New university free speech complaints system to come into force this year Universities could face fines of £500,000 or 2% of their income if they are found to have failed to protect free speech.

This reporting suggests Bridget Phillipson's legislation will muzzle those of us who want to protest against Far Right speakers who say our Black family are intellectually inferior and our Trans family are all potential sex offenders and are mentally ill.

What an unbelievably terrible Government.

Incorporating anthropology into psychiatry could balance cultural and clinical needs, enriching care. Details: www.cambridge.org/core/service... #InterdisciplinaryResearch

Absolutely fucking incredible that there's *another* nonce related angle to this.

The thing that really annoys me about all this Mandelson stuff is that the US Ambassador role was not vacant! There was already a highly qualified and competent woman in the position

And now this thing about finding a job for Starmer's ex Head of Comms?

Jobs for the Boys alive and well

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say. Palestinian women, men and children have reported attacks, forced nudity, invasive and painful body cavity searches, Israelis exposing their genitals, including to minors, and threats of sexual violence. Continue reading...

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says

The latest World Bank Damage and Need Assessment on #Gaza states that 'environmental collapse is intensifying health and livelihood risks', in particular from untreated waste water, waste burning, pollution from debris and UXOs.
Full report can be found here:

reliefweb.int/report/occup...

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

This is all part of a dismantlement of gay and women's rights in the UK. You can see how the EHRC was stacked with transphobes, and now we can see the same process beginning in Stonewall. Trans rights are small potatoes, they want a repeal of marriage equality and criminalisation of abortion.

Study links internalized pornographic standards to body image issues among incel men A recent study suggests that frequent pornography use is linked to severe body and genital dissatisfaction among involuntary celibates. Scientists found that internalizing the physical standards of ad...

Men who identify as incels consume more pornography and experience greater bodily dissatisfaction than other men. Frequent adult media use, combined with the belief that women expect men to look like porn actors, tends to worsen how these men view their own bodies. www.psypost.org/study-links-...

Palantir's summary of CEO Alexander Karp's manifesto is generating buzz. Read the 22 bullet points. Among the 22 points summarizing Palantir CEO Alex Karp's manifesto is the belief that the US should consider reinstating the military draft.

This company is out of control and its CEO appears in nearly every public appearance to be disturbed in some way.

There are companies our government should have nothing to do with anymore—e.g., those associated with Elon Musk—and Palantir is on that list.

(VIDEO) Disabled Veterans Arrested at Capitol During Anti-Iran War Protest Veterans and military family members protesting President Donald Trump's war in Iran were arrested inside the Cannon House Office Building Rotunda on Monday, bringing one of the country's most symboli...

Oh look ..America finally found a threat it can handle: disabled veterans with crutches and moral objections.

The 2024 election had the largest Black-White turnout gap in more than three decades www.reddit.com/r/Infographi...

Dialectics of History.
1. Israeli Zionist soldiers lay out barbed wire to intimidate and stop Palestinian children from going to school.
2. Palestinian children sit on their ground, take out their books, and educate themselves.
3. Israeli Zionist soldiers have surrendered their brains to their guns.

BREAKING: Federal Bill Would Put Big Oil Above the Law | Center for Climate Integrity Republicans Introduce Legislation to Give Fossil Fuel Companies Immunity from Any Laws or Lawsuits Seeking to Hold them Accountable for their Role in the Climate Crisis

Republicans know they are about to lose the House and are trying to give Big Oil its holy grail: legal immunity from any futures actions that would hold the industry responsible for the climate crisis it knowingly caused and is making worse every day.

climateintegrity.org/news/view/br...

'A clear step change': European EV sales jump by over 50 per cent in March Over 224,000 battery EVs registered last month, as businesses and consumers respond to soaring oil prices

It's already destroyed a lot of fossil fuel supply, but the Iran War is shaping up to deliver the biggest destruction of fossil fuel demand in history. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528540...

Exclusive: ICE Glasses Homeland Security is making “smart glasses” to collect intelligence inside the U.S.

🚨 ICE Glasses are coming - specialized smart glasses designed by and for the Department of Homeland Security, documents reveal:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

Gudtrip The first agentic cannabis device Not just a vape. A connected earning device. Gudtrip combines premium cannabis, blockchain rewards, and AI-powered asset tools in one product

Happy 4/20 everyone

I am sorry to inform you that this appears to be real

"men don't gush over cute kids" is like the most insane thing I've ever read

The murders continue.

The U.S. Has Now Killed More Than 180 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All @theintercept.com

theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...

Americans are trained, culturally and politically, to see their own leaders as fundamentally legitimate actors who sometimes make “mistakes,” while leaders in rival or non-aligned countries get framed as inherently illegitimate “regimes,” not governments. It's obvious now more than ever.

Opinion: There is no free-speech right to a university platform The UK government’s bill to tackle university cancel culture would give it unacceptable powers to control academic debate and student protest, says Professor George Letsas (UCL Laws).

The UK government just made the spread of disinformation easier, with a bill which fails to understand the distinction between free speech and academic freedom:

“What distinguishes university platforms is that they are credible and influential because they are typically run by experts”

Starmer says Robbins' sacking does not blight his record as having 'distinguished career' Andrew Mitchell, the former Tory cabinet minister, said Robbins was "a fine and experienced civil servant" who should not be made to take the blame. Starmer said he lost confidence in Robbins because he did not share the vetting information. But, he went on: 14 That doesn't mean [Robbins] hasn't got a distinguished career. He does have a distinguished career.

LOL what the fuck. Mate you’re accusing him of secretly & inexplicably doing something so serious he had to be sacked immediately, and you’re furious about it. You cannot then say “but he’s cool tho I rate him a lot”

Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.

I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).

So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Joint statement from the Palestine Coalition and Stand Up to Racism on our plan to march for Palestine and against the far right on Saturday, 16 May.

Make sure to join us in London for a massive show of solidarity and unity!

This is part of a broader push the Trump admin began in term one (that Biden didn't roll back in any way). First each visa applicant had to disclose your social media handles. Now under Trump 2, the U.S. government demands that you make your social media accounts public so they can scan 'em.

U.S. Military Strikes a Boat in the Caribbean, Killing 3

The other "war" that has faded into the chaos. And yes, we're still siphoning oil from Venezuela and micro-managing their economy with no clear statutory authority to do so, and only opaqueness on where the money from oil sales is going, even as it cost taxpayers millions to maintain seized ships.

This is the company Starmer chose to help run the NHS in the UK.

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Trump has basically turned the presidency into a giant Bribe Delivery System.

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