@thethermalvest.bsky.social
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A grand total of 10 Conservatives (one woman) and 0 Reform present for a statement on the VAWG strategy.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A grand total of 10 Conservatives (one woman) and 0 Reform present for a statement on the VAWG strategy.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
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Trump announces his golden ballroom may now cost $400 million, which is double the original estimate of $200 million.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump announces his golden ballroom may now cost $400 million, which is double the original estimate of $200 million.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.
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Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote:
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote:
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
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Fujitsu boss to face grilling from MPs over the Post Office Horizon compensation.
Public purse footing the bill.
Fujitsu and its execs, PO execs, lawyers, accountants benefitted from false prosecutions, haven't paid anything.
No one charged for the scam which destroyed lives of innocent people.
Public purse footing the bill.
Fujitsu and its execs, PO execs, lawyers, accountants benefitted from false prosecutions, haven't paid anything.
No one charged for the scam which destroyed lives of innocent people.
Fujitsu chief to face MPs grilling over Post Office compensation
Paul Patterson will appear before the business and trade select committee on 6 January amid mounting pressure on Fujitsu to make a sizeable contribution to the Horizon scandal compensation bill, Sky N...
news.sky.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fujitsu boss to face grilling from MPs over the Post Office Horizon compensation.
Public purse footing the bill.
Fujitsu and its execs, PO execs, lawyers, accountants benefitted from false prosecutions, haven't paid anything.
No one charged for the scam which destroyed lives of innocent people.
Public purse footing the bill.
Fujitsu and its execs, PO execs, lawyers, accountants benefitted from false prosecutions, haven't paid anything.
No one charged for the scam which destroyed lives of innocent people.
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Please sign to end peat sales. This is a new petition, as the previous ones were for the previous government. Thank you 👍 #peatfree
Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Please sign to end peat sales. This is a new petition, as the previous ones were for the previous government. Thank you 👍 #peatfree
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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Narges Mohammadi, Nobel laureate and one of Iran's most prominent human rights lawyers, is arrested by Iranian authorities, supporters say.
https://cnn.it/3MAc7os
https://cnn.it/3MAc7os
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Narges Mohammadi, Nobel laureate and one of Iran's most prominent human rights lawyers, is arrested by Iranian authorities, supporters say.
https://cnn.it/3MAc7os
https://cnn.it/3MAc7os
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Shocking and distressing Ofsted report into the treatment of young girls at Clare Lodge secure children’s home, which is run by Peterborough City Council.
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/2/S...
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/2/S...
Clare Lodge - Open - Find an Inspection Report - Ofsted
reports.ofsted.gov.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Shocking and distressing Ofsted report into the treatment of young girls at Clare Lodge secure children’s home, which is run by Peterborough City Council.
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/2/S...
reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/2/S...
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#OtD 12 Dec 1866 the worst mining disaster in English history occurred when the Oaks Colliery exploded killing 361 miners and rescuers aged between 10 and 67. The inquest concluded the deaths were caused by management negligence stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8377...
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#OtD 12 Dec 1866 the worst mining disaster in English history occurred when the Oaks Colliery exploded killing 361 miners and rescuers aged between 10 and 67. The inquest concluded the deaths were caused by management negligence stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8377...
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Donald Trump, Jr.’s net worth has increased six-fold since his father was reelected.
Eric Trump has gotten ten times richer over the same time period.
Funny how that works, huh?
Eric Trump has gotten ten times richer over the same time period.
Funny how that works, huh?
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Donald Trump, Jr.’s net worth has increased six-fold since his father was reelected.
Eric Trump has gotten ten times richer over the same time period.
Funny how that works, huh?
Eric Trump has gotten ten times richer over the same time period.
Funny how that works, huh?
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Minutes ago today the Trump regime abruptly cancelled citizenship ceremonies for several immigrants in Boston.
THEY CANCELLED CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES.
These immigrants followed every rule & did everything right—Trump banned them anyway. All are from Black & brown majority nations.
This Is Fascism.
THEY CANCELLED CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES.
These immigrants followed every rule & did everything right—Trump banned them anyway. All are from Black & brown majority nations.
This Is Fascism.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Minutes ago today the Trump regime abruptly cancelled citizenship ceremonies for several immigrants in Boston.
THEY CANCELLED CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES.
These immigrants followed every rule & did everything right—Trump banned them anyway. All are from Black & brown majority nations.
This Is Fascism.
THEY CANCELLED CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES.
These immigrants followed every rule & did everything right—Trump banned them anyway. All are from Black & brown majority nations.
This Is Fascism.
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Here is the whole Trump, Brexit, Russia story neatly summed up for you
The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power
The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power
December 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Here is the whole Trump, Brexit, Russia story neatly summed up for you
The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power
The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power
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Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an #airpollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper
By @sanammahoozi.bsky.social et al
@theconversation.com
theconversation.com/irans-record...
By @sanammahoozi.bsky.social et al
@theconversation.com
theconversation.com/irans-record...
Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an air pollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper
Schools are closing and hospitals are admitting patients suffering from lung diseases as Tehran and other Iranian cities face a severe air pollution crisis.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an #airpollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper
By @sanammahoozi.bsky.social et al
@theconversation.com
theconversation.com/irans-record...
By @sanammahoozi.bsky.social et al
@theconversation.com
theconversation.com/irans-record...
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Six weeks after the Rapid Support Forces took El Fasher, British MPs have been briefed that at least 60,000 were killed by the group there. As many as 150,000 residents are still unaccounted for.
There is satellite evidence of possible piles of bodies & new burial pits. The scale is unimaginable.
There is satellite evidence of possible piles of bodies & new burial pits. The scale is unimaginable.
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Six weeks after the Rapid Support Forces took El Fasher, British MPs have been briefed that at least 60,000 were killed by the group there. As many as 150,000 residents are still unaccounted for.
There is satellite evidence of possible piles of bodies & new burial pits. The scale is unimaginable.
There is satellite evidence of possible piles of bodies & new burial pits. The scale is unimaginable.
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
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Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100
Millions of people affected by torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia
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How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide
Sri Lanka and Indonesia have deployed military personnel as they race to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed over 1,100 people across four countries in Asia.
Millions of people have been affected by a combination of tropical cyclones and heavy monsoon rains in Sri Lanka, parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, Thailand and Malaysia in recent days. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100
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Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Less than 1000 signatures to go
Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Less than 1000 signatures to go
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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More on nurdles: "168 of 195 Sites of Special Scientific Interest surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets".
There is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet, with what should be our richest nature areas affected, as is our #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet, with what should be our richest nature areas affected, as is our #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nurdles are polluting our beaches and harming wildlife — and the UK is still behind EU standards. We need stronger rules and proper enforcement now.
#NurdlePollution #PlasticCrisis
#NurdlePollution #PlasticCrisis
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
More on nurdles: "168 of 195 Sites of Special Scientific Interest surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets".
There is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet, with what should be our richest nature areas affected, as is our #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet, with what should be our richest nature areas affected, as is our #PublicHealth
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Not content with selling out Ukraine to Russia and thereby putting the security of America’s allies at risk, the Trump regime is trashing the reputation of US science and risking the health of its children by rewriting the CDC website to suggest a link between vaccines and autism
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Not content with selling out Ukraine to Russia and thereby putting the security of America’s allies at risk, the Trump regime is trashing the reputation of US science and risking the health of its children by rewriting the CDC website to suggest a link between vaccines and autism