Chris Farmer

The BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship offers up to £4000 to research the history, culture, literature, and/or identity of the North East of England and the Scottish Borders in the long eighteenth century. Deadline for applications is 31 May 2025. Find out more at www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...

Food bank demand up by half in five years as charity urges Labour to act “A whole generation” has now grown up in the UK while food banks are the norm, charity chief says

2.9m emergency food parcels provided by food banks to Britons facing hunger.

1.8m to families with children.

Shameful statistics.

Real wage/benefit cut, profiteering takes toll.

16m live in poverty.

1% have more wealth than 70% of population combined.

Must redistribute.

1955: Whites-only water fountains

2025: Whites-only immigration.

Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk

Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org

Gaza: 57 children reported dead from malnutrition, says WHO In the aid desert of Gaza, malnourished children are dying while survivors can expect a lifetime of dire health problems, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Gaza: 57 children dead from malnutrition. 71,000 expected to enter acute malnutrition in the next year. news.un.org/en/story/202...

Hostages' families slam new Gaza plan for 'prioritizing territory over hostages' ***

The Israeli hostages would now have been free, along with hundreds of innocent Palestinians languishing in Israeli prisons, had indicted war criminal Netanyahu not chosen to violate the ceasefire deal he had signed. Lest we forget...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Sweet Milo needs your help! Loves walks and belly rubs !! Given up bc of landlord!! He’s 3 listed to be killed for no reason! EAST COAST FOSTERS NEEDED ! nycacc.app/browse/221026. PLS REPOST HIM!

Reform mayor vows to sack council’s diversity officers - except there aren’t any Dame Andrea Jenkyns has doubled down on Farage’s pledge to sack diversity officers in Lincolnshire but the county council has revealed it does not employ any

New Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns vows to sack county council’s diversity officers - except there aren’t any.

Farage and Reform are importing Trumpism and US style closures, leaving unfair practices to flourish.

Join a union and local citizens groups to resist.

Reform UK offers nostalgia, not solutions Reform UK trades on national nostalgia – but behind the slogans lies regression, not renewal or reform

Reform UK trades on national nostalgia – but behind the slogans lies regression, not renewal or reform

From The Bear

IMPORTANT💥🌟💙

With these election results, it’s more important than ever that we build a movement of people who understand what politicians are doing to the NHS, and demand better! Pls donate £1 if you can, then share! We could hit this goal today…can we do it?🌟
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-n...

that’s Elon Musk FRS doing his bit for US science, @royalsociety.org

He thinks there’s a cargo ship full of VCR tapes steaming toward the Port of Blockbuster that he’s going to exact these tariffs upon, doesn’t he

3000 the staggering number of #horses killed on UK race courses since 2007 when @animalaid.org.uk started collating the numbers

Its murder in plain sight

Imagine the national outrage if that were #jockeys killed
Governments dont act due to betting tax taken
#YouBetTheyDie

www.horsedeathwatch.com

FIGHT BACK!!! 😠✊💙

In Star Wars, a red lightsaber symbolizes the Sith, who represent the dark side, power, and villainy. They create these lightsabers by "bleeding" kyber crystals with negative emotions like hate.

The people running this account are fucking morons.

UK loses appeal over tougher police powers for street protests Britain's attempt to give police wider powers to impose conditions on street protests was rejected by London's Court of Appeal on Friday, a decision the civil rights group Liberty described as "a huge victory for democracy".

VICTORY‼️

The Court of Appeal ruled Braverman’s anti-protest law was unlawfully made

This ruling shows: ministers can’t rewrite law behind closed doors

We demand justice for those targeted under these powers

✊🏽Solidarity with all who resist oppression in the streets & the courts!

#DefendDemocracy

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Attention South Island-based experts looking for media training!

There are still a handful of spots in our 5-6 June Chch workshop (including at least one fees-free space).

We've extended the deadline to apply, and applications this week are likely to be accepted.

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He's also the president who killed things like this.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Green Futures: Youth Project The Green Futures: Youth Project is a year long project funded by The North Norfolk Youth Advisory Board and delivered by NNDC's Leisure Service. The project will deliver a variety of free to attend s...

North Norfolk District Council running free workshops & events for teens & tweens to learn new skills, appreciate nature & meet new people.

All taking place in beautiful green flag spaces throughout the year.

Check out what's on offer here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/green-fut...

Mark Warner: "That cabinet meeting earlier this week where everyone went around and basically paid kudos to the great leader -- it was something that frankly I would've expected out of North Korea, not out of a cabinet meeting in America."

Given that most, if not all MAGA merch is made in China, I'll be really curious to see what happens to their pricing and availability 😁

Our great friend Trump, with whom we have a very special relationship, just announced he intends to put a 100% tariff on any and all films produced "in Foreign Lands" (sic).

At what point will Labour give up trying to sell out Britain for a lousy US trade deal, and read him the riot act?

Middle East crisis live: Israeli ministers ‘approve plan to capture all of Gaza’ Officials tell Associated Press that plan would involve troops staying there for an unspecified amount of time

Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to capture ALL of the Gaza Strip, to displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and to remain there for an UNSPECIFIED amount of time.

That's an INVASION and OCCUPATION.

To be clear, making movies outside of the United States isn’t a security threat, the orange convicted felon simply has a vindictive vendetta towards Hollywood because they have always seen him for the tacky trashy fraud that he is. He wants to destroy films too. I hate him.

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive

When Kennedy claims that autism is worse than Covid-19 because the latter only kills “old people” & “metabolically healthy” people don’t die from it, you’re hearing the language of soft eugenics

Let the infirm & weak be culled so that the strong will survive

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Good job, CA!💙🩵