Jane Lanigan

Speak out - name it as genocide - and then act. End all arms sales, impose a wide range of sanctions and call for the arrest and trial of all those guilty of war crimes, including prime minister Netanyahu.

"Why send a plane to kill the children? Is this what Netanyahu and Israel are doing, killing children sleeping in their tents? Is this their military achievement?"

Brilliant, start to finish.

The closing, revealing the vacancy in it all.

Piece by piece, Israel is taking over Gaza

Piece by piece, Israel is taking over Gaza.

Israel this week announced plans to “capture large areas” of Gaza to add to it's “security zones” – in a move he said was designed to pressure Hamas into releasing remaining Israeli hostages.

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UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform
USA: Hold my beer...

We’re doing Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo again, except both at once, and to random dads and barbers abducted off the streets of America for the crime of being Latino

The UN human rights office has expressed horror as at least 200 Palestinian children were killed in Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza this week.

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Squinting at the charts on disability benefits this week it was hard to believe the scale of the numbers. Polly Toynbee dives into the circumstances of one family to make them real
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men . ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .

Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.

American voters:

How Zelensky's lack of a suit may have fuelled Oval Office spat The Ukrainian president's military-style attire came up before he was upbraided by President Trump and JD Vance.

I don't say this lightly, but the BBC are really not up to this moment.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Terrific resignation letter by Anneliese Dodds, this.

Humanist Heritage: Into the archives: humanists and animal welfare Researcher Martin Tucker explores the relationship between humanism and animal welfare, from individual activists to organisational policy.

Thank you to our #HumanistHeritage volunteer Martin Tucker, who spent time in our archives at the @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social to produce an in-depth history of humanist campaigning on animal welfare.

A summary of Martin's research is now available online. heritage.humanists.uk/article/huma...

Andrew Tate being allowed to come to the U.S. and avoid facing trial for sex trafficking in Romania is beyond stomach-churning. This man is a HUGE influencer and uses his platform/following to further abuse women who have accused him. Now he won’t face justice, reaffirming his lies to his followers

Lovely walk this afternoon: up Landport Bottom, looping round next to the old racecourse above Lewes & past the dew pond (Jill's Pond). Spring on its way at last!

After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia

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This excellent study by @pettertornberg.bsky.social & @julianachueri.bsky.social published in IJPP is making waves for good reason.
I was on German radio this Saturday, talking about how much I like it:
www.radioeins.de/programm/sen...

'Keir Starmer’s Reform-Lite Strategy Is Opening the Borders to the Far-Right' The Government's attempts to mimic the anti-migration politics of Reform are a recipe for moral degradation and defeat, argues Jennifer Nadel

🔴‘Keir Starmer’s Reform-Lite Strategy Is Opening the Borders to the Far-Right’

The Government’s attempts to mimic the anti-migration politics of Reform are a recipe for moral degradation and defeat, argues Jennifer Nadel

bylinetimes.com/2025/02/11/k...

There it is — Gulf of America

Sooo pathetic

This is so good.

Well said, Pete Buttigieg

A third runway at #Heathrow in the midst of a climate emergency is a vile act of vandalism. Rachel Reeves is happy to burn the planet for a tiny (probably elusive) increment of GDP. How does this benefit us?
Article coming later today.

New opinion poll shows 85% of Greenlanders do not want to join US Despite Donald Trump claiming the island’s population ‘want to be with us’, Greenlanders overwhelmingly rejected the idea

In case anyone was in doubt ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

I'd say "shocking" but come on