Archaeologist / Graphic Designer / High Functioning Potato / Scavenger / Cheapskate Gardener / Loved by dogs / Tolerated by cats
I'm here to watch the world move on. Corruption, nebulous networks & shady government plans, oh my! Really, I'm just a high-functioning potato, so cut me some slack 😏
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Arriving home from my work, the neighbours four year old shouts over from his lawn, "why are you here?"
"That's a very philosophical question Milo. Really why are any of us here?" I reply slightly wearily.
"I'm here to read books" says Milo, patting a small pile of books on the grass beside him.
Fair play to you, Milo. That's a better reason to be here than most can muster.
@bullivant
And what happened to that weather manipulating device that the democrats had? Did they take it with them?
But people who think clouds aren't real are incapable of asking such basic questions.
PIP claims surge to 3.8 million, yet looming welfare cuts threaten vital support – a cruel blow to those in need | Liz Crosbie
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare/pip-cuts-welfare-bills-growth-projections-and-the-need-for-personal-support/?feed_id=1470&_unique_id=6822caaf3797a
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare/pip-cuts-welfare-bills-growth-projections-and-the-need-for-personal-support/?feed_id=1470&_unique_id=6822caaf3797a
@kigelia @Lazarou @Geri @Colman @RichardJMurphy
The last election was won on a protest vote. The next election will be lost on a protest vote.
This will continue until either someone who wins an election actually works to tackle the deeply ingrained problems causing dissatisfaction, confusion and anxiety, or stops having fair elections.
The Labour party was created to do the first thing, and it has rotted away to the point of handing the country over to those who'd do the second.
@petealexharris @kigelia @Lazarou @Geri @Colman @RichardJMurphy
If Reform gets in on the next vote, it's entirely possible, if somewhat pessimistic, that there will not be another genuine vote after that.
We are seeing that distinct possibility in the US (Trump pretty much came out and said it) and the UK is once cycle behind them, with Starmer's tongue so far up Trumps arse he can taste what he had for lunch, and Farage eager to be a future MiniTrump.
"Keir had also had enough of foreigners come over here to do the jobs looking after our elderly men and women that no Brits were prepared to do. Far better to close the care homes and let the old people die in the street. Because that’s what the aged and those with dementia would have wanted. Pure Brits to the very last. Same with our hospitals. Better understaffed than fully staffed with the wrong people"
John Crace on top form.
#Immigration #Racism #UKPolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/12/starmer-delivers-some-home-truths-in-labours-great-immigration-reset?CMP=GTUK_email
On Tuesday, the British government will be in the high court defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel.
As the government’s lawyers take the floor to deliver their opening remarks – in a case that was brought by the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and is supported by Human Rights Watch – thousands of children in Gaza will be starving.
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#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News
"‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones" - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/12/cheap-foreign-labour-this-is-how-keir-starmer-denigrates-the-migrant-carers-looking-after-your-loved-ones
#socialcare #migration #ukpolitics #labour
Weird how masks don't make it difficult for right-wingers to breathe when they're rounding up immigrants.
@aral @nando161 also the narrative of “who is going to work the jobs that immigrants do if we deport them all” brings also an issue, is that all we are to you? Cheap labor? Are we not husbands, wives, humans with dreams and aspirations? Are we not contributing to society? It seems also that all it takes is a Karen not liking you so they summon ICE. This whole thing is beyond disgusting.
@gerbrand @nolittlefinger
I use an ereader app on tablet when I want to read my old kindle stuff. Wouldn't go anywhere near a Kindle now, though back in the day I did love my first gen kindle.
@nolittlefinger what about other ereaders? I have kobo and use it extensively
It's very weird still seeing all the artifacts of COVID - signs saying you need to mask, those stickers on the ground indicating how far apart you're supposed to stand, tons of hand sanitizer stations that haven't been refilled in years, the plexiglass things in front of checkouts, all just kinda lingering around. An artifact of a time that society actually gave a shit about the dangers of the world, but now just overlooked and ignored.
One in five people in Gaza face starvation, famine watchdog warns
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/5/12/one-in-five-people-in-gaza-face-starvation-famine-watchdog-warns?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Middle East News @middle-east-news-AlJazeera
