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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."
I'm honestly speechless.
I'm honestly speechless.
![Examining the bodies returned to their people after the most recent so-called ceasefire, Palestinian doctors noted that, in some bodies “the rib cage and ribs were clipped with a sharp saw—a medical saw, a bone saw—and the sternum, along with the central part of the ribs, [were] lifted to allow for the removal of the heart and lungs without damage to the organ being taken.” Organ procurement, with few exceptions like skin and cornea, requires that the body be either alive—via brain death—or just-dead—via circulatory death. It is plausible that some Palestinian prisoners’ torture led to brain death. It is also possible their torturers felt no need to wait. Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs. The transplant surgeon waits for a person to die; the soldier can’t. The settler surgeon wields his mastery over the body to serve the state. Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiesvmsm3hrmrwxi7d7wvuaxc7u7oovqonpx2tdpxdnjhlgxh7lhni@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
![Tamer Nahed 𓂆🇵🇸
@Tamer_Alnoaizy
BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadn’t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was “spam” and that it was “causing harm.” What kind of logic is this?
The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us.
Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as “violations of community standards,” as if pain itself has become a crime.
What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful.
[the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.]
2:45 PM · Feb 10, 2026
https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2l6seozmjsqc4kfukjejat77/bafkreiga45xjdal6lfcqt2zmambaymeoelxafbrlt7fi2nmoahpbqj3cja@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
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At some point in the future, maybe years or even decades from now, it will be a widely acknowledged fact that the moment we are living through was the result of a total legitimation of virulent Islamophobia, buttressed by and interwoven with age-old, All-American genocidal ‘anticommunism’ tropes.
Like? What a fucking boot licker
February 11, 2026 at 7:38 AM
At some point in the future, maybe years or even decades from now, it will be a widely acknowledged fact that the moment we are living through was the result of a total legitimation of virulent Islamophobia, buttressed by and interwoven with age-old, All-American genocidal ‘anticommunism’ tropes.
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Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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If we’d learned in 2018 that e.g. Seumas Milne was passing privileged government info to a secret network of influence-peddling sex offenders led by the world’s most notorious nonce - do you think the lads would struggle to understand why that had grave implications, far beyond Milne’s office?
I mean: this summary of how fucked it is does not even touch the sides of just how bad it is.
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If we’d learned in 2018 that e.g. Seumas Milne was passing privileged government info to a secret network of influence-peddling sex offenders led by the world’s most notorious nonce - do you think the lads would struggle to understand why that had grave implications, far beyond Milne’s office?
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Out of curiosity I wondered what the English language media in the UAE would do with the revelations there are prominent Emiratis in the Epstein files and apparently the answer is: nothing.
There are brief reports on Starmer under scrutiny but this is the level of reporting you get.
There are brief reports on Starmer under scrutiny but this is the level of reporting you get.
February 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Out of curiosity I wondered what the English language media in the UAE would do with the revelations there are prominent Emiratis in the Epstein files and apparently the answer is: nothing.
There are brief reports on Starmer under scrutiny but this is the level of reporting you get.
There are brief reports on Starmer under scrutiny but this is the level of reporting you get.
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If Starmer wants a reset - and not yet another U-turn when the parliamentary party balks at a policy - here is his chance.
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 AM
If Starmer wants a reset - and not yet another U-turn when the parliamentary party balks at a policy - here is his chance.
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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, pictured here with his “old friend”, should resign.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, pictured here with his “old friend”, should resign.
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When he ran Labour Together, Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons hired a PR firm to investigate journalists
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
McSweeney goes - but Josh Simons in the frame over targeting journalists
Cabinet Office minister hired a PR firm to investigate journalists. His explanation is bewildering - and begs one big question. How can Starmer keep him on?
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
When he ran Labour Together, Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons hired a PR firm to investigate journalists
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
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You could see how fucked they were from Scotland in 2015: all it took was for a slightly more palatable party to emerge on their left, and they were instantly fucked into orbit. The entire time since was them screaming abuse, drumming their heels, pointing fingers and refusing to accept reality.
I think this is correct that the end of Mandelson and McSweeney really marks the terminal decline of the Labour Party, a death long foretold. The political debate now is what might arise from the wreckage.
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-fa...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-fa...
A Farewell to Morgan McSweeney
What a fantastic week. Peter Mandelson toasted to charcoal, the government being forced to make public all communications about him, the pos...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
You could see how fucked they were from Scotland in 2015: all it took was for a slightly more palatable party to emerge on their left, and they were instantly fucked into orbit. The entire time since was them screaming abuse, drumming their heels, pointing fingers and refusing to accept reality.
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people need to understand that EVERY ISRAELI ADULT IS IN THE IDF. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. the ONLY ones who arent had to go to prison and there are not very many of them
There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
February 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
people need to understand that EVERY ISRAELI ADULT IS IN THE IDF. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. the ONLY ones who arent had to go to prison and there are not very many of them
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Triple tap, by the way, refers to the fact that there were three waves of killings, in this case *at a hospital.* The initial murders and two waves of energy responders.
As depraved as it gets. Willful murder of health care workers.
As depraved as it gets. Willful murder of health care workers.
February 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Triple tap, by the way, refers to the fact that there were three waves of killings, in this case *at a hospital.* The initial murders and two waves of energy responders.
As depraved as it gets. Willful murder of health care workers.
As depraved as it gets. Willful murder of health care workers.
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There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
February 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
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Alex Massie trumped up a fake campaign in the times to claim hundreds of rape convictions for women in the justice system were actually trans women despite the numbers covering several hundred more convictions than there are trans women in prison for any crime.
To understand how much Alex Massie actually cares about women's safety: when I called out his transphobe-in-arms Nick Cohen for multiple acts of sexual misconduct against cis women, which eventually got him sacked, Massie went berserk at me.
Transphobia is a men's rights movement in drag.
Transphobia is a men's rights movement in drag.
February 8, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Alex Massie trumped up a fake campaign in the times to claim hundreds of rape convictions for women in the justice system were actually trans women despite the numbers covering several hundred more convictions than there are trans women in prison for any crime.
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That’s what the emails reveal, unfortunately: a clique of fascist billionaires are working to destroy democracy to maximise their personal freedom and power, and your governments are ideologically subservient to them, if not actively on the take.
February 8, 2026 at 11:15 AM
That’s what the emails reveal, unfortunately: a clique of fascist billionaires are working to destroy democracy to maximise their personal freedom and power, and your governments are ideologically subservient to them, if not actively on the take.
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itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-b... This was meant to be about Labour's alternatives to Starmer but I just wrote & wrote about what a moral disgrace he is that I realised that was the column. Starmer is a bad man doing bad things for bad reasons. Quitting now is the only way to prove me wrong
It Could Be Said #84 Sir Keir Starmer Is Not A Good Man
Will is tired of pretending that he thinks the Prime Minister is honourable
itcouldbesaid.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-b... This was meant to be about Labour's alternatives to Starmer but I just wrote & wrote about what a moral disgrace he is that I realised that was the column. Starmer is a bad man doing bad things for bad reasons. Quitting now is the only way to prove me wrong
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To understand how much Alex Massie actually cares about women's safety: when I called out his transphobe-in-arms Nick Cohen for multiple acts of sexual misconduct against cis women, which eventually got him sacked, Massie went berserk at me.
Transphobia is a men's rights movement in drag.
Transphobia is a men's rights movement in drag.
February 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM
To understand how much Alex Massie actually cares about women's safety: when I called out his transphobe-in-arms Nick Cohen for multiple acts of sexual misconduct against cis women, which eventually got him sacked, Massie went berserk at me.
Transphobia is a men's rights movement in drag.
Transphobia is a men's rights movement in drag.
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‘Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own.
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Jude Wanga | The centre shrinks
Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own until it is forced, by leakage...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
‘Peter Mandelson is a case study for the way the Westminster ecosystem protects its own.
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Protecting the system, and the powerful men who feel entitled to benefit from it, matters more than protecting the people it harms.’
New from @judeinlondon.com:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
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Man who stood up and scapegoated immigrants for making Britain into an island of strangers begs to be taken seriously as a conscientious public servant.
Labour MPs & party insiders tell me they’ve never seen Keir Starmer so angry as over Mandelson’s lies about Epstein links.
But those who know him well say that anger has now turned inwards. That Starmer is, above all else, a man of public service, and will be grappling with his conscious this w/e.
But those who know him well say that anger has now turned inwards. That Starmer is, above all else, a man of public service, and will be grappling with his conscious this w/e.
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Man who stood up and scapegoated immigrants for making Britain into an island of strangers begs to be taken seriously as a conscientious public servant.
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The Kincora Boys Home stuff is wild because its well recorded fact but it seems an absurd conspiracy theory.
There's an inherent belief that Thatcher putting a military intelligence officer in prison for reporting child abuse would be a bigger deal, so the fact it isn't keeps it hidden.
There's an inherent belief that Thatcher putting a military intelligence officer in prison for reporting child abuse would be a bigger deal, so the fact it isn't keeps it hidden.
February 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The Kincora Boys Home stuff is wild because its well recorded fact but it seems an absurd conspiracy theory.
There's an inherent belief that Thatcher putting a military intelligence officer in prison for reporting child abuse would be a bigger deal, so the fact it isn't keeps it hidden.
There's an inherent belief that Thatcher putting a military intelligence officer in prison for reporting child abuse would be a bigger deal, so the fact it isn't keeps it hidden.