For most of the time I worked on the Gaza humanitarian response at USAID, this smuggling ring was the bane of our existence. It dramatically impacted price and market stability in Gaza and made the truck drivers jobs far more dangerous. We all knew it was the IDF running it.
Public housing ends up being cheaper, as well as being a social good.
We are living in a timeline so dumb it's exhausting.
Dudes. As a society we taught young women to walk with keys between their fingers in dark parking lots and to carry pepper spray in their purse.
So yes. I’m asking you to be responsible for the actions of other men. After all, that’s what you’ve asked of women for centuries.
It’s your turn.
BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists
Female octopuses throw rocks at males that bother them, documented in Octopus tetricus
The most powerful man in the world doesn’t have the mental capacity to do the job. Or to put it another way, he’s nuts. It’s time we all recognised that app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/72990/...
europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz
For anyone who would like the clip (including George).
“In a battle between hope and hate, hope has won.”
Congratulations to new MP Hannah Spencer!
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obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)
Ok but like isn't this the second or third time Air Force One had to turn back during an Atlantic crossing. I know we all want it to be about Trump, but what if they forgot to pack Stephen Miller in the earth of his homeland, and had to turn back before crossing the water?
2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
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You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
Just before sunset, Jill's Pond (the Dew Pond) the other day.
This is an excellent idea!!!
There is something magnificent about Nigel Farage, who has lost two of the five MPs he was elected with *last year*, explaining that HR departments don't matter.
After two years of a genocidal campaign, the first and only officers arrested in Israel were the military prosecutors investigating war crimes.
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Actually my ex in a gimp suit, wondered what he was up to these days ...
The worst use of quotation marks in the history of human civilisation is in.
Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change"
"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"
"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"
"And I get more scared every single day"
Excellent to see someone as inspiring as @zackpolanski.bsky.social here in Brum.
If anyone can stop runaway #ClimateCatastrophe from within politics-as-usual it is Zack and @brumgreens.bsky.social
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.
“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.
“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”
