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"Two unrelated young people buried in cemeteries in England in the Early Middle Ages probably had grandparents from West Africa..the discovery implies that migrants in Anglo-Saxon times were coming from much further afield than previously thought"
www.newscientist.com/article/2492...
www.newscientist.com/article/2492...
DNA analysis reveals West African ancestry in early medieval England
An unrelated pair of people buried in cemeteries in 7th-century Britain probably had grandparents from West Africa
www.newscientist.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"Two unrelated young people buried in cemeteries in England in the Early Middle Ages probably had grandparents from West Africa..the discovery implies that migrants in Anglo-Saxon times were coming from much further afield than previously thought"
www.newscientist.com/article/2492...
www.newscientist.com/article/2492...
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NEW: African and Caribbean nations must "tear down" barriers that separate us, says PM of St Kitts and Nevis 🌍🇰🇳🌎👏🏾
Prime Minister Terrance Drew is also calling for VISA-FREE travel between African and Caribbean nations to make the connections easier.
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/2025/08...
Prime Minister Terrance Drew is also calling for VISA-FREE travel between African and Caribbean nations to make the connections easier.
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/2025/08...
African and Caribbean nations must "tear down" barriers that separate us, says PM of St Kitts and Nevis - Voice Online
Prime Minister Terrance Drew is also calling for visa-free travel between African and Caribbean nations to make the connections easier
www.voice-online.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
NEW: African and Caribbean nations must "tear down" barriers that separate us, says PM of St Kitts and Nevis 🌍🇰🇳🌎👏🏾
Prime Minister Terrance Drew is also calling for VISA-FREE travel between African and Caribbean nations to make the connections easier.
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/2025/08...
Prime Minister Terrance Drew is also calling for VISA-FREE travel between African and Caribbean nations to make the connections easier.
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/2025/08...
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BREAKING NEWS:
Syrian asylum seeker found beating up a teen girl outside a club. He pushed her over and kept kicking her! It took 2 bouncers to stop him!
Labour wants to give him a 2nd chance!🤮
Correction: It was a Reform MP
See how your racism determines what you'll tolerate?
Syrian asylum seeker found beating up a teen girl outside a club. He pushed her over and kept kicking her! It took 2 bouncers to stop him!
Labour wants to give him a 2nd chance!🤮
Correction: It was a Reform MP
See how your racism determines what you'll tolerate?
August 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
BREAKING NEWS:
Syrian asylum seeker found beating up a teen girl outside a club. He pushed her over and kept kicking her! It took 2 bouncers to stop him!
Labour wants to give him a 2nd chance!🤮
Correction: It was a Reform MP
See how your racism determines what you'll tolerate?
Syrian asylum seeker found beating up a teen girl outside a club. He pushed her over and kept kicking her! It took 2 bouncers to stop him!
Labour wants to give him a 2nd chance!🤮
Correction: It was a Reform MP
See how your racism determines what you'll tolerate?
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If we continue to allow the over platforming of one party over any other we sadly prove we’ve not learnt the lessons of history. Democracy matters particularly in what is now a multi party climate. We MUST hear from ALL our parties otherwise it’s propaganda. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
petition.parliament.uk
August 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If we continue to allow the over platforming of one party over any other we sadly prove we’ve not learnt the lessons of history. Democracy matters particularly in what is now a multi party climate. We MUST hear from ALL our parties otherwise it’s propaganda. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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"[LinkedIn] is a digital motor pool full of self-appointed visionaries doing donut in the mud, yelling about scaling, optimising, and disrupting, while actively failing to comprehend anything larger than their own reflection in a ring light." 🔥🔥🔥
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"[LinkedIn] is a digital motor pool full of self-appointed visionaries doing donut in the mud, yelling about scaling, optimising, and disrupting, while actively failing to comprehend anything larger than their own reflection in a ring light." 🔥🔥🔥
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Blondie, a five-year-old research lion, was struck down in his prime by a trophy hunter. He was a dominant male with 10 cubs in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. His death risks destabilising his pride and increasing human-wildlife conflict in the area.
Cecil 2.0: Another research lion killed by trophy tourists
Defenders say trophy hunting benefits conservation, but others warn of the risks it poses to ecosystems and communities.
continent.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Blondie, a five-year-old research lion, was struck down in his prime by a trophy hunter. He was a dominant male with 10 cubs in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. His death risks destabilising his pride and increasing human-wildlife conflict in the area.
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Take this from a theorist of (non)knowledge: this is not 'failure', this is a very deliberate set of omissions/exaggerations/interpretations that have a clear political goal, which is to make sure the (still mostly white) Brits are fighting asylum seekers, rather than their own ruling class
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
August 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Take this from a theorist of (non)knowledge: this is not 'failure', this is a very deliberate set of omissions/exaggerations/interpretations that have a clear political goal, which is to make sure the (still mostly white) Brits are fighting asylum seekers, rather than their own ruling class
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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
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so I am one of the 12 people (including the “god-fathers of AI”) that will be at the Vatican this September for a two full-day working group on the Future of AI
here is my Vatican approved short provocation on 'AI and Fraternity' for the working group
here is my Vatican approved short provocation on 'AI and Fraternity' for the working group
August 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
so I am one of the 12 people (including the “god-fathers of AI”) that will be at the Vatican this September for a two full-day working group on the Future of AI
here is my Vatican approved short provocation on 'AI and Fraternity' for the working group
here is my Vatican approved short provocation on 'AI and Fraternity' for the working group
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NEW: Almost 1.3 million people have fled homes due to unfolding humanitarian crisis in Haiti 🇭🇹😢
An additional 15,000 people in Haiti fled their communities after armed attacks in the communes of Dessalines and Verrettes.
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/2025/07...
An additional 15,000 people in Haiti fled their communities after armed attacks in the communes of Dessalines and Verrettes.
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/2025/07...
Haiti: Almost 1.3 million people have fled homes due to unfolding humanitarian crisis - Voice Online
An additional 15,000 people in Haiti fled their communities after armed attacks in the communes of Dessalines and Verrettes
www.voice-online.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
NEW: Almost 1.3 million people have fled homes due to unfolding humanitarian crisis in Haiti 🇭🇹😢
An additional 15,000 people in Haiti fled their communities after armed attacks in the communes of Dessalines and Verrettes.
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/2025/07...
An additional 15,000 people in Haiti fled their communities after armed attacks in the communes of Dessalines and Verrettes.
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/2025/07...
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"The govt is very much on the back foot today with this ruling"
The UK High Court has granted permission for a full legal review of the govts proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The case was brought by the groups co-founder Huda Ammori.
The UK High Court has granted permission for a full legal review of the govts proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The case was brought by the groups co-founder Huda Ammori.
July 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"The govt is very much on the back foot today with this ruling"
The UK High Court has granted permission for a full legal review of the govts proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The case was brought by the groups co-founder Huda Ammori.
The UK High Court has granted permission for a full legal review of the govts proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The case was brought by the groups co-founder Huda Ammori.
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It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives
July 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives
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isn't that the plot of minority report
ICE renaming itself Precrime
Homan: "Most national security threats don't have a criminal history because they try to lay low until it's time to do things bad."
July 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
isn't that the plot of minority report
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It seems that the
insatiably greedy
billionaires
who run the IMF
and the Treasury
think the UK
isn't making them
even richer
quick enough
insatiably greedy
billionaires
who run the IMF
and the Treasury
think the UK
isn't making them
even richer
quick enough
July 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It seems that the
insatiably greedy
billionaires
who run the IMF
and the Treasury
think the UK
isn't making them
even richer
quick enough
insatiably greedy
billionaires
who run the IMF
and the Treasury
think the UK
isn't making them
even richer
quick enough
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There’s money to be made in Tigray, which produces most of Ethiopia’s gold. But billions of dollars are being lost to an illicit trade run by ex-generals and smugglers bound for the Emirates.
Tigray’s plundered gold is being laundered through the UAE
There’s money to be made in Tigray, which produces most of Ethiopia’s gold. But billions of dollars are being lost to an illicit trade run by ex-generals and smugglers bound for the Emirates.
continent.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
There’s money to be made in Tigray, which produces most of Ethiopia’s gold. But billions of dollars are being lost to an illicit trade run by ex-generals and smugglers bound for the Emirates.
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1/4 What an appalling article. Like arguing that rape occurs because there’s women around to invite it. Racist attacks on people seeking asylum, the overwhelming majority of whom have done no harm, are caused by the racists who feel entitled to attack them.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Repair ‘social fabric’ or risk repeat of summer riots, says No 10
Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner tell cabinet a fresh round of Southport-style unrest is likely if the public’s concerns over immigration are not addressed
www.thetimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
1/4 What an appalling article. Like arguing that rape occurs because there’s women around to invite it. Racist attacks on people seeking asylum, the overwhelming majority of whom have done no harm, are caused by the racists who feel entitled to attack them.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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From 2023:
Interviewer: "how many media outlets have approached you?"
Forde: "I think I was approached by one on the day of publication, but they.. hadn't actually read the report & I suggested they might want to do that first & they didn't come back to me"
"Is that it?"
"yes"
Interviewer: "how many media outlets have approached you?"
Forde: "I think I was approached by one on the day of publication, but they.. hadn't actually read the report & I suggested they might want to do that first & they didn't come back to me"
"Is that it?"
"yes"
July 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
From 2023:
Interviewer: "how many media outlets have approached you?"
Forde: "I think I was approached by one on the day of publication, but they.. hadn't actually read the report & I suggested they might want to do that first & they didn't come back to me"
"Is that it?"
"yes"
Interviewer: "how many media outlets have approached you?"
Forde: "I think I was approached by one on the day of publication, but they.. hadn't actually read the report & I suggested they might want to do that first & they didn't come back to me"
"Is that it?"
"yes"
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Nothing is more important than stopping fascism …..
July 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Nothing is more important than stopping fascism …..
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It’ll be really interesting to see if History Reclaimed go after A N Wilson for making a British imperial comparison with the Third Reich in the way they’ve gone after Kehinde Andrews & other Black scholars (some of whom didn’t even actually do so).
Believe it or not this is A N Wilson in *The Spectator*!
July 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It’ll be really interesting to see if History Reclaimed go after A N Wilson for making a British imperial comparison with the Third Reich in the way they’ve gone after Kehinde Andrews & other Black scholars (some of whom didn’t even actually do so).
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one of the most effective and highly bought corporate propaganda campaigns ever was convincing individual people that turning off the lights and recycling were the solutions to climate change and not dismantling corporate polluters brick by brick and demanding policy and regulation
July 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
one of the most effective and highly bought corporate propaganda campaigns ever was convincing individual people that turning off the lights and recycling were the solutions to climate change and not dismantling corporate polluters brick by brick and demanding policy and regulation
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1/6 By the way, among a very nice, engaged audience, in the Q&A someone confident in right wing propaganda reeled off the deflections from European trans-Atlantic slavery that now dominate on X:
1. What-about the Arab slave trade?
2. What-about Africans who sold captives?
1. What-about the Arab slave trade?
2. What-about Africans who sold captives?
1/7 I gave a talk yesterday at this lovely little church nestled in the picturesque South Downs. You couldn’t really imagine a more idyllic spot, or such incongruity with the subject matter: the deep relationships between this church, slavery and colonialism.
www.achurchnearyou.com/church/5062/
www.achurchnearyou.com/church/5062/
July 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
1/6 By the way, among a very nice, engaged audience, in the Q&A someone confident in right wing propaganda reeled off the deflections from European trans-Atlantic slavery that now dominate on X:
1. What-about the Arab slave trade?
2. What-about Africans who sold captives?
1. What-about the Arab slave trade?
2. What-about Africans who sold captives?