Laura Miller
@laura-exx-miller.bsky.social
microcosm, fractal, essence
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The deafening silence from the UK's "official" Jewish institutions on Nigel Farrage's antisemitism demonstrates how morally bankrupt they are. So far the Board of Deputies, JLC, chief rabbi and CST have yet to say one word. Pathetic doesn't begin to capture it.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
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JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Why Britain’s Jewish leaders are silent on Farage’s schoolyard antisemitism
While the Reform UK leader and his allies smear accusers as liars, the Board, JLC and HET remain mute, fearing the wrath of a rising politician
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The deafening silence from the UK's "official" Jewish institutions on Nigel Farrage's antisemitism demonstrates how morally bankrupt they are. So far the Board of Deputies, JLC, chief rabbi and CST have yet to say one word. Pathetic doesn't begin to capture it.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
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Ahmed Al Ahmed is the man who tackled the gunman in Australia. He is a Muslim. He saved lives. My Jewish soul is deeply grateful.
And this is what happens when we run towards each other. When we build relationships and coalitions and solidarity. We show up for each other. He showed up. Thank you.
And this is what happens when we run towards each other. When we build relationships and coalitions and solidarity. We show up for each other. He showed up. Thank you.
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ahmed Al Ahmed is the man who tackled the gunman in Australia. He is a Muslim. He saved lives. My Jewish soul is deeply grateful.
And this is what happens when we run towards each other. When we build relationships and coalitions and solidarity. We show up for each other. He showed up. Thank you.
And this is what happens when we run towards each other. When we build relationships and coalitions and solidarity. We show up for each other. He showed up. Thank you.
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Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
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רָעוֹת שָׂבְעָה נַפְשִׁי / בְּיָגוֹן כֹּחִי כָּלָה 😢
My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔
As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney.
At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭
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My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔
As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney.
At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭
1/4
December 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
רָעוֹת שָׂבְעָה נַפְשִׁי / בְּיָגוֹן כֹּחִי כָּלָה 😢
My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔
As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney.
At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭
1/4
My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔
As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney.
At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭
1/4
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‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
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I've written about the Farage antisemitism allegations - and my dismay at the behaviour of some who, now that the accused is more to their political liking, seem keen to sweep this all under the carpet.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I've written about the Farage antisemitism allegations - and my dismay at the behaviour of some who, now that the accused is more to their political liking, seem keen to sweep this all under the carpet.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
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Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour, says major @unep.org report
- ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour, says major @unep.org report
- ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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No good deed, thanks to the vicious propaganda campaigns of the billionaire media, now goes unpunished.
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK charities face ‘culture of fear’ as threats and violence surge
Exclusive: Charity Commission chief condemns public hostility towards staff helping women and refugees and at places of worship
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
No good deed, thanks to the vicious propaganda campaigns of the billionaire media, now goes unpunished.
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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🔴I spent time getting to know the Pink Ladies, a group of 'ordinary mothers' who are funded by Restore Britain's Rupert Lowe and whose leader shared a stage with a prominent neo-Nazi. It was...eye-opening.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
The 'Pink Ladies' Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream
An anti-migrant movement backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and regularly invited onto news channels is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🔴I spent time getting to know the Pink Ladies, a group of 'ordinary mothers' who are funded by Restore Britain's Rupert Lowe and whose leader shared a stage with a prominent neo-Nazi. It was...eye-opening.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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REVEALED: Willow trees on Dartmoor common owned by Prince William deliberately poisoned with herbicide
This is an outrageous act of sabotage. Dartmoor’s commons are virtually treeless already, due to centuries of overgrazing by sheep. The culprit must be found:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is an outrageous act of sabotage. Dartmoor’s commons are virtually treeless already, due to centuries of overgrazing by sheep. The culprit must be found:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
REVEALED: Willow trees on Dartmoor common owned by Prince William deliberately poisoned with herbicide
This is an outrageous act of sabotage. Dartmoor’s commons are virtually treeless already, due to centuries of overgrazing by sheep. The culprit must be found:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is an outrageous act of sabotage. Dartmoor’s commons are virtually treeless already, due to centuries of overgrazing by sheep. The culprit must be found:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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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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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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In the wake of the Inquiry report, BorisJohnson is desperately trying to save his reputation by spreading lies and myths about his response to the pandemic.
So here is a reminder of what it is he would like us all to forget:
So here is a reminder of what it is he would like us all to forget:
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In the wake of the Inquiry report, BorisJohnson is desperately trying to save his reputation by spreading lies and myths about his response to the pandemic.
So here is a reminder of what it is he would like us all to forget:
So here is a reminder of what it is he would like us all to forget:
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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Relatives of the 700,000 COVID-19 dead say his conviction, though separate to the pandemic, offers vindication. n.pr/4pmyAU4
Bolsonaro's conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID-19
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Relatives of the 700,000 COVID-19 dead say his conviction, though separate to the pandemic, offers vindication.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Relatives of the 700,000 COVID-19 dead say his conviction, though separate to the pandemic, offers vindication. n.pr/4pmyAU4
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A standout awful, but not in direction unusual, experience of the Home Office #HostileEnvironment
So much wasted time and potential
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
So much wasted time and potential
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain
Ussu fled imprisonment and torture, only to find himself treated like a liar and outcast in the UK. Here’s how he survived homelessness and horrific injury in almost two decades without a decision
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A standout awful, but not in direction unusual, experience of the Home Office #HostileEnvironment
So much wasted time and potential
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
So much wasted time and potential
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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This was a point that Hannah Arendt famously made in The Origins of Totalitarianism re antisemitism. "Scientific racism" was an upper/middle-class attempt to justify imperialism. Today, Le Grand Remplacement is not the product of "working class anger" but of rich white men.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This was a point that Hannah Arendt famously made in The Origins of Totalitarianism re antisemitism. "Scientific racism" was an upper/middle-class attempt to justify imperialism. Today, Le Grand Remplacement is not the product of "working class anger" but of rich white men.
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
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Le bilan est sidérant :
- Explosion des revenus des ultra-riches :
En 2003, ils gagnaient en moyenne, 95 fois plus que les ménages les plus modestes. En 2022, c'est 167 fois plus.
- *Mais* réduction de leur taux moyen d'imposition :
De 29,2 % en 2003, il a été ramené à 25,7 % en 2022...
- Explosion des revenus des ultra-riches :
En 2003, ils gagnaient en moyenne, 95 fois plus que les ménages les plus modestes. En 2022, c'est 167 fois plus.
- *Mais* réduction de leur taux moyen d'imposition :
De 29,2 % en 2003, il a été ramené à 25,7 % en 2022...
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Le bilan est sidérant :
- Explosion des revenus des ultra-riches :
En 2003, ils gagnaient en moyenne, 95 fois plus que les ménages les plus modestes. En 2022, c'est 167 fois plus.
- *Mais* réduction de leur taux moyen d'imposition :
De 29,2 % en 2003, il a été ramené à 25,7 % en 2022...
- Explosion des revenus des ultra-riches :
En 2003, ils gagnaient en moyenne, 95 fois plus que les ménages les plus modestes. En 2022, c'est 167 fois plus.
- *Mais* réduction de leur taux moyen d'imposition :
De 29,2 % en 2003, il a été ramené à 25,7 % en 2022...