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Last Notes npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 The big takeaway for me from this article is that the worst excesses were instituted in the 2000s under Labour governments, who appeared to do nothing to restrict the water companies. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Good article on how stigma is the "glue that holds poverty in place” and how the government has exploited social stigma, a British phenomenon not echoed in other European countries. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Norway's largest pension fund KLP has said it will no longer invest in Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) because of the risk that equipment sold by the US group to Israel is used to demolish Palestinian homes and infrastructure, including in the Gaza war. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 I think the main problem is the high rate of interest the govt pays the clearing banks on its own money. It could easily be halved or got rid of entirely. Richard Murphy is good on this. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "The conflict between the State of Israel & the State of Judea, along with the events of October 7, is meanwhile causing some of the economic & financial elite to move their capital outside the state. Those who are considering relocating their investments make up a significant part of the 20% of Israelis who pay 80% of the taxes" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Good from Desmog on the far right EU election MEP candidates spreading manure about food and farming. Some cast doubt on the reality of climate science, while others painted EU regulators as part of an authoritarian “sect” wishing to control citizens through green measures. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub18vj…5zzl npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Almost no facilities remain to treat the wounded in Gaza's southernmost city, as doctors fear a repeat of Israel's attacks on hospitals across the Strip. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Good article on Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1pu6…u9fd I'm over 70 years old and have a huge amount still to contribute, as has Diane Abbott. We elders deserve some respect for our experience and knowledge. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1pu6…u9fd Well what a surprise, after Victoria Derbyshire broke this story today. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 I have just had a message from Microsoft on my Windows 10 desktop that all support is ending for Windows 10 on October 25th. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 The number of international students paying deposits to study at UK universities has “plummeted” after Rishi Sunak put restrictions on education visas. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Thought for today: npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 My neighbour, after power washing all his paths, has continued onto all his rockery stones, removing all signs of moss and lichens. Aaargh! npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Dr Adnan Al-Bursh, 50, who was the head of orthopaedics at al-Shifa Hospital, has died in an Israeli prison after more than four months in detention, Palestinian prisoner associations have said. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 Hope you don't mind me suggesting this, but if you delete everything after the question mark in your link, it makes the post a lot tidier and easier to read and it doesn't affect accessing the link. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 The state of the NHS is a key issue for voters. On May 2010, the median waiting time for patients on the NHS was 5.5 weeks. The median as of February this year was 14.8. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 I don't fly anymore, but if I did, I'd be boycotting Ryanair. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Excellent article from Natalie Hodgson of the University of Nottingham on the obstacles that could still stop flights to Rwanda from taking off. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 The deadline for registering to vote in the local English & Welsh elections is today. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Full marks to Derbyshire Wildlife Trust for setting this up. If you live in Derbyshire there's a map of many neighbourhood nature groups and you can also sign up. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1jc0…sldg Has he abandoned the duvet? npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Oh dear, oh dear. From today's Financial Times... npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 This is going to be another Post Office scandal. The DWP is mainly in error here. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 I don't normally post recipes, but these two look like they're going to be eminently doable, tasty and vegan too. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 “The Arctic is currently warming at four times the rate experienced by the rest of the planet. But the Antarctic has started to catch up, so that it is already warming twice as quickly as the planet overall.” npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Three Israeli soldiers pounce on a shepherd sitting outside his sheep pen. They knock him over and then one of them shoots him to death at point-blank range. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Did you know that here is currently a bipartisan bill in the US House of Representatives to punish South Africa for daring to accuse Israel of genocide? npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1tkg…2eul Here's the original article from Israeli 972 Magazine in collaboration with Local Call. It goes into greater detail. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 I knew it wouldn't be long in coming. Here's the (first) excuse from the Israeli Defence Forces for committing yesterday's war crime. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 I missed this on Saturday. A wonderfully batty collection of crocheted food from Finnish designer Maria Skog, who began crocheting foods when her daughters were small with the intention of making a cafe for them to play with. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 But unlike other systems, capitalism's whole ethos is permanent growth, which is incompatible with a finite planet. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Sunshine cats! npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 If you're not registered to vote in the UK, you have until 16th April to do so in order to vote in the May local elections. You can register online. You have until 17th April to apply for a postal vote. You can do the applications online. All you need is your National Insurance number. However, there will be some manual forms to fill in and submit after your initial application. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 During 2022-23, 12 million people were in absolute poverty – equivalent to 18% of the UK population, including 3.6 million children – levels of hardship last seen in 2011-12 after the financial crash. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "We need answers for why 2023 turned out to be the warmest year in possibly the past 100,000 years. And we need them quickly" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 Reeves is a dyed-in-the-wool ex Bank of England market economist. She also worked at HBOS. I really don't expect her to change things. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 For anyone around the world unfamiliar how the British establishment works, here in a nutshell is a guide. The Guardian has published a full members' list of the men-only Garrick Club. The club membership of about 1,500 is overwhelmingly white and predominantly elderly. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Rafah, said al-Ghoul has been “tortured, beaten and detained by the Israeli military along with his crew member on the ground”. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Israeli forces have arrested and severely beaten Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul in Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 From Theresa May onwards, successive Tory leaders have presented themselves as a new government with new policies and got away with it, apart from Truss, who pushed her agenda too much, too soon. (I suspect that, had she been more circumspect, she too would still be PM). I remember talking to a neighbour in 2019 who said "Things will change now Boris is in charge". npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 One of the last defences for climate protesters who commit criminal damage has been in effect removed by the court of appeal, which said the “beliefs and motivation” of a defendant do not constitute lawful excuse for causing damage to a property. The defence involves a defendant arguing they had an honest belief that the owner of the property damaged would have consented if they had known the reasons why the action had been taken. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "As a father and his two small sons drove home after doing errands in their village, Israeli soldiers fired at their pickup, killing the 10-year-old. The traumatized 7-year-old blames himself for his brother's death" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "As Israel launches a propaganda campaign against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), millions of Palestinians continue to rely on the agency’s critical support when it comes to healthcare, education, and food. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 Boris Johnson's illegal proroguing of Parliament comes under point 2. I look forward to the government denying him all contact with official bodies. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1xj8…egqe npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "Another 27 captives have died in the tunnels of evil; some of illnesses and injuries that went untreated, others from beatings & the horrific conditions in which they were held. For months they have been kept in cages, blindfolded & handcuffed, 24 hours a day. Some are old, many are manual laborers. One was paralyzed, & even when the death rattle began, witnesses reported, he received no medical care" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 @npub1hyk…3p33 @npub17tz…axp5 They paid £1. Yes, one pound. For the initial NHS data grab which guaranteed further contracts. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "The very fact that the delivery of “a significant amount” of aid is conditional on Hamas accepting Israeli demands underscores that Israel, with US backing, is using that aid as a tool of coercion. This directly contradicts Biden’s claim, in his State of the Union address, that such assistance cannot be “a bargaining chip.” npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 A study of more than 200 people undergoing surgery found that nearly 60% had microplastics or even smaller nanoplastics in a main artery. Those who did were 4.5 times more likely to experience a heart attack, a stroke or death in the approximately 34 months after the surgery than were those whose arteries were plastic-free. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 Bill Mitchell posts a regular blog here. You can follow him at @[email protected] npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 As a native of Hull and as a beneficiary of its rebuilding, after its devastation by the Luftwaffe in WW2, I found this article also inspirational. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 I've just shared this from Bill Mitchell npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Haaretz reports that the head of Israel's National Food Security Council, Prof. Roni Strier, is calling for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip because of the dire humanitarian situation there. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1qk5…jlda I have only one big boy of 6.5 kg and that's enough. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Great story about how Burkina Faso architects Diébédo Francis Kéré and Albert Faus build schools and orphanages that stay cool in 40C heat, using local materials such as laterite and drawing on traditional building techniques. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Yet another case where Michael Gove overruled significant opposition, using spurious reasons to approve an indefensible project. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 The UK government is providing a €700m (£600m) guarantee for the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to build the biggest petrochemical plant in Europe in 30 years that will turbocharge plastic production. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1437…ranm I know that. I quoted dinghies in my post. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "For nearly a year now, accounts coming out of Sudan have been of death, suffering and despair,” UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday. “The senseless conflict and human rights violations and abuses have persisted with no end in sight.” npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Read this awful, awful article by two trauma doctors on what Israel has done to Gaza and its healthcare people and system. This is a chronicle of deliberate destruction and multiple war crimes. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1mmf…eknq Have you read Bonnie Garmus's 'Lessons in Chemistry'? It was ever thus. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "It's hard to think of other countries whose conduct has brought it to The Hague twice in the space of a few weeks on the charge of genocide, and for deliberations about what is clearly an illegal occupation. And Israel? It thinks the spit in its face is rain. It blames the damned judge, antisemitism, the world's hypocrisy and wickedness. It will take no part in challenging the accusations against it" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1mmf…eknq Thank you. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Al Jazeera live feed from Day Two of the oral hearings for the case against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 The #ICJ hearing begins today on Israel's occupation of Palestine. Link below to Al Jazeera's live feed. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "Now is the time for the United States, and in its wake the international community, to make a decision: Will the endless cycle of violence between Israel and the Palestinians continue, or are we going to try to put a stop to it? Will the United States continue to arm Israel and then bemoan the excessive use of these armaments, or is it finally prepared to take real steps, for the first time in its history, to change reality?" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 A further disgraceful proposal. This government is yet again bowing to the farming lobby. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub14k2…ed68 Paywall free link here: npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Watch Michael Walker of Novara Live detail in calm, measured tones the horror of the bombing in Rafah last night. Novara is independent and funded by its subscribers, so is more or less free to tell it like it is. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "Touted as making Britain “A fairer, greener future” for Britain, “Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan” certainly differentiated it somewhat from the ruling Tories. Now that differentiation has been abandoned and the Labour politicians are claiming that “Labour’s fiscal rules … [are] … more important than any policy”, which is about as moronic as it gets. More of the same from the so-called political voice of the working class. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 More than 800 officials from the US and Europe have signed a scathing criticism of Western policy towards Israel and Gaza. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 This goes some way to providing the answer npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1hyk…3p33 Excellent. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Good and clear exposition from Jonathan Cook on the history of UNWRA's involvement in Gaza, how it was originally "Israel's creature" and why Israel is now so determined, with the aid of its Western backers, to destroy UN credibility. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 I worked for Boots in the eighties, in the buying depts in London. Boots closed them and relocated the function to Nottingham, its HQ, in 1985. They offered over 300 staff generous golden handshakes to move to Nottingham. Only me and one other person took advantage of this. For most of the staff I talked to, it was primarily the inability to get back on the London property ladder if they moved north, but also a parochial London mindset. They couldn't imagine life outside the M25. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "The Electoral Commission, which oversees election law in the UK, said a move by the government to set out “priorities” for the body amounted to “one team telling the umpire how to enforce the rules of the game.” npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 “Sanctioning UNRWA, which is barely keeping the entire population of Gaza alive, for the alleged responsibility of a few employees, is tantamount to collectively punishing the Gazan population, which is living in catastrophic humanitarian conditions” npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Research published in the journal Science has found that air pollution from the vast Athabasca oil sands in Canada exceed industry-reported emissions across the studied facilities by a staggering 1,900% up to over 6,300%, vindicating claims by Indigenous groups, who have complained for decades about the health impact of toxic air caused by the oil sands operations. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 An important day today for the world and for Palestine. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 I'm surprised at the Nottingham result. We have very good public transport by council owned buses and trams and some private bus networks. Do you have a link to the article which shows the criteria they measured? npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 I shared this blog post earlier today on the same topic by Bill Mitchell. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 More than 2 million people across the UK will be cut off from their gas and electricity this winter because they cannot afford to top up their prepayment meters, according to Citizens Advice. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "It took Israel and the US approximately 35 years to talk to what was then seen as the terrorist PLO, just as it took years for the ANC and IRA to be recognised as partners to a resolution. All those threatened or rightfully concerned about what may happen next, simply cannot afford the price of waiting that long" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1g0t…tvm4 This thread makes it clear it goes way back... npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 This good boy had his first vaccinations yesterday and was as calm as I could wish with the vet. He has requested no further excitement today. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 The Omari Mosque in Gaza was largely destroyed by Israeli bombardment on Dec. 8, 2023. It was one of the most ancient mosques in the region and a beloved Gazan landmark. It was once a temple to Philistine and Roman gods, a Byzantine and Catholic church, and had engravings of Jewish ritual objects. It is one of over 200 ancient sites damaged or destroyed in Israeli raids since October 7th. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Only 10 per cent of voters under the age of 50 intend to vote Conservative in the next general election, according to a poll. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Famine in Gaza. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Interview with Bernie Sanders in this morning's Guardian. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "Each day I have people who die before my eyes because I don’t have medicine or burn ointment or supplies to help them" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 A good summary of the implications of the Houthi Red Sea attacks on shipping in direct retaliation to Israel’s war in Gaza. It explains the threat of escalation and the chaos it will mean to supply chains. However, nowhere does the article propose a simple solution: for the world to apply meaningful pressure on Israel to stop its genocidal war, as is the Houthi stated aim. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "The Israelis are hostages of Hamas, while Gazans are the hostages of both Israel and Hamas. Their fates are conjoined. When hostages released by Hamas earlier talked about the meager food they received while in captivity, one pita a day with some rice occasionally, they also related that this is exactly what their captors received. This was something to think about, which no one in Israel bothered to do" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Siri, show me end-stage capitalism... npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 A great anti-fascist initiative from Germany is detailed in this article. They are trademarking the fascist slogans marketed by neo-Nazis to prevent their use, then using the revenues raised to finance their operation. Win, win. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 "It is not easy for an Israeli to wish for a court order against his country that could also lead to punitive measures against it, but is there any other way to stop the war?" npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 Two more journalists were killed by an Israeli strike in southern Gaza today. One was the son of Al Jazeera's Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh, whose wife, daughter, another son and a grandson have already been killed by Israeli airstrikes npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 @npub1mmf…eknq This article from Middle East Eye also details very disturbing accounts by Palestinian survivors of IDF war crimes. npub1azcy37u2q7cnhp5dqunml57m62930ljny8lkw29vprgc9pe9gy8qnutar8 JuneSim63 The first hellebores of 2024..
