"..today, while elites hesitate, it is voters who are demanding more Europe — at least when it comes to defense. Polling is consistent: A vast majority of European are in favor of a defense union. " www.politico.eu/article/vote...
AI optimist (Iain M Banks / James Lovelock variety). Full time lawyer, part-time poet and fumbling philosopher - "if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought" https://compossible.blog/
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"..today, while elites hesitate, it is voters who are demanding more Europe — at least when it comes to defense. Polling is consistent: A vast majority of European are in favor of a defense union. " www.politico.eu/article/vote...
Watch @premthakker.bsky.social confront Rep. Randy Fine about why he doesn’t support Congress disclosing files related to Jeffrey Epstein. He also speaks to Rep. Thomas Massie about how his GOP colleagues are hiding and not releasing the Epstein files.
I just cannot stress enough that we have to identify some way of addressing the massive sociopathy problem in this country & its impact on the systems & social fabric that shape our lives.
#BREAKING | Protests against the government significantly escelate Protesters burn vehicles near PM residence in Jerusalem
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I'd be delighted to see Wes Streeting lose his seat" Me too, and if she stands everyone should get behind @leannemohamad.bsky.social as the woman to do it #GMB
🇵🇸 The Global Sumud Flotilla is on its way to Gaza with over 50 ships, carrying food, medicine, and aid. Their mission: to break Israel’s genocidal blockade of Gaza and deliver aid to the Palestinians.
© Andre Kohn. 'The Yellow Umbrella.' Oil on canvas, 51 × 88 cm.
military flyovers disrupt the Epstein victim press conference
We watch our Ukrainian allies with astonishment at their fortitude, courage and creativity. Every European nation should be sending troops immediately to train with and fight with Ukrainians - the best soldiers and fighters in the world today.
Hi Francis, don't you think the bigger issue is that many genocide institutions have a Palestinian exception... It's extraordinary to have a racist exception to a race crime which informs many of the scholars in the field who work for such organizations... www.perplexity.ai/page/never-a...
Dutch rights groups are seeking a court ruling to force the govt to end arms exports to Israel. Step Vaessen reporting.
Over the long weekend, the Trump administration quietly tried to deport 76 unaccompanied children to Guatemala – ignoring laws protecting such minors from speedy deportations. Thankfully, a federal judge blocked the effort. The cruelty of this regime knows no bounds.
Every single word speaks truth to power, and it is imperative the Green Party and Your Party work with each other to stamp out the rise of the far-right, and educate people that capital urgently needs to be properly managed once again.
"Google will not be forced to sell Chrome, federal judge rules" But what Google will be forced to do is more impactful. This must have been a difficult decision for judge Amit Mehta to make. He should be applauded for making it.
I see people bleating yet again that "elections are won from the centre". Let's examine this claim. 1. Not long ago, the current Labour government, with its grovelling to corporations and oligarchs, extreme deregulation, island of strangers rhetoric etc, would have been classed as radical right. 🧵
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ed Balls: the Greens taking votes from Labour helps the Tories @zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I want to see every Labour politician whose voted for a two child benefit cap, for disability cuts, for the ongoing genocide in Gaza to sell arms to them, I want to see them replaced" #GMB
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on Twitter. Which is why the scientific community is abandoning Twitter in favor of Bluesky in increasingly large numbers. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
In this case, pointing the finger does little but stoke fear and forestall action. Iran may be Israel’s bogey, and it’s hardly an admirable state. But it’s Israel that’s been dropping the bombs. #auspol #Israel #Iran
Manufacturing consent on behalf of Governments, corporate power and the influential is a big part of the mainstream media's core commercial job. Hard times just show us all how well they do it.
"It is nothing less than an Israeli wet dream: the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, financed by the outside world." Read @dianabuttu.bsky.social's latest about Trump's plan for post-war Gaza: zeteo.com/p/lets-call-...
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Great interview with @racheltobac.bsky.social shining a light in a lot of important topics, like what are likely attack vectors, impact of #AI on #security, #ethics, affecting social interactions and #privacy . "Be politely paranoid." 👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEdZ...
🌻Congrats to @zackpolanski.bsky.social i on being elected new leader of @greenparty.org.uk. Under Zack's leadership, @greenparty.org.uk will continue to represent marginalised voices & our environment. 💚Thank you to the outgoing leaders @carladenyer.bsky.social & @adrianramsay.bsky.social
From Orwell's 1984 - continuing the theme of the coordinated hate of immigrants.
BTW: I tried to cobble together my own version of 'The Watcher', as I was struggling with a few different versions. Any feedback welcome Frank paragraph.com/@compossible...
A leaked video 2001 shows Netanyahu talking about how Israel intentionally strikes Palestinians 'We must hit the Palestinians hard ,take them to a state of panic and fear, and the world will not say anything.' How he deceived the US to break the Oslo Accords, and how Americans
Trump makes the cover of the new issue of Le Point, as a consensus builds across Europe that he was recruited by the Soviet intelligence services in the 80s and continues to be under the influence of their Russian successors.
Thanks Frank. Yes that sounds even better. It's an issue with many Rilke translations.
"In its second minute the Hate rose to a frenzy. People were leaping up and down in their places and shouting at the tops of their voices in an effort to drown the maddening bleating voice that came from the screen...The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out ‘Swine! Swine! Swine!’"
"Forget George Orwell’s “Two Minutes Hate”. That was strictly for amateurs. If you haven’t got in a full half hour of loathing for foreigners then you clearly don’t love your country very much. " www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
An upcoming news conference with victims of Jeffrey Epstein could be “explosive,” one of the congressmen pushing for full release of the files on Epstein predicts. Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said the victims’ accounts will force lawmakers to vote on a bill requiring DOJ to release its files.
Once you can get down with genocide anything is possible...
The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat. Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
Somewhere in Iceland.
IDF spokesperson: "we are doing everything we can to keep civilians out of harms way" Like dropping 2,000lb bombs on densely crowded refugee camps, killing 15 medics in cold blood, firing 355 bullets into a car to slaughter a family, double tap strikes to murder journalists etc?
"Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the Angels’ Orders?...For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we can still barely endure, and while we stand in wonder it coolly disdains to destroy us. Every Angel is terrifying..." (Rilke, The First Elegy) share.google/D9itZrtnbsjy...
Gift article: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
🚨🚨🚨 Over 250 media outlets stage 'blackout' to protest Israeli killing of Gaza journalists www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... Article in 🧵👇
👉REVEALED -- Peter Mandelson asked Jeffrey Epstein for Israel advice by John McEvoy & Martin Williams Britain’s ambassador to the US asked the convicted paedophile to help vet an Israeli consultant in London. www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-pet...
In an article that came out a couple of weeks ago (summarised below), we argue that formal collaboration between the mainstream and far right is not needed to see far-right politics in power Starmer, Cooper and co are proving the point far too clearly...
You don't need to be a lawyer, a poet, or a parent. You don't need to be a history expert or studying Raphael Lemkin. You don't need an MBA from Harvard. You don't need to be a particular race or religion. You just need to watch and listen to your heart. #Genocide www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Can't wait to see Joep Beving soon :) open.spotify.com/track/6gLsyO...
⚠️ International Association of Genocide Scholars: "Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide” “Israel's policies and actions in Gaza constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity” genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
The BBC is an organisation that has no problem being a genocide enabler. It can stomach this garden variety right wing racism and cruelty easily.
An Israeli soldier, Shalom Sheetrit, has testified before the Knesset that his unit had received a strange and uncharacteristic order: to cancel the morning patrols of the Gaza border fence on October 7. www.patreon.com/posts/its-al...
Soul tax?
They should do it anyway for the environmental benefits.
"Europe is selling its soul to Trump" www.ft.com/content/7560...
Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was forced to land in Bulgaria and use paper maps after suspected Russian GPS jamming disabled its navigation, the FT reports.
Look at them all
"the book is still a highly accomplished, rousing, satisfying, often humorous read, a parable about current-day Transhumanism, and where it’s heading. Think of it as Animal Farm for the social media generation." The Hungry Gods by @aptshadow.bsky.social Review by Paul Di Filippo – Locus Online
There is "a fundamental problem at the heart of our welfare state; namely the apparent assumption that poor people are not creative and have no potential for anything other than unskilled labour, because creative ability is supposedly reserved for those who enjoy wealth and privilege" Well said!
Brexit - the gateway drug to a dangerous obsession with immigration - next come deportation schemes, #Farageriots, increasing authoritarianism, overt racism from politicians and media, cruelty as policy, leaving the ECHR… On and on. Relentless, ruinous failure. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour could have made the case for a humane immigration system that treats refugees with dignity and respect. Instead, they have fanned the flames of racism and emboldened the far-right. My piece for @tribunemagazine www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/labour-is-paving-the-path-to-fascism
it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world. ~Mary Oliver (Invitation) [The White Tower by Mary Swanzy]
📝 BLOG As government plans to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords return to parliament this week read our blog from last year on the key reforms needed to reduce corruption risks in parliament's second chamber. www.transparency.org.uk/news/current...
The war in Gaza has become the most deadly conflict for journalists in history www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
📜 We're pleased to publish a Terms of Reference for a National Commission on Electoral Reform ⚖️ This is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward 🧵 1/3
Video shows a blanket knitted by Irish activists as a tribute to Palestinian children killed in Gaza. Each square of the blanket represents 10 of the nearly 19,000 children killed by Israeli forces in the besieged enclave.
Refugees. A poem by Brian Bilston.
Let. Humanitarian aid. In. Denying humanitarian aid is part of the genocide against the Palestinian people. It is a war crime. We stand with the Global Sumud Flotilla & all the activists on board as they attempt to deliver aid to Gaza. They must be afforded safe passage.
🚨Horrifying footage captures the very moment an Israeli explosive-laden robot detonates, leveling an entire residential block in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
Australia - a Vassal State?: www.perplexity.ai/page/austral...
This repeated lie about Epstein's finance background is not accidental, it is a coordinated pushed from high places to the network of willing media enablers: www.perplexity.ai/page/jeffrey...
"Just when you think that the Australian Government cannot sink any lower, the prime minister still manages to surprise!" #AusPol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
Worth a read www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
"Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre..said the government had weighed two questions in its decision: "Who is our most strategic partner? And who has delivered the best frigates?... The answer to both is the United Kingdom." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Important op-ed by the fearless civil right lawyer Michael Sfard -- a must read www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Gift article: www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Incredible scenes in Genoa, Italy as 50,000 people join a procession to bid farewell to the boats joining the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza. Over 50 boats from 44 countries, loaded with 100s of tons of food aid, have set sail to Gaza to attempt to break the Israeli siege. (📸 Hidden Palestine)
Sligo anti-fascists drowned out the far-right bigots today. As they chanted 'Blame the millionaires not the migrants, blame the billionaires not the migrants'. Niall McConnell and Anthony Casey's vigilante group Sinne na Daoine were there also. Well done Sligo as always ✊
YES! Thank you... Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants". - seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
We agree, @robhuebel — seems Dems should be talking about this: “State Dept denied Trump intervened on Alexandrovich’s behalf, but that appears implausible. Trump, Israel, pedophilia, corruption… a gift unicorn grazing in Dems’ backyard — And yet?” zeteo.com/p/why-arent-...
Colombia is the first state to impose total energy embargo against Israel. This decision has to trigger further action across the globe. We call to pressure governments, institutions and corporations to end complicity with Israeli crimes and urgently impose effective sanctions. #BDSworks
Halfway through “Machines that Think” by Pamela McCorduck, a history of AI, and it’s delightful and very informative. She’s a charming writer who gathered a ton of original source material and interviews. The full PDF is available here from Monoskop: monoskop.org/images/1/1e/...
Hi all, I just published my latest Substack post. With recent focus on Ukrainian missiles, from Flamingo to "Long Neptune" and others, I thought I'd provide context by tracing the evolution of Ukraine's missile programs. Short summary below. missilematters.substack.com/p/ukraines-... 1/6
What Ukraine collapse?! “It would be far better to report the land war for what it is—a bloody quagmire for 🇷🇺 , where the 🇷🇺 state is expending vast resources & losing mass numbers of soldiers for little or at times no gain. Because that is the truth. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Israel supports Hamas to keep Gaza weak & Palestinians divided. Hamas commits terrorist atrocities. Israel uses that as the pretext for more ethnic cleansing and now genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes all with EU support. It's not just contradictory, it's criminal. Mass murder.
An object lesson in the role of the corporate media. This is how the #WashingtonPost calmly trivializes a massive exercise in state terror and ethnic cleansing that constitutes one of the great crimes against humanity. #GazaGenocide
"Northumberland is the only area in England and Wales that has enough woodland to support them and 72% of people in the region support their reintroduction"
The winner was 'I Go Back To July 1970': open.substack.com/pub/bylinesn...
Still staggered that Byline has no less than six contributors named on the Kremlin’s latest stop list - way more than any other UK media organisation. But beginning to wonder if this is as much to do with our investigation of the Levedevs (who still control a raft of UK media)
www.sciencenorway.no/israel-and-p...
For folks who are Hungary-dooming, (a) Orban was genuinely popular, and (b) very far from a done deal, but "was" has been the operative adjective for some while - www.reuters.com/world/hungar...
Donald Trump’s rumored death raises new questions about Joe Biden’s health
🤔🧐 Putting 2 & 2 together: it looks like January's extrajudicial arrest of @aliabunimah.bsky.social of @intifada.bsky.social in Switzerland might be linked Swiss FedPol police chief Nicoletta della Valle's political & financial interests, since she now works for Israeli security fund. 🤯🤦♀️
Mariam Abu Dagga, a Palestinian journalist whose photos captured the destruction in Gaza, died in an Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser Hospital, the one she regularly documented. Here are some of the scenes Dagga captured during the war:
Rafael posted an advertisement video in July for its SpikeFly drone showing it chasing a man and exploding, apparently actual footage from Gaza. It was deleted from its account but not before being downloaded and reposted by others. Content warning: x.com/trtworld/sta...
Israeli startup Sightec received €2.5mln in EU Horizon funding from 2022-2023 to develop a technology “that enables drones to perform complex tasks autonomously” in “urban environments”, “using minimal network bandwidth, beyond line of sight and without GPS”. www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
The European Investment Bank has also extended loans to two entities that are on a UN database of companies that provide services to illegal Israeli settlements. This is particularly relevant because of the July 2024 ICJ ruling bsky.app/profile/naom...
Fantastic news!
Mowing the lawn: "shorthand for Israel’s strategy towards Gaza:..segregating Palestinians into open-air prisons.. strangling their access to clean water or electricity or food so that [they] can be “put on a diet” while enduring successive waves of military campaigns" logicmag.io/policy/the-g...
“If Democrats had a trace of killer instinct, Alexandrovich would be a household name… Instead, they are sleepwalking through the scandal of the summer.” Peter Rothpletz writes how Democrats are silent as Trump frees an alleged Israeli pedophile. Read more: zeteo.com/p/why-arent-...
