Tom Shakespeare

‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

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It looks fabulous.

Yes, similar. Idli is a South Indian Tamil speciality (also delicious).

"War is not holy; only peace is holy."
Pope Leo.

Happy International Women's Day!

A hopper is a kind of rice-flour pancake made in a domed little pan. At the centre, it is like a crumpet, at the edge it is like a crêpe. An egg hopper has an egg cracked into the centre as it cooks. Eaten with sambols & curries, for breakfast.

And I was in the Galle Face Hotel, where a chef makes fresh hoppers for you (assuming you are bored of muesli!)..

I guess that's what it must be. I love curry three times a day!

You can eat hoppers (imagine s cross between a crumpet & s crepe) or string hoppers (like s doily if rice noodles) or pol rotti (a small bread msde with coconut) with dshl snd other curries, and sambols. Yum!

How anybody has a Western breakfast in Sri Lanka I don't know. Fools!

Over 160 schoolgirls are dead. Anthropic and Palantir executives must immediately testify and tell the public whether their AI is responsible.

ancient egypt and disability

Free Zine on Ancient Egypt and Disability : libcom.org/article/anci...

No evidence ADHD is being over-diagnosed, say experts Experts are warning that far from being over-diagnosed, people with ADHD are waiting too long for assessment, support and treatment.

Oh and #adhd ... British Journal of Psychiatry whole bunch of experts Professor Tamsin Ford, Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge leading ⬇️

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They only make 700 per year, I think.

New grammar schools set to return if Farage becomes PM The creation of new selective schools was outlawed by New Labour in 1998

Crushingly predictable. Utterly unjustified by decades of research. A shibboleth in place of a policy.

More Patriot missiles have been used in Iran conflict than were ever donated to Ukraine.

Lovely peaceful early morning cup of tea. Tropical birdsong. And additional work on pending Wellcome Trust application ffs.

The Pentagon is hanging the White House out to dry.
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I don't have a juicer, and I do have granddaughters, so she survived.

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It’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, everyone. There’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer, and it isn’t picked up by other gynaecological screening (such as smear tests). But if you do think it might be a possibility, you can ask your GP for a blood test and/or a scan.

I once had a juicer & a 10 year old daughter. I juiced an entire head of celery & tried to persuade her to drink a glass. She refused, being a clever child.

From our own correspondent.

Reading in my BBC voice, wondering how long.

Drinking tea in Bentota, reading Ondaatje poems, trying not to think about the world.

Amid rising alarm over suspected pollfraud, Reform leader says allowing non-British citizens into ballot booth threatens democracy FOREIGN-BORN VOTERS STOLE BY-ELECTION BLASTS FARAGE that Reform UK was robbed of victory diary assertion in today's Mail on Sunday by foreign-born voters in last week's that 'Reform UK won the Gorton and Denton By Glen Owen Manchester by-election. by-election among British-born voters'. Amid mounting allegations that voter, fraud And he vowed that if he becomes Prime Pages 16-17 POLITICAL EDITOR and sectarianism contributed the Grecn

Truly, truly, truly disgusting.

Keep this Trumpist race baiting out of British politics.

In Iran, air power alone will not reshape the regime. Since WWI, dozens of U.S., Israeli & allied air campaigns have tried to force political change — none installed friendly governments. None! They strengthen nationalism and intensify resistance.

the guy who wrote the literal book on this stuff is dunking on the admin:

War. Huh. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.

I'm already sick of "It's all a distraction from Epstein" replies. This regime is killing innocent people because our leaders are all power-hungry tyrants and war profiteers. When you say it's "just a distraction" you minimize the gravity of what's happening and the lives lost.

So, any other news yesterday?
Anything important?

Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.