Brexit Crisis Worsened By Rampant Capitalism A Different Bias is a channel started in 2018 by then-teacher Phil Moorhouse to turn his “ranting about politics in the staffroom” into videos about Brexit era Britain. Over the past year the “socialist, Pr…
TikTok reached 1 billion monthly active users
TikTok announced in a blog post today that 1 billion people use TikTok every month. That means that on this big rock in space that we call home, about one in seven-and-a-half people are regularly watching short-form videos of dancing, dangerous “milk crate challenges” and even actual educational content. For context, Facebook said that in […]
The East review – war is hell … for the bloodthirsty imperialists
Jim Taihuttu’s story of Dutch soldiers in Indonesia is as short-sighted as the old-fashioned colonialists it is trying to criticiseThe canonisation of Apocalypse Now has resulted in a cinematic template for the psychological war epic where the battlefi…
Earthquake strikes Crete, killing man and damaging buildings
Residents sent fleeing into the streets and schools evacuated from quake on Greek islandThe Greek island of Crete has been hit by an earthquake, killing one man and injuring 20, while damaging homes and churches and causing rock slides near the country…
Germany: SPD intends to form coalition with Greens and liberals
Centre-left contender to replace Angela Merkel announces plan for ‘social-ecological-liberal’ allianceThe centre-left contender to fill Angela Merkel’s shoes has announced his intention to forge a “social-ecological-liberal coalition” following Sunday’…
UK clears Facebook’s purchase of CRM maker, Kustomer
The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Facebook’s acquisition of Kustomer, a maker of CRM tools. The purchase was announced last November — with a price-tag we reported as $1BN — but is pending closing after facing regulatory scrutiny. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened an inquiry on the proposed merger this summer, at […]
Richard Gere may testify in Matteo Salvini trial over rescue ship standoff
Actor helped deliver food to people onboard NGO vessel that was refused entry to Italian port by then ministerRichard Gere has agreed to testify against Italy’s far-right former interior minister Matteo Salvini, who is standing trial for refusing to le…
Matteo Salvini’s former social media guru faces drugs investigation
Luca Morisi, credited with rise of Italy’s far-right League party, resigned last weekLuca Morisi, the influential social media guru credited with the surge in support for the Italian far-right League party, has been placed under investigation for the a…
Europe is losing its moral compass – how will it find its way without Merkel? | Marion Van Renterghem
The pragmatic chancellor’s departure will be a turning point not only for Germany but also the EUDuring a farewell tour of European heads of state and government this summer, Angela Merkel went to see the Queen. The few filmed minutes of her arrival in…
Dutch PM given extra security amid fears of drug gang attack
‘Spotters’ were seen scoping out movements of Mark Rutte, who cycles to work in The HagueThe Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, who cycles to work in The Hague, has reportedly been given extra personal security in response to raised fears of a kidnappin…