Hurricane Milton? Pah! See what we have to endure here in north London: Winds of 325 mph. Probably best to stay indoors. [See here]

It's not just arms that North Korea is supplying to Russia in its war on Ukraine. Soldiers too: North Korean soldiers supporting the Russian invasion have been killed in occupied parts of Ukraine, the government in Kyiv has said, confirming the strengthening relationship between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un. A security official in the Ukrainian…

The Guardian review of last night's One Day in October on Channel 4: This disturbing documentary about the attack on Be’eri kibbutz is full of troubling interviews and phone/CCTV footage. Sadly, it also demonises Gazans as either killers or looters. I think they kind of demonised themselves. All that shooting and killing and looting.  If…

Students for Justice in Palestine, Monday: Boston University SJP today: pic.twitter.com/1H3RyH4yzA — Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) October 7, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Jerry Coyne: There’s no more pretense among these protestors of supporting Palestine in general, or of “we’re just criticizing Netanyahu”. Their goal is to support Hamas and Hezbollah and the aims of these terrorists: to kill…

This is Turkish occupied Kurdistan. In 2015, Turkey massacred thousands of Kurdish civilians and forcibly displaced 500,000 Kurds. Entire Kurdish villages and cities were bombed into oblivion. Nobody condemned Turkey. Nobody marched for Kurds. pic.twitter.com/fh1oWe98Yx — ‌Himdad Mehristani (@Mehristani) October 8, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

From the latest Private Eye, issue 1634:

A must watch. From a Palestinian. pic.twitter.com/vTd4n3qLYj — Kosher🎗🧡 (@K0sher_C0ckney) October 8, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

If you can get through the bluster and the lies and the ramblings, Trump is probably stronger on Israel and Iran than Biden/Harris – or at least he was when he was president. No telling now, since his palpable mental decline. On the other hand: Former Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull: “When you see…

John Vachon, March 1943. "Truck transportation from Baltimore to New Orleans. A truck and trailer in Baltimore." [Photo: Shorpy/John Vachon for the Office of War Information]

More "reactionary media" horror, from the Daily NK: North Korean military officials have arrested four officers at a military film studio for possessing South Korean e-books, considered “reactionary media” by the regime. A source in Pyongyang revealed recently that the incident occurred at the Military Science Film Studio in late September. “The military’s state security…