Just signed the European Declaration of Conscientious Objection to end academic collaborations and bilateral agreements with Israeli institutions complicit in severe violations of international law. Colleagues in European academia are more than welcome to do the same (via the link below)!

A 'unity rally' at Glasgow’s Buchanan Street steps protesting against immigration was drowned out by counter protesters

plenty of things going against the right globally: Bolsonaro's conviction in Brazil, the defeat of the right wing in Norway's election, the student strikes and Saba Saba protests in Kenya (brutal as the repression there was), the EU's von der Leyen pursuing sanctions and trade suspension for Israel

✅Scotland is to BAN funding for Israel's arms dealers! Scottish Greens have long fought for this change, alongside @amnestyscotland.bsky.social, @oxfamscotland.bsky.social, and others.

“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.” - Fred Hampton

This country is heading for a really dangerous place. Rylan is allowed to say untrue statements on a national news show with literally no research by anyone on the show? Asylum seekers housed in hotels are NOT given phones or ipads. They are not living a life of luxury.

"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷

#talkcollapse: "All over the world, fresh water is disappearing, and much of it is entering the ocean, with drying continents now contributing more to the rise in global sea levels than melting ice sheets." Oh, what fun.

I wish newspapers wouldn't treat all these executive orders as though they all have teeth and power and stuff. Lots of them are just the fulminations of a geriatric clown and mean nothing or will be overturned in court or are just distractions from what Trump wants to hide about his Epstein crimes.

Paramilitaries, you say? 🤔

Global mean sea surface temperature anomalies (departure from average) so far this year ➡️ still the 2nd highest on record Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 averaged over January to July.

U.S. foreign policy is being run by the dumbest motherfuckers alive.

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Tired of billionaires and corporations calling the shots and shutting people up? They're using wealth and power to control our democracies — and silence those who speak out. Stand up for free speech and real freedom. Sign here: act.gp/4lFlale #TimeToResist

As of today, thanks to Trump, Americans are paying the highest tariff rate since 1933. And the average household is going to lose out on $2,400 thanks to Trump's tariffs. You are paying more for almost everything because of Trump himself.

Who could’ve guessed gutting critical agencies would cause… problems? Sources: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/... www.faa.gov/sites/faa.go...

As limited aid trickles into Gaza, Israel’s strategy of ‘engineering chaos’ by shooting at aid-seekers and permitting looters to steal aid ensures that food doesn’t get to starving Palestinians. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/isra...

We can all do something. The cavalry is not coming over the hill. There is only us chickens. Share food. Help your neighbour. Donate. Sign petitions. Whatever. But do something.

Overnight Israel bombed a UN run clinic in Gaza city where displaced Palestinians were sheltering.

Hero

Army returned yesterday to arrest more people. now 19 Palestinians, family, and community members of Awdah are in jail. The army refuses to return the body unless there is a quiet burial and no public mourning and the burial is outside of the village. Murderer still at home. Cruelty is the point

The Israeli Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, B'TSELEM, agonised long (too long in my view) and hard before coming up with this report and its crystal clear verdict: Israel is committing genocide. Nothing more needs to be said www.btselem.org/publications...

“He’s the bully in the schoolyard and we didn’t join others in standing up to him,” said one diplomat. “Those who don’t hang together get hanged separately.” It’s easy for Trump to pick off one country or bloc after another when they don’t come together to take the US on as one.

Amsterdam heron

Coffee farmers work in brutal conditions. No clean water. No contract. And it’s certified “ethical”? Let’s expose the coffee scam! 👉Add your name to demand truly fair coffee. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-07...

One of the many herons I met during my recent travels in the Netherlands and Scotland.

This world feels like a heavy place - the destruction that we humans are wrecking on the rest of the world can feel insurmountable, and definitely unbearable. The more-than-human world does more than provide solace. In the words of Joanna Macy, and many indigenous thinkers, we co-evolve together.

@eileenlaurie.bsky.social and I had the honour and pleasure of participating in a Work-that-Reconnects workshop with Joanna Macy in Findhorn, Scotland. A unique and unforgettable experience! RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBzr...

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

Three-month-old Fadi al-Najjar from Khan Younis tragically died last night from severe hunger, a consequence of the starvation policies enforced by Israel on the Gaza Strip.

In the past month NYT has published 32 articles that mention Mamdani and “globalize the intifada", 13 that mention Israel's fake "aid" agency that's killed 800+, 5 on Israel's starvation campaign and two that mention, in passing, child amputees in Gaza. I argue this is makes no sense and is depraved

@unicef.org spokesperson, James Elder says if electricity was allowed to Gaza desalination plants, problem of lethal lack of water would be changed within 24 hours, “what possible reason can there be for denying of a legitimate amount of water that a family needs?” www.reuters.com/world/middle...

EXCLUSIVE: First Minister John Swinney has set out a three-point plan for achieving Scottish independence – insisting that a democratic referendum is part of the way forward 🗣️ 'We are on the precipice of a new global age and that demands a bold new path for Scotland'

Son livre "l'armée d'Hitler" est une remarquable entrée dans son oeuvre d'historien

« Défendre Francesca Albanese, c’est défendre le droit. Notre silence aujourd’hui serait un abandon. Il nous faut choisir : le silence complice ou le courage de la vérité ». Par un collectif de personnalités et militants pour la défense des droits humains blogs.mediapart.fr/les-invites-...

A list of questions from Palestinian children in Gaza, compiled by the staff of the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza:

FRANKIE BOYLE 'Bankers are looting the world. You're not in the middle of a recession; you're in the middle of a robbery.' #YouYesYet

The Bee Magazine launches TODAY. It has been created to redress the class imbalance in literature, and features an array of writing talent. Big respect to editors Richard Benson, Claire Malcolm and all at @newwritingnorth.bsky.social. Please support it if you can. Go to TheBeeMagazine.com.

Looks like the embattled National Weather Service did it's job here. It was Texas officials who failed to act on the weather service warnings for FOUR HOURS. Read this from Austin local news KXAN-TV: www.kxan.com/investigatio...

Varför inte kartlägga ministrars anhörigas värderingar? Aja det är bara smoke and mirrors för att rikta vår uppmärksamhet bort från regeringens misslyckande politik

Watch. Weep. Act

When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.

Will watch this documentary while in Scotland www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Want to stop law enforcement abuse of journalists and the First Amendment at the recent protests? Here are five things you can do to help.

In one month, the US spent more than $500,000 on at least 30 YouTube ads that threaten undocumented migrants with deportation and a ban on reentry. The campaign, led by Kristi Noem, includes messages that criminalize migrants and promote “self-deportation” through the CBP One app. From April:

Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995

Forcefully stopping and detaining my constituent and interrogating him about which hospital he was born in solely because he’s Latino is blatant racism. ICE's racial profiling is terrorizing communities, targeting U.S. citizens and making us less safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...