BlueSkyDrinking
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BlueSkyDrinking
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The internet was a mistake

NEW - Downing Street has told Labour’s Backbench Parliamentary Committee there are no dates available to meet him for 3 months. The committee is meant to have access to any Labour leader, PM or not, to represent PLP MPs views on pressing topics whether party or political.



You know what would cut down on piracy? Making books widely accessible globally & reducing the cost. Taking down piracy sites will only increase traffic towards other sites.

Zack Polanski and his partner called their narrowboat their “amazing home” for three years. He registered to vote there. If it was his main residence, council tax was due. None was paid. His team says he stayed there only “occasionally” - if true, there's a very big problem.

X translating antizionist to antisemite is kinda crazy


This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opi…





Perverted Green Party man in a dress “Eden Hills” elected in Little London and Woodhouse ward on Leeds Council — with the support of Hannah Spencer MP and Mothin Ali. Read the inset post…🧵1/












