Haha this is very validating

Good analysis, beautifully explained. (Israel also had a golden opportunity to negotiate a stable peace with Syria too, after the fall of Assad, but again Netanyahu showed no interest)

Note the reference to a “real agreement“ that was “reached”. The problem is that unless each party agrees, then there is not an agreement. It is not for one party to unilaterally assert what was in some “real” agreement. There is never a “real” agreement separate to what each party agreed.

“We call upon all sides to implement the ceasefire, including in Lebanon.” A key and important sentence in a welcome joint statement from our government, European countries, Canada and Japan.

Iran is playing this very well (and Israel very foolishly). If the straits stay closed because Israel is continuing its (completely unjustified) assault on Lebanon, Israel will lose even American support. If Israel stops / is stopped, Iran becomes a champion. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Feel the need to point out that *we* weren't at risk of dying in a nuclear attack / WWIII. The Iranian people were. That's the thing we should be waking up relieved that it didn't happen. (Also global economic destabilisation hopefully averted too).

Maybe don’t mock the thinnest-skinned man in the solar system for having “chickened out” of committing a genocide.

My "theory of Trump" cheers me up, but not very much on this. bsky.app/profile/adsq...

All countries between the US and Iran should shut down their airspace- deny landing rights, overflights, refueling or any other support for these explicit genocidal operations. Ideally, US military would refuse illegal orders and Congress would intervene- but that’s not happening. So, world must act

This was unjustified against Gaza and is unjustified now. Noone believes - and Israel is not even claiming - that Israel is trying to minimise casualties (or eg that Hezbollah weapons were in those hospitals). It's an illegal invasion of Lebanon, and a series of war crimes.

"Watching the Artemis crew on their way around the moon now is emotional. I am – still – filled with longing that it was me in that capsule and sadness that it never will be. But more than that, I marvel at it" Some personal reflections... open.substack.com/pub/christin...

It’s time to post one of my favorite memes of the year.

I know none of the people who spewed false flag conspiracy theories about the Hatzola ambulance attack will have the decency to apologise (because they have no decency at all) now that those arrested have been named. I just hope that bystanders won’t forget who indulged in that behaviour.

Passover working weekday breakfast suggestion: charoset and yogurt. You heard that right. (Only just found out about it from @amaditalks.bsky.social so didn't keep any for this year, but I reckon it's a winner. So, leshana haba as we say in Bath)

Not only is a subsidised universal energy cap a bad policy - it's terrible politics. No one's going to remember prices not going up, the way they would with things like Surestart or hospitals - things the govt won't be able to do cos they'll have spent many £bns on an invisible fuel subsidy 1/

Agree that the "Green" (!?) suggestion of govt subsidising energy to cap prices for everyone during a global shortage is stupid. Interested in better approaches - thoughts on either of the two below?

The Passover story should remind us of the risk of allowing collective punishment to become normalized – for the people of Palestine, of Iran, Lebanon, or any marginalized group. Rabbi Brant Rosen

Thoroughly enjoying Bait with Riz Ahmed on Amazon Prime.

Good Friday / Second night of Passover in Finchley, and it's heartwarming / annoying to discover that the local chippie (Cloud's) 1/ will do fish in matzo meal on request, but 2/ has just run out of matzo meal.

This is absurd. Either we needed those training posts or we didn’t. You don’t train specialists as a special treat to reward junior doctors for not striking.

Excellent and totally fell for it. (Forgot the date...) www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/2598594...

This post pretty much sums up everything that's wrong with (this side of) the immigration debate: that "we should mitigate the effects of" [some] people's feelings. Imagine if someone advocated for net zero based on how "people feel" rather than (as we do) rational policy...

Spain invested heavily in clean energy over the last 6 years. Now, as gas prices rise, Spain has some of the lowest electricity costs on the continent. In August 2025, Spain used zero coal — just 10 years ago it powered 25% of the country. This is what energy independence actually looks like. 🌎

Worth remembering what was said at the time about same sex marriage, and smoking ban in pubs. Both "controversial" with the latter claimed to be "unenforceable". Sometimes politicians have to just do what's right...

Love this.

'the scale of deaths in the first wave could have been much lower and the devastating second wave could have been largely avoided. Tens of thousands of deaths could have been prevented'

Another day, another right-wing outrage🙄 We had Easter eggs last weekend, then children doing yoga at school... And now it's..... Bubble bath!😆 Is there anything that doesn't enrage them? So let's take a look at the "concerns" 🧵1/19

"Utterly misguided net zero obsession" seems an unwise attack line from the Tories...

The Times seems to have uncritically published a press release from Offshore Energies plc, again without clarifying who would pay for and own the oil. bsky.app/profile/adsq...

I think it's because their framing is cars = working class/real Labour vs walking/cycling/pt = middle class wokerati, but: a) that's not true, poorer people are most reliant on walking and efficient public transport b) cities with fewer cars are better for everyone Show a bit of courage.

Good article. Netanyahu is gambling with Israel’s future - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

I so wish she had said ‘jog on’ Quote from Emma Best, deputy Tory leader in the London Assembly, showing other more senior Tories that it really is this easy to call someone in your own party out for being wrong

Kevin's testimony to the Covid inquiry was one of the most important, profound and moving. We owe it to him and his colleagues in the health service to heed what he says. observer.co.uk/news/health/...

Thread about Hatzola (depressingly, stressing several times that they help everyone, not just Jews, because there are untrue claims circulating by neo-nazis saying otherwise)

This is a horrific hate crime. So are all the replies (i am not QTing antisemitism, but you'll find plenty) 'questioning' why 'they have their own ambulances'. Hatzola is pretty similar to St Johns Ambulances, but no one is conspiratorial about that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

This is grim. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

If you are Clinically Vulnerable, or from a Clinically Vulnerable household, there is an online legal team meeting 6-7pm this Wednesday evening on where things are at with the UK COVID inquiry Book your place 👇 clinicallyvulnerable.org

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Just because Greens sound earnest while Kemi sounds patronising doesn't change the fact that her "drill north sea" is as moronic and economically illiterate as anything they've come up with. It isn't even clear if she imagines the drilling being paid for by the UK government or private companies 1/

The Jewish News, which I am proud to work for as Deputy Editor, has published an editorial on this week's Iftar prayers in Trafalgar Square www.jewishnews.co.uk/voice-of-the...

We should be very clear: if you think that “British Muslims praying... to mark the end of the day’s fast” is a greater show of “domination” than anyone praying outside an abortion clinic, then you are hostile to Muslims, and you do not in any meaningful way support freedom of religion or expression.

"if I sell you a pair of shoes covered in antisemitic messages, does that make me an antisemite?" Let's just say it hasn't changed our opinion of you given your behaviour at school Nigel.

turns out Spain and France are meaningfully insulated from the Trump Energy Shock because of investments in nuclear and renewables www.ft.com/content/19f2...

Not to excuse Polanski's economically poor suggestions re energy coats, but this from Farage is at least as moronic / economically illiterate 1/ www.heraldscotland.com/news/2594775...

long shot: is anyone out there aware of writing on West African manuscript culture that is *not* in European languages? Or know any scholars working in this area who might be willing to help? #bookhistory

Disgusting, divisive, islamophobic racism from Nick Timothy.

‘Best case scenario’ here is that a man with realistic ambitions to be Prime Minister will record himself endorsing your support of base anti-semitism in return for £76.

I think it's fair to call Farage an antisemite at this point.

Countries that *did* deploy a lot of renewables & electrification are already faring better than they otherwise would have . Here are some examples: 1/ Pakistan, still highly exposed to Gulf LNG supply crunch BUT estimated to save $12 billion due to solar boom: www.linkedin.com/posts/lauri-...

🧵Our new hub @sprockethub.bsky.social is trying to improve services for children with complex health needs - inc access to special needs education (SEND). Last year, we spoke to professionals in SEND & turned their stories into an animation to show what it's like. 1/sz youtu.be/r_LKnVk_Pe0?...