1/ Brutally murdering women in front of their children has effectively been legalised in Russia, due to the Russian government's policy of allowing pre-trial detainees to go to Ukraine to fight rather than facing justice. A horrific case from Voronezh highlights the problem. ⬇️

It’s not just Palestinians, even Bedouin are not safe

You wouldn't know it from much of the coverage but Reform are now seven points lower in the polls, on average, than they were six months ago

Puppet master cuts strings

Bravo

#WATCH | Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, describes how Israeli lawmakers forced their way into the agency's headquarters in Jerusalem and celebrated its destruction and burning in front of cameras. (QNN)

For the first time ever, Arab states use the term apartheid in a joint statement condemning Israel for its passage of a new and openly racist death penalty law.

A 3,200 year-old painted scene of a lion and a gazelle playing a board game, probably senet. From an ancient Egyptian illustrated papyrus showing animals taking on human roles in comic situations where they act against their natural instincts. 📷 British Museum #Archaeology

Mail Carrier Hurt To Learn Residents On His Route Have Been Receiving Electronic Mail https://theonion.com/mail-carrier-hurt-to-learn-residents-on-his-route-have-been-receiving-electronic-mail/

"Among young American men, the strongest predictor of support for the tradwife lifestyle was not gallantry but HOSTILITY TOWARDS WOMEN." Christian Nationalists and the Taliban have more in common than they realize: www.unwomen.org/en/articles/... www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

According to multiple sources, the regime in Iran publicly executed this 18-year-old youth today. He was convicted in a case linked to a fire at a Basij base during the protests in Tehran in January. His name was Amirhossein Hatami.

Uuumm. WCPGW?

A brief history of cowards behind desks threatening to bomb people back in time. Reading reminds just how much odious white men love to repeat history’s mistakes apjjf.org/nick-cullath...

In the war of words, Hegseth has a rubber sword

Motherfuckers www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social going to be busy

1/ My first story as a @propublica.org climate reporter: I discovered that the Trump appointee in charge of rewriting methane rules at the EPA was – just four years ago – an unnamed author of an oil industry response to those same rules. His name isn't in the document itself, but…

Kids today ……. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7...

The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who was left on the freezing streets of Buffalo by Border Patrol officers, was ruled a homicide. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

EXCLUSIVE: “Casualty Cover-Up”: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Casualties Under Trump in the Middle East The Pentagon has sent outdated statements on the number of U.S. troops killed or injured during the Iran War, resulting in undercounts. theintercept.com/2026/04/01/i...

BREAKING: Iran President Pezeshkian releases a lengthy public letter addressed to the American people ahead of Trump's address, defending its actions, denying it poses a threat, and blaming the U.S. for escalating conflict—while warning that continued attacks will deepen instability and resentment.

That hit home

NEW: The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who was left on the freezing streets of Buffalo by Border Patrol officers, was ruled a homicide. New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating.

The Toy Record shop (over at heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com ) now comes in a snazzy box!

Further developments today with the group behind the Golders Green fire and other attacks on Jewish and American targets across Europe 3 men have been arrested in London and in Paris, investigators say suspects were paid €500 to €1,000 to attack the Bank of America www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...

A must see

Fool me once ……..

A ha ha ha

New study: Giving Tamiflu to 70% of nursing home residents within 2 days of a flu outbreak is linked to significantly fewer hospitalizations. Read more: ow.ly/JAel50YBX5q 📷: US National Guard, Andrew J. Moseley / Flickr cc

If, rather than kid’s TV, Oliver Postgate’s fertile and inventive imagination had explored the darkest corners of life, this would have been the soundtrack. And dreamless sleep would be rare and precious in that timeline m.youtube.com/watch?v=9dN0...

TT nails it @tanyatagaq.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=xlRd...

What’s your favourite gesture? m.youtube.com/watch?v=fxuI...

Ruh roh

CPJ urges Iraqi authorities to take all necessary measures to secure the release of U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was abducted in the capital Baghdad on Tuesday. Read more: cpj.org/2026/04/race...

I am with you, mycelial networks, I too adjust my signalling in response to urine

Whoah there. Back to the dark ages for the US

Lessons from your petrol pump as.ft.com/r/a81bd077-3...

Journalism is supposed to challenge powerful actors - not amplify their talking points that dehumanise society's most vulnerable people. Yet, this is today's Express front page and its corresponding article. 💰 Funded by ads: #SkyUK, #Sainsburys, #Morrisons, #Lidl, #Asda & #Moonpig

grape Judas!

Bring it back. Bring them all back!

Applying some logic to the situation

“I really want to challenge the idea that closing supervised consumption sites makes neighbourhoods safer. It has actually made my neighbourhood a lot less safe. It has brought public drug use closer to children and families.”

Bought and paid for

Truth was the first casualty of this excursion long before weapons were launched

Dartmoor has been deliberately set ablaze tonight. An apocalyptic photo of swaling (moorland burning) that I’ve been sent, of the moor alight at Corndon Down, Spitchwick Common. All burning is meant to end on Dartmoor today, 31st March - and many birds will already be nesting this early spring. 😢

So what this describes is ethnic cleansing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...

Bottom trawling harvests immense numbers of fish. It tears up the seabed habitat the next generation of fish + shellfish need, so populations cannot recover quickly. With cod, herring & mackerel numbers at critical lows, we need to end this destructive practice: share.google/4tYqGHpuFQQl...

Imagine this happening here. Drastic

‘The UK is saying the same thing as the Taliban’: the women banned from studying in Britain It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics explain www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...