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If Brazil can reject Trump, the Broligarchs and right-wing authoritarianism, so can we.

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.

© Felix Vallotton. 'The Old Olive Tree.' Oil on canvas, 1922. 72 × 60 cm.

#Poetry #Painting #Autumn Yet with dearer delight from his home in the North, On the fields of his harvest the Yankee looks forth What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye, What calls back the past, like the rich Pumpkin pie? - John Greenleaf Whittier 🎨 Andrew Wyeth

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Victim blaming season is back, alongside darker evenings and mornings. But perhaps it’s time to recognise that like “cities aren’t loud; cars are loud”, our roads aren’t dangerous by themselves. It’s the motor vehicles on them that create the danger and that perhaps it’s time to address the source.

Good morning and welcome to tuna Tuesday Love yourself a little extra right now. You're balancing so much, handling things no one sees, and doing your best. And please remember, even on the days when your best feels like very little, it is still enough.

Don't let Reform UK, Restore Britain and Patriot Platform hypocrites try to hide the fact that their hate, intolerance, vigilante violence have more in common with the Nazis than with the hundreds of thousands who died fihghting fascism meme via Ross Birchall

A beautiful morning with Bobby the cat who is excited that tomorrow we do pumpkin magic with Kara & Casey

Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Donald J. Trump‘s political action committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., alleging copyright infringement for the ongoing use of Young’s song “Rockin’ in the Free World” variety.com/2026/music/n...

I got a new toy for winter when we can't go on outside walks. I am still figuring it out.

#Painting #Poetry #Sweden The prophecy of the Seeress “A hall I saw, far from the sun, On Nastrond it stands, and the doors face north... I there saw wading through rivers wild Treacherous men and murderers too... There Nidhogg sucked the blood of the slain... - Edda Poem 🎨 Gustaf Fjæstad

© Richard Combes. 'Central Park Reflections.' Oil on canvas, 2026. 35 x 56 inches.

Elon Musk not only controls the satellite systems that the Ukrainian army - and other European armies - rely upon, he also controls the algorithms that govern a large swathe of the European information space. Europe needs to decouple from this clear and present threat to their security. My latest

I love it when the clocks go back. I love the falling leaves, and the rain, and the chance to unpack all my sweaters and socks. I love lighting candles and incense. I love the windows seen from outside, where the shades of the past year cling to the walls and whisper their age-old secrets.

“Antibes in the Morning”(1888) by Claude Monet

Don’t let the buck stop with this idiot charge them all they trousered millions while they let people die unnecessarily.

Abdul El-Sayed is a Rhodes Scholar, with degrees from the University of Michigan, Oxford, and Columbia. 84% of Rhodes Scholars are Democrats or Independents, compared with just 14% Republicans. It’ll be great having Abdul in the Senate.

Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis. They profit from polluting industries, and through the ‘adaptation economy’. Super-rich buy govts, control means of production and think tanks. Victims pay higher prices for food, homes, relocations. Who governs?

For decades, people talked about pedestrianising Oxford Street. Yesterday, we made it happen. Almost 1km of our nation’s most famous high street is now officially traffic-free. And this is just the beginning.

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Left: President Trump insults Norway calling it a sh*thouse country Right: Visit Norway, the tourism board, trolls President Trump, displaying some of their best toilets on their Instagram 😅

All rivers spill their stories to the sea: a River Tees pollution story. Part Three In Part Three, the final part, I’ll describe what happened on the first day of the event, 25 September 2021 northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

UK Chancellor pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'. Fiddling at the edges. Need redistribution of income and wealth. End profiteering in housing, energy, water, essentials. Increase tax personal allowance.

everyone should start loading up a lot of sleep to get thru the night on November 3

Democracies die slowly then suddenly Andy Burnham has rightly said he wants to end 50 years of neoliberalism. But achieving it will require a country governed democratically westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/dem...

On more than ‘100 products’ eh? I bet that’s not your everyday, essentials either

Some of the most meaningful moments on the campaign trail have been spending time up in the Sault with the Bay Mills and Sault tribes. We must protect tribal sovereignty, protect our Great Lakes, and ensure everyone can get a good job and know that our basic rights and dignities are preserved.

Jenrick has set out how Reform would maximise our “Brexit freedoms”. And this is their list. This is the very best they can come up with. “Re-legalise imperial units” It’s truly pathetic that this is the pinnacle of their Brexit fever dream. And that anyone would still back this ruinous idiocy…

Trump in Mississippi: "I'm here because Cindy is doing great" (He's there because Cindy is not doing great)

I was going through my old photo files and came across some old photos taken in 2019 of a temporary carriage by Kirkby Design. The installation was presented as part of 100% Design during the London Design Festival,

Greetings and good morning it’s the Tuesday farm rush hour with toast

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Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine, the latest report from a UN Commission of Inquiry has concluded.

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

Brat of yore caught on film.

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First Orban, now Vučić... There goes Vladimir Putin's 'last remaining friend' in Europe! 👋 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ser...

“covert surveillance inside houses of worship… “interrogations of churches’ staff… “ICE agents hauled off a nun who was wearing her habit and walking down the sidewalk en route to Sunday Mass… “suing a Catholic diocese in New Mexico to seize 14 acres of their land…” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...