The Next Coup Attempt And How to Stop It

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Schools in East Lothian issued with new gender statement Schools in East Lothian have been issued with a gender statement to help support transgender pupils in their care.

Some good news 🏳️‍⚧️

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RIP Len Deighton
Before he became a famous novelist, he was a successful graphic artist & designed the cover for the first UK edition of On The Road by Jack Kerouac.

If hormones, or puberty blockers, were so dangerous, nobody would be allowed them.

That some people are and that trans kids can even, notionally at least, stay on them if already prescribed, tells you all you need to know.

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Ukraine Launches Landmark Legal Action to Hold Russia Accountable for ‘Ecocide’ With environmental damages now estimated at £108 billion, Ukraine is hoping to pioneer the global prosecution of ecocide as a weapon of war

📌 ICYMI — Ukraine Launches Landmark Legal Action to Hold Russia Accountable for ‘Ecocide’

With environmental damages now estimated at £108 billion, Ukraine is hoping to pioneer the global prosecution of ecocide as a weapon of war

1/9. In 2020 Iran did try to interfere with the presidential election.

Fielded a terf, received the "worst result for the conservatives in by-election history"

Hannah Spencer walking into Westminster, sucking her teeth, tutting, and muttering "tell you what, you've had some cowboys in here."

Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address Amazon is allowing gift senders to choose items from third-party sellers, which could open recipients up to new privacy risks.

NEW: Amazon is telling people who use its wishlists feature to switch to post office boxes or non-residential delivery addresses if they want to ensure their home addresses remain private, as part of a change in how it processes gifts bought from third-party sellers.

Reform's Matt Goodwin Advises Conservative Peer Linked to Relaunched Nazi Race Science Platform Reform's Gorton and Denton by-election candidate advises Toby Young, who has advocated for "progressive eugenics" and has ties to the front publication for a reconstituted Nazi eugenics foundation

🔴Reform’s Matt Goodwin Advises Conservative Peer Linked to Relaunched Nazi Race Science Platform

Reform’s Gorton and Denton by-election candidate advises Toby Young, who has advocated for “progressive eugenics” and has ties to the front publication for a reconstituted Nazi eugenics foundation

The list of 14 🇪🇺countries participating in today's #TrumpBoardOfPeace inaugural meeting has been confirmed.

Only 2 as members, the rest as observers. But the fact that the White House listing them together without a distinction shows just what a PR victory European countries have handed Trump today

Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office

📌 ICYMI — Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to ‘Topple’ Theresa May

The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now"…

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if Musk is doing this for London crime, what do you think he is doing for content about American politics, an issue that affects him much more directly?

My complaint to the Biological Broadcasting Corporation

the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system

Consultation results published on Hampstead Heath bathing ponds More than 38,000 people responded to the consultation86% felt the ponds should remain trans inclusive spacesResults will help inform an updated access policy for the pondsThe results of a consultation on future access arrangements at Hampstead Heath bathing ponds have been published, with 86% of respondents favouring keeping the current trans-in...

Consultation results published on Hampstead Heath bathing ponds

Revealed: Palantir deals with UK government amount to at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency Exclusive: Nerve investigation finds Trump ally Peter Thiel's surveillance firm has won at least 34 contracts, including management services for Britain's nuclear deterrent, with MPs warning of 'gapin...

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Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Never Was by H Gareth Gavin

And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

A good decision, Lee, self care is so important. Thank you for all your amazing work, reading it was always tough, so producing it must have taken a toll. Looking forward to hearing more about John Coulter.

Blair bids to build own AI tools to rival Palantir TBI insiders warn of “'insane” plan to transform think tank into a tech company

🚨 Exclusive: Tony Blair isn’t just a big fan of AI — he's now trying to build and sell AI tools to governments

Tony Blair Institute staff have described the plan as 'insane' and compared it to Palantir

New by D4S and @lighthousereports.com 🧵

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I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.

What did we think would happen?

Trump tripled ICE’s budget to $27.7 billion a year

It now has a bigger budget than the militaries of most countries

Then he turbo‑charged recruitment with six‑figure salaries and up to $50,000 sign‑on bonuses

Anyone paying attention could see what he was growing

FT Column by Ed Luce: Second, adding Greenland to his column would be lucrative. Trump’s libertarian friends have been eyeing it for some time. Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered “network states” on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal. Silicon Valley is awash with billionaires invested in one kind of networked venture or another. Greenland is high on most lists. Unlike Mars, occupying Greenland is doable.

Why Greenland?

"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."

A reminder that Kemi Badenoch wants to create a UK “Removals Force” explicitly modelled on ICE

Journalists need to stop writing that “Grok is spreading child pornography” or “Grok is spreading antisemitic messages.” Grok is a human creation with algorithms created by humans working for X. The technology is not responsible. The people running the company are.

I still have my old classic, would love to get it working again.