Oh dear. The "deadly Israeli bombardment" on Lebanon continues to make the headlines. BBC live reporting, meanwhile: Lebanon's Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, says he is heading to New York later "in light of current developments" to make further contacts. The UN General Assembly is currently meeting in New York and Mikati had been due to…

Jack Delano, March 1943. "A westbound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train passing by a siding near the town of Hoover, Texas, enroute to Amarillo." [Photo: Shorpy/Jack Delano for the Office of War Information] Surely one of the great pop music rhymes: Is this the way to Amarillo?Every night I've been hugging my pillow…

Non-binary races are on-trend, it seems – notably with the New York Road Runners and their exciting Non-Binary Equity and Inclusion [NBEI] initiative: The NBEI framework was designed to make NYRR events more gender-expansive to better meet the needs of our gender-diverse running community. NYRR participants now have the option to choose either “Man,” Woman,”…

An actress in Lebanon beats up a mullah during a live TV program after being called as a whore for not wearing hijab Lebanon which was once majority Christian state is now ruled by Islamist fundamentalists after the sudden demographic change. pic.twitter.com/sz4HS9ya3q — Imtiaz Mahmood (@ImtiazMadmood) September 23, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Eitan Fischberger at Tablet on The New Rules of Western Journalism, as straight-up Hamas propaganda gets an Emmy nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS): In late July, NATAS nominated a Gazan journalist and apparent member of a terror group, Bisan Owda, for a news and documentary Emmy Award for her…

From MEMRI TV: During his September 13, 2024 Friday sermon at the Muslim Community Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, Imam John Ederer said that he fears Muslim children believe what they are told in class about 9/11. He said: “They are being told in class that Islam and Muslims were the cause of this terrorist…

Just the President of Ireland writing a chummy letter to the new president of Iran then falsely accusing the Israeli embassy in Dublin of leaking it 🤦🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/BLVEGfAI7x — Anya Palmer (@anyabike) September 23, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js From the Times of Israel: Irish President Michael Higgins accuses Israel of leaking the full text of a letter…

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now: Last Friday, Sandy Brindley, the chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland, was collecting her daughter from primary school when a journalist rang to ask if she would comment on JK Rowling’s demand for her resignation. By the time the reporter hung up, Brindley was in tears.…

Photographer Chris Dorley Brown's manor is the East End. I've featured him here before with East End corners, where he used multiple exposures to build up pictures of street life with a stage-set feel, and London drivers in the 1980s which features, yes, London (East End) drivers stuck in traffic. Now, from his website, Near…

Also… Dear Sandy, While you've been in charge at Rape Crisis Scotland, a man now serving time in prison for multiple sexual assaults was 'treated' at the Edinburgh centre. The man in charge of the Edinburgh centre called rape survivors who wanted single sex services 'bigots.' 1/9 pic.twitter.com/Fzbwfueqo7 — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 22, 2024…