From the JC: The Iranian regime has “intensified” the weaponisation aspect of its nuclear project and is moving towards building an atomic bomb at a “rapid pace”, experts have warned. It has long been known that Iran is accumulating enriched uranium at near-weapons grade purity, sufficient for producing fissile material for a bomb, but new…

Joan Smith casts a jaundiced eye over western media's propensity to emphasise the positive with the new Syrian leader: Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, understands the symbolism of clothes. For his interview with the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) abandoned his customary military fatigues in favour of a smart overcoat…

Back in Queen's Wood for those dark sinewy hornbeams:

BBC report on the Magdeburg attack: The motive behind the attack remains unclear, but authorities have reported that they believe he carried out the attack alone. Originally from Saudi Arabia, he arrived in Germany in 2006 and in 2016 was recognised as a refugee. Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told reporters that it was "clear…

The Telegraph gets a peek preview of the NHS 'calendar of awareness’ for 2025: Gender-fluid visibility week and transgender parent day are among awareness events the NHS will recognise in 2025. A calendar of events for NHS England staff to watch out for includes some 351 awareness days, weeks and months, to be marked next…

The ACLU [American Civi Liberties Union] comes to the rescue again, in their continuing  – you might say obsessive – battle against transphobia. From Genevieve Gluck at Reduxx: A trans-identified male convicted of murdering his own parents is attempting to be get back into a women’s prison after being transferred out due to his sexual…

Translation: a man threatens his neighbour with murder & successfully utilises legislative confusion to be housed with imprisoned women while awaiting trial. He believes his desire overrides his violence, women's rights, and common sense. His desires win. Because insanity. https://t.co/ZP2ILYnr5r — Jenny Lindsay (@msjlindsay) December 20, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Report here: A transgender woman won a…

Photographer Paul Hart with his latest project – a further look at the Fens with a particular bleak English sensibility: backwaters, melancholic mist and grey, landscapes fashioned by people with no people in sight: Hart’s most recent work Fragile is a personal and poetic reflection on nature made in the landscape close to Hart’s studio…

It's the ones who've transed their own children who are the last holdouts. Susie Green, former CEO of Mermaids, transed her son after the father complained about him playing with girlie toys, with the coup de grace of a visit to Thailand on his sixteenth birthday to be castrated. She's spent her life since pushing…

Two not unrelated stories from the JC: Egypt revises textbooks to remove antisemitic and anti-Israel content: Eighty per cent of Egyptian schoolchildren are now being taught from revised textbooks which have removed antisemitic content found in previous editions, with students showing improved attitudes towards Jews and Israel according to a new report by the Institute…