Derek Royden
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I write about activism and politics.
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Many in #Gaza to ‘Lose Access to Critical Medical Care’ as Israel Suspends Doctors Without Borders
www.commondreams.org/news/israel-... The genocide continues.
www.commondreams.org/news/israel-... The genocide continues.
Many in Gaza to 'Lose Access to Critical Medical Care' as Israel Suspends Doctors Without Borders | Common Dreams
The Israeli government said Tuesday that Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest medical organizations currently operating in Gaza, is among the 25 humanitarian groups that will be suspended at th...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Many in #Gaza to ‘Lose Access to Critical Medical Care’ as Israel Suspends Doctors Without Borders
www.commondreams.org/news/israel-... The genocide continues.
www.commondreams.org/news/israel-... The genocide continues.
Very disturbing piece on the human cost of US foreign aid cuts. Thanks for reading!
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What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid Read the original on Propublica, here . In August, I tr...
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December 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Very disturbing piece on the human cost of US foreign aid cuts. Thanks for reading!
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
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Can you have a relationship with a calculator, a tv or a mobile phone?
No, and you can't have one with AI either, it is just a search engine which tells you what the billionaires want you to hear.
No, and you can't have one with AI either, it is just a search engine which tells you what the billionaires want you to hear.
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Can you have a relationship with a calculator, a tv or a mobile phone?
No, and you can't have one with AI either, it is just a search engine which tells you what the billionaires want you to hear.
No, and you can't have one with AI either, it is just a search engine which tells you what the billionaires want you to hear.
In case you missed it, republished this story about the strange Fandom for Peaky Blinders in Afghanistan. Thanks for reading!
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The Taliban may not like Peaky Blinders, but its Afghan fans are part of a long history of cultural engagement with the world ...
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December 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
In case you missed it, republished this story about the strange Fandom for Peaky Blinders in Afghanistan. Thanks for reading!
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This piece about Afghanistan avoids the usual ahistorical nonsense. Thanks for reading!
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The Taliban may not like Peaky Blinders, but its Afghan fans are part of a long history of cultural engagement with the world ...
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December 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This piece about Afghanistan avoids the usual ahistorical nonsense. Thanks for reading!
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In case you missed it, posted this investigative piece from Propublica to my blog yesterday. Thanks for reading!
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Someone Is Getting Away With Eunice Whitman’s Killing. Alaska’s Slow Justice System Let It Happen. Read the original on Propublica, here . ...
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December 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In case you missed it, posted this investigative piece from Propublica to my blog yesterday. Thanks for reading!
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In their quest to destabilize the Middle East, Israel is now destabilizing Africa.
Israel wants to use Somaliland as a forward base to attack the Houthis in Yemen.
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is purely from a place of Israel’s desire to form a greater Israel.
#Somalia #US
Israel wants to use Somaliland as a forward base to attack the Houthis in Yemen.
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is purely from a place of Israel’s desire to form a greater Israel.
#Somalia #US
Israel becomes first country to recognise Somaliland as sovereign state
Diplomatic breakthrough criticised by African Union, which said it could have ‘far-reaching implications for peace and stability across the continent’
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December 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Flow blockchain exploited for $3.9 million
December 27, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=flow-infinite-mint-exploit
December 27, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=flow-infinite-mint-exploit
December 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Flow blockchain exploited for $3.9 million
December 27, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=flow-infinite-mint-exploit
December 27, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=flow-infinite-mint-exploit
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Dear Rich People,
You've got a lot of money now.
Can we agree that that's enough; you keep what you have & stop wanting more so the rest of us can try sorting things out in 2026?
Sincerely,
The Sane
#EmergencyOnPlanetEarth
You've got a lot of money now.
Can we agree that that's enough; you keep what you have & stop wanting more so the rest of us can try sorting things out in 2026?
Sincerely,
The Sane
#EmergencyOnPlanetEarth
December 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Dear Rich People,
You've got a lot of money now.
Can we agree that that's enough; you keep what you have & stop wanting more so the rest of us can try sorting things out in 2026?
Sincerely,
The Sane
#EmergencyOnPlanetEarth
You've got a lot of money now.
Can we agree that that's enough; you keep what you have & stop wanting more so the rest of us can try sorting things out in 2026?
Sincerely,
The Sane
#EmergencyOnPlanetEarth
This is the kind of long form reporting we see too little of these days. Warning though, it's deeply disturbing. Thanks for reading!
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Someone Is Getting Away With Eunice Whitman’s Killing. Alaska’s Slow Justice System Let It Happen. Read the original on Propublica, here . ...
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December 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is the kind of long form reporting we see too little of these days. Warning though, it's deeply disturbing. Thanks for reading!
derekroyden.blogspot.com/2025/12/some...
derekroyden.blogspot.com/2025/12/some...
In case you missed it, republished this piece to the blog earlier today. Thanks for reading!
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How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism Christopher J. Finlay , Durham University Sales of Ha...
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December 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In case you missed it, republished this piece to the blog earlier today. Thanks for reading!
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After a week off, I posted this piece on one of the 20th century greats to my blog. Thanks for reading!
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How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism Christopher J. Finlay , Durham University Sales of Ha...
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December 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
After a week off, I posted this piece on one of the 20th century greats to my blog. Thanks for reading!
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Another piece about words of the year on the blog. Thanks for reading!
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Slop, vibe coding and glazing: AI dominates 2025’s words of the year An AI-generated image of ‘AI slop’. ...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Another piece about words of the year on the blog. Thanks for reading!
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Often overlooked in coverage of Israel and Palestine are the lawless settlers terrorizing the West Bank. Here's some recent history. Thanks for reading!
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West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests Isr...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Often overlooked in coverage of Israel and Palestine are the lawless settlers terrorizing the West Bank. Here's some recent history. Thanks for reading!
derekroyden.blogspot.com/2025/12/west...
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Often overlooked in coverage of Israel and Palestine are the shameless settler communities let loose on the West Bank. Here's some recent history. Thanks for reading!
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West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests Isr...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Often overlooked in coverage of Israel and Palestine are the shameless settler communities let loose on the West Bank. Here's some recent history. Thanks for reading!
derekroyden.blogspot.com/2025/12/west...
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Had to republish this investigative piece from Propublica. Thanks for reading!
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The Shakedown: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism by Peter Elkind, ProPublica,...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Had to republish this investigative piece from Propublica. Thanks for reading!
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Still working on a piece about the Trump Administration's national security strategy. In the meantime, here's a European point of view. Thanks for reading!
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America’s anti-European attitudes are centred on perceptions of military weakness and the decline of native populations Roman Birke ,...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Still working on a piece about the Trump Administration's national security strategy. In the meantime, here's a European point of view. Thanks for reading!
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In case you missed it, republished this piece about Oxford's word of the year to my blog earlier today. Thanks for reading!
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‘Rage bait’ is the Oxford Word of the Year, showing how social media is manufacturing anger Laurence Grondin-Robillard , Université du...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
In case you missed it, republished this piece about Oxford's word of the year to my blog earlier today. Thanks for reading!
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Posted this piece about Oxford's word of the year from an associate professor at a university here in Montreal to my blog. Thanks for reading!
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‘Rage bait’ is the Oxford Word of the Year, showing how social media is manufacturing anger Laurence Grondin-Robillard , Université du...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Posted this piece about Oxford's word of the year from an associate professor at a university here in Montreal to my blog. Thanks for reading!
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This piece examines the Trump Adminstration's new national security strategy from a European perspective focusing on Ukraine. Still working on my analysis of the NSS. Thanks for reading!
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New US national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas Stefan Wolff , University of Birmingham an...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This piece examines the Trump Adminstration's new national security strategy from a European perspective focusing on Ukraine. Still working on my analysis of the NSS. Thanks for reading!
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In case you missed it, I posted this piece about Trump's national security strategy from the Conversation UK to the blog today. Thanks for reading!
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What the US national security strategy tells us about how Trump views the world Russia has called US presi...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
In case you missed it, I posted this piece about Trump's national security strategy from the Conversation UK to the blog today. Thanks for reading!
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Republished this piece on the new US national security strategy to my blog. Reading yhrough it myself to give my take, hopefully tomorrow. Thanks for reading!
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What the US national security strategy tells us about how Trump views the world Russia has called US presi...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Republished this piece on the new US national security strategy to my blog. Reading yhrough it myself to give my take, hopefully tomorrow. Thanks for reading!
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In case you missed it, posted this weeks roundup of interesting news stories earlier today. Thanks for reading!
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The Week in Words December 1-7 Thanks for stopping by to access some of the most interesting writing I encountered this week, completely p...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
In case you missed it, posted this weeks roundup of interesting news stories earlier today. Thanks for reading!
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Here's my roundup of interesting articles to check out this week. Thanks for reading!
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The Week in Words December 1-7 Thanks for stopping by to access some of the most interesting writing I encountered this week, completely p...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Here's my roundup of interesting articles to check out this week. Thanks for reading!
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