A cartoon depicts a man and a woman walking side by side on a street. The woman wears a stylish dress and holds a purse, while the man is in a suit. The caption reads, "My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”

Current mood

vote green.

Just fired a mailer out to 27k people about why I joined the Green Party. Feels good man.

The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter Otto English explains why, after 15 years, he has left the social media platform now disseminating disinformation worldwide under the control of Elon Musk

X-tinction - the life and death of the Twitter phenomenon....

And why it was finally time to leave.

Me for

@bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

The reality of asylum hotels. Private companies are lining their pockets with huge profits while people seeking safety are forced to live in sub-standard conditions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.

The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.

The Greens say enough is enough.

A very good starter pack, this - thanks, @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social.

🐻

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

New global arms race threatens us all UK and Europe must be energetic and innovative in promoting peace

UK and Europe must be energetic and innovative in promoting peace | Martin Roche

@cluthaman.bsky.social

Detention of flotilla activists 'matter for Israeli government', says No 10 KEIR Starmer’s spokesman has said that the detention of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters is “a matter for the…

' KEIR Starmer’s spokesman has said that the detention of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters is “a matter for the Israeli government”. '

Four of those activists are Scots.

www.thenational.scot/news/2552184...

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg “I'm not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.”

Stand with Greta, stand with humanity.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

Carbon offsets are, and always have been, a complete and utter con, designed to permit business as usual and free-market capitalism in the fast lane

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Greed is not the only way The super-rich are paying less in tax than their cleaners; with shedloads of money, they are laughing all the way to the bank

Greed is not the only way
The super-rich are paying less in tax than their cleaners; with shedloads of money, they are laughing all the way to the bank

northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...

What has the ECHR ever done for us?

Quite a lot actually, and we wrote it too.

Would be great if millions watched this party political broadcast. Could you share this post?

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

Pope Francis: Israel’s war on Gaza is ‘terrorism’ Gaza: More families stream out of north Gaza, as tanks push deeper

Green Party Conference has voted to declare the IDF a terrorist organization.

In this, the Green Party agrees with Pope Francis, who was clear that Israel's mass murder of civilians in Gaza is terrorism.
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241107-pop...

The Battle of Cable Street The people of East London rallied to Cable Street on the 4th October 1936 and forced back the march of the fascist Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts through the streets of the East End. "THEY SHALL NOT PASS"

The Battle of Cable Street

The people of East London rallied to Cable Street on the 4th October 1936 and forced back the march of the fascist Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts through the streets of the East End

"THEY SHALL NOT PASS"

A photo from our Glasgow Union St store during our AllSaints x Shelter Scotland retail event in 2024. It's taken from inside the shop, looking out, featuring several items of clothing donated to us by AllSaints.

👀 AllSaints X Shelter Scotland. It's the collab you've been waiting for!

10-19 Oct, our Edinburgh Morningside & Glasgow Botanics shops will be stocked with items donated by AllSaints alongside the very best of our other preloved stock.

👢 Style up & support the fight against the #HousingEmergency.

Manchester synagogue attack First Minister: Scotland must stand firm against those who seek to divide us.

After the horrific Manchester synagogue attack, I want to promise Scotland’s Jewish communities that we will take every step necessary to ensure their safety.

Scotland must stand as one, rejecting the poison of antisemitism, racism and hate.

My full statement 👇

www.gov.scot/news/manches...

Reef concerns after dredgers filmed in protected seas Scottish government says it's investigating but concerned locals fear enormous damage has been caused

Awful! Vessels were filmed allegedly scallop dredging in a Scottish marine protected area - home to millions of flame shells & the largest known habitat of the species

This destructive fishing is supposed to be banned here?! 😡

Our ocean sanctuaries deserve better.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So before their time!

Pollution kills all Tees Estuary seal pups Harbour seal pups in Tees Estuary suffer 100% mortality in 2025, prompting MPs to demand a Defra inquiry into the deaths

Pollution kills all Tees Estuary seal pups
Harbour seal pups in Tees Estuary suffer 100% mortality in 2025, prompting MPs to demand a Defra inquiry into the deaths

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

Pollution kills all Tees Estuary seal pups Harbour seal pups in Tees Estuary suffer 100% mortality in 2025, prompting MPs to demand a Defra inquiry into the deaths

Harbour seal pups in Tees Estuary suffer 100% mortality in 2025, prompting MPs to demand a Defra inquiry into the deaths | Julia Mazza

Members of the Global Sumud Flotila abducted by the Israeli military in international waters on Wednesday night are expected to be transferred to one of Israel's most notorious torture prisons. The Kitzi'ot prison has been the site of repeated abuses against Palestinian prisoners.

Worth noting that The Courier is owned by D C Thomson - a family owned business HQ'd in Scotland. A very rare thing with any media in Scotland.

The peacock parent problem: how to survive being raised by a narcissist Psychotherapist Kathleen Saxton has written a book about growing up with a mother or father who is grandiose, entitled, exploitative and lacking in empathy. She discusses how to recognise the signs – and recover

The peacock parent problem: how to survive being raised by a narcissist

Will saffron latte do? On home street. 😁

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...