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YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Land of Hope and Dreams

Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.

The Liberation Flame 🔥 from Holland arriving in Canada

Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.

Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition

weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...

Trump declines to rule out recession amid tariffs’ effects on markets Trump’s acknowledgment of economic turbulence was a reversal from previous cheering of his policies, and it contrasted with reassurances from his own advisers Sunday.

Trump finally admits that his trariffs could trigger a Recession. #TrumpCession
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Enjoy the Trumpcession, bitches!

Risk of ‘Trumpcession’ rising, economists say, as global markets fall Donald Trump’s brinkmanship and stop-start approach to tariffs rattle investors * Business live – latest updates The risk that the US economy will enter recession this year is rising, according to economists, as Donald Trump’s chaotic approach to…

Risk of ‘Trumpcession’ rising, economists say, as global markets fall

#Trumpcession

Time to start calling it what it is: “Trumpcession.”

Sums up the awfulness of the man

Boris where he belongs!

If you don’t want history to be re-written please share this video widely - because the only way to stop that happening is to constantly call this boll**** out with the actual facts

Psychedelic drugs provided free for all who come forward.

Elon Musk knows ‘absolutely nothing’ about women and girls’ safety, says Jess Phillips Safeguarding minister says billionaire has increased her risk of harm by calling her a ‘rape genocide apologist’ on X Elon Musk knows “absolutely nothing” about protecting women and girls, Jess Phillips has said after the billionaire called her a “rape…

Elon Musk knows ‘absolutely nothing’ about women and girls’ safety, says Jess Phillips

One hundred percent agreed, although it needs careful planning so the mechanism will still work when we enter a new union in future.

Feargal Sharkey reckons we should all be out protesting on the streets. I agree with him.

An inspiring day in the Midlands.

This morning exploring behind the scenes in the vast Coal Authority archives.

Then discovering the stunning site looked after by Pleasley Pit Trust and meeting their trustees and volunteers for the first time.

Brilliant.

This needs to be said, loud, and often.

Had a meeting @ncmme.bsky.social on Monday, great to meet Pete and Katie and of course the lads in the Lamp Room.
I have been on the mine tour in the past and would recommend it to anyone who would like to explore and understand our coal mining history.

Coming to any photo opportunity at any time you’ll have ‘em

The new Tory B*llox Band

From left to right

Close my Companies while they owe HMRC Philps
Claim Anything I Can McVey
How Did I End Up As A Minister Atkins
And band leader …
KemiKaze BadEnough

As in the other place, DMs open here for stories, tips etc. Or you can email on lewis.goodall@global.com.

Picture of Jeremy Clarkson with his 2010 quote: “Land is a better investment than any bank can offer. The govt doesn’t get any of my money when I die.”

Narrator voice: “Little did he know…”

The Olympic Flame having a night off after it's first day in France in the summer.

This is fascinating.

Nice to see miners in print!
Both customers of ours although not for flame lamps nowadays but led cap lamps.
We also supply the lanterns which carry the Olympic 🔥, you may have seen them at the closing ceremony for the Paris 2024 Games.

Needs a police visit and then the long overdue family intervention.

Another step on the way to global warming.
"Tories" the gift that keeps on giving

We have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for getting public-interest stories to a wider audience. And it has been a well of ideas and discourse. Unfortunately that well is now poisoned. All of us have seen X become more toxic and broken since Elon Musk took over in 2022. Feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system. We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself. And England’s racist summer riots were one of many factors suggesting to us that X is not a neutral platform, but a space that now seems to glorify misinformation at a great cost to our public sphere. Millions of people are ditching X, and we are doing so, too. We have taken the view that it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set. A tipping point is coming. Perhaps we are already in it. After much consideration, we have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky. For some of us that means instantly deleting our X accounts, for others it is a more gradual process. But we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere for political dialogue and reporting. Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion, and we encourage other UK journalists to join and become active. We are already seeing far higher engagement on our posts there than we’ve seen recently on X. And importantly, the mechanisms to limit abuse actually work. We enjoyed Twitter while it lasted. It played an important role in shaping many of our careers. And it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over. Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter

NEW: "Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"

UK political journalists: "Twitter was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over...

"We have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky" docs.google.com/document/d/1...

It's like being back on Twitter