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“The idea that any criticism of Israel’s destruction of Gaza is antisemitic and “siding with Hamas” is to claim carte blanche for Israel’s actions. It is as cynical as the history of Israel’s decades-long use of Hamas.” My Observer column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

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Happy birthday, my dear Kyiv -- the most beautiful and beloved city in the world! Founded in 482, you turn 1,543 today. That’s why muddy moscow wants to capture you so badly -- to steal you as the cradle of our history and culture. You'll prevail. Freedom will prevail.

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Straight-talking, tells-it-as-is, honest, authentic Farage promising everyone anything and everything they want. #c4news

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'Do we want Russia as an aggressor state existing in the world of today, in the C21st? Today the answer would be no, but in action it seems everyone's OK with the status quo and Russia being Russia.' Tough, powerful and right Lesia Vasylenko in excellent interview on #c4news

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More of a provocative title than I expected, but still a very good 100 minute interview with Dr. Mike in NY youtu.be/lOENiwpTTPM

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'But today Keith Kellog said that Russia's indiscriminate killing of women and children was shameful and violated the Geneva Protocols.' #c4news I don't think Amelia Jenne is correct. It is notable that he does not mention Russia (or Putin).

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Trump is letting Ukraine hang in the hope they'll accept any deal he makes with Putin. #c4news

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Constructor theory remains one of those things that sounds interesting, but I still don’t see what specific problem it aims to solve.

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More investigations & more arrests, but more than 1/3 are closed bcs victim does not support any further action. In other words, officers spending time investigating these crimes when in many cases victim does not want to press charges (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... By @tomcalver.bsky.social

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I think a shift to terror bombing and area attacks on Ukrainian civilians as the Russian army takes huge losses along increasingly static frontlines explains much of the conflict's current dynamics.

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In Steaktown USA, ranchers lick their lips at the UK trade deal (£) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f... Interesting on why American beef is booming, how exactly corn-fed beef is produced and why the impact of trade deal will likely only affect market in prime cuts.

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Kremlin’s campaign to destroy Ukraine’s grain supplies, at the country’s ports, is methodical and strategic. This raises the grimmest memory of modern Ukrainian history, the Holodomor, “death by hunger”, when in 1932-33 an estimated four million Ukrainians. (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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Behind the wheel its people become maniacs. 79% admit exceeding speed limit on motorways in past month; 37% drinking before driving, 24% likely over limit; 31% driving while sleepy. (£) www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

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There have been times in recent years when this country and its leaders have provoked laughter, pity and bemusement. The messaging of the trade deals is that the UK is now engaging and co-operating with the rest of the world and is open for business. (£) www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

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May 24, 2025. The final Monarch butterfly has emerged—an awe-inspiring moment before a new cycle begins in 2-3 weeks. Watching the transformation never gets old. Nature’s magic in motion. 🦋 #MonarchButterfly dietitians-online.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

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Modern society often appears to not know what to do with boys. So here's a list of 20 books - from Narnia to the Machine Gunners, from Tom Sawyer to Kim to Percy Jackson and the Olympians - that every boy might wish to read. www.edrith.co.uk/p/a-book-lis...

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I think we’ve got enough of a crowd* to make this work. Shall we say 8pm, Saturday 24th May. Pizza and wine optional. Bend and snap compulsory. *i.e. me and the cat

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Well I suppose a lot of people have told Johnson to go forth and multiply. #c4news

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'On the worst days, I can get 200 death and rape threats in a single day.' Laura Bates of #EveryDaySexism on #c4news That's awful. Obscene, unimaginable.

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“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.

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This deserves to be a much, much more widely known scandal. And those involved should fact prosecution for culpability in the deaths of people they wrongly refused – some allegedly corruptly, some through utter incompetence and negligence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'The other thing that is really important to understand is that Israelis are not seeing these images. Their TV stations are not showing what we show every night: the hunger, the devastation, the families which have been decimated.' @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social #c4news

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This racist stalker on X explains why he is confident in his sense of impunity for racist abuse on the platform. (He may be proved right about that, but let's see)

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The Mercator projection has a lot to answer for. From the northernmost point in mainland Norway, it is further to Gibraltar than to Alaska, Newfoundland, or China.

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"Katwala's paradox of racism" In a demonstrably less prejudiced society (attitudes shifted, esp across generations), I am in receipt of much more racism Minorities in 2020s have more equal opps than ever before - esp at very top - yet an increasingly unequal experience of more equal opportunities

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From next year, Saudi Arabia will allow the sale and consumption of wine, beer, and cider in about 600 licensed locations, including 5* hotels and luxury resorts, tourist hubs like Neom and international events.

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As the footage shows, the problem with bottom trawling is not only that it trashes habitat on the sea bed but that it indiscriminately catches any fish in its path. Yet trawler crews are usually focused on catching just one species, so the rest is discarded. (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

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Letter in Times today

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Letter in Times today

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Letter in Times today

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Speak to scientists in the US, and what really rankles is the intellectual vandalism. Decades-long studies axed. In disciplines viewed as ideological, such as climate change, government datasets disappear. (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... By @whippletom.bsky.social

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Churchill’s favourite dog was a very different canine friend, Rufus, who accompanied him to Newfoundland to meet Franklin D Roosevelt in 1941. So why is Rufus not remembered as the embodiment of modern Britishness? The answer is simple. Rufus was a poodle. (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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Putin has existential reason for dragging his feet: peace means demobilisation and the return of 100s of 1000s of troops, often maimed, psychologically damaged, cheated by their generals, unemployable and angry , in provincial towns across Russia. (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... Good column

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Global equity markets fell sharply after President Trump announced plans to impose a 50 per cent blanket tariff on imports from Europe. (£) www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

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Banana republic 2 (£) www.thetimes.com/us/american-... In a few months this has become the world’s fifth-largest stablecoin — a virtual currency pegged to the US dollar — with a market capitalisation of $2.2bn, paying commission to Witkoff and the Trumps every time it changes hands.

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Banana republic 1 (£) www.thetimes.com/us/american-... These will all parade through Washington next month for a “big, beautiful” celebration that marks 250 years of the US army and happens to coincide with President Trump’s 79th birthday.

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Kjetil Bruland Sorensen, a police official, told NTB that the lone person on the bridge at the time steering the vessel failed to change course when entering the Trondheim fjord. (£) www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

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#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1900: William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for saving the Union colors during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. Carney caught the American flag when the flag bearer was wounded and kept it held high despite his serious wounds. /1

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Uzbek bread is absolutely fantastic btw

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The 31-month sentence for Lucy Connolly for a tweet has been the subject of fierce media coverage. Here I set out a balanced explanation of this sentence and how, had she not followed good legal advice, the sentence could have been even heavier. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

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Despite the common occurrence, déjà vu puzzles researchers due to its elusive nature in laboratory settings. Is it a brain glitch? Quantum entanglement? Watch this video by BBC Ideas for some of the best and oddest explanations for déjà vu we have from science: buff.ly/LvnOsDI

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The interesting thing I think about Spurs' victory is that they won by not sticking to Postecoglou's system. It wasn't rigid belief in one way of playing but pragmatic adaption to opponents and circumstances. Postecoglou won by proving himself wrong. #c4news

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