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🏆️ DeSmog is delighted to share that our work exposing corporate climate denial and delay has won three of this year's Covering Climate Now Awards. Thank you to all our supporters for making our high-impact work possible! 🙏 buff.ly/qG6sqBe
DeSmog Wins Covering Climate Now Awards for Exposing Corporate Denial and Delay
DeSmog and its partners have won three awards for investigations exposing corporate tactics to delay climate action at the 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. Geoff Dembicki, DeSmog’s global…
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September 18, 2026 at 10:49 PM
🏆️ DeSmog is delighted to share that our work exposing corporate climate denial and delay has won three of this year's Covering Climate Now Awards. Thank you to all our supporters for making our high-impact work possible! 🙏 buff.ly/qG6sqBe
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Absolute last chance to sign this, closing at midnight tonight.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform
Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...
petition.parliament.uk
September 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Absolute last chance to sign this, closing at midnight tonight.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers.
Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
September 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers.
Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
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As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 7:27 AM
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The government urgently needs to proscribe all groups criminalising asylum seekers coming by boat and hampering the work of the RNLI.
Intimidation of the public for an ideological cause is terrorism. It's high time the culprits were charged with it.
Intimidation of the public for an ideological cause is terrorism. It's high time the culprits were charged with it.
September 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The government urgently needs to proscribe all groups criminalising asylum seekers coming by boat and hampering the work of the RNLI.
Intimidation of the public for an ideological cause is terrorism. It's high time the culprits were charged with it.
Intimidation of the public for an ideological cause is terrorism. It's high time the culprits were charged with it.
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Did we miss 2030?
Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Did we miss 2030?
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Google is uniquely invasive. No other company surveils you so deeply or makes escape so difficult. They don’t just harvest and monetize your data—they hand it to governments on demand. Breaking free is tough, but possible. Here is how to escape.
psychopete1.substack.com/p/the-infini...
psychopete1.substack.com/p/the-infini...
De-Google Your Life
And starve the machine while you're at it.
psychopete1.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Google is uniquely invasive. No other company surveils you so deeply or makes escape so difficult. They don’t just harvest and monetize your data—they hand it to governments on demand. Breaking free is tough, but possible. Here is how to escape.
psychopete1.substack.com/p/the-infini...
psychopete1.substack.com/p/the-infini...
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When they say we can't afford the state pension or the NHS or any other unversal service, what they mean is they want to hoard even more wealth to add to their mountains of gold, and they're willing to let us die in the gutter rather than enjoy a retirement, to get it.
September 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
When they say we can't afford the state pension or the NHS or any other unversal service, what they mean is they want to hoard even more wealth to add to their mountains of gold, and they're willing to let us die in the gutter rather than enjoy a retirement, to get it.
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Let me correct that headline: 'Portsmouth RNLI lifeboat station off service after violent gang attacks'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Portsmouth RNLI lifeboat station off service after anti-migrant protest
The RNLI says it hopes to have the lifeboat station operational again as soon as possible.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Let me correct that headline: 'Portsmouth RNLI lifeboat station off service after violent gang attacks'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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SIGOURNEY WEAVER’s High School Yearbook - 1967
“Please, God, please, don’t let me be normal.”
“Please, God, please, don’t let me be normal.”
September 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM
SIGOURNEY WEAVER’s High School Yearbook - 1967
“Please, God, please, don’t let me be normal.”
“Please, God, please, don’t let me be normal.”
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Time to deport all these fighting age men terrorising our patriotic lifeboat volunteers
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Time to deport all these fighting age men terrorising our patriotic lifeboat volunteers
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Tax is not the thing that is reducing disposable incomes of low and middle income households
For that you need to look at real term cuts in pay and benefits; and above-inflation increases in housing costs and energy bills.
For that you need to look at real term cuts in pay and benefits; and above-inflation increases in housing costs and energy bills.
Despite recent rises, effective tax rates remain below pre-financial-crisis levels for low and middle earners
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September 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Tax is not the thing that is reducing disposable incomes of low and middle income households
For that you need to look at real term cuts in pay and benefits; and above-inflation increases in housing costs and energy bills.
For that you need to look at real term cuts in pay and benefits; and above-inflation increases in housing costs and energy bills.
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🔎 New report out!
Growing up in poverty increases the likelihood of being NEET - not in employment, education or training - as a young adult, and inadequate income holds young people back from returning to earning or learning.
Growing up in poverty increases the likelihood of being NEET - not in employment, education or training - as a young adult, and inadequate income holds young people back from returning to earning or learning.
September 17, 2026 at 10:13 AM
🔎 New report out!
Growing up in poverty increases the likelihood of being NEET - not in employment, education or training - as a young adult, and inadequate income holds young people back from returning to earning or learning.
Growing up in poverty increases the likelihood of being NEET - not in employment, education or training - as a young adult, and inadequate income holds young people back from returning to earning or learning.
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"Sheeran’s actions once again treated anti-Palestinian censorship as an uncontroversial norm, and the path of least resistance. The reaction to Sheeran suggests that, after three years of livestreamed genocide, this norm is finally losing its hold in the cultural mainstream."
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Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity
Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS.
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September 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"Sheeran’s actions once again treated anti-Palestinian censorship as an uncontroversial norm, and the path of least resistance. The reaction to Sheeran suggests that, after three years of livestreamed genocide, this norm is finally losing its hold in the cultural mainstream."
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1979 roots reggae tune "Oh! Wicked Man!" by British based band Misty in Roots. From their debut album Live at the Counter Eurovision 79. #Reggae #RootsReggae m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdwl...
Misty In Roots Oh Wicked Man.wmv
YouTube video by Awwehness
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September 17, 2026 at 3:10 AM
1979 roots reggae tune "Oh! Wicked Man!" by British based band Misty in Roots. From their debut album Live at the Counter Eurovision 79. #Reggae #RootsReggae m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdwl...
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Hilsum: ".. as if the families had been allowed to hope their relatives would survive this war, & they might have if the Israelis had allowed in enough.. materials so Gazans could repair their homes or build new ones"
Israel doesn't just kill Palestinians with bullets & bombs
Israel doesn't just kill Palestinians with bullets & bombs
September 17, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Hilsum: ".. as if the families had been allowed to hope their relatives would survive this war, & they might have if the Israelis had allowed in enough.. materials so Gazans could repair their homes or build new ones"
Israel doesn't just kill Palestinians with bullets & bombs
Israel doesn't just kill Palestinians with bullets & bombs
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A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:02 AM
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Last chance to sign our petition calling for new rules on media ownership: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
mediasovereignty.org/petition/
mediasovereignty.org/petition/
September 17, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Last chance to sign our petition calling for new rules on media ownership: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
mediasovereignty.org/petition/
mediasovereignty.org/petition/
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I’m having severe trouble finding this story on the BBC homepage. How about you
Reform UK tried to ‘cover up’ assault incident that led to its Welsh leader’s resignation
nation.cymru/news/reform-...
nation.cymru/news/reform-...
Reform UK tried to 'cover up' assault incident that led to its Welsh leader's resignation
Martin Shipton Reform UK tried to suppress coverage of its leader’s arrest on suspicion of assault and coercive control by warning news outlets they would break European privacy law by reporting it,…
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September 17, 2026 at 6:27 AM
I’m having severe trouble finding this story on the BBC homepage. How about you
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Hearing from constituents working at the University of Brighton who are desperately worried.
In touch with unions and the University seeking clarity and assurances, because it is vital workers have a voice, especially when higher education is in such crisis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In touch with unions and the University seeking clarity and assurances, because it is vital workers have a voice, especially when higher education is in such crisis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Brighton considers closing Falmer campus by 2030
The campus houses the university's library, sports and health complex, and two halls of residence.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Hearing from constituents working at the University of Brighton who are desperately worried.
In touch with unions and the University seeking clarity and assurances, because it is vital workers have a voice, especially when higher education is in such crisis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In touch with unions and the University seeking clarity and assurances, because it is vital workers have a voice, especially when higher education is in such crisis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...