Anti-war protesters disrupted an international weapons exhibition in Melbourne, Australia today. Over 20 cops were injured according to a police statement.

And for those of you that didn't want to believe it here it is. The UK is bottom of the league when it comes to European bathing water quality standards. 🤬

2024: Conservative Peer James Bethell explains how the Treasury under the Conservative party, "Took the view that spending money on health is basically money down the drain, and all that would happen is that it would lead to older people living longer and costing us more" 2021:

The military has been deployed in Thailand to help rescue people marooned by flooding. At least 33 people have died across Thailand since mid-August from a spate of rain-related incidents including landslides.

Swedish police state 600 high ranking organized crime members live abroad (57 countries) but are involved in criminal acts in Sweden. Common locations include Spain, Turkey, Dubai, Morocco, Iran, Iraq, Tunisia, the Balkans and South America.

Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami theguardian.com/environment/20…

Three facts about Brexit: 1》Brexit has already cost us more than we ever paid into the EU. 2》Our EU fee was an investment that allowed us to earn far more through frictionless trade, a customs union and global trade deals. 3》Brexiters have not replaced EU regional funding.

Universities contribute more than £250 BILLION to the UK economy. For every £1 of public money invested into UK universities, £14 of economic benefit is generated.  And yet the university sector is under threat. There’s a clear case for investment for growth that will benefit

The state of academia…

Insane full-winter scenes emerging from Austria right now. The historic September storm in Central Europe is delivering record cold, record early deep snow and heavy flooding rains. This is Obertauern (resort elevation range 1600-2500 m). x.com/winfriedveil/s…

👀 "Tomorrow, many rivers in Central Europe are expected to reach spectacular levels, raising a statistical anomaly so unprecedented that the Institute of Hydrology had to urgently review the scale...."

Big Mama Thornton performing "Hound Dog". She released the song first in 1953 before Elvis Presley (1956), his biggest worldwide rock and roll hit record. Thornton was a blues singer who helped shape the sound of Rock&Roll. She released the song “Hound Dog” in 1953 and it sold

In Poland, one of the key areas of concern is the temporary bridge in Głuchołazy. Efforts are ongoing to preserve it, as its destruction would cause blockages and flooding in a large part of the town. Unfortunately, the situation is critical.

Video of the overflowing dam in Międzygórze, Poland...😫

The kid doesn’t even look Haitian.

#AustriaFlood: Unreal footage from today's flooding in the Austrian capital of #Vienna, affecting large parts of the city after the overflowing of the Wien river.

Flooding disaster unfolding right now in Central Europe. Why is it so bad? This thread takes a quick look at some of the key ingredients of this record-breaking storm.

Poland this morning. General lack of coverage in the media who are more interested in the Emmys. How can we save ourselves if the public doesn’t understand what’s happening?

Reservoir dam failure in Poland this morning. This is the top reservoir in a chain so may be even bigger implications.

Valued GP ‘will be forced to leave UK’ after autistic daughter refused visa theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/s…