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Sworn enemy of religious obscurantism. Occupier of political no man’s land. Lover of animals and the underwater world. Not always friendly but unlikely to bite.

Joined August 2008
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😡Let me be clear why it makes me mad! 🤬 If you’re a woman in the UK and you go to the police, reporting an alleged assault 25 years ago, without witnesses, police will tell you they can’t do anything! The only reason why this case went to trial is because the guy was a celebrity! #RussellBrand #RussellBrandtrial
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🤡Yatsenyuk promises the Europeans that he will win back Crimea and the Donbas, provided that Ukraine is given more missiles, weapons, and money, and is admitted to the EU.
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“The highest form of peace is having no desire to be seen, validated or understood by anyone.” — Epictetus
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The women who discovered the Azov torture basement near Kiev — Tatiana Kireeva and medic Valentina Molodaya — have now been arrested for “obstructing the work of a military unit.” The ambulance driver, Viktor Yen, has also been arrested on the same charge.
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La violencia callejera en Francia no se debe a la falta de financiación de las escuelas: Los últimos disturbios en Francia se han presentado a menudo como protestas estudiantiles por la falta de recursos en los colegios públicos. Peter Frost rebate esa explicación: aunque la queja sobre la financiación pueda ser legítima y afectar a todos los alumnos, los protagonistas de la violencia son desproporcionadamente jóvenes de origen magrebí y subsahariano. El detonante concreto (en este caso el tema escolar) importa menos que la mayor predisposición de ciertos grupos de varones jóvenes a responder con violencia colectiva y sostenida. Según el autor, se confunde el fósforo (el motivo inmediato) con la yesca (la susceptibilidad previa a prender). Frost descarta varias explicaciones habituales. No cree que el problema sea simplemente la “guetoización”, porque las familias francesas y europeas abandonaron esas zonas precisamente porque la violencia aumentaba. Tampoco lo atribuye a la falta de asimilación cultural: los inmigrantes chinos están entre los menos integrados lingüísticamente y, sin embargo, tienen tasas de criminalidad violenta muy bajas. Las tasas de homicidio en el Magreb (Argelia, Marruecos, Túnez) son más altas que en la mayor parte de Europa occidental, pero no extremadamente altas. Allí la violencia masculina estaba contenida por mecanismos tradicionales: represalias inmediatas de la familia del agredido, normas estrictas de cortesía hacia extraños y una educación autoritaria de los varones. Esas contenciones se debilitan cuando la gente se muda a entornos urbanos modernos o a Europa. La tesis central del artículo es que Europa occidental ha experimentado, durante siglos, un proceso de “pacificación” que el Magreb no ha vivido con la misma intensidad ni duración. Desde la Edad Media, el Estado monopolizó el uso de la fuerza, ejecutó a un porcentaje significativo de varones violentos y estigmatizó socialmente la agresividad. Como la conducta antisocial tiene una heredabilidad importante, esa presión selectiva pudo reducir, generación tras generación, la propensión media a la violencia en las poblaciones europeas. En el norte de África ese proceso es mucho más reciente (básicamente desde la época colonial). El resultado, según Frost, es un desajuste: se coloca a una población con una historia de pacificación más corta y una mayor disposición a iniciar violencia en un sistema judicial europeo diseñado para una población ya muy pacificada, que asume que la violencia es excepcional y que responde de forma limitada y lenta. Sin las contenciones tradicionales (represalia familiar inmediata) ni unas contenciones estatales suficientemente fuertes, la violencia se descontrola. El artículo concluye que esto genera un dilema difícil: ni el statu quo ni soluciones más drásticas encajan cómodamente con los principios actuales de la justicia moderna.
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An Unexpected Stop, A Life Changed Forever ❤️ In March, while traveling abroad, we stopped at a quiet gas station to refuel. What seemed like an ordinary stop along the way turned into something unexpected when we noticed something that made us pause. In a corner of the station, a tiny little soul was curled up, weak, frightened, and all alone, as if waiting for someone to come along and help. We simply couldn't leave the little one behind. That brief stop turned into a meaningful encounter. We gave the little one food, care, and plenty of love, giving them a chance to start a new life. Sometimes, the most unexpected moments along a journey become the most unforgettable memories. And even the smallest act of kindness can change a life forever.
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Total clowns.
🚨NEWS: The porn ban for England & Wales comes into force today You can now face a prison sentence of up to 2 years if you possess or distribute pornography that depicts two people pretending to be related (including step-) Meanwhile actual cousin f*cking is still legal because Labour don't want to upset Muslims Keir Starmer was asked to ban cousin marriage and he refused Andy Burnham has kept the same stance The hypocrisy is on show for the world to see
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🇺🇦Zelensky makes up a new story why he can’t have election each time. Now he wants elections, but the army is against it. lol, bro stick to one story. It’s much more believable.
🇩🇪 🇺🇦 Zelensky in an interview in Germany: I'm ready to hold elections, but the military is against it. The German journalist nods in agreement but looks at him with distrust and disgust
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She is not wrong.
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is facing heavy backlash over a post about Muslims serving in government. In August, Mace wrote on X that "every single Muslim holding public office in America is a trojan horse." According to reports, she also called Muslim officials a threat to the republic and to national security. The post reportedly came just days after Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary. El-Sayed narrowly beat Rep. Haley Stevens and now faces Republican Mike Rogers in a closely watched race. Mace didn't back down when critics pushed back. In a later post, she wrote that "Islam must be confronted and Islam must be removed from civil society in the US." Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal called the comments "absolutely disgusting and dangerous" and urged Republicans to condemn them. California state Sen. Scott Wiener said Mace was "on yet another bender demonizing Muslims." British writer Owen Jones warned that Islamophobia is "spiralling out of control in the US." In a CNN interview, the host asked Mace directly whether she believes anyone who is Muslim is a threat to the country. He also pointed to Article VI of the Constitution, which bans any religious test for public office. Mace denied saying that but kept arguing that Americans should worry about officials like El-Sayed and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. She said worrying about violence by radical Islamists shouldn't be called Islamophobia, and she later called herself a "Total Islamaphobe." Some conservative outlets praised her for speaking out, and critics called the remarks open bigotry.
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Not possible to defend against? What I would like to know is how it is even possible to prove guilt. What did the court in this case considered as proven? What was the evidence? Does anyone know?
On Russel Brand (and many others): It is simply not possible to defend against 20+ year old allegations regarding a night of sex with drug/alcoholuse involved. Cases like that should not even be allowed to be brought. We will look back at this period of time as some form of inquisition where we abandoned all notions of fairness and due process to cave to the mob that I sorely emotional and triggered by any allegations involving the word "rape." Godspeed @rustyrockets.
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Around the waterhole, the orphans peek into their future. The smaller elephants are part of our dependent orphan herd, and their towering friend is Challa, a 22-year-old who was rescued, raised and rewilded through our Orphans’ Project. Zoom out, and you see wild bulls who tower even above Challa! They’re giving the youngsters space to drink after the Keepers requested them to move off with a whistle and a wave. Every day at our Reintegration Units, these remarkable interactions unfold as our dependent orphans learn how to live as wild elephants. For more: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/p…
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Turn your sound up! 🎶🖤🎶 a water ouzel - American dipper, the only songbird that swims underwater - Thursday 5 November 2026 singing so sweetly! I wrote an open letter to Diana Fox Carney in her role as Canadas First Oceans Envoy about protecting the mouth of the Fraser River
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Chinspot Batis 📸🇰🇪
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A cute tiny Wren in the reeds! 😍 Taken this weekend at RSPB greylake in Somerset. 😊🐦
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Cuando votas a la izquierda y te das cuenta de que tu idea de la multiculturalidad conduce a una uniculturalidad en la que el que sobras eres tú.
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