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This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
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The CBI’s chief economist, Louise Hellem, said: “It is clear, you can’t have growth without green..."
Britain’s net zero sector is growing 3x faster than the overall economy — augmenting by 10% a year and generating £83bn GVA — according to new CBI report, which disproves rightwing claims that “net zero is crippling our economy”. Average pay for green jobs is £43k a year, well above the UK average.
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The CBI’s chief economist, Louise Hellem, said: “It is clear, you can’t have growth without green..."
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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
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You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
January 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
Interesting initiative
Details of the new UK Soft Power Council now published including membership and terms of reference
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
UK Soft Power Council: membership and terms of reference
This page outlines the membership and terms of reference for the UK Soft Power Council, an advisory board to the UK government, which was launched in January 2025.
www.gov.uk
January 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Interesting initiative
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"...BlackRock has come under sustained attack from US conservative politicians. They have launched lawsuits, regulatory inquiries and boycotts, contending that the $11.5tn money manager is using its large holdings to push climate activism and other forms of “woke capitalism” on American companies"
Financial TimesFinancial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
FT.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"...BlackRock has come under sustained attack from US conservative politicians. They have launched lawsuits, regulatory inquiries and boycotts, contending that the $11.5tn money manager is using its large holdings to push climate activism and other forms of “woke capitalism” on American companies"
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After an FOI dispute lasting 18 months I've finally obtained the official reasons Boris Johnson gave for the peerages of Charlotte Owen & Ross Kempsell. The reasons cited for Owen seem thin, inadequate and lacking in evidence, leaving her peerage as a mystery rather than justifying & explaining it.
January 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
After an FOI dispute lasting 18 months I've finally obtained the official reasons Boris Johnson gave for the peerages of Charlotte Owen & Ross Kempsell. The reasons cited for Owen seem thin, inadequate and lacking in evidence, leaving her peerage as a mystery rather than justifying & explaining it.
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Polling shows strong support for VAT on private schools
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Labour’s private school tax plan strongly backed by public, poll shows
Government accuses Tories and rightwing media of being ‘out of touch’, as VAT policy due to come into force
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Polling shows strong support for VAT on private schools
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Hundreds of Wisconsin high school students walked out of class & into the Capitol, demanding better mental health resources & an end to gun violence. These brave teens perfectly exemplify civil nonviolent resistance. Let them inspire you as unified, repeated resistance creates meaningful change.
December 21, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Hundreds of Wisconsin high school students walked out of class & into the Capitol, demanding better mental health resources & an end to gun violence. These brave teens perfectly exemplify civil nonviolent resistance. Let them inspire you as unified, repeated resistance creates meaningful change.
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This aged like raw milk.
December 23, 2024 at 5:07 PM
This aged like raw milk.
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To pen three inflammatory pages on the basis of a complete fabrication (or mishearing) would be a sackable offence in any healthy newspaper
But this is the Telegraph and we have a media ecosystem that manufactures mendacity all day long
But this is the Telegraph and we have a media ecosystem that manufactures mendacity all day long
Allison Pearson claimed police accused her of a “non-crime hate incident” after a tweet misidentifying a protest photo. Essex Police say that never happened, releasing footage to prove it. Pearson now says she might have “misheard” – but not before the Telegraph ran three front pages on the claim.
November 26, 2024 at 1:26 PM
To pen three inflammatory pages on the basis of a complete fabrication (or mishearing) would be a sackable offence in any healthy newspaper
But this is the Telegraph and we have a media ecosystem that manufactures mendacity all day long
But this is the Telegraph and we have a media ecosystem that manufactures mendacity all day long
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Every day since President Biden took office Republicans have said there was a “100%” chance of a recession.
Where is the recession?
Where is the recession?
November 26, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Every day since President Biden took office Republicans have said there was a “100%” chance of a recession.
Where is the recession?
Where is the recession?
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PM’s official spokesman on Boris Johnson blaming obesity on the Church of England: “I don’t quite follow his line of argument”.
November 26, 2024 at 12:31 PM
PM’s official spokesman on Boris Johnson blaming obesity on the Church of England: “I don’t quite follow his line of argument”.
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🚨 TRAGEDY: Mansplaining Attempt Goes Wrong, Leaving One Man Seriously Injured.
👇 Join #BrokenNews for the full report. (feat. @rosieisaholt.bsky.social)
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#BrokenNews - Mansplaining Attempt Goes Wrong
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November 24, 2024 at 9:49 AM
🚨 TRAGEDY: Mansplaining Attempt Goes Wrong, Leaving One Man Seriously Injured.
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Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
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Dear Diner:
Just be a diner. Don’t renovate to try to look fancier or sexier or like something you’re not. Just be a diner. We love you for it, and we sometimes need a break from the “it” restaurants. Extra points for linoleum tabletops, vinyl booths, good coffee, and the definitive burger deluxe.
Just be a diner. Don’t renovate to try to look fancier or sexier or like something you’re not. Just be a diner. We love you for it, and we sometimes need a break from the “it” restaurants. Extra points for linoleum tabletops, vinyl booths, good coffee, and the definitive burger deluxe.
November 23, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Dear Diner:
Just be a diner. Don’t renovate to try to look fancier or sexier or like something you’re not. Just be a diner. We love you for it, and we sometimes need a break from the “it” restaurants. Extra points for linoleum tabletops, vinyl booths, good coffee, and the definitive burger deluxe.
Just be a diner. Don’t renovate to try to look fancier or sexier or like something you’re not. Just be a diner. We love you for it, and we sometimes need a break from the “it” restaurants. Extra points for linoleum tabletops, vinyl booths, good coffee, and the definitive burger deluxe.
We all need this
November 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
We all need this
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Naturally, all those people who screwed farms with Brexit, not replacing EU subsidies, letting climate change wreck the countryside, and doing terrible deals that put farms at a competitive disadvantage, are today on the front of their picket line, all bad blood forgotten. ~AA
November 19, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Naturally, all those people who screwed farms with Brexit, not replacing EU subsidies, letting climate change wreck the countryside, and doing terrible deals that put farms at a competitive disadvantage, are today on the front of their picket line, all bad blood forgotten. ~AA
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“Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science”
@mkeyoung.bsky.social
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...
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Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy
Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.
mikeyoungacademy.dk
November 18, 2024 at 9:49 PM
“Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science”
@mkeyoung.bsky.social
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
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57% of those who voted on this amendment disagree with the Governor and this madness. Can they really just sweep it under the carpet?
The referendum was rigged, it won quite a majority but Desantis set the bar so high it was almost impossible to reach.
November 18, 2024 at 8:39 PM
57% of those who voted on this amendment disagree with the Governor and this madness. Can they really just sweep it under the carpet?
Exactly.
Thank you for this powerful and moving reporting. WE need to be vigilant here in the UK too. The tactics used by the anti-abortion/anti-women’s reproductive rights lobby in the US are being exported here.
November 18, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Exactly.