"This is the British government’s best chance to cement a series of bogus narratives: that direct-action protest equates to terrorism; that support for the right to protest is identical to support for terrorism; and that the government is the only arbiter of ethical behaviour, even when it is actively colluding in genocide" Jonathan Cook #Elbit #PalestineAction #FiltonTrial #UKPolitics Has the British public been tricked about what the Filton trial videos really show?
Has the British public been tricked about what the Filton trial videos really show?
Starmer desperately needs the trial of six peace activists who targeted Israeli arms firm Elbit to go his way, and bolster his government's claim t...
Some good news. "In a major boost to research on long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), the German government has announced that it will provide €500 million (US$582 million) in research funding to support a National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases from 2026 to 2036" #LongCovid #ME #MECFS #Germany Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03904-w
" ..the greatest political gift anyone can give to [Farage] is the space that’s created by not attributing the negative impacts of his project in any way or form to him. If the Labour Party and the Conservatives keep treating Brexit like an heirloom too delicate and fragile to handle, Farage gets to keep insisting that its abject failure is down to everyone except him" #Brexit #Farage #UKPolitics The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farage’s influence? Higher than ever
A new report from Crisis said that an ever depleting supply of social homes meant that housing associations were using strict criteria to choose new tenants, and people on low incomes and in receipt of benefits were having applications denied due to being deemed too risky. This was so predictable. The answer is to build much more social housing, and compulsorarily purchase existing empty properties.
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People on lowest incomes being denied access to social housing, research finds
Benefit claimants having applications denied for being deemed too risky by housing associations, says Crisis
Superb article. "History warns us: the erasure of one minority’s rights is a blueprint for the erosion of everyone’s. When politicians declare that trans people are a threat to children, or women, or to the imaginary moral fabric of society, they construct a public enemy that does not exist" #Trans #Transgender #TransRights #UKPolitics #Transphobia Trans rights: the shame of a state punching down - TetleysTLDR
Trans rights: the shame of a state punching down - TetleysTLDR
7th Dec 25: The High Court ruling earlier this year was bad precedent. Everyone should have the right to live safely and inclusively.
A great good news story on how the RSPB transformed Wallasea Island in Essex from farmland into a nature reserve using excess soil from the Crossrail project tunnels in London. #WallaseaIsland #RSPB #Crossrail #Environment #Nature Muddy marvellous: celebrating 10 years of transformation at Wallasea Island
Muddy marvellous: celebrating 10 years of transformation at Wallasea Island
"Both judges and juries bring biases to the courtroom. The critical difference is that juries are more diverse than a single judge. Today, 89% of judges are white, 61% are men, and around a third attended private school. Fewer than 10% come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds" #JuryTrial #Juries #Law #Justice #UKPolitics Jurors aren’t impartial – that’s exactly why they are so important to justice
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Jurors aren’t impartial – that’s exactly why they are so important to justice
If a judge makes a decision on their own, only their own biases will influence the verdict. In a jury, consensus needs to be reached.
A public relations firm for major U.S. polluters worked to dismantle EU laws that require large corporations to make plans for cutting emissions and appear to have succeeded as the EU has voted to water down its environmentlaws. #EU #Environment #USPolitics #EUPolitics ‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws - DeSmog
‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws - DeSmog
Fascinating experiment on body consciousness. "If information about our own body is almost always admitted into awareness, this supports the idea that maintaining a stable, embodied self may be one of the core functions of conscious experience. This perspective ultimately highlights a key gap between humans and current artificial systems, challenging the idea that AI – at least in its current forms – could resemble human consciousness" #AI #Consciousness
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Why our physical bodies may be a core part of conscious experience – new research
The brain’s sense of “this is my body” is tightly bound to conscious awareness – far more than many theories assume.
"Equipped with Azure’s near-limitless storage capacity and computing power, Unit 8200 had built an indiscriminate system allowing its intelligence officers to collect, play back and analyse the content of cellular calls of an entire population" #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #IDF #Microsoft Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF | Microsoft | The Guardian
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Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF
Move follows Guardian revelations of Israel’s mass surveillance of Palestinians using Microsoft cloud