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Another hominin cousin! Nice toes!
The Burtele foot has been puzzling anthropologists for a while - but it looks like there was another australopith living around the same time as Lucy (A. afarensis) - 3.4 Myra - that liked climbing trees a lot more
go.nature.com/49BkCZY
The Burtele foot has been puzzling anthropologists for a while - but it looks like there was another australopith living around the same time as Lucy (A. afarensis) - 3.4 Myra - that liked climbing trees a lot more
go.nature.com/49BkCZY
New finds shed light on diet and locomotion in Australopithecus deyiremeda - Nature
3.4-million-year-old hominin fossils discovered in Ethiopia provide insight into the diet and locomotion of Australopithecus deyiremeda.
go.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Another hominin cousin! Nice toes!
The Burtele foot has been puzzling anthropologists for a while - but it looks like there was another australopith living around the same time as Lucy (A. afarensis) - 3.4 Myra - that liked climbing trees a lot more
go.nature.com/49BkCZY
The Burtele foot has been puzzling anthropologists for a while - but it looks like there was another australopith living around the same time as Lucy (A. afarensis) - 3.4 Myra - that liked climbing trees a lot more
go.nature.com/49BkCZY
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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So if Tony Blair is part of Trump’s peace council…
…where is he while Israel continues to breach ceasefire, bulldoze homes, kill children and restrict humanitarian aid?
…where is he while Israel continues to breach ceasefire, bulldoze homes, kill children and restrict humanitarian aid?
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
So if Tony Blair is part of Trump’s peace council…
…where is he while Israel continues to breach ceasefire, bulldoze homes, kill children and restrict humanitarian aid?
…where is he while Israel continues to breach ceasefire, bulldoze homes, kill children and restrict humanitarian aid?
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A Compassion in World Farming report says feeding grain to farmed animals wastes enough food to feed billions of people annually. 🌾
#grain #farming #farmanimals #factoryfarming #foodwaste
#grain #farming #farmanimals #factoryfarming #foodwaste
Factory Farming Branded World’s Biggest Food Waster in New Report
A new report from Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) argues that the industrial use of grain to feed farmed animals is squandering enough food to nourish billions of humans each year…
veganfta.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A Compassion in World Farming report says feeding grain to farmed animals wastes enough food to feed billions of people annually. 🌾
#grain #farming #farmanimals #factoryfarming #foodwaste
#grain #farming #farmanimals #factoryfarming #foodwaste
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#OtD 26 Nov 1883 formerly enslaved woman, feminist, Black emancipationist, and poet, Sojourner Truth, died in Michigan stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9858...
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
#OtD 26 Nov 1883 formerly enslaved woman, feminist, Black emancipationist, and poet, Sojourner Truth, died in Michigan stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9858...
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Solidarity ✊️
More than 150 members at Tate Galleries are taking seven consecutive days of strike action from tomorrow (26) until 2 December. Pickets will be taking place at Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, and Tate Modern – so please support them.
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Solidarity ✊️
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One would think a newspaper that bankrolls Boris Johnson’s weekly column - and his prodigious personal legacy - might pause before lecturing the nation on fiscal responsibility for larger families.
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
One would think a newspaper that bankrolls Boris Johnson’s weekly column - and his prodigious personal legacy - might pause before lecturing the nation on fiscal responsibility for larger families.
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Today, Labour is going to announce a return to PFI for the NHS- which is a total disaster. But they’ve renamed it the “NHS neighbourhood rebuild”. Don’t be fooled 🚨
I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Today, Labour is going to announce a return to PFI for the NHS- which is a total disaster. But they’ve renamed it the “NHS neighbourhood rebuild”. Don’t be fooled 🚨
I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
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UK govt wants jury trials scrapped except for rape, murder, manslaughter or cases passing a public interest test.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
UK govt wants jury trials scrapped except for rape, murder, manslaughter or cases passing a public interest test.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues.
Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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As things stand, child poverty is on track to reach record highs by 2029-30.
By then, we predict that more than one-in-three British children (34 per cent) would be growing up in poverty.
That's the highest rate of child poverty we'd have seen since 1961 ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
By then, we predict that more than one-in-three British children (34 per cent) would be growing up in poverty.
That's the highest rate of child poverty we'd have seen since 1961 ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
As things stand, child poverty is on track to reach record highs by 2029-30.
By then, we predict that more than one-in-three British children (34 per cent) would be growing up in poverty.
That's the highest rate of child poverty we'd have seen since 1961 ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
By then, we predict that more than one-in-three British children (34 per cent) would be growing up in poverty.
That's the highest rate of child poverty we'd have seen since 1961 ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
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10/10 for just standing there with a straight face.
Trump on Mamdani: "We had some interesting conversation and some of his ideas are really the same ideas that I have. But a big thing on cost. The new word is 'affordability.' Another word is just 'groceries.' It's sort of an old fashioned word but it's very accurate."
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
10/10 for just standing there with a straight face.
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The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
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It’s a big strategic shift that China is trying to make the argument that it’s a reliable predictable partner and plays by the rules and it’s a “big strategic disadvantage” of the US, says Jonathan Finer, ex-US Principal Deputy National Security Advisor bloom.bg/3X6vF5S
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It’s a big strategic shift that China is trying to make the argument that it’s a reliable predictable partner and plays by the rules and it’s a “big strategic disadvantage” of the US, says Jonathan Finer, ex-US Principal Deputy National Security Advisor bloom.bg/3X6vF5S
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Trump’s Ploy at the UN Is American Imperialism Masquerading as a Peace Process
Trump’s Ploy at the UN Is American Imperialism Masquerading as a Peace Process
YouTube video by Neutrality Studies
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Trump’s Ploy at the UN Is American Imperialism Masquerading as a Peace Process
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In the same week a news hurricane engulfs the BBC in the UK, the NYT: hold my beer.
To be fair, I believe the NYT deserves a shitstorm: it does brilliant journalism. It’s also untransparent & unaccountable
To be fair, I believe the NYT deserves a shitstorm: it does brilliant journalism. It’s also untransparent & unaccountable
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
In the same week a news hurricane engulfs the BBC in the UK, the NYT: hold my beer.
To be fair, I believe the NYT deserves a shitstorm: it does brilliant journalism. It’s also untransparent & unaccountable
To be fair, I believe the NYT deserves a shitstorm: it does brilliant journalism. It’s also untransparent & unaccountable
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Here’s a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.
Late Night Pops Off on Trump Popping Up in Epstein Email Thread
Josh Johnson said that Jeffrey Epstein’s references to President Trump might not mean much: “Maybe the email was about how Trump never comes to his sex parties — rude.”
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Here’s a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.
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Scientists from over a dozen countries from China to Chile cooperate to study a supernova in real time bit.ly/4i0QlG4 a break from the febrile news of politics and war. Humans can be so great. And so dreadful.
First glimpse of exploding star reveals how a supernova is born
When a giant star dies, a vast explosion erupts from its surface. For the first time, astronomers have observed this ‘shock breakout’ moment
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Scientists from over a dozen countries from China to Chile cooperate to study a supernova in real time bit.ly/4i0QlG4 a break from the febrile news of politics and war. Humans can be so great. And so dreadful.
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"I wonder if the Miners could sue the BBC for a few billion?
This photo was taken moments before the massed ranks of police attacked and brutalised the miners at Orgreave in 1984 ... BBC News reversed their film to make it look to the whole nation like the miners attacked first."
#OrgreaveJustice
This photo was taken moments before the massed ranks of police attacked and brutalised the miners at Orgreave in 1984 ... BBC News reversed their film to make it look to the whole nation like the miners attacked first."
#OrgreaveJustice
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"I wonder if the Miners could sue the BBC for a few billion?
This photo was taken moments before the massed ranks of police attacked and brutalised the miners at Orgreave in 1984 ... BBC News reversed their film to make it look to the whole nation like the miners attacked first."
#OrgreaveJustice
This photo was taken moments before the massed ranks of police attacked and brutalised the miners at Orgreave in 1984 ... BBC News reversed their film to make it look to the whole nation like the miners attacked first."
#OrgreaveJustice
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#OtD 11 Nov 1918 250k men and women began a general strike across Switzerland demanding women's suffrage, pensions and a 48-hour week. 95k troops were brought in to break the strike. Women only got the right to vote in 1971 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8342...
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
#OtD 11 Nov 1918 250k men and women began a general strike across Switzerland demanding women's suffrage, pensions and a 48-hour week. 95k troops were brought in to break the strike. Women only got the right to vote in 1971 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8342...
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Indian police are investigating a deadly car explosion in the capital, New Delhi, under a stringent anti-terrorism law.
Delhi Red Fort blast kills 13: What happened as police invoke ‘terror’ law?
Indian police are investigating a deadly car explosion in the capital, New Delhi, under a stringent anti-terrorism law.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Indian police are investigating a deadly car explosion in the capital, New Delhi, under a stringent anti-terrorism law.
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BREAKING: Trump is now trying to use his shitty economy to rationalize why we need troops in Chicago.
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
BREAKING: Trump is now trying to use his shitty economy to rationalize why we need troops in Chicago.
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The inauguration of Catherine Connolly as President marks the ultimate stage in a long and winding political journey
Connolly's career marked by 'quiet, steely determination'
The inauguration of Catherine Connolly as President marks the ultimate stage in a long and winding political journey.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The inauguration of Catherine Connolly as President marks the ultimate stage in a long and winding political journey