🚨 BREAKING: A UN Independent Commission has concluded that Israeli authorities continue to commit genocide in Gaza, citing the deliberate targeting of Palestinian children as key evidence of genocidal intent.
Matthew Paul
@matthewepaul.bsky.social
Poems. Reviews. Essays. Latest poetry collection The Last Corinthians (https://crookedspirepress.com/the-last-corinthians-by-matthew-paul). ‘[…] an exceptionally well-crafted collection.’ - Acumen www.matthewpaulpoetry.blog/books
I'm screaming inside reading this. The implications are beyond comprehension.
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
Everywhere I look today I keep seeing: 1) deadly wildfires ripping through our communities 2) people desperately trying to get by as energy costs soar 3) record oil & gas profits When will we see that these three things are connected? www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Big Oil Is Reaping Rewards From the Chaos in Energy Markets
ExxonMobil’s earnings doubled and Chevron posted its highest quarterly earnings on record as energy prices soared during the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Great day at the cricket in York with @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social. No fireworks from Stokes but never mind.
When I discuss huge systemic issues, people say "but what I can I do?" When I mention something meaningful you can do immediately, people say (as the replies here show) "but what's the point, in the face of the huge systemic issues?" There are, it seems, plenty of people who want to be helpless.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last wk.It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests
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The continuing claims by the police that all this is the work of a "rogue unit" or a "few bad apples" are yet more lies piled on top of 50 years of lying. The state surveillance, state rape and state cover-ups are institutional and systemic. It's not over. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding spycop from former partner
Spycops inquiry has revealed how Helen Steel was secretly monitored in her search for undercover officer who deceived her into relationship
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A plethora of Puffins on @wtsww.bsky.social ‘s Skomer Island reserve for #BirdOfTheDay theme of #OneTwoThreeFour #BirdPhotography #Birds #WelshBirds
"Immigration raids do not build safety in our communities, they spread fear and make it even harder for victims of modern slavery and trafficking to come forward and seek protection." Well done @lewishamgreenparty.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Green-led Lewisham council will not assist in immigration raids
Lewisham has become the first council in the UK to refuse to assist Home Office immigration raids.
bbc.co.uk
Anti-racism & anti-far right rally in Glasgow tomorrow. Meet at 11am at the McLennan Arch at Glasgow Green. www.thenational.scot/news/2627330...
Anti-racism rally set to counter rising anti-immigration disorder in Glasgow
Anti-racism campaigners will hold a rally in Glasgow on July 25 to counter a meeting of the far-right group 'Unite the Clans'
thenational.scot
Always this. "Protect our women and children from those people" is pure projection. The beast is the man in the mirror. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse
Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence
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The greatest global threat to both peace and a habitable planet is the government of the USA. It has been so for a long time, but Trump has nixed the deniability. We should stop treating it as an ally that has mysteriously gone astray and start treating it as a hazard to be avoided and contained.
A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’
CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job
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Major climate impacts on crops in North America and Europe. Major shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and now, potentially, the Red Sea. Transit through the Panama Canal threatened by drought. It's time we started getting serious about #FoodSecurity.
The idiots who need 1.5 trillion to defend our nation, are the greatest threat our nation faces. You idiots don't even ask us before going into a war, & now you're in here begging us for more money to play with. A teenager does shit like this
What do these AI pricks think will happen when they drain all the rivers and lakes to cool their data centers? How will they keep their stupid bullshit going then?
Seen a few people saying rough sleeping policy isn’t aimed at median public concern. Quite apart from any policy/moral imperative it really is - rough sleeping comes up time again in focus groups as one of the most visible signs of Broken Britain and community decline!
Thames Water is on the brink. This new government must end the bailout and bonus cycle, and hand ownership to the people who actually rely on the water. Customer ownership is the co-operative answer.
Its back - by Popular Demand - This time at Mexborough Library - Join me to find out about Charles Dickens' double life, and his visit to Doncaster, with more than horse racing on his mind.
reading a poem for my dead brother suddenly a starling! Poem by Rachael Boast.
It was a very hazy sunrise this morning in Glastonbury. Not sure if it is dust in the air but it really was very orange and the sun didn't break through the haze for quite a while.
I’m very happy to see my Ace of Spades poem get another outing, alongside fine poems by Kate Henry and Natalie Shaw, here. My thanks, as ever, to editor Hilary Menos. www.thefridaypoem.com/p/qualified-...
Qualified people are here to do the heavy lifting
Three Friday Poems from our Archive for you, from Kate Hendry, Natalie Shaw and Matthew Paul.
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