If you’re in NYC this week, there’s a subway ad campaign from the fertility and genetics startup selling the idea of selecting embryos based on “great genes.” It’s a self-conscious play on the controversial Sydney Sweeney jeans ad, but Nucleus takes it further by embracing

Well, I am someone at risk of being called a “fucking Paki” and often have been (and worse). And I disagree with Shabana Mahmood. Funny how those who are normally against “playing the race card” are happy to do so when it suits their political needs.

The Song That Sounds Like English (But Isn’t) In 1972, Italian singer Adriano Celentano released a funk track titled "Prisencolinensinainciusol." To a casual listener, the lyrics sound exactly like American English, complete with a convincing accent and cadence. However, the

"Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea." Wonder who said that?

Morning David Lammy! Could we please open and pay for these 63 closed courtrooms and hold rape trials in them? Instead of restricting jury trial for thousands of people? If not, why not?

The woman in this photo was not actively protesting. She is autistic and was trying to go to the doctor's office when ICE agents dragged her out of her car and ripped off her seatbelt.

I don't even particularly dislike Jeff Bezos, but this is one of the greatest title/photo combos of all time

"One family in the northern city of Rasht told the BBC that security forces demanded 700m tomans ($5,000) to release the body of their loved one." "Officials at Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra mortuary are telling families that if they claim their child was a member of the Basij

In many astounding videos from Minneapolis, here is another from @cnn . An ICE agent detaining someone because they have an accent. cnn.com/2026/01/17/us/…

Everyone’s focusing on the fact that the titanic very notably did not turn around, but I’m more concerned with how long JD Vance thinks it takes to rotate a ship

A judge has unsealed the memo ordering the detention & deportation of Rümeysa Öztürk. It confirms the sole evidence against her was that she co-wrote an op-ed the government disliked. Here she is being arrested by men in plainclothes. Over an op-ed.

Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage. Read more: wapo.st/4qGOx8M

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers. More here: wired.com/story/palantir…

how do you get to a place ideologically where you call yourself a libertarian but also believe people need to stay in their houses so that agents of the federal government don't execute them in the streets

For the past four years, I have sacrificed my mental health and physical safety time and time again to tell the stories of the incredible people of Ukraine. I did so because I thought my employer and the world cared. Please don’t prove me wrong. #SaveThePost

Update: ICE has denied Maher Tarabishi's request for release in order to attend his son Wael's funeral.

🇦🇫 Women Protest in Kabul Against Ban on Education A group of women in Kabul marched to Balkh University to demand the reversal of the ban on women’s education in Afghanistan. In response, they were reportedly beaten and forcibly dispersed by authorities. According to sources

BREAKING: Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian homes in the Bedouin community of Khallet al-Sidra, near the town of Mikhmas, in the West Bank -- attempting to burn families alive. Another night of settler terrorism in the West Bank -- carried out with full impunity.

If you're in Bath on 24th Feb, the perfect place to spend the evening would be at the wonderful Mr B's Emporium with the also wonderful @alevscott discussing Cash Cow, her unsettling exposé of the fertility and human milk industries. mrbsemporium.com/events/2026/01…

Israel is bombing the tents of displaced people today in Gaza. There is no ceasefire in Gaza.