Yes all men On the rape academy and the myth of good men

a little reflection on the online rape academy and just like, men generally

open.substack.com/pub/findingw...

I think about “normal to want and possible to achieve” all the time

Child charged with endangering lives in Channel crossing under controversial new law The child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, allegedly piloted a small boat during a Channel crossing

*Government deliberately makes safe routes more and more difficult to access, forcing people to get into dinghies to reach the UK, and then decide to blame and imprison a child (in adult prison) for their own deathly policies

No to criminalising migration.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Live your life so someone writes of you like this. So much love, so much wisdom. And unexpectedly, so much hope.

Lorna Finlayson on Basim Musallam for @newleftreview.bsky.social.

Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sail for repairs in Crete Aircraft carrier has been participating in strikes on Iran, after previously taking part in the operation to seize Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro

i do like the idea that what will bring the empire down is just overflowing shit
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

is it warning people who’ve read the book that this has nothing to do with it 😂

I can just imagine tories checking passports for fish to decide whether they’re british before deciding whether they find them depressing 😂

Honestly we live in incredible political times

‘I’m a free mawn’: Kneecap rapper will not face new terror trial Liam Og Ó hAnnaidh, who performs as Mo Chara, was accused of displaying a flag in support of Hizbullah at a gig

The UK Govt is so concerned about being labelled as led by a human rights lawyer that it performatively pushes prosecutiona and endlessly appeals setbacks. It needs to stop trying to look tough, because it's ending up a laughing stock:

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

This is most excellent

Teaching as a revolutionary activity Neoliberal universities as a place where radical thoughts come to wither away

New substack dropped - this time on the possibility of teaching as a radical activity (in the context of the hellscapes that are neoliberal universities)

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AI is going to take you job

well ai did take someone's job and sent hundreds of rejection emails by accident and then the uni in question had to email all of us again to be like... oh sorry, you're not actually rejected, we're still deciding

i like the verbal gymnastics here and the implication that low paid migrant workers are not contributing enough (because for migrants the only contribution that counts is money and not labour) but that low income Brits are contributing enough because they’re hardworking

Ellie Chowns asks the PM if he'll publish the legal advice the govt received on the initial US/Israel attack on Iran.

Keir Starmer says no, he won't.

he is actively dying

Literally

Keir Starmer is just like a temu version of Tony Blair

No, Shabana Mahmood, people seeing failing state support and crumbing infrastructure don't have either legitimate concerns or a legitimate grievance against immigrants, refugees or asylum seekers.

They have a legitimate grievance against governments.

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

I just keep thinking how the taxes that my immigrant self pays every month are funding Starmer’s little pet project of sending military support to Israel and the US but don’t get me access to benefits 🫠🫠🫠

Apparently Israel/US are targeting Iranian lefties' homes, so as to leave no opposition to the princeling.

Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei could be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would...

In the days leading up to today's attacks, the CIA "assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he could be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

At this point, it’s a conscious choice to ignore the harm their policies are doing, both to migrant communities and to their electoral prospects - suggesting it’s an ideological commitment, at least for Mahmood. Also disingenuous to conflate the planned change to settlement with ‘illegal migration’

is it called operation lion’s roar because trump is the same deep orange shade as scar from the lion king

White House officials believe 'the politics are a lot better' if Israel strikes Iran first As the administration mulls military action in Iran, officials argue it'd be best if Israel makes the first move.

The precise relationship btw US imperial interests and Israeli territorial expansion and regional hegemony is often complex and then, sometimes it’s v clear

imo everyone should read the essay from Salvage in the tweet below and also read this longer essay about opposition to war: www.academia.edu/64028197/Int...

I totally understand the impulse to point to elite illegality but Rob lays out why that isn't as effective as it feels like it is/should be.

Israel attacks southern Lebanon in latest ceasefire violation The Israeli military says it is attacking Hezbollah sites but civilians and infrastructure are repeatedly targeted.

The Israeli military says it’s attacking Hezbollah sites but civilians and infrastructure have been repeatedly targeted

So Israel is launching a "preventive" strike on Iran and also announcing a state of emergency, because they expect Iran to respond to their "preventive" strike by launching missiles. So like... what's being prevented here?