Grief and resilience shape everyday life in Ukraine as Russia's war causes deep psychological scars.

Good morning. These institutions, built over decades, are flawed, but we'll miss them when they're gone. Scary to think where we got to. #UN www.bbc.com/news/article...

This story is fascinating & multifaceted. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1. We wring hands about young being on phones all time but it's more elderly folks who are on Facebook, Nextdoor etc. visibly engaging in toxic online discussions, amplifying conspiracy theories. 2. Politicians & media...

Tommy Robinson is backing Reform candidate Matthew Goodwin. And Goodwin won’t distance himself from the former EDL leader.

BREAKING: At least 25 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/yd606g

JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”

"A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota" www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...

One by one, they're coming after our most fundamental freedoms, our basic rights. Systematically. Using every tool at their disposal. Freedom of expression. The right to assembly. The right to vote. They have been since Day 1. We're in serious trouble, folks. Fight back or lose them forever.

Happening now: breathtaking aerial view of today’s immense protest in Minneapolis Minnesota! Just wow 🤩

Yep. Finally time to unshoot ourselves in the foot.

Six days ago federal officers murdered a man in the streets of Minneapolis and we still don't know their identities. Is there any modern precedent for this?

The more I watch this from Hannah Spencer, two things happen: 1. The more I like it and her. 2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering. ... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.

Trump threatened decertifying Bombardier's planes and slapping new tariffs if Canada did not certify rival US planes.

Not enough reflection on why UK economy is so much less dynamic. Nor a willingness to take a hard look in the mirror. Far too much complacency. It’s not just political leadership. Our media and universities also propagate the myth of how innovative we are. Truth: the Chinese are eating our lunch.

The pivot from 'we shouldn't bother with Net Zero 'cause China' to 'How does China have a massive lead in so many key 21st century technologies' doesn't seem to have caused any reflection at all from quite a few parties.

Left: Matt Goodwin appeals to the people of Gorton and Denton, "Let's work together and make history, pushing this country in a different direction" Right: Matt Goodwin says immigrants from "Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, China..undermine the foundations of this country"

For the record, this man does NOT speak for academia or for anyone but himself.

“Mr.Trump expressed concern about the killing to aides&allies. But his frustrations were more *about the coverage* of the events rather than the incident itself…The president told people that the killing of Mr.Pretti &the protests were overshadowing his accomplishments on immigration and the border”

More and more children are going to die. And parents will learn the hard way what happens when we stop immunising our kids and lose herd immunity. For 2025 and 2026, measles victims #285, #286, #287 etc - those lives lost are on Trump, RFK, and the antivaxxers.

Agree with Uri’s take. But now let’s make a small adjustment to make it even more accurate!

For those who still think that elections will be “free and fair”, there are many many ways in which this kind of data can be used to strike off voters, intimidate them, or direct misinformation directly to them. Why Is the Trump Administration Demanding Minnesota’s Voter Rolls?

A Catholic priest worked alongside Pretti for 10 years as a chaplain at a VA Medical Center, where Pretti was an ICU nurse. “He was known for his kindness and gentleness to patients. So don’t, please, pay any attention to the vilification from our national leaders.” www.wlbt.com/2026/01/26/p...

One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

He was the best of us

If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.

Future Hollywood actress Audrey Hepburn lived in the Netherlands during WW2 where as a 15 yr old she bravely aided resistance groups against the Nazis by delivering papers and also messages to downed Allied pilots #WomensArt

@srd.bsky.social Deleted that one. I’d like to think he dropped out for the right reasons but too hard to say.

How can Rutte expect any sane European to *trust* the US to defend us going forward? This only works when Dems and Republicans are BOTH committed to defending Europe and see it as being in their own interests to do so. GOP is not committed. Trust in American defence is now irreparably broken.

A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line

“The delinquent officers include Minnesota-based ICE agent Alexander Steven Back, who was arrested…for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor, in a multiagency sting… ‘When he was arrested, he said, “I’m ICE, boys,” Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges told reporters at the time of Back’s capture.”

All social science profs are eligible nominators! Let’s do this en masse! #NobelforMinnesota

Interesting development for One Nation Tories. Good luck to them- this will be hard to pull off. Change UK should be the example here, not Reform.

He may forget about your country once he starts bombing Iran 🤷‍♀️

STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE

To stop an authoritarian leader without using violence, people must take to the streets. It’s how the Berlin Wall fell in East Germany. It’s how Ben Ali was forced out during the Arab Spring. It’s how Al Bashir was kicked out of Sudan. The good people of Minnesota understand all of this.

Some of the many thousands of brave, normal people who are leading the Minnesota resistance -- along with, tragically, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

The whole interview is worth it

Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics

This guy is climbing Taipei 101 and not stopping at Din Tai Fung? Outrageous.

Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It. “…measures could include intellectual property revocations that could damage American Big Tech. The anti-coercion instrument also allows retaliation against individuals and businesses that act on behalf of coercive governments.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

This perfectly demonstrates the pernicious nature of BBC two-sidism. It almost always benefits the side with the most power. In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it

We’re all treating this moment as if protesters will maintain the right to protest, that rule of law will hold, that these courageous citizens won’t be imprisoned. But the price of dissent is going UP & UP. Before uploading, let’s try to blur faces and alter voices to keep protesters safe.

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.

What happens when local police defy ICE to protect their citizens? What if ICE shoots into the crowd? What if ICE shoots at police? This has major implications. ICE is acting like a militia outside the rule of law so be prepared for this to happen. This could give Trump excuse for #InsuregencyAct

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

I just thought everyone should see this

The president is now demanding the investigation of a member of Congress for “Political Crimes”