Michelle J Halpin

That $100,000 bribe will not go far once Greenlanders lose their free healthcare and education

With a straight face BBC political correspondent Billy Kenber tells us Keir Starmer is a firm believer in rule based order.

The rule being the US can do what it likes and the UK govt will back them, I guess.

A very long and important THREAD -

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.

And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.

Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/

Ter-fucken-rific
None of us want their disgusting chlorinated chicken.
Before any bright spark says - choice...
Once it's in the country it could end up disguised in ready meals, school dinners, hospitals... Things labelled packed in UK - but country of origin is not stated.
Happy new year folks.

Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets, as Donald Trump seeks trade concessions in exchange for reviving a collapsed US-UK technology deal.

and so it begins

www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...

2025: Farmers Weekly, "US seeks food standards change as price for £31bn tech deal"

2020: Keir Starmer, "I don't want chlorinated chicken, and I don't think most people do"

Will Keir Starmer stick to higher standards, or will Keir Starmer give in and accept chlorinated chicken?

I never knew I was radical left. Now I know I feel much better for it.

Watched someone recently pro the ban (via YouTube...), assume kids without social media access would suddenly change their behaviour and roam free in the great outdoors. My great outdoors is a dense urban area. Glad my kids are too old to be impacted by this and yes, it definitely is complicated.

Start of school holidays = no school uniform to iron #SmallJoyfulThings #TinyWins #WinningAtLife

YouTube video by ADHD Chatter Podcast Anyone else feel attacked? 😂 #adhd

All of this youtube.com/shorts/l_CMx... 🎯

EHCP shake-up considered as part of SEND reforms - adviser The plans - or a new alternative - could be 'narrowed' to special schools only, adviser suggests

I really do not understand what the hell is going on with this #government ..

They are letting the most #marginalised down

First it was #trans kids / young people

Now it’s #Neurodivergent and #Disabled kids / young people

No One voted for this ..

schoolsweek.co.uk/ehcp-shake-u...

They do everything back to front! Want fewer EHCPs - improve educational support so fewer parents have to fight to get their child an education. Want fewer PIP awards - reduce cost of living and increase NHS/mental health provisions. No one puts themselves through the EHCP/PIP process for fun!!!

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

"It has put people in such an impossible situation, that the only option they have is to starve to death, watch their children starve to death, or risk their lives to find food"

Olga Cherevko from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, speaking from Gaza

The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.

The first American academics fleeing Donald Trump's America for France have arrived.

"We would be looking to the ultra rich, not the poorest in society..."

Leader of Stroud District Council, Cllr Chloe Turner explains why the Green Party opposes the Government's cruel plans to cut disability benefits.

The government has announced a two-tier benefits system.

Under its plans, you can keep your benefits if you are disabled now, but not if you become disabled tomorrow. How is that fair?

A reminder: The Independent Alliance stands by its own amendment, and we will not back down.

Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?

Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.

She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.

Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
🧵

Starmer says Iran must return to the negotiating table but unfortunately last week Israel murdered Iran’s chief negotiator who was already at the negotiating table.

TYRANNY IS HERE: US citizen, minding his own business on his way to work, gets ambushed by ICE, dragged out of his car, thrown in cuffs, and treated like a criminal — in his own country.

This is the price you pay for simply existing in America today.

DISTURBING: ICE in Las Vegas threw teenagers against a wall, handcuffed them, scraped up their faces, bruised their arms — just for looking “illegal” while they were on their way home from a birthday party.

This is what cowardice looks like with a badge.

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

This is what so mystifies and terrifies Trump that he sends in the Marines to shut it down. A community that cares for each other and stands up for each other. That’s the real America. That’s LA right now.

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A shy man (60s?) tentatively approaches a barber after a hair cut. He points to an axe on the wall and asks: "Who gave you that?" The barber says a champion woodcutter did.
Shy Man grins and says: "I'm one too. It's a nice axe!" (1)

Alt text: Illustration by @positivelypresent titled “June Self-Care.” It features 25 colourful doodles with self-care prompts including: reach out to old pals, enjoy solitude, eat what you enjoy, move your body, celebrate your success, listen to your intuition, and remember to rest. Each is paired with a small drawing like a sun, camera, butterfly, or roller skates.

“Self‑care is giving the world the best of you, instead of what’s left of you.”
Katie Reed

Looking after ourselves matters.
Not just so we can keep going, but so we feel more like ourselves.
A small act of care.
It all counts. It matters.

🧡
#kindness #positivity
Illustration by positivelypresent

If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth.

From Saturn.

We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.

Photo of a bar of Toxteth Chocolate

Massive thank you to all at #LibPMC2025 for allowing me to deliver a PowerBI workshop. Lovely working with you and all you brilliant workshop attendees!

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