One of the blissful things about being in Canada was the lack of pharmaceutical ads. It’s amazing how many other products exist in the world- chocolate! Laundry detergent! - that you can hear about if you’re not being told about medullary thyroid cancer

This is a truly remarkable programme from the BBC archives.

A 1971 interview/interrogation of Albert Speer the leading Nazi who apologised and as a result survived - by Michael Charlton, Hugh Trevor-Roper and George Ball whom he had last met at the Nuremberg trials.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

That’s quite a telling statement, Stephen Miller. I guess you’re calling all the shots now?

Some lovely detail in this book.

When Farage and I were growing up (similar age) Russia was the enemy, we were both in cadets, Russia was the Army’s foe

Villains in Movies & books were Russian.. those who helped Russia were traitors

Since 2010 Farage has been on Russian TV at least 17 times talking the West down
#FaragePutinsPet

“On July 10, I was on my way to work when ICE agents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face. They dragged me out, threw me to the ground, and even while I was complying, one agent kneeled on my neck and another kneeled on my back…”

The new pope is quoting Hannah Arendt. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

“Reform are rattled and that’s exactly the place I wanted them to be in.” Good to see Reform not having the usual easy ride on #BBCQT thanks to
@zackpolanski.bsky.social

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Great to spend weekend at The World Transformed in Manchester.

- Q&A with lots of students
- spoke on a panel about the future of the left
- another event on housing & rent controls.
- hosted a quiz!

Great energy!

And caught up with @turnleftmedia.co.uk

youtu.be/7ltyShwV-Bc?...

🇺🇦Zelenskyy:Throughout this week, many regions of Ukraine have been under fire, and in many regions air raid sirens are now sounding again because of the threat of attack drones. Russia continues its aerial terror against our cities and communities, intensifying strikes on our energy infrastructure.

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Stop the slaughter of songbirds on British soil. Reinstate the 24-Hour Anti-Trapping Unit to Protect Europe’s Songbirds!

protectthewild.org.uk/stop-slaught...

“The UK’s net zero economy grew by 10 percent in 2024, employing almost a million people in full-time jobs.”

Reform want to ditch renewables for fossil fuels. Not even the oil & gas industry thinks it’s a good idea:
https://bit.ly/46LOfGc

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

Thanks

Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.

Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.

Lot of consequential cases on the line here: postal voting, redistricting, campaign finances. @marcelias.bsky.social is arguing one of them himself in the Supreme Court later this year.

🚨NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to keep the National Guard under federal command in Illinois — but blocked its use for active deployment. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A calm Saturday evening
in Kyiv.
I brought you a piece of tender
Ukrainian art.

🇺🇦 Joseph Bokshai
Peonies, 1946

Cancer immunity in a shot.

Scientists at the University of Florida have created a breakthrough mRNA cancer vaccine that erased deadly brain tumors in early human trials without chemo or radiation.

It is now moving into Phase 1 pediatric trials.

Here is a closer look at the record low #Arctic sea ice around Svalbard currently. This coincides with the record warmth as well (check out my earlier post). Earlier last week temperatures in parts of Svalbard were more similar to July than October.

Graphic produced by cryo.met.no/en/sea-ice-i...

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Palestinians survive death and return to their city, Gaza.
Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad"

www.threads.com/@rizek_eldre...

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing