1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Folk horror is set in remote, isolated areas where nature — and the superstitions of the locals — hold sway. Think: The Wicker Man and Midsommar. It is perfect, spooky, autumnal viewing.

"We don't want to forget, we want to remember."

25 years from the end of the LGBT+ ban in the military, a monument to their courage is being unveiled. It could not have arrived at a more relevant moment. Everywhere we look today, we can see that progress can be undone all too easily. ~AA

Good quality housing: what the UK could learn from the Dutch

Affordable, sustainable, climate-adapted housing that matches regional and national needs is desperately required everywhere

By Professor Juliet Lodge

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Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

It's funny how good the Labour Party is at "liberalising" things like gambling and boozing when there are multi-billion industries backing it, and so bloody awful at liberalising anything else.

Can’t recommend this piece highly enough. Perfectly lays out the time bomb that’s coming our way and which no-one is talking about…

"If it were true that Ukraine belongs to Russia in the 2020s because a Russian dictator knows a legend about a Viking in the 860s... millions of people who actually live there would have no voice in their own identity: no choice but to accept the executions, the torture, the kidnapping of children."

Anyone who has ever told you the lie that Boris Johnson scuppered a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul needs to listen to this interview with the man who was in the room when all of this happened.

This lie needs to be put to bed once and for all.
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“This is a serious problem, and for years, politicians of all stripes have lied about the scale of the problem.”

The hard-right just say "send them back" when asked about migrant people in the UK – but that's just an empty political slogan

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This is what happens when you sell all your vital infrastructure to your mates so that they can squeeze the public for as much money as possible: a thing that should properly be regarded as a form of punishable treason.

Letter of the day (in the Times)

An open letter from veteran leaders in Israel’s intelligence community garnered international headlines but made hardly a ripple in Israel. This speaks to a powerful cognitive dissonance in the country, argues @origoldberg.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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The party was subject to a hostile takeover by its right-wing in 2020 because the left threatened their revolving door system of sinecures and make-work jobs at utility companies, so now the party mainly functions as a way for MPs to audition for future employment opportunities. Sorry about that.

This is what happens when neoliberal meritocratic technocracy hollows out democracy and leaves social media to fill the vacuum with outrage, distortion, and division.

🔥 Really important intervention here by @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org,‬ pushing back against calls for new ‘golden visas’. The UK’s previous golden visa scheme was scrapped because it created huge national security risks while providing negligible economic benefit.

Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White

A very good thread. Note, it remains possible that the Courts will refuse to allow Yvette Cooper to proscribe Palestine Action. The High Court on Friday held that there was, in effect, a serious question to be asked about the lawfulness of her decision.

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