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IGaza is treated as a problem to be managed, while Israel, the state that committed genocide and destroyed all stability here, is protected from accountability.

t is Israel, not Gaza, that needs stabilisation | Gaza | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
It is Israel, not Gaza, that needs stabilisation
Global powers are trying to stabilise Gaza with the help of its tormentor.
www.aljazeera.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Who leaked Witkoff’s call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side? | Trump administration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Who leaked Witkoff’s call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side?
Bloomberg publishes extraordinary transcripts of secret discussions, but their provenance remains unclear
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Hardly the redistributive budget that the country really needs but one hip hooray for an end to the iniquitous 2 child cap

Budget 2025: key points at a glance | Budget 2025 | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Budget 2025: key points at a glance
Rachel Reeves is announcing her financial update – here are the main points, with political analysis
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
How awful

This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
IKEA is releasing a new family of Bluetooth speakers in partnership with Swedish designer Tekla Severin www.engadget.com/audio/speake...
IKEA is releasing a new family of Bluetooth speakers in partnership with Swedish designer Tekla Severin
IKEA is launching new Bluetooth speakers with colorful designs.
www.engadget.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
An appalling attack on the fundamentals of justice and human rights. What the actual fuck is wrong with this so called Labour government?

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MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases
The radical plan from David Lammy has been criticised by senior lawyers, who say it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Ethiopian volcano subsides, leaving a trail of disruption and canceled flights | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/air-ind...
Ethiopian volcano subsides, leaving a trail of disruption and canceled flights
Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano has subsided after an eruption over the weekend
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Good riddance to bad, no lethal, rubbish

US-backed GHF ‘aid mission’ in Gaza ends – a timeline of violence | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
US-backed GHF ‘aid mission’ in Gaza ends – a timeline of violence
GHF is halting operations after more than 2,000 Palestinians were killed in and around its distribution sites.
www.aljazeera.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Looking iffy for OpenAI

Marc Benioff Joins the Chorus, Says Google Gemini Is Eating ChatGPT's Lunch gizmodo.com/marc-benioff...
Marc Benioff Joins the Chorus, Says Google Gemini Is Eating ChatGPT's Lunch
ChatGPT who?
gizmodo.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Musk’s companies are not to be trusted

oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/musks-ai-s...
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
"... self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us,”

Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump | BBC | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Doesn't surprise me at all

Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women | Women | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Rage rooms: demand is surging – and 90% of customers are women
Venues designed for people to smash things up safely are seeing an enormous rise in bookings. But why? And what explains the pronounced gender gap?
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
All-solid-state EV batteries hit a milestone, promise to double range electrek.co/2025/11/24/a...
All-solid-state EV batteries hit a huge milestone in China, promising to double range
China’s first all-solid-state production line is up and running. With the equipment in place, GAC Group becomes the first automaker...
electrek.co
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
This is worrying
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d
According to the US constitution the president would need congressional approval before attacking a foreign nation (Venezuela), EXCEPT when the strikes target a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d
The U.S. has officially designated Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a member of a foreign terrorist organization

This move enables additional sanctions on the regime's assets and logistical networks.
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
IThe government should first test whether efficiency reforms to the crown court estate, prisoner escort and custody services, and court technology would make a difference before making any major constitutional change.

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
It’s not jury trials that have left Britain’s justice system in crisis | Letter
Letter: The introduction of an intermediary court that has not been properly piloted is not the answer when other efficiencies plaguing the system could be tackled first, says Barbara Mills of the Bar...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire’. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.

No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
www.aljazeera.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
You vet it did - just like the tobacco industry, and the oil giants hid their research that showed the damage Meta buried the research and Meta now wants to make it as if it never happened

Meta allegedly buried research showing its products are harming users www.engadget.com/social-media...
Meta allegedly buried research showing its products are harming users
Meta has been accused of burying research showing its platforms are bad for users mental health.
www.engadget.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Whoa there peeps - is this the start of the end times? Betcha arse some conspiracy guys and gals will get on this

Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years | Ethiopia | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
Ash clouds from Hayli Gubbi volcano sent drifting across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Redditors shared surprising, real-world data about home solar electrek.co/2025/11/23/h...
Homeowners share surprising, real-world data after installing solar panels
Homeowners are sharing the results of their home solar systems online — and the real-world data might surprise you!
electrek.co
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations | Musa Okwonga | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations | Musa Okwonga
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Mahmood is here to provide the answer, to absolve. To free the country from its anxieties about immigration and race.

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Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
What We Talk About When We Talk About Cuba | Los Angeles Review of Books lareviewofbooks.org/article/what...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Cuba | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sara Kozameh offers a rigorous analysis of cultural production during the Cuban Revolution in conversation with Jennifer L. Lambe’s book “The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Cultu...
lareviewofbooks.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
Things That Disappear by Jenny Erpenbeck review – a kaleidoscopic study of transience | Essays | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Things That Disappear by Jenny Erpenbeck review – a kaleidoscopic study of transience
A collection of columns by the German Booker winner reveals a keen eye for the details that mark the passing of time
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
His Palestine is masterful and this sounds good too

The Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco review – a masterclass in visual reportage | Journalism books | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
The Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco review – a masterclass in visual reportage
The author of Palestine turns his attention to the legacies of Indian partition in this brilliant portrait of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
gilberts1950.bsky.social
The latest rural crime? Stealing the tractor but leaving the wheels behind? Maybe they are coming back for them tonight
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM