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This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
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25. China vs Zhang Yadi
A Chinese student studying in the UK has vanished into the Chinese detention system after going back to visit her parents. She had advocated for the rights of Tibetans while in the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/z...
A Chinese student studying in the UK has vanished into the Chinese detention system after going back to visit her parents. She had advocated for the rights of Tibetans while in the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/z...
London master’s student who advocated for Tibetans detained during China visit
Zhang Yadi was due to begin her master’s degree at SOAS University of London this month
www.independent.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
25. China vs Zhang Yadi
A Chinese student studying in the UK has vanished into the Chinese detention system after going back to visit her parents. She had advocated for the rights of Tibetans while in the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/z...
A Chinese student studying in the UK has vanished into the Chinese detention system after going back to visit her parents. She had advocated for the rights of Tibetans while in the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/z...
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Seven years today since I got a personal favourite letter published in the Metro.
October 17, 2023 at 8:42 AM
Seven years today since I got a personal favourite letter published in the Metro.
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"Exercise vigilance against the propagation of erroneous historical views about World War II that distort or negate the righteousness of the global victory against fascism, or that belittle China’s major contributions to the World War II victory."
Minitrue: Chengdu Cybersecurity Corps on “Ideological Risks During Third Quarter 2025”
The following censorship instructions, issued by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. (Black text boxes ██ indicate words that were intentionally blacked out in the leaked ...
chinadigitaltimes.net
September 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"Exercise vigilance against the propagation of erroneous historical views about World War II that distort or negate the righteousness of the global victory against fascism, or that belittle China’s major contributions to the World War II victory."
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Counting lives saved is difficult, but it can show us the great difference some people have made—
Scientists can make an enormous difference in the world.
Scientists can make an enormous difference in the world.
August 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Counting lives saved is difficult, but it can show us the great difference some people have made—
Scientists can make an enormous difference in the world.
Scientists can make an enormous difference in the world.
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I mean just look at that
August 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I mean just look at that
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I signed the 10% Giving Pledge this year, and this week, I decided to donate 19% of my annual income to global health charities.
It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
We don't have to sit back and just watch the horror unfold
This month, I signed a pledge to donate at least 10% of my lifetime income to effective charities.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev
April 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I signed the 10% Giving Pledge this year, and this week, I decided to donate 19% of my annual income to global health charities.
It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
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In my pre-Bellingcat days, I worked for an organisation that housed asylum seekers, and I'd challenge anyone who think they get an easy time to spend a few months living in the same conditions and see how they feel about it then.
When I did a story on conditions in migrant hotels, there was a woman who would have to wash the spicy sauce off the pasta - in the sink - because there was no meal suitable for her toddler. She felt like a bad mum who couldn’t feed her own child
July 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In my pre-Bellingcat days, I worked for an organisation that housed asylum seekers, and I'd challenge anyone who think they get an easy time to spend a few months living in the same conditions and see how they feel about it then.
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Andrew had a heart of the most immense kindness and generosity and an intellect that was, in the true sense of the word, awe-inspiring. I was very privileged to know him.
May his dear soul rest in peace.
Andrew C. West, 1960-2025.
May his dear soul rest in peace.
Andrew C. West, 1960-2025.
July 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Andrew had a heart of the most immense kindness and generosity and an intellect that was, in the true sense of the word, awe-inspiring. I was very privileged to know him.
May his dear soul rest in peace.
Andrew C. West, 1960-2025.
May his dear soul rest in peace.
Andrew C. West, 1960-2025.
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Up from Mompós to Cartagena, the great fortress of the Spanish Americas - reinforced with some of the most extensive defences in the world following British and French attacks to become an unassailable bastion of Spanish presence in the Caribbean /1
July 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Up from Mompós to Cartagena, the great fortress of the Spanish Americas - reinforced with some of the most extensive defences in the world following British and French attacks to become an unassailable bastion of Spanish presence in the Caribbean /1
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Some Diaspora Jews, hearing recriminations of Israel, often think "is this actually about me and my family? Is Israel merely a code for Jews"
Is this a totally unreasonable thought? No, because sometimes Israel is code for Jews.
But the jump to "no-one can say nasty things about Israel" is insane
Is this a totally unreasonable thought? No, because sometimes Israel is code for Jews.
But the jump to "no-one can say nasty things about Israel" is insane
July 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Some Diaspora Jews, hearing recriminations of Israel, often think "is this actually about me and my family? Is Israel merely a code for Jews"
Is this a totally unreasonable thought? No, because sometimes Israel is code for Jews.
But the jump to "no-one can say nasty things about Israel" is insane
Is this a totally unreasonable thought? No, because sometimes Israel is code for Jews.
But the jump to "no-one can say nasty things about Israel" is insane
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🇨🇳 China tells EU it will not allow Russia to lose war against Ukraine – South China Morning Post
China tells EU it will not allow Russia to lose war against Ukraine – South China Morning Post
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has stated that Beijing cannot allow Russia to be defeated in the war against Ukraine during four hours of talks with Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European ...
www.pravda.com.ua
July 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🇨🇳 China tells EU it will not allow Russia to lose war against Ukraine – South China Morning Post
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My latest post! In researching the history of coal, I stumbled across a puzzle that has baffled people for over four hundred years: why the coal briquette never became widely adopted in England.
Now, finally, there is an answer!
www.ageofinvention.xyz/p/age-of-inv...
Now, finally, there is an answer!
www.ageofinvention.xyz/p/age-of-inv...
Age of Invention: All Fired Up
The mystifying, centuries-long failure of the coal briquette
www.ageofinvention.xyz
July 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
My latest post! In researching the history of coal, I stumbled across a puzzle that has baffled people for over four hundred years: why the coal briquette never became widely adopted in England.
Now, finally, there is an answer!
www.ageofinvention.xyz/p/age-of-inv...
Now, finally, there is an answer!
www.ageofinvention.xyz/p/age-of-inv...
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Smallpox declined gradually, until the WHO coordinated the global effort to eradicate it 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Smallpox declined gradually, until the WHO coordinated the global effort to eradicate it 🧵
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What remarkable Xi Jinping timing to meet his fake Panchen Lama roughly 30 years after Beijing abducted the actual six-year-old Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who to this day decades after being the world's youngest political prisoner has never been seen again. Still crickets from global media.
China/Tibet: Panchen Lama Forcibly Disappeared for 30 Years
China’s government should free the 11th Panchen Lama Gendun Choki Nyima and his parents, whom Chinese authorities forcibly disappeared on May 17, 1995, and who have not been seen for 30 years
www.hrw.org
June 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What remarkable Xi Jinping timing to meet his fake Panchen Lama roughly 30 years after Beijing abducted the actual six-year-old Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who to this day decades after being the world's youngest political prisoner has never been seen again. Still crickets from global media.
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Ok so I didn’t really need that in my adult beverage but thanks for sharing
May 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Ok so I didn’t really need that in my adult beverage but thanks for sharing
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You have a right to a family life, which includes being able to settle a foreign spouse or children, not have them live in limbo for a decade
May 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
You have a right to a family life, which includes being able to settle a foreign spouse or children, not have them live in limbo for a decade
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Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir
Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir
Exclusive: London theatre urges Home Office to reconsider as Ibrahima Balde unable to watch adaptation of award-winning book
The author of an award-winning memoir about his life as a refugee has been refused a UK visa to attend a premiere of its adaptation for the London stage by one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights.
Ibrahima Balde, who lives in Spain, was told the UK government was not satisfied he would return home after the performance of Little Brother which begins its run at Jermyn Street Theatre next week. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir
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thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
its often combined with a sense that people belong inherently to one of many fixed character types
its often combined with a sense that people belong inherently to one of many fixed character types
May 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
its often combined with a sense that people belong inherently to one of many fixed character types
its often combined with a sense that people belong inherently to one of many fixed character types
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A few Palestinian YouTube channels have stopped because they were killed. These were kids. They sang songs & loved birds, and showed us the ocean. I'll never forget Medo, a young man growing a garden in the midst of a genocide. Israel killed him; he showed the world that Palestinians are human.
May 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A few Palestinian YouTube channels have stopped because they were killed. These were kids. They sang songs & loved birds, and showed us the ocean. I'll never forget Medo, a young man growing a garden in the midst of a genocide. Israel killed him; he showed the world that Palestinians are human.
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Just heard that Dave Allen died, and this has made me sad. The things he and Andy Gill did with bass and guitar were wondrous. Both gone, now.
youtu.be/EFi4lHiThFA?...
youtu.be/EFi4lHiThFA?...
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YouTube video by Gang Of Four - Topic
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April 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Just heard that Dave Allen died, and this has made me sad. The things he and Andy Gill did with bass and guitar were wondrous. Both gone, now.
youtu.be/EFi4lHiThFA?...
youtu.be/EFi4lHiThFA?...
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Cambodia was hit by a tariff of 49%. Madagascar - 47%.
Lesotho - in southern Africa - has a 50% tariff - the highest of any country. This could devastate the economy of a small, impoverished nation that relies on exports of clothes.
Lesotho - in southern Africa - has a 50% tariff - the highest of any country. This could devastate the economy of a small, impoverished nation that relies on exports of clothes.
April 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cambodia was hit by a tariff of 49%. Madagascar - 47%.
Lesotho - in southern Africa - has a 50% tariff - the highest of any country. This could devastate the economy of a small, impoverished nation that relies on exports of clothes.
Lesotho - in southern Africa - has a 50% tariff - the highest of any country. This could devastate the economy of a small, impoverished nation that relies on exports of clothes.
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ICYMI, this 2002 PhD dissertation by Pan Yue, current head of the national ethnic affairs commission, drew up a blueprint for settler colonialism 20 years ago. he specifically wrote that China should learn from the experience of the westward movement
March 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
ICYMI, this 2002 PhD dissertation by Pan Yue, current head of the national ethnic affairs commission, drew up a blueprint for settler colonialism 20 years ago. he specifically wrote that China should learn from the experience of the westward movement
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