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there is video interview with nawal al saadawi where she talks about how education is a system of obedience. and that most education systems kill creativity and stifle disobedience in service of the political system.
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The richest man in the world bragging about starving people to death sounds like a plot from an over-the-top dystopian movie but that's what happened
December 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The richest man in the world bragging about starving people to death sounds like a plot from an over-the-top dystopian movie but that's what happened
as donald trump threatens Venezuela with war, im reminded of this paragraph of the essay "when its too late to stop fascism according to stefan Zweig."
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
as donald trump threatens Venezuela with war, im reminded of this paragraph of the essay "when its too late to stop fascism according to stefan Zweig."
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Red Reform
Left: Wes Streeting wants you to believe that doctors want to harm patients
Right:Wes Streeting says Trump is within his rights to sue to BBC
It’s beyond me why Labour MPs haven’t moved to remove Starmer and Streeting. Both are attacking doctors and both are bending over backwards to appease Trump
Right:Wes Streeting says Trump is within his rights to sue to BBC
It’s beyond me why Labour MPs haven’t moved to remove Starmer and Streeting. Both are attacking doctors and both are bending over backwards to appease Trump
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Red Reform
i think nationally Labour vote will collapse further post May elections. for now it seems to be collapsing faster in the regions who have elections coming up in May and therefore have to consolidate into a not reform or labour vote more quickly (Wales, London, Scotland).
December 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
i think nationally Labour vote will collapse further post May elections. for now it seems to be collapsing faster in the regions who have elections coming up in May and therefore have to consolidate into a not reform or labour vote more quickly (Wales, London, Scotland).
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Qesser Zuhrah and Amy Gardiner-Gibson are on day 46 of their hunger strike. Heba Muraisi is on day 45. All are at a high risk of death.
In 1981 - the last time there was a hunger strike like this - Martin Hurson died after 46 days.
In 1981 - the last time there was a hunger strike like this - Martin Hurson died after 46 days.
December 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Qesser Zuhrah and Amy Gardiner-Gibson are on day 46 of their hunger strike. Heba Muraisi is on day 45. All are at a high risk of death.
In 1981 - the last time there was a hunger strike like this - Martin Hurson died after 46 days.
In 1981 - the last time there was a hunger strike like this - Martin Hurson died after 46 days.
plaid really close to a majority without labour. Might be a Plaid/Green coalition 🤞🏼
Senedd Voting Intention:
PLC: 33% (+3)
RFM: 30% (+1)
LAB: 10% (-4)
CON: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (+3)
LDM: 6% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 28 Nov - 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 4-10 Sep.
PLC: 33% (+3)
RFM: 30% (+1)
LAB: 10% (-4)
CON: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (+3)
LDM: 6% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 28 Nov - 10 Dec.
Changes w/ 4-10 Sep.
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
plaid really close to a majority without labour. Might be a Plaid/Green coalition 🤞🏼
we've been on an economic death spiral since austerity began. the worse things get, the more fash and anti-immigrant our politics get, the worse things get.
no real off ramp, unless the Green Party pulls off a miracle.
no real off ramp, unless the Green Party pulls off a miracle.
As some of us have been saying for years. And yet the problems caused by too little immigration will doubtless be blamed on immigrants.
Immigration into the UK is now far too low and still plunging. We'll all suffer for it because of the hatred and fear spread online. Seems that's how life works now.
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
we've been on an economic death spiral since austerity began. the worse things get, the more fash and anti-immigrant our politics get, the worse things get.
no real off ramp, unless the Green Party pulls off a miracle.
no real off ramp, unless the Green Party pulls off a miracle.
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Mears, Serco, and Clearsprings oversee most asylum accommodation in UK and make huge profits doing so, despite a significant proportion of accommodation being substandard. It isn't people seeking safety costing taxpayers money, it's the firms making profits off of them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mears: Life in the asylum hotels generating 'excessive profit'
Asylum accommodation provider Mears has had to return £13.8m to the Home Office after making more profit than its contracts allow.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Mears, Serco, and Clearsprings oversee most asylum accommodation in UK and make huge profits doing so, despite a significant proportion of accommodation being substandard. It isn't people seeking safety costing taxpayers money, it's the firms making profits off of them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
interesting that Greens have won close to as many seats via defections than via by-elections. wonder if we'll see Labour MPs defecting after May?
Aggregate Result of the 185 Council By-Elections (for 188 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 65 (+56)
LDM: 55 (+20)
CON: 20 (-23)
LAB: 14 (-43)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-6)
Local: 5 (-5)
SNP: 3 (-1)
PLC: 3 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 65 (+56)
LDM: 55 (+20)
CON: 20 (-23)
LAB: 14 (-43)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-6)
Local: 5 (-5)
SNP: 3 (-1)
PLC: 3 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
interesting that Greens have won close to as many seats via defections than via by-elections. wonder if we'll see Labour MPs defecting after May?
i think being neck and neck with labour for the May elections really gives me hope about how much more potential there is for the Green Party in 2029.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 28% (+1)
LAB: 18% (-1)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 14% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 14-15 Dec .
Changes w/ 7-8 Dec.
RFM: 28% (+1)
LAB: 18% (-1)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 14% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 14-15 Dec .
Changes w/ 7-8 Dec.
December 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
i think being neck and neck with labour for the May elections really gives me hope about how much more potential there is for the Green Party in 2029.
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I passionately feel voting intention polls should show the percentage of ‘don’t knows’ instead of removing/adjusting for them. Right now with the two party system being in flux & tories/labour being unrecognisable for their traditional bases ‘don’t knows’ could be v high. @markpackuk.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I passionately feel voting intention polls should show the percentage of ‘don’t knows’ instead of removing/adjusting for them. Right now with the two party system being in flux & tories/labour being unrecognisable for their traditional bases ‘don’t knows’ could be v high. @markpackuk.bsky.social
the year is 2029, a new bbc documentary is being aired. "How work will set them free; are migrants and their children earning their place in Great Britain or are these internment camps?"
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the year is 2029, a new bbc documentary is being aired. "How work will set them free; are migrants and their children earning their place in Great Britain or are these internment camps?"
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Good for them. Just thinking of all the frontline NHS workers who worked countless hours during Covid without PPE masks to protect them; who died in their droves while fraudsters made millions from the public purse by supplying faulty masks. Good for them.
December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Good for them. Just thinking of all the frontline NHS workers who worked countless hours during Covid without PPE masks to protect them; who died in their droves while fraudsters made millions from the public purse by supplying faulty masks. Good for them.
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A short (and contentious) thread about the social media ban for kids. One thing people might not understand is why ‘socially conservative’ people and groups are very much behind it. The thing is, the dislike of social media is in part just a dislike of modern things, and modern kids. 1/4
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A short (and contentious) thread about the social media ban for kids. One thing people might not understand is why ‘socially conservative’ people and groups are very much behind it. The thing is, the dislike of social media is in part just a dislike of modern things, and modern kids. 1/4
i just had a refund to a GoFundMe i donated to months ago? really weird.
December 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
i just had a refund to a GoFundMe i donated to months ago? really weird.
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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 7:51 AM
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
i think if it was happening in another country the Palestine Action arrests would be described as arrests of activists and opponents of the government.
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
i think if it was happening in another country the Palestine Action arrests would be described as arrests of activists and opponents of the government.
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Terrifying that Wes Streeting continues to try and pressurise hospitals into giving patient data to Palantir.
Take action here: goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...
Take action here: goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Terrifying that Wes Streeting continues to try and pressurise hospitals into giving patient data to Palantir.
Take action here: goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...
Take action here: goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...
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“A universal system of human rights was built to make sure that we could never end up in that nightmare scenario [of hierarchisation of rights in the Nazi era] again. We have to be very cautious and careful about the ultimate consequences of the paths we might embark on.”
‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“A universal system of human rights was built to make sure that we could never end up in that nightmare scenario [of hierarchisation of rights in the Nazi era] again. We have to be very cautious and careful about the ultimate consequences of the paths we might embark on.”
the horrors of our asylum system are truly unbelievable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
the horrors of our asylum system are truly unbelievable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
genuinely the people who work to support and defend refugees are heroes. a thankless job protecting the most vulnerable people in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
genuinely the people who work to support and defend refugees are heroes. a thankless job protecting the most vulnerable people in this country.
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I don't think a lot of people get quite how bad the situation has got with targeted attacks on the migrants rights and refugee sector.
My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.
My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.
🔴I wrote about far-right attacks against refugee charities and why some are choosing to leave the sector to protect themselves. It's awful but understandable.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
When it's time to move on
It's toxic out there
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I don't think a lot of people get quite how bad the situation has got with targeted attacks on the migrants rights and refugee sector.
My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.
My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.
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Yes, we destroyed the country, but for a brief moment we got net migration down to the tens of thousands
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Yes, we destroyed the country, but for a brief moment we got net migration down to the tens of thousands
increasingly feels like the global economy is built on grift. might always have been the case, but this ai boom makes it really hard to ignore.
Sam Altman is clearly an incredible deal maker.
That the outcome of Disney wanting to sue over its IP being used in Sora is that Disney will pay OpenAI $1 billion (an investment) and let them use 200 Disney, Marvel & Star Wars characters in AI slop videos is wild.
That the outcome of Disney wanting to sue over its IP being used in Sora is that Disney will pay OpenAI $1 billion (an investment) and let them use 200 Disney, Marvel & Star Wars characters in AI slop videos is wild.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
increasingly feels like the global economy is built on grift. might always have been the case, but this ai boom makes it really hard to ignore.
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