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Today, I want to highlight Abdol Hossein Sardari, an Iranian diplomat whose story few people may know — but it should inspire anyone who cares about courage and conscience. I came across him while searching for Iranian heroes from history.
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January 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Today, I want to highlight Abdol Hossein Sardari, an Iranian diplomat whose story few people may know — but it should inspire anyone who cares about courage and conscience. I came across him while searching for Iranian heroes from history.
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State Secret Police = GEheime STAatsPOlizei
State Secret Police = GEheime STAatsPOlizei
If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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State Secret Police = GEheime STAatsPOlizei
State Secret Police = GEheime STAatsPOlizei
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Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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Musk: "Why is the government so fascist?" (10/1/2026)
Musk: Calling non-violent people fascist "should be treated as incitement to murder" (26/11/2025)
Musk: "Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth, I think.” (13/1/2025)
Musk: Calling non-violent people fascist "should be treated as incitement to murder" (26/11/2025)
Musk: "Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth, I think.” (13/1/2025)
January 11, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Musk: "Why is the government so fascist?" (10/1/2026)
Musk: Calling non-violent people fascist "should be treated as incitement to murder" (26/11/2025)
Musk: "Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth, I think.” (13/1/2025)
Musk: Calling non-violent people fascist "should be treated as incitement to murder" (26/11/2025)
Musk: "Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth, I think.” (13/1/2025)
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Some legal context is clearly required.
1. 182 days is not the maximum, the period can be extended by the courts. There are clearly some cases where this is appropriate - you don’t let those accused of mass murder out if the investigation is taking time. /1
1. 182 days is not the maximum, the period can be extended by the courts. There are clearly some cases where this is appropriate - you don’t let those accused of mass murder out if the investigation is taking time. /1
"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Some legal context is clearly required.
1. 182 days is not the maximum, the period can be extended by the courts. There are clearly some cases where this is appropriate - you don’t let those accused of mass murder out if the investigation is taking time. /1
1. 182 days is not the maximum, the period can be extended by the courts. There are clearly some cases where this is appropriate - you don’t let those accused of mass murder out if the investigation is taking time. /1
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"Trump is destroying the postwar world that America made in favour of a Hobbesian jungle in which the strong take what they must — and he is doing so with racial imagery." My Swamp Notes with @jyshapiro.bsky.social on Trump's predatory boomerang. as.ft.com/r/9f5de7fe-2...
The white man’s burden, Trump edition
[FREE TO READ] America’s president is repudiating the postwar world fashioned by the US
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January 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"Trump is destroying the postwar world that America made in favour of a Hobbesian jungle in which the strong take what they must — and he is doing so with racial imagery." My Swamp Notes with @jyshapiro.bsky.social on Trump's predatory boomerang. as.ft.com/r/9f5de7fe-2...
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Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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Man jailed for supplying hundreds of small boats and engines to Channel people smugglers
Man jailed for supplying hundreds of small boats and engines to Channel people smugglers
A Turkish national has been found guilty of supplying hundreds of small boats and engines used by people smugglers to transport asylum seekers across the English Channel.
news.sky.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Man jailed for supplying hundreds of small boats and engines to Channel people smugglers
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UK urges Musk's X to urgently address intimate 'deepfakes' by Grok reut.rs/49cuWHm
UK urges Musk's X to urgently address intimate 'deepfakes' by Grok
Britain on Tuesday urged Elon Musk's X platform to urgently address a proliferation of intimate 'deepfake' images created on demand via its built-in AI chatbot Grok, joining a European outcry over a surge in non-consensual imagery on the platform.
reut.rs
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
UK urges Musk's X to urgently address intimate 'deepfakes' by Grok reut.rs/49cuWHm
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The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
January 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
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Why Britain gets stuck in line ft.trib.al/rTOACMm | opinion
Why Britain gets stuck in line
You can die waiting for an ambulance because there aren’t enough nursing homes in your area
ft.trib.al
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Why Britain gets stuck in line ft.trib.al/rTOACMm | opinion
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Who pays the most tax? ft.trib.al/JbyME0N | opinion
Who pays the most tax?
The UK tax system is an irrational mess, but that suits the politicians
ft.trib.al
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Who pays the most tax? ft.trib.al/JbyME0N | opinion
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New review of evidence finds the most-effective police crime prevention tends to be:
a) focused on very specific places (not people or neighbourhoods), and
b) tailored to preventing a *specific* type of crime.
⚠️ Broad-brush crime prevention generally doesn't work.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
a) focused on very specific places (not people or neighbourhoods), and
b) tailored to preventing a *specific* type of crime.
⚠️ Broad-brush crime prevention generally doesn't work.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
The evidence-based policing matrix at 14 years - Journal of Experimental Criminology
Objective To update the 2011 results of the Evidence-Based Policing Matrix, a tool for analyzing, visualizing, and translating research on police crime prevention strategies. Methods We added 177…
doi.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
New review of evidence finds the most-effective police crime prevention tends to be:
a) focused on very specific places (not people or neighbourhoods), and
b) tailored to preventing a *specific* type of crime.
⚠️ Broad-brush crime prevention generally doesn't work.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
a) focused on very specific places (not people or neighbourhoods), and
b) tailored to preventing a *specific* type of crime.
⚠️ Broad-brush crime prevention generally doesn't work.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
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“Ukraine’s battlefield technologies — especially drones — do not yet constitute a new way of warfare. Instead, they function mainly as substitutions for missing capabilities and have produced stalemate rather than decisive maneuver.”
A New Way of Warfare Requires More Than New Tech
When I look back at my 45 years of military service, one of the highlights of my military education was a battlefield tour I participated in during 2001
warontherocks.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
“Ukraine’s battlefield technologies — especially drones — do not yet constitute a new way of warfare. Instead, they function mainly as substitutions for missing capabilities and have produced stalemate rather than decisive maneuver.”
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Statement by the Quincy institute on the Venezuela military action. Let’s say they are not happy.
quincyinst.org/2026/01/04/q...
quincyinst.org/2026/01/04/q...
Quincy Institute Statement on US Military Action in Venezuela
The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft released the following statement in reaction to President Trump's attack on Venezuela
quincyinst.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Statement by the Quincy institute on the Venezuela military action. Let’s say they are not happy.
quincyinst.org/2026/01/04/q...
quincyinst.org/2026/01/04/q...
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New post: What kind of crisis would a bursting AI bubble become?
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/01/what...
If the bubble bursting hits aggregate demand, then policymakers can replace that demand using monetary and fiscal policy, as long as policymakers are prepared to use these instruments.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/01/what...
If the bubble bursting hits aggregate demand, then policymakers can replace that demand using monetary and fiscal policy, as long as policymakers are prepared to use these instruments.
What kind of crisis would a bursting AI bubble become?
In this post I’m not going to speculate about whether the current boom in AI infrastructure (mainly data centres, mainly in the US) is a b...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:50 AM
New post: What kind of crisis would a bursting AI bubble become?
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/01/what...
If the bubble bursting hits aggregate demand, then policymakers can replace that demand using monetary and fiscal policy, as long as policymakers are prepared to use these instruments.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/01/what...
If the bubble bursting hits aggregate demand, then policymakers can replace that demand using monetary and fiscal policy, as long as policymakers are prepared to use these instruments.
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Exc - Keir Starmer is preparing an EU reset bill with sweeping powers to align the UK with EU regulation which could go beyond what was agreed in May.
Details of the deal are not finished but the bill will go through parliament in parallel with EU negotiations
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Details of the deal are not finished but the bill will go through parliament in parallel with EU negotiations
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer prepares for parliamentary battles over imminent EU ‘reset’ bill
Planned legislation could hand ministers significant powers to forge closer regulatory ties with Brussels
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Exc - Keir Starmer is preparing an EU reset bill with sweeping powers to align the UK with EU regulation which could go beyond what was agreed in May.
Details of the deal are not finished but the bill will go through parliament in parallel with EU negotiations
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Details of the deal are not finished but the bill will go through parliament in parallel with EU negotiations
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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One possible reason they can't tell us what they're doing is that they don't know what they're doing
What ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Would Really Mean
It’s not clear the administration has settled on a goal, much less considered the consequences.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
One possible reason they can't tell us what they're doing is that they don't know what they're doing
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Ack - that's a big loss. Gerry Gable, a towering figure in Britain’s anti-fascist movement and the founder of Searchlight magazine, dies aged 88. www.jewishnews.co.uk/renowned-ant...
Renowned anti-fascist campaigner and Searchlight founder Gerry Gable dies aged 88
In the 60s Gable quit the Communist Party over its anti-Israel stance
www.jewishnews.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Ack - that's a big loss. Gerry Gable, a towering figure in Britain’s anti-fascist movement and the founder of Searchlight magazine, dies aged 88. www.jewishnews.co.uk/renowned-ant...
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As expected, Twitter is chock full of antisemitic conspiracy theories claiming Jews and/or Israel are behind the attack in Venezuela.
This is just the new reality. Something we used to see mainly on 4chan is now everywhere.
From conspiracy theories to a totalizing ideology.
This is just the new reality. Something we used to see mainly on 4chan is now everywhere.
From conspiracy theories to a totalizing ideology.
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM
As expected, Twitter is chock full of antisemitic conspiracy theories claiming Jews and/or Israel are behind the attack in Venezuela.
This is just the new reality. Something we used to see mainly on 4chan is now everywhere.
From conspiracy theories to a totalizing ideology.
This is just the new reality. Something we used to see mainly on 4chan is now everywhere.
From conspiracy theories to a totalizing ideology.
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Trump, Venezuela and the limits of the Taco trade ft.trib.al/mDHsGRr | opinion
Trump, Venezuela and the limits of the Taco trade
Plus, banks and activist investors
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January 5, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Trump, Venezuela and the limits of the Taco trade ft.trib.al/mDHsGRr | opinion