Israeli ministers announce plans for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank Defence minister seeks three ‘Naha’ outposts in Gaza as top commander says Israel now controls 65% of the strip, violating Trump ceasefire deal www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Israeli ministers announce plans for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank

Defence minister seeks three ‘Naha’ outposts in Gaza as top commander says Israel now controls 65% of the strip, violating Trump ceasefire deal

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Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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"US spy tech giant Palantir paid an effective tax rate of just 8% on their £25.3m UK profits. Most companies with profits above £250,000 pay 25%. How is a company that’s won £670m in UK public contracts (including a massive £330m NHS deal) able to dodge our tax rules? " via 38 degrees

🚨 NEW: Our new analysis has found that the funding settlement issued with the Defence Investment Plan will lead to a net loss in jobs in the UK. 📑 Buying the Dip: The Defence Investment Plan Will Produce Domestic Unemployment Our key findings 🧵👇

"Scottish Labour MPs who are behind this report should tell us who among them wants one of these extortionate, wasteful, and unnecessary nuclear plants built in their constituency. Scotland produces more energy than it uses – we simply do not need nuclear..." www.thenational.scot/news/2624182...

Where Labour want new nuclear power plants in Scotland – see the map

The Scottish Government has long opposed new nuclear power, but Westminster commissioned a report anyway

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Stock trades by President. The blatant corruption is just staggering

I am very glad to see how widely covered the insanity at Exeter is, but please I beg everyone, understand this is happening EVERYWHERE in UK universities. If people care about anything valuable that this sector does or contributes too, they need to get loud, now.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last mo.

Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵

“After two years of Labour towing the centre-right line on the false promise of electability, Burnham can now make a distinct break – not only from Starmer’s failed agenda, but the decades of social and economic dogma that have led to Britain’s current crises.”

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

Want to know what Andy Burnham would do in government? Take a look at his past | Frances Ryan

Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism

First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long

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I just found out about @theactionnetwork.bsky.social Stop the Hyperscale AI Data Centres in Scotland. They have a petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

Stop the Hyperscale AI Data Centres

Sign our petition to call on the Scottish Government to put a moratorium on hyperscale AI data centres Hyperscale AI Data centres use huge amounts of energy and land, require backup generators that u...

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Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law

An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers

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Not just for rich people: the progressive case for air conditioning | Phineas Harper

Not just for rich people: the progressive case for air conditioning | Phineas Harper

Air conditioning can bring significant benefits but also real harms. The answer is for it to take its place alongside a comprehensive state plan for climate adaptation, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

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What words exist in the English language to describe such crimes?

Today, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an investigation into deaths at ICE concentration camps. @theguardian.com and @france24.com covered it. Can anyone find AMERICAN coverage of this development? Our media is complicit in the coverup: news.un.org/en/story/202...

Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigra...

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It’s unconscionable and heartbreaking what Israel is doing to both the Palestinians and the Lebanese.

I care

Nigel Farage tells Sally Nugent 'no one cares' about his £5,000,000 crypto gift

The Reform UK boss is under investigation by Parliament's standards watchdog following revelations he received an undisclosed £5million gift from British cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne i...

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There is a great research paper on this by @alicecmartini.bsky.social analysing white silence on far-right terrorism in global counterterrorism discourses scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“In the case of Musk, what wage would he have to be on to amass a trillion dollars? The answer is that, even if he worked 70 hours a week from age 20 to 75 and took no holidays, his pay rate would need to be about $5m an hour.”

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

Is it bad that Elon Musk has a trillion dollars? Yes, and here’s why | Ingrid Robeyns

Says a Dulwich public school boy who walked into a metal brokers job in the city because of his connections.

Published today: "An Israeli strike on southern #Gaza has killed 2 people a& injured another, according to Palestinian authorities. Despite a ceasefire, #Israeli attacks on the enclave continue daily." www.threads.com/@aljazeeraen... #GazaNews #Israel #News #Palestine #WorldNews

As ministers and the media ponder how to increase spending on defence, Ltd worth reminding ourselves that were it not for the damage Brexit has inflicted on us, we would t be having this conversation. Farage and Johnson have screwed us all.

Britain’s return to the EU is only a matter of time ft.trib.al/SACKU94 | opinion

Britain’s return to the EU is only a matter of time

There are no alternatives the people would favour. Increasingly, they know it

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'Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready.' New nuclear (inc. SMRs still in development) is already too late for the AMOC climate crises. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready

The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Fans Chant “Palestine, Palestine” Before Entering The Stadium

Do we want this country to be destroyed?

"The mob violence in Northern Ireland is appalling BUT..." Shocking stuff from the Times.

When white people try to behead people - what happens? Do the likes of @gbnewsonline.bsky.social's Patrick Christys issue inflammatory tweets about white people? No. They say nothing.

Trump has tapped David Venturella, a former ICE official and executive at the prison company GEO Group, to replace Todd Lyons as head of ICE. “It’s really hard to see where the interests of ICE end and those of private prison companies begin,” says Setareh Ghandehari of Detention Watch Network.

“Revolving Door”: Former GEO Group VP David Venturella Is New Interim ICE Chief

President Donald Trump has tapped David Venturella, a former ICE official and executive at the private prison company GEO Group, to replace Todd Lyons as head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. G...

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It's strange to me that Matt Goodwin seems to be on the BBC more than Hannah Spencer when he lost an election to her