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Wonderful news 👏👏👏
Deep sea miners thought it would be easy to start mining the Arctic seafloor… 🤨
But thanks to campaigning, Norway has just halted all deep sea mining development!
Wherever this industry tries to start, it fails. We can protect the oceans from extraction 💪
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
But thanks to campaigning, Norway has just halted all deep sea mining development!
Wherever this industry tries to start, it fails. We can protect the oceans from extraction 💪
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Deep sea mining in the Arctic stopped once again - Greenpeace International
Oslo, Norway, 3 December – The newly elected Norwegian government[1] today ruled out deep sea mining licenses in Arctic waters until at least the end of 2029. The agreement to…
www.greenpeace.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Wonderful news 👏👏👏
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Cafe shares community, culture and companionship
#Suffolk #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
#Suffolk #BBCNews
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Ipswich Roots cafe shares community, culture and companionship
The Ipswich charity wants to showcase international cuisine and its other services on offer.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Cafe shares community, culture and companionship
#Suffolk #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
#Suffolk #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
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Children who have had to make a traumatic journey in search of safety could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new rules.
Children seeking refuge are children. They deserve dignity, compassion and protection, not to be treated like suspects.
Children seeking refuge are children. They deserve dignity, compassion and protection, not to be treated like suspects.
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers
Children who arrive in the UK on small boats could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new Home Office rules.
New measures will allow immigration enforcement officials to seize phones at the border if it is believed they contain useful intelligence about people-smugglers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Children who have had to make a traumatic journey in search of safety could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new rules.
Children seeking refuge are children. They deserve dignity, compassion and protection, not to be treated like suspects.
Children seeking refuge are children. They deserve dignity, compassion and protection, not to be treated like suspects.
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Slightly off topic but Channel 4’s 2010s output of “Benefits Street” and “My Big Fat G*psy Wedding” etc has a lot to answer for
Headlines translated: Britain's far-right media didn't like the budget. In an attempt to please them, the prime minister is going to punish the mentally ill.
Starmer eyes mental health welfare cuts after 'Benefits Street' Budget criticism
It comes after Reeves's Budget – which included £26bn in tax rises and a £16bn increase in welfare spending – went down as the most unpopular among voters since the days of Liz Truss
inews.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Slightly off topic but Channel 4’s 2010s output of “Benefits Street” and “My Big Fat G*psy Wedding” etc has a lot to answer for
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It really is precisely the inverse of how much work you actually are doing
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
It really is precisely the inverse of how much work you actually are doing
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A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
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If the entirety of your op/ed compares demographic changes in London to the Khmer Rouge's mass murder of millions of people, you are willingly engaged in stochastic terrorism, and should be held responsible for any and all violent actions committed by fascists against non-white people
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
If the entirety of your op/ed compares demographic changes in London to the Khmer Rouge's mass murder of millions of people, you are willingly engaged in stochastic terrorism, and should be held responsible for any and all violent actions committed by fascists against non-white people
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I wish this was an exaggeration, but it isn’t. They appear to have actively worked to block their purported allies being granted asylum, so they couldn’t be called to give evidence in Britain.
The British government and forces left their local translators and interpreters to be killed by the Taliban so they couldn't give evidence in any war-crimes trials
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I wish this was an exaggeration, but it isn’t. They appear to have actively worked to block their purported allies being granted asylum, so they couldn’t be called to give evidence in Britain.
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Warmer days may feel far away now, but some of our fluttery friends may still make appearances when that winter sun shows itself in our gardens and green spaces 🦋❄️
#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter
#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Warmer days may feel far away now, but some of our fluttery friends may still make appearances when that winter sun shows itself in our gardens and green spaces 🦋❄️
#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter
#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter
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This is some Mr Burns level shit.
“The central goal of this project is to light up the sky and extend daylight and obviously, from an astronomical perspective, that’s pretty catastrophic,” Robert Massey, deputy executive director at the Royal Astronomical Society of the UK told the publication."
Scientists Oppose Huge Array of Mirrors in Space That Shines Nighttime Sunlight on Wealthy Customers
The astronomical community is horrified at plans made by a for-profit company to flood the night sky with sunlight.
futurism.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is some Mr Burns level shit.
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🧵The National are reporting on the terrifying American interference in women’s rights and the huge amounts of American money funding this
“ADF International received more than £1 million in US funding in 2024, representing a nearly 300% increase in two years…
“ADF International received more than £1 million in US funding in 2024, representing a nearly 300% increase in two years…
SPECIAL REPORT: A recent review of Scotland's abortion laws led to widespread right-wing outrage last week. We look at the driving forces behind the outcry
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🧵The National are reporting on the terrifying American interference in women’s rights and the huge amounts of American money funding this
“ADF International received more than £1 million in US funding in 2024, representing a nearly 300% increase in two years…
“ADF International received more than £1 million in US funding in 2024, representing a nearly 300% increase in two years…
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From the occupied West Bank to Gaza, Palestinians continue to face a genocide, despite a so-called ceasefire, at the hands of the Israeli military. The UN Security Council just approved a resolution that paves the path towards an American occupation of Gaza.
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
From the occupied West Bank to Gaza, Palestinians continue to face a genocide, despite a so-called ceasefire, at the hands of the Israeli military. The UN Security Council just approved a resolution that paves the path towards an American occupation of Gaza.
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Many migrant workers were affected too and Bethune House, a shelter for migrant women workers, is contacting their families (ways to donate directly TBC).
Meanwhile you can donate to the org itself here: bethunehouse.org/donate
Meanwhile you can donate to the org itself here: bethunehouse.org/donate
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Many migrant workers were affected too and Bethune House, a shelter for migrant women workers, is contacting their families (ways to donate directly TBC).
Meanwhile you can donate to the org itself here: bethunehouse.org/donate
Meanwhile you can donate to the org itself here: bethunehouse.org/donate
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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The Home Office’s absurd taxi bill results entirely from its insistence on forcing people to move round the country without choice or notice, & to live on the breadline so they can’t afford public transport. That Mahmood didn’t know about it till the BBC told her shows how appallingly the HO is run.
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Home Office’s absurd taxi bill results entirely from its insistence on forcing people to move round the country without choice or notice, & to live on the breadline so they can’t afford public transport. That Mahmood didn’t know about it till the BBC told her shows how appallingly the HO is run.
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
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is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
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📣Urgent action: the UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for government support to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire by burning trees! 🌳🔥😮
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
Urgent action: Please ask your MP to say no to Drax’s AI data centre bid
The UK’s single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied with the University of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for public support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre as pa...
actionnetwork.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📣Urgent action: the UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for government support to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire by burning trees! 🌳🔥😮
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
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I've forgotten who said it first, but one of the grossest points of our currently landscape is the expectation that we should received clearly disorted and self-serving statements and actions from those in power in good faith and go along with their absurdities
"All I did was embolden a series of anti-queer, right-wing and anti-trans hate groups, and now there are more anti-queer hate crimes! I am appalled"
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after niece and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I've forgotten who said it first, but one of the grossest points of our currently landscape is the expectation that we should received clearly disorted and self-serving statements and actions from those in power in good faith and go along with their absurdities
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Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
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Politics in this country makes a lot more sense once you realise everything is like this
"The BBC tried this after 'Final Final Version (2) - Do Not Edit (1)' failed."
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Politics in this country makes a lot more sense once you realise everything is like this
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COVID Pandemic is ongoing and no longer monitored.
🔴230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
COVID Pandemic is ongoing and no longer monitored.
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Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
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This was obvious from the moment it was announced, but still worth mentioning. The genocide never ended.
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This was obvious from the moment it was announced, but still worth mentioning. The genocide never ended.