Reposted by saltcube-logicRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators. 47084373964
Reposted by saltcube-logicGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Repeated dawn raids by the police on peaceful, decent people who have made social media posts supportive of Palestine Action. They are being treated as if they were building bombs. Tell me this isn't authoritarianism. www.middleeasteye.net/news/this-is...middleeasteye.net'This isn't the Britain I grew up in': The activists raided by police over Palestine Action videosActivists say police searched their entire homes, confiscating personal devices and items bearing the Palestinian flag, even rifling through personal diaries 34845397
Reposted by saltcube-logicRen Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I’m seeing countless posts fed-up with the #BBC news bias and its ReformUK propaganda. Time to stop yelling into the void and complain directly to the BBC. Give them hell. They deserve it for constantly pushing this lot of charlatans in our faces. www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...bbc.co.ukMake A Complaint | Contact the BBC 071
Reposted by saltcube-logicNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Combining solar farms and boosting #biodiversity: a positive report H/T @inkcapjournal.bsky.social www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/news/new-rep...suffolkwildlifetrust.orgNew report of Suffolk solar farm showcases ecological best practice | Suffolk Wildlife TrustPioneering 12-year study carried out by Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Broxted Estate & Solar Farm Suffolk demonstrates how renewable energy generation and biodiversity restoration can be achieved together... 218092
Reposted by saltcube-logicMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?eastangliabylines.co.ukAs Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carportsMinisters have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations 28228671227
Reposted by saltcube-logicGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 16/08/2026“Gathering different datasets into one place paves the way for authoritarian surveillance and control”- Duncan McCann, our tech and data lead on our latest investigation It’s vital we push back against Palantir and their presence in our police force, before it’s too late goodlaw.social/79ktgoodlaw.socialPalantir: UK police forces rack up £7.8m on US spy tech | Good Law ProjectSix police forces are now known to have processed data with Palantir software, while further information is being fed in through data sharing agreements with neighbouring forces. 513056
Reposted by saltcube-logicSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is an inappropriate, credulous & politically biased BBC headline. The claims about savings will be sharply contested. News reports should not imclude what reads as an ediorial endorsememt in the headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1181749522
Reposted by saltcube-logicJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/08/2026A former director of BBC News speaks: 482559957
Reposted by saltcube-logicJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Not hard to see why Reform did not announce their plan to abolish Personal Independence Payment until *after* the by-election.. 581426613
Reposted by saltcube-logicRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"The report did not contain a section on Trump’s personal ties to Russia and whether he was compromised or represented a counterintelligence threat. "He acknowledged that he had not examined whether Russian oligarchs had laundered money through Trump’s businesses... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...nytimes.comHow a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Trump’s Russia Ties Was DerailedDocuments released by the White House shed new light on the demise of an often-overlooked 2017 F.B.I. investigation. 961423693
Reposted by saltcube-logicZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/08/2026We have very unfortunate news to share today... 😢 I've been an author for this report since 2020, and we just celebrated our 20th anniversary edition last year. 561354620
Reposted by saltcube-logicJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026🔴 Zack Polanski Promotes Radical Plan to Break Up Britain’s ‘Billionaire Media’ Green leader throws weight behind Media Sovereignty Act campaign to stop press barons “literally buying democracy” bylinetimes.com/2026/08/10/z...bylinetimes.comZack Polanski Promotes Radical Plan to Break Up Britain's ‘Billionaire Media’Green leader throws weight behind Media Sovereignty Act campaign to stop press barons "literally buying democracy" 437096
Reposted by saltcube-logicZeteo @zeteo.com · 11/08/2026Why Do People Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Keep Mysteriously Dying? Zeteo rounds up nine deaths, some of them weird, over the span of a decade and the unanswered questions they left behind. Read full list: zeteo.com/p/why-do-peo... 910846
Reposted by saltcube-logicGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We don't have a badger problem. We have a dairy cow problem. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08...telegraph.co.uk 34736141
Reposted by saltcube-logicZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026A fifth heatwave. People at risk across the country. But the new Government is silent. Time to tax fossil fuel companies to fund firefighting helicopters. And to race to lower carbon energy and permanently cheaper bills. 531476466
Reposted by saltcube-logicAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Very weird to be living for weeks through what has so far been the worst UK drought since records began and for the Prime Minister to have still said absolutely nothing about it 1862664738
Reposted by saltcube-logicProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This isn’t talked about enough… Europe is warming faster than any other continent; at more than twice the global average. This isn’t a distant future. Talk about it with someone today. 16237
Reposted by saltcube-logicProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"more work needed to assess risk from collapse of ecosystem services" Really? I think we all know the risks, as shown by a number of already published analyses Forget further assessment - we need action - by yesterday www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy 26730
Reposted by saltcube-logicNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026A broken #FoodSystem. A failed economic system. A huge waste of human potential and capacities needed to tackle our #AgeofShocks www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comHealthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report findsGlobal hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn people can’t afford to eat well 04022
Reposted by saltcube-logicGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Excellent and essential letters here, laying to rest some pervasive myths about Carbon Capture and Storage, and raising further concerns about both the astonishing financial outlay and the vast climate damage it will cause. 18571262
Reposted by saltcube-logicZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. The difference is the Green Party will actually do it. Rent controls. Wealth tax. Climate action. Join.greenparty.org.uk 36682159
Reposted by saltcube-logicDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 18/07/2026“If the UK allows any new development of oil and gas fields, it will severely undermine those claims of leadership by contributing to further oversupply of fossil fuels, making it more difficult for the world to limit warming to 1.5°C” #AndyDon'tBurn'Emlse.ac.ukUK researchers urge PM to end new oil & gas development - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environmentHundreds of academics at universities across the United Kingdom have urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to end approvals for new developments of onshore or offshore oil and gas fields in a letter sent t... 612758
Reposted by saltcube-logicEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 18/07/2026The rot at FIFA has gone too far. Under Infantino, political greed has completely broken the game we love. We can't just watch from the sidelines anymore, the FA and our European partners need to walk away and build a fair, clean alternative from scratch. It’s time to move on. 48937242
Reposted by saltcube-logicAuntie Social @auntiesocial.bsky.social · 18/07/2026If you're arresting people at the airport on their way OUT of the country, your goal.was never border security. It's filling for-profit concentration camps. 132105713168
Reposted by saltcube-logicProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/07/2026You effing idiot! @andyburnham.bsky.social An utterly ignorant and nonsensical decision Look around you for f*ck's sake And explain your decision to the relatives of the 2,700 people who have just died in the UK as a consequence of the mass burning of fossil fuels www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBurnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drillingDrilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences. 1815362
Reposted by saltcube-logicWIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone. 9499172987
Reposted by saltcube-logicAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Can’t believe this is even needed, but here we are. 576150163602
Reposted by saltcube-logicDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/07/2026A reminder: The US, by being the largest historical CO₂ emitter, has caused $10 trillion in global climate damage since 1990. A quarter of this impact is felt domestically, but it disproportionately affects poorer countries.theguardian.comUS has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research findsUS, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says 13626346
Reposted by saltcube-logicBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train. But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK. Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax. 11395151
Reposted by saltcube-logicPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Dreaming of a home? UK workers' share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975 to 59.3%. Employee median wage £31,524 (£26,217 net). Can you buy a home? Private sector rents up 28% in the last 3 yrs. Social housing decimated since the 1980s. Govts still besotted with neoliberalism.leftfootforward.orgThe housing crisis is manufactured. We can end it.Wage cuts and the right to buy are to blame 1022591
Reposted by saltcube-logicBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026These pricks constantly tell you there is 'no money' for you. I wonder why? 825182
Reposted by saltcube-logicBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026About 2000 billionaires and centi-millionaires have turned up in boats worth billions to watch the F1 race in Monaco. 34916
Reposted by saltcube-logicFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Is it rude to ask how data access and abuses ARE being policed and could be policed once the contract ends.? What has happened to the met data. This made me laugh (scornfully) “Mosley went on to say that Palantir has no interest in patient data in the UK. Right. He thinks we are idiots. 36237
Reposted by saltcube-logicBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026If you want Sadiq Khan to block Palantir from using all the Police cameras in the UK to spy on you for Donald Trump. RT 10359199
Reposted by saltcube-logicMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026This isn't accidental oversight by our media. It's malicious complicity. 3210110
Reposted by saltcube-logicJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/04/2026More data and details: popular.info/p/the-media-...popular.infoThe media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandalAs Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest. 24900393
Reposted by saltcube-logicSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026(🚨) OK, the time has come. Everyone needs to read the 2020 bestseller Proof of Corruption, in which the man pictured below is a key antagonist trying to steal the 2020 election for Trump. Don't care about the money here, just borrow it from the library.nytimes.comU.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes 32780364
Reposted by saltcube-logicJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20/04/2026We are 7 weeks into the most egregious stock market manipulations of our lifetime. Orchestrated by a crooked president and his underlings. Billions siphoned via false proclamations of ceasefires and peace talks. With the criminals in charge, every day is a crime spree. 21969902448
Reposted by saltcube-logicJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 20/04/2026More good stuff in-coming from Miliband reportedly. An accelerated Warm Homes Plan and reforms to minimise the role of gas in setting power prices are precisely the levers the government should be pulling to try and tackle the oil and gas shock. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528505...businessgreen.comMiliband poised to ramp up net zero plansEnergy Security and Net Zero Secretary reportedly set to confirm plans to accelerate Warm Homes Plan and electricity market reforms in response to global energy shock 24414
Reposted by saltcube-logicRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke. 20958722427
Reposted by saltcube-logicDr Negrin's Victory Pills @dr-negrin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026BBC News - More than 13 million living in poverty, new figures show www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMore than 13 million living in poverty, government figures showThe level rose slightly on the previous year while the number of children living in poverty has remained steady. 0102
Reposted by saltcube-logicLiving on Earth @livingonearthradio.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Climate news stories across the globe have dropped nearly 40% since 2021, notes @maxboykoff.bsky.social, director of UC Boulder’s Media and Climate Change Observatory. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...loe.orgLiving on Earth: Climate Coverage DropoffNews media outlets are retreating from covering climate change, according to the Media and Climate Change Observatory at the University of Colorado Boulder, which has been tracking this trend for deca... 24538
Reposted by saltcube-logicNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 13/04/2026And, for the record, this was also very obviously Trump depicting himself as a doctor. About to do a prostate exam. 34660164
Reposted by saltcube-logicRafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Having spent a lot of time recently with someone (unlike Trump in almost every way) who is in mid-stages of dementia I have to say this style of conversational glitching and swerving is bleakly familiar. 1015539
Reposted by saltcube-logicJointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Karmam Bales has produced an exceptional piece of investigative journalism that reveals how funds linked to Viktor Orbán are flowing into the right wing media circles of the United Kingdom. A crucial look at the hidden networks influencing domestic discourse.bylinetimes.comEXPOSED: How Viktor Orbán Bankrolled the Network Around Reform UKAs Hungary’s Prime Minister suffers a historic electoral defeat, Byline Times maps out how his government’s funding arm channelled hundreds of thousands of pounds into organisations at the heart of Br... 07955
Reposted by saltcube-logicMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Can we not just focus on the climate crisis.theguardian.comCritical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thoughtScientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas 46546221
Reposted by saltcube-logicDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought - Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas #AMOC #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCritical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thoughtScientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas 4189134
Reposted by saltcube-logic Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 09/04/2026NATO will be there. On the opposite side. 641104113
Reposted by saltcube-logicChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 08/04/2026In January, the Under Secretary of War summoned Pope Leo XIV’s then-cardinal ambassador to the United States — and delivered a lecture. America, Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.substack.comThe Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon PapacyThe Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador on American military supremacy. 631286405