"The effect of an open letter of that sort is simply to deter anyone else from dipping their toes into the third rail topic [of transgender medicine]." MIT Philosophy Professor Alex Byrne (@byrne_a) told his side of the story on Radio Free Campus: pic.twitter.com/jixbxuTL8z — American Council of Trustees and Alumni (@goACTA) August 26, 2025…

Egypt has armed soldiers and multiple layers of electrified fences and walls preventing Gazans from crossing into Egypt from Gaza. Not one media outlet has reported on this. pic.twitter.com/CvWhYwnWAF — Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) August 26, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js See here – Leaving Egypt out of the Gaza conversation.

The usual smug BBC response: The BBC has defended its use of female pronouns to describe a transgender killer who stabbed their partner to death with a samurai sword. Joanna Rowland-Stuart, who was born male and was known as John Stuart, attacked Andrew Rowland-Stuart at their Brighton home in 2024, in what a jury found…

Mark Zlochin at the JC challenges the UN Gaza famine report: The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has declared a “famine” in Gaza. The announcement led global headlines, was cited at the UN Security Council, and spread rapidly across media and social networks. Yet on inspection, the evidence underpinning the claim falls apart.…

Man thinks it's sad about JK Rowling. Very sad. Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter films, has said he disagrees with JK Rowling’s views on transgender issues and called the situation “very sad”…. Columbus, 66, the American filmmaker who launched the blockbuster film franchise, has described the situation as “unfortunate”. He told…

From Jewish News: A new report on antisemitism at universities across Europe shows a “normalisation of antisemitic narratives at universities across national borders… anchored in almost all countries under the guise of anti-colonial, anti-imperialist or human rights narratives” – with the hesitance of university authorities to confront this identified as a “common feature”. The report,…

The perfect image encapsulating what much of the left in the West has become. Marching along with the Ayatollah behind them, as at the same time Iran fire-bombs Western Jews. pic.twitter.com/uIddtJmvJP — Josh Howie (@joshxhowie) August 26, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js ❗️Iran’s regime orchestrated the firebombing of Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue.❗️ And the West still seeks deals…

Here we go again. From the JC: An emaciated Palestinian child whose image appeared on the front page of the Daily Mirror accompanied by the headline “Stop starving Gaza’s kids”, is suffering from a condition that affects appetite and can lead to weight loss, it has emerged – but no mention is made of this…

As Daniel Kodsi and John Maier noted in their weekend Times essay – Academics are to blame for the woke wreckage at universities – "Outside economics, many academics indulge poorly evidenced, anti-capitalist posturing to an incredible degree. Identify yourself as a socialist, or openly sympathise with the objectives of murderously oppressive left-wing regimes, and no…

I’m not sure why some people have a problem with Afghan women. This page is specifically for Afghan women — who have been living without basic rights — and WDI Afghanistan is their voice to the world. Yet, some comment asking, “Why don’t you speak about Gaza?” or “Why not… pic.twitter.com/GsP1i0N1iK — WDI.Afghanistan (@WDIAfghanistan) August…