Megan Gibson
@meganjgibson.bsky.social
Why not…
Editing at New Statesman. London and elsewhere.
Editing at New Statesman. London and elsewhere.
January 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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In this week’s @newstatesman.com –
Tina Brown on the abominable showman
M Sandel & T Piketty on the left after Trump
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social on the Gatsby myths
@yairwallach.bsky.social on the Gaza ceasefire
@traceythorn.bsky.social – back to the 80s
Cover by @andrecarrilho.bsky.social
Tina Brown on the abominable showman
M Sandel & T Piketty on the left after Trump
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social on the Gatsby myths
@yairwallach.bsky.social on the Gaza ceasefire
@traceythorn.bsky.social – back to the 80s
Cover by @andrecarrilho.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In this week’s @newstatesman.com –
Tina Brown on the abominable showman
M Sandel & T Piketty on the left after Trump
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social on the Gatsby myths
@yairwallach.bsky.social on the Gaza ceasefire
@traceythorn.bsky.social – back to the 80s
Cover by @andrecarrilho.bsky.social
Tina Brown on the abominable showman
M Sandel & T Piketty on the left after Trump
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social on the Gatsby myths
@yairwallach.bsky.social on the Gaza ceasefire
@traceythorn.bsky.social – back to the 80s
Cover by @andrecarrilho.bsky.social
Sadly, this gets truer every day
Not the most important part here but the "DOGE" aspect does also affirm we're entering an era where the worst people you know will constantly be dropping the cry laughing emoji about the least funny shit you ever seen
January 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Sadly, this gets truer every day
Love this — not least because Joni Mitchell absolutely came to my school when I was 11
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/n...
John Lennon Came to My School When I Was 8. Or Did I Imagine It?
A story of hazy memories, a reluctant rock star and a special day in 1973. Or was it 1974?
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Love this — not least because Joni Mitchell absolutely came to my school when I was 11
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/n...
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My piece for the New Statesman, on the ceasefire, how we got here, and why the dangers of further ethnic cleansing have not gone away.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
The peace paradox
The political calculations that allowed the Gaza ceasefire could yet be its undoing.
www.newstatesman.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
My piece for the New Statesman, on the ceasefire, how we got here, and why the dangers of further ethnic cleansing have not gone away.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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What is socialism, if not the state owning the memes of production
January 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What is socialism, if not the state owning the memes of production
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More than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war in Gaza, according to a new study. It suggests that the Hamas health ministry tally, a figure the UN relies on, is a significant undercount. nyti.ms/4fZxCIv
January 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
More than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war in Gaza, according to a new study. It suggests that the Hamas health ministry tally, a figure the UN relies on, is a significant undercount. nyti.ms/4fZxCIv
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NYT's report on the Israeli order allowing killing 20 civilians as collateral damage for low level Hamas targets, 100 for major targets, and 500 civilians casualties per day, should be seen as blanket order for mass slaughter.
The mass killing was the point. The targets were the legal excuse.
The mass killing was the point. The targets were the legal excuse.
December 30, 2024 at 5:31 PM
NYT's report on the Israeli order allowing killing 20 civilians as collateral damage for low level Hamas targets, 100 for major targets, and 500 civilians casualties per day, should be seen as blanket order for mass slaughter.
The mass killing was the point. The targets were the legal excuse.
The mass killing was the point. The targets were the legal excuse.
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if you’re interested Michel Barnier lasted nearly twice as long in office as Liz Truss. presumably the Barnier Lettuce well and truly went off some time ago
December 4, 2024 at 7:48 PM
if you’re interested Michel Barnier lasted nearly twice as long in office as Liz Truss. presumably the Barnier Lettuce well and truly went off some time ago
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Free Palestine
December 4, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Free Palestine
Everyday I learn something new about this country…
December 3, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Everyday I learn something new about this country…
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Not the most important part here but the "DOGE" aspect does also affirm we're entering an era where the worst people you know will constantly be dropping the cry laughing emoji about the least funny shit you ever seen
November 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Not the most important part here but the "DOGE" aspect does also affirm we're entering an era where the worst people you know will constantly be dropping the cry laughing emoji about the least funny shit you ever seen
I still think Biden has a lot to answer for…
I hope this piece from @meganjgibson.bsky.social in @newstatesman.com is wrong but sadly, I think it’s probably right www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
Why Kamala Harris was always destined to lose
Despite the hype, there is no way the vice-president could have done all that was needed in the 100 days she had.
www.newstatesman.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:15 PM
I still think Biden has a lot to answer for…
Nature in relation to motherhood has long been exploited. But who defines what, precisely, is natural? And who is served by such definitions?
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
How motherhood was weaponised
Is child-rearing political or deeply personal? Helen Charman’s new history reckons with the tension between mother and state.
www.newstatesman.com
August 27, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Nature in relation to motherhood has long been exploited. But who defines what, precisely, is natural? And who is served by such definitions?
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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“The West Bank is at boiling point. The conditions for a third intifada are being created.”
www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
War and the West Bank
Settler violence in the occupied territory is intensifying, and Palestinian deaths are mounting.
www.newstatesman.com
March 15, 2024 at 11:52 AM
“The West Bank is at boiling point. The conditions for a third intifada are being created.”
www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
“The West Bank is at boiling point. The conditions for a third intifada are being created.”
www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
War and the West Bank
Settler violence in the occupied territory is intensifying, and Palestinian deaths are mounting.
www.newstatesman.com
March 15, 2024 at 11:52 AM
“The West Bank is at boiling point. The conditions for a third intifada are being created.”
www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...
“But if Israel — a state founded from genocide, a state founded to protect Jews from the Holocaust — is found to be committing genocide, that is a huge stigma and it would put powerful pressure on Netanyahu to finally to relent.”
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
"I'm not sure how Israel is going to overcome this"
South Africa presents its case to the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide.
www.newstatesman.com
January 11, 2024 at 7:57 PM
“But if Israel — a state founded from genocide, a state founded to protect Jews from the Holocaust — is found to be committing genocide, that is a huge stigma and it would put powerful pressure on Netanyahu to finally to relent.”
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Just read the words “try this ancient hack from tiktok”
January 3, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Just read the words “try this ancient hack from tiktok”
“Whatever it is, you won’t die of it.” This is harrowing. nymag.com/intelligence...
Tom Scocca: Unraveling My Medical Mystery
The strangest things happen to other people’s bodies. Then they began happening to my own.
nymag.com
January 3, 2024 at 8:54 AM
“Whatever it is, you won’t die of it.” This is harrowing. nymag.com/intelligence...
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explaining some online beef to a normal person
December 4, 2023 at 4:05 PM
explaining some online beef to a normal person
Very curious now: just how bad could Saltburn be?!
December 4, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Very curious now: just how bad could Saltburn be?!