This is bad. Three Washington state protesters have been found guilty of federal conspiracy charges for sitting in front of a bus taking people to an immigration detention center in Tacoma, and now face 6 years. Six others took plea deals rather than going to trial. newrepublic.com/post/211138/...

All in all, a pretty damning day for increasingly hostile Shabana Mahmood, but at least it's a good day for justice in the UK

My homeland is leading the world right now.

US military strikes another boat in Pacific, bringing death toll above 200

“My directive is to move to 70 percent… squeeze them from all sides, we’ll deal with what’s left afterwards.” Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to take control of 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, in defiance of the terms of a fragile ceasefire that took effect in October.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity, acknowledged yesterday, that Israeli forces currently occupy 60% of the Gaza Strip. He also revealed plans to expand control to 70%.

57 Arab and Muslim countries OFFERED Israel PEACE in 2024. GUARANTEED SECURITY included in exchange for a Palestinian state and an end to the occupation. Israel REFUSED. Then Israel turns around and claims “they don’t want peace” while acting as the MAIN obstacle to any peace. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Angela Merkel won’t be negotiating with Putin – but the rumour reflects a truth about the Ukraine war | Nathalie Tocci

Governments that knowingly helped Israel slaughter and destroy Gaza: #1 supplier: the USA #2 supplier: India Including the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, China, South Korea, Vietnam, UK, Singapore, Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Brazil, Bulgaria, Spain, Canada, France, Italy ...

“You think you are prepared, but nothing prepares you for Gaza.” Renee Van de Weerdt, WHO’s representative for the occupied Palestinian territory, speaking to reporters in Geneva on Friday, said that despite a ceasefire in Gaza, “the violence continues.”

I think we can say now that we’ve investigated “how far can we push the destructive cruelty, before reactionaries are satisfied” as deeply as we need to, to conclude the answer is “they will never be satisfied, they will always want more”.

Dr. Margaret Connolly, sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly, has been abducted by Israeli forces among activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza, along with six other Irish citizens, the Irish Independent report.

Marching against genocide is a hate march. Marching to "stop Islam", kick out Muslims and prepare for civil war isn't a hate march. The world has been turned on its head.

oh well

"the dramatic cost declines in batteries have now made 'firm renewables' — solar or wind paired with batteries — cheaper than fossil fuels in many parts of the world." This is game changing.

Left- Gaza after 73,000 Palestinians were murdered by Israel and most of the buildings were destroyed. Right- Netanyahu says, "Today we control 60% of Gaza...and tomorrow...well, we will see". His plan is to control 100% of Gaza and ethnically cleanse its population.

Nuclear is already too late and too costly for the climate and energy crises. Every pound invested in nuclear is a pound not invested in renewables, energy efficiency, storage and grid resilience - investments that would provide a much bigger pay-off. bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/nucl...

BREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.

'Israeli forces have killed an average of at least one Palestinian child a week in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2025, a Unicef spokesperson said... James Elder said 70 children had been killed... paying “an intolerable price for escalating militarised operations & settler attacks”.'

Wasted half my Monday tracking down fabricated quotes in a paper I'm refereeing that's probably AI. I assume these are the productivity gains we've been promised.

Imagine this was a Jewish person who wasn't left-wing or pro-Palestinian.

WE DON'T NEED PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS ANYMORE! "The [bamboo plastic] outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics in mechanical and thermo-mechanical metrics while maintaining full biodegradability in soil within 50 days and closed-loop recyclability with 90% retained strength."

Completely unacceptable from the Board of Deputies. This nakedly partisan hypocrisy does not represent me or many other British Jews. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Meanwhile, I'm still reeling from the fact that Richard Tice can't find it in him to condemn someone for saying that Nigerians should be melted down to fill potholes.

An NGO focusing on children in armed conflict say that US/Israel should be put on naming/shaming list in UN SecGen's annual report for their attacks in Iran. Will it happen? Our weekly summary of foreign affairs & other goings-on

I read an interesting research paper on how tear gas and similar weapons are used by governments to suppress dissent. Tear gas appears more harmless than it is. It can be painful, debilitating and work to induce terror. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

1/ Tear gas was created to incapacitate grown men. So when I started seeing reports of kids hurt by tear gas deployed by federal immigration agents, I wondered how often it was happening. My colleagues and I started to count:

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

Activists continue to board thet Global Sumud flotilla ships despite repeated Israeli attacks, as footage shows occupation forces storming vessels in international waters. The mission persists as Gaza faces genocide, where children are killed, families

He’s right, and to think otherwise is to commit a basic category error that never gets corrected, because the media and politicians refuse to acknowledge it. Under a human rights based framework, states cannot have human rights, since states are not people; and Israel has committed genocide in Gaza

Anyone still questioning why Farage's Reform did so well? The majority of the British public have no idea how politics work in this country, they listen to our press and its lies and believe every word. If there is to be real change we have to take on our media.

Yaassss...Scottish Reform Leader Malcolm Offord, got his arse well and truly kicked✊🤣

Mass mobilizations across the EU have helped slowly move the needle, but the EU and its member states should: ⚪ Halt arms transfers to Israel ⚪ Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement ⚪ Ban trade with Israel’s illegal settlements ⚪ Sanction those responsible for apartheid atrocity crimes

The United States now ranks 64th in press freedom, falling seven places since last year, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

Like a gut punch, this quietly spoken sentence from Lubaina Himid who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale www.ft.com/content/2a58...

When Jewish people speak out against genocide, why are our voices dismissed? And smirking while I describe someone Nazi-saluting at me isn’t just disrespectful - it feels deeply antisemitic. youtu.be/7VkfYJgLljE?...

Scandalous‼️ Kidnapped in International Waters🏴‍☠️ Israel Extends Detention of Gaza Flotilla Leaders as Activists Allege Abuse By @nirhasson.bsky.social and Rawan Suleiman www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-05... 🧵

I believe there is an expression called the "glass cliff" which refers to the tendency in institutions that women are appointed to top positions during a crisis, increasing risks of failure and taking the blame.

£5m from a donor before he even became an MP. Reform UK: "anti‑establishment" – until the cheques clear. Farage is just another politician bought and paid for. 💷👀

Hegseth Brags of a Deadlier War Machine as U.S. Unleashes “Devastating Civilian Harm Globally” theintercept.com/2026/04/29/h...

As the world focuses on the oil price, could we take a moment to think of the 10,000 human beings who have been killed in this war of aggression?

Our car-dependent status quo is the result of political choices that have steered decades of financial-, spatial- and design decisions. It is time to repoliticize these decisions and reshape our public spaces.

The French Jewish Union for Peace has filed a legal complaint against FedEx in France for allegedly facilitating the transport of components for U.S. military jets to Israel.

"A thousand dead humanitarians in three years - when did that become normal?" United Nations Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher on the violence facing humanitarian workers in conflict zones. Watch the event➡️ bit.ly/4cDWXbb

The least the US could do is to support this UN initiative to mitigate the famine predicted as a direct result of the war they started. The UN has warned that millions could face acute hunger as the blockade is affecting vulnerable countries, who are heavily dependent on fertilizer for food.

Can you believe that Tory & Labour governments have flogged no less than £83bn worth of weapons around the world since 2008? @caatuk.bsky.social's database for this ongoing British scandal is the go-to place for researchers. 👉 caat.org.uk/data/exports...

Prominent Democrats have spent years villainizing Iran, long before Trump helped launch the joint U.S.-Israeli war against the country. While Democrats now oppose Trump's military actions, they have done so largely on "procedural grounds," says @szunes.bsky.social.

Since the most recent “ceasefire” in Gaza, the Israeli military has used and moved a lethal “yellow” line in Gaza — yellow concrete blocks placed along the boundary it claims — to steal land and kill any Palestinian who crosses it. Now, it’s using the same tactic in Lebanon.

While we are transfixed by the antics of our supposed "leaders", a catastrophe of astonishing proportions has been creeping up on us. Climate scientists now believe it is more likely than not to happen, and soon. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...