Saudi Arabia has executed almost 600 people over the past decade for drug-related offences,
-- three-quarters of whom were foreign nationals from countries including Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Nigeria and Egypt.
After a temporary moratorium on drug-related capital punishments between 2021 and 2022, the executions jumped to record levels, with 122 in 2024 and 118 so far this year up until the end of last month.
With little international scrutiny of what Amnesty International de…
Listen to The Briefing Room. @DAaronovitch on the really important question. Why has the rise in people claiming disability benefits been so much higher in UK than elsewhere? This is much more interesting than journos harping on about "humiliation".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002f9fz
Saksassa leviää Euroopassa harvinainen, hyönteislevitteinen eläintauti https://www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi/maatalous/4a197a0e-7458-49c4-9f4d-0e27d3611694
Petty Assifer Hegseth orders #HarveyMilk name to be removed from US Naval vessel
https://apnews.com/article/harvey-milk-navy-ship-rename…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Herbie Hancock:
🎵 I Thought It Was You
#HerbieHancock
https://discoafro.bandcamp.com/track/herbie-hancock-i-thought-it-was-you-disco-afro-breakbeat-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/0taRW8bPp2xW6ewm6PDMTZ
I just typed “spreadsheeps” in an email and the possibilities are horrifying???
her: "i kind of like working with autotools"
me: "that's horrifying"
her: "it was the good part of my childhood!"
Nice (laudatory) hairpin work #N672CP
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Herbie Hancock:
🎵 Cantaloupe Island
#HerbieHancock
https://discoafro.bandcamp.com/track/herbie-hancock-cantaloupe-island-disco-afro-breakbeat-remix