pleading with the richest man in the world for him to let you continue covering international news is so fucking grim

From 2020 Some of the street art from the social upheaval in #Chile. I saw that all the walls were painted over recently so this is gone. #SantaBarricada Patron Saint of the protests. 🇨🇱✌️✊ May she watch over the brave people of #MPLS tonight.

Seattle street art

Mens sana in corporeal sano.👇🏾👇🏼 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Western countries are hitting refugees twice: they are making it harder to claim asylum *and* they are cutting aid to troubled regions. I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...

This is Alex Pretti.

We need to stand together not fight each other

Plans for major police reforms (finally!) being published tomorrow. In principle, it makes sense to bring together national responsibilities (counter-terror, fraud, organised crime) and functions (procurement, vetting etc) into a single organisation.

And 2) policing is still mostly a local service. People care about response times, neighbourhood crime, officer visibility. Gov clearly gets this; it’s all over their comms. But that kind of local service needs local partnerships, direction & accountability, not central Home Office control.

ICE ATROCITIES

Anyone can sign on to it whose 1. had their government data stolen by Musk’s DOGE, 2. been emotionally upset by ICE actions (who via Palantir are using that data to target individuals), aka EVERYONE has been psychologically damaged, 3. relatives of detained, those detained then released 4. Etc

Same on U.K. Those howling ‘liberal elitism’ as the root of popular discontent and cheering on MAGA, Johnson & then Farage now getting nervous about radicalisation. They will never admit their own culpability.

Nina Simone’s music and message still resonates ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏼 #ICE #Minnesota Goddam!

Nina Simone’s music and message still resonates ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏼 #ICE #Minnesota Goddam!

“We call on our members and anyone who works in or cares about history to speak out against this most recent act of censorship and to defend the integrity of historical interpretation wherever it is threatened.” The Organization of American Historians, on Philadelphia 🗃️: www.oah.org/2026/01/24/s...

#OTD in 1911, Marie Curie was proposed for membership in the French Academy of Sciences--and promptly voted down. 11 months later she won her second Nobel Prize (Chemistry). 51 years later, Marguerite Perey (a student of Curie), became the first woman member of the Academy. #WomenInSTEM

It led to revolutionary meds for leukemia, organ transplant rejection, herpes, HIV/AIDS, gout & malaria; it transformed many fatal diseases into manageable conditions & enabled millions to live longer, healthier lives. Her name appears on 45 patents for life-saving/life-changing drugs. #WomenInSTEM

The extraordinary biochemist & pharmacologist Gertrude Elion was born #OTD in 1918. Elion won the 1988 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (w/2 others) for her pioneering "rational drug design." Her work saved countless lives...(👇 1/2) #WomenInSTEM

#WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience 🎢🧪🔭👩‍🔬

By earning her M.D. in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell opened the door for women in medicine and expanded who could contribute to scientific discovery and patient care. Tag your favorite healthcare worker! 🩺 #Physician #ElizabethBlackwell #WomeninSTEM #Healthcare

#OTD in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell received her MD from Geneva Medical College becoming the first woman in the US to earn a medical degree. The male students voted unanimously to admit her thinking the whole thing was a practical joke. She bested them all & 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀. #WomenInSTEM

Since March 2025 we have been celebrating the 80th anniversary of the first two women elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, Marjory Stephenson FRS and Kathleen Lonsdale FRS. Find out more about these trailblazing women here: #WomenInSTEM royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

Dr. Gladys West (1930-2026): Her mathematical genius gave us GPS. Black excellence navigates us forward, always. Rest in power. 🌟 #BlackHistory #STEM #WomenInSTEM #BlackExcellence #GPS #RestInPower

Biochemist Marjory Stephenson was born 141 years ago today. She was the first to extract an enzyme from a bacterium, wrote Bacterial Metabolism (1930), which was the standard work for four decades, and was among the first women made fellows of the Royal Society. #WomeninSTEM #BioSky #ChemSky 🧪🦠⚛️

Margaret W. Rossiter coined the term “Matilda effect” to describe the bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists. Some cases illustrating the Matilda effect include Eunice Foote, Rosalind Franklin, & Jocelyn Bell Burnell #Womeninstem paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2022/03/07/e...

Authoritarianism doesn’t announce itself. It arrives wrapped in “security,” “order,” and “law enforcement.” Minneapolis is being used as a proving ground. If we don’t stop this now, we may not get another chance.

Even if you got a ticket, you’d want to seriously question whether you’d get a visa: if you had a visa, whether you’d be allowed enter USA; the huge cost of hotel & living, internal travel; ICE; personal security etc. Trump wants #worldcup to fail because venues are in Democrat states. 💩 u not!

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The guy should get a medal. He’s trashed Labour’s natural support base, sunk them to a distant second or third in the polls and made Starmer the most unpopular PM in history all for the grand reward of 0% of Reform voters switching to Labour. Quite an achievement.

Yep Doc Shithole Country Do it Europe I don't blame them Seriously PLUS ICE Fans, players, and even officials could be harassed or abducted ICE IS INCOMPETENT ICE IS UNTRAINED Trump's lunacy I wouldn't come here

I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.

We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

Republicans are stacking every branch and level of government to prevent a Democrat from winning in 2028. This is not alarmism: I have seen similar projections from reliable sources. If 2026 midterms don’t give Dems Senate & House, US is f*cked. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-has-...

Conservative councillors across the country claim they are receiving offers to defect to Reform UK👀 Alleged offers include: 🔻Senior roles on the council 🔻Parliamentary selection 🔻Funding

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Oxfam Pie Society 🥧 The shop might be shut now, but it’s not too late to get involved in the fight for a fairer future. Demand a wealth tax now: bit.ly/4sGARfp #TaxTheSuperRich #OxfamPieSociety #WealthTaxNow #WEF26

Reform and Farage. Russian actors who are the greatest threat to the UK prosperity and security.

In a week where Trump has dominated news you’ll have missed the incredible achievements of our Labour Ministers. Warm Homes Plan and new Design Guidance for housing alongside consultation on mobile use for under 16’s top a brilliant list of announcements.

I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers. I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.

NEW REPORT: the gov’s proposals for judge-only trials will deliver only marginal savings and distract from the real route out of this crisis: reversing recent falls in court productivity.

Kurdish-majority communities are under attack in North East Syria from the Damascus regime. Rojava must not be abandoned

BREAKING: Under-16s social media ban backed by Lords www.itv.com/news/2026-01...

The man in whose name these actions were taken still thinks he deserves a “peace” prize.

Ryanair owner thanks @elonmusk-parody.bsky.social for promoting his airline, and wishes to present him with a free Idiot’s Ticket (retail €16.99). Worth a 👀 One thing broligarchs can’t stand is being laughed at vm.tiktok.com/ZNRBXFKgu/

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Reviews the Trumpian threats to democracy in political institutions and law. Even more fundamentally, politics is about who gets what, how and why, as Lasswell put it in 1936. For 50 years under neoliberalism a super elite has captured most resources and power

#musk #oleary #twat Dry your eyes, Elon vm.tiktok.com/ZNRBxnxFU/

It's because these claims are not being tested that the hype can continue...