Jeremy Ullmann

Jesus Christ.

Defend or deny a genocide? Jesus Christ you’re just automatically deciding what you think I think right? This is exhausting.

We can agree on that. But most Jews I know feel a strong connection to Israel, and most Jews they know. So I imagine those are the people who we are talking about here.

Well no, its actually the opposite. My point was if you knew Jews you’d understand how two things can be true at once. Holding them
accountable for the state of Israel is antisemitic, but many - if not the majority feel extremely connected to Israel, so targeting Israel fees like a target to them.

Im… pretty sure I didn’t say that?

Do you know any Jews? Genuine question.

First came the Manchester synagogue attack – then the antisemitic response It’s depressing to admit that I could predict what I was about to see on social media.

The antisemitic responses to the Manchester terror attack were predictable yet still depressing. Progressives and antiracists must confront the simplistic way antisemitism is treated in our spaces, and fast. My piece for Metro: metro.co.uk/2025/10/03/f...

We’re all conspiracy theorists now If journalists follow the trend, democracy won’t stand a chance

During my years working in newsrooms, I saw firsthand the shift a lot of journalists and progressive figures have been on to copy successful rage-bait and conspiracy theory influencers.

If things continue like this, democracy doesn't stand a chance: jeremyullmannwrites.substack.com/p/were-all-c...

What Materialists very nearly said about money and dating And what my own dates taught me about it

I have a first Substack post!

I watched Celine Song’s Materialists last night and it got me thinking how terrible we are as a society at acknowledging how love, class and money are so entangled. It got me thinking about my recent dates too.. jeremyullmannwrites.substack.com/p/what-mater...

People’s inability to see both as horrific (not equivalent, but horrific) is absolutely terrifying.

And some people’s inability to be horrified by both is really something too

Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.

‘Dispiriting’: factchecker reacts to Meta’s move to scrap role Mark Zuckerberg accused fact-checkers in US of making biased decisions

"Misinformation isn’t going to disappear. We’re still going to be here, working against that".

A powerful quote from a member of our team in this Guardian interview, reflecting on their work and Meta’s decision to end the third-party fact checking programme in the US.

2025 is like It’s A Wonderful Life except it stays Pottersville

Season 2 is really really an upgrade!

YouTube video by Drawaqa Marine Conservation Trust Reef Highlights 2024

My marine biologist son Rob has lived on the same island for 7 years, doing painstaking work to improve biodiversity and train local people in conservation. Here’s a new video. Nothing dramatic (he’s not Attenborough and doesn’t have a film crew). Just a healthy coral reef:

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Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind

Screenshot of a tweet by right-wing commentator Candace Owens claiming that President Zelensky is a "homosexual"

Candace Owens, who previously revealed to us with firm conviction that Joseph Stalin was secretly Jewish and Brigitte Macron is actually a man, has now discovered that President Zelensky is a "homosexual".

I like Tortoise, and initially when I heard this news I was in support of the sale. Listening to Observer staff since however has changed my position and I fully support and offer them full solidarity.

Why Ridley Scott’s 2005 Crusader flop is a far superior film to Gladiator Apart from its main character, this film was better than Gladiator is every department.

Why Ridley Scott’s 2005 Crusader flop is a far superior film to Gladiator

TV licence fee to rise by £5 to £174.50 in 2025 - BBC News The government also announces that ministers will review the corporation's long-term future.

TV licence fee to rise by £5 to £174.50 in 2025
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has also announced an extra £32.6m for the BBC World Service in 2025-26.
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After ‘years of forced silence,’ Spanish women’s soccer players speak openly about Luis Rubiales’ kiss in new documentary | CNN It’s been more than a year since Luis Rubiales gave an unwanted kiss to Spanish soccer player Jennifer Hermoso. A Netflix documentary sheds new light on the incident.

The most talked-about moment in women’s soccer last year, and indeed for the past several years, wasn’t a goal, nor a piece of skill, nor anything that happened during a match. It was an unwanted kiss given by a then-federation president to one of the game’s biggest stars.

Bellazul! Lovely Mediterranean restaurant

High point of 2024, seeing this family of lion cubs on a late afternoon trip through Kenya #animal #safari #kenya #lion

Introducing This Is Not Right: Metro's year-long violence against women campaign The epidemic of violence against women was called a national emergency earlier this year by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

Metro is today launching This Is Not Right, a 12-month campaign addressing the relentless epidemic of violence against women, that aims to both engage and empower our readers

All this talk of how BlueSky is just a liberal comfort zone but over on the other place, former cabinet ministers are getting hyped about a petition to re-run the general election.

Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in.

The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.

This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit Six Elements of a Disinformation Campaign

Disinformation Campaigns have all of these 6 elements:

1) Actors who have
2) Incentives to disseminate
3) Intentionally misleading messages through
4) Selected communication channels to
5) Specifically targeted vulnerable audiences for
6) Exploitation

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I told Dad I'm trans and he handed me a sheet of paper He disappeared to his desk.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance 🏳️‍⚧️. As we remember those who have lost their lives due to transphobia, I wanted to share this moving article by Gabe Gabriel, which shows what can happen when we treat our trans siblings with kindness and acceptance. metro.co.uk/2024/09/27/t...