NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”
Trump and his mini-mes might be calling out the UK over Iran, but I bet the NSA won't be falling out with GCHQ any time soon. #Newsnight
If you haven't watched Dirty Business on Channel 4, please do - it's shocking and scandalous. c.org/Hfq6GzQtVh
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Patients - Say No to Palantir in the NHS! . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pa...
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It was fab - lots of smiles as I solved it.
This is what the BBC should be apologising for. #Newsnight
Another clear overview of the current inflection point - this one's from Martha Lane Fox.
open.substack.com/pub/martha6j...
"What they fear most is these mass movements leading eventually to some kind of accountability.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social discuss how Trump and Epstein’s elite circle fear mass movements that could bring them down.
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/naomi-klei...
Once again, really significant and important #InvestigativeJournalism that is just not being done by legacy media.
My dad used to recite that :)
Oh come on Fiona Bruce - your role is chair, not interrogator. Well, calmly answered, Ellie Chowns. #BBCQT
Fiona Bruce raises the subject of Palantir. When Ellie Chowns starts discussing it, she shuts her down, saying she's moving away from the original question - what's that about? #bbcqt
Sharp observation here..
It's a long time since I retired from HE, but even in the noughties it felt like I'd stopped working in a garden and started working in a shop.
Stop attacking and interrupting and start listening, Victoria Derbyshire. #Newsnight
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Drug laws have never stopped people from using drugs.
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
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“When the Washington venue was renamed, veteran jazz musicians picked up their instruments and walked out. They’ve seen this America before”: Stewart Lee, pictured against a black background, on boycotting the ‘Trump Kennedy Center’
Entertainers can’t save truth. Or Greenland. But at least we can boycott the ‘Trump Kennedy Center’
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
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Settler-only IDF units functioning as ‘vigilante militias’ in West Bank
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
Always thought-provoking; this one's of particular relevance to students and teachers. open.substack.com/pub/johnnaug...
Fascinating stuff from Cory Doctorow, quoting Henry Farrell - one of my favourite political/economic analysts: pluralistic.net/2026/01/26/i...
As JD Vance attacked on women’s rights at an anti-abortion rally just miles away, neo-Nazis 'Patriot Front' marched in Washington, DC.
They were met with loud circus music.
As American Christian nationalism rises – and is increasingly exported to the UK – this response was more than deserved.
Well said, Steve Baker (says this Green Party member). #Newsnight
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One big reason why Starmer won't stand up to Trump is this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Men... #Newsnight
