Rachel's book cover (The Story of a Heart) and a photo of Rachel for Faversham Lit Fest

Can't wait to discuss The Story of a Heart at @favlit.org this Tuesday evening - a few tickets still left.

The perfect antidote to current global turmoil is surely considering the radical altruism that underpins every organ NHS donation... 🫀🫁💗

www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/programme/20...

USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.

The agency said it is now trying to quickly reverse the firings

www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Top Tory accidentally exposes party’s shocking record on prison spaces Exclusive: Responding to a written question from Tory MP Richard Holden, a justice minister revealed that the Conservatives increased the capacity of the prison estate by less than 500 spaces in fourt...

Top Tory Richard Holden has accidentally exposed his party’s shocking record on increasing prison capacity, revealing the Conservatives increased jail spaces by just 455 places in 14 years - fewer spaces than Labour has created in its seven months in office

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Trump blames Ukraine for Russia invasion: ‘These are the Kremlin’s talking points’ In a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago home, Donald Trump has said Ukraine is to blame for Russia’s invasion, and that it shouldn’t be represented at peace talks with Vladimir Putin.

"There will come a moment where the West has to say to Donald Trump, sorry, you're just spouting what Putin thinks, and we can't allow this to happen."

But when will that be?

articles.globalplayer.com/2GXqC8zftyQ7...

Bluesky is now a refuge from X for us all With individuals and large organisations leaving X in droves, Bluesky seems to be the social media platform of choice to emigrate to

Bluesky is now a refuge from X for us all

With individuals and large organisations leaving X in droves, Bluesky seems to be the social media platform of choice to emigrate to

centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/blue...

Agenda for #boycotts and economic blackouts. First #economicblackout is on February 28th #resist

You know this is 100% going to happen…

Trump calls Zelensky “a dictator without elections” having lauded Putin, a man who hasn’t had a free or fair election in years and who has prevented elections in Ukraine because he invaded.

It is time to end the special relationship with Trump Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse

It is time to end the special relationship with Trump.

We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦

The far right rising Ahead of a historic German election, the AfD is courting the global right – and threatening to upend European politics.

Why it is time to say goodbye to Germany as an oasis of stability, and why ironically it was JD Vance in Munich who might have helped the centrist parties to get a grip now after all.
My take on the most important elections in a generation on Sunday in Berlin. 👇👇

The public sees international students as good for Britain and so should the government - UK in a changing Europe Heather Rolfe examines new research that suggests that the public is more positive about student migration than the government may think.

"New British Future research out this week suggests that the public is more positive about student migration than they [the government] might think." Our @heather-rolfe.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-public-s...

😂😂😂😂

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "President Donald Trump lives in a Russian disinformation space"

@mrjamesob.bsky.social You've hit the nail on the head. Trump depends on being liked/respected/revered (however false). He's had that all his life due to his inherited wealth and status. If important people with a large platform call out his lies, it could see him wither away. It's his Kryptonite

GB News is an 'anti-Muslim hate channel', two-year study into output concludes GB News “accounted for almost 50 per cent of all mentions of Muslims or Islam on UK news channels” in a two-year period, a study has found ...

I've gotten my travel insurance with Staysure for the last 2 years. Just asked to be removed from their mailing list and sent them this...
www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...

In the UK there are approx 20,000 council seats across various local authorities. Reform UK holds around 54 of these seats. That's 0.3%.

They have 5 MPs out of 650.
That's 0.8%.

If the media stopped promoting them they'd die out.

Why do the media promote hate?

@msnbc.com why aren’t you at the Department of education with your cameras?