'If Mastodon were only a Twitter clone Elon Musk couldn’t buy, that would be worth a lot. It’s also free of ads and tracking—that’s a bonus. But it turns out to be more profound than even that.'

What are you waiting for? See you there

scott.mn/2022/10/29/twi…

We're seeing more and more UK facing astro-turfed websites on US culture war issues like race and gender.

We're using the law to unmask them - so we can see whose money is poisoning our politics. And we're going to share a toolkit... goodlawproject.org/news/astroturf…

#YstwythTrail Sustrans Cymru cycle path around Pantmawr, just west of Llanilar: beware hedge cutting (Friday 4/11 pm). Maybe avoid for a few days if you can't carry your bike for a couple of hundred metres.

I carried mine, got a large thorn in my foot!

It looks like the tory surge was talked up too much. Now can we just give the party the funeral they deserve?
#GeneralElectionNow

Who to believe?

The former chief of the Bank of England, Bank of Canada, and international Financial Stability Board…

…or an angry Conservative MP with his detail-free dismissive retort?

It used to be said: #voteTory for the economy. That was the main selling point ('it's the economy, stupid').

Tories have been in power for 12 years. Try as they might, there's no-one else to blame. Now tell me your excuse for still voting tory.
#ToriesOut
nation.cymru/news/uk-could-…

UK factors = Conservatives + #Brexit

There are a number of general characteristics that fascist movements from 1922 - 1945 tend to have in common, many of which will feel eerily familiar to anyone living in Britain today. 🇬🇧

britannica.com/topic/fascism/…

#Fascist politicians typically gain support by appealing to people’s nationalism & racism, especially by promoting suspicion or hatred of people that they label as foreigners or otherwise cast as 'illegitimate citizens' — as Hitler did with the Jews.

Do you understand? 🇬🇧

We asked Number 10 to provide the statistics Mr Sunak was referring to, but we were not sent anything that directly substantiates his claim.

We asked experts whether there was any way Mr Sunak’s claim could be true. None could find any data to support it

fullfact.org/economy/rishi-…

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We are looking for people who would be up for sharing their experiences with The Talyllyn Railway & The Railway Series books. We already have one amazing interview but the more voices we have the better.

A thread on the ways you can help with contact info

terry christian They are getting truly desperate.

The sunlit uplands have turned rain-drenched swamplands.

Singapore on Thames fell apart like a clown car.

All they have left is 'give it longer, maybe something will change?' and 'EU won't have us back' (BS - just ask Guy Verhofstadt ).

A reminder, if you haven't seen this already.

Juergen Maier, former Chief Executive at Siemens UK, says: 'There's a (Brexit) solution staring us in the face.'

The UK is a democracy in name only, our politics captured by the ultra-rich. And now the oligarchs' oligarch is our unelected Prime Minister.
Everything we value depends on wresting power out of the hands of this plutocracy.

What will Suella Braverman do next?

TORY donor sacked as a minister after less than a month, despite being given a peerage to do the job.

He keeps the peerage.
#NormalIsland

'The company said the offer is worth 9%, including a 7% salary increase over two years, plus a lump sum payment of 2% this year.'
That's 3½% a year over 2 years then, with a one-off payment of a few thousand £.
Doesn't sound that great to me
nation.cymru/news/royal-mai… Nation.Cymru

Good to see my local MP Ben Lake AS/MP is one of the signatories to this letter to UCEA and Universities UK asking employers to avoid strike action by meeting UCU demands. Thanks for your support Ben #ucuRISING

For the FIRST time in history all major countries of Latin America have presidents from the Left, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. Great conditions to reinforce cooperation and links between the countries in the region. #Brics #Brazil elections #Brazil

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, #Brazilelections . This is a good day. Lula won. The vote remains one of our best weapons against fascism. Elections should not be this exciting, but today is a good day to be a democrat.