I still believe one of the more damaging opinions in current culture is the belief that Darwin used “fit” in a physical or health sense rather than a species is the best “fit” for the environment it survives in

“Survival of the fittest”
is often used to justify capitalist society, but this wasn’t a phrase that Darwin used.
He described it as “better designed for an immediate, local environment" and wrote of groups that survived through empathy and sharing rather than greed.
We must change
Or die

'Nvidia is making money selling shovels in a gold rush. But one thing to bear in mind is this: the main reason that anyone remembers the shovel vendors of the late 1800s is that there didn’t turn out to be all that much gold in the end.' garymarcus.substack.com/p/nvidias-ea...

The last sunlight of a beautiful cold crisp winter day is snuffed out as clouds gather over the distant Welsh hills to the west of Crosby beach.

Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin

It's always the ones you most expect...
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To all the Republican members of the Govt who remain silent as Trump incites violence against his political adversaries I remind you that it wasn’t so long ago when Charlie Kirk was shot that you were saying there is no place for political violence.

Did you mean it or just ideologically convenient?

Sword of Donocles

Important to notice: killing random people at sea has a purpose: desensitize the electorate to the dictator killing people. Which can then turn into normalizing threats to kill political opponents, which then leads to actual political executions.

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Teenage knife deaths 11 year low in London

I'm sure the Londinistan guys will be delighted to read this... really good news... they'll be talking about something else altogether now... sure of it... because they were genuinely concerned weren't they

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Fox legal analyst responds to Trump’s unhinged and psychotic posts calling for Democratic senators and representatives to be executed for posting a video urging service members to obey their oath to the Constitution and follow the law in the UCMJ.

Johnson also refused to accept the EU offer to extend the Brexit transition period that meant many goods became harder to buy in our shops, set up VIP Lanes, opened Nightingale hospitals that had no patients & wasted £Billions on useless PPE, all whilst he partied. The man is a disgrace.

Absolutely right, Covid was spreading fast yet Johnson just dug his heels in, until the last minute. Businesses were already voting with their feet by the time he announced the lockdown, many had already closed, schools & local government too. We knew lives were being lost thanks to his inaction

I thought at the time that the Tories did it deliberately, to kill off expensive pensioners.

People are on record as saying we needed to do more, more quickly to prevent things getting as bad as they did.

'Act fast. Reduce impact. Save Lives.' Should have been the slogan.

Instead we got 'Act slow. Spread COVID. End lives.'

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Wow, just look at this - huge condemnation of the approach the Tories took to COVID, estimating 23k more died as a result of their delays & inaction.

And it's not as if this wasn't known about at the time. We knew they were too slow. Many of us said it at the time.

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Children with SEND to benefit from earlier intervention as government backs research into tools to identify special educational needs sooner Innovators to test earlier interventions to help support children with SEND, backed by government.

Children with SEND to benefit from earlier intervention as government backs research into tools to identify special educational needs sooner

Innovators to test earlier interventions to help support children with SEND, backed by the government.

I think this speech needs sharing again.

Since the PM said this, there have been Tories who have come out & said the same as Reform: that they want to see people with a legal right to be in the UK get deported.

Call it out and stand up for these people - our friends, neighbours and key workers.

Stronger security checks for adults working with children Children and vulnerable adults will be protected from the threat of sexual exploitation thanks to new tough checks which allow parents and carers to fully vet who they hire, Prisons Minister Lord Timp...

Stronger security checks for adults working with children

Children & vulnerable adults will be protected from the threat of sexual exploitation thanks to new rules which allow parents & carers to carry out Enhanced DBS checks when hiring for roles like private tutors, carers & therapists.

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Schools with 40% of pupils on free school meals are able to apply this time.

Funding for schools to run the clubs is also being increased.

In September 750 breakfast clubs opened, this 500 will open in April 2026, while 1500 are expected to run from September 2026 - a total of 2750 so far.

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More free breakfast clubs to tackle cost of living head-on Parents set to save up to £450 per year as free breakfast club rollout targets areas where families are struggling most with the cost of living.

More free school breakfast clubs are being rolled out!

To tackle the cost of living they will be targeted to areas where families are struggling most.

Breakfast clubs can save families £450 a year & are being rolled out to all primaries in England.

Applications for the next 500 open now.

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Government bans ticket touting to protect fans from rip-offs New rules to make it illegal to resell tickets for live events above original cost

Music and sport fans will no longer be ripped off on the ticket resale market thanks to new measures which will destroy the operating model of ticket touts.

New rules to make it illegal to resell tickets for live events above original cost.

A very welcome move!

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While obviously, it would be nice if we could all have NHS dental care, there is no quick fix to expand that, so many people are forced to use private dental care, so it's really important that prices for it are fair. So this is a welcome move.

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CMA correspondence in relation to private provision in the dentistry market Letters between Sarah Cardell, Doug Gurr and The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, the Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Chancellor has asked the Competitions and Markets Authority to carry out an investigation into the costs of private dental care, as another measure to tackle high costs of living.

The CMA has written back to say it is now drawing up proposals to do this.

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Food sovereignty on menu as farmers from across Canada gather in New Brunswick - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca Farmers from across Canada are gathering in New Brunswick this week for the annual National Farmers Union convention.

Food sovereignty on menu as farmers from across Canada gather in New Brunswick

We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.

Meanwhile in Denmark:

Alberta government to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.

“We can’t make laws that respect human rights so we’ll pass shi**y laws using a loophole that was never meant for this and you need to suck it up for ~5years minimum and there ain’t nothing you can do about it.”

#cdnpoli #abpoli

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