Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...

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Trump and Vance ATTACK Zelenskyy in Oval Office and Align U.S. with PUTIN YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

Today's Oval Office spectacle wasn't about showing strength, it was about surrendering to Putin. Trump and JD Vance have completely sold out America.

Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social n react: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_m...

@robdunsford.bsky.social aye aye Cap'n

Your 2024 Unwrapped is here. Find out how Brexit has impacted the music industry. Discover the challenges and support the UK music scene today.

This is a great little video showing the impact of Brexit on the music industry.

Key data. Please watch. 👇👇

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) which represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries has announced it will stop publishing content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from January 20th, 2025

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

Ex-chief EU negotiator calls for young Britons to be able to live and work in Europe Keir Starmer has so far ruled out agreeing such a scheme, which would let under-30s live, study and work across the bloc

The EU wants a youth mobility scheme.
Why is our government so opposed to the idea?

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Kemi Badenoch's spokesman tells me that she is calling for Keir Starmer to hold another general election now because the Conservative party wants to "have another go" at winning.

I actually thought this was a joke but apparently it’s true. The Tory opposition leader is completely barmy

We’re now at 23,860 members…

…and I just want to say a massive thank you to all the people who signed up and joined over the past week.

This is how we build the community and the power to get back to where we belong. ❤️

Highly recommend reading this piece on the increasingly widespread use of PAs to replace doctors in the NHS. It’s an issue that horrifies many of us.

Nye Bevan, founder of our NHS was born today, 127 years ago.

A LOT has changed since 1948, but we're still here fighting for a fully public and properly funded NHS, and we always will be.

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Well I saw it so I guess everybody does...but you can choose to view everybody or those whom you follow only

Tonight on Soft Folkus lots of vintage songs & newer work from @bellowhead.bsky.social & tracks from Three Idle Women, Ninebarrow, Ben & Dom, Daria Kulesh @katherinepriddy.bsky.social Thorpe & Morrison, Pete Morton & Tina Jordan Rees. @squeezyjohn.bsky.social @rachaelmcshane.bsky.social

I won't be going far today! So a chance to plan this week's Soft Folkus.

A listener reminds me that it's 50 years since Nick Drake left the stage. How best to celebrate his fragile talent?

Help me with some Blue Sky thinking folks. Maybe fwd to others as we build a folkie community here?

If you're in any doubt about the political nature of this narrative, see the quotes included here from Vance & Trump about the need to "aggressively attack the universities". If you care about academic freedom, don't help this false narrative about widespread leftwing "censorship" in academia spread

“He’s behaving as if he’s a co-president and making sure everyone knows it,” one of two people told NBC

This won’t end well

newrepublic.com/post/188501/...

Let's get to 20 million after today 💪💪💪

The Top 50 Most Followed UK Political Journalists and Commentators on Bluesky The leading political commentators and journalists who are testing out the growing alternative to Elon Musk's toxic social media platform

Thank you @adambienkov.bsky.social!

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-top-50...

Word seems to be that DT is deliberately trying to provoke a constitutional crisis....which will be his excuse to suspend it

advice to reporters doing these voxpops: the next question should be "can you name a few other dictators you like"

Oh my gosh, here's Caroline Lucas! @carolinelucas.bsky.social
Happy days.

📢The Guardian is now officially on Bluesky

@theguardian.com

Amazing. You have control over your own data, as it should be.

And, scene… 🙇🏽

@alan-gm.bsky.social welcome to the wide open blue

Over 18m .... wow that was quick 😊

Yup - Bluesky is going to hit 18 million users tonight. 🚀

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