Deniers of chemical attacks in Syria claim employment tribunal’s ruling proves them right al-bab.com/blog/2026/05...

Satellite Imagery Reveals Strikes on Iranian Police Stations www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...

Satellite Imagery Reveals Strikes on Iranian Police Stations - bellingcat

The US has released a list of military targets in Iran, including IRGC headquarters and missile systems. But Bellingcat has reviewed strikes against another type of target inside the Islamic Republic ...

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OK. Green smoke. Coloured smoke grenades have existed for decades. They are for signalling purposes. They are not meant for riot control purposes. As with any smoke, they are irritating, but they are not meant for that purpose, so use as "riot control" agents is an off-label usage.

Anyone who does translation work should take a look at Grok's posts about Hebrew (x.com/search?q=gro...). Grok (Elon?) has ideas about good/bad translation that strike me as pretty weird.

Brian Whitaker@brianwhitaker.bsky.social · 9mo ago

1/3 In the last few days something odd has been happening with posts on X in Hebrew. Non-Hebrew speakers would click “translate” and, for some posts, would get a translation. Other posts, though, would trigger a message saying “Hebrew is not currently supported for translation”.

1/3 In the last few days something odd has been happening with posts on X in Hebrew. Non-Hebrew speakers would click “translate” and, for some posts, would get a translation. Other posts, though, would trigger a message saying “Hebrew is not currently supported for translation”.

How X got into a muddle over ‘inflammatory’ posts in Hebrew

Over the last few days something odd has been happening with posts on X in Hebrew. Non-Hebrew speakers wishing to know what they were…

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🧵1/6 UKLFI, the pro-Israel organisation whose chief executive claimed the Gaza war could increase the life expectancy of Palestinians by reducing obesity rates, has come up with another grotesque idea ...

Re Zelenskyy's attire: In WW2 Winston Churchill wore a one-piece "siren suit" for meetings with Roosevelt (at the White House), Eisenhower and Stalin.

At least 365 people have been arrested at a demonstration in London in support of proscribed group Palestine Action, police say. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Palestine Action protesters arrested by police at London demo

Protesters simultaneously unveiled signs with the same message

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1/4 Activists campaigning against Britain’s military presence in Northern Ireland faced surveillance and prosecution during the 1970s. liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/01/07/s...

It seems very likely Bob Vylan will be prosecuted, if only to make an example of them. Worth noting, though, that it's the sort of case where juries sometimes turn bolshie and deliver the "wrong" verdict.

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🧵UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) is getting a lot of attention following disgusting remarks by its chief executive, Jonathan Turner. For anyone not aware of the group's activities, here's some background ...

🧵(1/5) The war in Gaza may be improving the health of Palestinians and increasing life expectancy, according to the head of UKLFI, a British organisation that works to stifle criticism of Israel.

Amnesty International has documented the Saudi authorities’ increasing crackdown on freedom of expression, targeting citizens and foreign nationals, many sentenced to lengthy prison terms solely for peacefully exercising their right to free expression. www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio...

Saudi Arabia: Upcoming Hearing For Detained British National

We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.

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‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.

RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims

Kennedy claimed that drugs like budesonide and clarithromycin "have been shown very effective" for measles, but doctors say they don't fight the infection itself.

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The Fisher Bendix factory in Kirkby had been built with government help to ease unemployment in the area but it wasn’t a success. In 1972 when the owners tried to shut it down workers occupied the factory and later began running it themselves. liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/01/07/b...

The International Garden Festival in 1984 attracted more than three million visitors and helped to regenerate Liverpool. But what benefit did the visitors get from it? liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/04/13/i...

In 1971 there were two notable court cases in Liverpool where black men accused of possessing cannabis were acquitted after claiming police had planted it – a practice known in the force as "agriculture". liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/01/07/p...

Litttlewoods football pools once provided jobs for thousands of Liverpool women. Former employees describe what it was like to work there. liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/03/13/l...

Liverpool People’s History is intended as a collaborative project and public participation is strongly encouraged. liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/about-liverp...

Same story, posted same time: Bluesky - 393 reposts, 551 likes Twitter/X - 3 retweets, 7 likes

This is unbelievable in that way that only Trump stories can be. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number. (Gift Article)

A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

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1/4 Today the Sunday Times has begun serialising a new book about the assassination of its chief foreign correspondent, David Holden, in 1977. Holden was shot dead shortly after arriving in Cairo on an assignment. Who killed him, and why, has been a mystery ever since.

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · last yr.

David Holden, the Sunday Times chief foreign correspondent, was assassinated hours after landing in Cairo in 1977. At last we can reveal who did it and why ⬇️

A constructive step by the new Syrian authorities towards resolving the chemical weapons issue. #OPCW www.opcw.org/media-centre...

Syria’s caretaker Foreign Minister addresses OPCW’s Executive Council

In a landmark visit to OPCW’s Headquarters in The Hague, caretaker Foreign Minister al-Shaibani reaffirmed the commitment of the new Syrian authorities to cooperate with the OPCW to eliminate the chem...

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Holocaust Survivor Summoned for Police Interview Over Gaza Solidarity March – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/03/04/h...

Holocaust Survivor Summoned for Police Interview Over Gaza Solidarity March

Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London

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Zelensky to meet King Charles tomorrow. 🤣Trump is going to be furious.

Another of the almost uncountably pieces of very sinister news coming out of the US

Dave Keating@davekeating.substack.com · last yr.

The US State Department is forcing all of its employees to cancel subscriptions to any Trump-unfriendly media.