Irving Wanders
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Zack Polanski stood outside Palantir HQ to demand that the spy-tech firm - which has supported deadly ICE raids and enabled genocide in Gaza - gets out of our NHS
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
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January 23, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Zack Polanski stood outside Palantir HQ to demand that the spy-tech firm - which has supported deadly ICE raids and enabled genocide in Gaza - gets out of our NHS
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
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If my party is serious about anti-racism: implement the Forde recommendations, adopt the APPG’s definition of Islamophobia, address disproportionate poverty rates and poor health outcomes.
Do not cynically deploy an all-BAME shortlist to shut down party democracy. Offensive and politically weak.
Do not cynically deploy an all-BAME shortlist to shut down party democracy. Offensive and politically weak.
Starmer Allies Say Burnham Will Not Be Allowed To Stand For Manchester Seat
Allies of Keir Starmer have told PoliticsHome that Andy Burnham will not be allowed to stand as the Labour candidate in the upcoming by-election in...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:18 AM
If my party is serious about anti-racism: implement the Forde recommendations, adopt the APPG’s definition of Islamophobia, address disproportionate poverty rates and poor health outcomes.
Do not cynically deploy an all-BAME shortlist to shut down party democracy. Offensive and politically weak.
Do not cynically deploy an all-BAME shortlist to shut down party democracy. Offensive and politically weak.
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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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How bad have things gotten in one year? People are now dying in "the camps" - with deaths in ICE detention at the astounding rate of 1 every 3 days, including a homicide by guards at the biggest tent city in Texas
Inside America's humanitarian crisis. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
Inside America's humanitarian crisis. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
People are dying in Trump’s squalid concentration camps | Will Bunch
Deaths are occurring in ICE detention facilities at nearly 10 times the rate of the Biden years. It will likely get worse.
www.inquirer.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM
How bad have things gotten in one year? People are now dying in "the camps" - with deaths in ICE detention at the astounding rate of 1 every 3 days, including a homicide by guards at the biggest tent city in Texas
Inside America's humanitarian crisis. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
Inside America's humanitarian crisis. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
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This is what fascism looks like. Use the word. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigration-officers-claim-sweeping-power-to-enter-homes-without-a-judges-warrant-memo-says
Immigration officers claim sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant
www.pbs.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This is what fascism looks like. Use the word. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigration-officers-claim-sweeping-power-to-enter-homes-without-a-judges-warrant-memo-says
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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I’m struggling to find the right words for the heartbreak and rage of seeing a five-year-old child detained by ICE.
But I’m not surprised. Trump’s political agenda has always been to terrorise the most vulnerable.
This is the reality of far-right rule, and it’s what Reform wants in the UK.
But I’m not surprised. Trump’s political agenda has always been to terrorise the most vulnerable.
This is the reality of far-right rule, and it’s what Reform wants in the UK.
January 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I’m struggling to find the right words for the heartbreak and rage of seeing a five-year-old child detained by ICE.
But I’m not surprised. Trump’s political agenda has always been to terrorise the most vulnerable.
This is the reality of far-right rule, and it’s what Reform wants in the UK.
But I’m not surprised. Trump’s political agenda has always been to terrorise the most vulnerable.
This is the reality of far-right rule, and it’s what Reform wants in the UK.
Abolish the House of Lords.
EXC - MPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because of procedural obstacles used by opponents.
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords
Exclusive: Legislation thought unlikely even to be put to vote before timing out after delay tactics by opponents
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Abolish the House of Lords.
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the phrase "earned settlement" is in the same category with "hostile environment" -- can't accuse them of not saying what they mean
take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
the phrase "earned settlement" is in the same category with "hostile environment" -- can't accuse them of not saying what they mean
take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
take a moment to respond to the consultation on this here:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Palantir software is now the basis of the Government's fraud reporting service. So it now handles sensitive financial data for millions of UK citizens. Plus NHS data. Plus military analytics. Plus policing.
And, of course, it's quite explicitly far right in its politics.
What could ever go wrong?
And, of course, it's quite explicitly far right in its politics.
What could ever go wrong?
NEWS: UK police launch ‘Report Fraud’ service - AML Intelligence
UK officials have formally launched 'Report Fraud', a new service aimed at changing how victims of fraud and cybercrime contact police.
www.amlintelligence.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Palantir software is now the basis of the Government's fraud reporting service. So it now handles sensitive financial data for millions of UK citizens. Plus NHS data. Plus military analytics. Plus policing.
And, of course, it's quite explicitly far right in its politics.
What could ever go wrong?
And, of course, it's quite explicitly far right in its politics.
What could ever go wrong?
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a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
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As @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social says, the UK government has to make clear to the Syrian government that the mass release of ISIS prisoners is unacceptable, that the current ceasefire must stand, and that attacks on Kurdish majority towns are unacceptable.
greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/21/u...
#Rojava
greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/21/u...
#Rojava
January 21, 2026 at 10:16 PM
As @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social says, the UK government has to make clear to the Syrian government that the mass release of ISIS prisoners is unacceptable, that the current ceasefire must stand, and that attacks on Kurdish majority towns are unacceptable.
greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/21/u...
#Rojava
greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/21/u...
#Rojava
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Kurdish-majority communities are under attack in North East Syria from the Damascus regime.
Rojava must not be abandoned
Rojava must not be abandoned
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Kurdish-majority communities are under attack in North East Syria from the Damascus regime.
Rojava must not be abandoned
Rojava must not be abandoned
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Another amazing discovery which pushes back the oldest known cave art by over 15,000 years!!!
And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oldest cave painting could rewrite origins of human creativity
A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Another amazing discovery which pushes back the oldest known cave art by over 15,000 years!!!
And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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No one should trust markets alone when it comes to food. Agricultural commodity prices have always been volatile and are bound to become even more erratic amidst the polycrisis.
Great to see @theguardian.com endorse our work on stabilizing supply & prices.
Link: peri.umass.edu/publication/...
Great to see @theguardian.com endorse our work on stabilizing supply & prices.
Link: peri.umass.edu/publication/...
January 21, 2026 at 4:37 PM
No one should trust markets alone when it comes to food. Agricultural commodity prices have always been volatile and are bound to become even more erratic amidst the polycrisis.
Great to see @theguardian.com endorse our work on stabilizing supply & prices.
Link: peri.umass.edu/publication/...
Great to see @theguardian.com endorse our work on stabilizing supply & prices.
Link: peri.umass.edu/publication/...
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One of the better photos I've taken of a stubble corridor fading into the distance during high summer as a miscellaneous sky stands guard and collects its thoughts.
January 20, 2026 at 5:17 PM
One of the better photos I've taken of a stubble corridor fading into the distance during high summer as a miscellaneous sky stands guard and collects its thoughts.
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Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
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gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
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The USA should not be able to participate in the world cup, let alone be part of hosting it, so yes I support those calling for a boycott.
Sport, especially football, brings people together. That unity matters. We must ensure the President's actions do not go unchallenged.
Sport, especially football, brings people together. That unity matters. We must ensure the President's actions do not go unchallenged.
January 19, 2026 at 8:57 PM
The USA should not be able to participate in the world cup, let alone be part of hosting it, so yes I support those calling for a boycott.
Sport, especially football, brings people together. That unity matters. We must ensure the President's actions do not go unchallenged.
Sport, especially football, brings people together. That unity matters. We must ensure the President's actions do not go unchallenged.
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Obsessed with Veronika
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Obsessed with Veronika
A potential 25% tariff on UK exports to the US again shifts the rejoin debate on the EU. Maybe Labour's not ready to pivot on policy yet but there's not much reason to think the US won't continue to provide incentives to rejoin.
I hope UK political leaders show some foresight.
I hope UK political leaders show some foresight.
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
A potential 25% tariff on UK exports to the US again shifts the rejoin debate on the EU. Maybe Labour's not ready to pivot on policy yet but there's not much reason to think the US won't continue to provide incentives to rejoin.
I hope UK political leaders show some foresight.
I hope UK political leaders show some foresight.
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At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
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January 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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The BBC is nakedly peddling fake news - and refusing to apologise for doing so - in furtherance of its transphobic agenda. 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The BBC is nakedly peddling fake news - and refusing to apologise for doing so - in furtherance of its transphobic agenda. 🧵
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Me on LLMs, Grok especially, as epistemic weapons:
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Me on LLMs, Grok especially, as epistemic weapons: