Aditya Iyer 🍉

so about the relationship between the state and capital

But fuck the government:

Labour front benchers scratch their heads and wonder why their base has collapsed, why so many people are disillusioned, frustrated, furious. I mean, what is it about pissing on every value and principle your party once upheld that alienates the electorate? Beats me. 🤔

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

The moral arc of history is a long one but it eventually skews towards JUSTICE. Shame on the UK Govt - which knowingly is enabling Israel's genocide whilst doing its best to silence dissent and outrage from its citizens: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Trump revokes US scientific finding behind climate change regulations Trump administration rescinds 'endangerment finding' that serves as the legal bases to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Trump administration rescinds 'endangerment finding' that serves as the legal bases to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

I’m Not Done With You | Mary Turfah You cannot harm a corpse, though you can use it to harm others.

"Israel’s systemic mutilation of Palestinians, especially children, who today represent the largest pediatric amputee population in the world... emerges in part because it transfigures the Arab body into a marker of Jewish supremacy"
thebaffler.com/latest/im-no...

People walking on a road as a wildfire blazes behind them in Argentina, January 2026. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo.

NEW – Climate change made ‘fire weather’ in Chile and Argentina three times more likely

By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @yaninequiroz.bsky.social

Read here ➡️ buff.ly/8Pe4cmq

Jeff Bezos’ calculated gutting of the Washington Post is a tragedy for journalists But a clear warning sign for the future of the fourth estate as corporate tycoons continue to degrade and defang the means of speaking…

Scribbled down a few thoughts after the news about Bezos' gutting of the @washingtonpost.com: medium.com/p/jeff-bezos...

UNICEF: 37 Palestinian children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the ceasefire.

Imagine if this was Israeli children - would we call it a ceasefire?

A screen shot from the Guardian which reads - and I am so serious - "Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein's sordid men's club."

🗣️MORE. 🗣️WOMEN. 🗣️PEDOPHILES.

I’ve see so much of this reaction among corporate feminist types and I swear the idea that women should be present at the tables where they decide to exploit people is so viscerally disgusting to me

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hey y’all, I’m back ✌️

was supposed to be a permanent ban, but they didn’t tell me what I did. I appealed and asked why.

some folks wrote & asked them to restore me (& also asked why).

still no answer!

I can only assume it’s for posting fundraisers they want to pretend are “fraudulent.” fuck off.

Donate to Help Noha’s family to escape war, organized by Noha Ayyad Help me save my family Hello, I am Noha Ayyad, a Palestinian from Gaza, specifically from… Noha Ayyad needs your support for Help Noha’s family to escape war

Don't be fooled by the Rafah crossing opening, or Western media's continued insistence to ignore Israel's continuing atrocities in Gaza; Palestinians are still being killed, still trying to carve out lives amidst the rubble, and still need help. Donate what you can to help Noha: gofund.me/656cb4dc4

2026 has been moving extremely fast so ICYMI here’s a brilliant article to read from @isabellakaminski.bsky.social

cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Today, as Gaza continues to be stuck in a bloody limbo, we are turning our website over to Gaza and its people in an initiative we are calling “A Day for Gaza.” There will be no pieces published on our website today that do not come directly from Gaza.

It seems even more unlikely that Wes Streeting will ever be Labour leader or PM now and I think that's worth taking a minute to appreciate

This is a great example of what Marx called "the vampire thirst for the living blood of labour."

No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you

So it turns out the confected culture war we've all been dealing with for the past decade was seeded by a coterie of rightwing millionaire pedophiles and neo nazi losers on reddit and 4chan (people like Steve Bannon started in things like gamergate and qanon) as per the latest Epstein files

Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long? I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.

“How many times, then, will Western journalists allow themselves to be fooled by Israeli propaganda – by military denials that later collapse under the weight of evidence?”

Zack Polanski express the disgust we all feel when seeing those photos of Andrew Windsor over the body of a girl in latest Epstein files #C4News

The reason why you don’t know how to process what is happening is because you found it permissible when you were under the illusion it could only happen to other people.

Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

You may’ve seen coverage of a new report on the threat to national security from environmental collapse.

A common response that’s got my goat is: “Look, it’s not just tree-hugging enviros saying this, it’s hard-nosed spooks!”

A short thread on why this framing is bad history & bad politics🧵😡😉

i’d also be super interested in talking to people at these companies about the vibe after your bosses ate popcorn with the president during a political assassination. signal in bio.

Who was Alex Pretti, the nurse shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis?

Who was Alex Pretti, the nurse shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis? https://aje.news/qwxn1x

These graphs sync up almost perfectly with graphs showing wealth inequality, outside money in the U.S. political system and tonnage of bombs dropped on Gaza.

America Has Become a Torture Chamber for Smart People Staying informed feels like an endurance test, but you’re doing better than you think.

"Trying to understand the news feels like a humiliation ritual." In this, as in all other things, Britain is following the US down a very dark path.

First book of the new year done! Dostoevsky is the type of writer whose works you've read more about than of, but all the essays I've read neglected to mention the strong findom subnarrative in this particular book: