Michael Harris

Nigel Farage’s declaration of war on teachers is a war on compassion, empathy and kindness According to The Guardian, Nigel Farage, speaking at an event at a private Christian college in Michigan, USA, has accused teachers in the UK of “poisoning our kids” and predicted that they would go o...

Farage is saying all teachers are Marxists. They're not. They just teach that we should care for one another. But that offends his fascist instincts. The result is he is turning on a profession that teaches about compassion and empathy - because he loathes it. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Protesters blockade Sheffield weapons factory in national day of action against the F-35 - Freedom News Stop Arming Israel targets Forged Solutions over role in supplying fighter jets used in Gaza ~ Scott Harris ~ Sheffield-based protest group Stop Ar…

Protesters halted traffic entering the River Don site, standing in front of the gates with banners, chants and speeches denouncing the company’s complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, and continued turning cars and lorries away until 8am.
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Image description: A digital 3D model, displayed against a plain black background. White text above reads: “The Israel Defense Forces used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos.” The image is branded with The Ferret’s logo in the corner.

🔴 NEW: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) used 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine in propaganda videos for its operations in Gaza, Iran and Syria.

Our latest: theferret.scot/idf-s...

'The Architecture of Genocidal Starvation'. forensic-architecture.org/investigatio...

Where police are paid to kill Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be paid bonuses for killing suspects. Aimed at organized crime, the law will hit ethnic minorities - and eco-activists.

My article for @theecologist.org:

Where police are paid to kill.

Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be paid bonuses for killing suspects. Aimed at organized crime, the law will hit ethnic minorities - and eco-activists.

theecologist.org/2025/oct/07/...

An elderly German Jewish man was arrested for comparing Gaza to Auschwitz.

His relatives were killed by the German state in Auschwitz.

Talk to me about how Germany was denazified

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They keep on shifting the goalpost because OpenAI just does not do any of the things it has claimed it could do, all while demanding more and more money.

It’s almost like it’s a grift or something

This is the official return of a native species lost for over a century.

'Remarkable' historic items found at Glasgow construction site

Rare and remarkable items were found during the construction of a Glasgow housing development 👇

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

The Home Office sham "consultation" on cumulative protests closed on 29 September, so this immediate announcement shows Labour had already decided – yet again – to expand public order powers, well before the Manchester attack that is now used to justify it
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UNLAWFUL ARREST

This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.

wedonotcomply.org

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

From 'Private Eye' #1659.

Mad watching England turn into NI

How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert

🔴How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists

Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert, reports @mathildamall.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...

Delighted to analyse the timbers of this wreck in Orkney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The tree-rings revealed precise felling dates & timber provenance to target historical research on the when and where to ID the ship. Great teamwork with Wessex Archaeology, the Sanday community and my colleague @hamishdarrah.bsky.social

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

Global Sumud Flotilla is live as Israel threatens to stop them from breaking the starvation siege of Gaza.

A reminder that they are not entering Israeli waters, but Palestinian waters.

Israel intends to violate international law once again.

www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...

Beyond Belief | Exploring India's Humanist Heritage

Discover India's rich humanist traditions - from ancient Charvaka philosophy to modern secular ideals. Join our expert panel exploring this diverse heritage on 16 October online. humanists.uk/events/explo...

In our recent interview with Professor Umberto Albarella on #WatchingBrief we mentioned that #SheffieldUniversity UCU was balloting its members over possible industrial action.

The result is now in and the UCU has a mandate for action, including strike action.

Text: the Reform UK leader claimed that Starmer saying Reform policies were racist was “inciting and encouraging” the radical left to take action against Reform officials, supporters, voters and sympathisers.

Nigel Toadface thinks the radical left has been waiting for permission from Keir St ... *double checks notes* ... no, that is right, Keir Starmer. To physically attack Reform candiadates.

Starmer. Seriously is there any weird US talking point which that rubberfaced toff won't shamelessly ape?

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Labour conference votes to sanction Israel and recognise Gaza genocide Shock development at party conference piles further pressure on beleaguered PM Keir Starmer to cut ties with Israel

If only there was some significant connection between the Labour Party and the genocide-enabling UK Government. www.middleeasteye.net/news/labour-...

🚨Polluter and Cyber Elites - A lethal Alignment?

This year's conference explores where the interests of the far right tech bros and major polluters coincide - and what we can do to challenge them!

Join us on Wednesday 15th October, 16:00 - 18:00 BST

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Neuromyths: classrooms, culture, and climate change | The Blackham Lecture 2025, with Professor Paul Howard-Jones, chaired by Dr Ginny Smith

Ever heard that we only use 10% of our brains? That’s a classic neuromyth – and it’s just one of many. But why do such myths persist? Join Professor Paul Howard-Jones as he unpacks the science behind compelling but misleading neuromyths in the #BlackhamLecture. Book now! humanists.uk/events/black...

Over 60 Palestine Action protesters arrested outside Labour Party conference | LBC Police have arrested at least 66 protesters outside Labour's annual conference in Liverpool at a demo supporting the banned group Palestine Action.

A spokesman for Defend Our Juries said: “Instead of shutting down protest, it’s time the Labour Party took the responsibility to prevent genocide seriously and impose blanket sanctions on Israel including stopping the flow of arms from factories in this country.”

www.lbc.co.uk/article/pale...

Yeah, this doesn't look anything like an attempt to stop the NHS from working properly so they can sell it off to the private sector.

BREAKING: Police attempt to take wheelchair away from disabled protestor after arresting them under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign which says “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” for nine hours.

The defiance won’t stop. Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

“When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.”

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