@vamroses.bsky.social @elemjay.bsky.social @daibhi.bsky.social @gracem2.bsky.social @revbluessusie.bsky.social @nerineskinner.bsky.social @pabloccollins.bsky.social @johnsensible.bsky.social Exploring Bubwith's abandoned viaduct - Selby to Driffield Railway youtu.be/1QK0VYqKDMY?...
@vamroses.bsky.social @elemjay.bsky.social @daibhi.bsky.social @gracem2.bsky.social @revbluessusie.bsky.social @pabloccollins.bsky.social @johnsensible.bsky.social Today’s quote
No, Trump loves war, he is a war profiteer. He also has a fascination with nuclear weapons that should scare the hell out of anyone.
We have to go through all this rigamarole because none of them can just say the obvious out loud, which is that these people helped him ratfuck Jeremy Corbyn, and these positions were their reward for that regardless of whether they were suited to them or not.
Of course I can't!😆
My MFA is set on my old phone number and although my PayPal account keeps paying out regularly, I cannot get into it to manage it. 😜 Maybe I can get in today? 🤣
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"Starmer reassured the nation that he will continue the important job of looking the other way as our allies commit war crimes while doing nothing at home to benefit ordinary people."
Defund the BBC. So they have to axe BBCNews.
They really don’t care…
BBC propaganda is now written large (at the bottom of the screen)
🔴 'I Hadn't Anticipated Developing Empathy for Them, But You Can See How the Conspirituality Belief System Also Serves as a Set of Coping Mechanisms'
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social speaks to Liz Smith and Noelle Cook about their new film shedding light on the women attracted to MAGA and conspiracy...
This is a great idea. Except...for the Apple bit. I'd want an open source developer to create this.
youtu.be/rRvDCI7vgig?...
#SocialistSunday No10 @lincconard.bsky.social @daibhi.bsky.social @cordeliaappleby.bsky.social @craigmurrayorg.bsky.social @mailalama.bsky.social @67communist.bsky.social @seanllangynidr.bsky.social More Housing? No Thanks! thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2026/04/14/m...
Nigel Farage: People tell me they've always voted Labour, but not any more The Reform UK leader is expecting a political earthquake' in the local elections next month — but insists the era of Tory defections is over Nigel Farage refused to rule out a confidence and supply deal with the Conservative Party if Reform fails to secure a majority at the next general election Steven Swinford, Political Editor Friday April 17 2026, 10.15pm, The Times
The Times seems to be backing their man in the run up to the local elections. Chummy, unchallenging ‘interview’ that reads much more like a Farage advert.
Free passes handed out on his racism, misogyny, corruption, Trumpism, Orbanism, useless councils, dire candidates, failed Brexit…
Really shabby.
I called him Bambino when I found him on the side of the road because he was so small.
After fighting injury and growing up you should see him now ❤️
I love how spending years making a community with welcoming/affirming friends in Glasgow is cast 'indoctrination' and 'social contagion', but starting a detransition after watching TikTik videos isn't.
These people always tell on themselves.
The health secretary wants to keep us in the dark about Palantir’s systems for handling sensitive health records.
So we’re taking legal action with Democracy for Sale to fight back:
https://goodlaw.social/249f
Told you
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After mentioning vibrators, I think Kemi Badenoch just made a masturbation joke at PMQs.
It is very appalling and sometimes quite frightening to see how trans-exclusionary feminists have allied with rightwing attacks on gender. The anti-gender ideology movement is not opposing a specific account of gender, but seeking to eradicate "gender" as a concept or discourse, a field of study, an approach to social power. Sometimes they claim that "sex" alone has scientific standing, but other times they appeal to divine mandates for masculine domination and difference. They don't seem to mind contradicting themselves. The Terfs (trans exclusionary radical feminists) and the so-called gender critical writers have also rejected the important work in feminist philosophy of science showing how culture and nature interact (such as Karen Barad, Donna Haraway, EM Hammonds or Anne Fausto-Sterling) in favor of a regressive and spurious form of biological essentialism. So they will not be part of the coalition that seeks to fight the anti-gender movement. The anti-gender ideology is one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times. So the Terfs will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism, one that requires a coalition guided by struggles against racism, nationalism, xenophobia and carceral violence, one that is mindful of the high rates of femicide throughout the world, which include high rates of attacks on trans and genderqueer people. The anti-gender movement circulates a spectre of "gender" as a force of destruction, but they never actually read any works in gender studies. Quick and fearful conclusions take the place of considered judgments. Yes, some work on gender is difficult and not everyone can read it, so we have to do better in reaching a broader public. As important as it is, however, to make complex concepts available to a popular audience, it is equally important to encourage intellectual inquiry as part of public life. Unfortunately, we are living in anti-intellectual times, and neo-fascism is becoming more normalized.
The section that the Guardian censored…
By Prof Judith Butler
Recognition of Palestine 'distracting attention' from Gaza war, UN's Albanese says youtu.be/kdDDXdqTYjc?...
A Wood Fern unfurling
Wood Ferns in our woodland
They grow on and in deadwood, so we have a lot of them, as trees remain after they fall asleep
Ferns are living fossils dating back over 360 million years, & are remarkably similar to their prehistoric ancestors that thrived before dinosaurs
I am so sick of seeing politicians weaponise NHS problems. The reason the NHS isn’t working well is because of what politicians have done. They then give soundbites to the media attacking staff and pointing fingers at healthcare workers.
It’s grotesque.
Revealing that the Guardian apparently couldn't actually find any examples of the ruling having "changed lives" positively. Those quoted in support simply express political agreement with it rather than being able to point to any tangible life benefit, in contrast to those quoted in opposition.
The BBC undercover investigation into false immigration claims is deeply irresponsible journalism. It does not highlight that exploitation by unregulated advisors occurs because legal aid was cut and the system is insane to navigate.
NUMBER CRUNCHING **£7.4m** Fine Ben Delo agreed to pay in 2022 after pleading guilty in the US to anti-money-laundering failures at BitMEX, the crypto exchange he founded **£4m** Donation Delo, since pardoned by Donald Trump, has made to Reform UK
I hear neither Reform nor donor Delo want this news getting round. Via Private Eye
Dear media, please stop calling it "the conflict in the Middle East" and start calling it "Trump's war."
"We are likely to face fuel, fertiliser and food shortages because of Trump's war"
Now doesn't that sound more accurate?
The government must go all in on renewables.
Put #SolarOnEveryRoof.
a) Who on earth wants to risk going through US immigration right now?
b) War profiteering has made everything so expensive, regular folk can't afford it.
c) F*** Trump.
