Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14hAll executions are barbaric. The primary difference with a public execution is that the barbarism is made obvious. Mankind cannot bear that reality. 924451
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Zelensky isn’t pulling his punches 4488123
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרMatthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 18h4% of people who live with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa develop tuberculosis (TB) each year - and it remains a major cause of death. TB preventive treatment reduced the risk of developing active TB by 61% in people starting HIV treatment. www.aidsmap.com/news/oct-202...aidsmap.com 0135
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 18h10 October 1962. BBC banned The Monster Mash by Bobby (“Boris”) Pickett & The Crypt Kickers from being played on radio or TV. It was deemed “too ghoulish”. Even so, it became a graveyard smash and a US No 1 hit. 5528
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yes, Jews are a minority in Latin America. But they still exist. This person (whose bio is all about how they hate Israel btw) is saying this about Jews when they would never, ever say this about any other minority group. It's openly, obviously about a hatred of Jews. 1210322
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרTerrence Higgins Trust @tht.org.uk · 09/10/2026This is a Troye Sivan appreciation post. In a quiet moment in Troye's hot new music video, the pop star takes a PrEP pill. It's a simple act to help normalise PrEP. But it's far from the first time that Troye has used his platform to help advocate around HIV. Thank you, Troye! 0112
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A peak of more than 10 million people watched Celebrity Traitors last night. Absolutely sensational. 412215
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026More than 10 million in this day and age on linear television on a Thursday. It’s unheard of beyond live sports. 19911
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Anna Politkovskaya was murdered 20 years ago today. If you have any interest in Russia but haven't read her work, today is a good day to start. This is the opening of her book Putin's Russia: 226781
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרPliny Soocoormanee. 🏳️🌈 🇬🇧 🇲🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 @plinys23.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Pretending to be gay for asylum is not a victimless deception. It risks undermining trust in the claims of #LGBT+ people who genuinely face persecution. We helped expose an alleged scheme. 3 have now been arrested. Genuine refugees must be protected. #RefugeesWelcome www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukThree arrested after raid on gang accused of helping migrants pretend to be gay to get asylumThose targeted by Home Office immigration enforcement officers are accused of charging migrants up to £4,500 for fabricated evidence. 233
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 09/10/202614 million viewers for #TheCelebrityTraitors series two opener in only seven days. I reckon series two will beat series one www.broadcastnow.co.uk/ratings/the-...broadcastnow.co.ukThe Celebrity Traitors audience pushes forwardTHURSDAY: BBC1 juggernaut adds 1.5m overnight viewers while launch ep amasses 14m over seven days 1528
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Please learn the difference between “here are the reasons this thing happened” and “imposing your own narrative onto a region you know nothing about.” My Jewish grandmothers were not expelled from Iraq and Tunisia because of a war Hamas started on October 7th. 16416
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🇮🇪 Irish actress Denise Gough thought October 7 was the perfect day to post a 😂 emoji with a video of an Israeli being cursed out for asking a passerby for an interview. It's not just that they don't want to remember the Israelis Hamas killed on October 7th. They see it as a day to mock our pain. 83313
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 09/10/20263000+ majority for Labour, comfortable and a sign of Burnham’s gains on the left. Labour vote barely drops. Green vote significantly up from 2024, but less impressive if you assume lots of Feinstein 2024 voters went to the Greens. Bad result for the Greens but not at worst end 59222
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרJoshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A “significant error was made in the application for — and grant of — the search warrants” for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes under section 8 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, Mr Justice Hilliard said in the High Court yesterday. Who was to blame? rozenberg.substack.com/p/a-signific...rozenberg.substack.comA significant errorWho was to blame and will it make any difference in the end? 0148
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Wider context to the Holborn result: this chart shows the proportion of Labour’s 2024 vote going to different parties. Post Gorton over 1 in 10 Labour 24 voters were going to the Greens - that number has more than halved as Labour’s retention improved, particularly on the left. 0209
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרMs Anfield Park @msanfieldpark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Court issued a warrant under s8. The overreach occurred when the Police executed it If they did not read the warrant that had been issued, or did read it but did not understand it, that’s a Police cock up. If they deliberately went beyond it, that’s far worse. Either way, it’s on them. 4143
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Indeed. One function of high-profile criminal defences is to show up the sort of police errors which normally are hidden. 26610
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026BREAKING: The IDF announced that the Hamas man who held Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Matan Angrest hostage has been eliminated after they advanced new attacks on Israelis. 310220
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I want to be clear. Jews everywhere believe that the rest of the world doesn’t care if we live or die, if our children are afraid to step outside, if our synagogues need armed guards. Please, non-Jews everywhere prove us wrong. 107223
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The singer Lorde tagged Robert Kraft in a post of herself wearing a “Free Palestine” jacket. The Free Palestine movement is not about helping Palestinians. It’s about rehabilitating the careers of washed up celebrities and has been singers like Macklemore. 77815
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Thames Valley police had conceded that it obtained the search powers under the wrong statutory provision" One would think that police would get something like this right. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comSearch warrants used in Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor raids were unlawful, court rulesJudge makes ruling after former prince brought judicial review of operation linked to Jeffrey Epstein investigation 2417728
Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנר @nlygo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🤣🤣🤣 (it's OK if one of them is cute...) 000
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026How (not) to remove an honour Is this the end of no-go areas for judicial review? How a case about removing a gong points to an expansion of public law By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... 02712
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Jews have a right to have our own country. Jews have a right to go to the land of our ancestors and connect to our history. Jews have a right to seek sanctuary when the world comes to slaughter us like they did our grandparents. And Jews have a right to fight back. 1115933
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרJoshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Is your software a “product”? If not — and it harms you in some way — you may not be able to claim compensation. That needs to change, the government’s law reform advisers suggest. And product liability law might be extended to online marketplaces like Amazon. rozenberg.substack.com/p/consumer-p...rozenberg.substack.comConsumer protectionWill Amazon have to pay compensation if it sells products that cause harm? 0136
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרMildmay UK @mildmayline.info · 08/10/2026Mildmay is a real family. Whether you are a patient, staff member or volunteer, you very quickly feel a part of it." Thank you to Bishop Paul McAleenan for visiting us last week. Read more: mildmay.org/post/bishop-...mildmay.org"A real family": Bishop Paul McAleenan visits MildmayThe Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster joined staff and patients at Mildmay Hospital for coffee and lunch in the garden, describing Mildmay as "a real family". 011
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026BBC cuts latest: You and Yours, Free Thinking, Thinking Allowed to be cut. BBC Radio 5 Live commissions cut too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and YoursThe corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts. 053
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרMatthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sorry to inform to you that Free Thinking has been axed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and YoursThe corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts. 7516872
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026BREAKING: Hamam al-Hammami, the FlyDubai co-pilot accused of trying to crash Flight 1073, said to investigators that he had prepared the same attack in July, but chose against it because he cared about one of the crew members. 4327
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Kemi Badenoch wants a left-right argument about the economy. She sees an opportunity on identity "against the identity politics of the left and the right" to oppose ethno-nationalism on the right, with a conservative case for high expectations on integration that migrants + minorities can pass 1136
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Channel 4 have confirmed David Brindley is its new head of programmes, taking over from Ian Katz. 033
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The same people who insist "it didn't start on October 7th" also turned “Israel was promised to them 3,000 years ago” into a slur to deny Jewish indigeneity. They don’t care about history. They care about mocking, vilifying, and justifying the murders of Jews. 2610122
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/10/2026Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution, her attorney says.bit.lyChrista Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution, attorney saysChrista Pike's attorneys say she is aware of what happened to her after Tennessee’s failed execution attempt a week ago and is both angry and confused. 1812729
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרJoshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The courts can review a decision taken under prerogative powers to remove an honour, a High Court judge ruled yesterday. She dismissed government claims that “decisions relating to the honours system are beyond the constitutional competence of the court”. rozenberg.substack.com/p/courts-can...rozenberg.substack.comCourts can review honoursDecisions to withdraw an award are not beyond the courts’ competence 074
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרDavid Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Much more detail here www.justice.org.uk/news/former-...justice.org.ukFormer independent terror reviewers: Leaving the ECHR would make Britain less safe and weaken UK influence | JUSTICE | UK Legal Reform CharityFormer terror reviewers warn leaving the ECHR would weaken UK security, justice cooperation and Britain’s influence in Europe. 0133
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/10/2026Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, is awake and speaking after surviving a failed execution attempt.bit.lyChrista Pike is awake after failed execution as her attorneys seek more informationChrista Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, is awake and speaking after surviving a failed execution attempt. 118118
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In our latest voting intention, Labour hit 29% their highest since 2024, Reform move to 2nd & Greens fall to lowest since August 2025 🌹 LAB 29% (+2) ⏩ REF 24% (+3) 🌳 CON 21% (-1) 🔶 LIB DEM 10% (-1) 🟢 GREEN 7% (-2) ⚫ RES: 4% (-2) N 2,088 | Dates 3-5/10 | Change w 29/09 42413
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרFast Track Cities LDN @londonftci.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🤔 What happens when HIV becomes something we feel more comfortable talking about? Sharing experiences can help someone else feel understood, find support or feel more confident about getting tested. The welcome they receive matters. 🧡 #GettingToZero #EndStigma #HIV 111
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026When a Free Palestine activist began shouting at a group of Israelis waiting for their flight, the crowd responded by singing “Am Israel Chai”. Even in the face of hatred, we show that nothing will ever put an end to our Jewish joy and love for life. 🇮🇱💙 1012524
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One fewer no-go area for judicial review. 13910
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרFast Track Cities LDN @londonftci.bsky.social · 06/10/2026💬 "Now we have regimes that enable people to have a life” Gus Cairns, HIV activist/writer talks knowledge & community action with Prof. Jane Anderson CBE, Winnie Sseruma 🎧 Watch or listen: fasttrackcities.london/podcast-7 #GettingToZero #EndStigma #FastTrackCitiesLondon 011
Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנר @nlygo.bsky.social · 06/10/20262 income families earn over £100k combined these days! It is a good few weeks since we last worked - things have changed! 😉 000
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists. 60173201803
Reposted by Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנרAndrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Fascism is not an ideology. It is a political technique that builds on emotions." 0318
Norman Goldner - נורמן גולדנר @nlygo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There was an execution by firing squad last year in South Carolina on a civilian, a first for the state and the first time the method was used in the US in 15 years. @davidallengreen.bsky.social 200