I'm very concerned about all the #GlobalSumudFlotilla detainees, but especially Hannah Schafer, who seems likely to be held in extended detention in Israel. Israeli armed forces have committed grave and multiple breaches of international law in attacking the flotilla and mistreating its crew.

UN human rights expert slams EU chemical deregulation push Special Rapporteur Marcos Orellana writes that a European Commission proposal “seems to conflict” with basic “rights to health and environmental protection.” www.politico.eu/article/un-h...

Irish detainees from the Gaza flotilla have told their lawyers they were kicked, pushed and cable tied. Outside the notorious Ktzi’ot prison where they are currently held, Miriam Azem told me of “aggressive treatment and violence” the detainees say they received: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

"The government counts the costs of provision, but not the costs of non-provision. Insufficient care drives many people into the arms of the NHS: at any one time, 13% of NHS beds are occupied by people waiting for social care support." (Austerity is uneconomic.) #TheCareEconomy

"Getting on a boat to Gaza is performative nonsense, you should be pressuring politicians at home to change policy" ... "Holding a protest to pressure politicians at home does nothing to directly help! You should be on a boat to Gaza" Beginning to think this commentary might not be in good faith

The nexus of power shaping policy Covert tactics revealed by #tobaccofiles now visible across big industry 📘Expose #playbook 📍Map infrastructure of power & persuasion- think tanks, trade assocs, front groups, PR agencies 💪Bring all skills to bear to rescue democracy from this full frontal assault

"I often know what I want to say, but the words just don’t come. My thoughts get tangled, and even when I try to speak, my voice falters or dies in my throat." In Gaza, people are so traumatized that they're losing their ability to speak—literally.

Adam Smith on when regulation was justified & necessary (pre-empting opposition in the name of "economic freedom"): When the "natural liberty of a few individuals ... endangers the security of the whole society" The Big Myth = free market fundamentalism

"They are leaving again – for the 8th time in nearly 2 years of war. This is the rhythm of life here: displacement after displacement, death after death, with no time for mourning I have lost more than 65 relatives in this war: my mother and father, four siblings, and their children."

Good piece on the (subsidised) private health insurance myth: "The available evidence tells us private health insurance does little to relieve pressure on the public system, contrary to the rebate’s intended purpose."

Thanks Nix! Excellent overview of the #EatLancet launch

What changes are needed? 1. Subsidies. For instance, $7 TRILLION/year goes into funding climate, biodiversity and land destruction, far surpassing the funding going to tackle these issues. THIS. IS. ABSURD.

2. Corporate power - this is a BIG one. There is SO MUCH money and power going into sustaining the status quo - keeping us unhealthy, continuing to destroy the planet. We MUST tackle this head on.

Is briseadh mór croí dom an scéal a chloisteáil faoi bhás Mhanchán Magan ar maidin. Thug sé beocht agus brí nua don teanga trína chuid oibre ag léiriú gur lionsa eile í an Ghaeilge leis an domhan a fheiceáil agus a thuiscint.

MSF strongly condemns the killing of Omar Hayek by Israeli forces this morning in #Gaza. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues. Omar is our fourteenth colleague to be killed in Gaza since the war started. We call yet again for an end to the genocide.

🔴 Sophie Binet appelle à la mobilisation partout en France en soutien à la Flottille, dans la soirée de ce jeudi, à partir de 18h30. Notre direct ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/ris

🔴 Le président sud-africain « appelle Israël à libérer immédiatement les Sud-Africains enlevés dans les eaux internationales », dont le petit-fils de Nelson Mandela. Notre direct ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/99u

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

🔴 Flottille pour Gaza : Madrid convoque la chargée d’affaires de l’ambassade d’Israël Notre direct ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/NGM

"In 2024, Exxon raked in net profits of over $33.7 billion and paid out over $36 billion to its shareholders."

The Mikeno boat at the front of Sumud flotilla has now reached Gaza’s territorial waters. It’s so close. I’m praying to every deity and secular source of hope that a single one of our boats gets through

What stage of global societal collapse is this?

Arraisonnage de la Flottille pour Gaza : « Je regrette que le nouveau Premier Ministre et le ministre des Affaires étrangères n’aient pas pris leurs responsabilités » Éditorial de Fabien Gay ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/ppQ

vimeo.com/1122470127 Why do we tolerate the activities of the gambling industry? Great summary video to accompany and amazong piece of scholarship www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... HT @maizie333.bsky.social

Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say. Thinking of Sarah Clancy - all eyes on the flotilla #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6832196

BREAKING: Reports of spontaneous protests erupting in European cities tonight in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was illegally attacked by Israel an hour ago. Demonstrations have been seen in Berlin🇩🇪 & Rome🇮🇹 - and these are the current scenes in Brussels🇧🇪 👇

"What Gaza will need after this vicious war is finally over is beyond brick and mortar, the rebuilding of people's souls—people overcoming their grief and their loss. It's time to release all the hostages. It's also solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza... every ounce of support counts."

Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.

Israeli naval forces have begun what they call the "operation to take control of the Global Sumud Flotilla”. (Kan News)

What would change if people stopped framing what we are experiencing as a crisis (or even as a polycrisis) and instead began to experience it a result and teaching? Vanessa Andreotti writes and speaks of the polycrisis as a poly-consequence and I think she has identified something important.

🔴 Tony Blair's ties to Larry Ellison should disqualify him from any role in Gaza - or in Britain's tech future. New by me and @daniel-howden.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale and @lighthousereports.com democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tony-blair...

The #GlobalSumudFlotilla on its way to Gaza is an incredible sight. Hopeful, inspiring and terrifying for what might come in equal measure. Israel has killed people on similar flotilla in international waters before. The Spectre is @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and Chris Andrews' boat. Amazing people.

Important blog. Beware of the propagation and normalisation of narratives around high-risk, unproven tech "solutions". The key solution is clear - phase out fossil fuels.

"This isn’t a problem we can simply air-condition our way out of. Cities need an immediate funding boost to improve insulation and ventilation of buildings, develop heat plans and create shade cover where possible.”

“More than 370 of our dear colleagues have been killed. Every single one has endured unimaginable loss." The UN Secretary-General spoke on the UNRWA staff killed in #Gaza. “Yet, they keep serving the people of Gaza with courage and selflessness that inspires the world.”

"Conventional methods used by municipal wastewater treatment facilities are unable to remove many common drugs". Combine ageing societies and #ClimateEmergency, this is going to become more and more of an issue phys.org/news/2025-09...

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

"Calling for civility is about exerting power. It is a way of reminding the powerless that they exist at the will of those in power and should act accordingly. It is a demand for control." Gift link. I suggest library world reads this. And listens. 📚 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

What does "preventable deaths" mean? "These are not random tragedies, but outcomes that follow familiar policy lines. They are, in many cases, the foreseeable result of long-standing policy decisions & predictable outcomes shaped by structural inequities." theconversation.com/calling-deat...

V useful overview of Wellbeing Economy & Post-growth perspectives & critiques Current challenges with WE: - no explicit rejection of economic growth & capitalism - remains prone to co-option - where WE approaches have been adopted by govs, little evidence of substantive change in key policy areas

A privilege to chat with Prof Dame Sally Davies and Danilo Lo Fo Wong about all things #NCDs, #AMR and politics. www.buzzsprout.com/1109867/epis...

Like Mandelson, Blair has total deference to wealth and power. His institute is about helping big business - rather than rebuilding our NHS they want to hand it to the tech barons.  Great piece 👇  www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Fossil fuel companies try to tie environmental campaigners and protesters up in lengthy legal battles to waste their time and money – and scare them away from criticising the rich and powerful Wonderful from @seanburkeshow.bsky.social #TimeToResist

"Use all legal tools available in commercial law to curtail corporate power, such as competition law, tax law & investment law; Use all legal tools available to hold corporations accountable, esp. through national & international criminal law...” UN-Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri

"Fossil fuels cause harm from pregnancy through old age, driving asthma, cancers, heart disease & premature deaths. Stop the trillions of $ of subsidies to the FF industry and move this to building public health systems, clean energy & justice for communities bearing the heaviest burdens."

What do you call paying someone to kill you? Fossil fuel companies destroy our health & environment... and make us pay them... on the double. Stop subsidies & start charging for health & environmental harms #PolluterPays Report & media briefing: climateandhealthalliance.org/cradle-to-gr...

The BBC this morning was still covering the far right march *from a week ago* Meanwhile, not a mention on their site (let alone the 6 or the 10) of a Tax The Rich march which set out from literally outside its HQ TODAY

"This is the 80th UN General Assembly and one of the most important in its history. At stake is the authority of the United Nations as the author and defender of human rights and international law." Éamonn Meehan www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...

Climate change is class war - a war on ordinary people across the world, driven by the richest people and corporations. Join us today to demand climate action which puts ordinary people first. #MakeThemPay

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry - Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, @influencemap.bsky.social thinktank says #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...