Alice
@grannymath.bsky.social
Granny, professor emeritus of mathematics, believes in reason, following international rules and fairness for oppressed peoples. When I ‘like’ a distressing post, it means I’m glad the post has been made, and injustice or cruelty exposed.
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Absolutely magisterial interview with John Bew by @samfr.bsky.social and @ldfreedman.bsky.social. In a highly competitive field the most interesting thing I've read on Comment is Freed, on everything from the style of four administrations to our foreign policy challenges:
Interview with John Bew - adviser to four Prime Ministers
On Whitehall, Ukraine, Trump and the global challenges facing Britain
samf.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Absolutely magisterial interview with John Bew by @samfr.bsky.social and @ldfreedman.bsky.social. In a highly competitive field the most interesting thing I've read on Comment is Freed, on everything from the style of four administrations to our foreign policy challenges:
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COMMENTARY: What Donald Trump is betting on is becoming the world’s largest and last petrostate. China is betting on becoming its largest and lasting electrostate.
Which side would you rather be on?
🔗 #[politi.co/4sAUFAQ
Which side would you rather be on?
🔗 #[politi.co/4sAUFAQ
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
COMMENTARY: What Donald Trump is betting on is becoming the world’s largest and last petrostate. China is betting on becoming its largest and lasting electrostate.
Which side would you rather be on?
🔗 #[politi.co/4sAUFAQ
Which side would you rather be on?
🔗 #[politi.co/4sAUFAQ
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Claim: Trump claims the Ontario government ad showing Ronald Reagan strongly opposing tariffs was "FAKE".
Fact check: ❌ FALSE. The Ontario ad was 100% accurate. Every word of the Ontario ad can be found in Reagan's radio address on "Free and Fair Trade".
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
Fact check: ❌ FALSE. The Ontario ad was 100% accurate. Every word of the Ontario ad can be found in Reagan's radio address on "Free and Fair Trade".
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade
042587a
www.reaganlibrary.gov
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Claim: Trump claims the Ontario government ad showing Ronald Reagan strongly opposing tariffs was "FAKE".
Fact check: ❌ FALSE. The Ontario ad was 100% accurate. Every word of the Ontario ad can be found in Reagan's radio address on "Free and Fair Trade".
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
Fact check: ❌ FALSE. The Ontario ad was 100% accurate. Every word of the Ontario ad can be found in Reagan's radio address on "Free and Fair Trade".
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
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Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?
By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.
Join us and let's make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Join us and let's make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?
By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
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Spain has made it a serious crime with up to Life imprisonment if anyone sends arms to Israel.
The rest of the world need to do the same.
No weapons for War Criminals.
The rest of the world need to do the same.
No weapons for War Criminals.
October 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Spain has made it a serious crime with up to Life imprisonment if anyone sends arms to Israel.
The rest of the world need to do the same.
No weapons for War Criminals.
The rest of the world need to do the same.
No weapons for War Criminals.
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"Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian author Margaret Atwood takes another shot at Alberta's book ban with satirical story | CBC News
Margaret Atwood has again taken to social media to take aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's ...
www.cbc.ca
September 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Bloody hell! I'd better be careful coming back from the allotment wearing pro Palestine clothing and carrying me' trowel.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester
Samuel Rowe, who was returning from allotment, seeking to overturn caution for possession of offensive weapon
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Bloody hell! I'd better be careful coming back from the allotment wearing pro Palestine clothing and carrying me' trowel.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The bullet train in 🇯🇵-as glorious as everyone says. A reminder the Japanese built their first high speed train for the 1964 Olympics and it became national by the 80s. They’re now building Maglevs (floating trains).
Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.
Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.
July 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The bullet train in 🇯🇵-as glorious as everyone says. A reminder the Japanese built their first high speed train for the 1964 Olympics and it became national by the 80s. They’re now building Maglevs (floating trains).
Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.
Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.
Donald Trump is the only person who can lean on Israel to stop starving people to death in Gaza. Keir Starmer could convince Trump to do that. They're meeting on Monday, so we don't have long to get the PM to act. Add your name to the open letter now: 38d.gs/07es
An open letter to Keir Starmer on Gaza
Donald Trump is the only person who can lean on Israel to stop starving people to death in Gaza. Keir Starmer could convince Trump to do that. Trump and Starmer are meeting on Monday, so we don't have...
38d.gs
July 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Donald Trump is the only person who can lean on Israel to stop starving people to death in Gaza. Keir Starmer could convince Trump to do that. They're meeting on Monday, so we don't have long to get the PM to act. Add your name to the open letter now: 38d.gs/07es
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🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
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Words are not enough - current actions are not enough - where is our humanity?
Israel’s barbaric killing of civilians and repeated breaches of international law must stop.
Tell me the words that will make you act and I will say them. My plea to my government👇🏾
Israel’s barbaric killing of civilians and repeated breaches of international law must stop.
Tell me the words that will make you act and I will say them. My plea to my government👇🏾
July 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Words are not enough - current actions are not enough - where is our humanity?
Israel’s barbaric killing of civilians and repeated breaches of international law must stop.
Tell me the words that will make you act and I will say them. My plea to my government👇🏾
Israel’s barbaric killing of civilians and repeated breaches of international law must stop.
Tell me the words that will make you act and I will say them. My plea to my government👇🏾
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For a while there was too little coverage of the starvation in Gaza and the shootings at aid sites, but what strikes me now is how much coverage (relatively speaking) there is in print and even TV, and yet Israel keeps ratcheting up in plain view.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...
Israel Expands Offensive in Gaza and Raids a W.H.O. Office
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
For a while there was too little coverage of the starvation in Gaza and the shootings at aid sites, but what strikes me now is how much coverage (relatively speaking) there is in print and even TV, and yet Israel keeps ratcheting up in plain view.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...
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Freeports and SEZs make this a much easier process, why? Because secondary legislation is embedded in all 86 UK free zones, which means zero parliamentary or public scrutiny.
Please sign and share this petition with your friends and family, and across all your social media platforms. Thank you💚
Please sign and share this petition with your friends and family, and across all your social media platforms. Thank you💚
July 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Freeports and SEZs make this a much easier process, why? Because secondary legislation is embedded in all 86 UK free zones, which means zero parliamentary or public scrutiny.
Please sign and share this petition with your friends and family, and across all your social media platforms. Thank you💚
Please sign and share this petition with your friends and family, and across all your social media platforms. Thank you💚
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Hamzeh Al-Amareen, Manager of a White Helmets Emergency Response Center, was abducted on Wednesday while he was on a mission to evacuate a United Nations team in the city of Suwayda at their request.
whitehelmets.org/node/2446
whitehelmets.org/node/2446
July 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Hamzeh Al-Amareen, Manager of a White Helmets Emergency Response Center, was abducted on Wednesday while he was on a mission to evacuate a United Nations team in the city of Suwayda at their request.
whitehelmets.org/node/2446
whitehelmets.org/node/2446
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People aren’t seeing the benefit of renewables because electricity prices are still tied to gas. That means higher bills for everyone, even though more of our power comes from cheaper renewables.
We must break that link to cut energy bills for everyone.
We must break that link to cut energy bills for everyone.
July 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
People aren’t seeing the benefit of renewables because electricity prices are still tied to gas. That means higher bills for everyone, even though more of our power comes from cheaper renewables.
We must break that link to cut energy bills for everyone.
We must break that link to cut energy bills for everyone.
@commonsspeaker.parliament.uk who can censor MPs?
Parliament and Hansard have removed “We are all Palestine Action” from my speech on Wednesday 2 July 2025 — despite me saying it.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
July 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
@commonsspeaker.parliament.uk who can censor MPs?
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Parliament and Hansard have removed “We are all Palestine Action” from my speech on Wednesday 2 July 2025 — despite me saying it.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
July 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Parliament and Hansard have removed “We are all Palestine Action” from my speech on Wednesday 2 July 2025 — despite me saying it.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
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The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has called for US President Donald Trump to face criminal prosecution for complicity in genocide for his support of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution mechanism.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xqbca8
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July 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has called for US President Donald Trump to face criminal prosecution for complicity in genocide for his support of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution mechanism.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xqbca8
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xqbca8
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READ: The world says “every child is precious” — but not if that child is Palestinian.
Gaza’s children are burned alive while the West offers silence, excuses, and weapons. Dina Elmuti rips through the hypocrisy of a world that mourns some kids and murders others.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...
Gaza’s children are burned alive while the West offers silence, excuses, and weapons. Dina Elmuti rips through the hypocrisy of a world that mourns some kids and murders others.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...
Every child is precious unless that child is Palestinian
The world professes reverence for childhood, but hollow platitudes about universal children’s rights aren’t meant for the colonized.
mondoweiss.net
July 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
READ: The world says “every child is precious” — but not if that child is Palestinian.
Gaza’s children are burned alive while the West offers silence, excuses, and weapons. Dina Elmuti rips through the hypocrisy of a world that mourns some kids and murders others.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...
Gaza’s children are burned alive while the West offers silence, excuses, and weapons. Dina Elmuti rips through the hypocrisy of a world that mourns some kids and murders others.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...
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Israeli forces have been bombarding the northern half of the Gaza Strip. Around 40 bombs were dropped on Beit Hanoun on Saturday, while a building near the Islamic University in Gaza City was blown up.
July 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Israeli forces have been bombarding the northern half of the Gaza Strip. Around 40 bombs were dropped on Beit Hanoun on Saturday, while a building near the Islamic University in Gaza City was blown up.
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UN office reports 757 settler attacks since January, up 13 percent from 2024, as deaths since January near 1,000.
Attacks on Palestinians intensifying in occupied West Bank: UN rights body
UN office reports 757 settler attacks since January, up 13 percent from 2024, as deaths since January near 1,000.
bit.ly
July 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
UN office reports 757 settler attacks since January, up 13 percent from 2024, as deaths since January near 1,000.
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Videos show dozens of Palestinian-owned vehicles engulfed in flames after Israeli settlers set them on fire at a salvage yard in the village of Burqa, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
July 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Videos show dozens of Palestinian-owned vehicles engulfed in flames after Israeli settlers set them on fire at a salvage yard in the village of Burqa, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
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The villagers of Taybeh have lived in harmony with the nearby Bedouins for generations. Israeli colonization and the shrinking land available to these communities are now straining social relations, as Israeli settler violence threatens both.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/how-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/how-...
#Palestine #Israel
How Israeli colonization disrupts the Palestinian social fabric in the West Bank
The villagers of Taybeh have lived in harmony with the nearby Bedouins for generations. Israeli colonization and the shrinking land available to these communities are now straining social relations, as...
mondoweiss.net
July 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The villagers of Taybeh have lived in harmony with the nearby Bedouins for generations. Israeli colonization and the shrinking land available to these communities are now straining social relations, as Israeli settler violence threatens both.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/how-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/how-...
#Palestine #Israel