Retired university teacher of US (business) history. Welsh & European. Durham resident. Not looking for followers, will block freely incl bots, trolls & anons.
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The last episode in my 10-part serial about wildlife crime & conservation on the Pembrokeshire bird-islands. It’s been a great pleasure to get this stuff out where somebody might actually read it. Previous episodes at nation.cymru/?s=Howell+Harri….
The final episode of the Gannets of Grassholm reflects on how the protections which evolved following the terrible events of 1890 have helped create the third largest colony of northern gannets on Earth
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كتبت أمس عن مجزرة برج المهندسين في النصيرات التي راح ضحيتها 300 فلسطيني، وأشرت إلى عائلة أبو سعيد التي أبيدت بشكل كامل في مثل يوم أمس قبل ثلاثة أعوام. اليوم قتل جيش الإبادة الإسرائيلي الناجي من المجزرة جمال الدين ابو سعيد ليلتحق بزوجته وكل اطفاله وكل عائلته.
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The Israeli army has carried out three airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since this morning, killing nine Palestinians, including children, and injuring many others.
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852 incidents of settler violence during five weeks of the olive harvest.
852 cases of violence against Palestinians, met with virtually no enforcement by the Israeli army and police.
These numbers would never have been reached without the government’s full backing: arming settlers and granting them immunity from prosecution.
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Although people all over the world are happy to see Trump and MAGA becoming unpopular in the USA, the reason behind it is far less encouraging.
Trump could support Putin and Russia all he wanted. He could continue to let Ukrainians get slaughtered, treat Canada like shit, threaten Denmark with war, steal from Venezuela to line his own pockets, support Israel's brutality, and insult allies day after day. The American public doesn't support these things, but they don't seem to care very much about them either.
The only reason people are now turning against Trump is because — of all unimportant things — gas has become a little bit more expensive in in a country wealthier than any other in world history. THAT is what infuriates the average voter and makes them turn against Trump
The rest of the world is lucky that this is happening, as it weakens Trump. But that doesn't mean we should assume that the USA will act morally on the world stage in the future. Deep down, they simply don't care very much.
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Nothing new here really. Putin/Russia identified Britain's Achilles heal jonks ago. It's the volume of poorly-educated, bigoted & ignorant racists amongst GB's population, who will believe any old nonsense from politicians & bots & think they know better than everyone else. Crazy
Russia ramps up disinformation war on UK with propaganda claiming Britain is ‘ungovernable and defenceless’
Exclusive: Putin’s campaign to erode trust and cause chaos has reached staggering levels amid Britain’s support for Ukraine and Russia’s closer relations with Donald Trump
independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…
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Israel’s daily shelling & murder of besieged & defenseless Palestinians in Gaza is further proof that this phase of the genocide is not just to win elections; it’s the expression of an ideological commitment & a vicious culture of hate, violence & destruction .
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חלק ממנהיגי גוש השינוי לא קיבלו את המברק. היו עסוקים מידי בלריב, להתאושש, לחשוב, לנשום, לעשות מדיטציה (הלוואי).
בבוקר הבחירות לשכת רה"מ הפעילה את המשטרה מלא-מלא נגד האופוזיציה ללא צו ביהמ"ש במעצרים ממש וייצרה סיפור מזויף שאותו הפיצה בערוציה, ובעיקר - בכל שאר הערוצים. זה השפיע על הבחירות. סביר מאוד להניח ש נתניהו ובן גביר היו מעודכנים ונתנו הוראות. בבחירות הבאות הם לא יעצרו בהכרח רק ערבים, ולא רק בבוקר הבחירות - אלא לפני. מי שעובר את הקו הזה - יעבור עוד הרבה קווים. ליברמן חושב שיש לו זמן, אחרים חושבים על הבחירות הבאות. לא הבנתם- מה שקורה כעת הוא אמיתי. לא תקימו משהו עכשיו, אולי לא תהיה אפשרות בעתיד.
Interesting, & well sourced. Realpolitik.
Explosive admission!
The head of the Mossad, David Barnea, admits that Israel used ordinary Iranians as tools to protect Mossad operatives in the country.
Rarely will you find a more crude admission of how Israel deliberately and carelessly put thousands of people it claimed it sought to liberate in harm’s way:
In June 2025, the Israeli spy agency deliberately published multiple videos in real time of its agents acting against in Iran to compel the Iranian government to arrest as many people as possible.
“We wanted to make sure they arrested so many people in Iran that they wouldn’t be able to distinguish the wheat [the actual Mossad agents] from the chaff and would eventually release everyone,” he said.
“You have to imagine that when you arrest 21,000 people, even if you’ve caught an agent or two, eventually you have to release them... the IRGC would have no way of knowing who was a real agent with such a vast number of detainees."
Barnea added that many of those arrested or executed by the IRGC as “Mossad agents” had nothing to do with the agency.
jpost.com/middle-east/iran-n…
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In the pro-Netanyahu demonstration today, one of his supporters threatens left-wing Jews: "We’ll beat you. You’re the first enemies we’ll send far, far away, to Birkenau, to Auschwitz, and we’ll rebuild Sobibor for you!" Israel 2026. The Jewish state.
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כל הדיבורים על מי יישבו בקואליציה או יתמכו מבחוץ בממשלת השינוי מסיטים את תשומת הלב מהאירוע המרכזי שהוא קריטי לקיומנו. אנחנו במציאות בה נעשה שימוש פוליטי בוטה בשב״כ, כשבצה״ל חוששים שישראל תצא למלחמה נוספת באיראן בתואנות שווא ובעיתוי אסטרטגי הרסני, וכשעושים הכל להבעיר אינתיפאדה בגדה.
יושבת קבוצת הנהגה חלופית שכוללת רמטכ״ל וסגן רמטכ״ל לשעבר. שני ראשי ממשלות ושרי ביטחון לשעבר. ראש שב״כ לשעבר. כולם מודעים היטב למה שמתחולל בצמרת הביטחונית, ללחצים שמופעלים על ראשיה ולמניעים שמפעילים את הכוחות בשטח.
השאלה אם תקום ממשלת רוב או מיעוט, עם תמיכה של מפלגות ערביות או חרדיות, צריכה להיות כרגע עבורם לא יותר מדיון טכני.
הכורח להחליף את הידיים שעל הגה השלטון ואת האצבעות על הכפתורים האדומים היא ברמת דחיפות קיומית. איזנקוט, בנט, גולן וליברמן יודעים את זה. יש להם את המספרים בכנסת לפעול. השתהות מיותרת עלולה להיות בכייה לדורות.
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Israel’s far-right National Security Minister in Netanyahu’s government, Itamar Ben-Gvir, is seeking to strip Arab citizens of their right to vote, declaring:
“Today, more than ever, it must be made clear: the right to vote must not be granted to anyone who does not openly declare allegiance to the State of Israel.”
Ben-Gvir went on to boast:
“I am proud that I have turned the lives of Palestinians in prison into hell. I am proud of passing the death penalty law for Palestinian prisoners . I am proud that, over the past year and a half, I have overseen the demolition of 10,000 buildings deemed illegal in the Negev. I am proud of creating massive deterrence, and proud of arming settlers in Israel against the enemies.”
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This is a video I recently filmed in the streets of Gaza. My city has vanished from existence!
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Every day, the U.S. sinks a little deeper into infamy and disgrace.
Not only is it complicit in russia’s crimes, but now it is prepared to deport Afghans who helped the U.S. military to Pakistan, from where they could be handed over to the Taliban, who will torture them to death.
Breaking News: The Trump administration has detained dozens of Afghan immigrants in Louisiana — including relatives of those who helped the U.S. military — and plans to deport them to Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials. nyti.ms/4jPVvrw
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ד"ר אחמד טיבי טרוריסט, אבל נער בגבעות חנמאל דורפן הוא שותף לגיטימי
ד"ר מהא כרכבי קיצונית, אבל תומכת הטרור סון הר מלך היא שותפה
פרופ' יוסף ג'ברין הוא רדיקל איסלמיסט, אבל הליצן בן גביר הוא לוחם צדק
כל עוד תמשיכו להעדיף את היהודי הכהניסט על הערבי הדמוקרט, לא תהיה תקומה למקום הזה.
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On this day in 2023, the Israeli army killed approximately 300 Palestinian children in a single day through separate attacks across the Gaza Strip during the genocide.
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It’s wildly jarring to see media commentary about an election about Israel’s ‘soul’ from a locked down West Bank where Israeli army closures have sealed off towns and villages, settlers roam freely and terrorise Palestinians, schools are shut, commerce choked, and roads blocked.