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A kid texts their mother during a school lockdown.

KID: Mom, a drag queen broke into our school. I love you so much.

MOM: What!? Are you sure it’s real?

KID: Yes, we’re under lockdown now. We barricaded the door and I’m hiding under my desk. Mom, I’m so scared.

MOM: Can you call me? Are you safe?

KID: I can only text. We have to be quiet. They feed off the prepubescent voices of young white boys.

MOM: Okay, honey, stay calm. Remember what you learned in drag lockdown training. It will do whatever it can to lure you with its bronze silicone breasts and brainwash you.

KID: I can hear its stilettos clicking down the hallway. I think it’s close to our classroom…

MOM: Stay completely still, honey. Breathe. Cover your genitals.

KID: There are so many sequins! I can see them reflecting onto the walls.

Asa Winstanley joins Lowkey to discuss the ongoing protests in Israel, UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees and his new book, "Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Took Down Jeremy Corbyn."

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For quite some time, TikTok has been recruiting former State Department officials to run its operations.

The post TIKTOK: Chinese “Trojan Horse” Is Run By State Department Officials appeared first on scheerpost.com.

It’s not hard to see how the evolution of cooperation and the evolution of language are mutually reinforcing, writes John Mitchinson

ICC prosecutor general Karim Khan raised millions from NATO states by crafting an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin while freezing investigations into well-documented US and Israeli war crimes. Along the way, he won powerful friends in Washington, London, Kiev — and Hollywood.

The post How NATO States Sponsored ICC Prosecutor’s Putin Arrest Warrant appeared first on scheerpost.com.

By John McEvoy and Mark Curtis / Declassified UK The U.K. government has poured over £25 million into private “counter-disinformation” organisations since January 2018 and four of these are directed by people linked to the British or U.S. foreign policy establishment. Yet, while publishing information deriving from these groups, much of it on the Ukraine war, media […]

The post British Media’s Deception on ‘Disinformation’ appeared first on scheerpost.com.

On the eve of a pivotal presidential election in Tunisia, women at a hair salon debate the 26 candidates – and their future

- by Aeon Video

Watch at Aeon

An examination of the economic law that says as the private sector improves productivity by destroying the planet and creating awful jobs, what's left of the public sector must do the same.

To improve psychotherapy, researchers are looking beyond what happens in a session to learn exactly how change is achieved

- by Ciarán O’Driscoll

Read at Psyche

Machine learning theory is shedding new light on how to think about the mysterious and ineffable nature of art

- by Peli Grietzer

Read at Aeon

Peter Mertens of the Workers’ Party of Belgium spoke to Stella Assange ahead of the four year anniversary of the unjust imprisonment of Julian Assange

The post Julian Assange, WikiLeaks & War Crimes | Peter Mertens Meets Stella Assange appeared first on scheerpost.com.

British understanding of Northern Ireland generally comes in the form of a set of isolated tropes, often to do with terrorism and bloody atavistic conflict. Brexit has arguably increased awareness of the region somewhat, bringing discussions of the Irish border and the 1998 Good Friday Agreement to the fore, and the 2017 election result introduced […]

Shipping costs vary greatly across countries and industries. So surging costs likely have a greater impact on imports from distant sources and imports of large, low-value goods.

With mounting Ofcom complaints, Julian Petley looks at the 'person' behind the controversial new broadcaster and its biases toward climate change

. Great presentation, but I think Angrist should have also mentioned that although ‘ideally controlled experiments’ may tell us with certainty what causes what effects, this is so only when given the right ‘closures.’ Making appropriate extrapolations from — ideal, accidental, natural or quasi — experiments to different settings, populations or target systems, is not […]

Scholz’s corrupt past resurrected again, coalition sinking, and questions arising over who in German government is actually steering foreign policy.

Was my hair reacting to an identity crisis? Maybe.

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