Astrid

next week!!!

I don't think this is reckless, I think it is welcomed. These people have a 'mow the lawn' mindset without drawing a gun.

The presidents of Syria and the USA smiling and shaking hands in the Oval Office.

Former Al Qaeda leader … backed by USA www.ispionline.it/wp-content/u...

It’s all fun and games.

Yasser Abu Shabab, Militant Leader Backed by Israel, Killed in Gaza, Official Says

Israel's chief collaborator in occupied Gaza, the former ISIS member Yasser Abu Shabab, is reported to have been killed.

Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.

They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.

Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.

What a scandal.

I’m so sad and angry. Rania and I have been in touch for months during this genocide and I have grown to love and admire her so much. Through bombings and displacements, she’s been a rock and a star for her family. And now, because she couldn’t get evacuated in time, she’s gone. I’m so sorry. 💔

My dear friend has passed away.

Rania has developed sepsis after a long and complicated pregnancy during the famine.
In a world where the genocide had ended, she could be evaluated for treatment in another country because in Gaza it is impossible to get her the care she needs.

Act my age? What the fuck is that "act my age"? What do I care how old I am? The ocean is old as fuck, it will still drown your ass with vigor.

I just heard from Mohammed that Rania's condition is getting worse. Please keep her and her family in your hearts and if you have anything to donate to contribute to her medical care it would be gratefully received.

My dear friend Rania has just undergone an emergency cesarian to deliver her daughter. Both are in intensive care units and very vulnerable.
Any donations towards their care will be gratefully received.
Mohammed, their husband and father, has been injured and is unable to work.

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash

EHRC guidance leaked and it's so bad even The Times can't put a positive spin on it

www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...

At *this* time you want to go Oooooh look at those cool army killer toys?

This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.

I think he just thinks he's one of the good guys and basically right on everything. Clueless. The worst people are often the ones who think they are good but are in reality utter shits. And he loves power and is low on empathy i.e. ruthless but sees himself as a decent caring family man. He's not.

NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’ Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust

We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite

This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A runner runs along an almost uncanny golden track, in low sunlight, blurry hills in the background.

I ran my first ultra marathon across the Scottish Highland Moors this weekend. It was fabulous!
Dava Way 50km. Great race, super people. More of this!
Picture by Stuart Ross.

We’re doomed, as a species, if the smartest of us can’t stop doing insanely dumb things. Doomed!

Scrolling past I thought they were pointing out the nuisance of dog fowling in parks...

Ape-shitting for Peaches in GenX, invisibly ofc.

This is something @aaronwinter.bsky.social and I explored in our report for the @runnymedetrust.bsky.social in the lead up to the 2024 election

Once more, the key question is not whether immigration is a popular concern, but why it has been made so

www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...

I don’t want a palantir managed ID but the system here is not easy and not free.

If you don’t go into the bank office itself, you have to sent your papers verified by *small list of accepted verifyers* and one of the ways is to have them verified by the post office. Fees apply. £12.50.
Also, a birth certificate is not a photo ID. And who gets paper bills these days?

Headline: The far right German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

Great to see the central role of mainstream parties covered so openly as it's been ignored for too long

However, I can't help but think that if the Guardian was serious about agenda setting, it would also reflect on their own role in the mainstreaming process

Unironically, you can see how these guys’ Twitter brainrot has progressed to this stage where they have trouble remembering that you’re supposed to talk about the Nazis as the bad guys. It’s not a winking nod to neo-Nazis so much as them genuinely forgetting which way is supposed to be up