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Artworks - v. by Tony Harrison - BBC Sounds The controversial poem by Tony Harrison, to mark his death.

The poet Tony Harrison (1937-2025) recorded this complete reading of his controversial poem v. in 2013.

Harrison wrote the poem in 1985, after being angered by graffiti sprayed on his parents' grave by football fans.

Well worth a listen.

Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites

One thing to say: #AxeDrax

No. Cutting down trees, grinding them up, shipping them across the Atlantic and then burning them is NOT "green".

#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis

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Keir Starmer slammed for 'posing' in Brazilian rainforest after spurning COP30 fund KEIR Starmer has been slammed for “posing” in a Brazilian rainforest just days after it emerged the UK would not invest in a key COP30 fund

Labour can find £billions for weapons and bombs to destroy the planet, but no money when it comes to saving it.

www.thenational.scot/news/2560776...

A Crack in Everything: How black holes came in from the cold and took centre stage

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.

It doesn't have to be this way.

RMT transport workers at No 10 demand end to deportation threat morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rmt-... #morningstaronline

Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission

These people are fighting for a better world and trying to save our planet. Yet they are criminalised by #LabourScum!

Yes. If people remember one thing from my book I hope it's the name of Louise Webster, the co-discoverer of black holes.

She has been written out of the history of science.

She had one of the first successful liver transplants in Australia but sadly died in Sydney at 49.

(She was an astronomer)

YouTube video by Novara Media How Elbit Systems Planted A Story About Palestine Action

Surely the British Security Services knew the truth?

youtu.be/dwRASVg3wgI?...

Maximum monthly State Pension.

Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK £997

Guess which is unaffordable?

The Caterpillar in the 1915 version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. The film was an independent production and uses the most basic filmmaking technique-- no closeups for you!-- but the elaborate costumes are fun to see.

No Turquoise Alert for Navajo teen amplifies questions about Arizona’s new missing person system More Indigenous families are sharing frustrations amid broader questions about the effectiveness of Arizona’s new Turquoise Alert system

“The more exposure, the better. Hopefully somebody sees it and realizes this is serious.”

story via @azluminaria.org

Respect the Ceasefire. Stop the Genocide. secure.waronwant.org/page/179861/...

Israel is trying to divide Gaza in half along the ‘Yellow Line.’ What is it, and is it here to stay? The “Yellow Line” splitting Gaza in two is meant to be temporary according to Trump’s “peace” plan. However, the fact that those terms were intentionally left vague suggests that the partition of Gaza...

".. a plan to divide Gaza’s territory in a way that fulfills goals Israel has been saying it wants to do .. to draw Palestinians to specific areas, depopulate Gaza’s main urban centers, and place the entire Strip under US control to pave the way for mega-investments." mondoweiss.net/2025/11/ther...

“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”

The SNP has renewed its call for disgraced Baroness Michelle Mone to be stripped of her peerage after it emerged that a company linked to her and her husband owes £39 million in tax

YouTube Deletes Hundreds Of Videos Documenting Israeli War Crimes - PopularResistance.Org YouTube, owned by Google LLC, has deleted more than 700 videos documenting Israeli human rights violations, citing compliance with US sanctions imposed on Palestinian human rights groups cooperating w...

popularresistance.org/youtube-dele...

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

Zohran Mamdani will be NYC's next mayor, as Dems win big across the board “While we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together,” Mamdani declared in his victory speech. Dems Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey also won.

www.lawdork.com/p/zohran-mam...

ECHR at 75: ‘One of our greatest achievements, following one of our greatest tragedies’ | Andrew Copson Today marks 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a creation born from the highest aspirations of human civilisation: that every person, regardless of circumstance, deserves equa...

'One of our greatest achievements, following one of our greatest tragedies’: my new blog post on the anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR humanists.uk/2025/11/04/e...

Farage’s disgraceful record

Disgusting how many platforms this grifter has been given

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process

NEW: Exxon funded efforts to spread climate denial across Latin America, @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reports, "according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south 'less inclined' to support the UN-led climate treaty process."

Refugees in Germany :
Welcome ? Essential ?

Reliance on private capital could wreck Labour’s childcare reforms BRIDGET PHILLIPSON’S naivety about the ability of discredited regulators to control profiteering could undermine Labour’s entire childcare policy.Her faith in a model the whole country, bar a self-int...

#Labour
#Idiotens
The privatisation of our kids nurseries is next...

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reli...

American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia, report says A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month.

What a mess we are making on this #PoisonedPlanet.

You cannot throw anything "away". There is no such place

apnews.com/article/ewas...

Update

Image of the Sun.

Taken at night.

Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.

Not with light but neutrinos.

Holding Our Own: A guide to non-policing solutions to serious youth violence - Liberty www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/fundamental/...
Add your name to Liberty’s call for a new approach to tackling serious youth violence action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/103843/...