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Folks who are not at #IABS (Intl Association of Buddhist Studies Conf at Leipzig) but wish they were, check out this line up on multi-disciplinary panel "Buddhist Responses to Nature, Ecology, and the Climate Crisis" - no registration required. www.urz.uni-leipzig.de/en/unsere-se...

What are some of the legitimate grievances that are driving people to Reform? A dual national I know described the UK as being New York prices on Alabama salaries, and that is true… This has been compounded by the Brexit thing, our economy has just not been growing, wages have just not been going up. A lot of children are growing up in poverty. So there are real, real things that are wrong with the country. That said, would I say that Reform is channeling those legitimate concerns? No, Reform is primarily about opposition to immigration. It is about a committed revulsion-based opposition to a multiethnic multiracial society and a symbolically equal citizenry. It is a true far right party. Brits often don't think about it in these terms, we see them as like “cheeky chappy conservatives” but that's because Brits can be profoundly fucking stupid sometimes. They are a far right party. And to the extent that they're positioning themselves as being able to answer those economic problems they do so by way of immigration. They do so by way of saying “what's gone wrong? And why we're having these problems is because too many immigrants are coming in.” And I stress that that is not a concern that can ever be addressed. It's not something that you can ever give them: something that will make them happy because it is not based on anything real. Britain in fact in terms of asylum claims, for instance, actually really shirks our international obligations in terms of the numbers of refugees that we resettle when there's a crisis in Syria or Afghanistan. Other European countries are way more generous than we are. There are reasonably high levels of immigration right now but that's because we need it: Our care sector would collapse without it, our HE sector would collapse without it.

Toby Buckle (polphilpod.bsky.social)‬ summarises the view on Reform in 2025:

People still are tragically underestimating what this is doing to our societies.
The rich got richer and richer, super rich, mega rich. They are dictating policies.
So it gets worse — and they get richer. It tears our societies apart.

Legality vs Reality: Could Western leaders face consequences for complicity in genocide? A growing number of genocide scholars have accused Israel of committing the crime of crimes in Gaza.

The conclusion that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza has been reached by some of the world’s most eminent scholars who study the crime of crimes.
http://jrnl.ie/6779851

How can health be further integrated in urban development policymaking in the United Kingdom? A systems mapping approach - Health Research Policy and Systems Background In the United Kingdom the government’s new health mission aims to reduce the burden on healthcare services by shifting from treating poor health to prevention. Delivering this requires acti...

A new paper by @geoffbates.bsky.social, Pablo Newberry, Rachael McClatchey, @jacknewman.bsky.social and @sarahayres.bsky.social explores how health is integrated in urban development, and how to bring about change to support healthier development.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1186/s129...

"It's just fields and fields of gray ash."

www.instagram.com/reel/DM8H5L2...

You will not see a more tangible encapsulation of the genocide. A war of utter annihilation waged as a joint enterprise between the Israeli state on the ground and its allies in consistent support. The debt of reparations that the West owes to the Palestinian people at this point is incalculable.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Part of a report by Emma Murphy.

It's genocide.

Proper thread after the summer break– but if you were looking for a beach read about political reasoning in today's working class, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Calling Starmer's Labour right-wing might seem silly, but their politics are clearly more performative than ideological, and the performance shows:

1. They're Conservatives with an inferiority complex and,
2. They loathe the left for exhibiting the moral fibre they think distinguishes them in 1.

Labour on climate or Palestine activists demanding action: go to jail

Labour on literal fascists calling people of colour scum: we hear your worries

Gaza Starvation Photos Tell a Thousand Lies Hamas propaganda exploits seriously ill children, and Western media go along.

The editors who published this should go straight to The Hague. I mean literally, according to the terms of international law such as it exists.

Civic vs blood and soil

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Thanks IS

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names. Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

"60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names."

Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.

UK will recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire and other conditions - live updates Starmer says the UK will take the step at a UN meeting unless Israel makes

The 147 other nations that already recognise Palestinian statehood do so because it is the right thing to do, not as a threat or a bargaining chip. God, what a grubby, venal, craven embarrassment of a country this makes us look.

www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...

'No Other Land' Contributor Odeh Hadalin Killed in West Bank Settler Attack Odeh Hadalin, a contributor to the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land,' was reportedly killed in an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

Palestinian activist Odeh Hadalin (a.k.a. Awdah Hathaleen), who was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was shot to death in the West Bank on Monday.

It’s not “I told you so.”
It’s “look what you were complicit in. you are accountable.”

Pretty sure this is me!

Politics has become middle management for technocracy, and platforms turn the individual into both product and producer on their digital fiefdoms, feeding us whatever gets engagement to keep us hooked, with truth and accuracy being thrown in the waste bin.

Can and will never be allowed to happen.

Indeed it was not allowed to happen quite recently.

Should have added /sarc to that comment.

Thrilled to share that The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Violent Extremism is now available. Milan Obaidi's and my goal was to create the book we missed as students—a complete overview over every major perspective in the field.

BREAKING: The number of Palestinians who have died from Israeli-induced starvation in Gaza has risen to 147 people, including 88 children, says Gaza's health ministry.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ym2wr7

He means liberal centrists

The left did what now?