Xavier de Sousa

GENOCIDE!

And the world watches on.

Humanity is failing in the worst possible way.

Citizen's Arrest of Thames Water CEO | Thames Water HQ, UK | 18 March 2025 #shorts YouTube video by Citizen’s Arrest Network

In awe of these powerful women citizens arresting the CEOs doing the most harm to our environment. Please share far and wide. m.youtube.com/shorts/dWZG0...

Revealed: at least 25 UK ‘spy cops’ had sex with deceived members of public Total shows scale of dishonesty in undercover operations over more than three decades

When consent to sex is induced with a lie how is that consent real? Isn't this actually non-consensual sex, ie rape? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Another day of reading the dumbest people in the guild defending the use of AI in the humanities

The center right and far right have underperformed relative to expectations, the left significantly overperformed. This is an extremely difficult moment for many reasons, but these results are better than I had dared to hope a week and certainly to months ago.

Israel says West Bank operation will last for a year as it sends tanks to Jenin Continued operation in Palestinian territory will leave 40,000 displaced people unable to return home Israel has sent tanks to the West Bank city of Jenin, in the first deployment of its kind in the area in more than two decades, as troops intensify…

Israel says West Bank operation will last for a year as it sends tanks to Jenin

Mr Blackpool (performed by Harry Clayton-Wright) towers over a model village wearing a large lilac feather headdress and bikini with see through shorts, all embellished with beads and rhinestones. Mr Blackpool, wearing glasses and with big black beard, has pale white skin with pink blush, purple lipstick, black smokey eyes with purple glitter and pencil thin eyebrows. Mr Blackpool’s large dusky pink heel steps on the roof of one of the small houses.

Mr Blackpool. A seaside rave at the end of the world.

My new show previews at ACCA in Brighton on Sat 1st March. A theatrical installation embedding the history of ‘end of the pier’ entertainment, variety, drag and dance music.

attenboroughcentre.com/events/5365/...

@marlboroughprods.bsky.social

If you didn’t know, workers at the Tesla factory in Sweden have been on strike for over 1 year cuz Tesla refuses to sign a collective agreement with the TU (standard in Sweden for all employers). The Metalworkers Union says they have enough funds to sustain the strike for decades. 🧵

Amanhã, 15:00, no espaço musas no Porto!

Contamos convosco !

#AntifaPT #TheSurge

A ceasefire is a vital step, but peace requires justice. The UK must act: suspend arms exports, ensure accountability, and recognise the State of Palestine.

Read my full statement here: elliechowns.org.uk/2025/01/15/e...

Air pollution from AI could surpass that of all the cars in California Massive data centers power large language models but produce fine particles linked to asthma, cancers, and premature deaths.

Once again asking what problem this technology has solved or is expected to solve to force us to endure this. www.fastcompany.com/91253026/air...

Stripey blue pink and green background with a white rounded box on top, text says "*new*, Mentoring bursaries for producers working in experimental dance and live art. Easy application. Selected via random generator. Paid opportunity."

As part of our work as Strategic Producers for Marikiscrycrycry on their currently touring show GONER, we are pleased to offer 2 mentoring bursaries to producers working in experimental dance and live art.
Deadline for applications is 4th February 2025.
🔗 Link to call out in bio!

Ben Miller | Undoing Maria Callas Callas has not been represented well by others, on stage or screen. Terrence McNally’s trashy play Master Class is...

‘No one was stupid enough to suggest that Jolie do all of her own singing. Instead, AI and fuzzy sound design combine various percentages of Jolie and Callas, as though the two were flavors of soda.’

Ben Miller watches the Callas biopic ‘Maria’: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...

Writers, musicians, actors & other creators strongly oppose upending copyright law to favour AI companies, as suggested in the UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan.

As Kate Mosse says, seeking economic growth "cannot be on the basis of theft of our work".

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI Keir Starmer plans to ‘unleash’ technology with massive investment and deployment, despite public fears

Labour announces scheme to destroy creative industries, waste water and electricity, increase CO2 emissions, embed systems run by foreign libertarians into our hospitals and schools and gamble all our money on an economic bubble that is about to collapse.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Certo

The Kurdish Women's Movement 'One the foremost writers and participants in the Kurdish women's movement' - Harsha Walia The Kurdish women's movement is at the heart of one of the most...

E se quiseres posso emprestar este livro que acho que vais gostar bastante: www.plutobooks.com/978178680739...

O artigo que te falava que comissionamos 😉 performingborders.live/ejournal/hev...

Meta Moves to End Fact-Checking Program The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes or corrections to posts. It is likely to please the Trump administration.

Mark Zuckerberg doesn't just bend the knee to Trump, he throws himself prostrate on the floor in front of the throne.

Darkness falls.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...