KayeMac04
@kayemac.bsky.social
Disabled and partially sighted. Atheist since 1977. Not a monarchist. Antifa in a RefUK dominated County Durham, UK. Looking at events across the pond and in Europe.
Skyscapes from my deck, no fancy stuff.
Skyscapes from my deck, no fancy stuff.
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The Justice Department has admitted that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who made the decision to deport a group of Venezuelan men to the notorious CECOT mega-prison complex in El Salvador, ignoring a judge’s order to keep them in custody in the United States.
DOJ Admits Noem Decided to Deport Venezuelan Men to CECOT Prison in El Salvador
The Justice Department has admitted that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who made the decision to deport a group of Venezuelan men to the notorious CECOT mega-prison complex in El Salvador, ignoring a judge's order to keep them in custody in the United States.
www.democracynow.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Justice Department has admitted that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who made the decision to deport a group of Venezuelan men to the notorious CECOT mega-prison complex in El Salvador, ignoring a judge’s order to keep them in custody in the United States.
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In today's Budget, the Chancellor spoke about building the economy “brick by brick” but left out the very foundation that underpins it all: nature.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In today's Budget, the Chancellor spoke about building the economy “brick by brick” but left out the very foundation that underpins it all: nature.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
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this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
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Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector
In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
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This is such important news. Hundreds of thousands of children taken out of poverty with the stroke of a pen.
Two-child benefit limit is officially scrapped in Budget 2025
Rachel Reeves confirms policy that restricts what benefits families can receive will be removed
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is such important news. Hundreds of thousands of children taken out of poverty with the stroke of a pen.
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OBR accepts full responsibility for posting budget details early.
Nothing to do with Rachel Reeves or the government but the Tories will drone on endlessly for the next 50 years about it being the fault of a "shambolic" Chancellor / Labour Party.
#Budget2026 #PMQs #politicslive
Nothing to do with Rachel Reeves or the government but the Tories will drone on endlessly for the next 50 years about it being the fault of a "shambolic" Chancellor / Labour Party.
#Budget2026 #PMQs #politicslive
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
OBR accepts full responsibility for posting budget details early.
Nothing to do with Rachel Reeves or the government but the Tories will drone on endlessly for the next 50 years about it being the fault of a "shambolic" Chancellor / Labour Party.
#Budget2026 #PMQs #politicslive
Nothing to do with Rachel Reeves or the government but the Tories will drone on endlessly for the next 50 years about it being the fault of a "shambolic" Chancellor / Labour Party.
#Budget2026 #PMQs #politicslive
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The new levy, which is subject to a 12-week consultation, will apply to visitors at accommodation providers including hotels, holiday lets, bed and breakfasts, and guesthouse | Peter Morris
New mayoral tourist tax “will boost investment in North East”
The new levy, which is subject to a 12-week consultation, will apply to visitors at accommodation providers including hotels, holiday lets, bed and breakfasts, and guesthouse
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The new levy, which is subject to a 12-week consultation, will apply to visitors at accommodation providers including hotels, holiday lets, bed and breakfasts, and guesthouse | Peter Morris
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Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved, but you must absolutely avoid being *hated.*
So many forget that last part.
So many forget that last part.
It is a bit alarming, when rereading Machiavelli's The Prince, that it lands as reportage rather than political theory. However, I find great comfort in the fact that they are really effing it up.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved, but you must absolutely avoid being *hated.*
So many forget that last part.
So many forget that last part.
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Today's random #German word of the day is this.
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
#LearnALanguage - peel away until you get to the heart of it. 💝
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
#LearnALanguage - peel away until you get to the heart of it. 💝
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Today's random #German word of the day is this.
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
#LearnALanguage - peel away until you get to the heart of it. 💝
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
#LearnALanguage - peel away until you get to the heart of it. 💝
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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UK govt wants jury trials scrapped except for rape, murder, manslaughter or cases passing a public interest test.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
UK govt wants jury trials scrapped except for rape, murder, manslaughter or cases passing a public interest test.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
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👀 St Peter’s Church, Noss Mayo, near #Plymouth #Devon
One of eight cherubs carved on the font cover.
Harry Hems of Exeter, 1884.
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#HarryHems
One of eight cherubs carved on the font cover.
Harry Hems of Exeter, 1884.
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#HarryHems
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
👀 St Peter’s Church, Noss Mayo, near #Plymouth #Devon
One of eight cherubs carved on the font cover.
Harry Hems of Exeter, 1884.
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#HarryHems
One of eight cherubs carved on the font cover.
Harry Hems of Exeter, 1884.
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#HarryHems
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Urban farms and gardens ease food insecurity, boost mental health, and create communities.
A surprisingly powerful tool to make cities more livable
Urban farms and gardens ease food insecurity, boost mental health, and create communities.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Urban farms and gardens ease food insecurity, boost mental health, and create communities.
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Hi, former turkey farmer here who raised flocks of heritage breed turkeys specifically for Thanksgiving:
What?!
What?!
Trump: "Despite their size, Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they're still MAHA. They've been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion."
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hi, former turkey farmer here who raised flocks of heritage breed turkeys specifically for Thanksgiving:
What?!
What?!
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London is becoming a cycling city.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
London is becoming a cycling city.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
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This is extremely unfortunate to say the least. Not sure how I would have reacted to having my Reith lectures censored - the world has changed in an ill way in the two years since.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This is extremely unfortunate to say the least. Not sure how I would have reacted to having my Reith lectures censored - the world has changed in an ill way in the two years since.
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The 1970/80s was the era of Jim Davidson doing "chalky" on tv and the Black and White Minstrels. A different time... yes Nigel but here's the thing...
If fellow pupils remember you being racist at school in that clinate then you were being REALLY racist because the standards were rock bottom.
If fellow pupils remember you being racist at school in that clinate then you were being REALLY racist because the standards were rock bottom.
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The 1970/80s was the era of Jim Davidson doing "chalky" on tv and the Black and White Minstrels. A different time... yes Nigel but here's the thing...
If fellow pupils remember you being racist at school in that clinate then you were being REALLY racist because the standards were rock bottom.
If fellow pupils remember you being racist at school in that clinate then you were being REALLY racist because the standards were rock bottom.
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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It'll only help elevate Mark Kelly. They need a new scandal after their bullshit case against Comey and Letitia James just fell apart.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. ...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It'll only help elevate Mark Kelly. They need a new scandal after their bullshit case against Comey and Letitia James just fell apart.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
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Posting a meme of himself as a king with opponents kneeling isn’t a joke when it comes from someone calling for elected officials to be jailed. It reflects a mindset that sees political power as personal authority, not constitutional duty.
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Posting a meme of himself as a king with opponents kneeling isn’t a joke when it comes from someone calling for elected officials to be jailed. It reflects a mindset that sees political power as personal authority, not constitutional duty.
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A century old Holm Oak in upland Communidad Valenciana 🇪🇸, set at about 600m of alt near the Argon border.
These typical trees are known locally (in Valenciano) as Carrasca and Castilian as Encina.
Shot taken in November. Stunning, isn't it?
These typical trees are known locally (in Valenciano) as Carrasca and Castilian as Encina.
Shot taken in November. Stunning, isn't it?
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A century old Holm Oak in upland Communidad Valenciana 🇪🇸, set at about 600m of alt near the Argon border.
These typical trees are known locally (in Valenciano) as Carrasca and Castilian as Encina.
Shot taken in November. Stunning, isn't it?
These typical trees are known locally (in Valenciano) as Carrasca and Castilian as Encina.
Shot taken in November. Stunning, isn't it?
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Something that I think about almost often...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Something that I think about almost often...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Housing is increasingly becoming a problem in Newcastle, Crisis Skylight is taking action
| Peter Sagar
| Peter Sagar
The Housing Crisis reaches Newcastle
Housing is increasingly becoming a problem in Newcastle, Crisis Skylight is taking action
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Housing is increasingly becoming a problem in Newcastle, Crisis Skylight is taking action
| Peter Sagar
| Peter Sagar
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952