David Wilson

New article! Matthew Evenden @arts.ubc.ca on 'Deptford Stones: London, the River Thames and the Circulation of Ballast in the Age of Sail, c.1750–c.1850' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Read the Odyssey in Greek, with Tim Whitmarsh www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNg-...

Badenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not

The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.

He's right! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is all OK, but like Norma Percy's recent series, it makes the mistake of assuming that Trump thinks in terms of thought through policies. When he clearly doesn't: we get instead a bunch of narcissistic impulses and self serving prejudices. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The tragic irony of the last few years is that, had the USG given Ukraine only a fraction of the weapons that they have expended against Iran in a few weeks (Patriots, Tomahawks, etc), Ukraine would have won, oil prices would not be skyrocketing and the US would be more secure.

Beavers bring SO many benefits: especially to aquatic ecosystems, but also the climate, flood reduction, rural economies, etc., etc... And they *coevolved* with Irish ecosystems, so would fit in perfectly. We need to be having a national conversation about this. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

I'm fifteen mins in and SNL UK is actually good, it absolutely works! Make 100 episodes!!!!!

Just sent out this piece. In the constant changes and instabilities surrounding US victory goals against Iran, one thing is clear. The Trump administration is attempting a US version of "mowing the grass". This is probably the worst strategic concept of my life. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

A more complete demolition of Trump's posturing over Iran would hard to find. By @phillipspobrien.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Trump launches a war against Iran, Russia then sides with Iran and helps Iran locate & kill American service members, Trump then rewards Russia by lifting sanctions on Russian oil. Tell me again Trump doesn’t work for Putin. Tell me again Trump isn’t a traitor to America.

So why not stop drones hitting Ukraine? RAF F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets Just Scored Their First-Ever Combat Kill - Business Insider share.google/tASI7xGlNXdQ...

Absolutely! 🇬🇪🇪🇺 Thank you again @kajakallas.bsky.social @protest24.bsky.social

This is very smart, and rather worrying.

@tobiwilsonline.bsky.social you should send this to Jack!

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

Once again, Republicans could end this today if they actually wanted to

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

Recent criticism of BBC dispatches from Tehran reminds us that reporting from 'the other side' in conflict remains vital, but is increasingly under fire. My latest blog markurban.substack.com/p/reporting-...

The ‘American Sovereignty’ ads trying to convince us ICE is full of family people are not working. We can see that ICE is made up of vicious sadistic thugs who want to hurt anyone not like them. They are hired for their cruelty and ignorant stupidity.

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Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.

Once you understand that the administration is a criminal enterprise, you can grasp that there is no way to serve it with honor. If you are in it, it’s impossible not to be at least an accessory to many crimes.

Trump knows the Republicans are heading to defeat in 2026, he also knows it will be a catastrophe for him if this happens. Therefore, he will try to corrupt the election. It’s simple logic. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime

Seems like a good video for his trial

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"It's Trump, stupid!" open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Always wise www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On this day in 2019, the splendid @dimitrinakassis.bsky.social posted this photo of Delphic double rainbows 🌈 on Twitter (taken by Ross Nichol and shared by the Archaeological Museum of Delphi). And I think it’s the only thing I want to repost from Twitter anymore.

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Not before time.

BREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph

👏Footage from London shows the moment activists removed the Islamic Republic’s flag from the Iranian embassy balcony and raised the Lion and Sun flag instead.

This is something I cannot understand either. Why is the EU doing nothing? It would be quite easy for us to sanction every aspect of the Georgian Dream (Russian Nightmare) party and put an end to this. Even more so if the British helped out. But it's just silence.

The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."

I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired. If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.

“What sustains these protests is a clear sense among Georgians that they won’t accept a Russian-controlled autocracy.” Meduza talks to former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze about Georgia’s year-long political crisis. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

from an Inuit song originally translated into Danish by Knud Rasmussen — English version by Autumn Richardson, Heart of Winter (Xylem Books, 2018)

I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.

Fox Business credulously reports that Saudi Arabia is pushing its investment into the US "to $1 trillion." The entire size of the Saudi economy is $1 trillion. How stupid are these people and/or how stupid do they think their viewers are?

The details of the plan that are being linked show that the Trump administration is planning to devastate Ukraine. Ukraine will be asked to cede land Russia has not conquered. The USA and other countries will be asked to recognize Crimea and other lands as Russian…

Day 353 of #GeorgiaProtests ✊🏻🇬🇪🇪🇺