Thinking about this war on disabled people that has been waged by successive UK governments: and how it’s always waged by people who are ashamed or afraid of one day not being wealthy, of not being “useful” to a capitalist system, who are desperate, and who project that onto the people they punish.

🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨

I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.

My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As Yoon remakes South Korea’s right, lonely conservative pushes back

Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle.

That’s why. That’s literally the reason

www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

For the first time, the Chinese Embassy in Seoul has addressed speculation about China's role in alleged election fraud in South Korea, rejecting what it called undue attempts to link Beijing to the country’s domestic affairs. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

#Myanmar 🇲🇲: junta warplanes repeatedly bombarded the TNLA-held town of Nawnghkio in northern #Shan state.

According to resistance sources at least nine civilians were killed in the strikes.

A peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet estimates more than 64,000 deaths in Gaza due to traumatic injury between Oct. 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024 — a figure 41% higher than the Gaza Health Ministry’s official count. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

1/ Update: More wild details emerging: Police say the notebook seized from the fortune teller shrine contains disturbing plans, including a scheme to "induce North Korean attack at NLL" and lists of targets for "collection", presumably for arrest.

I wrote a thread about the insurrection in South Korea, which received significant attention. However, with so much news pouring in and the situation changing by the minute, I decided to stop updating that thread. Instead, I am starting new threads on a few specific topics.

✨New online:

@franciswade.bsky.social speaks to pro-democracy activist Thinzar Shunlei Yi about Myanmar's future

Since it's officially A Christmas Carol season, I wanted to reshare my piece for the Observer Magazine from earlier this year – about my partner and I reading aloud together and the emotional benefits of adults reading to each other (and why you should do it too): www.theguardian.com/books/articl...

The Chengdu poets Hiperson 海朋森 a.k.a the best Chinese post-punk band performed yesterday at Clockenflap festival in Hong Kong

Protests continue in the centre of Tbilisi. What we saw Friday night. Camera Anton Chicherov Producer @bentavener.bsky.social

As we continue to verify over 1500 firms on our Firms to Final Check list, you can revisit our Down the Rabbit Hole: Researching Women in the Book Trades Spotlight Series to learn about some of the extensive research we undertake to determine if a firm is woman-run.

🚨 🎥 Britain First are dangerous, divisive and extreme and we’ve got the undercover footage to prove it.

Our reporter rose through the ranks of one of the UK’s most notorious far-right groups, to expose the true depths of their abhorrent racism.
🔗Watch the documentary now at: www.britain-first.co.uk

One of the most eye-opening things about the decline of X has been discovering that some smart people are seemingly oblivious or indifferent to the severe degradation of their information environment.

Great to see the population explosion here! I cover human rights and migration. You might not want to follow me if you wanted a cheery, happy feed. But I promise you'll learn a thing or two about the Horn of Africa if you do.

Let's learn from history and actually do Twitter take 2 the right way.