Joan Smith at UnHerd on the case being brought against the British Transport Police over their policy of allowing men with a GRC to strip search women (previously): The question that arises is who this policy is meant to benefit, since it’s clearly not women. Many who end up in police stations will have experienced…

From the Jerusalem Post: Hostages who returned from Hamas captivity in Gaza suffered from a myriad of medical and psychological conditions as a result of their imprisonment, with many enduring starvation, sexual abuse, beatings, and more, a Saturday Health Ministry report revealed…. According to the report, women, men, and children who returned from captivity were…

It's the moribund unspoken dualism that gets me. In order to be born "in the wrong body" there must be something capable of being born into the receptacle body. A gender soul. God then makes a mistake. This is homophobia where wrong bodies replace bodies being used wrong. https://t.co/OXW4rQfFVU — Dennis Noel Kavanagh (@Jebadoo2) December…

New Taliban rule: Women are no longer allowed to be visible from house windows under any circumstance. If the kitchen has a window, women can't even cook near it. This comes after other rulings that women are forbidden from making sounds or even speaking to each other. pic.twitter.com/KeRQE96WBC — 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) December…

How Sickening is This? Yes, this is a "Palestinian" kindergarten. Children singing for violence, holding weapons instead of toys. This is the reality. And UNRWA plays a role in shaping this education system. When will the world wake up? pic.twitter.com/vBdTr7cbpf — Yossi BenYakar (@YossiBenYakar) December 28, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Photographer Tony Worobiec, from his book Abandoned on the Plains: Fragments of the American Dream. Abandoned Pickup and Silo's near Plentywood MT. Barn & Rising Moon, Montana. Madoc, Montana. Truck and Cottonwood Church, Montana. Abandoned saloon Storm on the high plains, Saskatchewan Abandoned school, North Dakota Dunkirk, Montana Abandoned school near Havre, Montana Church at…

This astounding paper reminds me of Hannah Arendt's The Banality of Evil: 'The net effect of this language system was not to keep these people ignorant of what they were doing, but to prevent them from equating it with their old, ‘normal’ knowledge.' 1/5https://t.co/nPNlm033r6 — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 28, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Full thread: We're…

David Isaac in the JC – The Iran regime’s collapse would pave the way for a stable and peaceful Middle East: Iran has never been as vulnerable since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. With Iran’s leadership facing an emboldened Israeli military, the second coming of Donald Trump [!], internal fissures and a crisis of confidence among…

Another voice silenced by the Islamic Republic of Iran.Renowned Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala, known for her courageous reporting from conflict zones has been arrested and is being held in solitary confinement in Iran. Freedom of Press is not a crime.#FreeCecilia pic.twitter.com/E26Hl5CcF8 — Dr. Nina Ansary (@drninaansary) December 27, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

From the Times: Britain’s cultural world has turned its back on Jewish creatives according to a series of allegations gathered by The Times. Artists, writers and performers have stated that they are being frozen out of British cultural life because they refuse to describe Israeli actions in Gaza as genocidal. While many have chosen to…