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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
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Linehan graduating to overt homophobia was pretty predictable.
the reason tucker carlson, or any homophobe, thinks this: every once in a while, while watching porn, they get turned on by the guy. rather than just acknowledging that they construct some conspiracy about how it must be propaganda or a manipulation -- bcos they're terrified of being seen as gay/bi
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Linehan graduating to overt homophobia was pretty predictable.
Again we come back to that old idle fantasy game: what would YOU have done in the 1930s?
If you think fascism happened because people all suddenly went fascist and you’re not fascist so you wouldn’t have found yourself supporting it in any way, you’re an easy mark.
If you think fascism happened because people all suddenly went fascist and you’re not fascist so you wouldn’t have found yourself supporting it in any way, you’re an easy mark.
Sky News is now fluffing the Far Right in France @mrjamesob.bsky.social This is almost Chris Mason level of puffery.
apple.news/AlgGq_cKBTP-...
apple.news/AlgGq_cKBTP-...
The man who could become France's next president - and his wish for the UK — Sky News
The 30-year-old National Rally leader draws huge youth crowds and rising poll numbers as he rebrands his far-right movement - despite protests, controversy, and a chaotic moment on his book tour campa...
apple.news
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Again we come back to that old idle fantasy game: what would YOU have done in the 1930s?
If you think fascism happened because people all suddenly went fascist and you’re not fascist so you wouldn’t have found yourself supporting it in any way, you’re an easy mark.
If you think fascism happened because people all suddenly went fascist and you’re not fascist so you wouldn’t have found yourself supporting it in any way, you’re an easy mark.
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
You might think this means Muslims.
But it’s also long been used to refer to Jews. It’s at the heart of the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
But it’s also long been used to refer to Jews. It’s at the heart of the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
Ok, so wildly unlawful, but also… “undermine domestic tranquility?” And “non-compatible with Western Civilization?”
wtf are we doing here?
wtf are we doing here?
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
You might think this means Muslims.
But it’s also long been used to refer to Jews. It’s at the heart of the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
But it’s also long been used to refer to Jews. It’s at the heart of the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
It’s still only 1933, folks.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
It’s still only 1933, folks.
I think one of the problems, as the recent observer interview shows, is that Linehan simply refuses to talk to any journalists who won’t bow down before his ideology.
So no journalist would dare challenge him on this.
So no journalist would dare challenge him on this.
As much as I hate the celebrity clickbait culture we live in, I noticed this tweet has under a thousand views. It's Graham slagging off his ex-wife's sitcom Motherland. Come on journalists, it's an open goal - you could expose his character AND get your fix of tawdry gossip.
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I think one of the problems, as the recent observer interview shows, is that Linehan simply refuses to talk to any journalists who won’t bow down before his ideology.
So no journalist would dare challenge him on this.
So no journalist would dare challenge him on this.
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
By the by, this is an example of why democracies MUST prosecute corruption.
It’s a cancer.
The most corrupt President in US history is using his regular gangster tactics to suppress free media not only in his own country.
It’s a cancer.
The most corrupt President in US history is using his regular gangster tactics to suppress free media not only in his own country.
The important bit about this story - in reality the only important bit because nothing here is new - is that it delivers to an audience previously unaware of it a truth about the BBC's relationship to power: craven. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
By the by, this is an example of why democracies MUST prosecute corruption.
It’s a cancer.
The most corrupt President in US history is using his regular gangster tactics to suppress free media not only in his own country.
It’s a cancer.
The most corrupt President in US history is using his regular gangster tactics to suppress free media not only in his own country.
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“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
The world of the GenAI bubble feels like a bunch of people involved in making a blockbuster movie that turns out to be crap.
There’s LOADS of talent and AMAZING things being done and the set is buzzing but - there’s something flat, predictable, unengaging, unoriginal and tedious about the result.
There’s LOADS of talent and AMAZING things being done and the set is buzzing but - there’s something flat, predictable, unengaging, unoriginal and tedious about the result.
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The world of the GenAI bubble feels like a bunch of people involved in making a blockbuster movie that turns out to be crap.
There’s LOADS of talent and AMAZING things being done and the set is buzzing but - there’s something flat, predictable, unengaging, unoriginal and tedious about the result.
There’s LOADS of talent and AMAZING things being done and the set is buzzing but - there’s something flat, predictable, unengaging, unoriginal and tedious about the result.
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Articles like this appearing today. This has an interview with two plaintiffs. Hoping things go well tomorrow.
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/602...
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/602...
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Articles like this appearing today. This has an interview with two plaintiffs. Hoping things go well tomorrow.
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/602...
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/602...
It’s fascinating talking to defenders of the first amendment when it comes to protecting abusive language against minorities in US schools.
They all think it’s SO obvious you must be a troll or stupid but push them on the details and they don’t agree.
They all think it’s SO obvious you must be a troll or stupid but push them on the details and they don’t agree.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It’s fascinating talking to defenders of the first amendment when it comes to protecting abusive language against minorities in US schools.
They all think it’s SO obvious you must be a troll or stupid but push them on the details and they don’t agree.
They all think it’s SO obvious you must be a troll or stupid but push them on the details and they don’t agree.
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AI has transformed tech interviews into a game of cat and mouse.
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
AI has transformed tech interviews into a game of cat and mouse.
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And anyway, in Castro, what makes the issue a close one is whether "a students’ rights had been interfered with under the evidence or if plaintiff’s speech had occurred off-campus".
The retweeting complaints is not crucial to the decision. Being a sustained pattern is not key. The single tweet was.
The retweeting complaints is not crucial to the decision. Being a sustained pattern is not key. The single tweet was.
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
And anyway, in Castro, what makes the issue a close one is whether "a students’ rights had been interfered with under the evidence or if plaintiff’s speech had occurred off-campus".
The retweeting complaints is not crucial to the decision. Being a sustained pattern is not key. The single tweet was.
The retweeting complaints is not crucial to the decision. Being a sustained pattern is not key. The single tweet was.
“parents are merely trying to teach kids that “connection and love do not require you to ignore your own needs.”
No, I think parents are “merely” not forcing their kids to hug other people against their will because that’s really fucking creepy.
No, I think parents are “merely” not forcing their kids to hug other people against their will because that’s really fucking creepy.
Ahh yes, a totally real trend for which we totally have evidence
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“parents are merely trying to teach kids that “connection and love do not require you to ignore your own needs.”
No, I think parents are “merely” not forcing their kids to hug other people against their will because that’s really fucking creepy.
No, I think parents are “merely” not forcing their kids to hug other people against their will because that’s really fucking creepy.
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This research was published 14 months ago. In *Nature*.
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Evidence has now emerged of the adverse consequences of the laws banning GAHT for trans youth in both the US and UK. This includes sharp declines in mental health and increased suicide attempts among transgender young people.
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01979-5
t.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This research was published 14 months ago. In *Nature*.
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Heads up to followers, but the final high court decision (for now) on marriage equality in Japan is due out this Friday. I'll post when I see the outcome, but will need the weekend to read and summarize the decision. Analysis will be up at @whatthetrans.com hopefully by Monday.
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Heads up to followers, but the final high court decision (for now) on marriage equality in Japan is due out this Friday. I'll post when I see the outcome, but will need the weekend to read and summarize the decision. Analysis will be up at @whatthetrans.com hopefully by Monday.
While I’m delighted that Farage is under the cosh over his history of racism, I can’t help asking - why now? Why is this suddenly gaining traction now when it has absolutely not been a secret for well over a decade?
Farage’s antisemitism has been on display for years too.
The thing about antisemitism is that all too often it only seems to matter when it’s people not in your own ranks.
The thing about antisemitism is that all too often it only seems to matter when it’s people not in your own ranks.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
While I’m delighted that Farage is under the cosh over his history of racism, I can’t help asking - why now? Why is this suddenly gaining traction now when it has absolutely not been a secret for well over a decade?
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I have been reminded about Michael Gove and Sarah Vine's book shelves. Who got the far right books in the divorce, I wonder?
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Interesting how Michael Gove and Sarah Vine had books by fascists, Holocaust deniers, race "scientists", and white supremacists, but none on anti-fascism, Holocaust studies, anti-racism, or how race "science"/eugenics is bad. The absence of balance is what is telling.
www.indy100.com/news/michael...
www.indy100.com/news/michael...
September 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I have been reminded about Michael Gove and Sarah Vine's book shelves. Who got the far right books in the divorce, I wonder?
bsky.app/profile/snig...
bsky.app/profile/snig...
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Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It’s a day to raise awareness around all forms of violence against women and girls and to call for an end to gender-based violence.
#InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGenderBasedViolence
#InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGenderBasedViolence
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It’s a day to raise awareness around all forms of violence against women and girls and to call for an end to gender-based violence.
#InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGenderBasedViolence
#InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGenderBasedViolence
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The joke I've usually heard is that foxes are cat software running on dog hardware.
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The joke I've usually heard is that foxes are cat software running on dog hardware.
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
A little reminder yet again that the proportion of people who are trans in any given population is very similar to the proportion of Jews in Germany in 1933.
Someone at the BBC took the time to edit this article in order to enforce the current anti-trans state ideology.
Someone at the BBC took the time to edit this article in order to enforce the current anti-trans state ideology.
The evolution of the BBC article on Graham Linehan's conviction and how it describes the trans victim of this crime is beyond atrocious. They actively went out of their way to dehumanize the victim here. They removed all pronouns for her and gendered honorifics such as "Ms."
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A little reminder yet again that the proportion of people who are trans in any given population is very similar to the proportion of Jews in Germany in 1933.
Someone at the BBC took the time to edit this article in order to enforce the current anti-trans state ideology.
Someone at the BBC took the time to edit this article in order to enforce the current anti-trans state ideology.