it’s howling outside
the snow is whipping down
-15 windchill
but i have food in the house so I’m going to make a sandwich and watch the mid-70s Bad News Bears with the cats
after that, either The Conversation (a favourite) or TheLittle Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
the snow is whipping down
-15 windchill
but i have food in the house so I’m going to make a sandwich and watch the mid-70s Bad News Bears with the cats
after that, either The Conversation (a favourite) or TheLittle Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
December 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
it’s howling outside
the snow is whipping down
-15 windchill
but i have food in the house so I’m going to make a sandwich and watch the mid-70s Bad News Bears with the cats
after that, either The Conversation (a favourite) or TheLittle Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
the snow is whipping down
-15 windchill
but i have food in the house so I’m going to make a sandwich and watch the mid-70s Bad News Bears with the cats
after that, either The Conversation (a favourite) or TheLittle Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
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Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
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Al Jazeera’s Gaza journalists and their families have been repeatedly targeted by the Israeli army since the start of the war on Gaza. Yet they continue to report, undeterred.
Watch the film, The Price of Truth EP 2: aje.me/thepriceoftr...
Watch the film, The Price of Truth EP 2: aje.me/thepriceoftr...
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Al Jazeera’s Gaza journalists and their families have been repeatedly targeted by the Israeli army since the start of the war on Gaza. Yet they continue to report, undeterred.
Watch the film, The Price of Truth EP 2: aje.me/thepriceoftr...
Watch the film, The Price of Truth EP 2: aje.me/thepriceoftr...
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And just like that, the historic Employment Rights Bill lands. Sick pay from day one. Day-one parental leave. Unfair dismissal rights after six months. Ban fire-and-rehire. Bereavement leave. Protections for pregnant women. Tougher redundancy rules. Fair Work Agency to enforce rights. #ukpolitics
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And just like that, the historic Employment Rights Bill lands. Sick pay from day one. Day-one parental leave. Unfair dismissal rights after six months. Ban fire-and-rehire. Bereavement leave. Protections for pregnant women. Tougher redundancy rules. Fair Work Agency to enforce rights. #ukpolitics
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Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
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The poorest 20% Britons pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
The bottom 50% of the population owns less than 5% of wealth, bottom 20% has 0.5%.
Can't reduce child/household poverty and relieve suffering without equitable distribution of income/wealth.
The bottom 50% of the population owns less than 5% of wealth, bottom 20% has 0.5%.
Can't reduce child/household poverty and relieve suffering without equitable distribution of income/wealth.
To tackle child poverty the government must deal with parental poverty
Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty
leftfootforward.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The poorest 20% Britons pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
The bottom 50% of the population owns less than 5% of wealth, bottom 20% has 0.5%.
Can't reduce child/household poverty and relieve suffering without equitable distribution of income/wealth.
The bottom 50% of the population owns less than 5% of wealth, bottom 20% has 0.5%.
Can't reduce child/household poverty and relieve suffering without equitable distribution of income/wealth.
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A reminder........
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A reminder........
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💔This is Kostyantynivka.
The city, where 78,179 people lived until 2022, but today the Russians are destroying every street
📷: Khyzhak Brigade
The city, where 78,179 people lived until 2022, but today the Russians are destroying every street
📷: Khyzhak Brigade
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
💔This is Kostyantynivka.
The city, where 78,179 people lived until 2022, but today the Russians are destroying every street
📷: Khyzhak Brigade
The city, where 78,179 people lived until 2022, but today the Russians are destroying every street
📷: Khyzhak Brigade
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for forty years UK governments have pretended that globalisation, technology, the markets or “natural incentives” explain inequality. But the evidence says something very different.
inequality is systemic and not accidental
It along with poverty has been the choice of successive UK governments
inequality is systemic and not accidental
It along with poverty has been the choice of successive UK governments
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
for forty years UK governments have pretended that globalisation, technology, the markets or “natural incentives” explain inequality. But the evidence says something very different.
inequality is systemic and not accidental
It along with poverty has been the choice of successive UK governments
inequality is systemic and not accidental
It along with poverty has been the choice of successive UK governments
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If I ran the world a person should be able to sue any state that doesn’t process a rape kit in 90 days.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If I ran the world a person should be able to sue any state that doesn’t process a rape kit in 90 days.
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A federal judge struck down Trump’s halt on approvals of all wind power projects on federal lands and waters.
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A federal judge struck down Trump’s halt on approvals of all wind power projects on federal lands and waters.
it will take generations for the US to rebuild trust with its former allies
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺"Now Putin has started making incursions into the NATO borders. The one thing I can tell you is the US is not going to get involved with troops or any of that. We will sell the Europeans weapons."
- Scott Bessent
United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Scott Bessent
United States Secretary of the Treasury
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
it will take generations for the US to rebuild trust with its former allies
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"Do not pollute the common well."
AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago.
AI pollution is forced down every throat.
mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...
AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago.
AI pollution is forced down every throat.
mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Do not pollute the common well."
AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago.
AI pollution is forced down every throat.
mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...
AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago.
AI pollution is forced down every throat.
mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...
sassy Radek Sikorski might be my favourite Sikorski
Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
sassy Radek Sikorski might be my favourite Sikorski
i don’t disagree with the plan but the language being used is terrible
oh! won’t someone please think about the poor enviro studies graduates?!
what exactly is a “canadian home”?
green new deal the best you could come up with?
i know i’m being a bit “yr doing it wrong” but this sounds so clunky
oh! won’t someone please think about the poor enviro studies graduates?!
what exactly is a “canadian home”?
green new deal the best you could come up with?
i know i’m being a bit “yr doing it wrong” but this sounds so clunky
It was time a decade ago. It's way past time now.
Enviro studies graduates tell me that the only jobs on offer are in oil and gas.
That is cruel.
They desperately want to be part of building a thriving future, not burning it down.
They have the skills, they deserve the opportunities.
Enviro studies graduates tell me that the only jobs on offer are in oil and gas.
That is cruel.
They desperately want to be part of building a thriving future, not burning it down.
They have the skills, they deserve the opportunities.
It’s time for the NDP to tell the truth: we must get off fossil fuels fast—with no worker left behind.
Today I’m unveiling our Green New Deal: a plan to tackle both the climate and affordability crises by creating 1M good jobs, lowering bills, and building a new economy.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca
Today I’m unveiling our Green New Deal: a plan to tackle both the climate and affordability crises by creating 1M good jobs, lowering bills, and building a new economy.
Join us: lewisforleader.ca
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
i don’t disagree with the plan but the language being used is terrible
oh! won’t someone please think about the poor enviro studies graduates?!
what exactly is a “canadian home”?
green new deal the best you could come up with?
i know i’m being a bit “yr doing it wrong” but this sounds so clunky
oh! won’t someone please think about the poor enviro studies graduates?!
what exactly is a “canadian home”?
green new deal the best you could come up with?
i know i’m being a bit “yr doing it wrong” but this sounds so clunky
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sad news
he was one of my mother’s favourites
she used his work in the math lit course she devised
he was one of my mother’s favourites
she used his work in the math lit course she devised
Stoppard's writing, often philosophical or scientific but consistently funny, gave rise to the term Stoppardian.
Tom Stoppard, celebrated British playwright, dies aged 88
Stoppard's writing, often philosophical or scientific but consistently funny, gave rise to the term Stoppardian.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
sad news
he was one of my mother’s favourites
she used his work in the math lit course she devised
he was one of my mother’s favourites
she used his work in the math lit course she devised
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The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The agriculture ministry has recommended that the government seek to buy the Polish assets of French supermarket giant Carrefour and create a state-owned grocery retail network that would challenge the “dominance of foreign discount chains” and support Polish farmers.
Agriculture ministry seeks purchase of Carrefour's Polish assets to create state food retailer
notesfrompoland.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The agriculture ministry has recommended that the government seek to buy the Polish assets of French supermarket giant Carrefour and create a state-owned grocery retail network that would challenge the “dominance of foreign discount chains” and support Polish farmers.
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At this point, it is pretty obvious that Steve Witkoff is actively working for the Kremlin and cannot be considered a trustworthy negotiator for Ukrainian and western interests
He should be considered a hostile agent and not be allowed to set foot on European soil
He should be considered a hostile agent and not be allowed to set foot on European soil
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
At this point, it is pretty obvious that Steve Witkoff is actively working for the Kremlin and cannot be considered a trustworthy negotiator for Ukrainian and western interests
He should be considered a hostile agent and not be allowed to set foot on European soil
He should be considered a hostile agent and not be allowed to set foot on European soil
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That meeting where Witkoff met Putin alone, no US staff to advise him, no translator of his own. Absolute numpty...
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
That meeting where Witkoff met Putin alone, no US staff to advise him, no translator of his own. Absolute numpty...
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At @propublica.org we reported in April on how ICE Air flight attendants feel about having to transport shackled passengers: www.propublica.org/article/insi...
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
At @propublica.org we reported in April on how ICE Air flight attendants feel about having to transport shackled passengers: www.propublica.org/article/insi...
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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there is a lot idiotic about this strain of thought here but one of them is that it is not actually an individual random person's job to detain criminals
So if the mosque was engaged in illegal acts inside such as terrorism recruitment, then you should not do anything about it?
Why?
That’s not how it works in america.
Why?
That’s not how it works in america.
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
there is a lot idiotic about this strain of thought here but one of them is that it is not actually an individual random person's job to detain criminals