Cannot see that story and BBC are pretty tame now

Revealed | Elderly Jamaican man dies after Home Office system leaves him without job or status After nearly 30 years in the UK, Robert White was left destitute when he lost access to his immigration status, with his solicitor blaming systemic failure for his death

The Home Office is inept and immoral, and the ground zero of anti Black racism in the UK.

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If students are not allowed to counter protest bigots, free speech really is dead

A proper game of football, this one, berween a team that should have wrapped up the title already and another which should have been demoted to League One a long time ago.

Paul Conroy - ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be in Hell With’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer Paul Conroy, a frequent contributor to Byline Times who died on 28 February

📚 Weekend Reads — Paul Conroy – ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be in Hell With’

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“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.

Nationalization was followed by the British blockade starting in 1951, followed by two years of instability, including power conflicts between the Shah (yes, there WAS a Shah - the monarchy was not "imposed" by the West; in fact the Shah signed off on nationalization) and Mossadegh.

Stop praising Orbán for not attempting a coup.

He only stepped down because Magyar's win was too massive to steal.

He rigged the constitution, captured the institutions, and used state media to his advantage.

He did everything he could to destroy democracy, and he failed

The extent to which YIMBY and techbro influencers in the 2020s get hyped up about centralised megaprojects is eerily reminiscent of the poetic odes 1920 and 30s Communist intellectuals churned out about steelworks and dams at the heart of Stalinist 5 year plans

On this day in 1880, a Czech Jewish woman was born. Suffering from dementia, on the 20 Jun 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt where she perished, on the 10 Jul 1942, after being interned for 10 days. Her husband perished in Auschwitz. Her name was Marie Bauerová

It’s a mark of how completely normalised the corruption & depravity have become that we barely bat an eyelid at the thought of two *property developers*, one Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law, being sent to represent the USA in peace negotiations with Iran. Sometimes it all hits you afresh.

The key point is that Ukraine has succeeded despite the US supporting Russia. The Europeans see that they can extricate themselves from the embrace of a crumbling, malevolent empire. They don’t need the US after all.

Making a splash: demand for raw and ‘brewed’ milk growing in UK Farmers and delivery firms launch new options for those seeking alternative to traditionally pasteurised product

Apparently Raw milk sales not only increasing in the States but also the UK as the Guardian reports. This is unpasteurised milk with the ‘goodness’ of Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus, Yersinia, & tuberculosis bacteria left in. Yet the Guardian didn’t say this…

Sneering against 'lesser' teams isn't going to help either. Perhaps build a solid, if boring base and time in the PL, sensible investment and slow growth is the way. Not big bucks and short cuts and immoral owners

Yes, the media holds Labour to higher standards than the Tories and Reform.

So do I. I expect higher standards from Labour. That should be part of the main point of Labour. We expect Tories to be self-serving, corrupt and nasty. We expect Reform to be bigots and racists. Labour, not so much.

UK starts crackdown on EU citizens’ post-Brexit rights Concerns raised over use of travel data in determining whether people are ‘continuously’ in Britain after HMRC fiasco

UK starts crackdown on EU citizens’ post-Brexit rights.

This is worrying for Britons in the EU @britishineurope.bsky.social because of possible retaliation.

Currently WA beneficiaries are exempt from "extra" tracking of whereabouts e.g. EES
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

England fans facing hugely inflated prices to get to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium for World Cup games The cost of getting the train from New York to the venue, where the Three Lions play Panama in their final group game, will be £111 - nearly 12 times the usual fare.

Dear fellow Brits, from this Brit-American:

Please don't come here. It's dangerous. You may be targeted, arrested and unlawfully detained - likely courtesy of ICE - without access to legal representation.

I've told my family to stay away.

Please boycott America. 🇬🇧💙

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Where is the Mirren quote from?

Quite.
And quite why people openly feel it is fine to hate a town or city is beyond me. I wouldn't opine on Ipswich or its mayor or rant about how I hate the city. Pretty unpleasant.

Why do Americans tolerate shootings on am hourly basis and mass shootings on a weekly basis?

Lovely stuff, lovely warm man....

Why Spurs?
Would rather West Ham, Forest, Leeds, or, other end, Chelsea or Man City.
Variously dodgy, racist and or corrupt or, at least, obnoxious clubs.
Wanting Spurs to go down is pure mindless schaudenfreude. No reasoning. Nothing offensive about them at all.
Football fans can be a tad shallow.

No team badge but a giant sponsorship slogan?

Photo of a young girl on a solid background. She can be seen from the waist up. The girl is wearing a dress with buff short sleeves. Her hair is neatly styled - the curls fall to the right side of her head and almost reach her shoulders. She is smiling tightly, exposing her upper teeth.

18 April 1932 | A Czech Jewish girl, Doris Kindlerová, was born in Prague.

In #Theresienstadt Ghetto from 17 December 1942.
Deported to #Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. Registered in the Theresienstadt family camp in Birkenau. She did not survive.

Very interesting piece this. Demonstrates the pervasive influence of "shitstalgia" while also highlighting that its some among the 60 pluses who need a social media ban and much more than the kids.

West Virginia dad dies after insurer denied his $50,000 cancer treatment 4 times — 93% of patients face the same delays The vast majority of patients who require prior authorization from their insurer face delays, which can result in permanent disability or even death.

Out of 38 OECD countries, the US provides the worst healthcare for its people.

This time it killed Eric Tenant, 58, who needed cancer treatment, but instead of the US providing it, his healthcare insurer denied it as "unnecessary" four times — and then he died.

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A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.

18 April 1914 | A Polish Jew, Pinkwas Ledermann, was born. A tailor.

In #Auschwitz from 30 January 1942.
No. 26220
He perished in the camp 22 March 1942.
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