Glad to see this statement about the awful new death penalty bill passed in Israel. Made worse by the ongoing killing of palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli settlers with no legal consequences.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's top enforcement official (SEC) enforcement chief, left abruptly, and had clashed with agency leaders over the direction of its enforcement program, including the handling of cases with ties to President ​Donald Trump and his family. Two of the pe... TAT

Republicans are ramping up talks of overturning Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court decision that gave children of undocumented immigrants rights to a free public education. The Trump administration has increasingly edged toward K-12 schools amid its br... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights]

A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran TAT: [Corruption]

Israel becoming more authoritarian and more and more marked by naked apartheid. This new law is in direct contravention of Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. When will the EU stand up for *its own* law-based agreements? Or does Israel get a pass? www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

it’s super cool that we have at least four different people who are speaking for US strategy here, only one of whom is the president, and he’s doing the least of it

"Iran is now earning nearly twice as much from oil sales each day as it did before American and Israeli bombs started falling on February 28th. It may be pummelled on the battlefield, but the regime is winning the energy war." www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Spot on.

Donald Trump again threatens to blow up "and completely obliterat[e] all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!)", if the Straits of Hormuz is not open soon. Carrying out this threat would almost certainly be... TAT: [Foreign policy]

Last month, the Government claimed in the Lords that 'X serves as a "main news source" for 10.8 million families'. This isn't true, and has been corrected. However, it still understands that '10.8 million families use X' (relying on figures from X itself). ...

Worthing noting that blowing up Kharg Island wouldn't do much for the impending energy crisis. #taco

Great to have an extract of my new book #Elemental featured in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

Have literally just finished listening. Spent most if it being quietly appalled but not terribly surprised, until I got to the final “What next?” section, at which point I am in outright Oh Fuck mode. Pandemic seems entirely reasonable comparison.

It's just unreal how little thought or planning went into starting a new massive war in the Middle East.

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This is a *must listen*. It feels all early pandemic to me when a severe shock was coming and we were happily paddling through the air for a month

Well that was nice, hope you all enjoyed it.

This incoherent word salad is the best Mahmood's defenders can do. Apparently there are too many immigrants here so we need remigration, so we need to extend the period to settlement (??), but net migration may be negative and we may have too few migrants (??) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Just dropped a podcast episode (will be out 4am UK time tomorrow - 30/3) with the former head of UK international energy policy about the realities of the energy crisis to come. We're only getting started. I cannot believe how little the government has prepared the ground for what's coming...

President Donald Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He approved just 23 percent of disaster funding requests from states with a ... [link] TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]

8 Million Americans turned out to make No Kings 3 the biggest protest in our history. We did it because we love our country. We are committed to protect it from those who would do it harm. 🇺🇸 IM🍑MENT NOW!!!!! (Orange you glad I didn't mention his name? 🍊 🤮) #PresidementiaBelongsBehindBars

Trump suggested again that the U.S. might move away from its commitment to defend NATO allies, criticizing them for not supporting the war in Iran. TAT: [Foreign policy]

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that President Trump is “winning” his feud against the “fake news media. “President Trump took on the fake news media and Pr... TAT: [Controlling information | Suppressing dissent]

All* the significant long-term trends in climate over the last 60 years or so are driven by human activity. *very minor caveats apply

1/ The world is facing a 'ticking time bomb' from its supply of oil, according to a briefing note from JP Morgan. Physical scarcity of oil is about to unfold across the globe, spreading sequentially through April from east to west, causing major economic disruption worldwide. ⬇️

FBI director Kash Patel seeks to make public decade-old documents on Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) despite no public evidence of wrongdoing, officials said. It is highly unusual for the FBI to release case files tied to a probe that did not ... TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]

Defense Secretary Hegseth is increasingly injecting combative Christianity into America’s military. During one meeting he suggested that Americans take a knee and pray to Jesus for the success of U.S. forces in the Middle East. A few days later, he read... TAT: [Nationalism | Undermining democracy]

One in five UK hospitality businesses fear collapse as costs surge

Difficult to think of a more humiliating moment for the US. Certainly worse than Iraq or Afghanistan. You have to go back to the fall of Saigon to find anything comparable.

Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche endorsed sending ICE agents to voting sites. With his comments, Blanche is now the most prominent Trump official to voice suppo... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]

The Department of Justice acknowledged in court Thursday that it plans to share voter registration data it gets from states with the Department of Homeland Security, so that the data can be run through a U.S. citizenship check housed at DHS. TAT: [Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]

This point from @ldfreedman.bsky.social (who's been in Washington this week) is key. Out of malice and stupidity the Trump administration has destroyed its own decision-making capabilities.

I'm not sure it's part of a long term strategy either - at least, not while those advocating it remain unclear on who pays for it and who owns it. bsky.app/profile/adsq...

Documents show that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Trump used studies funded by chemical trade groups to loosen restrictions on regulations around formaldehyde, a highly toxic carcinogen. TAT: [Attacking science]

Florida's public universities will no longer allow a standalone introductory sociology course to count toward general-education requirements after state leaders on Thursday approved a sweeping, systemwide ban that reflects years of Republican criticism of the discipline TAT: [Attacking education]

Ryan is our young peron lead on our SPROCKET hub to improve services for children and young people with complex health needs

Trump lies about EVERYTHING.

Badenoch criticised for ‘peddling dangerous fantasy’ about North Sea oil drilling

Since the start of President Trump’s second term, there have been more than a dozen instances of his name, image or signature emblazoned on a variety of American initiatives and institutions. Here is a look at that ever-growing list.

Deportations, racism and the manosphere - last week in Trump's America. youtube.com/shorts/Svv2-...

Same with the fixation on the North sea oil/gas. There's an argument for giving more licences (more tax revenue in the 2030s) but it's so marginal to the real questions around this conflict.

That UK government ever considers asserting its contractual rights against a major supplier is rare and welcome. And here, this is especially welcome. This will not be easy but it can be done, but it is good it is being seriously considered at all. www.ft.com/content/2d2b...

This was @jburnmurdoch.ft.com's piece today. www.ft.com/content/3880... And the piece both of the did a few days ago: www.ft.com/content/7325...

Trump, appearing before a Saudi business forum in Miami, touted what he said were U.S. wins in its war against Iran and warned Cuba would be “next.” In relation to Cube he said “And Cuba is next by the way, but pretend I did... TAT: [Foreign policy | Controlling information | Undermining democracy]

ICE (immigration enforcement) doubled its use of ankle monitors for legal immigrants in the past year. According to the ICE fiscal report for feb'26 the number now stands at 42,000, up from 24,00 reported by the Washington Post in June 2025. TAT: [Nationalism]

Deportations, racism and the manosphere - last week in Trump's America. youtube.com/shorts/Svv2-...

🙌 Fab interviewing from Mr Kenny Campbell. 🎧One to listen too on @quietriotpod.bsky.social as we come to an end of #longcovidawarenessmonth

Florida dumbs down some more www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...