I don't know if this info has cut through on here but the Chabad of Bondi fundraised for the IDF all through the genocide and Schlanger was regularly in Israel making demented hate videos from the West Bank about how Israel needed to stop the Arabs having any land

It's amazing coming on this app and looking at the Bondi related posts and typing in Eli Schlanger and all the posts are about how he was such a great guy

In a Q&A on its website, Chabad, the Jewish group which organised the Bondi beach event, argues that every child in Gaza killed by Israel is a human shield, their deaths are 'tragic inevitabilities' and Israel can't be held responsible

15 dead Jews is days of headlines and global political reaction. 15 dead Palestinians is just another Tuesday

Inside the mother of all Neolithic tombs ... Newgrange in Ireland. This photo, from excavator Michael O'Kelly's book, shows the chamber (with spiral carving) that is illuminated via the famous roofbox opening at winter solstice. A 5,200-yr-old celebration of the return of the sun. #TombTuesday

“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss” That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.

Athelstan, son of Edward the Elder, grandson of Alfred the Great and first to claim the title REX TOTIUS BRITANNIAE (King of all Britain) died in AD 939 and was buried at Malmesbury in #Wiltshire His grave site is unknown, this cenotaph in Malmesbury Abbey dates to the 15th century #TombTuesday

Day 16 - Tree Doors…. Four for the price of one today as I often forget to post here! I do love a portal!

27 years ago this week, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton were bombing Iraq. Declassified files show Blair was consistently informed military action was unlawful without UN authorisation. But he told parliament Britain had “the proper legal authority”. www.declassifieduk.org/blair-misled...

A lovely tree in the Coulin Estate; such a stunning place. #Scotland #NWHighlands #Coulin #CanonR5ii

What does 50 yrs of butterfly monitoring tell you? In this case its a puzzle. The dramatic rise of the Silver-studded Blue, Plebejus argus, over 50 yrs at Studland Heath, UK. @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social www.dispar.org/reference.ph...

Three days ago Starmer was arguing that the UK shouldn’t think about rejoining the EU because it would unpick all these great US trade deals.

"..the hundreds of corporate lobbyists who are Labour MPs." It's the first time I've seen the truth about this government stated so plainly. It's over now for blue Labour. And we are now on course for a 2029 contest between the Greens and a Limited Company led by an outed Russian asset. Bring it on.

Elon Musk is worth nothing. He has stolen $600bn from his workers, who he treats more like slaves, while he sits on Twitter posting lies.

"Today, the Trump meme coin has lost 88% of its value... "First Lady Melania Trump’s meme coin suffered even steeper losses. Today it’s worth just 11 cents, which means anyone who bought at the top and held on has lost 99% of their investment..." www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/b...

Advent bird No. 17 Raven Scientific name: Corvus corax Alternative names: Corbie, croupy craw, great big black thing, Deathy McDeathface Finnish name: korppi Song: gronk, k’ack k’ack k’ack, korrrp (and much much more)

today a gigantic moose slept then snacked in our front yard in Anchorage Alaska for 5.5 hours. what an amazing animal - & so magnificent. our dog Johannes was curious but quiet. what an honor. We all need a dose of goodness these days. keep speaking out against cruelty & tyranny.

the bathroom. Only 48% said they wash after handling food, and just 39% reported washing after handling human or animal waste. After coughing or sneezing? A whopping 30%! So you may definitely want to wash your hands after handling anything these people have touched. www.nfid.org/new-national...

While this is to be lauded, it always frustrates me that masking is *initiated* when levels are high. The best time to mask in hospitals is always; the second best time is when it is patently obvious that prevalence of flu / RSV / Covid is low but *increasing*. www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...

This, published by the "patriotic" Telegraph, seems to me pretty full-on, unabashed Putin apologia, blaming Europe for Putin's aggression. It is indistinguishable from the set of Kremlin-talking-points, that we have been hearing from his officials and proxies. ~AA

The whole Cuban take is dumb as shit but the last sentence is what tells he has no idea what he's talking about. You have to create stories to be good at telling stories. AI can't do anything for you. It's like saying "If you love biking, you will love our bloodstained training wheels for idiots"

LAST ORDERS PLEASE! You’ve got until Wednesday 17 December to order small prints, cards, wrap and slipmats for Christmas delivery. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

We saw the prototype of the Nero Doctrine with Twitter. The goal wasn't to make it profitable or "free." The goal was to break the one place where news broke faster than the state could spin it. They bought the town square not to speak in it, but to burn it down so we’d have nowhere else to gather.

There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it." It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵

Rob Manuel is taking Anon Opin Live from the internet to the stage. Leicester shows: 12-13 Feb 2026. Come argue your opinion live. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole

Oh come on UK do better! Very nice Spain!

Getting some QTs saying, do this if visiting vulnerable ppl. But this is an everybody need! • Spread does not stop at your party—it drives community transmission and endangers ppl not attending. • Science hasn’t found any factor that fully protects against Long Covid*—we’re all vulnerable to that!

Holiday gathering reminder 🎁 If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%! This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍

Not seen our new film yet❓ You can watch the film at the link below 👇 And please repost the post below 👇 People in Britain need to know what has been done in their name. But the national media isn’t going to tell them. So we did 👇

Well said #CraigBennett, couldn't agree more Do read folks - #KeirStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas - "Govt is preparing to break more promises...and in so doing, threaten wildlife & the wild places we all know and love" www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.expr...

Where was it, let's try this with Elon.

Re the workforce. I think we need to talk about this, and about what AI will do to a society that's already going out of its way to stir up hate & mistrust of anyone on benefits or in need of assistance. I mean that category is likely to include your degree educated kid a couple of years from now.

This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise flapjackpress.co.uk/shop/ice-cre...

⚠️ We didn't "Learn to live with Covid" (or 'flu). The public have been misinformed about the availability of protective masks. You need to fix this @teamlabouruk.bsky.social! #SackRitchie #Flu

Left: Yvette Cooper calls for the release of political prisoners Right: But is silent over the 8 political prisoners in the UK

Streeting is a lying, slimy toad who has essentially caused this flu wave by not expanding free flu jabs. Labour haven’t even told people to mask up. Labour are using doctors as a scapegoat, it’s political, Labour will kill vulnerable people for political reasons. But we knew they’d do that.

Why were the public NEVER told? NOT PROTECTIVE "Facoverings" Surgical masks ______ PROTECTIVE FFP2 masks (N95 / KN95) at least 95% FFP3 masks (N99 / KN99) at least 99%

The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go! #Flu #SackRitchie

covid never ended but everyone agreed to pretend it did and that the "summer flu" exists instead because they were tired of wearing masks. there are almost 500k scientific papers about how dangerous covid is and no one cares. that part of the population is like 99%

and frankly continues to be the way almsot everybody refers to covid in the past tense. that shit's still around, still deadly (YES even if you are vaxxed) and still at levels we saw during the "official" pandemic. and you can make a difference. wear a mask.

Great thread on not just the immorality and hatefulness of institutions/artists bending the knee to fascism, but the mindboggling short-sightedness of it. We should stand up to fascism, but we should also remember who, when subservience was suddenly demanded, immediately said "yeah alright".

Thinking earlier about this very specific Sliding Doors moment, and wondered how those in the alternate timeline are doing now.

Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night

In 2023 the BMA sent this letter to the government asking for ffp3 respirators. Not a word said about this today!

Meanwhile Robin Ince genuinely has been cancelled for daring to voice his opinions and for defending trans people. Where's the outrage from the "cancel culture" lot? What are the Free Speech Union doing to help him?

2. COVID now adds to disease burden in an unpredictable, perennial way. 3. We maddeningly restrict access to vaccines without considering the wider and long-term costs of disease. 4. Nothing has been done nationally to improve indoor air quality. 5. Vaccines and NPIs synergise.

So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic... 1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.

Today would be a great day to sign up to become a Cosmic Shambles Patreon. No reason… patreon.com/cosmicshambles @robinince.bsky.social

This is the thing. Flu jabs are not readily available even with pay for most people so the constant advice to get them needs to be grounded in reality and to offer folk practical steps.