We need to stop talking about <the war> in Gaza - there is no war Israel is not taking casualties, it is driving civilians in front of a terror machine and making a wasteland of all and any territory it clears to present a fait accompli that it hopes will lead to flight of the civilian population

'Cairo is acutely aware that displaced populations would likely remain targets of Israeli military action, given Israel’s established record of cross-border strikes in Lebanon, Syria, and elsewhere' writes H A Hellyer in the latest RUSI Commentary.

this is the way

Evangelical converts to Catholicism are appropriating Italian culture. Being Catholic and going to war with the Pope was something they've been doing for *centuries* and then some waspy MFer stumbles in like he invented being a Ghibelline.

Pope Bob Vs the TradCaths - that's a smackdown on the Whitehouse Lawn I would lay out the good diñero for

amazing watching tradcath converts discover they are protestants.

“There is something genuinely wrong with this man and the 25th amendment ought to be invoked.” Truth bomb from @govpritzker.illinois.gov 💣

this is grim

This is lucid and good. Start your day with this! www.techdirt.com/2025/09/30/h...

This is the wierdest thing about America

The kids are alright

At 16 I got a letter calling me in for an interview about my National Insurance No. Went in. Oh must be a mistake. Went home. Got another letter. Went in. Oh must be a mistake. Got a 3rd letter Went in Is the problem that I'm white and born in Trinidad? No, no, no Went home Got NI No...

That is funny :)

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[a historian muttering] ship tax [BlueSky intellectuals] ship tax? ship tax? ship tax? [GoP thinktanks and Fox News] SHIP TAX! SHIP TAX! SHIP TAX!

Sophia reporting from the Conscience Both Italy and Spain have withdrawn their ships, abandoning the Global Sumud Flotilla to be intercepted by the Israelis

This should gladden the hearts of anyone who wants a better public service - Janet Hughes as DG Public Service Reform

Its a good piece of reportage but it assumes that the Armed Forces will remain steadfast (unlike every other American insititution) without addressing in concrete terms what happens if Trump decides to use them domestically

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

Tony Blair signed up to a plan which was announced to the Press Then Netanyahu arrives and whem he leaves the plan has been edited by him So which plan are we supporting at this Munich? Which piece of paper are they waving from the aircraft steps? Which peace is it in our time?

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I couldn't give a Flying Duck! D'ya see wut I done there? did ya? did ya?

Another shower thought - in normal times a coup-in-progress, for instance rounding up members of the Cabinet to get them to do an Article 25 ejection of El Presidente, would be very obvious in Washington But after Trump's shenanigens who's going to notice a dozen truckloads of sodgers in DC?

Given there were a number of senior female soldiers there and Plastered Pete told them to their faces he was going to fire them...

generals gathered in their masses/president calls them all fatasses

Broke: Usar o Tinder Woke: Usar o LinkedIn Bespoke:

I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email

Also if I was coup-minded then a big excuse to get with colleagues across the piece would be handy

She's not wrong

All this shaving and powerlifting just to go into combat and hear the high-pitched bzzzzzzzzz above you

Michael Portillo's S. A. S. speech sez "hiya"

Loads of HCI work too about how delays and wait time enable set up for better task completion. We *need* friction in systems, which the AI-or-bust lot fail to recognise.

I soooo want someone to set up a Spotify jukebox in a pub just so I can go drop a 59 minute Umm Kulthum song on it for 50p

View from the office

Because much of my professional life is pointing out how laws meant for one thing are used for something else: the Trump administration is using a law meant to protect access to abortion clinics, which it is no longer enforcing, to go after pro-Palestinian protesters. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

In an atttempt to prevent a deal Israel has already killed the Hamas negotiating team and attacked a UUs ally Qatar What stunt next to derail this one? A fake atrocity?

bwa-ha-ha the Arabs just outbid the Israelis

The ADL defended Elon Musk's "awkward gesture." Now he calls it a hate group.

Do we think Netanyahu who spent 25 years saying <I support 2 states> in English and <there will never be a Palestinian state> in Hebrew can be trusted when he declares support for Trump's 2 state plan? Do our heads button up the back?

Labour conference approves motion saying genocide taking place in Gaza, and calling for arms embargo - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

In the spirit of the Skibereen Eagle let me make an offer to all the talented people in Holywood...

You can't lose your job. You can't get sick. You can't be disabled. You can't retire. You can't even get a traffic ticket. You have to be more perfect than any UK citizen ever has to be. It's WILD. Performative nonsense that no one can possibly achieve.

This 70s-TV-Children's-Show-Magpie-themed poster for Make Or Break (End Decline, Save Britain) has enormous <Does anyone remember Spangles, 18k likes, 2,734 retweets> energy

That's how David Cameron won the the Tory leadership, and he was a great PM who, oh...

Looking forward to Trump and Putin blaming the Trans Dinestrians for the election result in Moldova

“My wife went to Riyadh to see an edgy comedian” “Jimmy Carr?” “No, she went of her own accord”

When asked what mercury looks like in a Year 2 chemistry lesson, "delicious" is the wrong answer, apparently. I was teased as "brain damage boy" until I started university.