🔴A Year of Living Dangerously in Trump’s America
I no longer feel safe to speak or act freely in a country where people are being arbitrarily detained and killed and where the truth is becoming whatever Donald Trump says it is, reports @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/a...
France has condemned it
Russia has zero power in Venezuela. Russia is weak.
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Nothing changed on my battery on 16 pro max after update.
Rather quiet Killarney NP CES 7 yesterday with just 25 birds from 13 species. Although adult female and a very dark juv G-s Woodpecker and a juv Reed Bunting can’t be sniffed at. Also did the two Barn Owl nest sites with broods of 4 and 3 chicks @npwsireland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
Customs officers have begun a detailed specialist search of a cargo ship as part of the investigation into the seizure of €31m worth of cocaine, The Journal has learned.
Read more here:
http://jrnl.ie/6750188t
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during press conference on May 22, 2025 in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Source: Getty Images)
⚡️ Germany’s Chancellor Merz says Russia only understands force—so the West must show it.
After deadly Russian strikes on civilians, he urges tougher EU and US sanctions, more weapons for Ukraine, and warns: no peace talks without pressure.
"Trump is making Europe great again. The US president has provided the biggest stimulus towards European integration since the end of the cold war"
Totally agree with @gideonrachman.bsky.social I also argued similar before the US election (oh and how I was shouted at)
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US defense companies might never be trusted again
on.ft.com/3DtQQZs
Note: you will NEVER find a human-planted tree that looks anything like this. Only natural processes, evolved over 100s of millions of years, produce such variety.
Just another one of many reasons why natural regeneration, not planting, should be the default means of bringing back our lost forests.
◾️"Look at these photo&look at the people in Ukraine.No,Mrs. Weidel,we are not neutral,we are not standing aside.We are on the side of Ukraine, defending our political system," -Friedrich Merz, Chancellor candidate, in response to the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party,Alice Weidel
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
What a long winded article. 🙄
We should have a national quiet day, where everyone just shuts up for 24 hours
Media: "Elon Musk stirs debate by changing the logo of X to the swastika, a Hindu glyph symbolizing the sun, prosperity, and good luck."
A peaceful canoe trip through Norwich turned into a magical experience when a bedraggled kestrel hitched a ride, sunning itself on board! | Liam Calvert
The UK can join anytime. You know the rules.
They need an intervention.
Groundhog day
Groundhog day
Reeves: “these unnecessary barriers to trade are one of the things that will contribute to the deterioration of living standards and making it harder for British businesses to be competitive on the global stage.”
All true.
So what is Labour going to do about it?!
on.ft.com/4g5fUUL
Eh, the barriers are necessary, Ms Reeves, because your country lowers standards, refuses legal oversight, refuses to contribute to the community, and refuses the conditions that are attached to the genuine free trade found within the European four freedoms.
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Continuing the British Brexit tradition of telling other countries what their best interests are. You think they would have learned by now.
Good piece on Elon Musk and the dangerous process of oligarchisation of the United States, mirroring earlier iterations of the phenomenon in Russia (not a coincidence).
olgalautman.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...
Sky news is surprising.
That whole petition thing is hilarious and weird.
That petition thing for another election there is hilarious and weird.
Its really gone crazy over there. The replies to even benign posts are off the wall crazy.
