Detroit ca. 1910. "People's State Bank, Fort and Shelby Streets." [Photo: Shorpy/Detroit Publishing Company]

Sunset over the Rupel, south of Antwerp:

More on the all-conquering Flying Bats, the women's football team in Sydney that includes five men. From Reduxx: An Australian “trans inclusive” Premier League women’s football team with five male players has secured victory in the grand final match after dominating games throughout the summer. During the 2024 season of the North West Sydney Football…

Afghan female athlete Marzieh Hamidi launched hashtag #LetUsExist to protest against the gender apartheid in Afghanistan and inviting all of you to support Afghan women. Afghanistan under Taliban rule is a prison for women are deprived of their rights, individual freedoms. pic.twitter.com/LwhiWb8ipQ — Jahanzeb Wesa (@JahanzebWesa) August 27, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Jo Bartosch in the Telegraph on the BMA's betrayal of medical ethics: The British Medical Association (BMA) is showing symptoms of having been infected by a dangerous mind virus. Clinicians are now self-isolating themselves from their union’s deranged decisions and resigning. Last month, in a statement more befitting a students’ union than a professional body…

John Vachon, March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina. Beer wagon.": [Photo: Shorpy/John Vachon for the Office of War Information]

Off for a few days. Back Wed. 28th.

The anti-Israel demo at the Democratic Convention in Chicago reaches its logical conclusion: Chicago — A person in black bloc holds a Nazi flag at the anti-Israel DNC protest in Union Park. pic.twitter.com/rKrQHrz4t2 — Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) August 21, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

The Taliban’s new decree bans women’s voices from being heard by men outside their family. This regime has progressively banned women from work, education, travel, media, and public life, reducing their existence to mere reproductive functions with no voice or face. pic.twitter.com/NwULdOZfAQ — Habib Khan (@HabibKhanT) August 21, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

A glimpse into our happy future, when "Islamophobia" has been criminalised? Hannah Baldock at Spiked: There appears to be no bounds to the ‘useful idiocy’ of the BBC when it comes to enemies of liberty. At the weekend, BBC Radio London presenter Asad Ahmad sought the counsel of Haitham al-Haddad, the chair of the Muslim…