John ‘the importance of ideas & information’

Check out this bird - Eurasian Blue Tit Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

merlinbirds.org/species/blutit Just this one when stood outside. Drowned out a bit by traffic. #BirdIfTheDay

Traders mint money on betting platforms on US-Israel strike on Iran Anonymous bets hours before attacks on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Khamenei have raised concerns of insider trading.

Anonymous bets hours before attacks on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Khamenei have raised concerns of insider trading.

Al Jazeera investigation: Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’ Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff.

A thorough analysis of the Minab school missile strike, which killed 165 people - mostly schoolgirls - and injured 95.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/... #Iran

Emma Barnett is absolutely shocking on the Today programme.

I Gave Him That Neck Rash. You're welcome.

I GAVE HIM THAT NECK RASH! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!

Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

Check out this bird - Redwing Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

merlinbirds.org/species/redwin Another one heard yesterday strolling by the lake. #BirdIfTheDay

Check out this bird - European Greenfinch Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

merlinbirds.org/species/eurg... Heard this one yesterday strolling from the train. #BirdOfTheDay

Check out this bird - Mistle Thrush Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

merlinbirds.org/species/mist... Lovely to hear this one! #BirdofThe Day

Unreal, especially during Ramadan.

man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence

Every elected representative who even theoretically supports this war needs to answer whether they regard a seven-year-old Iranian girl as a human being

Which tune? The Other Side?

Cobblers match being introduced on Sky with a Public Service Broadcasting tune. Nice

This gets two big thumbs up from me - Isabel Waidner’s best book yet

Seven-spot Ladybird seen on a window frame in Cheshire today.

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

Happy 90th birthday to Sir John Tusa, ex #BBCNewsnight presenter+ex managing director of #bbcworldservice. Over 50 episodes of The John Tusa Interview ( #BBCRadio3 2000-2005) are still available on #BBCSounds. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00…

Happy 90th birthday to Sir John Tusa, ex #BBCNewsnight presenter+ex managing director of #bbcworldservice. Over 50 episodes of The John Tusa Interview ( #BBCRadio3 2000-2005) are still available on #BBCSounds.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00…

Slow violence against children: The invisible toll of chronic pesticide exposure Chronic pesticide exposure is a ‘silent pandemic’ of neurodevelopmental harm in South Africa. The current regulatory system, designed for adults, fails to protect children from cumulative, low-level e...

Megan Hyslop reports in Daily Maverick on the “slow violence” of chronic pesticide exposure and its invisible toll on children’s health in South Africa, particularly in farming and rural communities: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

The article explains that hazardous pesticides that are restricted or banned in the Global North continue to be manufactured and exported to Africa, a toxic double-standard that profits Northern companies while poisoning African people.

You couldn't make this shit up.

YouTube video by Chicago Humanities Daniel Immerwahr How to Hide an Empire

Daniel Immerwahr knows his stuff & is worth a read & a listen to. This is not the first time that I have listened to/watched this. youtu.be/ZaKOOqXDnqA?...

You might well not be the only one!

The fact that Isabel Oakeshott, economic migrant to the UAE may just turn into a refugee fleeing to the UK from a war zone will cause a level of schadenfreude in me that may just make me topple right over.

David Byrne in a blue suit, against an orangey-red background.

David Byrne…burning down the house at the Apollo tonight. What a concert.

For the record, Jesus does NOT want to come back.

Would you?

Trump, suffering from dementia, is confused about where his father was born. It was in the Bronx, not in Germany. Trump's grandfather was an immigrant who came here after getting kicked out of Germany for evading the draft.

The public votes and the public will decide

This Is Not a Regime Change War. Iran Is Being Pushed Toward State Collapse. The US and Israel have killed Ayatollah Khamenei, but they seem to have no plan for what comes next.

"War doesn't operate with surgical precision. It doesn't remove one figure & install another. It shifts power to those most capable of wielding force. It weakens civil society faster than it builds alternatives. It deepens grievances that last generations"
-Mahbod Seraji
truthout.org/articles/thi...