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This FOl enquiry for the Guardian has taken up a great deal of my life for the past 2 years. (1/3)

07.03.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 424    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 17

Given that the UK's position in the last 50 years is that settlements are illegal and Israel cannot annex the West Bank, banning trade with West Bank settlements is really the absolutely minimal ask. It's pathetic that it hasn't happened.

05.03.2026 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m no expert but I’m pretty sure this is how you get 9/11: the sequel

04.03.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 625    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 4
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Yanar Mohammed is one of Iraq’s most prominent women’s rights activists and established the country’s first shelters for survivors of domestic violence and trafficking. She was assassinated outside her Baghdad home when two gunmen on motorcycles opened fire in the morning.

02.03.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

The chairman of the Board of Peace bombed the Gandhi hospital. Process that.

01.03.2026 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1389    πŸ” 532    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 15

allende?

28.02.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top Secret Document Exposes UK Role in Ghana Coup The UK Foreign Office conducted a covert propaganda campaign to help remove Ghana’s president Kwame Nkrumah in 1966, declassified files show.

60 years ago today, Ghana's military overthrew president Kwame Nkrumah.

The UK Foreign Office conducted a covert propaganda campaign to help remove him, declassified files show.

www.declassifieduk.org/top-secret-d...

24.02.2026 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Labour has brought back section 28 against trans and non-binary individuals. I lived through section 28 last time. I suffered the harms of it. This will do the same thing. Not even allowing young people to socially transition is plain wrong. It prevents them finding their own identity.

12.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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United Kingdom to join the Creative Europe programme from 2027 - Online petition This is a Europe-wide petition calling on the UK Government to formally declare the United Kingdom's interest in fully participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme (https://culture.ec.europa.eu...

pretty good petition this for the uk to rejoin the creative europe programme.

www.openpetition.org/uk/petition/...

07.02.2026 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll

30.01.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 16799    πŸ” 5931    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 166

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26.01.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal More than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during the January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests, making it the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to documents re...

More than 36,500 people were killed during Iran’s January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests, making it the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to classified government documents reviewed by Iran International.
iranintl.com/en/202601255198

25.01.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7
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It’s 1:04 am in Kyiv and siren went off because Russia is attacking us with drones .

Hate the beginning of the siren , that loud first note and when it starts rising, crawling through your bones and muscles. it’s the most disgusting part. It gets under your skin. I was told once that it’s by design

23.01.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

This took me about 45 seconds.

18.01.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.

The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.

Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.

15.01.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4390    πŸ” 2781    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 744
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Hunger striker taken to hospital 59 days into Palestine protest Kamran Ahmed is said to be at 'imminent risk of death'.

A hunger striker is said to be β€˜at imminent risk of death’ due to 59 daysΒ without foodΒ while on remand in prison.

Kamran Ahmed was transferred to hospital from HMP Pentonville in north London in the early hoursΒ ofΒ this morning

metro.co.uk/2026/01/07/h...

08.01.2026 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

music has undergone a revolution though. it can now be made with the sound of bombs falling on venezuela. it's no longer impressionistic. ethics are embedded which radically bends the form. (I find it more helpful to think about it as a rendering or reorganisation of time.)

05.01.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

03.01.2026 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5469    πŸ” 1928    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 51

uh holy SHIT?

01.01.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5770    πŸ” 3145    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Government announces extra funding for safe housing for domestic abuse survivors – UK politics live As part of the violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy councils will receive a further Β£19m

good!

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

15.12.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: A Russian family whose son volunteered to fight in the Russian army against Ukraine recently adopted seven children from occupied Zaporizhia Oblast. 🧡(1/9)

Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...

Other Key Takeaways ⬇️

11.12.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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uk tour coming up this week with @momokogill.bsky.social
london TONIGHT! then brum, bristol, sheffield

23.11.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary β€œRovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

06.11.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9258    πŸ” 6014    πŸ’¬ 435    πŸ“Œ 1284

don't try and make it perfect for everyone. just make it awesome then nobody cares about adding a mixer before or after etc

09.11.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

SAY. THAT. SHIT!

05.11.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7596    πŸ” 1152    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 24
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At least 49 relatives and colleagues of Afghans in data leak have been killed, study suggests Research also finds 200 of 231 people notified by MoD of breach reported threats to themselves or families

a really awful story.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

27.10.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
It's a picture of a poem dedicated to the youngest coffin which was marked as number 92. The poem is called RIP angel, what did your mom call you as I can't stand calling you number 92. The poem was written by Selam Kidane

It's a picture of a poem dedicated to the youngest coffin which was marked as number 92. The poem is called RIP angel, what did your mom call you as I can't stand calling you number 92. The poem was written by Selam Kidane

Remembering the 369 refugees who drowned in Lampedusa exactly 12 years ago today. I can never forget the 22 years old Yohanna who gave birth as she was drowning, her body was later found with an ombilical cord attached to her baby. #NeverForgotten #ForeverInOurHearts #PeopleNotNumbers #Lampedusa

03.10.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

10.09.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7555    πŸ” 2283    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 22
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Israel starves 13 more Palestinians to death, kills 89 since dawn Israeli forces continue to attack people seeking food aid as the death toll from famine rises further in Gaza.

Israel starves 13 more Palestinians to death, kills 89 since dawn aje.io/5169f3

02.09.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1