it’s still accepted as truth by many, regardless of it being false. the article’s still up with a little note. it needs full retraction.
it's not even a phone call—it's email. you can do this.
contact info below.🧵⬇️
the WSJ endangered trans lives with false reporting yesterday. it’s still accepted as truth by many, regardless of it being false. the article’s still up with a little note. it needs full retraction.
it's not even a phone call—it's email. you can do this.
contact info below.🧵⬇️
September 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
hi, cis folks!
the WSJ endangered trans lives with false reporting yesterday. it’s still accepted as truth by many, regardless of it being false. the article’s still up with a little note. it needs full retraction.
it's not even a phone call—it's email. you can do this.
contact info below.🧵⬇️
the WSJ endangered trans lives with false reporting yesterday. it’s still accepted as truth by many, regardless of it being false. the article’s still up with a little note. it needs full retraction.
it's not even a phone call—it's email. you can do this.
contact info below.🧵⬇️
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i cannot comprehend what this means
September 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
i cannot comprehend what this means
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Christ above. These pitiful fucking cowards.
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christ above. These pitiful fucking cowards.
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
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BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
August 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
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Demonstrators from campaign groups including Positive Money, Tax Justice UK, Equality Trust and Green New Deal Rising gathered outside the Bank of England this morning to call for a windfall tax on bank profits, which they say could raise £11bn+ this year from the largest four banks alone
August 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Demonstrators from campaign groups including Positive Money, Tax Justice UK, Equality Trust and Green New Deal Rising gathered outside the Bank of England this morning to call for a windfall tax on bank profits, which they say could raise £11bn+ this year from the largest four banks alone
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Why do the rich keep getting richer?
Because we tax work more heavily than wealth.
This explainer lays out how the UK tax system quietly helps the wealthy stay wealthy – and why that needs to change.
Prof Richard Murphy reports
Because we tax work more heavily than wealth.
This explainer lays out how the UK tax system quietly helps the wealthy stay wealthy – and why that needs to change.
Prof Richard Murphy reports
Why are the wealthy so well off?
The accumulation of wealth has been driving inequality for decades. In the first of two articles we explain the injustice of our wealth taxation
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Why do the rich keep getting richer?
Because we tax work more heavily than wealth.
This explainer lays out how the UK tax system quietly helps the wealthy stay wealthy – and why that needs to change.
Prof Richard Murphy reports
Because we tax work more heavily than wealth.
This explainer lays out how the UK tax system quietly helps the wealthy stay wealthy – and why that needs to change.
Prof Richard Murphy reports
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I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics
Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either
This is why we fight for *everyone*
Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either
This is why we fight for *everyone*
And so it begins...
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
(RNS) — ‘We think that it’s not a matter of if, but just a matter of when, the Supreme Court will overrule Obergefell,’ said Mathew Staver, head of Liberty Counsel.
religionnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics
Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either
This is why we fight for *everyone*
Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either
This is why we fight for *everyone*