Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero Details the beginning of the mass execution of Jews under Hitler. The “missing missing” were murdered by Nazi death squads in large numbers in many places, so finding out how many and where or their names is almost impossible theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

What about some self-restraint, they said. Yeah, no

This is why even walking past a “Desigual“ shop makes me uncomfortable 😄

Germany’s inglourious Bavarian “The flyer shouldn’t be dismissed as a youthful indiscretion”, the Central Council for Jews said. “Its content must be rejected in strong terms, especially considering our Erinnerungskultur is under siege from the far right.” politico.eu/article/german…

The life of Nicholas Winton … and the lives he saved

Chile marks military coup as divisions continue During the 17 years of military rule under General Augusto Pinochet that followed, 40,000 people were detained, tortured or forcibly disappeared. More than 3,200 were executed. bbc.co.uk/news/world-lat…

Srebrenica: A scientist's long quest to name the dead Now, nearly 30 years after the killings, Dragana Vucetic is determined to identify the last of the dead - a task that seems all the more pertinent amid increasing Serb denial about what really happened. bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Isaacson spreads 🇷🇺 messaging by echoing Musk; vaccine sceptic JRogan is “knowledgeable”; Musk’s humour—he took the w out of the Twitter sign because… “tit”—has “many levels”. Focusing on unreliable narrator Musk’s POVs and his acolytes distorts the story theguardian.com/books/2023/sep…

#WorldAfroDay One step towards more inclusion in schools is ensuring black pupils in particular aren’t discriminated against because of their hair or reprimanded over braids, or the 93% of black people in the UK who’ve faced hair-related microaggressions. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Notes from a civilised country…

I scoff at the idea of punishment for swearing (“Take away the right to say fuck and you take away the right to say fuck the government”) or that we are too delicate to read anythg unasterisked, yet I’m pleased swear words still contain some trace of taboo theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Labour will seek a "much better" Brexit deal with the EU, Starmer says, but not re-join. 🥱 Oh, we’re back in “cake-and-eat-it” unicorn territory 🥱 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-668395…

Forever chemicals linked to higher cancer odds in women. Exposure to chemicals used in thousands of household & industrial products seems to increase odds for ovarian & certain other cancers, incl. a doubling of odds for melanoma, US govt-funded study says theguardian.com/environment/20…

‘We never stopped protesting’: Iran’s youth take freedom fight underground. “Everything we do in these night protests is considered normal for teens in the west – like women dancing, singing, not wearing a scarf – yet we have to do them in secret.” theguardian.com/global-develop…

Brexit coming in handy for once 😄

Trump could win without the electoral or popular vote, if enough electoral votes were uncounted/uncertified. Then a “contingent election” would take place, guaranteeing a GOP victory and Trump presidency. It doesn’t matter who votes. It matters who counts. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Adidas chief exec: Kanye West ‘didn’t mean what he said’ with antisemitic comments. FFS — Let’s not go down the “in dubio pro reo” route because there is not the tiniest shred of dubio here. theguardian.com/music/2023/sep…

Gilleleje: Denmark's seaside town that saved Danish Jews bbc.com/travel/article…

The EU’s found the highest rate of disinformation of all major platforms on X. Horrors as in 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 show the cost of abolishing checks & balances, viz terrorists/bad actors profiting. Unforeseen by click-chasers: the unspeakable in pursuit of the unreliable theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Earth is now subtended by a layer of elastic non-time akin to a global unconscious wherein past, present, future occupy one unmediated plane. Objects lose dimensions. Everything’s recorded, nothing remembered; culture’s a thing to nibble at, to graze on. nytimes.com/2023/10/10/mag…