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The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
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Anyone working in feminist and other critical approaches to bioethics with expertise in global health/policy willing to write a blog post for the International Journal of Feminist Approached to Bioethics blog on this? Would love to have your piece on the blog if so.
The US has officially left the World Health Organization.
The damage that has been done in the past year to our health institutions will take years to rebuild, if we get the opportunity to do so.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
The damage that has been done in the past year to our health institutions will take years to rebuild, if we get the opportunity to do so.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US withdraws from the World Health Organization
The United States officially left the World Health Organization on Thursday after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health in the U.S. and globally, saying its decision reflected fail...
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Anyone working in feminist and other critical approaches to bioethics with expertise in global health/policy willing to write a blog post for the International Journal of Feminist Approached to Bioethics blog on this? Would love to have your piece on the blog if so.
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
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I welcomed the consultation on children’s social media use, but warned that a ban alone won’t solve the challenges tech poses. I asked the Secretary of State to revisit my Committee’s recommendations on platform responsibility, user control, digital advertising & business models.
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I welcomed the consultation on children’s social media use, but warned that a ban alone won’t solve the challenges tech poses. I asked the Secretary of State to revisit my Committee’s recommendations on platform responsibility, user control, digital advertising & business models.
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UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads
UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads
Labels Zuck’s ad library ‘a window into criminality’ and the Social Network as ‘happy to turn a blind eye’
The head of the UK’s Gambling Commission has accused social media giant Meta of lying about its ability to proactively detect operators of illegal casinos advertising on its services.…
dlvr.it
January 20, 2026 at 6:46 AM
UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads
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Take your ring cameras down and cancel your subscriptions immediately.
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Take your ring cameras down and cancel your subscriptions immediately.
#Kuenssberg Tracy Brabin correct in saying reform are a danger to the North. Threats to pull contracts for rail upgrades and reverse investment, total opposite of sensible policy and show no grasp of northern issues.
January 18, 2026 at 11:56 AM
#Kuenssberg Tracy Brabin correct in saying reform are a danger to the North. Threats to pull contracts for rail upgrades and reverse investment, total opposite of sensible policy and show no grasp of northern issues.
#Smithsonian "“Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 " #Trump
January 11, 2026 at 11:33 PM
#Smithsonian "“Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 " #Trump
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Listen to www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S6X... and you'll see a pattern. The Pistols were capitalism made flesh.
Sid Vicious & Johnny Rotten interview 1977 BBC Radio
YouTube video by Music Channel Pie
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Listen to www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S6X... and you'll see a pattern. The Pistols were capitalism made flesh.
#RIP #Bowie
But now
We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell.
(We are the Dead)
Bowie asked good questions. He knew how to have fun. And when to stop.
But now
We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell.
(We are the Dead)
Bowie asked good questions. He knew how to have fun. And when to stop.
January 10, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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That video imagined a future with ICE-style forces abducting people off the streets in the UK as has been happening in the US.
The article claimed wrongly we were warning about “death squads” but frankly, maybe we should have been?
www.instagram.com/reel/DOk1aUc...
The article claimed wrongly we were warning about “death squads” but frankly, maybe we should have been?
www.instagram.com/reel/DOk1aUc...
Stop Trump on Instagram: "Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today we sat: They don’t speak for us - and they won’t have the l...
13K likes, 550 comments - ukstoptrump on September 14, 2025: "Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today we sat: They don’t spea...
www.instagram.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 AM
That video imagined a future with ICE-style forces abducting people off the streets in the UK as has been happening in the US.
The article claimed wrongly we were warning about “death squads” but frankly, maybe we should have been?
www.instagram.com/reel/DOk1aUc...
The article claimed wrongly we were warning about “death squads” but frankly, maybe we should have been?
www.instagram.com/reel/DOk1aUc...
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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Farage wants to bring Trump’s death squads to the streets of Britain. Together, we will stop him.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
Inside Trump's deportation 'goon squads' that are blueprint for Farage's Britain
Armed ICE officers ruthlessly swoop on US homes in the dead of night, rounding up men and locking them in shackles ready for deportation. The Mirror has watched them in action
www.mirror.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Farage wants to bring Trump’s death squads to the streets of Britain. Together, we will stop him.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
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Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts delivers payday for party backer
Reform councils have increased spending and handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
goodlaw.social
January 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
🔎 NEW
Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
"Tell us how you feel about submitting a meter read with British Gas Energy"
Unconfined joy might be overdoing it. #PointlessSurveys
Unconfined joy might be overdoing it. #PointlessSurveys
January 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"Tell us how you feel about submitting a meter read with British Gas Energy"
Unconfined joy might be overdoing it. #PointlessSurveys
Unconfined joy might be overdoing it. #PointlessSurveys
Today I learned that kakistocracy is an actual word. Kind of useful.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Today I learned that kakistocracy is an actual word. Kind of useful.
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Not posting much today. Looking at quotes for turning my greenhouse into a fall out shelter. Other options include a large hessian sack.
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Not posting much today. Looking at quotes for turning my greenhouse into a fall out shelter. Other options include a large hessian sack.
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hub.datanorthyorkshire.org/dataset/7bd8...
@hedgehogcycling.bsky.social There's not grounds for optimism in this dataset. It does however underscore your points about North Yorkshire needing to do more in certain fields and locations. And consistently.
@hedgehogcycling.bsky.social There's not grounds for optimism in this dataset. It does however underscore your points about North Yorkshire needing to do more in certain fields and locations. And consistently.
hub.datanorthyorkshire.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
hub.datanorthyorkshire.org/dataset/7bd8...
@hedgehogcycling.bsky.social There's not grounds for optimism in this dataset. It does however underscore your points about North Yorkshire needing to do more in certain fields and locations. And consistently.
@hedgehogcycling.bsky.social There's not grounds for optimism in this dataset. It does however underscore your points about North Yorkshire needing to do more in certain fields and locations. And consistently.
I'm hoping that the Bowie tributes likely to air in the next month are respectful ones. The world was moved 10 years ago, in what was a year - or so it seemed - of many losses. He managed to combine so many influences and put his own creative mark on them. Few can.
December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I'm hoping that the Bowie tributes likely to air in the next month are respectful ones. The world was moved 10 years ago, in what was a year - or so it seemed - of many losses. He managed to combine so many influences and put his own creative mark on them. Few can.
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The M1 if it was designed like part of the NCN...
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The M1 if it was designed like part of the NCN...
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If only the culture of free speech they teach here were accompanied by the teaching of tolerance of other's speech.
December 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
If only the culture of free speech they teach here were accompanied by the teaching of tolerance of other's speech.