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I found the year’s first Pipevine swallowtail!!

Sometimes hope is found in something as small as a butterfly.
When everything feels heavy, I walk along the creek near home. The sound of water over rocks, sighting fresh blooms, the call of birds, remind me that the world still hums with quiet life.

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#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

'Most Vile Scumbags on Earth': Critics Appalled by Explosive Report on Kristi Noem's Corruption | Common Dreams Explosive report reveals 'outrageous corruption' by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and top adviser Corey Lewandowski.

www.commondreams.org/news/kristi-...

People line up on a sidewalk at dusk in a line, holding lighted candles.

Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.

According to SNP for North Ayrshire Labour joined with Reform in a bid to form an administration on North Ayrshire Council Their attempt to run the Council was stopped when more Councillors supported the formation of a new SNP administration 👇

BBC removes head of Arabic service to please racist Israel lobby Removing the head of BBC Arabic panders to the Israeli lobby, which has repeatedly attacked its Gaza coverage

BBC removes head of Arabic service to please racist Israel lobby 😡

www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."

Legend, welcome!!

Just joined.

They’re wasting their time. The public are repulsed by the Labour Party now. Smart vote is on the Greens ✅

The time for change is now: end fox hunting Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...

Donate to Urgent Help Needed for Ivorie’s Housing Crisis, organized by Ivorie Matthews Hi everyone. My name is Ivorie, I’m 21 years young, and I’m from Minnes… Ivorie Matthews needs your support for Urgent Help Needed for Ivorie’s Housing Crisis

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Somalian girl desperately needs help! Please help or share if you can! 😢

🔥 UNITE WINNING | Guinness zero canning plant, Belfast

Massive congratulations to @unitetheunion.bsky.social members in their fight for fair pay. Their strike in December shut down the plant and secured this significant win on pay.

Ah,the joy of quasi privatisation and,a Health Minister who favours the Private Sector, who by the by have been and are still are stripping OUR HHS of its money meant for Workers and Patients.

It beggars belief that a Labour govt would ride roughshod over health unions when deciding on NHS pay.

This announcement will simply increase the problems of low pay that has seen thousands of healthcare workers leave, worsening the recruitment and retention crisis in our NHS.

Imperial College pay strikes set to ramp up this month Workers at Imperial College London are to resume strike action this month over pay, the Unite trade union has said.

Hugely wealthy university, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social have admitted to using faulty pay calculations to implement real terms wage cuts. They must fix these figures and come back with a fair pay offer. Strikes will continue with @unitetheunion.bsky.social's full support.

Oh, but don't you see, that would hint of SOCIALISM, what would our Home owning members say and our lovely Corporate funders and their Billionaire owners think!!

Labour was built to give workers a voice and fight for a better deal. Workers' are scratching their heads with the lack of delivery over the last 18 months. Labour need to stop being embarrassed about standing up for workers and communities.

Be Labour. via @financialtimes.com

Bank of England must cut rates amid economic ‘doom loop,’ unions say THE Bank of England must “go further and faster” with rate cuts to help boost living standards, unions said today in light of marginal GDP growth.Ministers were also challenged on underinvestment as new official figures showed household incomes still being squeezed by a “relentless cost-of-living crisis.”The Office for National Statistics showed that gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.1 per cent in the fourth quarter — the same as in the previous three months.

The UK economy will not get the growth we were promised until we reverse our historic levels of underinvestment.

We need to stop the rot and start delivering for everyday people.

a graphic saying '63% say they have cut back on essentials because of the cost of living crisis', with some trollies illustrating the proportion.

Almost two thirds of people in the UK have cut back on essentials due to the cost of living. The crisis isn’t over — it’s getting worse.

Today we're launching the Cost of Living Action campaign, calling on the Government to end this crisis and ensure it never happens again.

Labour bill would stop ‘dodgy front companies’ making political donations Bill would also give votes to 16-year-olds and pave the way for ‘opt-out’ voter registration

Read more:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We did it! Foreign political donations are being banned, including the dodgy "front company" loophole.

Why are we paying £4 million a year in rent for an empty prison?

Our first GAY PRIME MINISTER, YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO MY VOTE,oh and I am just rejoining GREEN.

Zack and the Black Cap campaign group all smiling for a photo

The Black Cap Forever

Decades ago I used to collect glasses at the Black Cap, Camden!

11 years ago after it closed down, we set up a campaign to reopen it!

I long ago got distracted but these legends (with others!) stuck it out for years. Delighted to say from next month our LGBT+ pub is back! 🎉

Rep. Jason Crow on Rubio's Munich speech: "Not only did he say things I found disturbing, what was also important was what he did not say. He never mentioned Russia once. He never mentioned China once. There was historically revisionism."

Speaking as a Grumpy Old Englishman. Rubber Dong can go FUCK HIMSELF

Rubio tells Europe US wants renewed alliance – but on Trump’s terms Secretary of state calls the US ‘a child of Europe’ and urges continent to back a new world order

Rubio is offering Europe a junior partnership: embrace Trumpism, ditch climate action, endorse nativism.

A Trump adjacent ally will put this on the ballot paper in most national elections, though most people in most European democracies are sceptical/opposed

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Hi,into vinyl too,Denon 30l dd,Nad 3020i pair Linn index standmout. Listening to Bach Brandenburg as we speak.

Old Skool #Audio Stack. #Audiophile