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For the first time in over 20 years, Israel has deployed tanks in the West Bank, after expelling 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps. This is a prelude to full annexation, and makes a mockery of the ceasefire agreement that Israel continues to violate. [1/3]

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Renaud Camus is due to visit Britain next month as a guest of the Homeland Party, a political group active in Scotland that says nationalism should be based on land and the “law of blood” theferret.scot/autho...

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Stephen Fry is going to be shocked, shocked I tell you, when he finds out who Stephen Fry pals around with

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I would get the history of the witch panics right before posting saccarine dross like this. going-medieval.com/2023/10/20/y...

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The UK is forcing Apple to weaken encryption. Such demands have no precedent in democratic countries and would have far-reaching consequences not only for UK residents but for Internet users worldwide, write TechFreedom’s Berin Szóka and Santana Boulton. www.techpolicy.press/uk-encryptio...

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I need everyone to be crystal clear that this is a continuation of RFK and the wellness community’s obsession with the elimination of the disabled and the chronically ill. They are disgusted by us, they view illness and disability as weakness, and they believe in using eugenics to disappear us.

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Great to see Unions condemning Scottidh Labour's play for Farage seig heilers.

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To clarify how Cambridge got here: Last summer I wrote about Cambridge for Palestine's encampment and subsequent deal with University leaders: threadreaderapp.com/thread/18244... The Uni has since reneged on most of the deal, which prompted new protests in November. This injunction is retaliation.

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Get closer to Ken Loach films. Read between the lines in our series of official books to his films. See the full list here: www.route-online.com/all-books/ca...

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Do you get how it works yet? This is from a White House memo yesterday (h/t @marietjeschaake.bsky.social) Trade isn’t just steel. Trade “barriers” aren’t just tariffs, it’s about Trump coming for the regulation that restricts what Musk / Thiel / Ellison can do with our valuable personal data

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Calling it Toryism is wrong though. It's an overarching capitalist ideology, coupled with some of the most rancid, incestuous court politics in the world. A tiny group of people who all mostly went to the same four schools and two universities, engaged in national autocannibalism.

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"I called it ethnic cleansing. But when I saw the images of starving babies in Gaza I had to upgrade my language." By Art Spiegelman (Maus) and Joe Sacco www.theguardian.com/world/pictur...

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The impact of vaccine decisions, “do not attempt resuscitation” notices, school closures, cuts to care, and other aspects of the pandemic, had a combined effect on disabled people that “felt relentless”, three disabled people’s organisations have told the Covid inquiry.

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Congratulations to everyone who put in the hard yards to ensure calling this "white supremacy" - which is exactly and precisely what it is - is completely unacceptable in polite liberal society. You've insulated yourself from the consequences of awkward dinners with your kids though.

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For those wondering how MAGA can be both pro-Israel and antisemitic, here’s an example: Steve Bannon describes progressive American Jews who do not support Israel or MAGA as “the biggest single enemy to the Jewish people.”

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Sometimes I think about this exchange and also about how that guy missed shooting him last year.

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Problem is that the Labour party, including the Scottish branch, don't give a damn what members think about anything.

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DOGE is a lawless organisation operating with total disregard for the people it impacts. With no transparency or accountability it strips away the public services that millions rely on, from health and education to aviation safety. That Labour want to bring this to Scotland is deeply alarming.

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UK energy industry made £483bn profit since 2020. OFGEM's marginal pricing rules guarantee profits to the most inefficient/costly producer. 1 in 5 of all deaths are people in fuel poverty – including 110,000 pensioners. No curbs on profiteering. Real wages cut. WFP cut. Cost of living soaring.

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You have to say that after a decade of wildly intense Horseshoe Theory “the-left-has-become-the-far-right” drivel, it would be a funny bit to now go full speed for “Against the power of Mordor there can be no victory, we must join with Sauron”.

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I can’t see it lasting long in the US now.

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Lost count of the number of politicians or leading figures that have made genocidal remarks on British media but a film which included footage from some of the Palestinian children trying to survive gets pulled instead. Shameful.

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The prime minister has failed to produce any evidence to back up “baseless” and “poisonous” claims in a newspaper article that large numbers of young disabled people are pretending they are not fit enough to work.

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"below just a small proportion of the evidence that demonstrates that Sir Stephen is wrong, and how the DWP bureaucracy and culture – including the actions of some of its civil servants – were responsible for the state violence inflicted on disabled people, the majority of it in the last 15 years".

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Watching Deep Space Nine and marvelling at the incredible high concept sci-fi weirdness of a tired old empire siding with a bunch of disgusting weirdos from a long way away before ultimately going down with them in flames. Anyway I can't wait for Keir Starmer's trip to Washington next week!

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