Here is a thing that I hear from *almost every British Jew I know* but have barely heard expressed in any of these programmes: No single person has done more to make Jewish people globally less safe than Benjamin Netanyahu.

Newsflash - it wont work. Either take palestinian self determination seriously & pursue a legitimate process where they are equal partners, or this goes nowhere. More violence and suffering will ensue Israel has proven itself incapable of pursuing peace. The int'l communiy should act accordingly

I have muted all references to him.

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

kirk was a dumb motherfucker whose entire debating tactic boiled down to ‘deny science and refuse to acknowledge reality until the other persn gets frustrated and gives up’. ‘debate me bros’ are a parlour trick and only the truly stupid are duped by them.

And there it is.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

Honestly if there are sniper holes in the foreheads of children, I don’t care if your own reasoning allows you to sidestep the G-word, there is no logical parsing that can justify these acts, there is no gentlemanly symmetrical warfare based on some colonial guideline, this is mass human hunting.

Trump claims Epstein "stole" one of Epstein's underage victims, Virginia Giuffre, from Trump's Mar-a-lago spa. Why did Trump use the word "stole," as if he owned Giuffre?

A reminder that Eurovision banned Russia while Israel continues to participate. Meanwhile the Israeli government has killed at least 140 ppl in 24h and has been openly starving Gaza for over two months. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

I cannot. #eurovision

FYI, folks from Bluesky. Reporters at The NYT, among other news organizations, are now generating a giant wave of accountability stories about the new Trump era. Reading these stories, sharing them, is a form of accountability as well. It is a form of participatory democracy too. Substance matters.

Why is it that Brazil is one of the few countries around that remembers it is, in fact, a state with state capacity

Read this

Among Jimmy Carter's many contributions were his efforts to eradicate the Guinea worm, a parasite which causes excruciating pain. When he started his work, there were 3.5 million cases globally. In 2024, there were seven. He didn't quite get his wish of outliving it, but he came pretty damn close.

Yes! At last someone has put him in the dock! Starts January. Support the thorough coverage by @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Omg, the shade. Give her back the mic. I wanna hear.

The historic day when all the nation’s gay men and straight women cried out in unison: I can fix him

This is beautiful www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/a...

Thinking more and more that this may be the most important story of the year -- a denial of service attack on democracy funded by the wealthiest man alive.

Oh My God lmao

If they catch him, can they prioritise asking him what brow and lash serum he uses?

Leo and Brian Óg teaming up backstage during the break to form a Government #LateLateToyShow

Susan Abulhawa’s recent amazing Oxford Union Debate speech (in defence of the motion "Israel is an apartheid state responsible for genocide") is really worth your time - although if you’re short on time, just watch the clip from 5:35 to 9:30. So powerful. 🍉🇵🇸 youtube.com/watch?v=nW5U...

All democracies should have regularly rehearsed contingency plans for successfully repelling domestic attempts to overthrow democracy. With aspirational autocrats increasing trying to seize power, we shouldn't discover how resilient our democracies are only at the point when they face overthrow.

yoon frantically googling 'is no harm no foul a defense'

190 MPs isn't just the opposition MPs but includes the president's own party MPs... They are planning to squat the parliament tonight.. The Army still not moving out of the parliament buildings... no arrests have been made though. Still everyone is asking whether we see the impeachment tonight

UPDATE: The opposition has now broken into the parliament - some of them by breaking windows/doors in. They apparently have 150 parliamentarians in place and are now drafting a bill to stop the martial law

www.rte.ie/lifestyle/li... I think this is it, Futureville.

Did anyone see the prog on renewal energy in Ireland recently? The Tallaght district heating scheme that uses the heat generated by data centres is amazing. They also talked about the future of Athlone as a ‘sponge city’. We need to fund research & link it to our unique context.

Our postman is incredible - at the busiest time of year, on top of his regular job, he is also going out of his way and taking extra time to ensure that little eyes don’t see too much and surprises aren’t spoiled. He has saved my bacon *twice* this week. An absolute gem. #BualadhBosAnPost

I do enjoy how the Irish defy stereotypes by producing the most insane election graphics known to man

Can #speirgorm use ‘schkeet’ instead of ‘Skeet’? My Mayo ancestors would approve, I feel… #GE24

And lo, a meme is born ✨ #GE24 #snideeye

Hutch had no policies and no solutions. None. “I’ll do what [the voters] want me to do” is not an actual strategy, especially for an independent with zero experience and few allies. The media should have focussed on that, instead of acting like a ludicrous shower of infatuated groupies. #GE24

It would be great if every constituency could have a large sign behind the returning officer indicating which constituency we’re looking at. The TV graphics are too slow to catch up, so a physical sign would make the whole thing easier to follow. #GE24

Marie Sherlock wins pretty comfortably in the end. For all the confusion about "how Dublin central could vote for a criminal", that constituency has elected a Cabinet Minister, the leader of the opposition, and centre left candidates in the SDs and LAB this weekend. Pretty reasonable voting. #ge24

Jaysus, I can’t be doing with the hoisting and the bouncing. #GE24

It’s weird when people lie

If it plays out as per the exit poll, with a FF/FG/SD/Lab government, we will - for a little while, at least - have our first woman Taoiseach. #brightside #GE24 #GwanDemocracy #GwanHolly

VOTERS! You have ONE HOUR REMAINING! #GE24 #GwanDemocracy

Fascinated by people not voting in Irish elections. In our little Republic, every single vote matters. You can change how this country is run, but ONLY if you vote. You have a chance, today, to create a better Ireland. You’ve 2️⃣ hours left to make your voice heard. GO!! #GE24

God, I love Irish elections. #GE24 #GwanDemocracy

I love an Irish General election. You can keep Jake Tapper striding through a VR map like a Colossus. I don't want Wolf Blitzer using a touchscreen to show voter turnout. Give me a frazzled RTE reporter coming live from a playschool in Offaly watching votes being added with a pencil for two weeks.

WHY SHOULD I SUFFER ALONE?

Astounding that people with projectile dysfunction are still reading online posts while drinking beverages in the year of our lord 2024.

I wrote a little end of year manifestation for you'all. MAY IT EVER BE THUS! www.wired.com/story/the-be...

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change