As a local cllr, I felt quite insulted by the suggestion that all we do is ‘deal with parking & sorting out the bins’, suggesting that because we’re so trivial it’s OK to put up a convicted anti-Semite as a prospective cllr.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 3h ago

Here are the stupidest things Kemi Badenoch has said so far today inews.co.uk/opinion/kemi...

I know she's incapable of ever admitting she's wrong about anything, but even I'm surprised that Kemi Badenoch has chosen this particular hill to die on

As an alumni of both Jesus College, as someone who did modules with the Education faculty, and did my dissertation (R&I) on the experiences of people of colour at Cambridge - and saw through my research just how stark the racial disparities are at Cambridge - this entire saga has made me very sad

One sign of the rise of male supremacy and the decline in women’s status is the ubiquity of online porn lingo in casual speech.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d ago

It was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.

Tongue in cheek. But in all seriousness, this really is the Trump/Hegseth/MAGA/Manosphere theory of war. Both in the literal sense that cartoonish displays of try-hard toughness are key to defeating enemies, and in the meta sense that their war effort prioritizes memes for their domestic audience.

Uncle Tifa@labboypro.bsky.social · 24h ago

"Mister international relations professor, you just don't understand modern warfare"

10/10, no notes

“The senators pointed to prediction market platforms, including Polymarket, which have attracted millions of dollars in wildfire-related wagers. According to the letter, more than $1 million was wagered on the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires alone”

Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterday

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

Go on then

Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago

1 like = 1 book question 📚💙

(•_•) <) )╯ban / \ ( •_•) \( (> the / \ (•_•) <) )╯pervert glasses / \

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 2d ago

Kmart sells out of low-cost rival to Meta camera glasses across Australia amid warnings of ‘privacy nightmare’

"A fund must now be set up in support of Afghan girls who are threatened with being married off against their will. It should offer them bursaries to continue their education, if necessary outside their home country" - Gordon Brown's powerful call to action /1 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon Brown

Even in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

theguardian.com

If Morocco did even partially orchestrate the Ceuta surge, it seems quite risky--doing something fishy that ends up causing your own citizens to drown is not great domestic politics www.ft.com/content/a011...

Morocco counts its dead and missing after mass swim to Ceuta

Families search for children not seen since 60,000 people crossed into Spanish enclave, as death toll rises to 72

ft.com

British military personnel will escort migrants on to French beaches and “we will end up having something of an argument” if the French don’t agree - Zia Yusuf explaining new Reform channel plans on BBC R4 #today

Nickolay Mladenov, the top diplomat overseeing Trump's Board of Peace has criticized Israeli strikes on Gaza after they killed at least 18 people on Sunday /1 www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-08...

Board of Peace envoy slams Israeli strikes in Gaza, urges de-escalation

'Two days of strikes across Gaza have killed civilians and destroyed medical supplies,' Mladenov wrote, adding that 'both parties carry obligations' under cease-fire • Meanwhile, officials in Netanyah...

haaretz.com

2/ a senior U.S. official praised the relationship between Israel and the UAE since the signing of the Abraham Accords. He told Haaretz "the Emiratis are the only ones who work things out directly with Israel and don't come to me to solve their problems" www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

How Israel's Elbit armed the United Arab Emirates

Just weeks after the Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi, Israel's largest arms manufacturer proposed supplying the UAE with a fleet of dozens of strategic drones. Leaked internal documents allegedly reveal th...

haaretz.com

Once more for the Sunday crowd... The Backlash is out! This edition covers feminisation and defence (yup!), the Tates, Gaza, birthrates panic, and the Odyssey /1

Every commentator saying too many kids go to university has to tell their own kid to not do a degree

Labour's Bev Craig to be announced as Greater Manchester mayor in next 15 mins or so.

The Backlash is out, with reads on feminisation and defence (yup!), Gaza, the Odyssey, the Tates and what mothers think about the birthrates panic. With links to stuff by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, @zahrajoya.bsky.social @amiefr.bsky.social and others thebacklash.substack.com/p/a-capaciou...

"A capacious topic" (and four other reads)

Five things on gender (in)equality and the backlash against feminism

thebacklash.substack.com

Whoa.

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · 6d ago

👀 Fascinated by the "withdrawn by its agents" detail. So the AI use was so blatant that the agents due a huge payday preemptively withdrew the contract?

Trump says Hamas has agreed to disarm and Israel has agreed to withdraw from Gaza, but Hamas says it will only disarm after Israeli troops leave the Strip and Israel seems to be saying that the agreement doesn't meet it's conditions to leave Gaza /1 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Trump claims agreement for ‘complete disarmament’ of Hamas in Gaza but support uncertain

US president’s Board of Peace hails ‘critical step’, but responses of Israeli and Hamas officials suggest disagreements remain

theguardian.com

A bit of a must-read, depressing though it may be

Alona Ferber@aloner.bsky.social · 6d ago

If you want a sense of this political moment in Israel, you can also read my piece from @prospectmagazine.co.uk’s summer issue, which looks at why the alternatives to Netanyahu may not offer that much hope for change in Gaza or the West Bank /6 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

Israel’s defence minister telling Channel 14, Israel’s Fox News equivalent, yesterday that “we destroyed Gaza”, that “terrible places” like Jabalia no longer exist, and confirming that the IDF systematically destroys homes /1 www.instagram.com/reel/DbYHj6Y...

++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

This campaign is a feature, not a bug. We must speak out when pogrom-like violence is happening on a daily basis and the government is openly enabling the perpetrators. On our website at www.progressiveisrael.org/partners-for... 1/

Had a great chat with Alona and Ellen about my reporting on citizenship stripping in the latest issue of Prospect.

Alona Ferber@aloner.bsky.social · last wk.

It's @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day and this week @samirashackle.bsky.social joins us how in recent years the UK government has increasingly stripped people of their citizenship— effectively leaving many stateless... /1 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

It's @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day and this week @samirashackle.bsky.social joins us how in recent years the UK government has increasingly stripped people of their citizenship— effectively leaving many stateless... /1 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Stateless: How the UK government strips citizenship—and why it matters

Britain has been quietly removing citizenship from hundreds of people. In doing so, it has created a two-tier system

prospectmagazine.co.uk

BREAKING: Andy Burnham says the assisted dying debate should wait until after palliative care and social care have been fixed. “It’s very challenging to introduce that wider debate” when the systems are in crisis, he says. ‘Not now’, in other words.

Louise Casey makes the point that care is underpaid compared to the NHS - another example of a Cinderella service so painfully laid bare during Covid-19. Care workers get an average annual salary of £23k. NHS healthcare worker starts on £25k. We undervalue care as a society.

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

"What happens if Netanyahu wins?... A more interesting question is what happens if he loses. Would it stop what is happening in the West Bank?" www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

Inside the battle to oust Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah— and it’s going to the polls. The alternatives may not offer that much hope

prospectmagazine.co.uk