There Underneath 🎋

Sooo, back in July I had back-to-back surgeries on my eyes to resolve sight loss in the right one. I had been messed about at multiple points (one with my previous optician which I can’t talk about) but long story short I had severe sight loss for the better part of two years.

Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images

Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month. No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less. Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses Lying, thieving b******

Just watched @zackpolanski.bsky.social speak without fear on BBC Question Time. Stuck to his principles and never shrank from saying what needed to be said. Zack was himself under extreme pressure and I've never been more proud to be a Green. Where's my rosette at? #bbcqt

Been saying this awhile as a once amateur/could-have-been-pro paintball player: loose fabric always decelerates paintballs. Think of the throw-an-egg-at-a-bedsheet physics test. Inflatables work even better. If you know you're going to "play paintball," WEAR LOOSE, BAGGY CLOTHES. Or an inflatable🐸😅

New police effort to make themselves utterly irrelevant to modern life. "British Transport Police (BTP) say they won't investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than 2 hours". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... No cameras, drones, digital trackers - just hopeless!

After praising Zack Polanski's communication skills, deputy leader of the Green Party Rachel Millward says, "I remember how I felt on the morning of Brexit" "We just literally let Farage's lies write history"

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead. This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

Tax wealth. Not work. Join.greenparty.org.uk

WHAT THE FUCK! Tory Mayor Ben Houchen: That jew is a "useful idiot" Tommy Robinson: "Woke jews" are ruining the UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood : (Jewish) Zack Polanski isn't acting "British". THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLE!

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship. Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing. And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary. Thank you Zack. 💪

Average real wage of UK workers is stuck the 2008 level. Some bosses are collecting 1,112 times more than the average employee wage. Millions forced to rely on food banks and charity. Workers have no say in income distribution. Govts do nothing. Can't build economy/society on huge inequalities.

This is not just theoretical now.

Caroline Lucas at a Green party panel on protest rights: "I think it is clear that if the Suffragettes were around today, they too would be branded a terrorist organisation"

Zack Polanski saying what every politician should be saying, "It's problematic to weaponise the synagogue attack to silence protest in this country against the genocide in Gaza" "These are separate things and we should condemn them both"

Of course, Brits favour the agrifood deal with the EU. They know it cuts paperwork, reduces border checks - and brings food prices down. Polling by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social.

Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom Rally was sponsored by a convicted fraudster allegedly behind cryptocurrency ‘rug pulls’ The far-right rally was bankrolled by convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

Tories stole our money and our dignity. Labour stole our hope.

More good news!

Reform say it is "disgusting and libellous" to suggest that Nigel Farage flirted with Hitler Youth when he was young. Here's how a former teacher at his school remembers it

Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

Can we all just shout about how despicable it is to scapegoat migrants for everything? Can we just stop being too polite or shy about it? Can we condemn it at work, with friends, family, on SM, everywhere? Can we just not keep calm & carry on until it’s too late? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Badgers have been relentlessly targeted but they are integral to our countryside, providing valuable burrowing activities which benefiting plant growth and other wildlife. Please help protect them. bsky.app/profile/prot...

Hilarious seeing absolutely delusional comments going "finally!' as Starmer literally also said today they Farage is not a racist and that Labour are looking into changing international law to make life harder for immigrants. You people are tragic.

One of those hereditary peers who gets to sit in the House of Lords because an ancestor did something in 1442. When I was on twitter I genuinely thought he was a troll. Clearly has a chip the size of Offa's Dyke on those shoulders

Channel 4 News also covered this last week youtu.be/e_7AiFRZnsk?...

It's not just cowardice. They're actively stoking the flames and amplifying the "message" from the racists. Every time Starmer 'takes on Farage' he validates his racist rhetoric.

Was good to have a serious conversation about the rise of fascism & the Brexit dynamics that have twisted our immigration system, as well as cowardice from our media & our leaders on migration.

Telegraph admits article by Conservative immigration spokeperson Katie Lam used entirely fictional stats from Centre for Policy Studies (no, *not* the £234 bn, different ones!). Publishes entirely inadequate correction which still makes false claims about migrant wages. archive.ph/FkywM

Rape crisis centres are closing due to lack of funds. Violent misogyny is skyrocketing online and off. But gender based violence is only weaponized against migrants and trans women, never tackled and taken seriously in its own right. apple.news/AjjROSc0kSGS...

A GP explains why the new online booking system will increase the workload of GP surgeries without any corresponding increase in resources, & the fact that the govt has reneged on national standardised safety measures they originally promised to introduce alongside the new system

Nigel Farage is accusing Starmer of inciting violence against him, by calling Reform racist. Meanwhile Farage literally hugged Lucy Connolly because she incited violence and pleaded guilty to racism. Absolute MELON!