Careful and powerful analysis by @gregsargent.bsky.social of the New York Times treating Trump's propagandists as "provocateurs" and decision to treat MAGA's ideologically-driven lies as part of a legitimate clash of perspectives in describing Portland. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

This Palestinian man shed tears of joy upon finding his home in northern Gaza still standing. Thousands of Palestinians are returning mostly to rubble in the north, following the pullback of Israeli forces under the ceasefire terms.

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup" In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation 📹bokareva.solovey.m

"Fired in error" Bruh, it's your second term. This kinda stuff is amateur hour, you absolute numpty asshole idiot

Funny how I only ever hear stories about the EU entry scheme, not the UK equivalent...

God love Kew, this is incredible

“Reform seems to do very well at gaining elected officials, but not so well at keeping them. Since May, they have shed a remarkable 24 councillors for a variety of very embarrassing reasons, including losing eight in September alone.” @pimlicat.bsky.social

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick” Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

⚡️A Russian “stealth” submarine suddenly surfaced off France’s coast, prompting a French warship to shadow it in NATO waters.

Do not read how her body looked. Or do. That's what russian mir (peace/world) is. This is not a one off, this is centuries long murde show. Help Ukraine, help us. By listening, by growing a spine!

Making a mockery of the law: judicial treatment of non-volent direct action Judicial refusal to allow people to say why they are protesting is both illegal and immoral westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/hum...

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted: When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

A UK presenter shouldn’t crow about an audience’s ignorance of Nathan Gill who took bribes from Kremlin agents & was a close ally of Farage . It shows they have failed to do their job . What next , telling us that Watergate was one of the lowest points in investigative journalism 🥺 ?

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

Reading the tributes to Diane Keaton is a welcome reminder of the value of kindness. A lasting legacy.

Alex and I run through the latest on Gaza, the Nobel Peace Prize, the hubris of Reform UK, and our favourite guilty pleasure books PLUS we bring you TWO good news stories in Grin & Share It. 🎧👇

Imagine being the UK diplomat having to respond to these "concerns" about how intel is handled, knowing that on the other side the people in charge are Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and Donald Trump.

Breaking: Disturbing scenes out of Portland, 2025 — authorities warn the situation could escalate.

It’s got to be infuriating for Americans that in addition to the fascist takeover, these fascists are just really, really dumb.

Jenrick would make a pact with fascist thug Yaxley-Lennon if it got him into power. He’s a moral abyss. And the harm he does by pushing our political debate further and further to the ugliest, darkest corner of the far right is forever unforgivable.

Returning to ruins: Photos of Palestinian families going home apnews.com/photo-galler...

This week‘s Rant! is a different kind of #YachtWatch, looking at the limits of the law when dealing with asymmetric threats. Plus: two cases where we did get justice. open.substack.com/pub/alexzfin...

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

Actor Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

A Very Cynical Plan: 1. Lie about Antifa being real & powerful. 2. Lie about nonexistent "riots" in peaceful Democrat cities. 3. Lie that Jan 6 goons playing dress-up as ICE are sent to stop riots when they are going to start them. 4. Lie about who is funding Antifa so you can shut them down.

Typically astute analysis from @alanderminna.bsky.social 👇 "So far the main concept for deterrence by punishment has been “deterrence by attribution”, i.e. threatening reputational costs by naming and shaming. Unfortunately, Russia is clearly quite far beyond the point of caring about reputation."

Maria Bartiromo claims Americans being able to afford healthcare is "small potatoes" compared to Trump's dealings with Israel and Hamas. What happened to America first?

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/ newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Is this the country where you want to live? Where people get assaulted (and hospitalized) just for talking?

How do dodgy tax advisers respond when faced with evidence they created fake tax relief claims? 1️⃣ Admit it? 2️⃣ Say it was an honest mistake? 3️⃣ Threat and bluster? The answer is unlikely to surprise you.

Looks like No. 10 has blocked the launch of a crucial report from UK defence chiefs that says UK national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis/looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages & economic disaster potentially just years away. FFS. I mean SERIOUSLY?

NEWS! US government issue warning about potential link between toothpaste and decapitation  newsthump.com/2025/10/10/u...

I'm rather liking what I have seen of this Polanski feller so far...

In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce American propagandist Alexandra Jost, aka “Sasha”. She’s best known for being paid by the Russian state to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda — and for doing it with a big smile. 1/23

Oh Yea.....👍

Denne dokumentaren om høyreekstreme influensere er ekstra fin fordi den tematiserer noe som ofte overses i annen dekning: Samrøret mellom vestlig høyreekstremisme og Kreml. www.svtplay.se/video/jmLvZp...

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉 Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e... news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

What....the Nobel Peace Prize not to Donald Trump🇺🇸 To a person that did not destroy food aid leading to as many as 14 million souls crying to God for help 🔥

They gave it to a… woman. She’s Venezuelan. And Antifa.

Interesting statement on the shadow fleet by an interesting group of countries from G7 and the Nordic-Baltic 8++: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

🙏 High-rise building in Kyiv, after an enemy attack… 12 people injured in massive Russian attack on capital. Metro operates on modified routes. Left Bank still without power.

The Nobel Peace Prize being won by a woman means we can look forward to an unhinged stream of ranting from Emperor Wotsit

NEWS! Fury as man who threatened to invade Greenland and who uses military against own people fails to win Nobel Peace Prize newsthump.com/2025/10/10/f...

Introduction to Carl Schmitt’s Friend/Enemy Distinction (German).

Nach Transmenschen und Migrant:innen wird "die Antifa" ein "enemy". Das ist Freund-Feind-Markierung nach Carl Schmitt: "Die Begriffe Freund, Feind und Kampf erhalten ihren realen Sinn dadurch, dass sie insbesondere auf die reale Möglichkeit der physischen Tötung Bezug haben und behalten."

I never thought we would celebrate people leaving the US who feared political persecution. In my professional life that kind of relief was reserved for dissidents from Russia, China, Turkey, Saudi-Arabia and the like.