AnotherHelenB

Mostly harmless, probably eccentric, allegedly hilarious. I'm yet to be convinced...

[Aardman @aardman]

"He's very tall" 😯

Aardman would like to wish Sir David Attenborough a very happy 100th birthday! 🥳

#Aardman #DavidAttenborough

[Giochi Olimpici™ @giochiolimpici]

All in one shot. [1/2]

📸 Hector Vivas

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Just so we’re all absolutely clear about what we’re watching here, Israel is intentionally starving civilians in order to bring about the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and steal a Palestinian territory. That’s all this is, and anyone who says otherwise is lying.

This isn’t a theory. This is what’s happening. The facts are in and the case is closed. Israeli officials aren’t even hiding it anymore.

Israel’s Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu is telling the Israeli media that “the government is racing ahead for Gaza to be wiped out,” and that “all Gaza will be Jewish.”

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is tweeting in Hebrew that a “complete halt of ‘humanitarian aid’” will allow “encouragement of migration” and “settlement” in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced earlier this month that the official plan is to build a giant concentration camp for Gaza’s population on the ruins of Rafah while working to deport the population to other countries.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself made it clear back in May that implementing Donald Trump’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza was a precondition to having peace in the enclave.

Trump made it clear back in February that his plan was for “all” Palestinians to be removed from the Gaza Strip on a “permanent” basis.

Within days of Israel’s assault on Gaza in October 2023, Israel’s Intelligence Ministry was circulating a plan for the entire population of Gaza to be moved to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, and an Israeli think tank had drawn up a strategy for the “relocation and final settlement of the entire Gaza population.”

Indeed, Israel has been on record scheming to find a way to relocate the population of Gaza for many decades.

That’s what this is all about. That’s all this has ever been about. It’s not about hostages. It’s not about Hamas. It’s not about Israel defending itself. It’s about stealing a Palestinian territory, and anyone who says otherwise is lying.

And the lies have been erupting like a geyser in recent days. Israel and its apologists have been frantically pushing the narrative that Gaza is starving because the UN isn’t allowing aid in (swiftly refuted by Drop Site News), that Gaza is starving because Hamas is stealing the aid (swiftly refuted by Reuters), and that Gaza is starving because Hamas attacks people who try to go to aid sites (already refuted by Israeli soldiers telling the Israeli press that they’re the ones shooting the aid seekers).

The more evil Israel gets, the more frenetic its apologists need to get with their lies to justify its behavior.

Starvation deaths in Gaza are skyrocketing. Many of those still alive have already suffered permanent damage, and even with a massive influx of aid and complete reversal of Israeli policies it will be very difficult to undo the effects of the famine.

Western governments are beginning to speak out against the mass atrocity in Gaza, far too little and far too late. We can expect Israel and the United States to respond to this outcry by saying that Palestinians need to be evacuated out of Gaza as quickly as possible in order to rescue them from this deliberately manufactured humanitarian crisis. We can expect them to denounce anyone who opposes this ethnic cleansing operation as evil monsters who want to starve the poor Palestinians.

And it will all be lies. They lied this entire time.

It’s about the most evil thing you could possibly come up with, really. If this is not evil, then nothing is.

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Keir Starmer has described the situation in Gaza as "intolerable on many levels", just not the one where Britain stops arming Israel

[AnotherHelenB @AnotherHelenB]

@ElizaHub01 Lindor ����

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Under Gandhi’s statue. For holding placards.

A priest, a professor, medics - arrested for peaceful protest.

This is not about terrorism. It’s about silencing dissent - and it’s leading us down an ever darkening path.

[Hannah Bourne-Taylor @WriterHannahBT]

Sometimes I’m asked ‘why do you care?’
‘Swifts are one of the oldest species on earth. They spend more time airborne than any other bird yet when they come home they come home to us. They’re on the brink. They just need a brick with a hole in it.’

[Dr. Yousef 🇵🇸 @yousef_ki1]

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[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

[Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner]

Does he really think he can take on penguins in a tariff war and win? Those guys don't mess around

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Putin can end the threat of WWIII any time he wants by withdrawing from Ukraine.

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

Cats 🧵

1.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelenskyy against Trump and Vance!

[AnotherHelenB @AnotherHelenB]

@_venus_in_furs Cancer is a bastard. Keeping everything crossed for you.

[Jean Hatchet @JeanHatchet]

Pressure is mounting @ECB_cricket as UK politicians and women’s groups
call en masse for a boycott of the Taliban’s boys with bats.
South Africa play Afghanistan on 21st Feb and politicians there are calling for a boycott. Australia play them on 28th and have boycotted them before. Do it first. Be brave. Or look like copycat cowards when you have to follow.
#BanAfghanistan
#BoycottAfghanistan

[Sonya Douglas @SonyaDouglas]

The rules say ICC members should commit to women’s inclusion in the game, but Afghanistan won’t even commit to women’s inclusion in society

Will the @ICC stand by its own rules, or will it fall into line behind a woman-hating, torturer regime?

What do you think @root66?

[Emma Hilton @FondOfBeetles]

I ran a fairly straightforward analysis of track and field performances across junior ages in different track and field competitions.

The raw analysis looks like this for international records. Above the line is male advantage, below the line is female advantage.

This pattern its repeated across national and state-level competitions. You can see that for almost all events at all ages, boys hold advantage over girls.

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

Shocking News:
Execution for Showing Your Hair: New Hijab Law in Iran

The Islamic Republic has taken its war on women and dissent to horrifying new levels. A new law now allows execution for those accused of promoting “nudity, unveiling, or improper attire.” Imagine this: calling for personal choice or collaborating with media or foreign organizations can now be branded “corruption on earth” under Article 286 of the Islamic Penal Code, a charge punishable by death.

As if death weren’t enough, the new laws, ensuring that flogging and imprisonment continue as punishments for defying forced hijab rules.

For years, these cruel penalties have specifically targeted women and LGBTQ+ communities, criminalizing basic self-expression and personal freedoms.

This is not a law; it is a tool of terror, a deliberate, calculated weapon to crush women, silence voices, and obliterate the fight for equality. The regime, desperate to maintain control, wields fear and violence against its own people, knowing it is losing its grip on power.

The world cannot remain silent. Every moment of inaction enables this tyranny. It’s time to hold the Islamic Republic accountable for its crimes against humanity.
I call on women worldwide, especially prominent actors, athletes, and female politicians, to raise their voices and join this fight against the gender apartheid imposed by the Islamic Republic.
To the men: stand with us. Women’s rights are human rights, and only through unity can we dismantle this tyranny and achieve freedom and equality for all.
#WomanLifeFreedom

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

.@UNISONSteve has decided he wants a private space where he gets to choose who's allowed to see him.