1/ Industrialization shifting on the African continent. Industries anchored in South Africa once. Now? Morocco “sustained modernisation of its productive system, diversification of its exports and the effective implementation of its industrial policy”. www.theafricareport.com/420195/how-m...

"Good news, boss: the dodgy money stories aren't cutting through!"

In 10 years in power, Tony Blair’s government was almost entirely captured by the banking sector, letting banks do as they chose, irrespective of the risks to customers, the economy, or taxpayers. Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan rewarded Blair with a £3.2m-a-year part-time role 6 months after he left No 10

"The single most divisive foreign policy issue of the election cycle...was erased from the official narrative."

🚨Elon Musk has boosted the public profile of Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe on X, pulling Britain’s political discourse towards extreme content and amplifying his influence ahead of a knife-edge election in Makerfield More @FT: as.ft.com/r/80f4639f-0...

"On May 18, President Trump posted some fan fiction about his ill-fated war against Iran and got pre-mad at the “Fake News Media” for not covering his imaginary victory in a sufficiently fawning manner. Eight days later, Trump posted the exact same thing again." www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-iran

You don't have to overturn Citizens United to beat it. Corporations only exist because states charter them, so a state can decide spending in elections isn't a power they wield. Not regulation, redefinition. Hawaii made it law. Montana's gathering signatures. More states are watching.

Record May temperatures, let’s DRILL baby!

I have donated to Wikipedia. I will do so no longer, unless they actually fix this. medium.com/@jakeorlowit...

Invoking Trump, Meloni and Milei as proof that voters want cults while insisting he is a sensible technocratic realist. This is Blairism with an AI wrapper: pro US, markets, deregulation, welfare cuts, techuptopia and impatience with democratic drag. Nah institute.global/insights/pol...

"Africa does not need to become a replica of the West. Africa has the opportunity, and perhaps the responsibility, to help design a different civilizational model altogether; one rooted in solidarity rather than extraction...." globalsouthperspectives.substack.com/p/africa-day...

India’s dangerously torrid summer days have long been a climate warning. Now the country is increasingly dealing with sweltering nights too, as global warming and poor urban planning put millions at risk.

Onward with your brilliance. R.I.P. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Wouldn’t it be great if America got back to being a country that didn’t reward disgusting, vile and evil behaviour?

“I hear very troubling accounts of algorithms that can block access to healthcare, employment and security on the basis of data tainted by prejudice and injustice,” says @pontifex, launching call for ethical oversight of AI in his first major work as pope www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

What happened was a short, sharp crisis driven by regulatory failure in a specific financial instrument, resolved within weeks by central bank intervention, and embedded in a global rate cycle that had nothing to do with Liz Truss. vincegomez.com/articles/the...

The Guardian view on 100 years after Miles Davis’s birth: why he still shapes modern music >> “The trumpeter, composer and band leader still towers over jazz because he treated reinvention not as a betrayal, but as necessary for its survival” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At least £325bn of ‘dirty money’ flows through UK each year, says report

Pro-war Russian nationalists can't accept that a war against Ukraine and the EU requires a level of economic strength that exceeds Russia's capacity. So rather than ask tough questions about sustainability of Russia's great power status, they will construct a domestic stab in the back myth instead

As far as I can tell from reporting, there's no breakthrough with Iran. There is only another classic Trump faux deal that leaves us and the region in a worse position than we all were prior to the start of this illegal, foolish, costly war. All hard issues are punted to the indefinite future.

Marsalis' gracious concession after Davis's death: "Few in jazz or in any other music have been as good as he was at his best" Amen to that.

Sometimes, a scandal is so big you have to pick off one piece of it. So in the case of Trump's insane stock trading, pick this: He did 6 trades of Intel stock. That company now counts the US government as a $9 billion stakeholder, thanks to Trump's intervention. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Gender is innate and immutable but also so fragile that it can be destroyed by drinking out of a straw 🤔

Tesco boss’s pay rises by more than £1m to £10.8m. 3m Britons skip meals, can't afford to buy food. Tesco profits hit £3.15bn. There are no controls of fat-cattery. Shareholder votes are advisory, not binding. Workers have no say. Customers have no say.

Rather ironic that the democratisation of investment has unshackled Musk from the constraints of actual capitalism - his companies are largely garbage but he can attract hundreds billions of dollars of investment because Joe Rogan listeners believe his gibberish about Mars.

If it is to renew itself, Labour needs a leadership contest. Ideological fights can deepen division. But Andy Burnham matters beyond personal ambition: he represents a different emotional tone and understanding of state, nation, economy and society www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour’s parliamentary majority created the illusion of dominance. Underneath it lay a shallow and brittle voting bloc – one that plainly feels taken for granted by Sir Keir’s leadership www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Excellent analysis from my BBC elections team colleague and YouGov data guru @patrick-pme.bsky.social on what the local elections data tells us about whether Labour is losing more to Greens or Reform. Spoiler alert: its the Greens open.substack.com/pub/patricke...

Ick. as.ft.com/r/1b47828a-0...

If defeating Reform mattered more than protecting his own position,the PM would be sending Labour’s most popular politician – Andy Burnham – to parliament, not sidelining him. Why should a leader unequal to the political moment continue leading through it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The tribalist Labour right are why Labour are cratering in the polls, part 357 Luke Akehurst won’t be happy until he’s destroyed the Labour Party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Ag secretary confirming 1 in 4 US farmers has no fertilizer secured, American Farm Bureau survey says up to 70% can’t afford enough fertilizer for the season under the spiked costs Honestly shocked this isn’t bigger news. 25% of farms are just not planting at all this season. Farm bankruptcy up 46%

I doubt anyone would attempt to apply this provision of the IHRA today but @jolyon.goodlawproject.org is clearly correct that it is no longer fit for purpose. IMK sticking with it just gives actual antisemitism an easy get-out.

Times headline "Muslim voters rank Gaza over the economy in local election poll" is reporting a poll where the top issue for [some] Muslim voters was the cost of living (50%) ahead of Gaza on 25% and economy on 21% Anti-Muslim hostility on 22% Times headline gives an entirely misleading impression

somewhere there are people living this life. unbelievable pics from Tsomgo Lake in the himalayas, sikkim, India sikkim.ch/en/blog-post...

Important pushback against algorithmic wage-setting - also, easy to see a direct line from @veenadubal.bsky.social’s work on “algorithmic gamblification”! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

We must come to terms with the fact that anything that Donald Trump or any member of his administrations says is automatically a lie.

Environmentalism without class politics is gardening.

So Eric Trump is now threatening to sue MeidasTouch because our editor-in-chief simply reported on the massive amounts of money he and Don Jr. are making off government contracts. File the lawsuit Eric. We’d love to put you under oath. Our message: www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-fami...

This time next week there's going to be a lot of hot takes and spin knocking around, especially re: Reform. I've written a short primer for @politicshome.bsky.social on how to stay sane and navigate the immediate post-election chaos. Thread here too. 🧵 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Long term left swing voter here. Mostly vote Labour. I am absolutely not voting Labour ever again until they kick the anti-immigrant and edpecially anti-refugee ideologies of people like Mahmood to the kerb.

Tony Blair’s thinktank urges Labour to scrap ‘unaffordable’ pension triple lock. 2m pensioners live in poverty. Full post-2016 state pension is received by 35% of retirees, less than 50% of minimum wage. Silence on taxing the rich, redistribution, ending corporate welfare.

Amitav Ghosh on the vicious inequalities that are at the core of the monstrous dramas of those "intent on preserving their historical advantages and those who are not only determined to resist but now also have the means to do so" Erasmus prize lecture: erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...

AP: Supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement that Iran will protect its nuclear and missile capabilities as a national asset, likely drawing a hard line as President Trump seeks a wider deal. Khamenei also insisted Americans belong “at the bottom” of the Persian Gulf.

Healthcare spending accounted for 47.2% of consumption growth in Q1

What do conservatives always say when liberals criticize a Supreme Court decision? "Get Congress to pass a law," right? That is EXACTLY what happened here. In 1982, Congress explicitly overruled a Court case that narrowly interpreted the VRA. Today, Sam Alito said, nope, we were right all along.

The conservative justices talk all this shit about how they are mere faithful "interpreters" of laws that Congress passes. They are lying, but they are never lying harder than when, as here, their response to Congress passing a law they don't PERSONALLY like is "nah, we know better."

people fucking died for the voting rights act. to wave it away with a magic wand is just so grotesque