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The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.
Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn
Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’
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December 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.
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Mohammed had one of the more sad answers I’ve had doing this- when I asked him what he wanted to do in the future.
December 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Mohammed had one of the more sad answers I’ve had doing this- when I asked him what he wanted to do in the future.
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“Flying the Palestinian flag would draw us into a deeply contested international conflict” is remarkable cynicism, when we pay taxes to military, political and diplomatic support and cover to Israel’s genocidal bloodbath, including the murder of 20,000 children.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestinian flag to fly above Belfast City Hall
It had been due to be flown on Saturday but it did not appear after the council received legal advice on the issue.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Flying the Palestinian flag would draw us into a deeply contested international conflict” is remarkable cynicism, when we pay taxes to military, political and diplomatic support and cover to Israel’s genocidal bloodbath, including the murder of 20,000 children.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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At first, I launched my campaign in deep despair. Then your kindness brought hope back into my heart. Lately, the struggle feels heavy again, but I truly believe my campaign will rise because of your support. Your strength reminds me new beginnings are possible 🍉🇵🇸🕊
Trust u
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Trust u
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December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
At first, I launched my campaign in deep despair. Then your kindness brought hope back into my heart. Lately, the struggle feels heavy again, but I truly believe my campaign will rise because of your support. Your strength reminds me new beginnings are possible 🍉🇵🇸🕊
Trust u
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Trust u
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The government is already making it worse for children being mis-aged as adults by trialling the use of AI over proper assessments by trained social workers. Now they want to do this. FFS, these are already traumatised children. They need to be treated better.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The government is already making it worse for children being mis-aged as adults by trialling the use of AI over proper assessments by trained social workers. Now they want to do this. FFS, these are already traumatised children. They need to be treated better.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Rolling Stone reviewed a screenshot of a chat where Zero Unit veterans shared information with a CIA representative about ongoing issues. Lakanwal posted messages asking for help.
His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Rolling Stone reviewed a screenshot of a chat where Zero Unit veterans shared information with a CIA representative about ongoing issues. Lakanwal posted messages asking for help.
His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Richard Hughes resigns as head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, for an error he had nothing personally to do with, and which was in reality actually a net democratic positive for anyone wanting to understand and scrutinise the Budget
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Richard Hughes resigns as head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, for an error he had nothing personally to do with, and which was in reality actually a net democratic positive for anyone wanting to understand and scrutinise the Budget
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Ofcom refuses to investigate GB News over a call to shoot and starve disabled benefits claimants.
The watchdog says the channel has a right to "freedom of expression" even if it means calling on air for disabled people to be killed
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
The watchdog says the channel has a right to "freedom of expression" even if it means calling on air for disabled people to be killed
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Call to Shoot Disabled Benefit Claimants
The watchdog also refused to investigate a complaint about a presenter's use of an anti-trans slur, saying the comments were "in line with audience expectations for this channel"
bylinetimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ofcom refuses to investigate GB News over a call to shoot and starve disabled benefits claimants.
The watchdog says the channel has a right to "freedom of expression" even if it means calling on air for disabled people to be killed
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
The watchdog says the channel has a right to "freedom of expression" even if it means calling on air for disabled people to be killed
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
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There is honestly very little that can shock me from the GC crowd these days, but this is truly appalling.
I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
There is honestly very little that can shock me from the GC crowd these days, but this is truly appalling.
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For non-Brits: this is the former anti-corruption minister, now resigned.
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
For non-Brits: this is the former anti-corruption minister, now resigned.
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In memory of:
Louay Amer Yousef Al-Khatib / لؤي عامر يوسف الخطيب
Age: 46
We will not forget you.
Louay Amer Yousef Al-Khatib / لؤي عامر يوسف الخطيب
Age: 46
We will not forget you.
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In memory of:
Louay Amer Yousef Al-Khatib / لؤي عامر يوسف الخطيب
Age: 46
We will not forget you.
Louay Amer Yousef Al-Khatib / لؤي عامر يوسف الخطيب
Age: 46
We will not forget you.
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I know this point has been made before, but it's *wild* that the sort of thing that 15 years ago would have been restricted to nazi internet forums and dodgy leaflets chucked around town centres is now just being printed in national newspapers. No idea how to fix this, but it definitely needs fixing
If the entirety of your op/ed compares demographic changes in London to the Khmer Rouge's mass murder of millions of people, you are willingly engaged in stochastic terrorism, and should be held responsible for any and all violent actions committed by fascists against non-white people
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I know this point has been made before, but it's *wild* that the sort of thing that 15 years ago would have been restricted to nazi internet forums and dodgy leaflets chucked around town centres is now just being printed in national newspapers. No idea how to fix this, but it definitely needs fixing
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A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
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Labour isn't opening safe routes as Mahmood claims. Those laid out effectively already exist, and her proposals limit them more than they currently are.
What Labour has done though is close and curtail what safe routes there actually are for refugees. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What Labour has done though is close and curtail what safe routes there actually are for refugees. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of refugees allowed to settle in UK under UN schemes falls 26% in a year
Refugee Council says Home Office figures show safe and legal pathways are ‘disappearing when most needed’
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Labour isn't opening safe routes as Mahmood claims. Those laid out effectively already exist, and her proposals limit them more than they currently are.
What Labour has done though is close and curtail what safe routes there actually are for refugees. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What Labour has done though is close and curtail what safe routes there actually are for refugees. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Just for absolute clarity, the government’s proscription of Palestine Action is a self-evident farce, deeply unethical and morally bankrupt. It is an unforgivable waste of time and resources, and makes them look both deeply unserious and as ideologically compromised as they clearly are.
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just for absolute clarity, the government’s proscription of Palestine Action is a self-evident farce, deeply unethical and morally bankrupt. It is an unforgivable waste of time and resources, and makes them look both deeply unserious and as ideologically compromised as they clearly are.
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"Nick, this is shocking to read isn't it"
"Yes Sean, extraordinary evidence from this soldier known as N1466"
#GMB reports on allegations of a cover up of war crimes in Afghanistan committed by UK special forces.
"Yes Sean, extraordinary evidence from this soldier known as N1466"
#GMB reports on allegations of a cover up of war crimes in Afghanistan committed by UK special forces.
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"Nick, this is shocking to read isn't it"
"Yes Sean, extraordinary evidence from this soldier known as N1466"
#GMB reports on allegations of a cover up of war crimes in Afghanistan committed by UK special forces.
"Yes Sean, extraordinary evidence from this soldier known as N1466"
#GMB reports on allegations of a cover up of war crimes in Afghanistan committed by UK special forces.
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I guess when you're rich you can't comprehend people having no money, much feminism from Maya as usual. They are willing to see organisations that actually help people shut down if they don't follow their weird little ideology, but yeah, she's a "women's rights campaigner"
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I guess when you're rich you can't comprehend people having no money, much feminism from Maya as usual. They are willing to see organisations that actually help people shut down if they don't follow their weird little ideology, but yeah, she's a "women's rights campaigner"
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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To this day I still see people say Israel did not start bombing Gaza until the next week, which is wrong, they started bombing within 5 hours of the initial incursions by Hamas, the PFLP and other groups on the 7th. What they're doing is either 1) confusing airstrikes and land invasion, or 2) lying.
Since the new opinion has become "calling for a ceasefire in october shows bad judgment, and probably bias" maybe people need to be reminded of what exactly was happening in gaza starting on 10/8.
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
To this day I still see people say Israel did not start bombing Gaza until the next week, which is wrong, they started bombing within 5 hours of the initial incursions by Hamas, the PFLP and other groups on the 7th. What they're doing is either 1) confusing airstrikes and land invasion, or 2) lying.
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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Syrian media reporting that some of the residents of Beit Jinn, Syria are fleeing as Israeli offices begin another incursion
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Syrian media reporting that some of the residents of Beit Jinn, Syria are fleeing as Israeli offices begin another incursion
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Well the optics of this are certainly something
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Well the optics of this are certainly something
was there ever even confirmation that said taxi ride happened. the bbc’s story was, i recall, an asylum seeker told us that a taxi driver told them.
The Home Office’s absurd taxi bill results entirely from its insistence on forcing people to move round the country without choice or notice, & to live on the breadline so they can’t afford public transport. That Mahmood didn’t know about it till the BBC told her shows how appallingly the HO is run.
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
was there ever even confirmation that said taxi ride happened. the bbc’s story was, i recall, an asylum seeker told us that a taxi driver told them.
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"fact that the Trump administration is dropping charges for gang leaders who committed crimes against the US, and instead handing them to El Salvador to be disappeared into the prison system, amounts to collusion between two governments to cover up a gang pact by disappearing witnesses."
this imo
this imo
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"fact that the Trump administration is dropping charges for gang leaders who committed crimes against the US, and instead handing them to El Salvador to be disappeared into the prison system, amounts to collusion between two governments to cover up a gang pact by disappearing witnesses."
this imo
this imo