Chris Hale
@chrishalemedia.bsky.social
AHRC M4C scholarship funded doctoral researcher: genocide prevention. Doc producer/author www.chrishalemedia.co.uk
Astonishing that Corbyn has had nothing to say about the protests in Iran - and the brutal regime crackdown.
Bombing a sovereign nation and kidnapping the President is the behaviour of a cowboy state.
The United States’ attack on Venezuela is illegal — and it is utterly shameful that the UK government refuses to condemn this reckless act of war.
The United States’ attack on Venezuela is illegal — and it is utterly shameful that the UK government refuses to condemn this reckless act of war.
January 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Astonishing that Corbyn has had nothing to say about the protests in Iran - and the brutal regime crackdown.
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Matthew Doyle handled No. 10 comms for 9 months. He's spent 27 years in spin. We know nothing about his views or values. So who better to sit in the House of Lords. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/wes...
The PM vowed to abolish the Lords. Why is he stuffing it with allies?
In Matthew Doyle, we are about to get another less than stellar peer. Now is the time for change
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Matthew Doyle handled No. 10 comms for 9 months. He's spent 27 years in spin. We know nothing about his views or values. So who better to sit in the House of Lords. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/wes...
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German astronomer Martin Brendel took the first photograph of an aurora #OTD in 1892, at Alta fjord in northern Norway.
Here’s the photo, alongside one I took from my back porch in Chicago, of all places, back in November. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Here’s the photo, alongside one I took from my back porch in Chicago, of all places, back in November. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
German astronomer Martin Brendel took the first photograph of an aurora #OTD in 1892, at Alta fjord in northern Norway.
Here’s the photo, alongside one I took from my back porch in Chicago, of all places, back in November. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Here’s the photo, alongside one I took from my back porch in Chicago, of all places, back in November. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
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David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
The King and Prince William must open the books on their enormous riches
The senior royals have amassed a great fortune without any scrutiny. For most of their subjects, these are testing financial times—we must have transp...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
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How should a newspaper behave when its own country is at war? The Israeli newspaper @haaretzcom is both revered and reviled for the path it has chosen. My long read profile of a remarkable institution www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
Inside Haaretz, Israel's voice of dissent
The newspaper is revered and reviled for its unflinching coverage of the Gaza war. Can it survive a possible future succession crisis?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
How should a newspaper behave when its own country is at war? The Israeli newspaper @haaretzcom is both revered and reviled for the path it has chosen. My long read profile of a remarkable institution www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
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How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has no choice but to teach Trump a lesson about free speech
The corporation may have lost a director general, but now needs to prove it still has a spine
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
I’m not a monarchist but…
Rupert Lowe is the Second Coming of Oliver Cromwell is such a wild thing to write.
Literally King Charles saying “be nice to each other” has them wanting to overthrow the monarchy.
Literally King Charles saying “be nice to each other” has them wanting to overthrow the monarchy.
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I’m not a monarchist but…
Tough minded informed analysis from the brilliant Mark Urban Phase two of the Gaza peace plan may prove impossible
www.thetimes.com/article/3f8e...
www.thetimes.com/article/3f8e...
Phase two of the Gaza peace plan may prove impossible
With a fortnight until Netanyahu meets Trump, Middle East players are trying to shape who will control the Strip and the disarmament of Hamas
www.thetimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tough minded informed analysis from the brilliant Mark Urban Phase two of the Gaza peace plan may prove impossible
www.thetimes.com/article/3f8e...
www.thetimes.com/article/3f8e...
This is horrific. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bondi beach shooting live updates: 10 people dead including one shooter after gunfire attack; another alleged shooter in critical condition
Follow updates live
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is horrific. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This could be boiled down to "Guys, you're embarrassing me". That explains why it's in Jewish News and not the Guardian, but it also explains why Freedland is prepared to admit for once that the "official community's" attitude has always been political.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Why Britain’s Jewish leaders are silent on Farage’s schoolyard antisemitism
While the Reform UK leader and his allies smear accusers as liars, the Board, JLC and HET remain mute, fearing the wrath of a rising politician
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This could be boiled down to "Guys, you're embarrassing me". That explains why it's in Jewish News and not the Guardian, but it also explains why Freedland is prepared to admit for once that the "official community's" attitude has always been political.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
Good for them… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Good for them… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Aaronovitch knows the left… and its fissiparous self righteousness open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
Oops
The party that ended before it began
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Aaronovitch knows the left… and its fissiparous self righteousness open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
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I’m 65 and want to make it clear to younger people that antisemitism was never a part of 70’s playground banter.
For our parents generation WW2 and cruelty of the Nazis was still fresh in their minds. Farage’s claims that it was is utter bullshit! He is a Nazi!
#GMB
For our parents generation WW2 and cruelty of the Nazis was still fresh in their minds. Farage’s claims that it was is utter bullshit! He is a Nazi!
#GMB
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I’m 65 and want to make it clear to younger people that antisemitism was never a part of 70’s playground banter.
For our parents generation WW2 and cruelty of the Nazis was still fresh in their minds. Farage’s claims that it was is utter bullshit! He is a Nazi!
#GMB
For our parents generation WW2 and cruelty of the Nazis was still fresh in their minds. Farage’s claims that it was is utter bullshit! He is a Nazi!
#GMB
The documentary failed to point any of this out. That’s a serious omission
HOWEVER, I have serious concerns about the speculation, based on polygenic risk score analysis about any pronouncement of psychiatric disorders. This technique is not part of diagnosis, nor can it be.
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The documentary failed to point any of this out. That’s a serious omission
Correct 👇🏽
We cannot know this for sure though. We also cannot make any meaningful connection between this possibility and his behaviour. Any attempts to do so are unevidenced speculation.
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Correct 👇🏽
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I reviewed Joe Sacco's latest book, the Once and Future Riot. It's as good as anything he's done, and that is a high bar.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I reviewed Joe Sacco's latest book, the Once and Future Riot. It's as good as anything he's done, and that is a high bar.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
Obviously a question that needed asking 🤢
Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA
Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA
Was the wartime chant about his solitary testicle correct? Did he have Jewish ancestry? New documentary Hitler’s DNA is trying to answer these, and more contentious, questions – but should it have gone there at all?
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Obviously a question that needed asking 🤢
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The TLDR on the "Hitler DNA" story, as with most new Hitler stories, is that we don't really have any new or earth shattering information about the guy. He definitely had Parkinsons. He may have had an undescended testicle. none that changes what we know about the guy.
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The TLDR on the "Hitler DNA" story, as with most new Hitler stories, is that we don't really have any new or earth shattering information about the guy. He definitely had Parkinsons. He may have had an undescended testicle. none that changes what we know about the guy.
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DNA Sequencing Reveals Hitler Was Type Of Fern
DNA Sequencing Reveals Hitler Was Type Of Fern
BATH, ENGLAND—Saying the discovery shed new light on the infamous German dictator’s life, University of Bath researchers revealed DNA sequencing Friday showing that Adolf Hitler was a type of fern. “A...
theonion.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
DNA Sequencing Reveals Hitler Was Type Of Fern
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Back in 2022, we discussed how sanctions against Russia were not working & received a hail of criticism for it. Very pleased to see Private Eye has now altered its City page to address issues like the failure to impose sanctions properly - from 14:40 onwards.
youtu.be/saFY6vwzxzM?...
youtu.be/saFY6vwzxzM?...
The Grand Old Duke Of Yuck
YouTube video by Private Eye Magazine
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November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Back in 2022, we discussed how sanctions against Russia were not working & received a hail of criticism for it. Very pleased to see Private Eye has now altered its City page to address issues like the failure to impose sanctions properly - from 14:40 onwards.
youtu.be/saFY6vwzxzM?...
youtu.be/saFY6vwzxzM?...
Unspeakable Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Unspeakable Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war
I have a chapter in this collection
November 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I have a chapter in this collection