Meioow
@meioow.bsky.social
Writer, MA International Relations, LLM Human Rights Law.
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Jimmy Lai sentencing: pro-democracy media mogul arrives at Hong Kong court – live updates
Jimmy Lai sentencing: pro-democracy media mogul arrives at Hong Kong court – live updates
Observers fear that conviction under national security law could attract the most severe penalty band of 10 years to life imprisonment. Follow the latest developments, live
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Jimmy Lai faces sentencing over national security charges
Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years by the West Kowloon Magistrates Courts.
The judges overseeing Jimmy Lai’s sentencing have entered the courtroom. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Jimmy Lai sentencing: pro-democracy media mogul arrives at Hong Kong court – live updates
“… before anyone else, Oborne traced how a backroom strategist [seized] the levers of power… pursuing a factional war against the left and playing into the hands of the nationalist right”
Our great @bylinetimes.bsky.social diarist Peter Oborne spotted the problem with McSweeney back in August 2024. Here's 18 months of his coverage of Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
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The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
“… before anyone else, Oborne traced how a backroom strategist [seized] the levers of power… pursuing a factional war against the left and playing into the hands of the nationalist right”
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UK’s ‘unsung army’ of full-time unpaid carers needs more support, report says
UK’s ‘unsung army’ of full-time unpaid carers needs more support, report says
Resolution Foundation finds one in three carers from poorer families unable to work because of responsibilities
A growing “unsung army” of 1 million people with full-time caring responsibilities needs better support, according to a report that found one in three unpaid carers from poorer backgrounds were unable to work because of their duties.
The trend is the result of an ageing society and rising ill-health and disability concentrated in the poorest half of the country’s working-age families, the Resolution Foundation’s research found. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:16 AM
UK’s ‘unsung army’ of full-time unpaid carers needs more support, report says
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McSweeney surely finished. Starmer’s fate, now in serious doubt, now essentially in the hands of the ISC and what is in those documents.
February 4, 2026 at 11:27 PM
McSweeney surely finished. Starmer’s fate, now in serious doubt, now essentially in the hands of the ISC and what is in those documents.
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This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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On the occasion of the Opening of the Judicial Year, we will be publishing short video messages from senior representatives of the highest courts of the member States of @coe.int.
➡️ The first message comes from Christophe Soulard, First President of the Court of Cassation of France.
➡️ The first message comes from Christophe Soulard, First President of the Court of Cassation of France.
February 2, 2026 at 9:38 AM
On the occasion of the Opening of the Judicial Year, we will be publishing short video messages from senior representatives of the highest courts of the member States of @coe.int.
➡️ The first message comes from Christophe Soulard, First President of the Court of Cassation of France.
➡️ The first message comes from Christophe Soulard, First President of the Court of Cassation of France.
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The cost of being a woman: pay gaps, pensions deficits and product prices
The cost of being a woman: pay gaps, pensions deficits and product prices
While we celebrate St Brigid’s Day, Irish women are being financially penalised simply for their gender
www.irishtimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:28 AM
The cost of being a woman: pay gaps, pensions deficits and product prices
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Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges
Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges
More than 300 brown hairstreak butterfly eggs discovered near Llandeilo this winter after decade of decline
Record numbers of eggs of the rare brown hairstreak butterfly have been found in south-west Wales after landowners stopped flailing hedges every year.
The butterfly lays its eggs on blackthorn every summer. But when land managers and farmers mechanically cut hedges every autumn, thousands of the eggs are unknowingly destroyed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges
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This should never, under any circumstances, ever, be considered ‘normal’.
January 29, 2026 at 10:28 AM
This should never, under any circumstances, ever, be considered ‘normal’.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Amid these dark moments, something important is beginning to shift.
It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.
It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.
January 27, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Amid these dark moments, something important is beginning to shift.
It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.
It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.
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[Trump] is pursuing something more out of the 16th-century, what we call neoroyalist international politics.
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:39 AM
[Trump] is pursuing something more out of the 16th-century, what we call neoroyalist international politics.
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
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The New York Times has got two trained reporters to watch the videos & report the sequence in which events take place.
If the BBC does this, it has a useful way to compare claims about the sequence of events & threat/risk to the facts its reporters and viewers can see
bsky.app/profile/sund...
If the BBC does this, it has a useful way to compare claims about the sequence of events & threat/risk to the facts its reporters and viewers can see
bsky.app/profile/sund...
NYT reports of the video confirm the sequence of events. Mr Pretti was shot - many times - while posing no threat.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
January 24, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The New York Times has got two trained reporters to watch the videos & report the sequence in which events take place.
If the BBC does this, it has a useful way to compare claims about the sequence of events & threat/risk to the facts its reporters and viewers can see
bsky.app/profile/sund...
If the BBC does this, it has a useful way to compare claims about the sequence of events & threat/risk to the facts its reporters and viewers can see
bsky.app/profile/sund...
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A Pakistani court on Saturday jailed a prominent rights activist and her husband for 10 years over "anti-state" social media posts, just one day after their arrest.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A Pakistani court on Saturday jailed a prominent rights activist and her husband for 10 years over "anti-state" social media posts, just one day after their arrest.
u.afp.com/SBuU
u.afp.com/SBuU
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
bit.ly
January 22, 2026 at 6:15 AM
The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.
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BREAKING: The death toll from the high-speed train crash in Spain rises to 39 as rescuers search for more bodies, police say.
Toll in Spain train collision rises to at least 39 as rescuers search for more bodies
Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people died in the a high-speed train collision Sunday in southern Spain and rescue efforts were continuing.
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 7:10 AM
BREAKING: The death toll from the high-speed train crash in Spain rises to 39 as rescuers search for more bodies, police say.
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Some of climate change's sharpest realities are being felt on small island nations, where extreme weather is claiming homes and triggering displacement. Those able to stay are spearheading inventive adaptation techniques in a bid to secure their future.
The Pacific Islanders fighting to save their homes from catastrophe
Some of climate change's sharpest realities are being felt on small island nations, where extreme weather is claiming homes and triggering displacement. Those able to stay are spearheading inventive adaptation techniques in a bid to secure their future
www.newscientist.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Some of climate change's sharpest realities are being felt on small island nations, where extreme weather is claiming homes and triggering displacement. Those able to stay are spearheading inventive adaptation techniques in a bid to secure their future.
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What makes this statement by Emmanuel Macron so unprecedented is, for the first time, a leading European ally is equating Trump with Putin.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
January 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
What makes this statement by Emmanuel Macron so unprecedented is, for the first time, a leading European ally is equating Trump with Putin.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
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Millions of pounds will be spent to make coal tips in the Valleys safe in the next few years
Welsh Government announces multi-million-pound coal tip safety funding
Anthony Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter Millions of pounds will be spent to make coal tips in the Valleys safe in the next few years. An announcement from Welsh Government confirmed phase one of the n...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Millions of pounds will be spent to make coal tips in the Valleys safe in the next few years
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Sleuths both amateur and professional have pored over videos of Renee Good’s shooting by an ICE officer to figure out what really transpired. “But at the core of the tragedy is a larger truth: None of this needed to happen,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
None of This Should have Happened
The White House’s persistent escalation has laid the groundwork for more tragedies like Renee Good’s death.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Sleuths both amateur and professional have pored over videos of Renee Good’s shooting by an ICE officer to figure out what really transpired. “But at the core of the tragedy is a larger truth: None of this needed to happen,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
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The ACLU has dropped its lawsuit against the Trump administration over tens of millions in Title X family planning funds that federal officials had withheld from Planned Parenthood and some other clinics since last spring, after HHS quietly released the money in December.
Lawsuit dismissed after Trump admin quietly restored tens of millions to Planned Parenthood
Progressive groups dropped their case against HHS over the withheld family planning funds, but other challenges continue.
www.politico.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:10 AM
The ACLU has dropped its lawsuit against the Trump administration over tens of millions in Title X family planning funds that federal officials had withheld from Planned Parenthood and some other clinics since last spring, after HHS quietly released the money in December.
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A ban on police face coverings has been one of the most talked about policy proposals in the first two days of Washington’s legislative session, with lead lawmakers and the governor lining up in support. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/13/p...
Proposed ban on police face coverings gains momentum in WA Legislature • Washington State Standard
A ban on police face coverings has been one of the most talked about proposals in the first two days of Washington’s legislative session.
washingtonstatestandard.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
A ban on police face coverings has been one of the most talked about policy proposals in the first two days of Washington’s legislative session, with lead lawmakers and the governor lining up in support. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/13/p...
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With the #ICJ hearing in #TheGambia v #Myanmar kicking off on Monday, I put together some thoughts over at @verfassungsblog.de on key issues to consider for those following this important #GenocideConvention case. A quick summary. verfassungsblog.de/the-rohingya...
The Rohingya Case Gets a Hearing
verfassungsblog.de
January 9, 2026 at 12:40 PM
With the #ICJ hearing in #TheGambia v #Myanmar kicking off on Monday, I put together some thoughts over at @verfassungsblog.de on key issues to consider for those following this important #GenocideConvention case. A quick summary. verfassungsblog.de/the-rohingya...