@dagshields.bsky.social
Reposted
Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
Reposted
To appease bankers Reeves says Thames Water should find ‘market-based solution’.
Not possible. It is a monopoly, no competition, no choice.
Since 1989 TW paid £10.4bn in dividends, £13.68bn interest payments. Rocketing bills, sewage in rivers.
We can't afford more of the same.
Nationalise water.
Not possible. It is a monopoly, no competition, no choice.
Since 1989 TW paid £10.4bn in dividends, £13.68bn interest payments. Rocketing bills, sewage in rivers.
We can't afford more of the same.
Nationalise water.
Reeves says Thames Water should find ‘market-based solution’
Chancellor aims to reassure creditors but says ministers are planning for all options including special administration
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
To appease bankers Reeves says Thames Water should find ‘market-based solution’.
Not possible. It is a monopoly, no competition, no choice.
Since 1989 TW paid £10.4bn in dividends, £13.68bn interest payments. Rocketing bills, sewage in rivers.
We can't afford more of the same.
Nationalise water.
Not possible. It is a monopoly, no competition, no choice.
Since 1989 TW paid £10.4bn in dividends, £13.68bn interest payments. Rocketing bills, sewage in rivers.
We can't afford more of the same.
Nationalise water.
Reposted
Reposted
Stagecoach has slashed the no. 12 bus to just 1 per hour, without proper consultation. Residents in The Lonnen and surrounding streets, many of them elderly, have been left isolated and cut off.
This is unacceptable. Public transport is a lifeline, not a luxury.
✍️ Sign & share: chng.it/DhXTjqWdcP
This is unacceptable. Public transport is a lifeline, not a luxury.
✍️ Sign & share: chng.it/DhXTjqWdcP
Sign the Petition
Reinstate lifeline bus route number 12
chng.it
May 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Stagecoach has slashed the no. 12 bus to just 1 per hour, without proper consultation. Residents in The Lonnen and surrounding streets, many of them elderly, have been left isolated and cut off.
This is unacceptable. Public transport is a lifeline, not a luxury.
✍️ Sign & share: chng.it/DhXTjqWdcP
This is unacceptable. Public transport is a lifeline, not a luxury.
✍️ Sign & share: chng.it/DhXTjqWdcP
Reposted
You use the officials USGovt secure channels to hide communications from bad actors. You use Signal to hide communications from the USGovt.
As I explain here, security isn't even the biggest part of the Signal Scandal. This is to keep actions secret from the US government. It's how to do crimes, bribes and more. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/signa...
SignalGate Is Bad; But OPSEC Isn’t Even the Worst Part Of It
I haven’t had time to comment on the Jeff Goldberg story about...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You use the officials USGovt secure channels to hide communications from bad actors. You use Signal to hide communications from the USGovt.
Reposted
There’s that airtight logic we’ve come to rely on from Don Jr
March 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
There’s that airtight logic we’ve come to rely on from Don Jr
Reposted
HSBC to hand new chief £15m remuneration deal.
CEO pay soars whilst average real pay for workers is at 2008 level, when bankers crashed the economy.
Govts tell workers wage rises are inflationary but that doesn't apply to exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
news.sky.com/story/hsbc-t...
CEO pay soars whilst average real pay for workers is at 2008 level, when bankers crashed the economy.
Govts tell workers wage rises are inflationary but that doesn't apply to exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
news.sky.com/story/hsbc-t...
HSBC to hand new chief Elhedery £15m maximum pay deal
Georges Elhedery will be eligible for a total remuneration package worth just over £15m as part of plans to be unveiled by Europe's biggest lender later this month, Sky News can reveal.
news.sky.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
HSBC to hand new chief £15m remuneration deal.
CEO pay soars whilst average real pay for workers is at 2008 level, when bankers crashed the economy.
Govts tell workers wage rises are inflationary but that doesn't apply to exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
news.sky.com/story/hsbc-t...
CEO pay soars whilst average real pay for workers is at 2008 level, when bankers crashed the economy.
Govts tell workers wage rises are inflationary but that doesn't apply to exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
news.sky.com/story/hsbc-t...
Reposted
Been reading through the Government's new Land Use Consultation. Here's the juiciest bits I've seen so far!
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Been reading through the Government's new Land Use Consultation. Here's the juiciest bits I've seen so far!
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
Reposted
RW press having a bit of a mare on the anti-migrant front. I love how vague that first one is from the Telegraph. Basically “every figure we used was wrong and we’re not going to tell you the right figure, because just how wrong it was will make us look ridiculous”. ~AA
January 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
RW press having a bit of a mare on the anti-migrant front. I love how vague that first one is from the Telegraph. Basically “every figure we used was wrong and we’re not going to tell you the right figure, because just how wrong it was will make us look ridiculous”. ~AA
Reposted
❗️Historic Win: South Tyneside Greens Force Council to Back Scrapping of Two-Child Benefit Cap!
⬇️ Read more in comments
⬇️ Read more in comments
January 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
❗️Historic Win: South Tyneside Greens Force Council to Back Scrapping of Two-Child Benefit Cap!
⬇️ Read more in comments
⬇️ Read more in comments
Reposted
Oh, Jim. 🙄
For all the doubters, how are these not the same?
January 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Oh, Jim. 🙄
Reposted
Despite obvious similarities...
January 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Despite obvious similarities...
Reposted
I’ve seen many comments that make me think a lot of people should read this book.
Reading this at @frediotto.bsky.social’s recommendation but getting some strange looks in public.
January 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I’ve seen many comments that make me think a lot of people should read this book.
Reposted
I’ve just watched the Tory shadow business minister pretty much argue on Newsnight that they left the economy in a healthy state.
I have two words: Liz Truss.
You can see why social media wants to abandon fact checking.
I have two words: Liz Truss.
You can see why social media wants to abandon fact checking.
January 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I’ve just watched the Tory shadow business minister pretty much argue on Newsnight that they left the economy in a healthy state.
I have two words: Liz Truss.
You can see why social media wants to abandon fact checking.
I have two words: Liz Truss.
You can see why social media wants to abandon fact checking.
Reposted
Top scientists shocking report
"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency - Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled"
Amazon, Antarctic, Atlantic Gulf Stream, boreal forests,
close to tipping point
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency - Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled"
Amazon, Antarctic, Atlantic Gulf Stream, boreal forests,
close to tipping point
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled
academic.oup.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Top scientists shocking report
"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency - Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled"
Amazon, Antarctic, Atlantic Gulf Stream, boreal forests,
close to tipping point
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency - Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled"
Amazon, Antarctic, Atlantic Gulf Stream, boreal forests,
close to tipping point
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
America. Where the right to a weapon of mass murder is more sacred than the right to basic healthcare
December 31, 2024 at 11:45 PM
America. Where the right to a weapon of mass murder is more sacred than the right to basic healthcare
Reposted
Want my wedding ring? Come and try to take it.
December 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Want my wedding ring? Come and try to take it.