The majority of protestors are manly anti-zionist, with a large-ish minority also holding anti-semitic views. The protests should definitely not be mainly identified with Hamas, though. I wouldn'… (View Post)

The Mars HiRise camera should get a picture of the 3i/atlas comet today, which a lot of people are perplexed about. It may change our understanding of interstellar physics, if the cameras get a clear… (View Post)

Polanski is making his views known, as he's Jewish from Manchester. His view is to to condemn yesterday's atrocity, and to carry on condemning the Israeli government's actions. https:/… (View Post)

Haha. Negative publicity does work sometimes. There"s too many other undemocratic contracts at stake with the British government. (View Post)

The BBC is a very different animal from a few years ago. It both lacks intellectual confidence, and tends to over-defer to people it believes are in the opposite cultural space from it, partly as a r… (View Post)