George Connor

The US killing one and hundred fifty school children in a single attack on Iran has apparently been universally decided to be a non story by the Western press. Not front page news, not in the highlights, instantly memory holed. Profession and institutions worse than worthless.

I didn't realize that Iran is supposed to play three World Cup games in the United States this summer even though it is currently under a bombardment ordered by the only holder of the FIFA Peace Prize

of course Israel is going to use this moment to inflict more harm on Gaza. don’t take your eyes off the genocide. folks will need support more than ever.

prices have already surged today as goods will soon disappear.

please be sharing Gaza fundraisers and donating wherever you can.

Forgive my dry British humor.

Oh my god! Sir, the FIFA peace prize has got a gun!

US-Israel attack on Iran: Tehran launches retaliatory strikes as Trump says ‘major combat operation’ under way – live Explosions reported across the Middle East as Iran hits back after major attack by US and Israel

No war but a class war.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Breakfast tastes better with a Reform/Labour defeat.

It really is fascinating how overt it now is that there are certain - really not controversial - ideas that you aren’t allowed to say on television.

what even is the fucking point

Reading Arthur Kahn on the Roman Republic:

“Oligarchies are always prepared to recruit leaders from outside their ranks to protect them from threats, whether external or from below.”

All 20 Fallout 4 bobble heads collected

Putting the day off to good use. 20/20.

A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.

Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

“Wheesht Brae”?

White-sheeted ghosts peer through a tall woman at a child sitting at a table. Another small child can be seen peeping in through the window, too.

To start my #PhantomsFriday, something by contemporary artist John Kenn Mortensen, also known as Don Kenn.
#ghost #ghosts #weirdart #DanishArt #artsky

OU PALESTINE SOLIDARITY GROUP

The OUPSG (#OpenUniversity #Palestine Solidarity Group oupalestinesolidarity.org) has launched an Open Letter to its VC requesting a full retraction of commitments made to an Israeli lobby group (aka foreign pressure on #AcademicFreedom).
Please read, sign & share 🇵🇸
docs.google.com/document/u/3...

Love and Revolution - A Reading List - Pluto Press They say love is in the air, we say that’s just the smell of late-stage capitalism trying to monetize your dopamine. This Valentine’s Day, we’re getting into the real stuff: intimacy, desire, care, an...

Interesting list of weekend reading on revolutionary romance from @plutopress.bsky.social: www.plutobooks.com/love-and-rev...

London friends! Come hang out with us tomorrow and reimagine a play about how powerful men sacrifice young girls in the name of never-ending wars that preserve an unjust world order… which is in absolutely no way relevant to the world in which we live, of course.

Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn | Wes Streeting I knew him but not well, and worry now that he thrived in our political culture. There was a failure of moral seriousness, says health secretary Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting here openly calling everyone an idiot.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Revealed: ‘Rayner for leader’ site briefly went live in January Exclusive: angelaforleader.co.uk domain also registered but MP’s team dismiss unfinished site as ‘fake’

Real Thick of It stuff.

“Keir Starmer is the man *for* the moment.”

Revealed: ‘Rayner for leader’ site briefly went live in January www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The case for a 100% tax bracket for billionaires I was looking through my photos, stumbled upon this image, and realized that I had to get out a seasonal newsletter today with a wish for 2025. Caption....

In the words of an Oxfam report from 2023, “every billionaire is a policy failure.” That's now the moderate position.

My words from about a year ago, when I picked one billion $ as a wealth cut-off for the sake of simplifying the math (obvs that's still too much $).

buttondown.com/surekhadavie...

'Things are becoming so ridiculous that the SQA is effectively trying to rebrand its rebrand and, in keeping with its performance in recent years, doing so in an entirely inept fashion'

www.heraldscotland.com/news...

@jamesmcenaney.bsky.social

Am reading Arthur D Kahn’s The Education of Julius Caesar. It’s so sad that such a phenomenal work of biography should languish out of print. An exceptional book.

The idea of London/south of England weighting for coffee makes my head spin.

And while I’m shaking my fist at a cloud, when did we normalise eight quid for a jar of coffee?

I know it’s old man territory but “can I get” still sounds rude to me.

Just watched Copycat. It was alright.

Just watched The Fog. It was alright.

To: Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com] From: Sent: Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM Subject: Re: florida visit? good typing! oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: i am tied up until aug On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM, wrote: You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months. I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job. think What are you doing next week?

The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring

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