Niall Huggan

Argentina's striking workers clash with police over Milei labour reforms Shops and supermarkets shut, flights were canceled and garbage piled high across Argentina on Thursday as unions staged a 24-hour general strike against President Javier Milei’s contentious labour ref...

See also: the UK under Reform..

Limit the right to strike;
Reduce unions' bargaining power;
Easier for companies to fire workers;
Extend probation periods;
Curb workers' ability to sue employers if dismissed;
Cut severance pay;
Empower employers to mandate 12hr workdays (instead of the current 8).

See also: the entire, entitled royal family...

a man wearing a top hat and a vest is standing in front of a pile of rocks .. ALT: a man wearing a top hat and a vest is standing in front of a pile of rocks ..

Why thank you most kindly!

The Royals and Dimbleby's doing their best to distance themselves from the crime, and corruption at the heart of the Royals.
Republic NOW!

Ah Matt turn off comments.
Why?
Maybe to stop people pointing out that:
a) All Reform MPs voted against the Workers’ Rights Bill
b) He took a hefty salary from a Hungarian far-right organisation
c) He doesn’t even live in the area—and likely won’t be seen after the election
d) All of the above?🤔

echoesofstreet 44m Imperialism supporters in full view.

Board of Genociders and land thieves.

www.threads.com/@echoesofstr...

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This is local to me and I’ve photographed the beach walking from Dornoch to Embo many times. There is already a golf course at Dornoch, they don’t bloody well need another one.

Thanks! 🙏

A couple of still life snaps from yesterday's belated birthday (mine) afternoon tea at the castle. Delicious vegetarian fare and service with a smile, dad jokes (we were warned, but accepted the challenge), and some scandalous potted histories of the castle and its occupants.

#photography
#scotland

Dan Koh: In the last year, this leader tried to take sovereign land unilaterally, use the justice system to jail enemies, & actively shut down independent media voices

That was Vladimir Putin—the fact that so many ppl thought I was describing Trump right now shows how much our democracy is at risk

I know it's ridiculous to have any hope in this world, but I hope Andrew squeals like a pig and dobs everyone else in it.

‘Backroom’ lobbying on Coul Links golf plan under fire Scottish ministers have been privately urged to back plans for a golf course on a coastal wildlife site. This has been condemned as “backdoor lobbying that tries to bypass the rules”.

Seems the US group behind this golf course at Dornoch haven't given up on their project, despite the land having protected habitats & species, and having already been refused by Scottish Government.

Contains "astroturfing" group & a mysterious letter.

Subtle US extractive capitalism at work.

Janis & Graham - Ungagged - Cardamom Coffee & Peppermint Tea - Ungagged! Janis & Graham with their usual mix of politics with a Scottish slant but how does Cardamom Coffee & Peppermint Tea come into it?

The @snp-socialists.bsky.social Co-Convenors, @janis-w.bsky.social and @cllrgrahamc.bsky.social discuss; Starmer, Sarwar & Burham, Mandelson & Epstein, Trump, NATO–Ukraine–Russia & Super Bowl 1/2Time Show. How does Cardamom Coffee & Peppermint Tea come into it?

leftungagged.org/2026/02/17/j...

Massive outrage on the news at the suggestion The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince invited a paedophile to Buckingham Palace. Lets hope none of the many photos of Charles and his mate Jimmy or Rolph painting the Queen at the Palace are in the Epstein files or goodness knows what'd happen.

‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions? Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

RIP Robert Duvall

One of Goodwin's campaign team in Gorton and Denton. Fuck every single one of these people.

If you have a Royal Family, you have deference.

If you have a Royal Family, you have a class system.

If you have a RF, you essentially say, "These people are better than everyone else by dint of birth & should maintain enormous influence, wealth and power."

Why would anyone want that at all?

Wow.

No.

Photograph of a metal 'shed' in a marshy field. It is stood on stilts to keep it above the water, with a strip of land each side for access. The wooden panels in the door are gone, and you can see straight though to the field behind. It is reflected in a patch of still water. Behind, the flats carry on to the grey sky above.

On the saltmarsh
#Photography

Minnesota marches honor missing and murdered Indigenous people Hundreds of people gathered Saturday at the Minneapolis American Indian Center to bring attention to the high numbers of Indigenous people who have gone missing or been murdered.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Highly addictive social media platforms do make this task very difficult but my husband's maxim has always been "you cannot childproof the world — you have to worldproof the child".

As a result we do have an extraordinarily cynical teenager but he seems to be getting the balance right with screens*

A black and white pen and printmaking ink illustration of a man sat in a cart being pulled by a pony towards a large dark house. A dim light can be seen at the doorway of the house the only other source of light is from the stars in the dark sky.

This original (unpublished) artwork is available to purchase. It’s one I’m particularly fond (and proud) of.

£495

Email: nicktankardart@gmail.com

Original colour version of a photo taken at Bill's Bar and Burger, Manhattan, NYC. Have shared the B&W version before, but stumbled across this in my archive.

#photography
#streetphotography
#Manhattan
#NYC

With all the #AISlop defiling social media and beyond, I think Charles Rennie Mackintosh's motto regarding the humanity of imperfection bears repeating:

"There is hope in honest error; none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist."

#ArtIsHuman