John Birch
@fandw.bsky.social
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The perils of social influencers with no medical knowledge - perhaps reflecting in other areas of health such as vaccination and fake connections with autism
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The perils of social influencers with no medical knowledge - perhaps reflecting in other areas of health such as vaccination and fake connections with autism
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches.
Gill, a key member of the Ukip and Brexit party groups led by Nigel Farage in the European parliament, had pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019.
Gill, a key member of the Ukip and Brexit party groups led by Nigel Farage in the European parliament, had pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019.
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £30,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
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November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches.
Gill, a key member of the Ukip and Brexit party groups led by Nigel Farage in the European parliament, had pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019.
Gill, a key member of the Ukip and Brexit party groups led by Nigel Farage in the European parliament, had pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019.
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What a dangerous bloke! What a mess US right-wing politics is in right now!
Fuentes, who is 27 and lives in Illinois, has called Adolf Hitler “really fucking cool” and compared the Holocaust to the baking of cookies.
Fuentes, who is 27 and lives in Illinois, has called Adolf Hitler “really fucking cool” and compared the Holocaust to the baking of cookies.
White nationalist Nick Fuentes is exposing a civil war among US Republicans: ‘We look like clowns’
Tucker Carlson’s interview with the activist revealed the mainstream right is being flooded by extremism – and it’s now impossible to contain
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What a dangerous bloke! What a mess US right-wing politics is in right now!
Fuentes, who is 27 and lives in Illinois, has called Adolf Hitler “really fucking cool” and compared the Holocaust to the baking of cookies.
Fuentes, who is 27 and lives in Illinois, has called Adolf Hitler “really fucking cool” and compared the Holocaust to the baking of cookies.
Ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a seismic threat to global health, according to the world’s largest review.
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a seismic threat to global health, according to the world’s largest review.
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Assata Shakur (1947 – 2025)
September 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Assata Shakur (1947 – 2025)
Reposted by John Birch
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Violence has increased across the occupied West Bank as Palestinian farmers try to harvest their olive trees before the end of the season, in the face of a concerted campaign of harassment by groups of armed and aggressive Israeli settlers.
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Violence has increased across the occupied West Bank as Palestinian farmers try to harvest their olive trees before the end of the season, in the face of a concerted campaign of harassment by groups of armed and aggressive Israeli settlers.
More than two in five sexually active under-18s in the UK have either been strangled or strangled someone during sex, research has found, despite the serious dangers of the practice. What is this world coming to via social media channels???!!!
Nearly half of sexually active young people in UK have experienced strangulation, study shows
Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
More than two in five sexually active under-18s in the UK have either been strangled or strangled someone during sex, research has found, despite the serious dangers of the practice. What is this world coming to via social media channels???!!!
Drones are now an integral part of modern warfare, but they are not confined to the battlefield.
How realistic is the plan to build a 'drone wall' against Russia?
How realistic is the plan to build a 'drone wall' against Russia?
How realistic is the plan to build a 'drone wall' against Russia?
Drones have been found across Western Europe near airports, military bases and power plants, as part of a suspected programme of 'hybrid warfare'
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Drones are now an integral part of modern warfare, but they are not confined to the battlefield.
How realistic is the plan to build a 'drone wall' against Russia?
How realistic is the plan to build a 'drone wall' against Russia?
She left her desk job and walked 3,541 miles from Mexico to Canada: ‘Give yourself permission’
Wow!
Wow!
She left her desk job and walked 3,541 miles from Mexico to Canada: ‘Give yourself permission’
Jessica Guo hiked 30 miles a day, becoming the first woman to continuously hike two historic trails in a single season
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
She left her desk job and walked 3,541 miles from Mexico to Canada: ‘Give yourself permission’
Wow!
Wow!
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Reposted by John Birch
I'm not religious, but this Pope seems like a really good dude.
ground.news/article/pope...
ground.news/article/pope...
Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past
The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas. Pope Le...
ground.news
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I'm not religious, but this Pope seems like a really good dude.
ground.news/article/pope...
ground.news/article/pope...
Wise words from David Miliband
David Miliband's closing paragraphs in his Observer article today are quite ... striking.
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wise words from David Miliband
What a world we live in….
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
What a world we live in….
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Morning.
Pompeii, 100 AD.
Pompeii, 100 AD.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Morning.
Pompeii, 100 AD.
Pompeii, 100 AD.