Poverty is a policy decision.
Concentrated wealth is a policy decision.
Inequality is a policy decision.
Remember this.
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Poverty is a policy decision.
Concentrated wealth is a policy decision.
Inequality is a policy decision.
Remember this.
Britain plans to increase pressure on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine by tightening restrictions on Russian liquefied natural gas exports in 2026 - British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.
12.11.2025 16:08 โ ๐ 142 ๐ 24 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2It is great that Rubio clearly states that sanctions must be constantly enforced to work. That is a key point I personally wasnโt sure the current administration understands.
13.11.2025 13:07 โ ๐ 112 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 0Near Novoplatonivka, an FPV drone hit one of the vehicles. Two women were killed instantly, and a man died in the ambulance.
Barbaric russians keep purposefully murdering civilians every single day โผ๏ธ
Russian drone killed civilians on their way to collect pensions in Kharkiv regionโผ๏ธ
In the Izium district, Russia deliberately struck civilians. Residents were traveling to Borova on small motorized vehicles to receive pensions and food.
Everyone is posting this video of a Ukrainian soldier shooting down a Russian Shahed drone with a "minigun," and itโs a great video worth sharing.
I just canโt help thinking that they launch hundreds upon hundreds of those drones at us every single day. Every day!
Ukraine struck Russiaโs Stavrolen LLC, a petrochemical plant in Stavropol Krai, nearly 300 km from the border
The plant produces polymers and components for Russian military equipment, including UAVs Multiple explosions and a large fire were reported euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/12/r...
โFearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed."
The BBC must stand up to Trump's $1 billion lawsuit - or risk legitimising the president's false narrative of what really happened on January 6
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
โThey call themselves the so-called ambassadors of an Islamic country, but there are dozens of Muslim countries, and none of them are banning girls from their education.โ
Malala calls on Muslim leaders to step forward and challenge the Taliban.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...
"Choose a lane and celebrate it! Say 'this is what I genuinely believe, it might go wrong, but I'm going to go for it.'"
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social call for more courage in UK politics - the kind shown across the pond by Mamdani.
Dutch officials rebuke Trump admin over removal of Black WWII vet memorials โผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธ
Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down.
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1/ Eleven Dutch parties across the political spectrum from socialist to conservative have issued a joint appeal to a provincial government to build a memorial to Black American soldiers who died in World War II, to replace one removed from the Netherlands American Cemetery. โฌ๏ธ
10.11.2025 09:17 โ ๐ 641 ๐ 238 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 30They've already defied every prediction. They're still standing. They're still winning.
Don't lose faith now. Share this. Let the world know: Ukraine holds. ๐บ๐ฆ
๐บ๐ฆ Heroes at work. Hats off to you, guys! ๐ค
07.11.2025 15:42 โ ๐ 65 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Verona cancels Abdrazakovโs opera performance after protests
Italyโs Verona has canceled Russian opera singer Ildar Abdrazakovโs appearance in โDon Giovanniโ after a wave of public protests.
Organizers confirmed he will not take the stage in January 2026. ๐
Ukraine faces 500+ Russian drones daily. French fishers found the solution in their trash piles.
Deep-sea horsehair nets built for catching monkfish prove strong enough to entangle drone propellersโ280 km already deployed from medical camps to infrastructure
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/08/p...
Russian forces struck a humanitarian vehicle in Donetsk Oblast on 8 Nov with a precision droneโ3rd attack on this mission in one week. The drone hit directly on the humanitarian emblem while Austrian and Spanish journalists were inside
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/08/f...
๐ท Suspilne
Military theorist Delwin calls it a "counter-fixation axis for Ukrainian reserves" โ Russia committed just enough forces north of Pokrovsk to keep Ukraine's elite 1st Azov Corps busy there.
The tactic worked: the 1st Azov Corps never made it to defend Pokrovsk itself.
On 9โ10 November, Dnipro will observe days of mourning after Russian drone killed three in residential building
The attack began with drones and was followed by ballistic missile strike. Residents prayed in fear as ten loud explosions shook the city euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/08/w...
Harrison Ford says Trumpโs assault on climate policy โscares the shit out of meโ
31.10.2025 16:46 โ ๐ 361 ๐ 92 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 8I agree, there is a deep sense of nihilism in Russia that goes back to the mid 19th C, it has ebbed and flowed since then but it is resurgent and now linked with the political and religious elites. It is indeed dangerous for all of us.
08.11.2025 15:42 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Russian Orthodox Church has stated that it is inappropriate for Russians to laugh and enjoy life because for them, sorrow is joy and bliss.
"Our mentality is different; we even look sorrowful..," Pitirim, Bishop Skopinsky, said.
One more justification of war for them.
Kate and Mark Szymankiewicz want no more children to suffer like their daughter, who died unsupervised and locked away from her doctor parents
24.08.2025 14:32 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Eight child abusers were jailed today.
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, & Margate jailed for a combined 100 years.
This managed not to be the top story on repeat for BBC, itv or sky News.
I wonder why.
#bbcbias #itvbias #skybias
Unity not division!
07.11.2025 10:44 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0As a University of York graduate, I deplore its association with Drax, UK's biggest carbon emitter. I have signed the petition of @stopburningtrees.bsky.social.
Tell Drax's partners and the DSIT to reject Drax's AI Data Centre.
actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...
On September 10,Anna,a resident of Pokrovsk,Donetsk region,heavily pregnant,left the city by bicycle amid constant Russian shelling.The 25th Sicheslav Airborne Brigade reported that a Russian drone targeted her twice but,fortunately, missed
Soldiers of the brigade met Anna&evacuated her
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War is hell.
Ukrainian warriors rescued a bird tangled in drone fiber optic cables.
๐น: United24media
โก๏ธAt least 24 relatives of Putin get state-linked jobs, investigative journalists say.
This is a record for nepotism since the country was ruled by the Romanov imperial dynasty a century ago, according to Proyekt, an investigative journalism project.
kyivindependent.com/putin-sets-r...