Cowardly American War Criminals
“The Iranian frigate the Dena may not have been armed because it was returning from an international exercise in the Indian Ocean, and the U.S. Navy likely knew it because it was taking part in the same exercise”
Well done Eva great to see your research published. Congratulations doi.org/10.1108/IJOT...
I want more people to be able to put down roots in Scotland’s rural and island communities.
That’s why today I have launched a new Rural and Island Housing Grant, helping more first-time buyers and families afford a home.
If Gandalf had shaved and was on his way to watch the Wimbledon mixed doubles final.
Once I left the office and he was chatting to Sir Patrick Stewart in the corridor (rehearsing for ‘waiting for Godot’) and my first thought was ‘oh, there’s Gandalf chatting to the captain of the USS Enterprise. 🙂
The full clip, including McKellen's setup of the scene, is here, along with info about the riots (Evil May Day) and the text of the speech itself. kottke.org/26/02/the-st...
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
At a time when politics feels divisive, it's important to hold onto what really matters.
👉 Half a million kids out of poverty
👉 Ground rent capped at £250
👉 Sick pay for low earners
👉 Zero hour contracts banned
Real answers. Real change.
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chaotic carnival of chancers latest:
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job
For anyone who did not see BBC 1 documentary about Steve Rosenberg work as Russia Correspondent "Our Man in Russia" i highly recommend it
A compelling watch and a deeply impressive man
🎧 ReSET Podcast Ep 4: Making Prevention Work
Peter Fonagy, Essi Viding, Jess Deighton & Ros Law:
✅ Why treatment alone can't meet demand
✅ The long-term evidence (complex but encouraging)
✅ How schools cut through the "shampoo ad interventions"
✅ Why preventing mental health problems IS education
Emily Thornberry re Mandelson
"Scandalous. You're in the cabinet and you are working against the country's interest with foreign governments and giving them inside information"
Oh sister. Just wait till those "Patriots" Farage, Tice and Yusuf are ministers
With the future of the Ospreys uncertain, Swansea Council Leader Rob Stewart and I are hosting a public meeting to bring together local clubs, supporters, formers players and community leaders.
Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis.
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
Yes!
When we talk about growth, opportunity and national renewal, we must think about the mental health of the next generation.
#FutureMinds report sets out many of the policy solutions to the mental health crisis. Worth reading – and acting on.
www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Bruce Springsteen’s angry anti-ICE song is on-the-nose in the right way
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social QandA - Minnesota and the Putinisation of America; the latest defection from Tories to Reform; oratory … and a deep dive on the horrific scale of the online child sex abuse industry
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
School-based interventions after natural disasters reduced PTSD, depression and anxiety in children 🌍
Meta-analysis of 13 studies found large immediate effects on PTSD symptoms. Effects persisted over time but were smaller at follow-up.
#ChildMentalHealth #ClimateChange #PTSD
🧵 THREAD
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
‘Of course I’m scared’: people confront their final days – in pictures
And The Corpse Wore Tartan by Stuart MacBride jenmedsbookreviews.com/2026/01/28/a... via @jenlucas.bsky.social
When you see a Green Eel
On a Web Camera Reel
That's a a Moray!
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Swansea has £20m Pride in Place funding from the UK Labour Gov't to boost the renewal of our city.
My view on where that money is best spent 👇
swanseabaynews.com/opinion-tors...
The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.
‘It’s like the Queen loving the Sex Pistols, or an Irish Republican saying The Sash is a banger’
My column on the multimillionaire leader of Reform in Scotland fan-boying over the Deacon Blue song Dignity
It’s about a road sweeper buying a dingy. He owns two yachts
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
