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The Netherlands pulls out of Eurovision 2027 due to Israel ‘sensitivities’ https://aje.news/0wdauq

"Israel has committed war crimes and the crimes against humanity of extermination,persecution, torture, rape & other forms of sexual violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, intentionally targeting Palestinian civilians as it continues to commit genocide in Gaza" www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

So which “Arabs” is he mad at? The ones who gave Kushner $2 billion. The ones who gave Trump a 747? The ones who let America build military bases in their countries. Or is he trying to make sure Stephen Miller knows he’s properly racist so he gets an invite to Katie’s next party?

Michael Atiyah 🇪🇬: Fields Medal 1966 (also Abel Prize 2004), for K-theory. Ahmed Zewail 🇪🇬: Nobel for Chemistry 1999, for his work on femtochemistry. Omar M. Yaghi 🇯🇴: Wolf Prize 2018, Nobel for Chemistry 2025, for his work on reticular chemistry Naguib Mahfouz 🇪🇬: Nobel for literature 1988

Why is YouTube pushing videos on me with Douglas Murray talking rot about civil ‘conflict’ in Britain? So bizarre for decades there was effectively a civil war in N Ireland that Britain never named as such Now there is no civil war, but endless mouthpieces talking it up evidence free

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

If the UK and France can't or won't hold the line against a Victor Orban Secretary-General bid, they should give up their Permanent Seats on the Security Council. No shame in no longer being globally relevant, but if it really has gotten that bad it would be humiliating to keep pretending.

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

Yet more twiglets - hopefuly we can get some insights from an insider soon bsky.app/profile/adam...

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

@ros14.bsky.social - love the final sentence in your profile "Hope is a thing with feathers That perches in the soul..." 🥰🫶🏼 and the"disinterested" bit - borrowing that endlessly 👌🏼

🧵 Wow - this article is bordering on unhinged! Apparently the BBC is akin to a “North Korean re-education camp” for teaching children about net-zero and covering both the pros AND cons of immigration Join me for a masterclass in cherry-picking and context stripping to brainwash your own readers👍🏻

Brazil's Presidential election Lula 64.2 million (52%) Bolsanaro 59.8 million (48%) Lula is +10.5 million and Bolsanaro +2.7 million on first round there were almost +3 million more votes cast in the second round, as well as 9 million votes (8%) for other candidates in the 45% to 47% first round.

#PostOfTheDay In fact, post of our times 👌🏼

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

EL-SAYED: I get that the President takes personal offense to my first name. He doesn't mind as much when it's the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law's private equity. Doesn't seem to mind as much when it's the Qataris who are giving them a $400 million private jet…

And that both of those countries have actual ties to terrorist groups and were implicated in the 9/11 attacks.

Yes, but your two big ideas so far have been police and crime commissioners and Brexit. Shall we check on them first?

The fact that striking Iran can be put on hold for weeks in an attempt to sway the midterms clear proof that Iran doesn’t pose an imminent danger and this war is an evil charade

“I see the problem.” “Yeah?” “This is Maple Street.” “Isn’t that what it says?” “You want Maple AVENUE.” “Sorry, I’m covering for Dan.” “Is Dan okay?” “Shingles.” “That’s a shame.” “I’m Jill, by the way.” “Where are my manners, I’m Ted.” “Nice to meet you, Ted.” “You too, Jill.”

Whenever someone says that electricity is expensive because of decarbonisation, there are only two possibilities Either they are knowingly lying to you Or they are the victims of disinformation, and have been fooled by someone who was lying to them

@channel4news.bsky.social @krishgm.bsky.social During your report on Ukraine, the usual reference "War in Ukraine" was used Wondered whether use of this term inadvertently redeems Russia "Russian invasion of Ukraine" seems more accurate term as it restates each time that Russia attacked Ukraine

THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

BBC subpoenas Jack Smith for the defence in Trump lawsuit; Trump legal team objects newrepublic.com/post/216805/...

JD - I've got 15 free minutes before my son's hockey practice ends, so let me see how many of Trump's enrichment schemes you didn't see that I can remind you of. 1/ First one is easy: Trump has executed over 30,000 stock trades, many on inside information, netting him millions.

Three Facts: 1) Tommy wasn't a voter. He was a Christian Nationalist plant by Josh Hawley. 2) Tommy isn't worried religious law superseding our Constitution. He admitted he's trying to enact Christian Shariah above the Constitution.

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

Yes. This is real. Canada just trolling the U.S. at this point 😂😂😂🇨🇦

Enough is enough. We HAVE TO VOTE. ALL OF US...in numbers too big to rig. The best way to do this is by getting your vote in EARLY! No Kings is coming together again TOMORROW, Sat Oct 17, this time to make sure every eligible voter is ready to make their voice heard. @nkcoalition.bsky.social

#PostOfTheDay 👌🏼😄

😡😡😡 “Meta employees acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian ​President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were hindered by ‌restrictions during [Brazil’s] election” & that Meta “recommended the profile ​of challenger…Flavio Bolsonaro” & “his ​WhatsApp channel…” 1/

New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia: “They have said I only took questions from conservative outlets. However, The Daily Mail is not known to be a conservative outlet or friendly to conservatives.” Brits everywhere: *hysterical laughter*

A journalist asks Zelensky whether he thinks that Trump is treating him as a scapegoat for his own problems. And Zelensky responds.

Tottenham in the 70s was full of Irish people and Jamaican people. Jewish immigrants are aligned entirely with the local football club. There is an area called ‘Little Russia’ in the A to Z for Fucksake! Bernie Grant was a councillor. Fuck all this racist shite.

So they're at it again 🙄 Torturing valid HMRC data to create wildly misleading headlines, designed to invoke fear and anger about immigrants. Same old, same old... (and you'll see just how old shortly!) 🧵1/28

Yesterday’s sunrise started softly, with a hot peach-pink glow on the horizon between cool silver sky and lake. The glow was just beginning to spread to the heavy clouds overhead but not yet stretching south and west as I looked around from the rocky end of the little spit.

Europe’s biggest salmon producers are beginning to feed chicken to their fish, breaking a longstanding taboo in the hunt for cheap protein. Supermarkets previously feared a backlash from consumers who might regard the practice 'unnatural'. What changed? ft.trib.al/y9R4aQC

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

#London by Londoners

New paper by the World’s most prominent climate scientists shows rapid acceleration of human-caused warming, with a warming rate now that tracks to near 2.4°C by 2050, far faster than was expected, if it continues…

#Trump #Ukraine #USA #Putin

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @krishgm.bsky.social Think this is more of UK public interest than a failed execution in Tennessee - so why no coverage and details ?