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@marcelias.bsky.social: "I want everyone to pay attention... Trump is laying the groundwork to steal the 2026 election."

Fascinating. And a nice accompaniment to research I've been doing recently been into companies who either have, or are considering, putting Nature on the company's board of directors (eg. Faith in Nature, House of Hackney).

It's worth noting this is really bad for any woman whose not gender conforming or who doesn't fit sterotypes. They'll be liable to be asked to prove their gender (apparently needing to provide a birth certificate! Who the fuck has one of those about) which is both deeply humiliating and wrong

If the guidance is as reported it's a utter, offensive mess. Ideology over all else.

This basically means that trans men are excluded, practically, from almost all spaces. And that legitimate aim is so broad as to be impossible to challenge

If you are in Edinburgh, go & see Joe Tracini. 8.25pm at the Underbelly, Bristo Square. Every night until the 24th. He is amazing & the show is incredible.

Lammy has said Vance's book "reduced me to tears"

Is this what international relations experts mean by ‘strategic ambiguity’?

Made it into the new Private Eye @privateeyenews.bsky.social Now I can retire.

Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for 'illegal migrants' Rupert Lowe says he will donate £1,000 to charity but makes

MP mistakes charity rowers for "illegal migrants" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wow. We've reached the next level here

I’ve been checking the labels and boycotting.

Can anyone explain to me why you wouldn't just buy bitcoin directly if you thought it was a good investment?

England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard

England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds

Happened on the regulators' watch

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

God laughs. Or maybe that should be Satan.

It won’t make the facts of climate change better.

But it will make responses much worse.

Is it just me or does that look like gilt cocks stuck on the top of tables now inhabiting the car park replacing the ex-Rose Garden ?

“The best way to think about Congress Republicans is as a full-time propaganda outlet for Trump. What they mostly do in hearings is create smoke screens for him. The pretence of trying to legislate has been largely abandoned. They’ve ceded control of process and just create content for Fox News.”

Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister

It’s after she ended her own tenants' contract in order to sell up, but then re-listed the house for rent at a higher price within 6 mths: exactly what she’s trying to outlaw under Renters' Rights Bill

Grok agrees.

X is really going Mecha Nazi isn’t it? Just full of racist lies about migrants and crime. I remember this in the 70s. The problem now is that this toxic filth is pouring into millions of eyes

The billionaire CEO of the third richest company on the planet gives the President an actual block of gold so his company is exempted from US Government tariffs. And the whole thing is broadcast live on TV.

Anyone who can't see what is happening to this country is unsalvageable at this point.

A Facebook post from the Newcastle Chronicle saying: "Lloyds, Barclays, NatWest customers urged to close account within 48 hours" with no other details.

Local journalism update: this Reach title is trying to cause a run on the banks.

*Extremely* poor behaviour from the BBC and its reporter here.

PS: You may have read this story already. The BBC ran a version of it yesterday

We shared our FOI docs with their reporter and press office.
Their response? To publish the story - our story - without even notifying us.

A £6bn public broadcaster selling out a tiny investigative newsletter. Nice. 😔

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.

«The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.» 🤷🏻‍♂️

futurism.com/white-house-...

Trump announces he will chair White House taskforce for 2028 LA Olympics President, who has clashed with LA officials over Ice raids, says Games will be ‘wonderful moment for America’

It's going to be Berlin 1936 all over again, isn't it? 🙃

Albeit Trump will miraculously "win" the golf Olympic title.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

The Con/Reform difference here is very striking

So true. I've lived in 3 different European countries in past 10 yrs, 2 of which were in S Europe & had far greater volumes of migrant sea crossings. The R-dominated UK MSM have whipped it up out of all proportion. Sadly Starmer, Cooper & other key Labour figures are now stupidly fuelling it.

The Guardian view on asylum myths: when truth loses, scapegoating takes over Britain’s migrant debate | Editorial Editorial: Labour’s cautious fixes for immigration and asylum policy face a toxic public mood shaped by fear, falsehoods and far-right provocation

I've just spent a year in Italy, which gets a fair number of small boats from a much larger stretch of sea than the Channel on a daily basis and NO WAY there is such hysterical, daily political coverage of this worldwide phenomenon like here in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I stopped proactively engaging with UK News as far as I could (easy in mountains of SW 🇫🇷, not so easy now back in Ireland🇮🇪). The quality of journalism has plummeted and it's dangerously unbalanced: 90% is clickbait-and-screw-the-consequences stuff, and desperate trying to crown Farage.

Well, it looks like we survived Grok Riots Day

(And it's Farage and friends who need to de-escalate)

This is a key table to understanding public opinion on migration. *When confronted with the real trade offs* people go for protecting the NHS and the economy over reducing migration.

The problem as per the rest of the thread is many don't believe those trade offs exist.

Pictured: 7 former prosecutors

Not pictured: Alex Acosta, the prosecutor who engineered Epstein’s sweetheart deal and who later served as Trump’s Labor secretary