Chris Hale
@chrishalemedia.bsky.social
AHRC M4C scholarship funded doctoral researcher: genocide prevention. Doc producer/author www.chrishalemedia.co.uk
Thousands Rally for Iran Regime Change in Cities Around the World www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Thousands Rally for Iran Regime Change in Cities Around the World
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February 14, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Thousands Rally for Iran Regime Change in Cities Around the World www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Just like with Brazil arresting their insurrectionists rather than re-electing them, other countries are holding their Epstein-tied politicians accountable far better than we do. www.bbc.com/news/article...
We must defend the BBC against this mobster
Every time Trump has sued the media as court date set for $10 billion BBC legal action
Every time Trump has sued the media as court date set for $10 billion BBC lawsuit
The BBC will have to defend themselves against the US president in court next year
trib.al
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
We must defend the BBC against this mobster
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Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants'
Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Imagine a President bulldozing 1/3 of our Historic White House pocketing $300 million and that doesn’t even crack the top 100 most destructive, vile, disgusting things he’s done, yet here we are
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Imagine a President bulldozing 1/3 of our Historic White House pocketing $300 million and that doesn’t even crack the top 100 most destructive, vile, disgusting things he’s done, yet here we are
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I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
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With the right wing History Reclaimed Co. & allies straining every sinew to discredit the Project Spire reparative social justice programme at the Synod yesterday, it might be worth acquainting ourselves with the Church’s direct complicity in trans-Atlantic slavery:
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-arg...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-arg...
The Argument About Project Spire and the Real History of the Church of England as an Enslaver
Alan Lester Key points: 1. Trans-Atlantic slavery was unlike other forms of slavery. People were commodified and racialised as ‘objects’ for capital accumulation. 2. The Church of England invested …
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February 12, 2026 at 8:24 AM
With the right wing History Reclaimed Co. & allies straining every sinew to discredit the Project Spire reparative social justice programme at the Synod yesterday, it might be worth acquainting ourselves with the Church’s direct complicity in trans-Atlantic slavery:
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-arg...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-arg...
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Ratcliffe has blown a pernicious group’s cover. Tax exile millionaires including media moguls, who exploit everyone and everything for themselves disguised as patriots acting for the ‘left behind’ white working class. Scapegoating immigrants is their ruse.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants
PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Ratcliffe has blown a pernicious group’s cover. Tax exile millionaires including media moguls, who exploit everyone and everything for themselves disguised as patriots acting for the ‘left behind’ white working class. Scapegoating immigrants is their ruse.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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I’m not reposting that Farage clip because nobody needs to see his face in their timeline again, but flexible working is brilliant and I will not hear otherwise. It’s a total game changer and supports so many people in work 1/
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I’m not reposting that Farage clip because nobody needs to see his face in their timeline again, but flexible working is brilliant and I will not hear otherwise. It’s a total game changer and supports so many people in work 1/
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‘A friend in London talks about the mystifying phrase she keeps hearing these days: “This is not America, this is not who we are.” But this is America, this is life, and this is how human beings behave. American exceptionalism will not save us.’
Yiyun Li on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Yiyun Li on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Yiyun Li | To Remember in America
When I was at nursery school in Beijing in the 1970s, there was a teacher who seemed to find tireless pleasure in...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
‘A friend in London talks about the mystifying phrase she keeps hearing these days: “This is not America, this is not who we are.” But this is America, this is life, and this is how human beings behave. American exceptionalism will not save us.’
Yiyun Li on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Yiyun Li on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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The question to ask now is WWND? (What would Nigel do?) If he gets into power why wouldn’t he flood the Lords with Reform peers?
Epstein has, from beyond the grave, exposed the make-it-up-as-you-go-along nature of the monarchy and the House of Lords www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
Jeffrey Epstein has exposed the rotten state of the UK’s constitution
The late sex offender had a ruthless capacity for exploiting grifters
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The question to ask now is WWND? (What would Nigel do?) If he gets into power why wouldn’t he flood the Lords with Reform peers?
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‘Pollsters measure anxieties, newspapers amplify them and politicians recycle them as if prejudice were a natural resource to be responsibly extracted.’
@judeinlondon.com on the state we’re in, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
@judeinlondon.com on the state we’re in, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Jude Wanga | The centre shrinks
Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own until it is forced, by leakage...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
‘Pollsters measure anxieties, newspapers amplify them and politicians recycle them as if prejudice were a natural resource to be responsibly extracted.’
@judeinlondon.com on the state we’re in, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
@judeinlondon.com on the state we’re in, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
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A new paper in Science suggests that primates (a bonobo male) can engage in "secondary representation" or "pretense", similar to children drinking pretend tea at a tea party.
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/06/c...
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/06/c...
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
A new paper in Science suggests that primates (a bonobo male) can engage in "secondary representation" or "pretense", similar to children drinking pretend tea at a tea party.
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/06/c...
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/06/c...
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‘A friend in London talks about the mystifying phrase she keeps hearing these days: “This is not America, this is not who we are.” But this is America, this is life, and this is how human beings behave. American exceptionalism will not save us.’
Yiyun Li on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Yiyun Li on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Yiyun Li | To Remember in America
When I was at nursery school in Beijing in the 1970s, there was a teacher who seemed to find tireless pleasure in...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
‘A friend in London talks about the mystifying phrase she keeps hearing these days: “This is not America, this is not who we are.” But this is America, this is life, and this is how human beings behave. American exceptionalism will not save us.’
Yiyun Li on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Yiyun Li on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove
Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?
www.foxglove.org.uk
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
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'Daisy, Daisy': www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Steve Rosenberg on the tightrope of reporting from Russia on Ukraine war
The BBC's Russia editor reflects on the difficulties of working as a British journalist in Moscow.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 AM
'Daisy, Daisy': www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dismaying… the dark ages commence www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds
Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control
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February 2, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Dismaying… the dark ages commence www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
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Happy Rabbie Burns birthday!
Happy Burns Night!
Here's a good example of how he elevated the everyday words of Scotland and showed the world that it was possible to speak love in ways that were simple but certain and unmistakable:
Happy Burns Night!
Here's a good example of how he elevated the everyday words of Scotland and showed the world that it was possible to speak love in ways that were simple but certain and unmistakable:
January 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Happy Rabbie Burns birthday!
Happy Burns Night!
Here's a good example of how he elevated the everyday words of Scotland and showed the world that it was possible to speak love in ways that were simple but certain and unmistakable:
Happy Burns Night!
Here's a good example of how he elevated the everyday words of Scotland and showed the world that it was possible to speak love in ways that were simple but certain and unmistakable:
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‘The Wars of the Roses foreshadowed the Tudor polity, with its court-focused nobility, gentry more directly answerable to the Crown and monarchy raised to a new level of adulation.’
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
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Chris Given-Wilson · All the flowers shall bow: Wars of the Roses
Given that the most widely accepted date for the start of the Wars of the Roses is 1455, it is unsurprising that the...
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January 25, 2026 at 9:15 AM
‘The Wars of the Roses foreshadowed the Tudor polity, with its court-focused nobility, gentry more directly answerable to the Crown and monarchy raised to a new level of adulation.’
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Chris Given-Wilson on what really caused the Wars of the Roses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has called on Donald Trump to apologise for his "insulting and frankly appalling" comments about British troops in Afghanistan 👏
January 23, 2026 at 4:35 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has called on Donald Trump to apologise for his "insulting and frankly appalling" comments about British troops in Afghanistan 👏
Even when George IV is overseeing the Royal Navy’s suppression of the transatlantic slave trade, he is still technically profiting from the labour and sale of enslaved people. This is something the government are aware of and they’re concerned about how it looks.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals
Exclusive: Author of The Crown’s Silence tells how navy and monarchy protected slave trade for hundreds of years
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January 23, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Even when George IV is overseeing the Royal Navy’s suppression of the transatlantic slave trade, he is still technically profiting from the labour and sale of enslaved people. This is something the government are aware of and they’re concerned about how it looks.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...