Articles about Brigitte Bardot after her death on Sunday have referred to her far right sympathies, which supposedly emerged later in the film star's life. Here she is, though, in 1958 with Jean-Marie Le Pen and Pierre Lagaillarde, future founder of the extremist OAS terror group

OF ALL THE VESSELS SUNK BY THE U.S. it was the likeliest to have been carrying drugs: a semisubmersible with at least one convicted trafficker on board. The U.S. blew it up, destroyed the evidence and let the survivors go GIFT LINK @schmidtsam.bsky.social @alexhorton.bsky.social wapo.st/4qq5ymS

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

The AfD has been flatlining at a high level for months nationally despite the Merz govt’s unpopularity - @diezeit.bsky.social asks whether it has tapped out its voter potential

Russia’s banning of @hrw.org as an “undesirable” foreign organization, made public today, is yet another mark of the Kremlin’s repression. It only redoubles our determination to document the Russian authorities’ human rights violations and war crimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Judgments from the @echr.coe.int have influenced policy in areas like mental health, reproductive rights and access to essential medical treatments. Leaving the #ECHR would be a blow for health, justice and accountability, writes @martinmckee.bsky.social👇 🔗 www.bmj.com/content/391/... via @bmj.com

My Antifa book is on the New York Times Bestseller list 8 years after publication. Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán

Grim by @ashifakassam.bsky.social on the Antifa expert driven out of the land of the free (into, ironically, Spain). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Page One. @theguardian.com #ICE

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

The narrative seems to be(come) that the Dutch election shows a “comeback of the political center”. We have seen this frame before, implying “the center” has an ideological substance and is stable. But “the center” keeps moving right on mostly nativist, but also often authoritarian, issues.

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

I look ahead at the Dutch elections this Wednesday and assess the missed opportunity of media, parties, and voters to move beyond far-right dominance.

‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after Spain’s deadly floods www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

“The poll is seen as a litmus test for the Netherlands and its democratic ideals, as activists decry a hardening of political discourse driven by Geert Wilders” @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda" - for the @theguardian.com, @ashifakassam.bsky.social summed up our study. @tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read! Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN

Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

ICE continues to assault us. We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

My dispatch from North Karelia: ‘For Russians, Nato is next to Satan’: Finnish guards on alert at Russia border www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Nigel Farage has the unpopular position on scrapping human rights. The media/political discourse always implies his position is gaining ground. The evidence since Trump was elected is quitting has flatlined, and staying in increased.

As our @federicatoscano.bsky.social explains in the piece: family reunification is one of the safest, most secure pathways for migration—supporting integration and reducing risks. Restricting it fractures families and pushes people towards dangerous routes.

“I can’t sleep, I can’t get on with my life.” These are not just words—they’re the reality for Ahmad Shikh Ali, separated from his child due to Europe's tightened reunification rules, with children paying the highest price. Full article below www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

Americans on the sorrow – and relief – of leaving Trump’s US for Europe. Sad, fascinating piece by @ashifakassam.bsky.social‬ on US citizens who have made the move on why they left and what they think could happen back home @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity. The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.

'An act of pure betrayal of the highest order.' The reaction among Villarreal fans to news of the club's proposed signing of Thomas Partey. Story: @ashifakassam.bsky.social

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

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Gaza today: I am messaging with Mohamed, a Bedouin farmer who has been in refugee camps since the IDF destroyed his family's land, orchards, and water sources in Rafa. 'Hello sister, how are you? I'm fine but we're close to starving to death. Here people have become skeletons from hunger.'

Millions of tonnes of rubble left by Israel’s bombardment of Gaza could generate more than 90,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – and take as long as four decades to remove and process, a study has found. @ninalakhani.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Yesterday, Musk's AI slipped up and told us the truth- that Twitter has systematically suppressed pro Palestine content, due to leadership decisions, implicating Musk himself.

New: Meta allows ads crowdfunding for IDF drones, consumer watchdog finds @eko.org www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

'The family said they had suffered stress, anxiety and sleep deprivation because of the loud, drunken, destructive and lewd behaviour of guests, which included vandalism, vomiting and having sex in the block’s communal areas' www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

"Rental laws were relaxed, making evictions easier and tenancy agreements shorter; tax incentives were introduced for non-resident buyers; investment funds were encouraged to enter the property market, benefiting from tax exemptions [and] the hotel industry and short-term rental were promoted".

"Between 2014 and 2024, house prices in Lisbon rose by 176%, and by more than 200% in its central historic districts. The home price to income ratio, a key indicator of housing affordability, reflects this shift with stark clarity: today, Lisbon tops Europe’s housing unaffordability rankings."

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The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.

"It’s there in the title of Amor Oscuro; this is difficult love; it’s an effort to illuminate the other side that could not be shown. And they’re very beautiful": Spanish publisher reprints groundbreaking book of Lorca’s homoerotic sonnets www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

Famine is so close in Gaza that when it does hit it will be too late for aid to arrive and there will be mass death, UNICEF's Global spokesperson James Elder has warned.

Los inmigrantes contribuyeron en hasta 0,7 puntos al alza del PIB per cápita en 2022-2024, según el Banco de España

❗ El representante de Palestina en la ONU rompe a llorar: “¿Cómo alguien puede tolerar este horror?”

A letter — signed by 12 long-term institutional investors that together manage about $950bn in Tesla's assets — calls for corporate governance reforms to address a 'crisis' at the carmaker. www.ft.com/content/6b52...

“Lives lost in a desperate attempt to find a better future": Four women and three girls die as migrant boat capsizes off Canary Islands. Via @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

"A court in the Canary Islands has ordered the closure of a centre for unaccompanied migrant children, citing allegations that include physical abuse, hate crimes and threats." "'[E]xtensive evidence and testimony' of alleged crimes taking place in the centre." #Spain #Deportation #Incarceration

Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN

Gran Canaria centre for unaccompanied migrant children closed over abuse allegations. Via @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...