This is what it was like to live in southern Israel under constant threat of Hamas rocket fire after the 2005 disengagement, but before the technological miracle of the Iron Dome. Specifically, this particular clip is from 2009.

You are absolutely 💯 correct, Sarah!

Crime and the perception of crime: John Burn-Murdoch via Stephen Bush ft.com/content/962328…

1/ Donald Trump's reasons for his firing of the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics are an ominous echo of a notorious concept from Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany: that of scapegoating individuals or groups as economic "wreckers" or "saboteurs". ⬇️

This in @Guardian just now is seriously scandalous. There is a stench of corruption about the procurement of PPE during the COVID pandemic. Many questions about the efficacy of Government procurement policies - £billions could be saved if handled better theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Excellent article by ⁦Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies at TCD⁩ alumnus, Abie Philbin Bowman: ‘Whether we’re moving towards a united Ireland or a shared island, we need to face questions about identity’

1. Bloomberg journalist Jason Leopold reported this morning that the president’s name has been redacted from more than 100,000 documents the FBI has on child-sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

I’m gonna keep saying it… and I’ll say it again. Asylum seekers can’t claim benefits. You need an NI number to do that. Asylum seekers aren’t staying in 5* hotels. Asylum seekers get £49.18p a week to live on. Could YOU live on that? NOPE. So stop pretending they’re living it

- In the year to March, 96% of migrants to the UK were legal - 4% were illegal - 47% of people in a YouGov poll say there's more illegal than legal migration 'We are a gaslit nation' declares James O'Brien, as the 'sons and daughters of Brexit are fed a diet of misinformation'.

Immigration certainly has surged over the last 25 years - but overall crime has not…

Unfortunately, I just realized that not many people are aware of what's going on in Georgia, so here's a quick recap of all you need to know:

Turns out, just another load of bullshit Daily Mail and Telegraph stories. Reality : 50 schools closed. That's the yearly average, mainly for long-term financial issues or standards problems. The number of private schools in operation actually ROSE last year from 2421 to 2456.

Free breakfast clubs are boosting attendance and improving behavior in some schools according to head teachers. There is no doubting this policy has been a huge success for Labour in its first year in government

A helpful reminder from YouGov that Twitter is not the real world

Well today was Trump's hard and fast deadline for Putin to end the war--or get crippling sanctions will be put on Russia. Instead, Russia terrorized civilians in Bucha and Odesa last night, and Putin and Trump are organizing a summit. The Trump "pivot" to Ukraine was a sham.

Like everything ⁦John Burn-Murdoch⁩ makes, this chart is amazing. The sharp decline in conscientiousness and rise in neuroticism among young people is astonishing. But also of note: literally every age group has gotten less extroverted in the age of the smartphone

Love this post by John Burn-Murdoch. My latest substack (co-authored with Patrick Flynn) covers some aspects of neuroticism (an amazing coincidence) and its political associations. But the post is mainly about the role that agency plays in politics today

BREAKING: Spain and Switzerland CANCEL their F-35 fighter jet orders Trump calls it “very unfair.” Swiss leader Balthasar Glättli says: "Those who hurl rocks at us in trade shouldn't expect gifts in return."

1/6 Trump has officially sold out Ukraine. He came in with talk of “killer sanctions” on Russia, sanctions he had no intention of ever implementing. It was always theatre, designed to sound tough while keeping Putin comfortable.

Shame this article is behind a pay wall. From poor air quality to knife crime, everything is improving. The UK is a pretty good country- why the numbers leaving are at record lows. Violent, lawless, broken Britain? The facts tell a different story thetimes.com/article/63b7ff…