Victoria Smith at The Critic on Malcolm Gladwell: Until this issue arose, I had no idea how many self-styled “good” people will support bad things on the basis that other, less important people can take all the hits. Maybe I was incredibly naïve, but I thought of my political opponents as people who believed different…

Eddie Doyle is the BBC commissioner involved ‘Miya underwent gender confirmation surgery and has now blossomed into the person she always wanted to be…After hearing Miya’s incredible story, Ryan wants to host a rooftop reception that celebrates transgender visibility’ https://t.co/FrmAmQlIrE — SEEN in Journalism (@JournalismSEEN) September 8, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Absolutely incredible. 🔥 Peter Beinart just got intellectually destroyed by college student Shabbos Kestenbaum. And not with slogans or vibes, but with cold, historical reality. Beinart: “If we just give them a vote, peace will come. Violence will stop.” Shabbos: “That was… pic.twitter.com/5bEzKAsuIN — Jews Fight Back 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@JewsFightBack) September 7, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Shabbos: “That…

A thread from Kellie-Jay Keen: For seven years I’ve been subjected to harassment, stalking, threats, and terror. The abuse has taken many forms: Graphic text messages about my children dying. Descriptions of my daughter’s bedroom. Dozens of calls in the early hours, including seven times on Christmas Day. Photos of my children being shared. Men…

Erie, Pennsylvania, ca. 1900. "Anchor Line docks and Penna. R.R. coal & ore docks." [Photo: Shorpy/Detroit Photographic Company]

Can you spot the trans one? From Reduxx: Three women from Santa Rosa Junior College’s volleyball team have filed a federal Title IX complaint demanding the removal of a male player from their women’s squad. Sophomore Madison Shaw and freshmen Gracie Shaw and Brielle Galli allege that they were penalized for protesting the inclusion of…

From the JC: The BBC has continued to use a contributor even after it emerged he had repeatedly incited violence against Jews, including saying he would burn them “as Hitler did”. Samer Elzaenen, who has appeared on the BBC’s Arabic channel more than a dozen times since the October 7 atrocities, was most recently used…

After Kim Jong-un was seen strutting his stuff in Beijing alongside Xi and Putin, there's been talk of his daughter Kim Ju Ae, who accompanied him, as being heir-apparent. I've posted before on the Daily NK's dismissal of this interpretation. Now here's another Daily NK piece on the same theme: It would be no exaggeration…

Recognition of a Palestinian state is now the position of almost all Western countries bar America. It is, of course, an entirely cynical position, designed to blame Israel and appease domestic opposition while rewarding Hamas for its uncompromising dedication to violence. In reality though Palestinians have never wanted a two-state solution – just the disappearance…

More on the Linehan arrest in the Sunday Times this morning: The decision to detain Linehan at Heathrow is understood to have been made by an officer below superintendent level and went no further up the Met chain of command. The arrest was enforced by aviation police at the airport who are routinely armed and,…