Diyora Shadijanova

@thediyora.bsky.social

work in progressive comms, occasional journalist and writer 🌿 hothouse bookclub co-organiser email: diyora.shadijanova@gmail.com website: diyorashadijanova.xyz she/they

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "

Anyone else finding it extremely weird that the government hasn’t said anything about climate change? Nothing on the drought? Nothing on the extreme temperatures predicted for our FIFTH heatwave of the summer? Nothing on how on earth we are going to adapt to this “new normal”?

For Earth Day, I profiled Asad Rehman, the new chief executive of Friends of the Earth for @hyphenonline.com. We discussed the threat of the far-right to climate action (and humanity), unexpected journeys into gardening and what a lack of access to nature takes away from marginalised communities.

Asad Rehman on the far-right threat to the climate - Hyphen

Rightwing groups are weaponising inequality against migrants, Muslims and the environment, says the Friends of the Earth head

hyphenonline.com

Poor Matt Goodwin. All he ever wanted was to be a hard working MP/academic/tv presenter/commentator/writer/pollster/wealth adviser/women’s health guru and you all ripped that away from him. A shame

Pundits have to stop referring to anyone voting against the government’s stance on Gaza and its growing anti-migrant rhetoric as being a part of the “Muslim vote”. I keep hearing it in relation to Gorton and Denton. Progressive votes come from all corners of society and Muslims aren’t a monolith!

It’s hardly surprising that Suella Braverman has defected. What’s interesting is that Reform doesn’t at all seem concerned about accusations that they will look like the Tories 2.0 to voters — they’re confident it won’t hurt them. And I think they're right.

The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

Can we agree that the BBC clearly has shifted rightwards despite claiming political neutrality – whitewashing a genocide, amplifying anti-immigrant and anti-trans narratives – but that it’s also very worrying to see it capitulate to the Orange Man and his cronies for not being far-right enough?

the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever