Nostr notes by Steve Woods

"The ⁠Council on American-Islamic Relations called ...

2026-10-28T13:50:06Z

"The ⁠Council on American-Islamic Relations called Kennedy’s Islamophobic remarks “a ⁠textbook display of unvarnished racism and bigotry”, and the US healthcare advocacy organization Protect Our Care condemned his “wildly racist tirade”."

#racism #midterms #MakeAmericaGrateAgain

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/rfk-jr-michigan-arabs-comment

MPs are on just shy of £100k/year. That makes them rich in my ...

2026-10-27T14:19:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…xn9v
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MPs are on just shy of £100k/year.

That makes them rich in my book.

"The problem doesn’t start in parliament. Far from the ...

2026-10-27T11:33:12Z

"The problem doesn’t start in parliament. Far from the green benches, a hostile climate is carefully cultivated to make taxing wealth seem undesirable. A billionaire-owned media apparatus relentlessly pushes scare stories, successfully tricking ordinary homeowners into thinking a “wealth tax” targets their modest family homes rather than offshore holdings and multimillion-pound assets. Outlets constantly tell us that billionaires are leaving the UK because of new taxes – even those who actually left a decade ago – and quote “millionaire flight” figures from a seriously flawed report. It doesn’t matter if they are not true – these narratives successfully penetrate the hearts and minds of parliamentarians."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/27/mps-tax-super-rich-wealthy-voters-reform-budget-burnham

"Nigel Farage’s party was sanctioned by the Electoral ...

2026-10-21T16:40:48Z

"Nigel Farage’s party was sanctioned by the Electoral Commission after four items of elections material were missing an “imprint” – a declaration of the publisher so voters know who has paid for the promotional message.

It was due to pay £1,750 on 23 September. However, the fine was increased by a quarter to £2,187 as a result of Reform UK missing the payment deadline, with the penalty eventually paid a month later on 20 October 2026."

#ReformUK

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/21/reform-uk-fined-failing-to-pay-fine-elections-rule-breach

Don Trumpote, still tilting at windmills... #Jackdaw ...

2026-10-21T15:58:28Z

Don Trumpote, still tilting at windmills...

#Jackdaw #MakeAmericaGrateAgain #ClimateCrisis

Reasons to be cheerful... #Microsoft pulls out of #AI #datacentre ...

2026-10-18T17:23:51Z

Reasons to be cheerful...

#Microsoft pulls out of #AI #datacentre project in #Essex over power supply concerns.

People should take priority over datacentres where power supply is concerned.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/18/microsoft-drops-huge-ai-datacentre-project-in-essex-over-power-supply-concerns

"If you agreed with what was said in the Senedd this week, I ...

2026-10-13T09:44:19Z

"If you agreed with what was said in the Senedd this week, I genuinely want you to read this.

Joe Martin MS, from Reform UK Wales, said foreign nationals living in social housing should have three months to find somewhere to rent privately. If they can’t, they should be deported.

Three months. And then deportation.

Before anyone says, “Oh, it’s just one politician saying something stupid. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?”, have a look at the reaction on Facebook.

Around 14,600 reactions, including 13,000 Likes and 927 Loves. Another 1,400 shares and 1,500 comments. Look at how many people are engaging positively with this message.

This isn’t just about one politician standing up in the Senedd and saying something outrageous. It’s about how many people are apparently happy to applaud this kind of rhetoric. And that is what worries me."

#ReformUK #racism #Senedd

https://nation.cymru/opinion/he-wants-us-deported/

"Digital advertising companies assign identifiers to users so ...

2026-10-12T08:25:43Z

"Digital advertising companies assign identifiers to users so that they can be tracked across websites, apps and platforms. The information is pieced together bit by bit, enabling companies to obtain information about what we like, what we buy, our physical and mental health, sexual orientation and political views.

The compiled information about the user, or the user’s “digital twin”, is then shared on digital advertising bid-exchanges, where the winners get to show users targeted advertising."

#privacy

https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/microsoft-company-fined-85-million-euros-following-complaint-by-the-norwegian-consumer-council-and-noyb/

"Although 81% of this group identified as Christian, just 13% ...

2026-10-11T07:57:40Z

"Although 81% of this group identified as Christian, just 13% attended church weekly, only slightly above the 11% average across the population surveyed. Less than a third (31%) prayed weekly, while 47% expressed an interest in the Bible.

The group was strongly hostile to immigration and Islam. Just 19% agreed that Christian values required welcoming and supporting asylum seekers, while 30% supported the equal treatment of religions in public life."

#racism #fascism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/11/christian-nationalism-uk-far-right-people-rarely-go-to-church-report

Whether it's a shared mindset or collusion, it has served the ...

2026-10-10T08:40:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…n5eh
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Whether it's a shared mindset or collusion, it has served the country badly for decades.

Look at how they feted Farage from his MEP days. If they'd done their homework properly, challenged him and not given him such an easy ride for this entertainment value, there might not have been that disastrous referendum result.

I could see he was a dangerous wrong 'un from his earliest days.

Frog-Faced Fascist 🐸 Fan Club marks its own homework. ...

2026-10-07T14:34:06Z

Frog-Faced Fascist 🐸 Fan Club marks its own homework.

#Corruption #ReformUK

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/07/reform-clears-officials-breaking-party-funding-laws-despite-police-investigation

Yes, Mr Farage. I'm 'impressed' by your #corruption. ...

2026-10-04T08:42:44Z

Yes, Mr Farage.

I'm 'impressed' by your #corruption.

#ReformUK 🐸

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donations-crypto-billionaires-farage-reform-b3060944.html

"The letter comes at a crucial moment for the future of ...

2026-09-30T11:07:26Z

"The letter comes at a crucial moment for the future of Palantir in the NHS. Its contract running the Federated Data Platform – worth up to £330m over seven years – is up for renewal and parliament’s cross-party science, innovation and technology committee has recommended against it. "

#Palantir

https://www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewis-tom-watson-palentir-letter-labour-conference-citizens-event

Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries. ...

2026-09-30T07:48:47Z

Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries.

#ReformUK

https://leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outrage-as-reform-run-council-votes-to-shut-10-nurseries/

Why is this man not being charged with endangering life at sea? ...

2026-09-23T09:05:30Z

Why is this man not being charged with endangering life at sea?

#Racism #Fascism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/22/far-right-activist-daniel-thomas-slashes-dinghy-with-blade-while-rescue-worker-onboard

#R4today had yet another rich man, 'Sir' Jim Ratcliffe, ...

2026-09-19T07:31:36Z

#R4today had yet another rich man, 'Sir' Jim Ratcliffe, advocating making poor people poorer.

The BBC really needs to stop giving these monsters a platform just because they have money.

The state pension may be rising by about £9/week from April, but ...

2026-09-15T11:46:42Z

The state pension may be rising by about £9/week from April, but I'm sure food and energy costs have risen by far more than the percentage pension increase.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/state-pension-rise-april-2027-triple-lock-amount-b3050261.html

#ReformUK claims Britain is 'broken'. There are 2 main ...

2026-09-13T10:58:55Z

#ReformUK claims Britain is 'broken'.

There are 2 main reasons therefor:

1. Nigel #Farage🐸 ; and
2. The #Brexit he helped engineer with his lies and #racism.

#UK_Politics

"The shine seemed to have come off the event even before the ...

2026-09-10T17:25:20Z

"The shine seemed to have come off the event even before the President got to his lectern. Sales had reportedly been disappointing. Big-name candidates up for re-election have almost all stayed well away from the event. At one stage in his nearly two-hour speech, Trump told the crowd: “I didn’t need to be here tonight. I could’ve been in a nice place somewhere in the world.”

If any Democrat – let alone a Democratic president – had even dared to imply that Texas was not a “nice place”, it would get blanket coverage for weeks, and be used in attack ads against Democrats for years to come. Trump, of course, will almost certainly get away with it unscathed, but it was hardly the only gaffe in Trump’s long and rambling remarks."

#MakeAmericaGrateAgain

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trump-bribe-voters-failures-revealing-4760357

Rip-off Britain - latest. "The UK charges considerably more ...

2026-09-10T09:23:01Z

Rip-off Britain - latest.

"The UK charges considerably more than other G7 countries for naturalisation. Its £1,709 application fee is more than three times the next highest – the US at £562.

Before applying for citizenship, many applicants have to pay thousands of pounds in visa fees, as well as a mandatory annual immigration health charge of £1,035 per person."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/10/applicants-for-uk-citizenship-charged-more-than-five-times-the-admin-cost

" Kilgour donated a total of £69,800 to the Tories between ...

2026-09-08T11:13:24Z

" Kilgour donated a total of £69,800 to the Tories between 2005 and 2023, according to the Electoral Commission.

He also donated £11,327.76 to Scottish Business Supports the Union Limited (also known as Scottish Business UK), a pro-Union campaign group which believes "a rerun of the Scottish independence referendum is bad for Scotland", and which Kilgour is the founder and chairman of – a fact the BBC also failed to declare on the programme."

#BBC

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26530363.bbc-forced-issue-correction-tory-donors-undeclared-links/

The co-founder of a “grassroots movement for unity and ...

2026-09-07T12:39:21Z

The co-founder of a “grassroots movement for unity and patriotism” will be in the dock charged with 14 offences.

The offences are:

1. Seven counts of using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress;

2. Three counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of, or provoke, unlawful violence;

3. Two counts of racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress;

4. One count of racially aggravated fear of violence; and

5. One count of common assault.

#racism #fascism

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/07/ryan-bridge-leader-raise-the-colours-flag-campaign-charged-offences

"Thomas is a long-term campaigner against migrants and says ...

2026-09-07T11:41:41Z

"Thomas is a long-term campaigner against migrants and says he is a Christian."

His bible doesn't include the parable of the good Samaritan...

#fascism #racism

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpq0nn1l7w0o

"The amount of airtime given to Reform (which has eight MPs ...

2026-09-07T08:21:02Z

"The amount of airtime given to Reform (which has eight MPs in Parliament) and its leader is remarkable – on daily politics shows, news programmes, and, of course, Question Time, the party has been platformed to an extent that other parties such as the Liberal Democrats (71 MPs) and the Greens (five MPs), can only dream of."

#BBC #ReformUK #UK_politics

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/09/07/the-bbc-is-just-nodding-along/

For the second day in a row the police do nothing about 1) ...

2026-09-07T07:18:53Z

For the second day in a row the police do nothing about 1) wearing of uniforms and 2) wilful obstruction of the highway.

Criminal damage can be added to the fascists' charge sheet this time.

#racism #fascism #UK_politics #Portsmouth

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/06/far-right-protesters-descend-on-portsmouth-after-small-boat-arrival

'“The secretary of defense is a clear and present danger to ...

2026-09-05T16:51:05Z

'“The secretary of defense is a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States and the world,” said Randy Manner, a retired major general in the US national guard – in which Hegseth also served – and member of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A), a group of former military leaders. “He has done more harm to the national security of the United States than any secretary of defense since the country was created.”'

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/pete-hegseth-pentagon-military

Very lucrative this waving and ribbon cutting lark if one's a ...

2026-09-03T12:51:58Z

Very lucrative this waving and ribbon cutting lark if one's a beneficiary of the magic vagina method of choosing a country's head of state.

#NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

"Environmental groups have questioned the wisdom of building ...

2026-09-01T12:50:49Z

"Environmental groups have questioned the wisdom of building a grand prix circuit in a city where summer temperatures can exceed 40C (104F). According to Stop F1 Madrid , more than 700 trees have been felled or moved to make way for the track."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/madrid-f1-circuit-noise-levels-madring

"In a BBC interview shortly after stepping down as PM, Sir ...

2026-09-01T12:13:21Z

"In a BBC interview shortly after stepping down as PM, Sir Keir said he would stay as an MP until the next general election."

Another broken promise from the toolmaker's son...

#UK_politics

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgy4258kgyo

Ben Jennings gets it. #ClimateCrisis ...

2026-09-01T08:17:59Z

Ben Jennings gets it.

#ClimateCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/aug/31/ben-jennings-uk-summer-homes-flooding-met-office-drought-cartoon

Today's most important #Bristol news. ...

2026-09-01T07:18:19Z

Today's most important #Bristol news.

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/wallace-gromit-immortalised-lego/

Nostr event nevent1qqsx7a2hly7wyk8399jvvgz9l8nr7udcjx73gtjhls2r8d2duclkfqqzyqy0d92nwvf8kua5wtvpgwkjwlfxe8anjw4ct4enwwv482vdqtj2whrcmha

2026-08-31T08:54:41Z

WTF?

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/31/british-museum-hosted-palantir-founder-peter-thiel-private-viewing-bayeux-tapestry

"Poorer, more vulnerable countries are paying the price for ...

2026-08-31T08:46:44Z

"Poorer, more vulnerable countries are paying the price for the emissions caused by wealthy countries, and not even being extended the full, remedial support from the coffers of those nations that accumulated the wealth generated by industries that contributed to climate breakdown and global heating."

#ClimateCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/31/climate-crisis-nepal-floods-india-caribbean

I try to avoid feeding the machine too: German email provider, ...

2026-08-29T18:27:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…ylx0
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I try to avoid feeding the machine too: German email provider, Norwegian web browser, no Amazon, no Facebook, etc.

"Buying only Canadian groceries, including fresh produce, and ...

2026-08-29T13:06:04Z

"Buying only Canadian groceries, including fresh produce, and boycotting travel south of the border featured heavily among the responses. Respondents have stopped paying for US technology; streaming services provided by Netflix, AmazonPrime, AppleTV and Disney+; petrol; vehicles such as Teslas; and whiskies including Jack Daniel’s. Social media sites including X, Facebook and Instagram were also being avoided."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/29/if-its-made-in-the-us-i-dont-buy-it-canadians-on-boycotting-trumps-america

A septuagenarian writes: my use is definitely catastrophic; ...

2026-08-29T09:33:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…g04m
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A septuagenarian writes: my use is definitely catastrophic; it's a complete waste of my time. :)

"Thanks to their media diet – whether that’s GB News, the ...

2026-08-29T09:23:44Z

"Thanks to their media diet – whether that’s GB News, the Daily Mail, Facebook or X – Reform’s voters have become convinced that their opinions are far more widely held than they actually are. For all the endless worry about young people’s use of social media, or liberal filter bubbles, it is Reform’s older, conservative voters who are the most out of touch with the UK as it actually is."

#ReformUK #UK_politics

https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-from-lanyardians-to-yookay-the-strange-new-language-of-britains-right/

"The post appeared to conflate people with official refugee ...

2026-08-27T09:58:50Z

"The post appeared to conflate people with official refugee status with asylum seekers, who are not eligible for social housing.

It also included a deepfake image of a queue of 24 Black asylum seekers, mostly men, queuing on a housing estate, with the man at the front of the line holding out his hand."

#ReformUK #Caerffili #racism

https://nation.cymru/news/calls-for-reform-branch-chair-to-apologise-over-misleading-ai-refugee-post/

"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. ...

2026-08-26T11:36:17Z

"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are never transmitted to remote services and no component requires network access to function. The suite includes no advertising, no telemetry, no subscription and no account requirement, unlike some well-known proprietary office suites."

#LibreOffice #opensource #odf #openstandards

https://www.slwoods.co.uk/?p=17192

"This week, the Trump administration declared tubas, ...

2026-08-24T12:50:32Z

"This week, the Trump administration declared tubas, trombones, trumpets, and French horns a national security threat.

Yes, really. Brass instruments could soon face a 25% tariff on imports, parts, and accessories, as part of a wider push to expand tariffs on aluminium, steel, and copper.

The six-page proposal, published this week by the Department of Commerce, uses the words “national security” nine times."

#MakeAmericaGrateAgain #tariffs

https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/donald-trump-tariffs-brass-instruments/

Illiterate Reform MS misspells ’emissions’ and ...

2026-08-21T08:50:30Z

Illiterate Reform MS misspells ’emissions’ and ‘aluminium’ in sweary net zero rant.

#ReformUK #Cymru #BadEnglish

https://nation.cymru/news/reform-ms-misspells-emissions-and-aluminium-in-sweary-net-zero-rant/

Now with alt-txt. ...

2026-08-21T08:01:54Z

Now with alt-txt.

Classic Betteridge's law of headlines territory. ...

2026-08-21T07:49:06Z

Classic Betteridge's law of headlines territory.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/21/back-on-track-can-burnham-fix-the-norths-woeful-rail-services

#tRump is a very stupid and dangerous old man, who'd be out ...

2026-08-18T11:04:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…hk7x
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#tRump is a very stupid and dangerous old man, who'd be out of his depth on a wet pavement.

AFAIK #tRump has been obsessed with - and wrong about - tariffs ...

2026-08-18T10:37:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…wc7k
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AFAIK #tRump has been obsessed with - and wrong about - tariffs ever since the 1970s.

100% tariff? Throw out US forces in retaliation, Mr Burnham. Or ...

2026-08-18T10:20:02Z

100% tariff?

Throw out US forces in retaliation, Mr Burnham.

Or better still, just throw them out anyway.

#MakeAmericaGrateAgain

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-tariff-uk-global-digital-facebook-google-b3034696.html

A temporary ban on disposable barbecues? You don't even ...

2026-08-14T14:32:58Z

A temporary ban on disposable barbecues?

You don't even deserve one cheer, Mr Burnham.

#ClimateCrisis

A good reason to avoid London's Oxford Street. #surveillance ...

2026-08-12T13:48:04Z

A good reason to avoid London's Oxford Street.

#surveillance

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/live-facial-recognition-cameras-oxford-street

"There are thousands of people across this city with similar ...

2026-08-11T07:16:54Z

"There are thousands of people across this city with similar stories, although most of them will never appear in a newspaper or stand up in the council chamber.

They simply get up every morning and go to work. They work in hospitals and care homes, drive taxis and buses, build houses, clean offices, run shops and restaurants, work in warehouses, teach children and start businesses.

They pay rent, mortgages and taxes and their children grow up here as Bristolians.

That is why I get frustrated when the word ‘immigrant’ is thrown around as though it describes a single type of person. It doesn’t."

#Bristol #racism

https://www.bristol247.com/opinion/your-say/immigration-system-failing-but-immigrants-not-enemy/

Dodgy Don allegedly drops economic harm claim against BBC. ...

2026-08-07T08:40:53Z

Dodgy Don allegedly drops economic harm claim against BBC.

He's obviously got something to hide...

#MakeAmericaGrateAgain

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-emergency-motion-bbc-lawsuit-financial-records-1812863

Bullshit klaxon. "A police force using live facial ...

2026-08-07T08:30:44Z

Bullshit klaxon.

"A police force using live facial recognition near a young people’s festival insists the controversial technology is “not mass surveillance or mass data capture”, but is being used to keep people safe."

#surveillance

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/boardmasters-festival-facial-recognition-newquary-devon-b3027787.html

14 peaceful protesters arrested at Palestine Action demonstration ...

2026-08-07T07:25:46Z

14 peaceful protesters arrested at Palestine Action demonstration outside #Bristol Prison.

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/14-peaceful-protesters-arrested-at-palestine-action-demonstration-outside-bristol-prison/

UK government: jobs more important than planet. #UK_Politics ...

2026-08-05T08:40:23Z

UK government: jobs more important than planet.

#UK_Politics

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/04/government-contracts-to-require-job-creation-instead-of-green-targets-under-new-rules

"More than 80 dead and sick birds seen on rocks off the South ...

2026-08-01T18:08:13Z

"More than 80 dead and sick birds seen on rocks off the South Australian coast are suspected to be the first mass mortality event from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, only six weeks after the disease arrived in Australia."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/01/first-australian-mass-mortality-event-suspected-as-deadly-bird-flu-virus-rapidly-escalates-among-native-birds

#ReformUK = cruelty personified. "A café owner who served up ...

2026-07-31T08:43:17Z

#ReformUK = cruelty personified.

"A café owner who served up free meals to hungry children after food vouchers were removed has been told he will be reported to police by a Reform council leader.

Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook in Hastings, stepped up after East Sussex County Council decided not to issue school holiday meal vouchers to struggling families over the summer. He has criticised the move, which he branded “shameless”, accusing the council of turning its back of children in poverty."

#UK_politics

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-uk-meal-vouchers-police-37494875

Two organised crime families - the Trumps and the Tates - appear ...

2026-07-28T14:39:36Z

Two organised crime families - the Trumps and the Tates - appear very closely linked.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/28/barron-trump-tate-brothers-congress

Don't forget that the BBC has also been the biggest media ...

2026-07-27T19:06:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…ugzm
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Don't forget that the BBC has also been the biggest media cheerleader for Farage over the years.

Big deal. I want a PM to tell the US to get its troops out of the ...

2026-07-26T12:58:59Z

Big deal.

I want a PM to tell the US to get its troops out of the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/26/andy-burnham-interview-bbc-donald-trump-wes-streeting

People of Scotland, Your colonial master has spoken! ...

2026-07-23T18:19:23Z

People of Scotland,

Your colonial master has spoken!

#independence #UK_politics

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xnq7qyr7ro

"Then there is the matter of the devolved nations. Britain ...

2026-07-15T20:45:56Z

"Then there is the matter of the devolved nations. Britain likes to present itself as a union of equals, but England is the only country whose national parliament also serves as the parliament of the entire United Kingdom. True, other countries get representation too, but even if the SNP or Plaid Cymru won every seat in Scotland or Wales, they would still have only a marginal influence on a system engineered to domination by English parties."

https://bylines.scot/opinion/britain-is-a-sensible-democracy-or-is-it/

And it'll still be business as usual for airlines, fossil ...

2026-07-15T10:03:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…fwya
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And it'll still be business as usual for airlines, fossil fuel companies, etc.

Homo sapiens is misnamed as a species.

North Sea oil and gas needs leaving under the sea bed unless the ...

2026-07-14T06:35:49Z

North Sea oil and gas needs leaving under the sea bed unless the Untied Kingdom want to go on contributing to frying the only home we've got.

Red squirrel vaccine petition to be considered for Senedd debate. ...

2026-07-13T09:23:15Z

Red squirrel vaccine petition to be considered for Senedd debate.

#Cymru

https://nation.cymru/news/red-squirrel-vaccine-petition-to-be-considered-for-senedd-debate/

If principles were a species they'd be critically endangered. ...

2026-07-12T10:15:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…g4y3
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If principles were a species they'd be critically endangered.

See also: integrity.

Indeed. His complete lack of principles is showing in his bid to ...

2026-07-12T10:09:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…tuz0
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Indeed.

His complete lack of principles is showing in his bid to scramble up the greasy pole.

Edstone anyone?

Leave it under the sea, Miliband. ...

2026-07-12T09:46:06Z

Leave it under the sea, Miliband.

https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/miliband-bids-to-prove-his-no-11-mettle-with-green-light-for-aberdeen-gasfield

"For years, Trump has been trying to scare Americans about ...

2026-07-07T12:21:05Z

"For years, Trump has been trying to scare Americans about Democrats who advocate Medicare for All, universal childcare, free public higher education and higher taxes on the super-wealthy to pay for them (all of which the rising young Democrats are advocating).

But he hasn’t gotten anywhere because these initiatives are supported by most Americans.

So now he’s throwing scary labels at the wall and seeing what sticks.

Communism was the scare word used after the first and second world wars to crack the whip on the left. It provoked witch-hunts and ruined careers."

#MakeAmericaGrateAgain

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/07/trump-communists-mccarthyism-midterm-elections

President Rapist attempts not to pay E. Jean Carroll. Again. ...

2026-07-05T07:42:22Z

President Rapist attempts not to pay E. Jean Carroll.

Again.

#tRump #MakeAmericaGrateAgain

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/trump-delay-5m-payout-e-jean-carroll

ICYMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqYMoeL5YVM

2026-07-02T11:03:59Z

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ICYMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqYMoeL5YVM

"This week is one of vast democratic failure. Rather than ...

2026-07-02T07:04:51Z

"This week is one of vast democratic failure. Rather than working for us, Keir Starmer and his ministers are acting against us. They have rammed through parliament a sweeping law that will, independent experts agree, harm the public; and they have done so without even coming clean on the costs or the consequences. What’s worse, MPs and the press have failed to put this under scrutiny."

#NHS #tRump #MakeAmericaGrateAgain

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/02/keir-starmer-britain-pharma-deal-covid

“The truth is, the only benefactors from the UK’s asylum ...

2026-07-01T20:58:58Z

“The truth is, the only benefactors from the UK’s asylum accommodation system are the super-rich owners of the companies the government has handed the contracts to.”

My first home was just up the road from these houses in Stoke Heath; it was a caravan on a disused RAF camp.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/stoke-heath-asylum-seekers-new-builds-b3006901.html

I am not a violent man, but would make an exception in his case.

2026-06-29T20:13:44Z

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I am not a violent man, but would make an exception in his case.

The Troubled Firms That Gave Reform UK Tens of Thousands of ...

2026-06-29T19:42:31Z

The Troubled Firms That Gave Reform UK Tens of Thousands of Pounds Whilst on the Brink of Collapse.

#ReformUK #corruption

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/06/29/the-troubled-firms-that-gave-reform-uk-tens-of-thousands-of-pounds-whilst-on-the-brink-of-collapse/

Perhaps I should have written oxymoron instead. :)

2026-06-20T10:12:51Z

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Perhaps I should have written oxymoron instead. :)

A mirage. Just like planning's biodiversity net gain.

2026-06-20T09:05:02Z

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A mirage.

Just like planning's biodiversity net gain.

I expect good table manners. ;)

2026-06-14T11:49:51Z

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I expect good table manners. ;)

To mangle Juvenal, sorry there is no bread as it is now so ...

2026-06-14T11:25:40Z

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To mangle Juvenal, sorry there is no bread as it is now so expensive, have some more circuses.

#Racist alleged political party still racist. ...

2026-06-13T11:35:15Z

#Racist alleged political party still racist.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-sunderland-councillor-racist-post-glenn-gibbins-farage-b2994127.html

'“Naoero” – pronounced Now-ero – is the term Nauruans ...

2026-06-11T08:18:57Z

'“Naoero” – pronounced Now-ero – is the term Nauruans use in their own language. “Nauru” – commonly pronounced Now-roo – became the island’s official name because its Indigenous name “could not be properly pronounced by foreign tongues”, the government said, adding it was “changed not by our choice, but for convenience”.'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/11/nauru-name-change-naoero

“Those were racist rioters. If you're burning the houses ...

2026-06-10T10:37:50Z

“Those were racist rioters. If you're burning the houses down of people who are not white, you are a racist rioter, you're a criminal, you are a scumbag.”

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26181298.bbc-slammed-ross-greer-framing-racist-disorder-belfast/

"Ministers are planning to crack down on London councils ...

2026-06-09T08:11:28Z

"Ministers are planning to crack down on London councils increasingly sending homeless families far away from the capital, a practice that has grown as a result of Britain’s housing crisis.

Some London councils, which are at the forefront of the increase in homelessness, have been found to have acted unlawfully in dispatching vulnerable families to cheaper housing hundreds of miles away."

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/09/ministers-could-ban-london-councils-dumping-homeless-families-miles-away

Linux & LibreOffice? 👍 👏

2026-06-08T08:13:06Z

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Linux & LibreOffice? 👍 👏

yt-dlp is a great way to evade advertising getting in the way of ...

2026-06-07T11:35:36Z

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yt-dlp is a great way to evade advertising getting in the way of viewing.

IO remember that the time of the miner's strike, Avon & ...

2026-06-07T11:19:59Z

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IO remember that the time of the miner's strike, Avon & Somerset Plod deployed on strike breaking had a commemorative badge with a miner's lamp and the initials ASPOM.

Officially, Avon & Somerset Police Operation Miner.

Unofficially, Arthur Scargill Pays Our Mortgages.

Say no more.

Don't forget that for the sainted Maggie, those supporting ...

2026-06-07T11:12:05Z

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Don't forget that for the sainted Maggie, those supporting left-wing causes were 'the enemy within'.

" Around the time the US president was in Scotland, ...

2026-06-07T09:24:17Z

" Around the time the US president was in Scotland, campaigners said that they had been subjected to bail checks at an unprecedented level, which they alleged were part of a deliberate strategy to suppress their right to protest. Police Scotland said at the time that the checks were “appropriate” and “required in line with conditions imposed by the courts”.

However, the police papers acquired by the Sunday National – marked “official sensitive” and labelled “Disruption Strategy/Bail Checks” – show the activists’ suspicions were correct."

#surveillance #MakeAmericaGrateAgain

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26171341.police-scotland-spied-activists-donald-trump-scottish-visit/

Coming soon to #Bristol - the equivalent of battery cages for ...

2026-05-29T07:25:43Z

Coming soon to #Bristol - the equivalent of battery cages for humans, aka 18 m2 flats.

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/new-rules-to-be-signed-off-allowing-homes-smaller-than-two-parking-spaces/

An expensive education at Eton and Edinburgh University, yet ...

2026-05-27T09:53:41Z

An expensive education at Eton and Edinburgh University, yet Danny Kruger still manages to make pigshit look intelligent in comparison.

"A Reform UK plan to cut the size of the civil service would involve sacking more planning officers than exist and getting rid of at least two-thirds of the psychologists who support prison officers’ welfare, it has emerged.

The policy paper, led by the Reform MP Danny Kruger and published in December, promises to save more than £5bn a year by cutting civil service roles, with the full-time-equivalent (FTE) headcount falling by 13%."

#ReformUK #UK_Politics

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/reform-civil-service-plan-would-sack-more-planning-officers-than-exist

"You hear a lot about pressure on policing numbers and the ...

2026-05-23T10:11:39Z

"You hear a lot about pressure on policing numbers and the inevitable downstream effects on service delivery. But imagine if you had a minimum of two police officers literally on the scene, often inside the house, in a whole variety of “odd” situations all over the world, with nothing to do but watch and wait for hours on end, and who might very well have passed the time wondering what His Nibs might be up to, or – to pluck an example – why they were being asked to provide private security for a dinner party at the New York mansion of a man who had recently been released from prison after serving time for soliciting prostitution from a minor."

#Epstein_Files

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/22/prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-police-jeffrey-epstein

Alternative headline: 15m Britons can't afford to save for ...

2026-05-19T09:12:03Z

Alternative headline: 15m Britons can't afford to save for their retirements.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/19/britons-not-saving-enough-retire-pensions-commission

Is it a bascule bridge?

2026-05-18T12:07:43Z

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Is it a bascule bridge?

I read earlier on that lots of Labour's blunders can be ...

2026-05-14T09:26:12Z

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I read earlier on that lots of Labour's blunders can be attributed to the parsimonious hand of the treasury - refusal to lift 2 child benefit cap, depriving us pensioners of our winter fuel allowance, increase in NICs, no increase in tax-free allowance, etc., yet Reeves' responsibility seems not to have been noticed.

I have an especial contempt for Cameron, whose refusal to deal ...

2026-05-14T08:42:56Z

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I have an especial contempt for Cameron, whose refusal to deal with an internal party problem of #xenophobia (which had existed even before MacMillan opened membership negotiations with the then Common Market) and unwittingly engineered the biggest foreign policy disaster since the 1950s Suez Crisis.

Hence the premierships of Cameron, Johnson and tRuss. An Irish ...

2026-05-14T07:57:37Z

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Hence the premierships of Cameron, Johnson and tRuss.

An Irish mate of mine has a son who remarked that the English (NB) need to get over their folly of falling for charlatans with posh accents.

I recall at the time Chris & I were doing our degrees, my ...

2026-05-12T10:26:48Z

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I recall at the time Chris & I were doing our degrees, my economic lecturer referred to us students as 'investments in human capital', adding that the state was willing to forego tax revenue to support our studies in the hope of more tax revenue after our graduation.

No longer it seems.

Target missed again, Keir, my lad. Water renationalisation would ...

2026-05-11T13:56:53Z

Target missed again, Keir, my lad.

Water renationalisation would have resulted in dancing in the streets.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xwg0gdrpzo

“You have this insufferable arrogance that they pay for nothing ...

2026-05-10T09:48:26Z

“You have this insufferable arrogance that they pay for nothing and expect everything to be given to them by the state or by somebody else.

“A free holiday here from somebody, a helicopter trip there from somebody else – constant and relentless greed.”

#NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/royal-family-london-buckingham-palace-protest-republic-b2973553.html

HR = the personnel department, rebranded.

2026-05-09T09:57:26Z

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HR = the personnel department, rebranded.

"Let’s remember that Nigel Farage has not just waved a ...

2026-05-09T09:47:21Z

"Let’s remember that Nigel Farage has not just waved a magic wand and tricked loads of people into voting for him. Instead, he’s piped his merry little tune to get racist white people happily skipping along behind him."

#racism #ReformUK

https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026/05/08/reform-voters-racist/

"[tRump's] becoming ever more obsessed with monuments to ...

2026-05-08T11:09:25Z

"[tRump's] becoming ever more obsessed with monuments to himself – his ballroom, his arch, his so-called “garden of heroes”, his Trump-embossed passports, his image on 24k gold commemorative coins, and his name plastered or etched all over Washington. His plans for self-monuments are becoming larger by the day, more grotesque, more grandiose and more expensive."

#MakeAmericaGrateAgain

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/08/trump-iran-defeat-personal-political-crisis