THREAD: 1. PERSONAL NEWS: Today BBC News has announced plans to close BBC HARDtalk after 3 decades holding the world’s politicians and powerbrokers to account. This is sad news for me personally, but much more important, I think it’s depressing news for the BBC🧵

So what exactly is a 'block' meant to do again?

Docudramas, dystopia, motorbikes, AI, my new favourite gadget and a bunch of links... documentally.substack.com/p/growth-conne…

Finally someone is tackling the real issues.

Working here with EqualExperts today -> Bioscoop het Ketelhuis - Pazzanistraat 4 - 4sq.com/7NIUnQ

Watching Steve Yegge at a EqualExperts watch party in Amsterdam

I still prefer this to any AI generated tune.

Rishi Sunak misled Parliament - the Tories were unlawfully tracking your online activity - and he should correct the record. buff.ly/3YM4bUN

King Charles and Prince William fleecing the Army, the Navy, and public purse and even charities. And that’s only the first 20 minutes of #Dispatches.

Israeli troops have besieged the last three functional hospitals in north Gaza, a new chapter in a conflict that has targeted hospitals with an intensity and overtness rarely seen in modern warfare. The AP spent months collecting their stories. apnews.com/world-news/sti…

A year ago, I reported in openDemocracy that Col Richard Kemp headed a UK charity funded by the IDF, and their promo material included the filmed killings of Palestinians. It was reported to the Charity Commission. A year on, they are still 'investigating'. opendemocracy.net/en/bbc-newsnig…

Trump wins the White House. Again. The Democrats blew it. Again. A depressing yet predictable result.

Trae Crowder explains BRILLIANTLY to Trump supporters why they shouldn't be spiking the football for voting against their own self-interests. If you only watch ONE video today, make it this one.

I'm in lots of other online places and finding it easier to forget this one. I hope we can connect over there.

JustHess @Barabbas1971 @JaneGodley this is the Trump gang going in circles