eating a cat or dog is the same as eating a pig or cow

Cheese returns! #BrazilXban

The NYT just published a piece on how Israeli army routinely and systematically uses Palestinians as human shields in Gaza. Palestinians were officially referred to as insects — “wasps” or “mosquitos.” This is a war crime that has not been documented since Vietnam.

Brazil is about to announce whether there'll be daylight savings time or not. I haven't been following this news at all so questions such as what timespan, how extreme, when it'll start, whether we're already in it - they're all in play. Chaos. Love it.

me, weeping: all I'm asking for is what this actually means, are you talking about debt or deficit, vs what baseline, who is making the forecast, you even changed the accounting convention everyone : the BLACK HOLE is ONE HUNDRED BILLION POUNDS

England: “No bottle tops in grounds” Italy:

Just two years ago … how the debate has changed in Brussels on migration since then!

Lmao it’s real

A mostly nondisabled friend looked at me the other day and said "I'm not sure how I feel about assisted dying but it's interesting that if anyone else is suicidal we do everything to stop them but if they're disabled we want to help them" yeah, I can't stop thinking about that

BBC News reports that the journalists in south Lebanon thought they were safe because they had been giving their location to UN troops who were passing it on to the Israelis. It turns out the Israelis used that information to bomb them.

Fondly remembering when Bernie Sanders’ suggestion a multi-billionaire owning the Washington Post influenced its coverage was dismissed as a crackpot Trumpian conspiracy theory

Saudi Arabia says it's open to using the petroyuan for oil settlements.

All I could think of while I was editing this piece was how upset the Twitter Suit Guy was going to be if any of King Felipe's clothes were damaged derek guy politico.eu/article/furiou…

Israeli justice minister calls for 20-year prison sentence for citizens promoting sanctions against the state. It follows Amos Shocken - the publisher of Isreal’s left leaning ⁦⁦Haaretz.com⁩ - saying international Govts must sanction Israel. mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israel…

We're just over half way through Dubravka Šuica's European commissioner grilling in front of the European Parliament. Here's a vibe check from Eddy Wax ✍️ 👇 Head to our live blog for more reporter analysis: trib.al/JrdshhC

I'm editing the live blog for the confirmation hearing for migration Commissioner-designate Magnus Brunner tonight, with Nicholas Vinocur ✍️, Max Griera and Hanne Cokelaere (check out her graphics!) writing. Follow along here: politico.eu/article/europe…

Incredibly selfish behaviour by the German government to collapse when half of the European media ecosystem was awake at 5 or 6am this morning politico.eu/article/german…

Will be heading to Rio de Janeiro for the G20 next week. If you're going to be there, hit me up.

Do I want to read the article first? Wrote it, mate.

You know when you'd read articles tracking people from normal right-wing views being radicalised online to acts of racist violence? This website is like watching it play out in real time on mass scale. Some i've followed for several years now push extreme right talking points