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What's hilarious about the Mbappé affair in Chinese media is it's universally condemned, featured in 3 out of Weibo's top 11 trending topics, but nowhere can you find out what he said. all that's allowed to say is "inappropriate comments", "hurt Chinese feelings".

Many comments on the great election victories in Brazil and Serbia state that the authorian right is in decline or that voters have rejected far-right authoritarianism. That is a wrong interpretation of what happened. Progressive movements mobilized and beat the authoritarian right. That's different

Brazil well done!

After Hungary and Poland, Serbia becomes the third Central/Eastern European country in few years where massive youth mobilization has contributed to the electoral defeat of the ruling autocratic party.

I don't know what to expect from Student List in Serbia, I have no illusions they're going to adopt all my views. But all the Balkan gays I follow on IG are celebrating their win, and that's good enough for me 🇷🇸

Please be true

French police sees children walking mere meters away, casually throws teargas right at the children. If you wanna understand why so many people hate the police x.com/tartarle/sta...

HEBRON IS UNDER SIEGE. FAMILIES ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES. Since yesterday, 250 families have been displaced in Hebron, including my own sister, Hayat, and her seven children. Homes and shops are being demolished by the Israeli military.

Our results suggest that global temperature shocks lead to a stronger and more persistent decline in real GDP per capita, reduce tax revenue, and raise government debt; local temperature shocks leave public finances largely unaffected.

We have a new paper on the fiscal consequences of climate change: global temperature shocks substantially reduce economic output and tax revenue, and raise government debt. Thread 👇

So the UAE had a secret corruption fund with Kushner and Israel. I wonder which country Australia sells most of its weapons to? I wonder which Middle East country we have aircraft and troops based?

The organising by Lula's voters in Brazil right now is astonishing. They still might not win but they've put millions on the street and they have shifted the polls back to a tie -despite, in a friend's words, fighting "everyone -Trump, Meta, legacy media, the rich, betting companies, evangelicals".

🚨HEY NON BRASILIANS FROM BSKY Wanna help ellect Lula and save ou democracy real quick? Just google any of these questions the most you can until Sunday: ⭐Bolsonaro mandou matar Lula? ⭐Caso Ana Clara Flávio Bolsonaro ⭐Flávio Bolsonaro tem envolvimento com a milícia? Our people thank you 🇧🇷⭐🇧🇷

the right want Helen Haines' attacker to be left wing. the left want him to be right wing. the picture that is emerging is far more complicated. what it doesn't change is that this was an act of gendered violence, and that exists across the political spectrum.

No advocate is irreplaceable. No-one is more important than their movement. No-one is so valuable to a community that what they do cannot be replicated or improved by others. Real leaders reject the cult of personality and empower their replacements. Real movements make sure they do.

Manchester City's financial rule-breaking is robbing Brighton, among others, of the spotlight they deserve. That's one of the worst things about cheating in sport, it costs you the glory you'll never get back.

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

FAKE POLLSTER ALERT The #pollstershapedobject behind the @openpollaus account on twitter has blocked me there after I criticised its methods + claims. This is a rubbish opt-in poll that collects numbers via One Nation linked social media and makes false statements about their meaning.

As Madison says, she and her mother are already working so hard to ensure that their loved ones have a decent life and the government wants to push them into a situation where they will have to choose between having a home and continuing to provide that care. WTF are we doing here, Labor? #auspol

the unions could also join this campaign to stop prison guards from shackling women during childbirth. If prison guards wanted to refuse, they could make some noise. Same with strip searching. And solitary confinement of children. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Look I’m no anti-defence or even anti-defence-contractor But maybe not great that this guy is the head and face of one of Australia’s largest naval procurement with over $2bn invested in Anduril’s Ghost Shark initiative.

Cool tech… well done @solshare.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pretty big warning for Australia

It's the greatest financial scandal in football history. A special four-part series on the money and numbers behind it Manchester City's indiscretions starts today with: Why did City do it? And what was the extent of it? @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...

BREAKING: A landmark ruling in the High Court has found planning authorities are required to consider local climate change effects when approving fossil fuel projects. (1/4) #auspol #climate www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Manchester City are now officially guilty of sustained corruption over decades. What next? sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/manchester...

Carla is also absolutely right here: this is going to force the Greens into endless navel-gazing and constantly having to talk about this motion at every single political event from now on.

Viral reports this week suggested new Google satellite imagery showed unseen destruction in Gaza. But the imagery actually depicts the scene in February 2026. Bellingcat has obtained satellite images from September that show how the destruction has continued. www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...

this reveals SO MUCH about legacy media

Remembering here the conversation I had with an Economist journalist years ago who called me to confirm his claim that American Indians in the 18th century (during the Indian Wars) were unsuited for democracy and the Standing Rock protests was further evidence of that. #effectivealtruism

I need yall to understand that US-origin weapons were delivered not yearly, not monthly, but *daily* or even multiple times a day If Netanyahu temporarily believed Biden had cut off aid, he was disabused of that notion very much immediately

Personally I would like to follow in the footsteps of my great grandfather who fled the old country and just made up a new surname for every new "marriage". (no don't ask for the certificate)