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If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

Thanks

Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.

Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.

Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways | Bill McGuire In the name of ‘pragmatism’, green measures are being ditched, net zero derided. Be very clear: without slashing emissions we are in deep, deep trouble, says UCL professor Bill McGuire

Just out

My latest @guardian piece on #climate pragmatism and the global rowback on climate action

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

today is the three-year anniversary of the covid infection that turned into long covid. it has completely rewritten the course of my life. it has brought me untold levels of physical suffering. it has devastated my mental health.

Be Loud — For America By Governor JB Pritzker

"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"

Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?

WORLD RECORDS of High night temperatures are being smashed above 500m, 1000m, 1500m asl.
There is nothing in the past 3 centuries of climatology which can compare to what's happening today.
Records are locally broken by 5/10C margins, hugest margins ever seen worldwide.

Wildfire burns through northern suburb of Athens as residents told to evacuate People in Kryoneri, north-east of the Greek capital, receive SMS messages telling them to get to safe areas

Only a matter of time before a wildfire wipes a major city from the face of the planet

Will people sit up and take notice then?

Will governments and fossil fuel corporations act to slash emissions?

Will they hell

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

An illustration of a young girl in silhouette with a ponytail, standing against a fiery orange and red background. Over her figure is a handwritten quote in white text that reads: “The wicked become even worse when they are tolerated.” – Tolstoy. The intense backdrop and the child's silhouette create a haunting, powerful visual emphasizing the quote's message about the dangers of complacency toward evil.

❤️🤍💙

Europeans are kept completely oblivious about the rate of summer warming.

Gross negligence from those responsible to keep us informed and safe.

Climate models with low sensitivity to greenhouse gases do not align with satellite measurements Climate models that give a low warming from increases in greenhouse gases do not match satellite measurements. Future warming will likely be worse than thought unless society acts, according to a new ...

In other words, sad for the world, sad for the trees, bad news for all the fishes in the deep blue sea, bad news for you and me.

phys.org/news/2025-06...

The 'Millionaire Exodus' the UK Media Told You About Never Actually Happened The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was "non existent"

The ‘Millionaire Exodus’ the UK Media Told You About Never Actually Happened

The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was "non existent"

bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/t...

BREAKING: Israel has announced that it is giving serious consideration to blowing up the aid boat with Greta on board x

Oh look, American researchers say the new HKU5-CoV-2 virus, which is closely related to MERS, is just one 'small' mutation away from being able to infect and cause outbreaks in humans.

#collapse

Highlights Fatiguing syndromes affect millions of patients in the United States and globally, but are grossly underserved in the clinic and in the contemplative design of basic research. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex multisystem metabolic-immune-inflammatory disorder. Although research on this condition is in its infancy, it appears to involve the immune system and central nervous system malfunction, with cellular oxidative stress as a predominant feature. Approximately half of the cases of long-haul coronavirus disease 2019 meet the diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS, burgeoning the number of affected individuals. Recent strides in neurobiology have yet to transfer the understanding of the neurodegenerative aspects, and potential for neuroprotection, of ME/CFS. ME/CFS may represent a useful paradigm and research model for the study of the impact of sustained oxidative stress on the central nervous system and the body at large.

How pandemics reshape our brain: Common links and targets between long-haul COVID-19, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), oxidative stress, and neurodegeneration

Free:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#LongCovid #MEcfs

This should be front page news everywhere

Infographic showing the number of people with ME in the UK represented through shoes. The top half has bold white and pink text on a dark blue background reading: "404,000 people have ME in the UK. In shoes this is the length of the M25." Below is a map of Greater London with a purple line tracing the route of the M25 motorway. The implication is that 404,000 pairs of shoes would stretch the full length of the M25. In the bottom corner is the Long Covid Advocacy logo. Dismiss 84

404,000 pairs of shoes. One invisible illness.👟

This is what ME looks like in the UK: thousands lost to a disabling illness.

Symbolised by shoes that stretch around London.

🛌Yet there is still no effective care

Time for action!

@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social

#MEAwarenessDay #MillionsMissing

Water company customers fleeced at every turn.

Companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn+ to fund it.

35% of customer bills in 2023-2024 covered interest payments & dividends.

Thames Water spending £200m a year on advisers to stay afloat.

We pay for management follies and govt failures.

The butterfly nebula - in case perspective & beauty is needed.

💙Sending solidarity to what can be a difficult holiday for pwLC/ME

Thought of the day - caring for someone with severe ME isn't coming round and expecting to have a nice social time - even if you bring eggs

Why is this so hard to understand?

In case beauty is needed🌌

On April 20th, 2025, the United States will Cross the Point of No Return. That’s the day Donald Trump’s advisory committee is expected to release its findings on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act — a move that would allow him to deploy the military domestically…

I don't know how likely this unfolding is, but everyone should read it and decide for themselves. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
medium.com/@aletheisthe...

On April 20th, 2025, the United States will Cross the Point of No Return. That’s the day Donald Trump’s advisory committee is expected to release its findings on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act — a move that would allow him to deploy the military domestically…

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: 420 sounds familiar, somehow.

"Once martial law is imposed, there will be a tiny window — no more than three days — before resistance becomes nearly impossible."

medium.com/@aletheisthe...

An international emergency task force is urgently needed for Severe Long COVID and ME crisis cases - The Sick Times Without one, Severe advocates are putting themselves at risk. It’s time for advocacy organizations to step up. Writer’s note: In this essay, I deliberately capitalize different categories of ME in ord...

"The Severe....recognize the depths of the pit of horror that the Very Severe may find themselves stuck in...yet by leaning over to lend a hand, we risk falling further into the quicksand ourselves."

Vital op-ed by Sam Pearce in @thesicktimes.bsky.social

thesicktimes.org/2025/04/04/a...

Screenshot of tweet from @realDonaldTrump, 6 Nov 2012, reading: "If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately!"

what if it just took one though

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded

www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Supporting and sharing this book means you're amplifying Roger’s urgent message and contributing to the movement for a nonviolent revolution. Every time you read, promote, share, and discuss the book, you help bring us closer to the radical change our planet needs.
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Oh look, the first case of bird flu in sheep has been found in the UK, the nation's chief veterinary officer has confirmed.

#collapse

Almost no ME/CFS patients return to work "The help we have provided to patients through the welfare and healthcare systems has had little rehabilitative effect," says a researcher. The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration requires ME/CFS patients to go through work-oriented measures in order to be granted disability benefits, which is a challenge for many patients. (Photo: Gorm Kallestad / NTB) Emilie Wee Journalist Published 21 March 2025 - 00:01

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"Almost no ME/CFS patients return to work: "The help we have provided to patients through the welfare and healthcare systems has had little rehabilitative effect," says a researcher."

www.sciencenorway.no/chronic-fati...

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME

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‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten Five years on from March 2020, millions of people still face debilitating symptoms, with huge repercussions on public health and productivity. But politicians are starting to pretend the pandemic neve...

"Five years on from March 2020, millions of people still face debilitating symptoms, with huge repercussions on public health and productivity. But politicians are starting to pretend the pandemic never happened."

#Covid

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!

The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.

CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.