From one of the many PR emails I'm getting about the government social media ban. Obviously this is from someone selling this technology.
But stop to think about just how utterly dystopian this is: *constant* video surveillance of all online activity, for everyone.
Important: Swiss voters defeated initiative to limit Switzerland's population to below 10 million. 54% voted against.
The initiative had proposed the limitation of asylum, family reunification and - ultimately - the end of free movement of persons bw. 🇨🇭 and the 🇪🇺.
www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
“Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries.” | Current Affairs www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-elo...
United Kingdom: instrumentalisation of criminal acts spurring racist hate must stop
Read my statement ⬇️
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Love this as a prevention case study:
- Low cost, even revenue raising in the short term
- Improves health outcomes and reduces costly hospital admissions
Shows political leadership is key:
- Politically costly for Khan to implement
- Did it despite cost savings landing outside GLA
"Someone who is rioting doesn’t know that the person they are targeting is actually looking after their mother or their granny. Meanwhile, I left my mother back home.”
Care workers tell of being trapped as fires took hold of their neighbours houses in Belfast
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Agreed text of the upcoming EU regulation on explusions of non-EU citizens - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
Adoption of this law is being fast-tracked; the European Parliament is due to vote on it next week already
It is good to see so many orgs speak up against the Hate speech directed at the Rohingya in Malaysia & Malaysian Soc Med.
What has been seen is vile & is depressingly similar to what floated about on Myanmar Soc med prior to the 2016-17 Genocide by the Military.
"According to the arbitration award, only “four individuals were voluntarily relocated from the United Kingdom to Rwanda” under the scheme. In effect, each of those four relocations cost about £67.5m each."
I don't know how many people might have been treated decently for £270m; I suspect "lots."
BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans.
In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.
For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
Die Mehrheit des Schweizer Stimmvolks und der Stände hat die sogenannte Nachhaltigkeits-Initiative abgelehnt.
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Former USAID global health official Nicholas Enrich explains the catastrophic human toll of DOGE's cuts to the agency.
Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
We joined ACSC/APF & 73 other orgs to condemns the rising tide of hate speech and discrimination against the Rohingya community in Malaysia.
Link to ACSC/APF's post:
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
NEW
The end of the failed Rwanda asylum scheme
An arbitration decision gives the UK a lucky final victory, but more than £250m has already been lost
My latest at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
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BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans.
In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
Low emission and clean air zones attract controversy whenever they are proposed, but there is growing evidence that they work in improving air quality. The Bradford zone was followed by a reduction of about 25% in GP visits for heart and breathing problems and survey data shows that the central London zone was followed by a reduction in the likelihood of a person taking sick leave.
Now analysis of health records has found emergency admissions to hospital reduced after the introduction of the T-charge and ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) in central London. Continue reading...
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An arbitration decision gives the UK a lucky final victory, but more than £250m has already been lost
BREAKING: in March 2026, *every single one* of the 1,341 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans:
In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 4,496 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else.
www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...
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An update: in February 2026, *every single one* of the 1,507 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans:
In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 3,155 white South Africans, three Afghans, and nobody else.
www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...
