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Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

New Statesman cover this week. Online tomorrow. On newsstands Thursday.

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Kev @caoimhin1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Put this in your diary Today was the day that the so-called 'Labour' Party announced its ultimate, and hopefully last, betrayal of the working class. Sir Keir Starmer, doyen of the British establishment and Zionist puppet, has taken a massive shit on everything Labour was founded upon.

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Kate Osborne MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Tonight I voted against the Government's proposals in the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Disabled people already face costs of an extra £1091 a month, we should not be taking more money away from the most vulnerable in society.

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 01/07/2025

No matter how many last-minute concessions Starmer offers rebel MPs on the Welfare Bill, disabled people WILL end up worse off than before it passes. That's true even if some end up being protected. A truly extraordinary state of affairs for a Labour government.

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Mike Wilson @whisperingwind.eurosky.social · 07/06/2025

Quote of the week: “I wouldn't use this publication even if I ran out of toilet paper” [of The Mail on Sunday].

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Lindsey B @kibalchich.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Don't let the b*stards grind you down @zarahsultana.bsky.social Sending you my very best wishes and solidarity #DailyFail

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 05/06/2025

Breaking News! Code Yikes! The latest data from CERES just came in, and the 36-month running mean for the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) held stead at 11.25 Hiroshimas per Second (HpS), or about 970,000 Hiroshimas per day worth of planetary heating.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Ex-Labour minister calls for wealth tax and public investment in June spending review. UK needs an economic reset, end of cuts/austerity and neoliberal policies. Can't revive economy without boosting the purchasing power of the bottom 50%. Must redistribute. Tax the ultra-rich.

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Labour spending review must be ‘economic reset’, Louise Haigh to say

Exclusive: Ex-minister to call for wealth tax, and Andy Burnham to demand focus on housing and education

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The problem with Solar Power is that electricity will be so cheap it is free. And nothing is worse than free to them.

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

An abled couple sneered, not once, not twice, but thrice when I was able to gain access ahead of them with my disability ID. “You don’t look disabled” with an eye roll. Yeah? You don’t look human. Fuck yourself. How’s that?

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 31/05/2025

It is very likely that May, 2025 will end up with a global temperature anomaly below 1.4°C. If ENSO neutral (or La Nina) conditions persist this year, it is possible that 2025 will end up below 1.5°C. Last December, the Climate Casino put the OVER/UNDER for 2025 at 1.52°C. I'll take the UNDER.

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 31/05/2025

What Starmer and Labour have yet to figure out is that it's all very well having a 10-15 year grand plan for setting Britain to rights, but not if you do stuff that makes you so unpopular in the meantime that you only get 5 years in power.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The story of Alma Bowman, a disabled woman and US citizen detained by ICE, keeps getting worse She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Compromising with bigots has taken us from Brexit to elected officials openly calling for the ethnic cleansing of people of colour from the UK. Never compromise with hate.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Social mobility has been declining for decades but that's fine, we don't need the talents of 340 million people as long as we have the several dozen children of our stupidest oligarchs

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 31/05/2025

“Fixing climate change is too expensive.” Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing. Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Absolutely everybody has had their eyes opened to the blatant racial bias in our Media by the response to the Liverpool attack, who was a dangerous terrorist until he was found to be white. Then he become a Company Director, happily married and living in a cul-de-sac with 3 kids

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

This is true. The Tories have destroyed themselves trying to ape Farage. Under the influence of Blue Labour, Starmer is doing the same to Labour. Amplifying Farage's message merely drives people to vote for the real Farage rather than the pale copy.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

“Elon Musk told people he was taking so much ketamine that it was affecting his bladder. He took Ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms. He traveled with a daily medication box that held about 20 pills, including ones marked as the amphetamine stimulant Adderall…”

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🔥 Superb article De Montfort was meant to be an “anchor institution” and “civic university” working for the “benefit of local people and the prosperity of our places”. But its executives have raided it and in 2-3 years claimed £278K in their own luxury expenses.

centralbylines.co.uk

De Montfort University: the betrayal of jet-setting executives

Leicester's De Montfort University executives treat the university as an international business, with lavish expenses and financial speculation

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Thom Yorke @thomyorke.wastehq.social · 30/05/2025

For those who need to know.. let me fill in the blanks

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/05/2025

Your 'moment of doom' for May 30, 2025 ~ Planetary Inferno “For the first time, it’s not a fire in one region, we have fires in every region. That is a sign of a changing climate that we are going to have to adapt to.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days

After historic seasons in last two years, blazes continue trend of warm, dry conditions intensified by climate crisis

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I don’t want to live in a world where people are in jail and barred from work for smoking weed but an unelected man actively abusing ketamine faces no repercussions for illegally seizing all of our data and making decisions that kill hundreds of thousands of people

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Robert Jenrick attacking train fare dodgers while he tried to help a billionaire illegally dodge millions in tax exemplifies everything that is wrong with the UK, they demonise the minor crimes while protecting the massive criminals from justice

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

How justice 'works'.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Hermer spoke articulately, lucidly and morally about human rights so of course now the dogs of hell are after him www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Disabled people are not expendable We aren’t “less than” We aren’t “getting a free ride” Being chronically ill is not like being on vacation Receiving benefits or any type of support is not easy The system is designed to dehumanize, discourage & punish We need support, understanding & allies

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"Maximus, a Virginia-based business, reported an increase in pre-tax profits for its UK arm from £23.6m to £29.1m... The company is the biggest provider of... tests [that] determine a person’s level of function and ability to perform everyday tasks" #r4today

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US firm that tests eligibility for UK disability benefits reports 23% rise in profits

British arm of Maximus is biggest provider of functional assessment services for DWP

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

While Robert Jenrick MP spends his days wandering about the underground tackling fare dodgers and going on about the capital for clicks... his constituency has a genuine problem. ● Newark crime rate: 123 crimes per 1,000 ● London 105.8 per 1,000 But you know... "Sadiq"

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Thames Water hit with record £123m fine. Beware of the OFWAT spin. £104.5m fine for sewage dumping was announced on 6 Aug 2024. £18.2m fine for breach of dividend rules was announced on 19 Dec 2024. Companies allowed to negotiate fines. Can't end abuses without ending the profit motive

independent.co.uk

Thames Water hit with record £123m fine from watchdog

Ofwat issues largest ever penalty to water giant after two investigations into wastewater and dividend payments

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D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 03/05/2025

Made a cocktail for my wife and she put it in the freezer, inadvertently creating a new superorganism please hel—*glurk*

Closeup of an orange involuted surface glistening with biological potential

Zoom out to see the same orange surface contained within a frosted glass

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

The average billionaire in the UK gets £300m a year in tax avoidance benefits. The top companies Shell, BP, Amazon... are getting up to £5bn each. If we are cutting benefits, cut them for billionaires and trillion dollar companies who definately don't need them.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Sweden removed their student from Harvard because ICE are illegally arresting and deporting foreign students. The USA is not safe.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Combining 2 anti-cancer drugs prolongs the lifespan of mice, & may help humans age better. Researchers analyzed the impact of rapamycin & trametinib, showing that the pair extended the animals' lifespan by around 30%. 🧪💊🐭 www.newsweek.com/aging-health...

newsweek.com

New combination of drugs could drastically change how we age: scientists

In mice, the combination therapy not only improved the health of aging mice, but also extended their lifespan by around 30 percent.

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George Thomas @birdma2.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Easy Money Working for DWP. Maximus US contractor. The combined estimated value of the contracts, including subcontracting, is £800m over 5 years, with the option to extend for a further two years. www.maximusuk.co.uk/news/maximus...

maximusuk.co.uk

Maximus selected to deliver Functional Assessment Services contract

Maximus has been selected as the largest provider of the new Functional Assessment Services contract on behalf of the Department

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.

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Jason Pedlow @jasonpedlow.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Brown = Terrorist White = "Lovely Family Man"

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Almost half of adults fear an unexpected £100 bill would leave them struggling to pay their rent or mortgage ‘When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Almost half fear unexpected £100 bill 'would leave them struggling to pay rent'

The Salvation Army’s Captain John Clifton said: 'When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong'

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Chris Williams @gaffa.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

And of course, it's always appropriate to post this classic by Michael B. Tabor:

The parable of the Punk Bar, by Michael B. Taber.

I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you.

So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out."

And the dude next to me says, "hey i'm not doing anything, i'm a paying customer."

and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, "out. now." and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed

Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, "you didn't see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them."

And i was like, oh ok and he continues. "you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too.

And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it's too late because they're entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down."

And i was like, "oh damn."

and he said "yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people."

And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven't forgotten that at all.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/05/2025

Amazing. Right out in the open: "universities are free to do research as long as they're sympathetic to the administration." I want to personally play this clip in the face of every fucking clown who spent the last several years pretending that the left is the "real" threat to free speech.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Sensible 👏 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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