Al in Helsinki
@alinhelsinki.bsky.social
West Wales native currently immigrant in Finland. Average IT Specialist, board game creator, mad into climbing though crap. Generally love everything outdoors related, thus fearful of a bleak future as the world burns
This is insanely grim. Fuck Israel and their international backers (US, UK and Germany especially)
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 AM
This is insanely grim. Fuck Israel and their international backers (US, UK and Germany especially)
Perfectly incapsulates the disdain these traitors have for the UK. May they never know a moment of peace
January 23, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Perfectly incapsulates the disdain these traitors have for the UK. May they never know a moment of peace
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
Just highlights further why the rest of the free world should diverge from the US, in every sense, ASAP
🔴‘Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election’: US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues @brynntannehill.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues @brynntannehill.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
bylinetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Just highlights further why the rest of the free world should diverge from the US, in every sense, ASAP
Really great speech from Mark Carney; a proper statesman. Compare it with the vacuousness of Keir Starmer’s mutterings
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Really great speech from Mark Carney; a proper statesman. Compare it with the vacuousness of Keir Starmer’s mutterings
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How to trespass: It often doesn’t come naturally - we’re conditioned to stick to paths, obey signs, and respect boundaries. We’re going back to basics to share core principles for roaming respectfully and interacting with the world around you with care.
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
How to trespass: It often doesn’t come naturally - we’re conditioned to stick to paths, obey signs, and respect boundaries. We’re going back to basics to share core principles for roaming respectfully and interacting with the world around you with care.
Signed. Surely animal testing should have had its day long long ago.
The things we do to animals in farming is bad, the things we do to dogs is actually worse. Lab experiments of unspeakable cruelty, thousands of dogs bred to die hard - every year. In the name of medicine.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Signed. Surely animal testing should have had its day long long ago.
www.libdems.org.uk/nodigitalid
Please think to add your name to this LD petition. Digital ID is not what the UK needs right now!
Please think to add your name to this LD petition. Digital ID is not what the UK needs right now!
No to Digital ID Cards!
Keir Starmer says everyone in the UK will be required to have mandatory digital ID. That’s not the kind of country we want to be.
Back our petition to say no to digital ID cards.
www.libdems.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 10:19 AM
www.libdems.org.uk/nodigitalid
Please think to add your name to this LD petition. Digital ID is not what the UK needs right now!
Please think to add your name to this LD petition. Digital ID is not what the UK needs right now!
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For those wondering what Mamdani's quote, "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty," was in reference to...
January 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM
For those wondering what Mamdani's quote, "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty," was in reference to...
Reposting so that I can easily refer to it when the topic inevitably comes up for debate in real life!
Because the issue of population change is so widely misunderstood, here's a short thread which seeks to lay it out simply.
It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall.
🧵1/13
It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall.
🧵1/13
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Reposting so that I can easily refer to it when the topic inevitably comes up for debate in real life!
Truly @kathyburke.bsky.social is as the best of British
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Truly @kathyburke.bsky.social is as the best of British
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This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are.
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
SOUTH KOREA IS OVER
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are.
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
Done…took all of 30s
The UK government is declaring the non-violent, anti-genocide Palestine Action a TERRORIST ORGANISATION akin to ISIS.
Please speak out against the proscription while you still can - add your name here: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription
Please speak out against the proscription while you still can - add your name here: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription
July 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Done…took all of 30s
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🕵️ 🚨 We’ve unmasked Morgoth, one of Britain’s most extreme far-right influencers.
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
Unmasking Morgoth, the British influencer who inspired a terrorist
Morgoth, the writer of the far-right blog Morgoth's Review, is today unmasked by HOPE not hate as the Geordie man Michael Wright.
hopenothate.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🕵️ 🚨 We’ve unmasked Morgoth, one of Britain’s most extreme far-right influencers.
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
• His real name is Michael Wright.
• He’s 49.
• He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...
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The view over St David's Head & Ramsey Island, west Pembrokeshire, this afternoon during @rcahmwales.bsky.social aerial survey ☀️🛩️
Glorious clear air but a bumpy north wind & freezing 🥶 with the window open for photography
📷 Mobile phone pic from 2000ft
#AerialArchaeology
Glorious clear air but a bumpy north wind & freezing 🥶 with the window open for photography
📷 Mobile phone pic from 2000ft
#AerialArchaeology
May 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The view over St David's Head & Ramsey Island, west Pembrokeshire, this afternoon during @rcahmwales.bsky.social aerial survey ☀️🛩️
Glorious clear air but a bumpy north wind & freezing 🥶 with the window open for photography
📷 Mobile phone pic from 2000ft
#AerialArchaeology
Glorious clear air but a bumpy north wind & freezing 🥶 with the window open for photography
📷 Mobile phone pic from 2000ft
#AerialArchaeology
If you haven’t already read @brookmyre.bsky.social novel The Cracked Mirror, pick it up and immerse yourself!
And then vote for it for crime novel of the year!
And then vote for it for crime novel of the year!
The Cracked Mirror is on the longlist for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. You can vote for it, or something your taste and discretion lead you to consider more worthy, at this link: www.harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you haven’t already read @brookmyre.bsky.social novel The Cracked Mirror, pick it up and immerse yourself!
And then vote for it for crime novel of the year!
And then vote for it for crime novel of the year!
Signed. Fuck elitism and the never ending damage it does to the UK’s natural habitats and fauna
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
This practice is devastating to the wildlife. It's archaic, cruel and elitist.
Let's consign it to history where it belongs.
@mrhenrymorris.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
This practice is devastating to the wildlife. It's archaic, cruel and elitist.
Let's consign it to history where it belongs.
@mrhenrymorris.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
April 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Signed. Fuck elitism and the never ending damage it does to the UK’s natural habitats and fauna
This is about as Nazi as you can go, minus the uniforms. Illegally and without trial, extraditing individuals to forced labour camps in a country they likely have no connection to.
First they came for…
First they came for…
March 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This is about as Nazi as you can go, minus the uniforms. Illegally and without trial, extraditing individuals to forced labour camps in a country they likely have no connection to.
First they came for…
First they came for…
Some much needed optimism from @labourlewis.bsky.social Be great if voices like Clive’s led Labours decisions and direction…can only hope Starmer pays attention!
Britain’s foreign policy reality just shattered. Trump’s return, Ukraine in crisis, Atlanticism in doubt—what now?
Keir Starmer has a rare chance to reset defence, rebuild the economy & seize the moment.
Will he?
Chaos is a ladder. Time to climb.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Keir Starmer has a rare chance to reset defence, rebuild the economy & seize the moment.
Will he?
Chaos is a ladder. Time to climb.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain must see being ditched by Donald Trump for what it really is: a great opportunity | Clive Lewis
A line has been crossed. There is a bold way to think again about our defence, social spending and foreign policy, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Some much needed optimism from @labourlewis.bsky.social Be great if voices like Clive’s led Labours decisions and direction…can only hope Starmer pays attention!
How much better off we would all be had he flipped and both of the ghouls died in the wreckage. Seems all the worst ones get a pass…
From OWNED, me on Elon Musk, the man who now is in charge of the federal government
February 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
How much better off we would all be had he flipped and both of the ghouls died in the wreckage. Seems all the worst ones get a pass…
Yet further proof that the takeaway delivery industry is just a smokescreen to screw consumers over.
✔️Increased prices for consumer
✔️Below minimum wage pay for zero hours ‘employees’
✔️Bogus providers, even harder for the genuine independent
But hey, billions for the ‘disruptors’.
✔️Increased prices for consumer
✔️Below minimum wage pay for zero hours ‘employees’
✔️Bogus providers, even harder for the genuine independent
But hey, billions for the ‘disruptors’.
Ever wondered where the dozens of supposedly independent gourmet burger outlets in your local area suddenly sprung up from?
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Burgers and Lies: The Corporate ‘Ghost Kitchen’ Food Delivery Outlets Posing as Independent Restaurants
A Byline Times investigation reveals how consumers are being offered the illusion of choice, while being sold the same food, from the same kitchens, under entirely different brands
bylinetimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Yet further proof that the takeaway delivery industry is just a smokescreen to screw consumers over.
✔️Increased prices for consumer
✔️Below minimum wage pay for zero hours ‘employees’
✔️Bogus providers, even harder for the genuine independent
But hey, billions for the ‘disruptors’.
✔️Increased prices for consumer
✔️Below minimum wage pay for zero hours ‘employees’
✔️Bogus providers, even harder for the genuine independent
But hey, billions for the ‘disruptors’.
Reposted by Al in Helsinki
Ever wondered where the dozens of supposedly independent gourmet burger outlets in your local area suddenly sprung up from?
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Burgers and Lies: The Corporate ‘Ghost Kitchen’ Food Delivery Outlets Posing as Independent Restaurants
A Byline Times investigation reveals how consumers are being offered the illusion of choice, while being sold the same food, from the same kitchens, under entirely different brands
bylinetimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Ever wondered where the dozens of supposedly independent gourmet burger outlets in your local area suddenly sprung up from?
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Thanks Carole and colleagues. Can’t overlook how important your sacrifice is here in trying to keep the Guardian/Observer free from billionaire influence.
I’ll support the only way I can, by boycotting the Guardian during the strike days
I’ll support the only way I can, by boycotting the Guardian during the strike days
Today is the Observer’s 233rd birthday. And the first of 4 strike days. I grew up in South Wales in the shadow of the miners’ strike. Extraordinary to be joining a picket line outside what I believed was my liberal progressive news org all these years later.
We’re so grateful for your support & ✊
We’re so grateful for your support & ✊
December 4, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Thanks Carole and colleagues. Can’t overlook how important your sacrifice is here in trying to keep the Guardian/Observer free from billionaire influence.
I’ll support the only way I can, by boycotting the Guardian during the strike days
I’ll support the only way I can, by boycotting the Guardian during the strike days
With billionaires buying up and using legacy media as mouthpiece’s for their fascistic agendas, this is incredibly concerning. Feels like the Guardian/Observer is the last bastion of trustworthy journalism, and it’s in great peril. Please boycott during the strike days!!
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
November 26, 2024 at 8:59 AM
With billionaires buying up and using legacy media as mouthpiece’s for their fascistic agendas, this is incredibly concerning. Feels like the Guardian/Observer is the last bastion of trustworthy journalism, and it’s in great peril. Please boycott during the strike days!!
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Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
November 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵