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Shane Thomas

@tokenbg.blacksky.app

South London

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Megan O’Toole@meganotoole.bsky.social · yesterday

‘How many people do you need to kill before you’ve violated a ceasefire? One, surely. But … how about more than 1,200? That’s how many Palestinians Israel has killed in Gaza since agreeing to an ostensible ceasefire with Hamas in October.’ @barrymalone.bsky.social via @middle-east-eye.bsky.social

Israel is not 'testing' its ceasefires. It's violating them

As the Israeli military ignores deals in Gaza and Lebanon and continues its industrial-scale killing, the western media turns a blind eye

middleeasteye.net

Shane Thomas@tokenbg.blacksky.app · yesterday

There's a thesis to be written on the English establishment's eager acceptance of the loudmouth, cruel bigot, who's an "entertaining" court jester to them, and a blight on the lives of everyone else.

J Gregort Coffeeheimer@gregianjohnson.bsky.social · yesterday

“He spoke truth to power” say the powerful, lining up to praise their favourite court jester as a brave and bold challenge to the establishment, despite him never having done a thing to threaten or unsettle said establishment. Just a grubby mirror they enjoyed seeing their worst reflections in.

Harry Stopes@harrystopes.bsky.social · 2d ago

“‘Manchester’ has been a metonym at least twice in the last two hundred years, escaping the orbit of a more generalised ‘North’.” I explore the achievements and failures of the current Manchester model.

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 2d ago

‘Between 2015 and 2024, nearly a billion pounds of public money was lent on favourable terms to developers who built almost no affordable housing – almost two-thirds of it to one company.’ @harrystopes.bsky.social on Manchester, new on the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 6d ago

‘Ten days ago, Andy Burnham stood outside Number 10 and announced “the biggest changes in the last forty years”. One thing that won’t change is the use of British bases by American military aircraft bombing Iran.’ New from @desfreedman.bsky.social, on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

Des Freedman | Bombs Away

Ten days ago, Andy Burnham stood outside Number 10 and announced a ‘circuit breaker for Britain, bringing forward the...

lrb.co.uk

Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · last wk.

You’ve probably seen @peterwalker99.bsky.social’s story on the London flats where the temporary accommodation residents had their air con turned off in a heatwave; we had a look at what’s going on and who is responsible. www.londoncentric.media/p/air-condit...

"If you're poor, you can sweat": One building's air conditioning divide

The struggles of residents in a London tower block sum up the challenges of heatwave-era London.

londoncentric.media

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last wk.

‘The CJP’s demands were said to have been met: undisclosed compensation for families of suicide victims, no legal measures to be pursued against protesters. But many – especially Muslims – are still in custody.’ Skye Arundhati Thomas on protest in India, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

Skye Arundhati Thomas | Modi and the Cockroaches

Narendra Modi has had his hand forced by a group of meme-making students and members of the Indian working class. It...

lrb.co.uk

Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · last wk.

🟣 New from Byline Supplement The Dark Side of France By @goldbergradio.bsky.social Irish journalist Enda O'Doherty talks to the Byline Times podcast about his new book, which traces France's long history of anti-semitism, racism and… https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-dark-side-of-france

The Dark Side of France

Irish journalist Enda O'Doherty talks to the Byline Times podcast about his new book, which traces France's long history of anti-semitism, racism and Islamophobia

bylinesupplement.com

Zito@zeets.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote about Messi ending his national team era in tears was the perfect way for it to end, not in the sense that he deserved to be sad, but it symbolized how the unbreakable love and bond he has with Argentina was built on the years of suffering together.

Flaming Hydra@flaminghydra.com · 2w ago

TODAY: @zeets.bsky.social on Lionel Messi, on the field and in tears. "He was no longer the cold, distant genius. It became clear that he had wanted the victory so desperately, for himself and his teammates, but also for the people." flaminghydra.com/issue-611/#t...