I took my time with this one — almost as much time as Jones took after arguments to write her opinion backing Trump — because I think it’s a very important, alarming ruling. So, yes, I hope folks do read this. www.lawdork.com/p/fifth-circ...

The number of trans youth suicides in the UK quadrupled in 2021 following significant restrictions in access to care. The NHS tried to cover this up with a fake report that tried to hide the truth. goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

I wrote about why the Trump administration's antisemitism envoy is lying about Holocaust history to avoid the possibility that people might draw parallels between the condition of Jews in occupied Europe and the condition of migrants hiding from ICE today. religiondispatches.org/2026/02/05/f...

‘Støre, Norway PM: “I looked Trump in the eyes and said, 100 km from my border is the world’s largest nuclear arsenal. It is not directed against me, but against you. We monitor those submarines and share it with you. It is plain wrong, to say NATO gives nothing in return.”’ 🔗 x.com/Mylovanov/st...

No way we let Sweden get over the line on this ahead of Ireland. Tell your friends. This isn’t just any old petition, this mechanism has EU clout.

LATEST: The Danish consumer ombudsman has reprimanded Finnish oil producer Neste for marketing its #biodiesel as sustainable. Until oil companies can provide full supply chain transparency of their #biofuel products, their fuels cannot be considered truly sustainable.

🔊 Guess the sound! 🔴 Our engineering teams just picked up an audio signal they’re calling "Creepy Mars." 🤔 What do you think is making this squeaky noise? Drop your answer in the comments, we’ll reveal it at 16h CET! #Halloween #SpookySeason

UK Genocide warning update: Lemkin Genocide experts raise yet further serious concerns over persecution of trans people, call for action barring EHRC from holding international accreditation. Key news here.

the solarposting will continue until morale improves

Russian billionaire Konstantin Nikolaev received EU subsidies while a company linked to him was importing hundreds of Austrian Glock pistols to Russia Since 2022, the gun magnate’s Tuscan winery has received more than €100,000 in EU funds.

Just published a wholesome weekend read, taking stock of the ever-ongoing bilateral competition between Finland and Sweden. Including my personal score ! Jokes aside though - should Finland and Sweden reunite ?

As always, our tools are open source. If you want to peer behind the curtain, or write code to support more councils, the code is available on GitHub 🛠️ github.com/bellingcat/C...

I just finished "The Warden" by @soundingline.bsky.social and I really enjoyed the "fancy city-trained wizard assigned to tiny backwater village and has to get along with the locals" element. It becomes more of an adventure as it goes on, but that pastoral thread felt particularly fun and different.

It is a tribute to our dysfunctional information environment that right-wingers can basically commit 99% of the domestic terrorism, for *decades*, and that simple fact never penetrates to the public. They pay zero political price.

In Helsinki, the court case against the #EagleS captain and 1st and 2nd officers started yesterday. Iltalehti reports that 🇫🇮 police wiretapped the crew after detaining them and intercepted instructions by the operator to tamper with evidence: www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/f4... (Google transl. text)

Paywall link: archive.md/4PI9T

OTel Collector users — we want to hear from you (again)! Last year, we did a survey to learn how you’re using the Collector. The response shaped a lot of our thinking. Now we’re back with a quick follow-up. Tell us what’s changed, what’s working, and what’s still rough. 👉https://buff.ly/Ghoh5H9

There it is. Unlike everyone else, the US says it cannot agree to the outcome document for the UN Financing for Development Conference. The rest of the world stands behind international cooperation and development. The US stands alone

Some women want love. Some seek power and money. Some seek attention and fame. Me? I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is. My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇 www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

oh. final queer detail: the turing test was based on a parlor game about whether you could pass for the opposite gender when answering questions by passing notes. i'm sure alan turing found this very interesting for purely intellectual reasons

You guys gotta check these out, they are REALLY cool!

New, from me: Tulsi Gabbard purged trans intelligence officers after a Chris Rufo smear campaign. They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...

The section on “patriotic education” from the new anti-Woke EO. These people have spent decades sounding the alarm about 1984, because every accusation is a confession. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...