Peter Howitt

Raphael Lemkin and the Quest to End Genocide - Google Arts & Culture Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.

Just to clarify: Hirsh's argument is that alleging genocide against Israel is anti-semitic even if it's true. Astonishing, racist and dangerous. Wrong in law and on the history of genocide.

‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries training Sudan’s child fighters to ‘go and get killed’ A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

"Carlos, who requested anonymity to speak freely, admitted that his first task was training Sudanese recruits, most of whom were children."

Chicago, motherfuckers.

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

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National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

The Atlantic is edited by a former Israeli prison camp guard and has a senior columnist/contributor who is accused of writing secret speeches for the Israeli ambassador to the UN.

The state of the elite US media when it comes to Palestine.
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What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions? Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech.

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions? ‘after the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the crown prince learned to get rid of critics by going through the judiciary, instead of through extrajudiciary means.’
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A Single Google Gemini Prompt Uses 5 Drops of Water and is Akin to 9 Seconds of TV — Konsyse Google discloses the environmental footprint of a single Gemini AI prompt.

Researchers at Google revealed the median text prompt used in its generative AI tool Gemini in May 2025 required 0.24 watt-hours of electricity, produced 0.03 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent, and consumed 0.26 mm of water. This is roughly equivalent to 5 drops of water or 9 seconds of TV viewing.

Omar won! He won! 🤩 So wonderful!

From Palestinian refugee to Nobel glory: Omar Yaghi’s incredible journey

Born in Amman to refugee parents, Yaghi rose from humble roots to reshape modern chemistry

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The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

"He was convicted on trumped up terrorism charges for posts in which he criticized the Saudi King and Crown Prince and Saudi’s foreign policy, called for the release of detained religious clerics and protested increased prices"
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Images of Greta Thunberg and the Nobel Peace Prize medal with the date of the prize and the caption 'Noble Greta'

Greta Thunberg - Nobel Peace Prize 10.12.2025

James Brown at Home in Curlers, Queens, NY, by Diane Arbus, 1966.

A minimalist illustration of a rainbow with the text “Be who you are and love who you want” in black font above it. An EU logo appears in the bottom right corner.

Freedom to love. Freedom to be.

Today, we've adopted our new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030, focusing on protecting people from violence, ensuring equal rights, and advancing equality for all.

Because equality and freedom are at the heart of Europe.

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"I feel that the four big AI CEOs in the U.S. are modern-day prophets with four different versions of the Gospel ..telling the same basic story that this is so dangerous and so scary that I have to do it and nobody else.”

(Max Tegmark

I hope and believe that most of my fellow Jews will join me in saying that it is sickening that anyone should justify this outpouring of execrable racist bile by claiming that it's for our sake.

Our latest edition is out, with @omerbartov.bsky.social's magisterial essay on the history of genocide denial and how Israeli denialism over atrocities in Gaza has roots in the country's own history
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"Instead we get a string of Israeli Officials.. and Serious Journalists..telling Americans..what to care about every week..while the people with the most to lose, whose world has been literally flattened with their loved ones still remain..buried under rubble..shut out from the discussion entirely."

LIVE, war in Ukraine: Europe "must respond" to the "hybrid war" waged by Russia, says the President of the European Commission

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

Almost 4000 people have signed up to the biggest ever UK environmental lawsuit! Major poultry producers and a water company are being taken to the High Court over "extensive and widespread pollution" in three rivers - the Wye, Lugg and Usk.
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YouTube video by talkSPORT "APPALLING STANCE!" Simon Jordan rages at "COWARD" Gary Neville after Union Jack REMOVAL admission!

Simon Jordan on TalkSport, unchallenged yet again.

As a Talksport employee, I am embarrassed by this rebuttal of what Neville said. This moron pontificates without question. It is bonkers.

And yeah, i'll probably be sacked. Fuck it.

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Let's spell it out then. The motivation is
1/ empathy for our fellow human beings
2/ to raise the political cost of the British government's complicity to the point where London is forced to withdraw its support, thereby increasing the international pressure on Israel to cease its genocidal acts.

People have been too quick to take Jenrick's comments out of context. If people can't integrate by whiting up then it's right to question their commitment to being British.

Balgy Gap Shows Something is Missing from Scotland’s Energy System The privatisation of Scotland's power has proved a failure

Westminster and its English Establishment has always treated Scotland as a remote region of no particular priority. This article illustrates just one example of the result of this Anglo-centric culture.

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Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

Protesters against the banning of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, 4 October 2025.

Yesterday's narrative of 7 October as ‘another 9/11’ – "yet another day torn free from any history or context" with only two sides – seeks to demonise all Palestine solidarity as "pro-terrorist." It is critical to understanding Britain's current crackdown on protest rights netpol.org/2025/10/06/a...

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Real Trussism has never been tried.

A new Ukrainian strategy on the front is delivering surprising results. Ukraine may be winning the war of attrition, The Atlantic reports. Russia expected quick gains in northeastern Ukraine, but key cities and logistics hubs remain firmly under Ukrainian control.

Myanmar: At least 24 killed as paraglider bombs Buddhist festival Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims in the aftermath.

Myanmar military slaughters civilians with bombs dropped from paragliders.

What do you dislike about him Francis? Is it policy or personal?