WATCH THIS >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx0I...

All that mobile phone coverage from Minneapolis is brilliant, and vital. Citizen witnessing. Your occasional reminder of what the police put out after the George Floyd murder, before Darnella Frazier's brave phone record was released...

NEW: Huge anti-ICE protests across the US last night. Here are some of the sights and sounds as people took to the streets in cities all across the country. Have we reached a tipping point?

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The UK-based Guardian is doing the job of honestly covering U.S. politics that American legacy media have largely failed to do. The content is free, but they need your donations to keep up the vital work. I've given them my $$. @theguardian.com

Our new Capitol Hill reporter has been absolutely everywhere this week working day and night. It has been really fun to have someone ask questions the entire team comes up for Members of Congress in real time. “Here comes Rep. X, what do you want me to ask him?”

I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.

One of these episodes will surely end in tears.

Do any of you know of a simple way of testing if an mp4 video file is ai-generated?

I didn't realise when I wrote Empireland and Empireworld that they would basically become manuals The new era of resource imperialism - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

Somehow very hard to listen to Radio 3's uber-jolly 'American Road Trip' this week.

gentle reminder

BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews

Wall Tile https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.638

parallel universe

⚡️ BREAKING: Oreshnik IRBM missile used in strike on Ukraine's Lviv, Russia says. The Oreshnik is a Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear weapons.

Sending love out in these dark turbulent times x

ATTENTION PEOPLE IN AND NEAR SHREWSBURY! There are now only a few seats left for The Night Sky Show at @theatresevern I expect it will sell out very soon, so book now to avoid disappointment www.theatresevern.co.uk/whats-on/the...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

As of 18:45 UTC (10:15 PM local), traffic to Iran has stopped as the country has completely severed itself from the global internet.

The Roman Colosseum is depicted on this coin that was minted sometime between AD 80 & 81, soon after the building was completed. It was issued by Emperor Titus, reputedly for distribution in the arena as a mark of Imperial benevolence. This specimen is from the Hunterian collection.

Here's our recent guide on the most effective surveillance-evading gear from Faraday pouches to things you probably already own.

Get off X.

Big. This is BIG.

If you’re still Using X <Twitter> Think Again

Make this go viral. Labour MP Louise Haigh.

Do you agree, @juliabuckley.bsky.social ? I hope so, and I hope you'll let Sir Keir know in no uncertain terms.

Jan's always a bit horrid. Cold, grey & damp, certainly if u live on our wee rocks. Trumps new years resolution to break absolutely everything both domestically & internationally means, I think, we need a wee splash of colour to try and bring some light to the bleakness🎨⛈️ #macro #macrophotography

Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

meanwhile, in Aleppo

“can I go check her pulse?” “No” “ I’m a physician” “I don’t care”

This is also a field test. If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with. Nothing.

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Dragon-headed Stand https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.8

"we live in a world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world". (Stephen Miller, White House deputy Chief of Staff). This is what that world looks like. The history of freedom is the struggle to constrain power by law

Today (8 I 2025) at Warsaw Late Antique Seminar : Simcha Gross (University of Pennsylvania), Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors: Communities and Empire on the Roman-Sasanian Frontier. As always in person (in snow-covered Warsawa) and online.

#OTD in 1823, Alfred R Wallace was born. He independently co-discovered the "Darwin-Wallace" theory of evolution by natural selection, & much more! Suggested reading: Costa's book (2023 @princetonupress.bsky.social) Summary: jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2024/01/06/h... 🧪🌍💙📚👀📅🗃️ #histsci #ecoevo

Walz was of course Harris' running mate. There's a very high level of vindictiveness behind the ICE deployment to Walz's state if I'm not mistaken.

A ghastly day.

Please spread the word and join us. Vigil scheduled for 5:00 today at E. 34th Street and Portland Ave S. in Minneapolis for woman murdered by ICE agents.

The Canine and Feline Science Winter Webinar Series starts next week and gives you the chance to learn more about dogs and/or cats from an evidence-based perspective. Details here: www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2025/11/the-...

stunning

My dad died of Parkinson's. If you've seen neurodegeneration up close, you understand why prevention matters. COVID has been linked to increased neurological risk, including Parkinson-like syndromes. Some viruses are known to cause long-term neurodegeneration. fortune.com/well/2024/01...

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okay here we go

Just wondering how the UK Govt squares its ongoing presence on X with this:

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⚡ Russia sent a submarine to shield a sanctioned oil tanker. The Wall Street Journal reports Moscow deployed a sub to protect a “shadow fleet” vessel trying to evade the US Coast Guard in the Atlantic. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...