Aside from his usual MAGA sycophancy, Tommy Tuberville’s latest “Furry Panic” seemed particularly deranged—and it did require some investigation. For nearly 20 minutes on the Senate floor, the Alabama Republican demonized transgender people and ranted about flight attendants being “furries.” The scene was equal parts absurd and chilling: a United States senator, with a straight face, warning the country about a fake threat that had been debunked years earlier. As Christopher Webb noted on social media, Tuberville was talking about furries because that is a hell of a lot easier than explaining $6+ diesel while farmers are getting crushed by…

The sudden and tragic death of Professor Jason Arday, a distinguished former academic at the University of Cambridge, has left a family in profound mourning and a wider community in disbelief. Prof Arday, who had become the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history in 2023, was pronounced dead on a Friday afternoon after emergency services were called to an address in Battersea. The Metropolitan Police responded to a report of a man found unresponsive inside a property just after 3pm. While his death is being treated as unexpected, authorities have stated that it is not believed to be suspicious. For…