The Presiding Officer’s name is Alison Johnstone.

Over 100 freshly dug graves in Minab for the schoolgirls are seen from above with families gathered around in mourning

Many networks saying Trump is about to escalate to war crimes, ignoring the 165 schoolgirls he killed in a double tap strike. On day one.

The single greatest US military atrocity since My Lai in Vietnam has been relegated to an afterthought.

Mainstream media has horrifically failed us.

Petition: Launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 on LGBTQ people We call on the Government to launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 of the Local Government Act (1988) which specified that Local Authorities could not intentionally promote, through ma...

Pls sign & share. I grew up under this law. School never mentioned lesbian or gay life or relationships, somehow everyone was still called a poof or a lemon though. The only time school mentioned it was telling us about "the gay disease" (HIV). Really. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Yes yes!

This this this this this. So much this. Right now. Can’t believe I open this app for distraction and THIS is what the universe lands! 😳

This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?

Special Saturday Triad: What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis The national media has moved on. Minnesota is still under siege.

"You now live in a country where volunteers deliver babies at home, in secret, off the books, because mothers fear that if they go to the hospital, they will be abducted by masked, armed agents of the state while giving birth. This is not a hypothetical."

It makes perfect sense, now that you’ve put it out there! Ethos’s just doesn’t work does it?

This wasn’t on my bingo card for today but I love it!

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment?

"Pull factors" on steroids.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Epstein wasn’t a “bad apple”
He didn’t “slip through the cracks”
He was the logical outcome of systems designed to protect rich, powerful men & discipline the rest.
Prisons didn’t stop him. Policing didn’t stop him. The state didn’t stop him.
He was protected & enabled by institutions of power.

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STATEMENT FROM MATT MOBERG, CHAPLAIN OF THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IF YOU'RE A CHURCH POSTING PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND UNITY TODAY WHILE MY CITY BLEEDS IN THE STREET. MISS ME WITH THAT SOFTNESS YOU ONLY WEAR WHEN IT COSTS YOU NOTHING. DON'T DRESS AVOIDANCE UP AS HOLINESS. DON'T CALL SILENCE "PEACEMAKING." DON'T LIGHT A CANDLE AND THINK IT SUBSTITUTES FOR SHOWING UP. TONIGHT AN ICE AGENT TOOK A PHOTO OF ME NEXT TO MY CAR, LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND TOLD ME, "WE'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON." NOT METAPHOR. NOT HYPERBOLE. A THREAT DRESSED UP IN A BADGE AND A PAYCHECK. PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED. UNITY ISN'T NEUTRAL. UNITY THAT REFUSES TO NAME VIOLENCE IS JUST LOYALTY TO THE ONES HOLDING THE WEAPONS. STOP USING SCRIPTURE LIKE CHLOROFORM. STOP CALLING YOUR FEAR "WISDOM." STOP PRETENDING JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED BECAUSE HE PREACHED GOOD VIBES AND PERSONAL GROWTH. YOU DON'T GET TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE LIKE A LULLABY, WHILE INJUSTICE STAYS WIDE AWAKE. YOU DON'T GET TO ASK GOD TO "HEAL THE LAND" IF YOU WON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE WOUND. THERE IS A KIND OF PEACE THAT ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE IT REFUSES TO TELL THE TRUTH. THAT PEACE IS A LIE. AND LIES DON'T GROW ANYTHING WORTH SAVING. THE SCRIPTURES YOU LOVE WEREN'T WRITTEN TO KEEP THINGS CALM. THEY WERE WRITTEN TO SET THINGS RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES THE MOST FAITHFUL THING YOU CAN DO IS STOP PRAYING AROUND THE PAIN AND START STANDING INSIDE IT. IF THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE-GOOD. GROWTH ALWAYS IS.

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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

the 3D printers making whistles now are the modern equivalent of the ladies from WWII sewing flags and uniforms for the war effort

A Baptist church sign reads Blessed Are the Whistle Blowers for They Play the Music of Salvation

In Minneapolis

The pub on the corner of Peel Street/Dumbarton Rd was the Manhattan. At 4pm on a Friday it filled with DHSS staff!

Had a look at a satellite map and yep, looks like they knocked down the DHSs and build the medical centre there. I’m pretty sure rhe building was post war pre-fab, so not surprised it’s gone!

No it used to be on Peel Street, on the left side going up from Dumbarton Road. not sure if the building is still there. It was a prefab post war with a corrugated iron roof. I was a visiting officer (!) and my patch included Gardner Street.

I had to deal with Gardner Street during my first winter working at Patrick DHSS. A loooong time ago. I got up and down it hanging on to railings!

Gardner Street?

Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect

🔎 From February 2025

Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum

Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-isnt...

Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything

Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.

Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.

Both of those facts are simultaneously true.

Scottish charity head rejects MBE over UK Government 'demonising disabled people'

A Scottish charity head has rejected an MBE, saying the UK Government is 'demonising disabled people'

This - from @clamc.bsky.social lists concrete steps to take to advocate for the lives of those on hunger strike and perilously near death. Remember none have been found guilty and they are innocent until a verdict is passed. 👇🏼

I’m adding weblinks for contact below

The actions are uncontroversial

Another point I made on Scotland Tonight on Wednesday, though given tight timeslot I didn't add that parties of centre shifting right on immigration is what raises the salience of such issues and then encourages their voters to vote for "stronger" voice on that. Result today further proof in pudding

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

A different view of Maria Corina Machado #nobelpeaceprize