Since 2018, 18 women have died, after they reported their domestic violence to West Yorkshire Police.

Kulsuma Akter is the 19th.

West Yorkshire Police calls her predictable, preventable murder a 'tragic incident'.
Sounds nicer than 'police failure'.
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

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One of the problems with freelance journalism (esp longreads & investigations) is that freelancers need to do 'pre-reporting' aka upfront, unpaid labour with no guarantee of a commission.
This is how to fix it: separate the reporting from the writing in the pitch process.🧵

Can unite over a football shirt, can’t unite over the cruel murder of thousands of children. Sums up the UK government

🧵 The head teacher Emma Pattison and her 7 y/o daughter, Lettie, who were killed by her husband was preparing to leave him, her sister has revealed.

Deborah Kirk said she regarded Emma’s relationship w/husband George as abusive + believed she was a victim of coercive control…

Doctors Without Borders saying it hasn't seen brutality like the destruction of Gaza - and governmental inaction to stop it like this - ever before

Here we go again!!!

We haven't had a general election since 2019.

In that time, we've had 3 prime ministers, 5 chancellors, 4 home secretaries (Sue-Ellen twice), about 6 by-elections following allegations of sexual misconduct, lobbying and a PM accused of misleading parliament

“As I scanned the faces under the glittering lights in the luxury central London venue, it struck me (yet again) how under-represented South Asian podcasting is.”
Love this article from @Soul_Sustras in podpod - I have felt the exact same way!
podpod.com/article/184691…

NEW PODCAST ALERT! Suella and I are thrilled to announce the early launch of our brand new podcast! Politically Homeless is a welcome return to a more tolerant political discussion, a kinder environment where guests can speak their minds without fear of cancellation.

Heaven forbid a newsroom trains its journalists to be *both* consummate news reporters *and* content creators.

Journalists are more than capable enough to do both, you just need to give them the training and the resources. They’re also A LOT cheaper than content creators.

Did the New York Times just call the Nakba— the mass expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians— a migration?

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I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of eLife - the journal for retweeting a The Onion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians.

Ask yourself if this would happen if he’d said “free Ukraine”?