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Pretty much all of Bham’s museums are funded by the council or donations. Over 90% of BMT’s collection - one of the largest civic collections in the UK - is in storage, numerous artefacts, including James Watt’s entire workshop, was lifted from Bham and displayed in London.

ARE YOU AN ARTIST OR CRAFTSPERSON ? Our 2026 city-wide art trail takes place on weekends of 28-29th September & 3rd-4th October. The deadline to apply is June 30th. Details here: birminghamopenstudios.co.uk Art pictured: Milly Jackson during BOS2025 (Read more below 🧵👇)

Bloody hell, he’s being serious. I thought this was a parody post at first glance. Jesus.

He is a new employee at the train station 😹😹

It’s amazing she doesn’t just burst into flames after that whopper of lie.

It never rains, but it pours: 'GPs across England have voted 98.9% to reject the Government’s imposed changes to their contract for 2026/27.' Follows yesterday's decision by resident doctors to announce new strike action

NEWS: Bette Midler just released a remake of Woody Guthrie’s classic protest song “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” updated to fit the current moment and urge action ahead of the midterms. You have to listen to this.

Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud nbcnews.com/politics/polit…

‘The public has the right to know about these transactions…’ Labour MP Liam Byrne praises Keir Starmer’s ban on the ‘extraordinary amounts of money’ paid in crypto donations to UK political parties.

Trump on Iran: I thought that the oil prices would go up higher. I thought the stock market would go somewhat lower. But it didn't matter to me.

🚨 Breaking: House Natural Resources SHUT DOWN over Don Jr. Subpoena! 🚨 Donald Trump Jr’s 1789 Capital investment firm made a major investment in a rare earth mineral company called Vulcan Elements months before it received $620 million in the largest loan in Pentagon history from DOD and  $50 million from Commerce. This was at the same time Trump Sr. was threatening to blow up our NATO alliance and invade Greenland, where Vulcan has significant rare earth interests.   We know Trump and his family are lining their own pockets with corrupt government deals. But, when we tried to subpoena his Jr. to answer questions today, Republicans shut it down. ⬇️ @Rep_Grijalva @RepHuffman @RepDexterOR @RepYassAnsari @NRDems

Pete Hegseth: "We negotiate with bombs."

I really hope that the day will come when Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is prosecuted as a war criminal. And I am encouraged to see that real American heroes, like Major General Randy Manner, are calling this out. You can watch the video for yourself, but here are Pete Hegseth’s words: “We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement, just common sense, maximum lethality, and authority for warfighters.” This is exactly how russian war criminals have been behaving in Ukraine.

From the edge of extinction Spain and Portugal were able to save the world's most endangered cat from the brink. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #nature #rewilding #GreenNewDeal

There have been a bunch of western stories that the Gulf states including Saudi Arabia are ready to turn on Iran and pushing Trump to finish the job. I have to believe those are sourced from Trump allies. I have seen nothing to prove that and a lot more of this. ⬇️

'There's no safety anymore': Palestinians warn of expanding West Bank settler violence bbc.in/4uRqs1w

A group of Israeli settlers attacked the village of Mu’khamas today, armed with sticks and Molotov cocktails to burn houses. Palestinian residents noticed the settlers coming and went out to confront them, standing in defense of their homes. Our defenseless people are forced to protect their homes from settler terrorism with their own bodies, while no one is there to protect them, and the useless Palestinian Authority is unable to do anything.

Israeli forces forcibly evict a Palestinian family from their home in occupied East Jerusalem, arresting one member and taking over the property. It's part of an intensified campaign, where Palestinian homes are being seized to make way for illegal Israeli settlements.

1094 people have now been killed in Lebanon by Israeli strikes and 3119 wounded according to Lebanese ministry of Health. Including: 121 children 42 medical/emergency workers

Swedish billionaire Roger Akelius has donated 800 million SEK ($76 million) to support children in the Gaza Strip, matching a 400 million SEK allocation from the Swedish government. This brings the total aid package to 1.2 billion SEK ($114 million), to be distributed through UNICEF. The funds are specifically designated for a five-year program focused on re-establishing education and child protection. The initiative aims to fund the operations of 400 schools, covering teacher salaries, meals, and supplies, while providing essential psychological support, clean water, and vaccinations for traumatized children.