Sara J Hacken

Yesterday, I was barred from entering the West Bank by Israeli officials, as part of a @progintl.bsky.social delegation.

The simple truth is we had done nothing wrong. We went to show our support for the Palestinian people and highlight the terrible injustice and violence being perpetrated against them. We want to ensure that people back home do not look away from the reality of what is happening.

Since his ennoblement in Boris Johnson’s 2023 resignation list, Tees Valley regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen has claimed more than £25,000 in tax-free daily “attendance” allowances from the House of Lords for 73 days when he hasn’t voted, spoken or performed any recorded parliamentary activity.

Congrats to Lula in Brazil! Fuck you, fascists!

Me in The Independent just now. Link to article —> www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I warned 3 years ago that mink farms are a likely route to a new and horrific human pandemic, and once more I'm fervently praying it doesn't map out that way. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I keep changing my mind on the one result that will make me the happiest after the midterms, but I think I'm settling on this guy needs to win. He's really, really good and the Democrats need him elected.

Never forget. At the next election, they'll all pretend they never supported him.

🤬 I’ve got so annoyed at comments today. My mum (50), dad (77) and best friend (44) all died from cancer. I want a PM that gives a sh*t about stuff like this. And if Gogglebox gets @SU2C more attention, all power to @andyburnham.bsky.social and @metromayorsteve.bsky.social 👏🏻

Live streamed please.

The situation in Ukraine reminds me of the Czech industrial capacity before WW2. Allowing Hitler to take over Czechoslovakia was one of the most significant moments in the build up to war.

Andy Burnham at #PMQs: “Have they had the time to read the Covid inquiry report yesterday about the appalling state of social care as it went into the pandemic? “I need no lectures from the other side about taking tough decisions on social care. I suggest they have a period of reflection.”

Direct URL is accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/ai-preferences Glad to see mine was off already, so it must have been circulated before.

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

Yet another in the large pantheon of useless Regulators. Paid large salaries to do very little. About as much use as a chocolate teapot.

It's hammering down up north... the lurcher is taking emergency measures to dry her back legs....

Boot the runner duckling discovers rain for the first time

🔴 NEW Who Owns Our Beautiful Game? By @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social Read below. ↓

🔴 NEW ‘You Want to Love His Music. Without Thinking That This Guy Raped Kids Year After Year’ By @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social Read below. ↓

Happy 4th anniversary to the night in Svalbard when my phone took this unedited photo of a giant lunar halo over the glaciers of Svalbard to which the only response was to fall into hysterical laughter, serially taken up by each shipmate, how else to respond to such outlandish, annihilating beauty

NEWS! Britain asks whether new £100 phone noise fine could also include ‘a little bit of prison’ newsthump.com/2026/10/19/b...

The Seven Stages of Man City Fans

Frank is settling in well with us. 🦻 We have figured out he is deaf. But that's OK we will work around that with him 🥘 He is eating well and putting on some weight already Still very weak and sick but 5 days in things are looking up 🤞

My dream is to one day travel to Scotland and climb Ben Fogle.

🔴 NEW How Reform UK’s Leaders Embraced Far- Right Racists By @nafeez.bsky.social Read below. ↓

Shocking undercover footage of Reform!

Greetings and good morning it’s the Friday farm rush hour with Eli

Every vote counts kids, always get out to vote

An inspection will be undertaken at Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) to determine whether the Authority is complying with its Best Value Duty | Peter Morris

On this day 1605 Guy Fawkes began his journey to London. It would take him several days because his legs were made of old tights stuffed with newspapers.

NEWS! I said nothing when they came for Laurence Fox, I said nothing when they came for Andrew Tate, and I said nothing when they came for Russell Brand, and I remain perfectly comfortable with all of those decisions newsthump.com/2026/10/14/i...

On Thursday a remarkable woman won a by-election. On Friday a remarkable woman won the Nobel Peace Prize. The coverage has overwhelming been focused on the men who lost. It's 2026. Yet still.

actually . . . wow! navi pillay, one of the most prominent human rights leaders of our time, former UN high commissioner for human rights . . . so richly deserved. three cheers!

NEWS! Coldplay to play halftime show of Pete Hegseths’ live-streamed firing squad execution newsthump.com/2026/10/09/c...

can't help feeling that's a capital M for momentum there

They definitely are gaining huge momentum, towards cult-like conspiracy and electoral oblivion.

Hammering it into an open goal like Jude Bellingham against a team of 12-year-olds.

A good end to the week for Bruno. He didn’t know it at the time but that car hitting him is probably the best thing that ever happened to him 🙏

You get that 88ft Badenoch Tapestry for pride of place in our conference like I asked? Sure did boss, real lazy, old ai that can't tell which head and hand skin tones should go together and still fucks up fingers like you asked. What?

Not ALL clubs ‘benefited’, so there’s no level playing field there. They ‘improved the league’ by ill-gotten gains! Why does your mind not want to compute/entertain any truths in that? You’ll need to wake up to your denial at some point, unless you always want to be angry at everyone but your owners

You wait ages for a bus, and none come at once... | James Waterson

Jurgen knew….

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

Billionaire Chris Rokos must be hoping he gets better advice on his offshore flit to Greece than he has on previous tax ruses.