Wendy Bevan

#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: “I should tell you, in Tennessee, a big slice of Black residents in Memphis will now have their votes folded into a White county called Williamson County. Williamson County literally STILL HAS a confederate flag on their county seal, but they’ll have just the right size of a slice of Black voters from Memphis to make sure they can never, with their other Memphis residents, elect a member of Congress of their choosing. There’s a reason why people are calling this Jim Crow 2.0. This REALLY IS plainly an effort to drag us back to the the post reconstruction era after the civil war…”😳

It’s 9am in Lebanon and the Israelis just issued displacement orders for 6 Lebanese towns. There is no ceasefire here.

@NSNCyclingTeam @Tour_de_Hongrie @weare_NSN Stay upright and good luck

It’s a true sprinters’ day to start the @Tour_de_Hongrie ⚡️ Stage 1️⃣ is a flat and fast circuit race around the spa town of Gyula and Békéscsaba, with racing beginning at 13:20 CET. 🇭🇺 #TDH2026 #WeAreNSN | @weare_NSN

Federal spending on private schools under Labor is growing FASTER than funding to public schools. Labor's pouring $59 million a day into the private system while public school buildings crumble & teachers dip into their own pockets to buy supplies. What are we even doing here?

@AlpecinPT @AlpecinCycling @_PremierTech @canyon_bikes @RideShimano @kalasbenelux @Gregoortrucks @WHOOP @GoZwift @Pirelli Huge shame

🏥 Unfortunately, Kaden Groves has abandoned the Giro d’Italia during today’s stage. The Australian rider is still suffering from the aftermath of his crash during the opening stage of the race and was unable to recover sufficiently to continue the Giro. We wish Kaden a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹 📸 @PhotoNewsBe #AlpecinPremierTech

This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opi…

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They cancelled elections. They are redrawing districts. They are overturning voters (b/c they voted for black Members of Congress) They are doing this to give Donald Trump unlimited power. And they're proud of it.

@lucasaganronald Just just awful

Sending only the best wishes to all the riders injured in today’s crash… still absolutely heartbroken over it. 😔 #GirodItalia

Sky News: Israel is using Gaza-style destruction tactics in southern Lebanon. 2,154 buildings - 50,000 households - systematically destroyed in just a month and a half. Entire villages leveled. Neighborhoods erased. Over a million people now homeless. Israel says: "We're targeting Hezbollah." But Hezbollah isn't hiding in every home. Every village. Every main square. This isn't about occupation. It's about clearing land. Making sure tens of thousands never return.

@reallyspoketome Ha! highlighters are the absolute least of my problems! I’m tempted now though….

@BevanWendy What if I sent you highlighters.

The Giro is on?? I am so unprepared and without a snack strategy. 😫#CouchPeloton

@reallyspoketome Would if I could. Zero talent

Can someone make me a map please?

In 2018, the world came together to rescue a junior football team—ages 11-16—trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave system in northern Thailand. And yet in 2026, the world sits silently by as we watch the 1000s of kids trapped in Gaza die—being killed by Israel. #MakeItStop

“Don’t ignore this. I don’t want to be killed. Don’t pass by the word ‘execution’ so easily, this may be the last time you hear my voice.” And it was. No one listened. Naser was only 25-year-old. Last week, one morning, right after the call to prayer, the interrogator, called his name, walked him to the gallows, kicked the chair, and that was it. And we, the enlightened global community, did what we do best: we watched… we scrolled… and we moved on. He is the fourth Kurdish prisoner to have received a death sentence for alleged espionage for Israel in recent days.

@DalrympleWill And they are being pulled up - this should be enough to make us all weep

The olive tree is not just the modern symbol of the Palestinians and their deep roots in the soil of their land, it was always central to their history and economy. Along with cotton, which the Palestinians exported to Marseilles, olive oil and olive soap were major export industries in the early Ottoman period, a reflection of the astonishing number amount of olive trees growing between Jerusalem and Nablus. The trees were divided into rumani- the big, old spreading ones that dated back to Byzantine times and so were most fruiful- and the more youthful islami ones, those planted under Muslim rule, so younger and therefore less productive and taxed at a lower rate. Camels carried the oil into town, each one carrying a load of four vessels, while soap was carried out. The Ottomans taxed camels moving in both directions. There were at least twelve olive oil soap factories operating in Jerusalem under the Mamluks. Under early Ottoman rule, the Jerusalem economy greatly enlarged, well-organised guilds were set up and yet more soap factories were built. The Janisseries in the Citadel and the 'ulama of the al-Aqsa were both heavily invested in the trade. By the 18thC, the making of olive oil soap had partly migrated to Nablus, which along with Acre became the richest city in the region, largely on the proceeds.

@LeGruppetto Oh god 😭

Heurté par une voiture à l'entraînement, le Belge Milan Bral est mort à 21 ans. Son oncle Sep Vanmarcke lui a rendu hommage : "Hier matin avant ton dernier entraînement, tu es venu nous voir. J'aurais aimé que tu restes un peu plus longtemps chez nous. Une minute aurait suffi."

@BenjiNaesen It’s devastating. For everyone, his poor family, his friends, everyone who hugs their kids tighter, everyone who watches their kids fulfill a dream but also wonders every single day is today is the day.

I can't believe we lost another young cyclist today. 😭 Absolutely broke my heart reading about Milan Bral's death, as a consequence of being hit by a vehicle. This happens too often. My thoughts are with Milan's family, friends and teammates. 🙏

Can young cyclists please stop getting hit by cars and having brakes and dying please . FUCKKKKMM

Q: So, when they wiped away the fake blood from the capsule he’d smeared onto his ear, there was no injury at all?! A: He was never shot. Q: And that ridiculous ear drape he wore for days?! A: It was actually to hide the fact that his ear was completely uninjured. Q: He LIED!

The White House is completely silent as BBC confirms a consistent pattern of massive financial spikes occurring just minutes before Donald Trump makes market moving announcements. The administration is facing severe allegations of illegally profiteering off inside knowledge.