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Belfast 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 (The top photo is by Gay Block and is Untitled (Good Friends) Miami, South Beach, 1982-85)
A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks
NEW | A corrective to the gushing tributes… LIDDLE TO BE CELEBRATED An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/liddle-to-...
Liddle to be celebrated
An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
"we should build an army by creating a society no one would want to defend"
I think we're generally much too chill about how mainstream and normal this weird, obsessive anti-Irish stuff is in the UK. #speirgorm
Let's all collectively imagine what the coverage would be like if it were a 'former Hamas supporter selected as Green candidate'
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoFormer neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
We’ve just rented a projector so the kids can watch some films over August and we’re trying to source and buy treats and snacks. Ionad Hind Rajab is about more than education. It’s about getting back a little bit of childhood. 👇
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2d agoAn Irish artist has helped establish a children's centre in Gaza that provides food, education and psychosocial support to children displaced by the war. Adam Doyle, better known as Spicebag, tells us why he helped create Ionad Hind Rajab. jrnl.ie/7117887
The entirety of the NHS, from inception, was made possible thanks to non-white immigrants. Every accusation is a confession. They don’t want talented people regardless of skin colour. They just want white people regardless of skills.
Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 2d ago"There's a real thing going on in the composition of the staff...does that not have to be looked at as well?" Nick Robinson, on Today, discussing this news.sky.com/story/nhs-st...
Nearly three years after Israeli strikes hit the homes of the Abu Sharia and Al-Hassayneh families in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood, Gaza has gathered to bury 112 of those recovered from beneath the ruins.
Wickerman burnt in Armagh last night 🔥🔥🔥 at ancient site of Emain Macha for Lughnasa. Back to our pagan roots.
Whenever people pretend not to understand privilege show them this: things you can smugly say when the dead person's life's work and private acts never did or would or intended to harm you.
Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · 2d agoSad to see people posting on social media negatively about Rod Liddle, who died yesterday. If I have disagreed with you very strongly in life - and you die - I hope I'll be either silent, or kind.
Agree. This interview is an excellent discussion on craven and cowardly journalists who will deny the reality of the genocide in Gaza rather than risk their connections to the wealthy and powerful.
meterfeldweg.bsky.social@meterfeldweg.bsky.social · 3d agoBRILLIANT interview with Pankaj Mishra about the brazen arrogance of the west, the media's amalgamation with power and other crucial topics. youtu.be/MFhqOtY6Q8c?...
Fraser Nelson reckons Rod Liddle was “the greatest satirist since Swift” while Michael Gove is comparing him to not just Swift but Orwell. Amazing the comparisons you can get if you’ll pump out exactly the racist opinions even they are too squeamish to commit to print.
If you can hold on to the terror you can hold on to the world
Simon Spanton@simonguy.bsky.social · 2d ago"There's a loud hum and a strong smell like burnt-out writing; the air shimmers in the purple rain under the lights. CLEVER DAUGHTER and its reflection aren't there any more. Nothing to see. Only the silence cruising like a shark. That's flicker drive." @russellhoban.bsky.social
🟢 Senior Hamas official Basem Naim said Israeli attacks on Gaza have not stopped since the Board of Peace roadmap was announced, killing 21 Palestinians & injuring more than 35 others. He charged Israel w/ attempting to derail the process & called for urgent international pressure to force it to...
The video shows a child collecting the body parts of another child after Israel bombed tents near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. 2 killed and 8 injured in the new strike. 18 Palestinians killed in multiple strikes on Gaza since early hours of Sunday. Video: حسام شبات via X (@HossamShabat)
On the night of 2–3 August 1944, nearly 3,000 Roma men, women and children were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Today, on European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, we honour the victims of the Roma genocide and reaffirm our duty to preserve their memory.
Man... right after 9/11 I tried to warn everyone that they were going to warp the definition of the word "terrorism" and use it as a weapon against anyone who doesn't fall in line. I really hate being right sometimes.
@mleroi.bsky.social · 3d ago
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
This means the US is about to launch a major attack on Iran and they expect retaliation in these places. If they are urging civilians to leave, it likely means they have planned many civilian infrastructure targets in Iran, since Iran reliably responds in kind to the types of attacks it receive 😔
Resist 🕎🍉@antizionistjew.bsky.social · 4d agoUS embassies across the Middle East have issued new security alerts today urging Americans to exercise heightened caution and urged citizens to depart the region. The alerts were issued in the following countries: Oman, Iraq, the UAE, Qatar, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Kuwait
Every five days, a mosque is attacked in the UK. How many of them have you heard about? How many of them made the nightly news? At least 70 attacks in the past year alone. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
One UK mosque attacked ‘every five days’, says British Muslim Trust
More than 70 attacks have been recorded over past year, including acts of violence, property damage and vandalism
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In the coming decades, writes Helen Epstein, toxic fallout in Gaza could lead to “an epidemic of cancer, lung disease, and brain damage” that might “rival in lethality the war’s bombs and bullets.”
Gaza’s Deadly Soil | Helen Epstein
Long before October 2023, Gaza’s people suffered international sanctions, a humiliating occupation, and periodic Israeli bombardments. Few could leave the
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Green Party-led Hackney Council has voted to end its 58-year twin-city agreement with Haifa, citing "anti-racist values". Charlie Jaay reports.
Hackney votes to end 58-year Haifa twinning, citing "anti-racist values"
Green Party-led Hackney Council has voted to end its 58-year twin-city agreement with Haifa, citing "anti-racist values"
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Well the genocide supporting bastards would wouldn't they. 🤬🤬 theintercept.com/2026/07/30/b...
Free Speech Crackdown: Germany Deports Bob Vylan Frontman for Anti-Israel Chants
Allowing the musician into Germany could “radicalise certain segments of the [German] population,” authorities warned.
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Israeli settler militias set fire to olive trees in Burin, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
Britain today: An elderly woman in a wheelchair is escorted away by the police and risks up to 14 years in prison for supporting terrorism since the Home Secretary proscribed a protest group in 2025. Her crime? She said: "I support Palestine Action and I encourage you to join".
News: Appeal against judgment on the Palestine Action ban can be brought to The Supreme Court this autumn! It was announced at a Lift the Ban protest this afternoon outside Westminster Magistrates Court where over 70 people have been arrested under Terrorism law for speaking out.
When UN Special Rapporteurs and journalists are debanked without notice, it's bizarre that a man who has spent decades fund raising for extremist, far right organisations, buying "paramilitary equipment" and banned from Hungary "due to his links with White power extremists" can operate so freely.
Luke Butterly@lukejbutterly.bsky.social · last wk.Far-right loyalist Jim Dowson fundraising for ‘vigilante’ groups in Scotland New by @karingoodwin.bsky.social