Mastodawn

A high court ruling from back in 2012 ruled that holding data of innocent people was unlawful, yet 14 years on, that seems to have been ignored. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/24/police-told-to-delete-on-request-images-of-innocent-people

Police told to delete on request millions of images of innocent people

Home secretary says any ‘unconvicted persons’ can request that police delete their images from national database

The Guardian

nickj Feb 18

Richard Murphy Feb 18

First they came for the intellectuals https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02/18/first-they-came-for-the-intellectuals/ Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain party is promising to sweep 'Anti-British", "anti-white" elements out of our universities and schools. Doing so, he is copying the Nazi playbook of 1933. If you're not worried now, you should be.

First they came for the intellectuals

My concern about Rupert Lowe MP's Restore Britain polotical party dominated too much of my day yesterday. We made a video that reflected the sentiment in my blog post from yesterday morning. That is out today. We have another video in preparation on the economics of what Lowe is proposing and how...

Funding the Future

nickj Feb 13

Mondoweiss 🇵🇸Feb 11

Human Rights Watch killed a report on Palestinian right of return because leadership got nervous about "challenging the Jewishness of the Israeli state." MSF almost handed its Palestinian staff list to the Israeli military. Liberal institutions will document your oppression beautifully. They just won't let anyone end it. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/liberal-institutions-are-designed-to-acknowledge-palestinian-oppression-but-not-end-it/

Liberal institutions are designed to acknowledge Palestinian oppression but not end it

Two recent episodes have shown how liberal institutions like Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders are designed to recognize the violence that shapes Palestinian life but not challenge the systems that produce it.

Mondoweiss

nickj Feb 13

Myk Feb 12

#faa #aviation #maga #feds #incompetence #cartel #border #texas

nickj Feb 7

Mondoweiss 🇵🇸Feb 5

The West Bank community of Umm al-Khair has been consumed by the illegal Israeli settlement of Carmel. But despite losing land and loved ones, Palestinians there refuse to leave. “This is my land," says Ahmad Hathaleen. "This is where I belong."

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/life-and-loss-in-umm-al-khair-an-island-within-a-settlement/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza

Life and loss in Umm al-Khair, an island within a settlement

Mondoweiss

nickj Feb 7

Have I Been Pwned Feb 6

New breach: Substack had 663k records compromised in October and published online this week. Data included email address, phone number and associated public account info. 53% were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Substack

Have I Been Pwned: Substack Data Breach

In October 2025, the publishing platform Substack suffered a data breach that was subsequently circulated more widely in February 2026. The breach exposed 663k account holder records containing email addresses along with publicly visible profile information from Substack accounts, such as publication names and bios. A subset of records also included phone numbers.

Have I Been Pwned

nickj Jan 28

Working Class History Jan 27

#OtD 14 Feb 1947 the British govt launched Operation Embarrass: a campaign to bomb and sabotage ships which were to carry Jewish Holocaust refugees to Palestine, and blame them on a fictional Arab militant group. They attacked 5 ships, destroying 1 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8564/operation-embarrass

Working Class History

nickj Jan 28

Mondoweiss 🇵🇸Jan 27

READ: Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using racism and procedural tricks to prevent her release.
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-last-columbia-student-protester-in-ice-detention-leqaa-kordia-on-her-9-months-in-captivity/

The last Columbia protester in ICE detention: Leqaa Kordia on her 9 months in captivity

Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using racism and procedural tricks to prevent her release.

Mondoweiss

nickj Jan 28

Working Class History Jan 27

#OtD 27 Jan 1918 revolution broke out in Finland as workers took over Helsinki. The new republic instituted workers' control of production, abolished the old mode of land distribution and emancipated domestic servants and farmhands https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9903/the-finnish-revolution