BeanDaker

Wheat intolerant. Indifferent to rice. Mildly annoyed by lentils

[The White Bear @ScotsWhiteBear]

To give you an idea of how British politics has degraded into deranged radical-right lunacy, just consider what the public reaction would have been had a politician in the 60s or 70s proposed the following:

[BeanDaker @Bwatchmaker1]

@LibbyTard17 Those poles are treated with creosote. You don’t want to be touching that. Even the fumes given off in hot weather can cause burns. An increase in demand for poles around Europe has meant newer poles aren’t treated for long enough and are more likely to leak like this.

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

Who can forget this famous reenactment from Don’t Look Up via @gbnews in 2022

[Sam @SamCKx]

If Keir Starmer does resign, history will look back on his reign and scratch its head as to why the hell he was so hated.

On paper, he's probably delivered more to working British people in such a short time than any PM for decades.

After inheriting an absolute mess: NHS waiting lists fallen. Worker's rights improved. Rail operators nationalised. Improved relations with EU and improved UK's global reputation. Removed non-dom tax status. Halved childcare costs. Boosted state pensions. Lowest homicide rate in 50 years. Lifted 550k children out of poverty. Immigration vastly reduced.

We are in the age of billionaire funded misinformation, whose sole purpose is to topple democratically elected leaders, and insert leadership that favours the wealthy elites over the working people. Looks like the game plan is working...

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

If people genuinely believe Burnham won’t receive the exact same media onslaught, they’ve not been paying attention.

Starmer is not, objectively, bad. This idea that he is somehow the worst PM in British history is frankly laughable.

Liz truss lasted 49 days, crashed the pound and was laughed out of Downing Street.

Since Labour took office, Keir Starmer’s government has:

• Scrapped the two-child benefit limit, lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and putting money back into some of the hardest-pressed households in the country.

• Expanded free school meals, cutting costs for families and making sure more children get a proper meal during the school day.

• Expanded funded childcare, reducing one of the biggest monthly costs facing working parents and making it easier for people to stay in work.

• Raised the National Living Wage, increasing pay for millions of low-paid workers.

• Strengthened workers’ rights, giving people greater protection against insecure work and bad employers.

• Introduced statutory sick pay from the first day of illness, so workers are less likely to choose between their health and their wages.

• Ended no-fault evictions, giving renters more security in their homes.

• Brought rail operators back into public ownership, taking key services out of failed private hands and giving the public a stronger stake in how they are run.

• Cut NHS waiting lists from their post-pandemic peak, meaning more patients are being seen sooner.

• Raised the state pension through the triple lock, protecting pensioners’ incomes against rising costs.

• Scrapped the old non-dom tax regime, making some of the wealthiest people in the country pay more fairly.

• Added VAT to private school fees, raising money from those most able to contribute.

• Removed business rates relief from private schools, ending an unjustified tax break.

• Increased neighbourhood policing, putting more officers and PCSOs back into communities.

• Helped bring knife crime down, meaning fewer families face the devastation of serious violence.

• Recorded the lowest homicide rate since the 1970s, a material improvement in public safety.

• Created Great British Energy, giving Britain a publicly owned clean energy company.

• Created the National Wealth Fund, backing investment in industry, infrastructure and clean energy.

• Passed planning reforms aimed at getting homes and major projects built faster.

• Improved relations with the EU, reducing diplomatic hostility and rebuilding practical cooperation.

• Agreed a UK-EU security partnership, strengthening cooperation on defence and European security.

• Signed a long-term partnership with Ukraine, reinforcing Britain’s support against Putin’s invasion.

• Secured new trade agreements, opening up markets for British businesses.

• Helped restore seriousness to government after years of scandal, chaos and decline.

People do not have to like Starmer. They do not have to vote Labour. But pretending this is the record of the worst Prime Minister in British history is absurd.

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

To emphasise a perspective not seen outside of the Farage obsessed UK media French TV news reported actual facts, these being.

Following the British local elections

154 UK Councils are led by Labour

12 are led by Reform.

[Richard Wiseman @RichardWiseman]

Hi there – I wonder if you can help out with a survey that I am doing about paranormal experiences. It takes about 15 minutes, and you have to be over 18. Believers and sceptics most welcome! Thank you!
https://t.co/5YbcEJCq7e

[BeanDaker @Bwatchmaker1]

@Ryanmatta @Truthtellerftm @IanMalcolm84 A ‘tactical Nuke’? Read a book.

[BeanDaker @Bwatchmaker1]

anyone had issues with tap in system on @transport_wales? recently had money taken out of my account multiple times and fines for non payment when I’ve tapped in and out. If I hadn’t been signed in to the app and added my card details, I may not have noticed

[Hollywood Horror Museum @horrormuseum]

Spice Girls completely redubbed by a dude, is one of the most hilarious things we've ever seen!

[BeanDaker @Bwatchmaker1]

@gwentpolice And you’re not actually “dealing” with anything.

[BeanDaker @Bwatchmaker1]

@gwentpolice So this has been the case since yesterday evening. Traffic is gridlocked for miles because red lights are on so cars are not moving and yet you haven’t sent anyone to direct traffic? Dereliction of your duties.

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

I’m a chemist. I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there. The biggest health myth in the world isn’t about vaccines.

Or GMOs. Or fluoride.

It’s the root of all of them.
It’s called chemophobia - and it’s killing science.

Fear of “chemicals” now drives vaccine rejection, GMO bans, food hysteria, and entire political movements.

From tampons to tap water, people have been taught to fear chemistry - the very thing that keeps us alive.

Chemophobia tells us:
“Natural is good.”
“Synthetic is bad.”

That’s a lie.

Botulinum toxin is 100% natural and one of the deadliest molecules known.

Aspirin is synthetic and life-saving.

We’ve gone from banning harmful substances for good reason…to banning safe, well-tested molecules for emotional reasons.

You’ve seen the slogans:

“If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.”
“Paraben-free.”
“Clean beauty.”

They sound empowering. But they’re not science - they’re marketing.

And they’re making the world dumber, poorer, and sicker.

Your body doesn’t care if a molecule comes from a plant or a lab.
Vitamin C is vitamin C.

Formaldehyde is formaldehyde and your body makes more of it every day than any vaccine ever could.

Dose matters. Source doesn’t.
This fear isn’t harmless.

It shapes public policy.
It blocks innovation.
It raises food prices.
It slows down cancer treatments.

Chemophobia is now mainstream and it’s costing lives.

Scientists aren’t losing because we’re wrong. We’re losing because fear spreads faster than facts.

Because influencers sell fear for clicks. Because lawyers monetize doubt.

And because scientists are too tired to fight back. So here’s my message, as a chemist and as a citizen:

Learn how toxicology works.
Call out chemical fear-mongering.
Support policies based on evidence, not emotion.

Chemistry isn’t the enemy.
It’s the reason you have clean water, safe food, and modern medicine.

If we let fear win, we lose all of it.

[Duncan -🇬🇧🇪🇺🔶️ European #FBPE - Veteran @dunc_saboteur]

In case you missed it. @SkyNews interview with Former NATO Dep Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe didn't go the way they expected. #IranWar

[Tom Jamieson @jamiesont]

BREXITEERS: Britain must be a proud independant sovereign nation again, able to think for itself

ALSO BREXITEERS: Britain must slavishly follow the orders of Donald Trump without question no matter how dumb & dangerous they are

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

The former British home secretary and buddhist daughter of a Kenyan descendant of Goan Catholics, and a Mauritian Hindu descendent of Tamil, born in Harrow, studied in New York, married to a Jewish South African who lived In Israel says multiculturalism has failed.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

I don't even know what to write about this one.

What am I supposed to say? "Hey everybody, they're lying to us about this war"? Everyone already knows that. Even the people who support this war know all the justifications for it are lies.

They know Iran isn't building nukes.

They know Iran poses no threat to the United States.

They know all that bullshit about Iran cutting out women's wombs and murdering tens of thousands of protesters was evidence-free atrocity propaganda.

Nobody needs me to tell them these things. Nobody needs me to tell them that this war is going to kill a whole lot of innocent people and inflict unfathomable amounts of suffering upon our species, both directly during these attacks and indirectly in the chaos and instability ensuing thereafter. Everyone already knows this.

Everyone already knows this, and it's happening anyway. They're just doing whatever evil things they want to do, without the slightest regard for public opinion or consent.

They're just going right ahead with a military operation to topple Tehran, after decades of inertia for fear of the horrific consequences it would unleash.

They're just choking off Cuba using siege warfare, which previous presidents refused to do because it would be a monstrous act of war.

They just kidnapped the president of a sovereign nation, which previous administrations had refused to do because it's plainly against international law.

They just helped Israel turn Gaza into a gravel parking lot and are now building a giant dystopian tech surveillance encampment to imprison the survivors.

They just designated an American company a "supply chain risk to national security" for the first time ever because the AI firm Anthropic refused to let the Pentagon use its technology to operate autonomous killing machines and surveil American citizens — an open admission that the Pentagon plans on using AI to run autonomous killing machines and surveil American citizens.

There's an old Frank Zappa quote that's been popping into my head more and more lately:

"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."

We're seeing a lot more bricks lately.

That's all I can think to say right now.

[Tracy Edwards @TracyEdwardsMBE]

Return the Water Industry to Public Ownership - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/TVgxOBpUI7 via @UKChange

[CeCe @cecegkh]

Okay, now I have to buy my dog some and see how he reacts! 🤣
This is too funny 😁