Roshan Jayachandran
@roshan-j.bsky.social
Cook, Engineer, Dalit, Tech & Tolkien enthusiast
adding “&udm=14” stops Google search from returning AI results… for now.
adding “&udm=14” stops Google search from returning AI results… for now.
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Firefighters continued for the fifth day to fight a fire at an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region, sparked last week by a drone attack that authorities blamed on Ukraine reut.rs/4hCiG3I
Firefighters battle blaze at oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar for fifth day
Firefighters continued for the fifth day to fight a fire at an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region, sparked last week by a drone attack that authorities blamed on Ukraine, the regional administration said.
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March 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Firefighters continued for the fifth day to fight a fire at an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region, sparked last week by a drone attack that authorities blamed on Ukraine reut.rs/4hCiG3I
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Noida ‘honour killing’: A blue dupatta for a wedding and a strangulation.
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
Noida ‘honour killing’: A blue dupatta for a wedding and a strangulation
Neha Rathore's tragic story of an inter-caste marriage ending in murder in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida.
www.thehindu.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Noida ‘honour killing’: A blue dupatta for a wedding and a strangulation.
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
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Daisy Cooper, "We don't want cuts to our public services, when they are already cut to the bone"
"We want a better trading deal with the EU to get growth back into our economy"
Well said @libdemdaisy.bsky.social 👏
"We want a better trading deal with the EU to get growth back into our economy"
Well said @libdemdaisy.bsky.social 👏
March 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Daisy Cooper, "We don't want cuts to our public services, when they are already cut to the bone"
"We want a better trading deal with the EU to get growth back into our economy"
Well said @libdemdaisy.bsky.social 👏
"We want a better trading deal with the EU to get growth back into our economy"
Well said @libdemdaisy.bsky.social 👏
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Councils and NHS could face millions in extra costs due to disability benefit cuts
Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Councils and NHS could face millions in extra costs due to disability benefit cuts
Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Councils and NHS could face millions in extra costs due to disability benefit cuts
Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Government plans for Pip cuts will drive up costs for local authority social care services and NHS, campaigners warn
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Tax dodger seeks welfare for the wealthy. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Tax exile’s half-baked scheme’: Jim Ratcliffe challenged over Man Utd plan to use public funds for £2bn stadium project
Club co-owner’s request for hundreds of millions of pounds to help regenerate local area labelled ‘outrageous’ by critics
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Tax dodger seeks welfare for the wealthy. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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New UK minimum wage for an over-21 full-time worker will be £22,222 a year before tax and NIC.
A single person needs to earn £28,000 a year for minimum acceptable std of living. A couple with 2 children needs £69,400.
Millions in poverty. Save for pension, buy home?
Poverty institutionalized.
A single person needs to earn £28,000 a year for minimum acceptable std of living. A couple with 2 children needs £69,400.
Millions in poverty. Save for pension, buy home?
Poverty institutionalized.
Prem Sikka: A boost in the minimum wage is welcome, but more must be done to improve people’s material conditions
'Despite the increase, the minimum wage will still be comparatively low, and millions will live below the minimum acceptable standard of living.'
leftfootforward.org
March 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
New UK minimum wage for an over-21 full-time worker will be £22,222 a year before tax and NIC.
A single person needs to earn £28,000 a year for minimum acceptable std of living. A couple with 2 children needs £69,400.
Millions in poverty. Save for pension, buy home?
Poverty institutionalized.
A single person needs to earn £28,000 a year for minimum acceptable std of living. A couple with 2 children needs £69,400.
Millions in poverty. Save for pension, buy home?
Poverty institutionalized.
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It's really not that hard. We understand that Labour had a difficult inheritance. It's more that, since taking office, Labour has (it sometimes feels deliberately) stuck its middle finger up at almost everything Labour voters care about. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
How did it come to this? Labour’s journey from landslide victory to ‘deep unhappiness’
Rachel Reeves’s speech next week is being crafted as a ‘re-education’ on Labour’s achievements amid gloominess and sinking poll ratings
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's really not that hard. We understand that Labour had a difficult inheritance. It's more that, since taking office, Labour has (it sometimes feels deliberately) stuck its middle finger up at almost everything Labour voters care about. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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In defending Rishi Sunak's non-disclosure of his financial interests, in appointing a Covid Corruption Commissioner in name only, and in arguing against the public interest in transparency, the Cabinet Office is a leopard which hasn't changed its spots. And you really ought to ask, 'why?'
The Cabinet Office is *still* trying to shut down transparency about the PPE deals that happened under Michael Gove. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Government loses legal battle over Covid ‘VIP Lane’
Exclusive: Judge slams “most unsatisfactory” Cabinet Office and orders release of names of 'VIP' firms to Democracy for Sale reporter - after *four year* wait.
open.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In defending Rishi Sunak's non-disclosure of his financial interests, in appointing a Covid Corruption Commissioner in name only, and in arguing against the public interest in transparency, the Cabinet Office is a leopard which hasn't changed its spots. And you really ought to ask, 'why?'
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Labour's economics are all about growth, but for whom? Certainly not the poorest.
The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it.
Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?
The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it.
Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?
Some disabled people to lose £10,000 a year in benefits by the end of the decade.
Are there savings - cuts in benefits lead to pressure on families, NHS, support services,.
Cuts avoidable - tax the rich; reduce poverty; improve NHS, housing, support services.
Are there savings - cuts in benefits lead to pressure on families, NHS, support services,.
Cuts avoidable - tax the rich; reduce poverty; improve NHS, housing, support services.
Some disabled people could lose £10k a year in benefits by end of decade
Experts say planned cuts will deliver series of ‘painful income shocks’ for many
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Labour's economics are all about growth, but for whom? Certainly not the poorest.
The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it.
Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?
The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it.
Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?
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La moitié des patients passés par un service d'urgences en 2023 y ont séjourné plus de 3 heures.
→ https://l.lefigaro.fr/tVU
→ https://l.lefigaro.fr/tVU
March 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
La moitié des patients passés par un service d'urgences en 2023 y ont séjourné plus de 3 heures.
→ https://l.lefigaro.fr/tVU
→ https://l.lefigaro.fr/tVU
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Three winters from now, Japan's snowy Myoko highlands will be home to a mega-resort built by a Singaporean fund. The project by promises to create 1,000 jobs and spur winter tourism, but for many locals, foreign interest has become a double-edged sword reut.rs/4hpVDZV
In Japan's ski resort area of Myoko, trepidation as more foreign money pours in
Three winters from now, Japan's snowy Myoko highlands will be home to a $1.4 billion mega-resort built by a Singaporean fund, with hotels charging some $1,350 a night.
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March 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Three winters from now, Japan's snowy Myoko highlands will be home to a mega-resort built by a Singaporean fund. The project by promises to create 1,000 jobs and spur winter tourism, but for many locals, foreign interest has become a double-edged sword reut.rs/4hpVDZV
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Why not gps tracking of all farm dogs and farm vehicles too, nobody would have a problem with that, right? www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/subscribe/ne...
March 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Why not gps tracking of all farm dogs and farm vehicles too, nobody would have a problem with that, right? www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/subscribe/ne...
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If you're in #Cornwall and would like to see more hard-working Greens elected to Cornwall Council on 1 May, do please chip in to the crowdfunder here, and share it on your social media!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/turn-cornw...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/turn-cornw...
March 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If you're in #Cornwall and would like to see more hard-working Greens elected to Cornwall Council on 1 May, do please chip in to the crowdfunder here, and share it on your social media!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/turn-cornw...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/turn-cornw...
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I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. Then I saw what kind of tax break the Republicans would give me if my salary ever jumps from $74,000 to $14 million.
March 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. Then I saw what kind of tax break the Republicans would give me if my salary ever jumps from $74,000 to $14 million.
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One report is more accurate.
"Aus’s environmental condition remained strong...with a National Environmental Condition Score of 7.7 out of 10." www.tern.org.au/wp-content/u...
"Overall, the state & trend of the environment of Australia are poor & deteriorating..." soe.dcceew.gov.au/overview/key...
"Aus’s environmental condition remained strong...with a National Environmental Condition Score of 7.7 out of 10." www.tern.org.au/wp-content/u...
"Overall, the state & trend of the environment of Australia are poor & deteriorating..." soe.dcceew.gov.au/overview/key...
soe.dcceew.gov.au
March 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
One report is more accurate.
"Aus’s environmental condition remained strong...with a National Environmental Condition Score of 7.7 out of 10." www.tern.org.au/wp-content/u...
"Overall, the state & trend of the environment of Australia are poor & deteriorating..." soe.dcceew.gov.au/overview/key...
"Aus’s environmental condition remained strong...with a National Environmental Condition Score of 7.7 out of 10." www.tern.org.au/wp-content/u...
"Overall, the state & trend of the environment of Australia are poor & deteriorating..." soe.dcceew.gov.au/overview/key...
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Labor are enemies of the environment. So too the LNP, ToP & PHON.
If you value the many benefits nature provides, vote for candidates & parties that listen to & act on scientific evidence.
No EPBC reform package, but protection for toxic salmon. Labor, lol.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If you value the many benefits nature provides, vote for candidates & parties that listen to & act on scientific evidence.
No EPBC reform package, but protection for toxic salmon. Labor, lol.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese to rush through new laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge
Labor will push the contentious bill through parliament next week despite concerns about the extinction of the Maugean skate
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Labor are enemies of the environment. So too the LNP, ToP & PHON.
If you value the many benefits nature provides, vote for candidates & parties that listen to & act on scientific evidence.
No EPBC reform package, but protection for toxic salmon. Labor, lol.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If you value the many benefits nature provides, vote for candidates & parties that listen to & act on scientific evidence.
No EPBC reform package, but protection for toxic salmon. Labor, lol.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Man Living In Most Affluent Country In World History Has Nerve To Complain About Being Homeless
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March 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Man Living In Most Affluent Country In World History Has Nerve To Complain About Being Homeless
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If you really want to help people with mental health issues back into work, stigmatising them as lazy sods who just need to get their act together is precisely the wrong way to go about it
March 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If you really want to help people with mental health issues back into work, stigmatising them as lazy sods who just need to get their act together is precisely the wrong way to go about it
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Ramping up austerity will never solve problems caused by austerity in the first place
March 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Ramping up austerity will never solve problems caused by austerity in the first place
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The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority government, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #2025election
Honest Government Ad | Minority Government
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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March 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority government, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #2025election
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Shout out to everyone who came to the Dublin shows this weekend. Fake priests, The search for the coast of Kilkenny, the missing Portugal joke, and an evil Revenue Commissioner. So much fun.
You all survive the next couple of days and I’ll be back on Wednesday! #youhadtobethere #recreationtour
You all survive the next couple of days and I’ll be back on Wednesday! #youhadtobethere #recreationtour
March 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Shout out to everyone who came to the Dublin shows this weekend. Fake priests, The search for the coast of Kilkenny, the missing Portugal joke, and an evil Revenue Commissioner. So much fun.
You all survive the next couple of days and I’ll be back on Wednesday! #youhadtobethere #recreationtour
You all survive the next couple of days and I’ll be back on Wednesday! #youhadtobethere #recreationtour
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Laura Trott, "We hope Labour will put politics aside and vote for this, because it's the right thing to do"
Just like all the times the Conservative party put politics aside over the past 14 years and supported sensible amendments from Labour/LibDems/Greens because it was the right thing to do 🤷♂️
Just like all the times the Conservative party put politics aside over the past 14 years and supported sensible amendments from Labour/LibDems/Greens because it was the right thing to do 🤷♂️
March 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Laura Trott, "We hope Labour will put politics aside and vote for this, because it's the right thing to do"
Just like all the times the Conservative party put politics aside over the past 14 years and supported sensible amendments from Labour/LibDems/Greens because it was the right thing to do 🤷♂️
Just like all the times the Conservative party put politics aside over the past 14 years and supported sensible amendments from Labour/LibDems/Greens because it was the right thing to do 🤷♂️