Still one of the greatest rants of all time:

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) seethes that 'Little Gazas' have risen up on campuses across America; he declares the political speech of protesters to be 'violent' and 'illegal.' For this analogy to hold, wouldn't the colleges have to be pulverized into rubble with US-supplied munitions?

Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, which have battled the water hyacinth on Lake Victoria for decades, could pick a leaf from how Cameroon used weevils to so far clear 70% of an invasive weed from Ossa, one of its largest lakes
discoverwildlife.com/environment/we…

I wrote about what I’d been reading, for the The Guardian. Now: editing’s important. I’m happy to be edited and I welcome it. But isn’t it funny how it’s always the same word that gets edited out? theguardian.com/books/2024/may…

The sale of arms to Israel absolutely has to stop.

The government must publish the legal advice they have received.

If we keep arming Israel, we remain complicit in what is happening in Gaza.

#StopArmingIsrael #CeasefireNow

I’m going to keep posting Iranian mid-rise housing until we build like this everywhere

In Tehran, by Solmaz Tatari and Ehsan Tosali

Judith Butler: “If calling for an end of genocide is understood as making a Jewish student feel unsafe, then the safety of the situation has been oddly co-opted by that particular Jewish student. Palestinians are the one in need of safety [from genocide]” theintercept.com/2024/05/01/jud…

Vital study shedding light on the gender health gap and the importance of collecting & reporting on sex and gender. This should serve as another reminder that we urgently need to invest in our NHS & in mental health services in particular. theguardian.com/society/2024/m…

This photo is like the Daily Telegraph's worst nightmare. businessgreen.com/news/4203369/a…

Incredible read from a couple of years back by Tabby Kinder on Simon Sadler, the Blackpool Football Club owner and hedge fund boss now at the centre of a Hong Kong insider trading probe

I am on my way to this amazing conference on Sovereign Debt and Climate Finance at UMass Amherst, running from Friday to Sunday. Sponsored by PERI and IDEAs, the event will explore what I see as one of today’s most pressing issues: the ways in which debt

A stunning 50 percent of all habitable land is used for agriculture. Environmental sustainability means feeding more with less. On every to do this is to reduce cattle for beef. I like beef - but I’ve cut back what I eat a lot. Shouldn’t we all do this?

This is the 1st time the Standard has endorsed a Labour candidate for Mayor of London (and I've covered every mayoral election since Ken Livingstone won in 2000).

standard.co.uk/comment/sadiq-…

Never forget.

Wow ! this from Donald Tusk !👇

'As we celebrate 20 years in the EU ... the World Bank forecasts income per capita will be higher in Poland than in the UK in 2025. I promise this: on the 25th anniversary, Poles will be wealthier than the British. It's better to be in the EU !'👇

Standing alongside Antony Blinken, Israeli President Herzog says any ICC attempt to indict Israeli leaders for war crimes is a “clear and present danger to all democracies and to free and peace-loving nations.”

Also war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.

Mind-boggling that Biden repeatedly gives ironclad and unconditional support to Netanyahu, who is one of the most unpopular leaders in the world, actively wants Trump to win, and undermines and humiliates Biden at every turn.

Are you okay with this?

I'm appalled at this news, it shames us all.

This Eagle was a gift given to us in Southern Scotland by friends. It was put into your hands to care for on behalf of the nation.

We have proved ourselves unworthy of that trust.

goldeneaglessouthofscotland.co.uk/blog/persecuti…

American pharmaceutical companies are apparently running a low margin business in the US -- very modest (reported) profits relative to their US sales, and smaller reported US profits than before the TCJA.

(from work in progress with Mike Weilandt)

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