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Trump too busy with Iran war to turn up for BBC defamation case.

Rafael Behr dismantles Reform UK's asylum 'plan' in less than 90 seconds, exposing how the party blames immigration for the problems the UK is facing. "It's not actually a policy for the UK to function as a country."

How many years has #waze been doing this already?

Trump to his braindead MAGA cult supporters: "I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap."

Omg, just made a tray bake with some chicken thighs, new potatoes, a yellow bell pepper, a quartered red onion. All oiled and rubbed with chermula spice mix. Used the juices to make a red wine jus. Half the ingredients were leftovers from a hellofresh box. You guys it was sensational. 😭

Fun fact: The next administration is going to get so much done on day one, in roll backs alone.

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Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC

For decades Americans in Republican counties have died sooner than those living in Democratic ones Now they’re dying faster than they’re being born These are policy choices

⚠️ "I think it is absurd that when we're talking about individuals being made to feel unsafe where they live" 🚨 "When we're looking at boats being slashed on camera, children chanting into megaphones, "Let them drown." You guys are just saying, "Well, it's about the small boats.""

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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston: "That's what the lifeboat does. It saves lives at sea. That's its job." "And this is an international duty. Everyone who goes to sea knows, in the event of someone being in difficulty, you go to their assistance." The abuse the RNLI have faced is a disgrace.

Blumineck lo ha vuelto a hacer 🥹 le aplaudo hasta que se me caigan las manos, bravo. "Be masculine, be feminine, be neither, or be both. But be kind."

Now, I wonder how fast the 51% shareholder & owner dissolves his company? A cap on donations now being discussed. Horse not only bolted but they’re now a grandparent. The cheeto man just brought reform by the back door. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Andrew Tate (pictured right) indicted in Romania for *trafficking minors* (and money laundering). www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Tie...wahn? OH! they must mean far east America.

I once tried, briefly, to separate author from their work. But I've read her tweets. This week I have finally gotten rid of the last of my #Potter ephemera. Gone to charity, so profits will go to hospice care, rather than intellectual property. #trans lives matter. @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social

Photographs taken by James Kemmenoe at the vigil for Professor Jason Arday podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

Always and FOREVER!

www.msn.com/en-gb/news/n... Uk politics 1st as Reform counselor defects to Labour.

Now now Donald, you already had someone else's and you didn't even finish THAT one.

It would be a shame if this picture had more circulation.

Signs that you might be living in an authoritarian state

A+ headline www.thebulwark.com/p/when-you-c...

Now thats a headline. Hat tip to @crampell.bsky.social. www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...

@shirtposting.bsky.social aw dip! The good place is leaving netflix, at least in the UK. Get your homies watching it. Before such a great show takes it sleazy.

This Wednesday (8/12) at 7pm I'll be at Northport Books in Northport, NY discussing SEA OF CHARMS in conversation with Ella Dawson! Join us as we discuss cozy escapes, the great blue sea, sentient plants, and the future of the Spellshop series! northportbooksli.com/products/sar...

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I had bread, oil and balsamic vinegar at lunch today, and it made me think of this fresco from the House of Julia Felix in Pompeii. The fresco depicts different kinds of Roman breads, including the typical panis quadratus. 🏛️📷National Archaeological Museum of Naples #FrescoFriday

Farage wins Clacton by-eletion. So now we can do another one needlessly for a lot of wonga. And then the investigation in to his bribary and corruption, including potential money laundering, can continue as he crows how vindicated he his from every platform.

To be very clear: if this was just “compliance with the law”, then there would be no need for a radicalised wingnut zillionaire to offer every wacko with free time on their hands funding to bring lawsuits against the NHS.

Give you odds of 10 to 1, he'll carry on as if he never said this, maybe deny it as well.

Here for the lols.

Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt #Sunday

It is #london #trans #pride day - here is a #poem I wrote when I saw a proud dad at #plymouth trans pride