The Guardian's comment piece denouncing the antisemitic witch-hunt against Judith Butler feels like it's for the US Guardian, as the UK one wouldn't lift a finger to condemn what's happening to them & would probably have someone write "Trump isn't great, *but*", given that outlet censored Butler.

Following his involvement in Tai Shani's The Spell or The Dream at Somerset House, Mo'min Swaitat of the Palestinian Sound Archive tells Rob Corsini about how the project is preserving #Palestine’s musical and cultural history Mo’min Swaitat interviewed buff.ly/oCN45Bl

It started long before, with Iraq, the Collateral Murder video, and the dumping of white phosphorous and depleted uranium on Fallujah, but presently, it is Israel, with its constant forcing, widening of the gap between International Law, and the power to enforce it, that is emboldening these people.

And this, right here, is what I am going to begin referring to as the 'Israel Aperture'.

Horrendous. The worst leader.

“I’m going to use this moment to say there are many artists I love, and that I know you love, that have hundreds of millions of followers. And they’re saying nothing in this moment.” That’s our own Nicola Coughlan, speaking her undimmable truth. - from www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

This becomes even funnier when you consider that Starmer's Labour has got people in it, actual adults, saying that they want to emulate Milei and his brand of "chainsaw politics".

And the cheek for UK politicians to dare speak of expulsion of migrants. Not like any Brits know about the expulsion of Jews in 1290, or even what May did to the Windrush generation! You all memory-holed every last thing you did to anyone that wasn't your current flavour of eggshell white Christian

It does not matter if you are a model minority or a perfect angel, the biggest raging asshole--the real jerk that beats puppies and wants to see you personally burn--does not deserve expulsion from the country they live in! Nobody on Earth does!

I don't care if someone arrived on the back of a lorry last week and can't get a job. They're no different than the home-grown millions of Brits that are considered by the elites a 'drain on society', but nobody suggests expelling *them* from the UK. Freedom of movement is absolute!

22-year-old Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman who has lived in Texas since she was 9, says her experience in federal detainment could only be identified as “human trafficking.” And she’s not staying quiet about the women she was forced to leave behind. thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/22/w...

Obviously the comment piece denouncing the antisemitic witch-hunt against Judith Butler is in the US Guardian, as I don't think the UK one would lift a finger to condemn what's happening to them* - and would probably have someone write "Trump isn't great, *but* Butler...".

When Arizona banned Mexican-American Studies/Ethnic Studies in 2010, people set up really good alternative syllabi and reading/viewing/listening lists, directing people to links. If people weren't already doing something similar before 2024, people really should be doing that again.

The Trump administration’s attacks on national parks continue This time, they’ve removed both physical signs and website mentions describing how climate change is damaging the parks Because if you remove the info, famously, the problem goes away www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Never, ever underestimate the short-term damage that fascists are capable of. When Idi Amin told thousands of Asians that they had just 90 days to leave Uganda, lots of people laughed. “He could never do that! That’s ridiculous.” But then the violence started. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

Seriously how hard is it to say “This is an outrageous attack on our friends and neighbours who are in this country legally and have followed all the rules to get settled status, who are valued members of our communities, get to fuck frog-face”?

The media seems to have swallowed the “protecting women” from asylum seekers rhetoric when >90% of sexual assault perpetrators are known to the victim and about 95% of white British women have a white British partner. Again, they don’t care about facts

It's so strange to me how the absolutely core question at the heart of politics - "what kind of society do we want to live in?" - is so absent from discussion, either assumed settled or reduced to meaningless generalities.

"there would be tighter restrictions on bringing spouses and children to the UK." I have to wonder if the independent journalist parroting the reform commentary without challenging it has any idea how tough the rules currently are (this is rhetorical, I know what the answer is)

How have I only just discovered there’s a Michael Rosen mod for Skyrim? You can have Michael Rosen as a companion and he comes with loads of Michael’s sound clips pre-loaded as dialogue

Are Farage and much of the media *really* far right in the UK? The answer in one front page

3 months ago, Senator Melissa Hortman, her husband, and their golden retriever were shot and killed in their home in a politically motivated attack by a conservative Christian disguised as a police officer. Not only was Trump golfing during her services, he doesn't even recognize her name.

You know how I keep talking about “cancel culture” as basically the enraged response of rich sex abusers who were *furious* that women might use social media to talk about their crimes

The Telegraph has always been right wing, but recently they appear to have taken an even more conscious editorial decision to elevate hostility against those who in any way support people seeking asylum, in a highly targeted, and dangerous manner, especially at a time when death threats are so high

When a white supremacist in the UK sees someone who is not white British, they do not think "is this someone claiming asylum" and they do not even think "is this someone not born in the UK", they see someone who they do not think belongs here. You do not solidify that worldview by placating it.

This is so bad. www.iop.org/about/news/q...

Has the EU stopped supporting Israel's genocide yet?

This is pathetic "Hey guys! I got to go to a castle! What's that? My 'reporting'? Sorry, can you define that word for me?"

@vashwood.bsky.social @spectralthrum.bsky.social I am injured, and we need to move away from the bombing and secure a tent for my family. Please help.

Life in Gaza is becoming harder every day. In Al-Shati refugee camp, we wake up to the sound of bombings and go to sleep with fear in our hearts. There is no safe place, no rest, only survival. Please stand with us, your solidarity and compassion mean the world. 💔 chuffed.org/project/1488... #Gaza

No transphobes at Green Party conference, please sign and share

Any of the following: Beethoven, the Fiddler on The Roof soundtrack, Miles Davis, John Denver, Sister Sledge, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Nazia Hassan.

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Right. My students working two part time jobs and/or having an hour and a half commute to uni because they have to live at home due to the cost of student accommodation lack drive and vigour. Sure thing, Peter. The UK Govt still haven't a clue about the realities of universities today.

“Sally Rooney could be arrested as a terrorist supporter if she enters the UK” Like read that sentence over and over and reflect on the state of this country

Starting to see a pattern emerge maybe this Trump is islamophobic and racist www.bbc.com/news/article...

Remember when she got her start proudly admitting she hung out with Richard Spencer and followed Black women around the internet to antagonize them ?

Literally fascism. Literally what the Nazis did with Horst Wessel.

This country is beyond farcical, i don’t care how many op eds there are about the situation and how to fix it or being accused of catastrophism, this country is in a very bad place way worse than the usual suspects realise

Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontièreswater truck while it was distributing 10000L of drinking water in Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to the Israeli authorities, as MSF does on a daily basis. msf.org.au/article/proj...

The “student politics” thing is a bit funny, coming from a political (and media class) that takes university debate clubs far, far too seriously.

Shabana Mahmood sounding exactly like Priti Patel and Suella Braverman

*Me a few years back*: Odd, wonder why we never got that 43 Group series/film, or the remake of The Boys From Brazil. *Me between 2020 and now*:...oh.

Still thinking about this and getting increasingly rageful

New Absolute Units drops tomorrow! This time we're bringing on the brilliant @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to explore the radical history of the commons: the shared resources that communities depended on, and the historical processes that governed their access. Live from 12pm UK time. Ish.

On top of their genocidal crimes against humanity, this is a crime against our shared human culture and history. Shame on Israel.

I rarely share organizations in Gaza because it’s too hard to verify that they are doing the work they say they are but I know multiple people who were able to evacuate through the people working on this fund who are funding trips out of Gaza City (it’s $2100 a trip for 16 people).

When one goes looking for Alexis Sayle videos from the 80s, and gets distracted: www.youtube.com/shorts/QmLhd...

The Right/Far Right are giddy at the idea of (in their eyes) coming even closer to being able to "Estadio Chile" anyone not on their side. The NYT, meanwhile: