New from @EmpirePodUK THE ORIGINS OF GOD Where did the idea of one God come from? The concept that there is only one, that all others are false, that monotheism itself is possible? This week on Empire, we go looking for the answer. It leads somewhere extraordinary.

🔥 What a combination - @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social! So much here: - Palestine - India - absence of colonial history in schools - wilful ignorance of politicians & media - and the East India Company's lasting corruption of British democracy 🤑 youtu.be/13zQVPW9LjU?...

Zoals bij de NL overheid gebruikelijk worden #klokkenluiders altijd bestraft. Deze campagne stelt dat aan de orde. Doen jullie ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/wh...

That’s the end of line for Trump on the Carroll case. meidasnews.com/news/supreme...

Mitch McConnell destroyed SCOTUS.

MAJOR BREAKING: In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states may count mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day, even if they arrive afterward. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh dissented.

Russia has handed down lengthy “LGBT extremism” prison sentences: up to 7 years for the owner and staff of an Orenburg drag bar, while a Siberian club owner had her sentence raised from 4 years to 6. The crackdown is multi-pronged and ongoing zona.media/article/2026...

‼️ Russia: “"Everyone is thinking about how to get their money out and leave." Russian elites are preparing for an escalation of the war after Ukraine's attacks deep into Russia.” 🍿 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/29/k...

What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team.

Pay up deadbeat or she’ll put liens on your properties.

One study found Musk’s closing of the U.S. Agency for International Development could cause the deaths of millions of children.

Iedereen Zijn Eigen Waarheid

Fox News analyst says Pope has exposed Trump as 'flailing lame-duck' #AlterNet

The paradox of 🇪🇺 AI sovereignty. Why the EuroStack approach won't deliver & why in scenario of near-term advent of "powerful AI" 🇪🇺 needs to build leverage to secure access to US frontier AI models. Latest piece with @jhensing.bsky.social for @foreignpolicy.com.

41C in the UK? In 2015 the IPCC warned world leaders not to breach 1.5C as it would unleash “frequent & severe droughts, heatwaves & rainfall.” We’re now on track for 2C in years, 3C in decades & 4C in our children’s lifetimes. The most spectacular failure of leadership in history.

this is absolutely wild. where does roberts think these agencies come from?!? who invested them with authority to act? whose mandate are they designed to execute? the president is the chief EXECUTive. his job is executing the will of Congress as it spells out in its duly-passed laws!

Well, this confirms the accuracy of the book.

Het zijn juist mensen als Duk zelf die dat niet kunnen hebben en kapot maken.

Eng filmpje van het neofascistische Patriot Front tijdens hun National Conference vorig jaar. Rob Rundo (oprichter Active Clubs) en Jares Taylor spraken er o.a. over hoe ze eigen scholen willen bouwen voor kinderen. Klinkt bekend hè? Metapolitiek is een van de hoofdstrategieën van uiterst rechts.

#fascisme #bondgenoot ICE intimideert een vrouw die een post plaatste dat de moordenaar van Renee Good vervolgd zou moeten worden. Uit Den Haag blijft het geluid van krekels komen terwijl onze voormalige premier Daddy's aars blijft likken.

De vaste Kamercommissie voor Infrastructuur en Waterstaat heeft de minister een buitengewoon scherpe vragenlijst van 53 pagina’s (!) gestuurd over het ontwerp‑LVB voor Schiphol. via.schipholwatch.nl/f59uwq

The largest cities and states with the biggest economies are Democratic. Democratic Socialism is already the blueprint. More rights, more freedom, more opportunities, and more socialism is the way you defeat MAGA fascism.

When Mark Twain coined the term Gilded Age, he was mocking the Golden Age. He ripped into the greed and political corruption of post-Civil War era. Gilding referred to applying a thin layer of gold over cheap material. Any wonder why it’s Don the Con’s favorite period in US history?

A railway bridge in Sabivka, Luhansk Oblast, was damaged in a June 26 attack. The crossing plays an important role in rail logistics between temporarily occupied areas of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, making the strike a notable hit on Russian supply movement across the occupied east. #Ukraine

Von wegen "blaue Welle": Die AfD fährt bei Landratswahlen eine Niederlage nach der anderen ein. Dazu hat die zivilgesellschaftliche Mobilisierung viel beigetragen. Das zeigt: Wo Demokrat*innen zusammenstehen, verliert die AfD. Genau daran müssen wir bei den Landtagswahlen im Herbst anknüpfen.

An ersatz painted plywood arch is the perfect symbol for Trump’s New Gilded Age.😂

Welke krachten duwen en trekken de komende jaren aan de #wereldeconomie? Het @fd.nl polst deskundigen over de gevolgen van #deglobalisering, #AI revolutie en risico’s in het #FinancialSystem. fd.nl/samenleving/...

The Haagen Dazs CEO who says ice cream is the future of breakfast.

Nothing can stop the avalanche of shit thrown our way EVERY DAY from this administration, but it helps to know that it is ALL PART OF THEIR PLAN. #EvilFucks #EyesWideOpen

De Britse bedrijfsanalist Ahmed al-Doush zit in een cel in #SaudiArabia vanwege één #tweet. Teken s.v.p. deze protestmail en deel 'm! www.amnesty.nl/forms/email-...

@jamestalarico.bsky.social is what a politician should be.

#Frankrijk dreigt de Palestijnse activist #RamyShaath terug te sturen naar #Egypte, waar hij eerder al jaren onterecht vastzat. Hij wordt gestraft om zijn mening. Zijn gezin dreigt opnieuw uiteen te worden gescheurd. Teken alsjeblieft deze petitie & deel 'm! www.amnesty.nl/forms/pet-fr...

It's beyond disgraceful that, after all these years, after all of the stories of lives torn apart by bureaucrats and jobsworths in the Home Office, some of whom we know are just plain racist, this still happening to British citizens. Theresa May's legacy lives on... open.substack.com/pub/channel4...

De #EU wil onze #vingerafdrukken en gezichtsfoto’s aan #Trump overhandigen. Ze willen dat niemand dit weet. Teken en deel de petitie om dit een halt toe te roepen! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-06...

In strijd met internationale regels probeert het Zwitsers-Nederlandse bedrijf #AllSeas via #Trump te beginnen aan #diepzee #mijnbouw. Onze ministers moeten zich nu laten horen tegen deze verwoestende plannen! Teken alsjeblieft deze brandbrief aan het kabinet & deel 'm.

German MEP Damian Boeselager, vice chair of the 🇪🇺Parliament's economy committee, warns that Trump has a kill switch to turn off Europe's economy. "Not every explosion makes a loud boom, but last Friday, I could definitely feel the earth tremble. Because Trump actually pressed a 'red button'..." 🧵

Fascinating introduction to the wild history of radium. Highly recommend! Honestly the history of radioactive materials contains a lot of “wait— they did what with it?!”.

Best argument ever.

Militants of the russian terrorist state carried out an aerial attack on civilians in Dnipro. Five people were killed and another 29 injured. 📷 Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration

There's nothing more depressing than seeing an article pop up on FB about how Britain is far poorer as a result of Brexit and then reading the comments and realizing people would vote for it all over again despite the provable devastation of that decision.

🥔 Belarus will respond with all its might if Ukraine crosses its border, - Belarusian Foreign Ministry

Between the lines: Belarus still has no reason to attack UA. The talks in China went better than those with Putin

Climate.us 💥🌪️☀️❄️🌬️💦💧🌊🍀

Bashkortostan, one of the most oil-rich regions in Russia, home of four major refineries, and yet long fuel lines are even there. You cannot overstate how successful the Ukrainian drone campaign has become. Putin fumbled the ball on an epic scale and everyone is seeing it.

Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Diane Abbott was asked if she thinks Andy Burnham will take the Labour Party back to the left. "Personally, I think he will- a little bit, but only enough to win back the people who care more about the frequency of buses than they do about genocide". #burnham

Easily one of my favorite stories about the production of #YoungFrankenstein. #TCMParty

Op 15 okt berichtte Times of Israël dat het aanbod van Hamas om gijzelaars vrij te laten was afgewezen. Rubinstein: “We later found out that Hamas had offered on Oct 9 or 10 to release all civilian hostages in exchange for IDF not entering the Strip, but the government rejected the offer.” (4/2024)