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This 💔😇

Dodgy money. Dodgy polls. Dodgy and fake working class credentials. Our general secretary exposing Reform on Sky News this morning.

Reform UK Ltd : "Counter Terror Police won’t let Farage on stage" West Midlands Police : "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny.

Here's Jason Arday's death - and the media's role in it - trending on social media, again. And yet it's *nowhere* in the mainstream media today. It's "fallen" out of the news cycle in the same way that Russian scientists "fall" out of windows. 🔗

'Diver' by Jessica Brilli, contemporary US artist who works in a style that encompasses American realism #WomensArt

I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:

@bylinetimes.bsky.social doing excellent journalism on Reform’s extremely dodgy money people.

If Jesus can be portrayed as white then Helen of Troy can be portrayed as black.

Finally😊

and look who’s on here 🦋. The day has gotten better already. bsky.app/profile/coun...

Bin bin bin face😊. Share widely.

If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️

Womensart book! Reframing Women Printmakers .. 1 in #BestSeller lists #MostGifted 📚 Incudes beautiful images by & interviews with your favourite ARTISTS!! At a great price www.waterstones.com/book/reframi...

In a world that often feels fractured by noise, division, and heavy expectations, choosing to love and respect yourself is a sacred act of quiet rebellion. For a long time, we are taught to keep our doors wide open; to

Sigh👇

This might be the most blatant example in existence of "rich guy who created a problem attempting to place the blame for that problem on immigrants"

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Cannot believe Justin Webb just now - things are hard, rent is higher and ‘people feel resentful’ as if that is somehow mitigation for the targeted violence and threats to life of the past two nights. ‘Feel resentful’!?! BBC Today get a grip.

61% of those who were already using the platforms are still using them to be more precise. mollyrosefoundation.org/more-than-60...

This is no more about the details of immigration policy than the progroms my great great grandparents fled were about Jews committing crimes. It's straightforward racist violence and it needs the strongest possible response.

We only rate dogs. This is a whirlpool. Please don't get too close. It is quite powerful. Still 13/10 (IG: goldenbabybasil)

"In scale and audacity, what Kushner has attempted—and achieved—is on another level...He asked foreign regimes to trust him with billions...Trump placed Kushner—who had zero diplomatic/foreign affairs expertise until [Trump] rose to power—at the center of every international crisis..." Informative:

"Reform is now the richest political party in the UK. Donations raised in the first quarter of 2026 topped £9m, more than the combined total raised by the Conservatives and Labour. But without its crypto-backed contributions Reform would be lagging far behind." @catneilan.bsky.social

'Symphony in blue' by contemporary painter Sarah Bowman #WomensArt

New post just out: "Race to the bottom" Falling immigration is pushing the right to further extremes as they try to keep the issue in the spotlight. I look at how they're doing it and argue it's a strategy that will ultimately fail. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

“…if markets stumble it creates a much more dramatic impact on the economy than we would have seen before. I refer to it as a Jenga tower that’s top-heavy. As you remove support from the bottom, the tower becomes more fragile. To me, that’s a very fragile economy.” english.elpais.com/economy-and-...

It’s going to be interesting to see what happens to North Shields as the Beacon Centre is transformed. The new owners do seem to have a sense of what a town centre needs to be these days and this looks like a lot of investment: youtu.be/HhxG-9VYMG0?...

It's pretty gracious of him to show up at all, given that his side lost.

Yep. Pretty much this👇. But also, for life to exist at is still astonishing. So hey ho, shoulders up and let’s crack on eh?

Being alive at all is the most extraordinary stroke of good luck any of us will ever experience, the physicist Alan Lightman writes: “The question is: What are we to make of the fantastically improbable fact of our existence, our moment of life?”

"The degree did not fully insulate [graduates] from a bad jobs market. It reduced their exposure by about a third — which is remarkable, and the key lesson to hold on to in this discussion. A degree is often worth most when the market is worst: it helps you most exactly when you need it most."

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

They're building an amazing rollercoaster at Rachel Reeves World called "OBR forecast". Just when you think it's finishing there's a huge drop called "the Strait of Hormuz".

Over 50 years later, this anti-Vietnam War PSA still rings true.

Mike’s been elected to the local council. NOW he can do something about the boats. That’s what he campaigned on, after all. Oh wait… #satire

What does Ecological Citizenship mean in practice—and how can it shape the future of place-based innovation? Dr Amy Burnett introduces Ecological Citizenship as an empowering, transformative framework for regenerative innovation and inclusive sustainability transitions. 🔗 https://ow.ly/QQjm50Z0WYW

Your tax dollars paid for this event freedom250.org/celebration/...

Good morning, a butterfly to grace your timeline ☺️ Have a good Wednesday 🙏

Hiding in plain sight. A chilling look at a possible road ahead. ‘When You Think of It, We Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...

Heidi Clover, contemporary Finnish ceramic artist based in Kingsbridge, Devon, UK #WomensArt

We remember. 🧵 Octavius V. Catto: teacher, scholar, & civil rights leader in Philadelphia. On day Catto could finally vote (due to Reconstruction 15th Amendment he'd fought for), he was murdered by one of white vigilantes attacking Black voters in 1871. 💔 ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/oc...

Long thread. I’ve written about this so much, but I’m tired of seeing American people talking about Iran starting the war with the U.S. in 1979. So this thread, won’t just highlight the facts, but also the people and companies involved. The U.S. and the UK overthrew

Nadine Shah said: "This summer I’ll be making my proms debut with Royal Northern Sinfonia...It’s high art, it’s fancy, call me “Nadine Shah lah-de-dah”. It’s about time, on the Tyne.” northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...