Not Anyone You Know
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Immigration Enforcement raids at the highest level in UK history
Record number of arrests and raids of illegal workers across the UK including 187 raids in Northern Ireland leading to 234 arrests.
www.gov.uk
Once again tapping my sign: ICE exist in the UK 🚨 They have had arrest powers since 2000. This government - not a hypothetical future one - is working harder than ever before to raid homes and businesses.
Because casting directors don't think Yorkshire actors are good enough.
Wuthering slights: why are film-makers afraid of casting Yorkshire actors as Cathy Earnshaw?
Wuthering Heights is inseparable from its landscape – but northern actors seldom get the lead role, instead are pigeonholed as stereotypical or supporting characters. This Bradford-born actor objects
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Because casting directors don't think Yorkshire actors are good enough.
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Also a while ago there was a scandal where a lot of Scottish cops were "accidentally" carrying guns when they shouldn't be.
It seems likely there's a long term, deliberate strategy for all Police Scotland's cops to be armed.
It seems likely there's a long term, deliberate strategy for all Police Scotland's cops to be armed.
February 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Also a while ago there was a scandal where a lot of Scottish cops were "accidentally" carrying guns when they shouldn't be.
It seems likely there's a long term, deliberate strategy for all Police Scotland's cops to be armed.
It seems likely there's a long term, deliberate strategy for all Police Scotland's cops to be armed.
Enjoyed a video of a local riot organiser demanding British Transport Police arrest a SUTR stallholder for saying she wouldn't speak to him as he's a fascist. Thicker skin on a rice pudding.
February 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Enjoyed a video of a local riot organiser demanding British Transport Police arrest a SUTR stallholder for saying she wouldn't speak to him as he's a fascist. Thicker skin on a rice pudding.
I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's tits
What’s the best song lyric in history?
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's tits
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We've been repeatedly promised a full ban on conversion practices in the UK by successive governments and yet we've seen more momentum behind banning youth from social media, a thing that conversion therapists have been actively advocating for.
February 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
We've been repeatedly promised a full ban on conversion practices in the UK by successive governments and yet we've seen more momentum behind banning youth from social media, a thing that conversion therapists have been actively advocating for.
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I live in a rural part of the UK & volunteer at a group for LGBTQ+ young people.
Many have been out of education, mostly because of being bullied or ostracised by their peers. When they make friends at group they swap social media details.
Can't stop thinking about how a ban would devastate them.
Many have been out of education, mostly because of being bullied or ostracised by their peers. When they make friends at group they swap social media details.
Can't stop thinking about how a ban would devastate them.
February 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
I live in a rural part of the UK & volunteer at a group for LGBTQ+ young people.
Many have been out of education, mostly because of being bullied or ostracised by their peers. When they make friends at group they swap social media details.
Can't stop thinking about how a ban would devastate them.
Many have been out of education, mostly because of being bullied or ostracised by their peers. When they make friends at group they swap social media details.
Can't stop thinking about how a ban would devastate them.
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Incredible victory! After years of organizing across Canada, Scotia Bank has divested from Elbit Systems!
Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Scotiabank’s 1832 Asset Management sells last shares in Israeli military supplier Elbit
Bank faced criticism for investment, including high-profile protests at the Giller Prize
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Incredible victory! After years of organizing across Canada, Scotia Bank has divested from Elbit Systems!
Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
When are the male figure skaters gonna get their arses out
February 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
When are the male figure skaters gonna get their arses out
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I've worked on a wide variety of helplines, and still do.
Under 16s use social media to access support, including crisis support. Samaritans, childline, WA etc ALL offer live chat/social media outreach. I'm convinced this will get cut off.
Under 16s use social media to access support, including crisis support. Samaritans, childline, WA etc ALL offer live chat/social media outreach. I'm convinced this will get cut off.
how is 'social media' defined?
when i was a teen i was on usenet groups, irc, message boards.
all of those were social spaces.
how is the government defining this?
when i was a teen i was on usenet groups, irc, message boards.
all of those were social spaces.
how is the government defining this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I've worked on a wide variety of helplines, and still do.
Under 16s use social media to access support, including crisis support. Samaritans, childline, WA etc ALL offer live chat/social media outreach. I'm convinced this will get cut off.
Under 16s use social media to access support, including crisis support. Samaritans, childline, WA etc ALL offer live chat/social media outreach. I'm convinced this will get cut off.
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The cops calling these "groups with differing views" is pure moral cowardice and a total dereliction of any duty of care they might pretend to have. This was a group of masked up, tooled up nazis turning up at a gig to attack the people attending. We have every right to community self-defence.
Nick Stone died after contact with the cops defending the far right group Bristol Patriots. This is the same group that attacked the Red Lion in BS5 yesterday. The cops threatened anyone who tried to leave the pub with arrest for "breach of the peace" and let the fascists stay there for an hour.
February 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The cops calling these "groups with differing views" is pure moral cowardice and a total dereliction of any duty of care they might pretend to have. This was a group of masked up, tooled up nazis turning up at a gig to attack the people attending. We have every right to community self-defence.
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Voting is the only political leverage you have, which is why you need to promise to give your vote to the first person who says he wants it with no questions asked
February 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Voting is the only political leverage you have, which is why you need to promise to give your vote to the first person who says he wants it with no questions asked
I’m step-dad to an almost 13-year-old and, trust me, social media and WhatsApp group chats are a NIGHTMARE, but banning them isn’t the answer! It’s our job to help them navigate how to use them and it’s hard work, but also lately we’re seeing it pay off in how they navigate relationships offline too
February 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I’m step-dad to an almost 13-year-old and, trust me, social media and WhatsApp group chats are a NIGHTMARE, but banning them isn’t the answer! It’s our job to help them navigate how to use them and it’s hard work, but also lately we’re seeing it pay off in how they navigate relationships offline too
If we’re doing metric/imperial can we get rid of miles from British roads, mainly because doing 100 on a French motorway feels way more bad ass.
February 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
If we’re doing metric/imperial can we get rid of miles from British roads, mainly because doing 100 on a French motorway feels way more bad ass.
Being a Guardian columnist isn’t a proper job
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Being a Guardian columnist isn’t a proper job
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This makes me think of how the arts in Britain keeps shying away from this, when we have so many tools, skills and resources we could use to energise people.
In order to do anything about that we need robust public political engagement outside of party structures (inside is fine I guess, but less relevant). From civil society organisations to non violent civil disobedience to direct action to whatever. The whole lot.
February 15, 2026 at 11:08 PM
This makes me think of how the arts in Britain keeps shying away from this, when we have so many tools, skills and resources we could use to energise people.
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This is such a brilliant and withering dismantling of ‘Wuthering Heights’ and the entire Fennell schtick open.substack.com/pub/heatherp...
this is not an essay about Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights"
why can't we cope with ambiguity these days?
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This is such a brilliant and withering dismantling of ‘Wuthering Heights’ and the entire Fennell schtick open.substack.com/pub/heatherp...
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Urgent witness appeal following the death of 65yo Nick Stone in Bristol after contact with police where he ended up on the ground at an antifascist counterdemonstration against the far right Bristol Patriots on 10th January 2026.
February 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Urgent witness appeal following the death of 65yo Nick Stone in Bristol after contact with police where he ended up on the ground at an antifascist counterdemonstration against the far right Bristol Patriots on 10th January 2026.
Yer da launching a new workers party
February 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Yer da launching a new workers party
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if this has to be a news story it should be that a qualified and competent doctor has been run out of a struggling NHS simply because she is transgender
The BBC reporting on Beth Upton’s current employment situation is definitely not in the public interest, and it is insane how much the British press freely get away with harassing her for the crime of simply living her life existing as a trans person in the UK.
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
if this has to be a news story it should be that a qualified and competent doctor has been run out of a struggling NHS simply because she is transgender
First ascent of Burden of Dreamies (9a/V17)
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
First ascent of Burden of Dreamies (9a/V17)
I’m meant to be getting ready to go for a run but I’m posting borzois
February 15, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I’m meant to be getting ready to go for a run but I’m posting borzois
Alien (1979) Dir: Ridley Scott
February 15, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Alien (1979) Dir: Ridley Scott
Briefly shat myself when my partner said she tipped a jar of vinegar down the sink then bleach to get rid of the smell.
February 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Briefly shat myself when my partner said she tipped a jar of vinegar down the sink then bleach to get rid of the smell.
Roses are red,
Fuck Colin Powell
Fuck Colin Powell
February 14, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Roses are red,
Fuck Colin Powell
Fuck Colin Powell