Human rights groups sue Trump administration over ‘crippling’ ICC sanctions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Human rights groups sue Trump administration over ‘crippling’ ICC sanctions

Lawsuit challenges executive order targeting international criminal court for investigating Israeli crimes in Palestine

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Tech enshittification has me purchasing a new iPod and Nintendo 3DS like it's the mid-2010s again

saying this not as a dig to Paul but as a general point, but it does worry me that we've ended up in a world where the two options are seemingly "leftist bubble" or "oh hey the nazis are here" - surely we should be able to have a politically heterogenous platform with tight rules on hate speech etc?

Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 2w ago

The new CEO of Bluesky wants to change Bluesky from being a leftist bubble. The thing is, there’s nothing wrong with being a leftist bubble: the idea that everything has to be all-encompassing and suitable for everyone is a trap. 🧵 1/4

This is how Restore Britain, sorry I mean Restoration, talks to working class northern Labour members in Red Wall seats who say they care about Ukraine. Do not under any circumstances vote for these charlatans for the Labour NEC.

If you are a supporter of Ukraine in the Labour Party, do not under any circumstances vote for the Restoration slate including Stella Tsantekidou for the NEC. They have made it very clear that they will not be reliable pro-Ukraine allies if elected.

Turns out Andy Burnham didn't need to drill for new oil and gas in the North Sea, the Green Party's Manchester Mayoral campaign generated enough hot air to see us through for at least 5 winters.

Who is really in charge in Iran? Want to know more? @gavinesler.bsky.social and Prof. Ali Ansari get into the details in our latest episode ➡️ linktr.ee/drillpod

Reminding people that the arguments Putin apologists made following Syria, Libya & Ukraine is that the regime-toppling were inorganic, illigitimate & entirely orchestrated by the West. If it were that easy, why is Iran not in a civil war now? Because it was always a lie.

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Protests in Ukraine have prompted a chaotic series of changes at the very top of Zelenskyy's military command. @ozkaterji.bsky.social and @jimmyrushton.bsky.social discuss the shifts and what it means for the nation's war effort ➡️ linktr.ee/drillpod

BREAKING: President Zelenskyy has fired embattled commander in chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, naming Mykhailo Drapatyi as his replacement

Ed Miliband’s position on Syria in response to Assad’s nerve gas massacre in Ghouta had profoundly devastating consequences for the Syrian people, and he remains utterly unrepentant.

Ukraine is set for a change in government after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy nominated Serhii Koretskyi as the country's next prime minister. Lawmakers are expected to vote on the nomination later today.

Zelenskyy’s decision to sack Ukraine’s popular Defence Minister and back the unpopular Commander in Chief has triggered large protests in the Ukrainian capital. Catch us live on the ground reporting for TVP World.

It's never coming home 😭

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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 After a tense few days in Ankara, @ozkaterji.bsky.social hears the latest from the conference halls of NATO from @edrusi.bsky.social ➡️ linktr.ee/drillpod

Very sad news - our great reporter David Hencke passed away peacefully yesterday evening at home with his family at his side. Will have more to say about this legend later but meanwhile - rest in peace, David

Zelenskyy upping the ante with an ultimatum to Minsk, effectively threatening to start striking Belarussian territory if Lukashenko doesn't dismantle drone repeater antenna Kyiv says Russia is using to conduct strikes on Ukraine. bsky.app/profile/unit...

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 2mo ago

⚡️ BREAKING: Zelenskyy gave Lukashenko a 7-day ultimatum to remove border surveillance equipment adjusting Russian fire on Ukrainian civilians.

I think developments from the last few weeks have at least put the notion of a Trump 2028 run to bed, he's absolutely cooked his reputation with his own supporters and MAGA activists are basically fighting an open civil war now.

No generation in human history has been less prepared for reaching middle age than Millennials.

It is extremely annoying the way that Hunt, like Osborne before him, personally undermined the foundations of the British state and now gets to opine as if this mess was absolutely nothing to do with him.

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’d have a lot more time for this if the answer was “by not cutting employee NICS”. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Updated teaser for the scenes depicted in Trojan Horses - Brexit, Trump, Russia - on the 10th anniversary of the EU Referendum Amazing cast. Terrifying true story. 23 June 👉 www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/trojan_...

Broadcast people - due to my advancing years and gazing too long into the abyss, I am now required to wear glasses. What lenses do I need to buy that don’t reflect all the broadcast lights onto the camera?

The US hard left want to point to a 19 year old Azov soldier with a neo-Nazi patch on his uniform and condemn an entire country to destruction in response, then look at a 41 year old ex-Blackwater mercenary with a Totenkopf tattooed on his chest and elect him into high office.

To paraphrase Taylor Parkes, the issue is not that Graham Platner has some skeletons in his closet, it's that he hangs his clothes in an ossuary.

In addition, literal stacks of M4000 chemical bombs, used by the Assad regime to drop sarin on civilians in 3 recorded incidents, were found and photographed. Yet more evidence everything we published at Bellingcat based on our open source investigations of chemical attacks was accurate.

Gregory Koblentz@gregkoblentz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

☠️Biggest find by OPCW since fall of the Assad regime: "dozens of undeclared chemical munitions such as aerial bombs and rockets as well as separately found chemicals and related equipment" at undeclared locations in northern coastal and central regions. www.opcw.org/sites/defaul...

And before you ask: yes, Gordon Brown nearly did it too. But he didn’t. It was never a good idea and skirting with it did him no good. Don’t believe in mandate fairies! Columnists sell belief in them for the same reason toy stores promote belief in Father Christmas.

No there will not be an early election. A man with 400 seats will not risk half of them three years early to satisfy columnists’ belief in mandate fairies.

Endlessly fascinated by the right wingers that thought Homelander was the protagonist of The Boys. I can understand those dipshits misunderstanding The Matrix & Fight Club, but The Boys is as subtle as a brick to the jaw, you’d have to be a generational idiot to not get it.

Happy World Goth Day! Here’s an old throwback picture for all the freaks out there 🖤