Two happy snuggly Saturday kittens #caturday

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

Cats are amazing mums Traumatic birth and c section and she is devoted to these little babies who had a bit of a fight to survive.

Portugal you are heroes and I hope .. trailblazers in rebutting the horror of the far right populists Love your country and your people

Putin believes the West is done with Ukraine The Kremlin knows a zone of permacrisis will increase discontent in Nato states over the cost of defence

The Kremlin knows a zone of permacrisis will increase discontent in Nato states over the cost of defence ⬇️

That about sums it up?

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy The right is desperately seeking to make a martyr out of Lucy Connolly in order to distract from the real victims of the hate she helped to spread, argues Otto English

The martyrdom of Lucy Connolly. By @ottoenglish.bsky.social

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My little kitten family bringing some spring cuteness

60 minutes have reported that 75% of people sent by the US administration to a prison in El Salvador have no criminal record. Tell you who has a criminal record: Fanta Fuhrer. Send him there instead.

Spot on!

She is a piece of something … !!

Cats, books,libraries and knowledge. Perfect antidotes to the mad lies of the current world

Tom and Natasha are vile So want Kirsty to tell them exactly where to go and for their arrogance and entitlement around the tea room to see the business fail I know, not a nice or kind sentiment but they make my blood boil

Absolutely agree By pandering to the false narrative that immigrants are the central cause of people’s genuine dissatisfaction and marginalisation they are giving credence and strength to the messages of Reform and Trump
It is serious stupidity and is rapidly alienating me from the Labour Party

This Week in Democracy – Week 2: Chaos, Crashes, Firings, and Funding Freezes Zeteo's new project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.

From Zeteo, here are just some of the shocking actions President Donald Trump and his allies took over the last week that undermine and threaten US democratic values and institutions:

Absolutely correct He is dripping insidious poison and millions are not only listening but believing

Correct.

Under no circumstances ignore Elon Musk.

It's like ignoring a fire in your home. It won't simply go away.

Spot on. This is why we are in this deep mess where truth is increasingly lost in a mire of lies and obfuscation

To the U.K. (world!!) media!

Naive. stupid and dangerous Surely the lessons are obvious This is not about a level playing field of rational debate but money and media power feeding distortions manipulation and lying on a grand scale

I agree and also worry about the “cult of self” My/our needs above everyone else May explain a lot about the current political and social environment

Terrifyingly and unbelievably spot on in its highlighting the very worst of humanity being embraced by so many

The government must also address this in relation to charities who face unsustainable increased costs

‘EVERY year for the last 20, I’ve received letters from an ‘Anguished of Ambridge’ complaining about a certain Lynda Snell’s dictatorial organisation of the village Christmas performance. I’ve
replied every year with the same solution - sprouts doused in strychnine.” #TheArchers

She can be magnificent and wonderful but she is allowed to get away with behaviour that is quite unacceptable and talking to R and D instead of Leonard really annoyed me So disrespectful and ageist

Really … not my queen.. But would explain why people seem unable to locate any backbone when in her presence and allow her to speak to people as she does

Lynda is insufferable Why does no one tell her to ‘do one’ and how patronising to talk to Ruth and David rather than Leonard Who does she think she is

Sobering and spot on analysis of the dangers we face by continuing to ignore people who feel totally ignored and marginalised.