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A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Thank goodness I don't buy from any of these and by and large never heard of them. So GB must be offering very discounted advertising rates to attract small-bit companies. More money losses.

Labour has become unrecognisable. 75 MPs members of Labour Friends of Israel & 41 have accepted financial donations from Israel lobbyists, see below ⬇️ ⬇️

Let the people have their say! A public consultation before AI centres are built! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/78...

25,000 people have signed our petition calling for Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout. Add your name today. 👉weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailout👈

With conflicts raging around the world, it is vital that we remember everyone who bears the human cost of war, civilians and military personnel alike, and stand up for peaceful solutions.

Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social spoke to Nick Ferrari on LBC this morning about the upcoming Consultant strikes. He explained the important background reasons - which are too often ignored. Spoiler: It's about *far more* than just pay. Listen now 👇

Big day today for ending centuries of secrecy about who owns our land! A new government consultation will propose revealing who owns the vast majority of England and Wales. To get this over the line, I’ll need your help to send in supportive evidence! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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?

If ‘the barrier to taxing extreme wealth is a deeply entrenched pattern of political fear, economic uncertainty, institutional capture and parliamentary self-preservation’, it can and must be overcome!… #TaxJusticeUK #TaxTheRich www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

U.S. is a big reason the world is losing ground in the fight against climate change, U.N. report says U.S. was only major economy that failed last year to reduce its carbon pollution or at least slow the growth in how much c02 is spewed by burning fossil fuels. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Tax private jets more. Burnham should work with the EU to do this on a pan European level This is partly due to lifestyles. The world’s private jets, for example, release more CO2 in two seconds than most of the world’s people emit in an entire year www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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.

A loophole is a way that laws can be circumvented by those who know such as paying tax.. The land registry needs a full on tank of mastic… #PlugTheLoopholes www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Ancient Hazel tree… #Trees

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/su...

Lula "We cannot have monstrously huge corporations earning millions & billions, paying no taxes to this country & trying to steer this country's election results." So many countries have this problem and need to slay this beast.

We need to calm the flood-drought climate whiplash 🌦️ In the national conversation around climate resilience, Britain’s water crisis is almost always framed as two separate emergencies.  [Continued👇] Images: [1]-Cerib/Adobe Stock, [2]-Andee/Pexels/Canva

Privatisation has failed This Thursday 29th Oct shady Thames Water execs will meet dodgy US hedge funds to agree a £2.4 BILLION bailout that *households will pay for through increased bills* @andyburnham.bsky.social has 3 DAYS to step in and STOP THE BAILOUT, take back Thames Water

Water companies want to push up bills even further. AND Thames Water wants an excruciatingly expensive £2.4 billion bailout. No more water company failures at our expense. Let them go bust! 1/2

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

Thames Water spent £2bn on fees in 18 months to stay private. Now it's asking its creditors for £2.4bn more. But it's customers who will pay the price via their water bills. If the deal goes ahead the average Thames Water bill will have risen from £488 to £672 while Labour has been in government.

👉weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailout👈

Lindsey German speaking lots of sense as usual for Counterfire… mailchi.mp/a10bcaf6188d...

Oh my god, can you believe how far they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel? They’re all as mad as a box of frogs. www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...

Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...

Here’s @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social as a trade union leader in the 1970s for you all.

Jair Bolsonaro thought he would be free tomorrow. Now he will spend the rest of life in jail.

NEW: Trump is a Russian asset. And the UK government is finally waking from its decade-long slumber Read this. And order a wind-up radio. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-t...

Why do shareholders get the rewards when workers create the wealth a company generates? Is it time to rethink just what companies are for and to require that the rewards be shared more fairly? youtu.be/15r28WaimP8?...

Anselm Kiefer - Philyra 2025

Greta Thunberg is the positive version of Musk’s toxic negativity

Competition is fundamentally destructive. What comes naturally to humans is not competition but cooperation. #auspol #USPOL #USA #us #uspoli #poli #politics #cdnpoli #SocialJustice #LongerTables #Socialist #socialism #LeftIsBest #ClassConsciousness #FalseConsciousness #abolishcapitalism

Did you think they were smooth? Sea lions have a thick blubber layer that helps them stay warm in cold waters. [📹 Itutambilgii] Original post

Legions of Green Cllrs are coming out in support of the Zionism is Racism policy. You can too via this form: forms.gle/BHqiWq2YMe4d...

If you are looking for a distraction before Brazil's fateful election results come in (I know I am...) video from one of our most fun events in the UK just went up, hosted by Ash Sarkar and @novaramedia.com in Brighton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKGx...

3 sewage alerts in the last 5mins for our nearest bit of coastline. Thanks, Southern Water 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 #NationaliseWater

Trump says, "More oil" Burnham says, "How much?" Has Labour ever said no to Trump?

Veteran GPEW member, environmentalist and former director of Friends of the Earth, Jonathon Porritt, has endorsed the Zionism is Racism policy. "Zionism is a political ideology, not a religion. Not an ethnic group. As such, of course Zionism today is racism."

This is horrific. And unsurprisingly the work of a "conservative" multimillionaire. Other adjectives might include creepy, prurient, dictatorial and abusive, not to mention, of course, transphobic. Once more with feeling: we need to get the money out of politics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Sign now: weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailout

Oh my goodness, I know what I'd like to do to the scum that did this to tiny little defenceless birds 👿👿 Eight birds glued to sticks in 'horrific incident' in Wickford Thank God they're recovering🙏 BBC News share.google/mFXM3ecVQNCC...

Please sign this before water goes sky high prices and pollution stays or never leaves…

Sign the petition: weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailout 4 DAYS TO GO! We have until Thursday 29th Oct to get Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout and bring it into public ownership

My utilities come to about £3,000 a year. Cruella claims £45,000 from us to pay for hers. And she'll no doubt be cheering on 'Honest' Bob's plans to cut welfare from those most in need.

Palantir. This is Oswald. His grandson heads up UK Palantir. Oswald was a UK Nazi

Please read my latest article about the dangers of free zones in Wales, and why the public knows next to nothing about them. I am a volunteer; please subscribe and, where possible, donate to my Ko-Fi. Thank you💚 ko-fi.com/europeanpowell

UK energy bills could rise even more. Regulator is considering a Market Stabilization Charge to guarantee corporate profits. This would force energy companies to compensate consumers’ old suppliers for lost profits when people switch away. What would the govt do? Watch the Minister's reply.