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Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ has made London's air cleaner and its children healthier. What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic. Me for @noosphere.app Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm. www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...

Two months ago correspondent Mohammed Wishah was killed by Israel - the Zionists have now killed Al Jazeera's Ahmed Wishah too

Every time our economic system generates another crash, the state is on hand with public money to bail out private losses. It’s time we stopped seeing bailouts as individual episodes and recognized them as a core feature of contemporary capitalism.

UPDATE: Extremist settlers march through occupied West Bank villages 🇵🇸🇮🇱

Nuns who 'violently' attacked children at Nazareth House in Glasgow spared jail

Is Nigel Farage's outfit struggling to get people to stand?

🇦🇺 Australian Greens Senator #NickMcKim called Trump a "fascist war criminal" — which is accurate.

Africa can export freely, fairly and independently.

Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support. https://to.pbs.org/4b1IAOi

The Bank of England is now expected to raise interest rates rather than cut them several times this year as the historic surge in oil prices sparked by the US-Israeli war with Iran threatens to propel inflation to almost 4%

"With the proposal to station military personnel in American cities, it seems a rare bipartisan red line has been crossed." www.liberalcurrents.com/call-you-thi...

Well,… ummm…HDIS? 🤔 Argh. I hate this. I’ve never heard the “I can’t go to Iran becuz I’ll be a liability becuz I’ll rape women” before, but I guess here we are. The Epstein class is in full swing.

I’m sorry, what? How can Chelsea & Westminster Hospital’s official charity *possibly* accept a £1 million ‘donation’ - meaning, in reality, an attempt to buy public credibility - from the Sacklers? Yes, those Sacklers, whose company, Purdue Pharma, caused >800k deaths from pumping out opioids. 1/3

I want Jake Lang and co-conspirator Zionists in prison. Now! Where’s the Dem establishment making this happen? Or is Chuck the Zionist Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries on Jake’s side now too?

"Don’t send me any newspaper cuttings. I never believe a word said in the papers. The real history of a period (as we always discover a few years later) has very little to do with all that, and private people like you and me are never allowed to know it while it is going on." C.S. Lewis #history

This is exactly the kind of despicable scaremongering that Aseem Malhotra has made his modus operandi. Insinuations, hearsay, anti-vaxx, non-evidence-based, lurid, self-enriching, anti-scientific claptrap. Of course Reform UK lapped it up. 1/4

It's not been such a distinctive pattern for that long. The big age break came with Brexit, which I think explains a lot of the difference with other countries.

“There is no safe place,” residents repeat as the Israeli occupation uses every method to force people out of their homes in Gaza City, Shaimaa Eid reports. Displacement only marks the beginning of endless suffering: searching for shelter, securing scarce water, & risking lives at aid sites.

Nearly 600 economists signed an open letter defending Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after President Donald Trump attempted to fire her.

They’re going after @sammyobeid.bsky.social now because Americans who use freedom of speech about Israel are met by Israeli fascists doing Israeli fascism.

On Saturday, August 16, hundreds of Latinx punks gathered at MacArthur Park for an evening of anti-authoritarian cumbia and hardcore ska punk as one of the venue’s 10 free summer concerts. By @jwhendricks.bsky.social Full story: lataco.com/ska-punk-mac...

"Fake patriot" Nigel Farage has been accused of hypocrisy after flogging football shirts with a modified British flag - despite slating England and Team GB for doing the same thing.

“The most moral army in the world”. Israel is shooting Palestinian teenage boys in the genitals, say doctors in Gaza 14 July 2025 08:20 BST www.instagram.com/reel/DMG43qy... @qasimrashid.com

You still sleeping? www.instagram.com/reel/DLm76CZ...

'She rejected the view that humanities and social sciences were less useful...than some other subjects, such as maths and science, describing them as “absolutely essential . . . both to living a full and prosperous life but also to addressing many of the challenges we face”.'

In his post today Matt Goodwin is worrying that Reform may be taken over by careerists whose only interest in personal advancement and financial benefit. Surely not.

Former Israeli prime minister calls Gaza ‘humanitarian city’ a concentration camp - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/Former-Israeli-prime-minister-calls-Gaza-humanitarian-city-concentration-camp

Dr. Abdul Basit Khan, a surgeon from the U.S., describes horrific cases of Palestinians who have been killed while attempting to seek aid from Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites.

The US is facing a full-blown constitutional crisis, writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social. Yet Trump’s violations are barely surviving the daily news cycle. www.prospectmagazine...

“You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to know that when the net favorable rating of your bill is somewhere between -19 and -29 points, that it is not a positive bill as viewed by the American public." https://trib.al/SUPuolH

It's a rare sighting of the president who reportedly avoids wearing them in public.

Zohran Mamdani, the likely winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, changed the electoral map, drawing tens of thousands of new voters to the polls.

Photos: SF celebrates LGBTQ pride with party and protest

Israel guilty of ‘extermination’ in school, mosque attacks, amid campaign to wipe out Palestinian life, says the UN aje.io/i1opth

Donald Trump is skilled at inflaming culture-war conflicts to distract from the GOP’s shameless class war on behalf of the rich. For Democrats to counter Trump effectively, they need to attack the billionaire class.

💰 “Donations in British politics have become more concentrated, particularly from super donors - people giving more than £100,000 per year... that is real cause for concern” 💬 Parth Patel @ippr.bsky.social

The GOP's budget bill that passed the House will cut taxes for the rich to the tune of $660 BILLION. It also: • Strips health insurance from 15 million people by 2034 • Cuts SNAP by $300 billion • Adds $150 billion to the military budget, the largest in history

Avelo Airlines has agreed to run deportation flights for the Trump administration. Commercial carriers typically avoid such work to keep away from politics, but the company's CEO said the money from ICE flights is too good to pass up.

The Catholic Church faces a huge operational deficit and American donors have descended on Rome offering to help. But their presence on the eve of conclave raises questions about outside influence

We are pushing for a new 2% tax on wealth above £10m. How would it work in practice?

How is there even a single person choosing to work for ICE? I would rather be homeless and die than carry out this type of work for anyone. Shoot me. I WOULD NEVER! #NaziAmerica

When Katy Perry was nothing more than a publicity stunt to sell more space flights. Let’s remember the women the Trump administration is trying to erase.

DHL to suspend global shipments of over $800 to US consumers reut.rs/3YFARyF

While the president brags about his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran and throttling its oil exports, its weapons sales to Russia get a pass.

"Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps.… Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed into government buildings."

5/ "Of course parents will ask their children exploratory questions. What we are talking about here is conversion practices, which are saying ‘you are bad, you are wrong, you need to change’" www.wearequeeraf.com/r/0569de0b?m...

Thank you to the heroic firms fighting for the U.S. Constitution and the Rule of Law! The depth of dishonor of the current POTUS, VP and minions has no bottom. A lifetime of dishonor, bankruptcies & failed relationships stain the honor of their families, their party, communities and our nation🇺🇸 sad!

President Trump has taken aim at law firms that he believes have wronged him. Here's how they've responded.

Authorities in the Czech Republic’s Olomouc region declare a state of emergency a month after a train derailment caused what they called the world’s largest benzene contamination of its kind. #EuropeNews