Kevin Smith

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

How do we live in a world where we allow this to happen? www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

GB News' homophobic slur breached Ofcom code – but channel won't face any sanctions Ofcom has said GB News breached its Broadcasting Code over the use of a homophobic slur, but have refused to sanction the channel.

What even is the point if Ofcom? www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/06/g...

Future access to the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds Inviting feedback from pond users, the local community, and stakeholders on how the Kenwood Ladies’, and Highgate Men’s ponds should operate in the future.

Transphobes want to exclude trans people from all the spaces that they possibly can, including the beautiful bathing ponds on Hampstead Heath - here's a short consultation form that it's important for allies to fill in hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is

Noticeable how police resources are stretched to deal with ‘actual terrorism’ when they are having to deal at the same time with ‘not actual terrorism at all but ridiculously designated as such by the government’

Sign the Petition Strip Michelle Mone of her peerage

More than 60,000 people have signed a new petition within 24 hours calling for PPE-scandal peer Michelle Mone to be stripped of her peerage and removed from the House of Lords www.change.org/p/strip-mich...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

Grateful that we have a political leader in the UK - @zackpolanski.bsky.social - who unapologetically articulates a positive vision of migration. This is a mainstream position - the Spanish Prime Minister says very similar things. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Synagogue attack in Manchester just so grim and horrific. Thinking of all Jewish friends and beyond who don't feel safe.

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@juanbordera.bsky.social desde el mar: están a punto de ser interceptados por Israel.

🔴 Viajan sin protección, abandonados por los gobiernos que deberían garantizar su seguridad.

🚨Testimonio urgente de un crimen en marcha.

"And these children that you spit on, as they try to change the world"

I've backed @fairtaxunionjacks.com - supporting this campaign is a simple way to push back against the Billionaires funding fascism and refocussing our anger on the real problem: WEALTH INEQUALITY! #TaxTheSuperRich www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fair-tax-u...

Can you imagine the uproar of (for instance) the Spanish government forcing UK retirees in Spain to do community service?

YouTube video by Neil Miles STV | The Hit Man and Her | 1989

There's lots to decode looking back on The Hitman and Her that ran in the late 80s and early 90s, but one thing that I cannot get my head round is all the men wearing shirts and ties in a nightclub www.youtube.com/watch?v=53WJ...

Letter: UK choice — boost oil and gas imports or ramp up renewables From Tessa Khan, Executive Director of Uplift

"This isn't a choice between more North Sea drilling or imports — that ship has sailed. It’s between more imports or ramping up renewables. The transition must be better planned...but as long as the spectre of more drilling hovers, governments will continue to delay."

My letter in today's FT:

Alaa Abdel Fattah: British-Egyptian activist reunited with family After nearly six years in prison, Alaa Abdel Fattah is released from prison in Egypt.

Wonderful news - Alaa is free! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Happy to bung in a few quid towards this www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fair-tax-u...

Trump says he didn't want London Mayor Sadiq Khan at state banquet The mayor of London did not seek or expect an invite to the state banquet, the BBC understands.

Disappointed that this BBC news piece about Trump not wanting Mayor Sadiq Khan at the State Banquet doesn't once mention Khan's race or religion. If you leave out that Khan is a brown Muslim man, you gloss over why he's targeted by Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's weird that the Free Speech Union don't seem to be saying anything about the Jimmy Kimmel censorship today - it's almost as if the 'free speech crisis' only gets weaponised to reinforce one particular political position.

All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended indefinitely after host’s Charlie Kirk comments ABC says late-night show will not air for foreseeable future after Kimmel accused Republicans of ‘doing everything they can to score political points’ from Kirk’s killing

It's incredible after years of the right manufacturing a free speech crisis over cultural audiences being a bit anti-racist, that the right are suddenly launching into censorship at scale www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Russia designated the 'LGBT Movement' as a terrorist organisation. They know there is no such group; that's the point. It means they can choose to arrest ANYONE with any association with LGBT issues and treat them as a terrorist.

The fact that 'antifa' is not a group should not be a comfort here.

Intermediate Spanish Podcast - Español Intermedio Language Learning Podcast · Updated weekly · With more than 6 million downloads, this podcast uses comprehensible and engaging content in Spanish for Intermediate Students - Free Transcript & Vocabula...

Spanish learners! I cannot recommend this 'intermediate learners' podcast enough. Brilliant pace and clarity for an immersive listening experience, and dealing with all sorts of engaging subjects podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation – study Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010

I was going to call this a 'systematic transfer of wealth' but its feels more like just basic looting, from our collective purse, to the pockets of the richest in society www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Progressive populist messaging is like a breath of fresh air in UK politics right now.

Reflecting today on the hundreds of thousands of people across the U.K. who regularly take to the streets, to stand in solidarity with Gaza, to support migrant right, to demand climate action - and much more. Much smaller sporadic protests from the far right take a disproportionate amount of space

FWIW, just wanted to acknowledge what US friends are going through now amidst calls for retributive violence - especially those who’ve put heads above parapets to speak out against rise of the far right. Now is a good time to check in with folks. The only way we get through all of this is together

Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space

Nothing says "last days of Rome" quite like SUV uptake in the UK www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I've had the opportunity to present some of the socio-ecological dimensions of wildfires in Spain and the Mediterranean, as part of the flammable capitalism in which we live, at @aljazeera.com.
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Mediterranean wildfires are no accident This summer’s infernos expose how climate change, land neglect and disaster capitalism turn forests into fuel.

"These fires are not natural phenomena. They are expressions of a system in combustion, accelerated by climate change induced by our socioeconomic order & aggravated by land-use policies subordinated to accumulation, profit & growth" -@alejopedregal.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...