1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

This party is constantly on TV and has a quarter of a million members, and half of its them want to deport their fellow citizens en masse. It’s staggering how far we’ve fallen in so short a time

The line between fringe white supremacist ideology and mainstream political discourse has become increasingly blurred. And those ideas are being publicly echoed by Donald Trump and amplified on X by Elon Musk. In turn, it’s shaping government policy at the highest levels.

The new controversial health funding aid packages which are replacing USAID to align with America first agenda of the current administration are reportedly linked to granting US greater access to mineral resources and harvesting sensitive health data of Africans w little reciprocity or protections

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for: - Who takes over; - Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation; - How to defend US bases in the region; - Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and - How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

"A mass funeral has been held in the southern Iranian city of Minab for 165 people killed in what's described as an attack on a girls school on Saturday" People, not children. And 'what's described as'

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"The Peace President."

Really fun to watch him grapple with cognitive dissonence in real time. The US has unlimited weapons except its out of weapons because Biden gave all the weapons to Ukraine except luckily it has unlimited weapons because Trump rebuilt the military before Biden gave all the...

This is extraordinarily dangerous for Israel. If true, it means that Israel can determine when the US goes to war and Americans die. If a lie, then Israel is being made the fall guy for Trump’s unpopular policy.

Turns out lowering bills, protecting the NHS and rebuilding our public services is really popular. This is just the beginning - people are seeing through the attacks and demanding something better. And we're making hope normal again - together. news.sky.com/story/greens...

"A Reform UK council deputy leader [Darren Grimes, Durham County Council] has been caught using a fake AI-generated photograph to stoke tensions over housing and migration, exposing the shameless tactics deployed by politicians willing to deceive their own constituents" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The migrant workers/slaves who built the city is geopolitics. The dirty money, the sanctions evasion, the uneasy relationships with neighbours, the war UAE funds in Sudan... Anyone living there is exposed to geopolitics. Just now they can't pretend otherwise.

Trump: "We have a virtually unlimited supply of weapons. Wars can be fought 'forever,' and very successfully, using just these supplies."

Always thought this guy's a prick. Starting to worry he might be genuinely dangerous, an impression only amplified by reading the comments on his substack for the first time and realising that, against all rational expectation, he has a massive fucking fanbase.

This is a defamatory lie @AlecShelbrooke. I am proudly anti-war and anti-racist. I make no apologies for attending a Stop the War protest. That does not mean I support the Iranian regime. I dare you to repeat your libellous statement outside of parliament.

So now we learn from Republicans that when you bomb a country for a week, sink their entire Navy, and kill their military and political leadership, that is not an act of war. Maybe they can just go with Putin’s term - Special Military Operation.

I have a question.... Are We Not the Biggest Embarrassment in the World? Now this ⬇️

Bill Clinton: And he somehow knew I had flown in Jeffrey Epstein's aircraft. And he said, "You know, we had some great times together over the years, but we fell out all because of a real estate deal." and he said, "I'm sorry it happened.”

The clear authoritarian pattern: - Create crisis: start war - Declare emergency: wartime powers - Consolidate power: "temporary" measures that never end It is all right out of the classic authoritarian playbook‼️ 3/3 #IranAttack #Trump

Some of them are asking for their billion dollars back

Everything about Badenoch can be understood through the fact she sees the world through the lens of her “ethnic enemies”: a totalising worldview that will always, always, make the people who hold it say and do stupid things.

How about non-British and non-dom citizens donating to political parties and owning media?

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

This is important to help you understand how some news outlets intrumentalise wording to help support the far-right agenda. We've had it for 10 years now with their promotion of MAGA, Farage and other fascists.

This is what former human rights and international war crimes lawyer Starmer should be saying. Instead we get more "specific and limited" ways to break international law.

Can God get an amen?

🚩This Is Not How Democracies Go to War. It’s How Dictators Do. Donald Trump has said almost nothing to justify going to war against Iran. The real reason may be something he dare not speak of. newrepublic.com/article/2071...

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Utterly horrifying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Trying to compete with Reform not only feels inauthentic... but a betrayal of what Labour is supposed to represent. We must address the concerns and fears of voters, not play on them." Damning stuff from Sadiq Khan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Farage and Reform are bad losers. Their failure to secure the seat was down to the vast majority of voters roundly rejecting their hate because Gorton and Denton is a progressive place. 68% of voters in the constituency voted Green, Labour or Lib Dem. Don't let them use lies to twist the truth.

A useful record of Farage’s failure and his inability to cope with it. A cheat and a very bad loser who would happily trash democracy to get the result he wants. And then remove our rights to stop us holding him to account. Such a corrupt, egomaniacal liar should have no hope of getting power.

Reform’s vow to scrap the Renters Rights Act shows they’re “in the pocket of rogue landlords”, the Housing Secretary has claimed www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

NEW: X Is *drowning* in disinformation following US and Israel’s attack on Iran. WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack. read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

Grubby racist whinging from a pathetic loser who can't accept that majority of the public just aren't buying bigotry. People legally allowed to vote didn't vote for him so Farage talks about stripping that legal right from those who don't support his racism.

"They were girls who went to school to learn, with hopes and dreams for their future," Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said. "Today, their lives were brutally cut short.” Read more: https://wapo.st/4r7izC7

Just naked racism from Farage and the Mail. Only British and commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote. It's not 'stealing' to legally take part in your own country's elections

Dyson proving once again how very dodgy his business practices are www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The United States of America and Israel has just bombed a school full of students in Iran. ~40 students killed and 48 injured. This violates Article 52 of Additional Protocol (I) Geneva Conventions, but international law clearly doesn't apply to the U.S. and Israel.

Wow. The president of the United States is one of the very worst criminals the country has ever seen. He has committed every crime possible. The proof is everywhere. But he's still flying around the world, breaking laws, committing crimes, living in luxury, and starting illegal wars.

How does he get away with it? | Jim Price

"Dozens killed in strike on school". Fuck Israel! Fuck the US! Fuck all those fucking fascists! Mass murderers all of them!

Totally bizarre take when the successful candidate was a woman.

If Republicans were serious about this investigation, we would be deposing Donald Trump. This is the most egregious cover up in U.S. history. We won’t stop until there’s accountability and justice for Epstein survivors.