@sandrablan.bsky.social
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
Agreed. Zack Polanski nails Keir Starmer.
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Agreed. Zack Polanski nails Keir Starmer.
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Polanski nails Farage.
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Polanski nails Farage.
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Stop Trump Coalition condemns the bombing of Venezuela and calls for the British government to finally condemn the US for its warmongering.
stoptrump.org.uk/trumps-crimi...
stoptrump.org.uk/trumps-crimi...
Trump’s criminal attack on Venezuela
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Stop Trump Coalition condemns the bombing of Venezuela and calls for the British government to finally condemn the US for its warmongering.
stoptrump.org.uk/trumps-crimi...
stoptrump.org.uk/trumps-crimi...
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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'Oil is very dangerous... it's dangerous to take out of the ground... it can kill a lot of people' - President Donald J Trump on the money
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
'Oil is very dangerous... it's dangerous to take out of the ground... it can kill a lot of people' - President Donald J Trump on the money
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Who Owns England? (2019) by Guy Shrubsole (@guyshrubsole.bsky.social)
Another book that's been on my radar for far too long. A revealing, if also necessarily depressing, study of landed property in England and an urgent call for the Right to Roam.
Another book that's been on my radar for far too long. A revealing, if also necessarily depressing, study of landed property in England and an urgent call for the Right to Roam.
January 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Who Owns England? (2019) by Guy Shrubsole (@guyshrubsole.bsky.social)
Another book that's been on my radar for far too long. A revealing, if also necessarily depressing, study of landed property in England and an urgent call for the Right to Roam.
Another book that's been on my radar for far too long. A revealing, if also necessarily depressing, study of landed property in England and an urgent call for the Right to Roam.
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X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Grok Posts Sexual Images of Minors After ‘Lapses in Safeguards’
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said “lapses in safeguards” led to the generation of sexualized images of minors that it posted to social media site X.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Social media platforms flood young people's feeds with harmful content – including eating disorders, misogyny, conspiracies – that can deeply affect their physical & mental health.
Read our explainer & learn what we can do to protect kids online ⤵️
Read our explainer & learn what we can do to protect kids online ⤵️
Social media can be harmful for kids – so what can we do?
Social media platforms are harming kids and teens. Learn the types of harms young people are being exposed to and what can be done about it.
counterhate.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Social media platforms flood young people's feeds with harmful content – including eating disorders, misogyny, conspiracies – that can deeply affect their physical & mental health.
Read our explainer & learn what we can do to protect kids online ⤵️
Read our explainer & learn what we can do to protect kids online ⤵️
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An extraordinary, brilliant line.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
An extraordinary, brilliant line.
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2025 sucked.
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
January 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
2025 sucked.
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
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WTF?
Israel's fascist regime is blocking humanitarian aid, but allowing in commercial goods that are available for sale
Disaster capitalism in the raw
Just despicable. I wonder if Starmer has anything to say about this. No?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel's fascist regime is blocking humanitarian aid, but allowing in commercial goods that are available for sale
Disaster capitalism in the raw
Just despicable. I wonder if Starmer has anything to say about this. No?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel allowing traders to bring into Gaza ‘dual-use’ items barred from aid organisations
Sources say generators and tent poles restricted from humanitarian organisations but commercial shipments allowed in
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
WTF?
Israel's fascist regime is blocking humanitarian aid, but allowing in commercial goods that are available for sale
Disaster capitalism in the raw
Just despicable. I wonder if Starmer has anything to say about this. No?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel's fascist regime is blocking humanitarian aid, but allowing in commercial goods that are available for sale
Disaster capitalism in the raw
Just despicable. I wonder if Starmer has anything to say about this. No?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
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"For all the promise of GLP-1s, the body still needs what it has always needed: affordable and accessible nutritious food and daily movement."
Great column by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great column by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The WHO learned to love ‘anti-obesity’ jabs in 2025. I don’t fully agree, but I get it | Devi Sridhar
While GLP-1 drugs promise an easy fix, our bodies still need what they have always needed: healthy food and regular exercise, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, Prof De...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"For all the promise of GLP-1s, the body still needs what it has always needed: affordable and accessible nutritious food and daily movement."
Great column by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great column by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At 3pm on @boldpolitics.bsky.social YouTube Channel:
I talk with Gary Lineker about Calais, Palestine and the BBC.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
I talk with Gary Lineker about Calais, Palestine and the BBC.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Gary Lineker says BBC needs to look at how people are brought in at the top
Lineker is appearing on Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s podcast on New Year’s Eve where he said he would ‘never’ go into politics himself.
www.independent.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
At 3pm on @boldpolitics.bsky.social YouTube Channel:
I talk with Gary Lineker about Calais, Palestine and the BBC.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
I talk with Gary Lineker about Calais, Palestine and the BBC.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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On the first quarter of the 21st century's last day, a flowering epiphytic goldenrod from a few years back.
Let's make the next quarter the one in which our rainforests and other nature start recovering from terminal decline.
Let's make the next quarter the one in which our rainforests and other nature start recovering from terminal decline.
December 31, 2025 at 6:28 AM
On the first quarter of the 21st century's last day, a flowering epiphytic goldenrod from a few years back.
Let's make the next quarter the one in which our rainforests and other nature start recovering from terminal decline.
Let's make the next quarter the one in which our rainforests and other nature start recovering from terminal decline.
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As 2025 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on a year of impactful insights, rigorous research, and major developments in the fight for tax justice. To make sure you haven’t missed anything, we’ve put together a list of our most-read pieces from the year. taxjustice.net/2025/12/22/t...
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on a year of impactful insights, rigorous research, and major developments in the fight for tax justice. To make sure you haven’t missed anything, we’ve put together a list of our most-read pieces from the year. taxjustice.net/2025/12/22/t...
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Britons living in rural areas support banning trail hunting by 50% to 35%
Most rural Britons say hunting has little to no importance to rural communities socially (51%) or economically (58%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Most rural Britons say hunting has little to no importance to rural communities socially (51%) or economically (58%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Britons living in rural areas support banning trail hunting by 50% to 35%
Most rural Britons say hunting has little to no importance to rural communities socially (51%) or economically (58%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Most rural Britons say hunting has little to no importance to rural communities socially (51%) or economically (58%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/cc-df
Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petitio...
38d.gs
December 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/cc-df
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Since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% — a 1% that now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%.
We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists.
We need a wealth tax.
We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists.
We need a wealth tax.
December 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% — a 1% that now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%.
We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists.
We need a wealth tax.
We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists.
We need a wealth tax.
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🤲 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "We should be compassionate towards asylum seekers fleeing war and persecution"
😡 Media: "How dare you! *#&!? 🤬”
😡 Media: "How dare you! *#&!? 🤬”
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🤲 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "We should be compassionate towards asylum seekers fleeing war and persecution"
😡 Media: "How dare you! *#&!? 🤬”
😡 Media: "How dare you! *#&!? 🤬”
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More than 340 people became billionaires in 2025, roughly one per day and the most ever in a single year. And nine million people died from hunger.
December 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
More than 340 people became billionaires in 2025, roughly one per day and the most ever in a single year. And nine million people died from hunger.