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I know Liberals mean well when they say to me, "G33k, you and I want the same thing. A fair and equal #society." But I do get annoyed by that. Quite a bit.
Because I am for a #fair and #equitable society. Hence why I am an #AnarchoSyndicalist and a #AnarchoCommunist. And a fair and equitable society is one without #Capitalism. Which Liberals are not on board with because they still want to be a "small #business owner."
According to The Sunday Times' 2025 rankings, Saffron Walden in Essex is currently the best place to live in England[^1]. This historic market town of around 16,000 people combines rural charm with excellent amenities, including a bustling high street, top-rated schools, and convenient access to Cambridge just 15 miles away[^2].
The town has transformed from its former reputation of being "old-fashioned and stuffy" into a vibrant community with fresh ideas, independent shops, and an emerging food scene "defying the Essex stereotypes"[^1]. Local resident India Burrett describes summers there as "like being in the south of France with everyone milling around"[^2].
While housing costs average £607,100, the town offers strong transport links to London (43 miles away) and a rich heritage dating back to 1141 when its market first began trading[^2]. The area features extensive green spaces and maintains a strong sense of community, with resident Henry Rowe noting that despite having lived in Perth, Australia, he "will always return to Saffron Walden"[^2].
Saffron Walden, a historic market town in Essex home to around 16,000 people, has been named the best place to live in 2025 by The Sunday Times as part of their annual list
It's too hot outside and inside ! My freckles are starting to join up all over my body and a nice ice cold G&T didn't help either. So we've decided to go for another walk down to the harbour in the village which was heaving with tourists earlier and probably still is. On a plus note this tan accelerating factor 30 sun oil is working a treat. 🔥😍🌞
🇺🇸 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will meet on Tuesday in Washington with President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Mauro Vieira discusses whether BRICS is anti-West and whether global governance must change to reflect today’s realities.
In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira discusses Brazil’s role in the expanding BRICS bloc and whether the group is positioning itself as a challenge to Western dominance.
Speaking from Rio de Janeiro after the BRICS summit, Vieira explains President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s call for a global trade currency, critiques the current state of the United Nations, and explains what Brazil envisions for a more balanced multipolar world. With absent leaders, rising tensions, and growing ambitions, is BRICS reshaping global power, or just talking about it?
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a speech at the annual meeting of the New Development Bank (Banco do Brics) on July 4, 2025, where he criticized the United Nations (UN) as "insignificant" for its inability to prevent what he described as a "genocide" in Gaza and its failure to create a Palestinian state.
Alan MacLeod looks at how the Swedish climate activist widened her focus to the capitalist system and Israeli genocide in Gaza and lost the attention of the corporate press.
The speaker of the house and Zionist-first Mike Johnson will probably kill this. It would be nice to see if the democrats would vote this through if they gain the house in 2026. My guess, they would not. Epstein had "friends" on both sides of the aisle.
Why are the Epstein files still hidden? Who are the rich & powerful being protected?
On Tuesday, I'm introducing an amendment to force a vote demanding the FULL Epstein files be released to the public.
- Syria signs $800 mn deal for Tartus port with UAE's DP World
- In May, Damascus signed a 30-year contract with French shipping giant CMA CGM to develop and run the port of Latakia.
- That same month, Syria signed a $7 billion energy deal with a consortium of Qatari, Turkish and US companies as part of efforts to revive its crippled power sector.
ETH Zurich researchers have developed a groundbreaking "living material" that actively captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through two mechanisms: biomass production and mineral formation[^1][^2].
The material combines cyanobacteria (photosynthetic bacteria) embedded within a printable hydrogel matrix. The cyanobacteria convert CO2 into biomass through photosynthesis while simultaneously triggering the formation of solid carbonate minerals - a process called microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP)[^1].
Key achievements of the material include:
Sequestered 2.2 mg of CO2 per gram of hydrogel over 30 days
Captured 26 mg of CO2 per gram over 400 days in mineral form
Maintained viability for over one year
Required only sunlight and artificial seawater to function
Can be 3D printed into various structures[^1]
The research team demonstrated practical applications by creating:
A 3-meter high tree-trunk structure at the Venice Architecture Biennale that can bind 18kg of CO2 annually
Building facade coatings that could capture carbon throughout a building's lifecycle
Lattice structures that passively transport nutrients through capillary action[^2]
"As a building material, it could help to store CO2 directly in buildings in the future," said Mark Tibbitt, Professor of Macromolecular Engineering at ETH Zurich[^2].
The material represents a low-maintenance, environmentally friendly approach to carbon capture that operates at ambient conditions using atmospheric CO2, contrasting with industrial methods requiring concentrated CO2 sources and controlled conditions[^1].
Researchers are developing a living material that actively extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Photosynthetic cyanobacteria grow inside it, forming biomass and solid minerals and thus binding CO2 in two different manners.
Resistance in Gaza: Command Post Struck, Tanks Destroyed
At least five Zionist soldiers were wounded in three separate incidents in the Gaza Strip, occupation newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Saturday. A “security incident” in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, also prompted an emergency aerial evacuation of wounded personnel.
The Palestinian Resistance launched a series of coordinated attacks against Zionist occupation forces across the Gaza Strip, delivering yet another blow to the military amid the ongoing genocidal war.
Al-Qassam targets C2 position, snipes soldier
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that its fighters targeted a Zionist command-and-control post east of al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City with heavy mortar fire. In a separate operation in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, a Resistance sniper struck a Zionist soldier with a fatal shot.
Al-Quds Brigades targets forces across Gaza
Simultaneously, al-Quds Brigades—the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)—confirmed multiple successful operations targeting armored vehicles. The group detonated a pre-planted anti-tank explosive device east of al-Tuffah, destroying a Merkava tank during its incursion.
Another explosive device was used to destroy a tank east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood. Fighters returning from the operation reported direct hits and confirmed the tank was neutralized.
Earlier in the day, al-Quds Brigades said its fighters struck a military vehicle along the Kissufim supply route northeast of Khan Younis using a pre-planted improvised explosive device (IED). Additionally, a barrel-shaped explosive device destroyed another military vehicle in the Sheikh Nasser area east of Khan Younis.
Occupation troops were also targeted with mortar fire on Jabal al-Sawrani, east of al-Tuffah, where occupation forces have been massing in recent days.
A groundbreaking study published in July 2025 demonstrates that African savannah elephants use intentional gestures to communicate their goals, similar to great apes[^1]. The research team presented semi-captive elephants with desired and undesired items, recording their communication attempts when experimenters met, partially met, or failed to meet their goals[^1].
The study identified 38 different gesture types that elephants used almost exclusively when a visually attentive experimenter was present[^1]. The elephants showed three key criteria for intentional communication:
Audience directedness - signaling only when someone was watching
Persistence - continuing to gesture when goals were partially met
Elaboration - using new signals when communication failed
The research was conducted at the Jafuta Reserve in Zimbabwe, where elephants combined specific vocalizations with gestures in greeting behaviors[^6]. They used different types of signals including:
Silent-visual gestures
Audible gestures
Tactile gestures
Rumble vocalizations
The findings reveal that elephants, like apes, assess the communicative effectiveness of their gesturing and adjust their signals based on the audience's visual attention[^6]. This expands understanding of intentional communication beyond the primate lineage[^9].
A crucial feature of language is the ability to communicate cognitive goals to a specific audience, i.e. goal-directed intentionality. Core criteria for...
«Γάζα: Ο ισραηλινός στρατός δολοφόνησε παιδιά που περίμεναν στην ουρά για νερό» διαβάζω για αυτούς που θέλουν να πείσουν τον κόσμο πως είναι οι απόγονοι του Ολοκαυτώματος. Δεν είναι. Είναι δολοφόνοι με λεφτά.
>> This week, more than 25 states from around the world will gather in Bogotá, Colombia, for the “Emergency Conference” to halt the Gaza genocide: the most ambitious multilateral response since Israel began its campaign of devastation two years ago.
>> “The Bogotá conference will go down as the moment in history that states finally stood up to do the right thing,” said UN Special Rapporteur #FrancescaAlbanese, calling the formation of The Hague Group the “most significant political development of the last 20 months.”
>> Jointly convened by Colombia and South Africa, The Hague Group’s Co-Chairs, the conference brings together states far beyond the boundaries of the Group — from Algeria to Brazil, China to Spain, Indonesia to Qatar — “to move from condemnation to collective action,” in the words of Colombian President Gustavo Petro…
Convened by Colombia and South Africa as co-chairs of The Hague Group, the Emergency Ministerial Conference marks the boldest stand yet against the Gaza genocide and the collapse of the multilateral order.
Türkiye is active in international affairs and offers its mediation in a number of conflicts, however in the resolution of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations,
Kenyan Communist Revolutionary, Julia Njoki, Murdered in Police Custody
Communist revolutionay Julia Njoki was murdered by police in a cell in the Nanyuki police station, a city in central Kenya. Julia Njoki was kept in detention because she was unable to pay the deposit of 50,000 shillings decided by a Kenyan court. She died following multiple head injuries.
Her death comes in the context of a huge uprising against the right wing government.
The death toll from the uprising in Kenya has surged to over 30 people,with at least 107 others wounded during the nationwide marches.
The marches saw clashes erupt between protesters and police in the capital, Nairobi, as well as the city of Eldoret, with the KNCHR accusing the police of cooperating with armed gangs, who were armed with machetes and spears, in the wake of the violence.
There was widespread destruction of property in the uprising as the privatization of the country drives poverty and resistance.
The Trump administration is attacking academia because it threatens existing power structures and dominant elites. This is seen most clearly when it comes to Palestine.
Η κατάπαυση του πυρός στην #Γάζα είναι προϋπόθεση για την αναγνώριση της Παλαιστίνης ως κράτους, υπαινίχθηκε ο Μακρόν. Δλδ, για να το κάνουμε δίφραγκα, όσο το Ισραήλ σφαγιάζει τους φουκαράδες τους Παλαιστίνιους, ο Μακρόν δεν θα αναγνωρίσει την Παλαιστίνη ως κράτος. Και ύστερα κοροϊδεύετε το ζαβό.
το τέλος γενικότερα παρακολουθούμε των πάντων Δύσης και Ανατολής, αναπτυγμένων και υπανάπτυκτων κλπ. Μόνο οι χρόνοι θα έχουν μια διακύμανση με την έννοια οτι κάποιοι θα προσπαθήσουν να καθυστερήσουν το αναπόφευκτο αλλά αμφίβολο αν θα το καταφέρουν. Εγώ νιώθω οτι κάνω καταγραφή του τέλους την ανθρωπότητας, τουλάχιστον όπως την ξέρουμε...κάτι σαν τους τελευταίους δεινόσαυρους πριν την εξάλειψη
Macron is now indicating that a ceasefire in Gaza is a precondition for France to recognise the State of Palestine. What a gift to Netanyahu! All he needs do, to prevent the recognition of Palestine is ensure that there is no ceasefire in Gaza!
Hospital sources told Al Jazeera that Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 85 people since dawn, including 46 in Gaza City alone.
Meanwhile, Al-Shifa Hospital Director Muhammad Abu Salmiya warned that Gaza’s hospitals could shut down by tomorrow without fuel. He accused the Israeli army of restricting fuel deliveries “up to the point of death,” saying medical teams are stretched thin and supplies are running critically low.
People are absolute about their privacy. But none of those types will ever factor in that if the law is supposed to work, there needs to be an accurate record of interactions. The cops can't just write in a report, "Talked to a guy."
Just like the #Nazis tried to #erase #Jews from #Germany's #History, #Trump's attempt to erase #America's #LGBTQ+ population will not be successful. He can take down as many websites as he wants and erase as many #references to LGBTQ+ history and #culture that he wants but he will not be successful. ---
The following advertisement was not produced by boycott movements, but rather by the Israeli occupation Manufacturers Association to promote Israeli products — which, according to the ad, are turned into “Arrow missiles, Merkava tanks, and drones.
> Die AfD-Mitgliedschaft ist in Sachsen weiterhin kein Hinderungsgrund für einen Job im Staatsdienst. Das stellte das Innenministerium nach Bekanntwerden entsprechender Pläne in Rheinland-Pfalz klar.
Axon Enterprise’s Draft One — a generative artificial intelligence product that writes police reports based on audio from officers’ body-worn cameras — seems deliberately designed to avoid audits that could provide any accountability to the public, a…
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in reply to chrisw3bb • • •According to The Sunday Times' 2025 rankings, Saffron Walden in Essex is currently the best place to live in England[^1]. This historic market town of around 16,000 people combines rural charm with excellent amenities, including a bustling high street, top-rated schools, and convenient access to Cambridge just 15 miles away[^2].
The town has transformed from its former reputation of being "old-fashioned and stuffy" into a vibrant community with fresh ideas, independent shops, and an emerging food scene "defying the Essex stereotypes"[^1]. Local resident India Burrett describes summers there as "like being in the south of France with everyone milling around"[^2].
While housing costs average £607,100, the town offers strong transport links to London (43 miles away) and a rich heritage dating back to 1141 when its market first began trading[^2]. The area features extensive green spaces and maintains a strong sense of community, with resident Henry Rowe noting that despite having lived in Perth, Australia, he "will always return to Saffron Walden"[^2].
[^1]: [The Times - Best Places to Live 2025](thetimes.co.uk/article/best-pl…)
[^2]: [Mirror - UK's best places to live revealed](mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uks-…)
UK's best places to live uncovered- see if yours makes the list
The Mirror