‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy

The current tragedy is that, while Reform's proposals are worse, the current government is currently enacting policies which leave people scared about their future, children at risk of losing a parent, all to "combat" Reform's policies to achieve the same goal.

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This by Mahmood is frankly not only disgusting, but also massively disingenuous. It equates seeking asylum with illegality, there's nothing illegal about seeking asylum no matter the route. It ignores that Labour's policies penalise those in need of protection, and plays to hard right rhetoric.

Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81

Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.

(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)

Great obit—no paywall.

Bingo

How stupid are these people?????

I figured something out. The large body of self-help work around gratitude is not without harms. It largely ignores the historical use of gratitude as a tool to silence, subjugate & chain self-actualisation in minorities & immigrants where feeling grateful is an expectation for peaceful existence.

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.

Australia’s solar revolution is paying off: starting July 2026, millions will get up to 3 hours of free electricity daily thanks to surplus solar power. A major step toward equitable, renewable energy for all.🇦🇺

tinyurl.com/mtjmd4hj #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Energy

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

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Also remember how much young voter turnout can change the game. People will turn out for hope (see NY), they won't turn out for 'least worst option '

One thing I find quite funny about this idea of vote Labour or get Reform, is that it ignores that a Lib Dem/Green coalition is becoming a genuinely viable alternative, and one which is pretty attractive to voters who want a positive plan for the future which doesn't involve demonising others. 6/

Labour's whole pitch at the moment is "better terrible than disastrous", and that isn't exactly a winning strategy when they could be positioning themselves to actually provide voters with a positive reason to support them.
Without that many will vote for Lib Dem and Greens. 1/

Check out this great explainer from @reprorights.org on medication abortion! ✨

Want more facts on mifepristone? You can join the conversation and stay in the loop by following #AbotionAccurate

Hi, I’m God.

Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Thanks,

God

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Compass Pathways Accelerates Psilocybin Launch Timeline by 9-12 Months - Psychedelic Alpha This morning, Compass Pathways announced that it is preparing to launch its psilocybin therapy (COMP360) for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) at least nine months earlier than previously planned…

BREAKING: Compass Pathways Accelerates Psilocybin Launch Timeline by 9-12 Months

More detail, including interview with $CMPS CEO Kabir Nath, in our coverage...

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The two bloc score is almost certainly the danger for the right of the Farage Paradox of 2013-14 in the Britain of 2025-29

This is an excellent idea!!!

Text on a white background reads: "Adding It Up 2024 uncovers evidence on the need, impact and cost of sexual and reproductive health services in 128 low- and middle-income countries." In the middle of the graphic is a map with LMICs indicated.

Text on a white background reads: Of the 928 million women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) who want to avoid pregnancy, 214 million are not using modern contraception, 78 million women say they intend or are open to using contraception. It is essential to prioritize meeting this unmet demand.

Text on a white background reads: $104 billion per year could meet all sexual and reproductive health needs in LMICs. That amounts to $15.56 per person per year. This investment would help women stay in school longer, participate more fully in the workforce, and contribute to stronger economies.

Text on a white background reads: Every $1 spent on contraceptive services saves $2..48 in pregnancy-related and newborn care costs. Investments in SRH care pay off, reducing maternal, newborn, and abortion-related costs while improving health and well-being across communities.

New Guttmacher data from Adding It Up 2024 shows what it would take to meet SRH needs across 128 LMICs: 928M women want to avoid pregnancy, 214M aren’t using modern contraception, and every $1 invested saves $2.48 in health care costs. Learn more: https://gu.tt/4qVHXfc

Decades of Evidence Show the Abortion Pill Is Safe. So Why Is the FDA Investigating It Again? Some scientists are concerned that the Trump administration will use “junk science” when reviewing mifepristone’s safety record

Mifepristone, an abortion pill, has a proven safety record and is extremely safe.

ANSIRH researcher Ushma Upadhyay is concerned that the FDA will use “junk science” when reviewing mifepristone’s safety. #AbortionAccurate

It is an important question. I think in large part from a western perspective it's because of the complicity/support of our own governments (i.e. USA/UK) in what's going on.

Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero' The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.

I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...

Only full abolition of two-child benefit cap will substantially cut poverty, thinktank says Resolution Foundation says half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates

The govt and the electorate must understand that child poverty is not only hugely detrimental in the present. It shapes population wellbeing for generations to come. The evidence is so clear on the lifecourse health effects of poverty.
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YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel Six things you should know have happend in America since Monday

Six things you should know have happened in America since Monday - in 2 minutes.

youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8

Mass General Brigham studied 18,124 births and found that children exposed to maternal COVID-19 in the womb had a 29% higher risk of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3, especially if exposure happened in the third trimester or in male children.

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Have you noticed this increasingly common peekaboo strategy lately here and in the US?

1. Say something outrageous.

2. Wait a bit for it to spread so that the unsayable becomes acceptably sayable.

3. Walk it back.

4. Boom! Overton Window shifted.

Home Office 'squandered billions' on asylum accommodation, MPs say "Flawed contracts" and "incompetent delivery" left the department unable to cope with demand for asylum accommodation, a report by MPs suggests.

Costs of asylum accomodation are down to firms making vast profits off of providing poor quality for people seeking safety and Home Office cruelty and ineptitude. It is not the fault of those forced into using them by a system which doesn't give them a choice. #r4today

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Worth mentioning, there's nothing illegal about seeking asylum. Indeed the need for those doing so to use irregular routes is recognised in law, provided they present themselves, as they have to, to seek asylum to the relevant authorities. This is a grotesquely misleading comment by the Home Office.

Being ‘professional’ doesn’t mean hiding your true self & pretending to be invulnerable or impenetrable. My heart breaks for the early career folk -including my past self- who’ve been modelled this. Being real is integral to raising the values of our profession. No profession survives disconnection.