Well look at that.. Actual consequences 😁

Karen Newton, 65, retired admin assistant at a primary school A valid British passport, a tourist visa and no criminal record Handcuffed, shackled and locked up for 6 weeks, mostly sleeping on the floor After trying to leave the US after a trip of a lifetime - @jennykleeman.bsky.social

seems bad, do you think anyone might report this

Come for the incoherence, stay for him struggling to speak past the Adderall post-nasal drip swallows.

Exactly right @sianberry.bsky.social: UK has “sleepwalked into a situation that carries enormous risk” by relying on U.S. tech companies" www.politico.eu/article/brit...

"open the Overton Window"

the ironclad alibi, for then and all future disgraces or crimes, evaporates

@altitudefilms.bsky.social #thevoiceofhindrajab

Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.

Brother of No Other Land co-director injured as Israeli settlers again attack family home

A little disturbing that these people don’t blink at covering up murder.

BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’ It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.

A strange find from the Epstein files: A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev." Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies." www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

My first memory of being ill is when I had measles as a kid The morbidity and mortality of this disease allowed to run unchecked is high. Children may die This is engineered by grifters & bad actors, exploiting parental concerns Wish I’d had the vaccine. Protect your kids by vaccinating them now

Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.

The most essential film of 2025? The longest standing ovation ever at Cannes and an OSCAR and BAFTA contender. See THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB in Buxton on Monday 16th 7.30pm in the Pavilion Arts Centre cinema. Don't miss it! [email protected]

This is excellent, investigative reporting by the @wsj.com, by the way. Lots of nuggets in there. E.g. Noem not signing off on an order of bulk construction steel for months which meant its cost for the taxpayer went up by $100m.

Director Oliver Laxe speaks on how he captures club culture in SIRĀT in this new @theguardian.com piece! In UK and Irish cinemas February 27 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

The Guardian's Jillian Ambrose unpicks the many tens of millions in state support that Jim Ratcliffe's businesses have accepted, after the billionaire railed against people on benefits (and claimed Britain was being "colonised" by immigrants while himself having moved to tax-free Monaco).

Movies such as “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Get Out” became mainstream hits in part because of the Sundance Film Festival. But independent cinema now finds itself in a much riskier place, writes Shirley Li:

"APCO’s investigation [into journalists reporting on Labour Together's funding] was commissioned by Josh Simons, the former head of Labour Together who is now MP for Makerfield and a Cabinet Office minister under Starmer." open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

A senior MoD official helps shape defence strategy, then joins Palantir. Months later, Palantir lands a £240m MoD contract without tender. No laws broken – just the revolving door doing what it does best.

‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees

only because i keep seeing this on my tl from multiple sources: the image on the right looks like it's the exact same photo, but edited to remove the reform banners. the door looks very strange, and they also apparently forgot to remove what looks like a small reform sticker in the window

Yep, that's a Canadian thing. 🤣😂♥️🇨🇦

Looking forward to our special Q&A screening today of THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB at @chiswickcinema.bsky.social with actor Motaz Malhees and Academy Award nominee producer James Wilson. Hosted by Hanna Flint 🎟️ www.chiswickcinema.co.uk/movie/the-vo... #TheVoiceOfHindRajab #HindRajab

Lots of folks reminding everyone that you can unsubscribe from WaPo the last couple days, but you can also divest from Amazon to whatever degree you feel capable. Some options: —cancel Prime —choose to buy certain items from other retailers when you can —stop shopping at Whole Foods.

forgot to share the link sorry www.ft.com/content/f869...

A study at U Mass Amherst finds that Elon Musk manipulated Twitter to bolster the voice of the Neo Nazi Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) before the German 2025 parliamentary elections. No surprises here. groups.cs.umass.edu/equate-ml/20...

Imagine seriously claiming that this Putin-lover was "the greatest friend that Poland has ever had in the White House"

Why did ICE detain a 7 year old child from Oregon-and then ship her to Texas And why have they done this same thing to 3,800 other children It’s deplorable. And make no mistake. Donald Trump is to blame

An essential but harrowing film, The Voice of Hind Rajab combines audio from real phone conversations with scripted drama to recount the story behind the murder of 6-year old Hind Rajab. Now showing.

My review of The Voice of Hind Rajab. Desperate to convince you all to see it so I’ll say that functionally it plays like an episode of The Pitt, as Palestinian aid workers try to save the life of a 6 year old girl, except it’s a true story & the recordings of her voice are real. boxd.it/cZOpUX

Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals

I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

Infantino and Coventry backing Russia’s return shows sport’s soft power is in rotten hands | Emma John

@lfpme.bsky.social @pscupdates.bsky.social #chiswick

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is a cinematic testament to the courage of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and the emergency responders who tried to reach her.

Washington Post reporter laid off while freezing in a war zone by one of the world’s richest people.

As they'll say in the Amazon Prime remake: "Don't Follow The Money"

Jeff Bezos destroyed the Washington Post because he couldn't admit that he didn't know how to run a newspaper, and also because he felt entitled to turn it into his personal plaything. Both are functions of his ego, his greed, his heedlessness, and his insecurity. What a dark day.

Get Thiel / Palantir out of all EU contracts.

"Since prison for Epstein’s fellow abusers gets unlikelier over time, America’s deeper question is whether it can restore a culture of shame." - marvellous, marvellous column by @edwardluce.bsky.social:

The costume designer for Richard Linklater’s new film – about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 classic Breathless – tells Wallpaper* about creating pieces that do ‘not disturb the story’ www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beau...

CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."

Peter Mandelson embroiled in scandal on Groundhog Day. Apt.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.