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Mainly about climate change. Rigid heddle weaving posts also welcome as an enjoyable distraction.

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Surely he knows he's talking nonsense?

10.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

05.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 8551 πŸ” 2075 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 95
Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: β€œA party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said β€œwe have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said β€œmaybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: β€œA party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said β€œwe have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said β€œmaybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

05.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 4918 πŸ” 1801 πŸ’¬ 249 πŸ“Œ 345

I don’t think Starmer understands Labour voters at all. We didn’t want a government that adopts Reform style rhetoric and policies on immigration, doesn’t tax the rich & cosies up to Trump. That’s without the McSweeney effect and the Mandelson debacle. Attacking the Greens makes him look desperate.

27.02.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search

To everyone who thinks that Farage is a good thing

Putting a cross next to Reform in 2029 will facilitate the arrival of a truly fascist state

Be very, very, careful what you wish for

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

23.02.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ‘€The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.

"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

21.02.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 20343 πŸ” 7491 πŸ’¬ 450 πŸ“Œ 378
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🚨BREAKING NEWS!

Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.

The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.

Read more here:
healthforxr.com

16.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 16
Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?

Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

14.02.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 7766 πŸ” 2430 πŸ’¬ 378 πŸ“Œ 167

This is major. And an answer to the perennial "why don't you go and protest in China?" etc et.

12.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants' Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are

Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.02.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 1408 πŸ” 338 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 14

Working fine for me on my laptop.

11.02.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm feeling more cynical about politics than ever before in my life. I now see both major parties as corrupt, plus Reform obviously. Don't know about Lib Dems, and am currently still hopeful of the Green Party. How do others feel?

03.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Let's just hope he doesn't get in.

28.01.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But his grandfather was from Manchester! He went to Manchester Uni! Manchester made him! 🀣🀣🀣

28.01.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 97506 πŸ” 40875 πŸ’¬ 4303 πŸ“Œ 5361
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How well can we quantify when 1.5 Β°C of global warming has been exceeded? Abstract. Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement agreed to limit the long-term increase in global average temperature to well below 2 Β°C and pursue efforts to keep temperatures below 1.5 Β°C relative to p...

New discussion paper just dropped that’s taken shall we say a little work to get this far … essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... please be kind. Not on an at all sensitive topic in the slightest.

28.01.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

Wasn't it Labour first, Reform second and Greens third last time?

I'd say people need to go all out to vote Green.

27.01.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for that Chris, just what I needed this morning.

27.01.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The composer, Heidi Wilson, has made this song available for free on her Patreon: www.patreon.com/heidiwilson

27.01.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not christian, or religious, or American - but I'm following it with horror, and it's clear that many christians (as well as other faiths) are standing up.

25.01.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAll it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dem[ocrat]s to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trumpβ€”3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.”

25.01.2026 10:28 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

23.01.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 18940 πŸ” 4947 πŸ’¬ 1161 πŸ“Œ 1528

Final episode of Traitors, two of the original traitors pledged loyalty to each other early on, both made it to the end, held faithful to each other and shared the prize money.

24.01.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

23.01.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 26032 πŸ” 6657 πŸ’¬ 412 πŸ“Œ 427

Not current - from 2024.

23.01.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We do know how to manage in this weather, but this is super fucking cold even for us. It’s very much not just another winter day. This is the type of cold that makes your eyes hurt. To protest in this cold is a testament to our anger.

23.01.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

People would switch off in droves.

23.01.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hadn't heard of that before, so sad.

Any idea where the Rodney Inn was?

22.01.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prince William: Stop charging taxpayers for an empty prison Dartmoor Prison has been empty for over 18 months after toxic gas made it unsafe. Yet, with no prisoners inside, taxpayers are still forking out around Β£4 million every year in rent to Prince William’...

I just signed this petition calling on Prince William to end the rent on Dartmoor Prison while it remains empty and unsafe and save millions in public money. It only takes a few seconds - please add your name. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

21.01.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

21.01.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 30270 πŸ” 8051 πŸ’¬ 838 πŸ“Œ 539