Kam Latif
@kamlatif.bsky.social
#ScienceFiction #History & #Politics Buff/Nerd/Obsessive
#StarTrek #StarWars #DoctorWho #Dune #GreatestGen #FOD
#Socialist #leftwing #longcovid
🇬🇧#Londoner
Co-host at @acedrwho.bsky.social Dr Who podcast.
https://linktr.ee/kamalrazalatif
#StarTrek #StarWars #DoctorWho #Dune #GreatestGen #FOD
#Socialist #leftwing #longcovid
🇬🇧#Londoner
Co-host at @acedrwho.bsky.social Dr Who podcast.
https://linktr.ee/kamalrazalatif
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Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
A civil war is raging in the film, television and music fields between artists opposed to the mass murder in Gaza, as well as Trump’s fascist policies, and the upper echelons of studio executives and ...
www.wsws.org
It’s so sad that they bought out my favourite franchise, #StarTrek
Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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“Gaza was once a happy place with a happy people who had a great sense of humour and led lives like other seafaring people,” Raja Shehadeh writes. “But this was many decades ago.”
Excellent article @aloner.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
Excellent article @aloner.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed
Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“Gaza was once a happy place with a happy people who had a great sense of humour and led lives like other seafaring people,” Raja Shehadeh writes. “But this was many decades ago.”
Excellent article @aloner.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
Excellent article @aloner.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Despite the latest ‘ceasefire’, Israel’s genocide and engineered famine continues to devastate Gaza. This magazine confronts the history of Israeli violence and the steadfast Palestinian resistance to war, displacement and annihilation.
Read more and subscribe 👉 newint.org/issues/2025/...
Read more and subscribe 👉 newint.org/issues/2025/...
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Despite the latest ‘ceasefire’, Israel’s genocide and engineered famine continues to devastate Gaza. This magazine confronts the history of Israeli violence and the steadfast Palestinian resistance to war, displacement and annihilation.
Read more and subscribe 👉 newint.org/issues/2025/...
Read more and subscribe 👉 newint.org/issues/2025/...
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Interesting article/ book review about population, demographics & the future of humanity
Are we doomed? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Are we doomed? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Interesting article/ book review about population, demographics & the future of humanity
Are we doomed? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Are we doomed? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
It’s so sad that they bought out my favourite franchise, #StarTrek
Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
A civil war is raging in the film, television and music fields between artists opposed to the mass murder in Gaza, as well as Trump’s fascist policies, and the upper echelons of studio executives and ...
www.wsws.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It’s so sad that they bought out my favourite franchise, #StarTrek
Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Reposted by Kam Latif
Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Ellison-owned Paramount launches McCarthyite blacklist of actors opposed to Gaza genocide
A civil war is raging in the film, television and music fields between artists opposed to the mass murder in Gaza, as well as Trump’s fascist policies, and the upper echelons of studio executives and ...
www.wsws.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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One of the craziest things happening right now is how there’s been report after report confirming that Jeffrey Epstein really was an Israeli intelligence operative, and yet it’s had no measurable impact on mainstream media or politics.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/sometimes-...
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/sometimes-...
Sometimes The Media Ignoring A Major Story Becomes The Story
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
One of the craziest things happening right now is how there’s been report after report confirming that Jeffrey Epstein really was an Israeli intelligence operative, and yet it’s had no measurable impact on mainstream media or politics.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/sometimes-...
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/sometimes-...
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Ikr?
Like, WTF was Mossad agent Epstein doing in the Ivory Coast?
Like, WTF was Mossad agent Epstein doing in the Ivory Coast?
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Ikr?
Like, WTF was Mossad agent Epstein doing in the Ivory Coast?
Like, WTF was Mossad agent Epstein doing in the Ivory Coast?
There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons | Rafael Behr
A declining sense of collective identity is corroding trust in our institutions and undermining democratic politics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian warehouse and land as West Bank attacks surge
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian warehouse and land as West Bank attacks surge
Several Palestinians were also injured when settlers launched arson attacks targeting an industrial area, a Bedouin village, and farmland east of Tulkarm.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian warehouse and land as West Bank attacks surge
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Spending time visiting primary schools always leaves me feeling in awe of the teachers. They do *so* much for their pupils, often under incredibly challenging and stressful circumstances
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Spending time visiting primary schools always leaves me feeling in awe of the teachers. They do *so* much for their pupils, often under incredibly challenging and stressful circumstances
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Race to the bottom.
UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated.
This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City?
archive.ph/t2poX
UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated.
This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City?
archive.ph/t2poX
UK banks push for easing of capital rules to counter surge in private credit
HSBC and Barclays executives tell House of Lords committee that they are losing ground to US rivals
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Race to the bottom.
UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated.
This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City?
archive.ph/t2poX
UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated.
This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City?
archive.ph/t2poX
Reposted by Kam Latif
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Reposted by Kam Latif
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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To be honest, I don’t think a few more book sales will make any difference (a few hundreds of thousands might). I know that what it will take is for a proposal / work of mine to land in front of the right gatekeeper, someone who gets what I want to do and wants to help. In other words, luck.
I’m always bragging about my brilliant books on here so I probably ought to balance that by letting you know I got TWO rejection emails yesterday, one of which said my ideas were “too educational” and not “commercial” enough. You can help me prove them wrong by buying lots of my books.
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
To be honest, I don’t think a few more book sales will make any difference (a few hundreds of thousands might). I know that what it will take is for a proposal / work of mine to land in front of the right gatekeeper, someone who gets what I want to do and wants to help. In other words, luck.
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global
US president’s latest media target comes from across the pond as he continues to scrutinize coverage he does not like
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Star Trek @vicepress.bsky.social Editions Poster
Series
They are re-visiting their series of re-mastered posters for the original Star Trek movies, and releasing them as part of their Editions range.
Each poster is available in both A2 and A3 sizes, with the option of A2 posters ready framed.
Series
They are re-visiting their series of re-mastered posters for the original Star Trek movies, and releasing them as part of their Editions range.
Each poster is available in both A2 and A3 sizes, with the option of A2 posters ready framed.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Star Trek @vicepress.bsky.social Editions Poster
Series
They are re-visiting their series of re-mastered posters for the original Star Trek movies, and releasing them as part of their Editions range.
Each poster is available in both A2 and A3 sizes, with the option of A2 posters ready framed.
Series
They are re-visiting their series of re-mastered posters for the original Star Trek movies, and releasing them as part of their Editions range.
Each poster is available in both A2 and A3 sizes, with the option of A2 posters ready framed.
Reposted by Kam Latif
On today's #GreatestGen, Dark Archer doesn't need a teleprompter, but that logo definitely needs another laurel.
Listen to the full episode at: gagh.biz/greatestgen
#greatesttrek #startrek #startrekenterprise
@maximumfun.org
Listen to the full episode at: gagh.biz/greatestgen
#greatesttrek #startrek #startrekenterprise
@maximumfun.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On today's #GreatestGen, Dark Archer doesn't need a teleprompter, but that logo definitely needs another laurel.
Listen to the full episode at: gagh.biz/greatestgen
#greatesttrek #startrek #startrekenterprise
@maximumfun.org
Listen to the full episode at: gagh.biz/greatestgen
#greatesttrek #startrek #startrekenterprise
@maximumfun.org
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One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Reposted by Kam Latif
Israel continues to commit genocide against Palestinian civilians as an average of eight Palestinians have been killed daily since the ceasefire became effective last month, a Geneva-based rights monitor group said Monday.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251110-ave...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251110-ave...
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Israel continues to commit genocide against Palestinian civilians as an average of eight Palestinians have been killed daily since the ceasefire became effective last month, a Geneva-based rights monitor group said Monday.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251110-ave...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251110-ave...
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Knesset committee approves bill allowing arrest of Arab Israelis without state attorney’s approval
Knesset committee approves bill allowing arrest of Arab Israelis without state attorney’s approval
A Knesset committee on Monday approved a bill allowing Israeli police to arrest Arab Israelis without the attorney general’s approval, on allegations of “incitement” on social media, Anadolu report…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Knesset committee approves bill allowing arrest of Arab Israelis without state attorney’s approval