For those currently attacking Greta Thunberg over a cuddly toy, an exhaustive thread to add perspective. That *any* depiction of an octopus (or squid) is somehow an expression of antisemitism is utterly ahistorical and has - ironically - become a trope. 1/x

This is Jewish man with Israeli family, who used his platform to draw attention to the racist dehumanisation of Palestinians. He was fired as editor of eLife - the journal for doing so. This is a moral outrage.

The only top headline today in the news should be: one child is being killed every ten minutes in Gaza, according to Save the Children

You attended every Covid press conference I believe Robert. It was your job to shine a light on this incompetence. Time for some introspective criticism don’t you think pal?

As recently as 2021, The Guardian/Observer had absolutely no problem with running this as a headline. Pretty sure no one complained either.

Gaza: More kids killed than the annual number of kids killed across all conflict zones since 2019 (Save the Children) More UN workers killed than in any comparable period in the UN’s history (UN) More journalists killed than in any conflict period since 1992 (CPJ)

And Gaza’s population is 20 times smaller than Ukraine

Jawsus

Many are questioning if the Martina Navratilova's tweet is real, given that the original can no longer be found. Mounting evidence suggests that it is. Multiple screenshot have been taken of the tweet at different times and there are records of quote-tweets referencing it.

If you feel that cheering on suicide is a bad look for an employee of BBC Sport you can make a complaint about Martina Navratilova's conduct here: bbc.co.uk/contact/compla… Yes, the BBC is institutionally queerphobic but it's well worth getting this on record.

Oh look, now remind me who the media have been attacking all week? Cos it sure as shit wasn't the far right.

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Super wholesome Pops up once a year With present(s) Evidently has an extensive and accurate naughty-vs-nice list Cool beard Northern Hbomberguy is Santa

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