Alastair Millar

Blair is wrong on Iran, and wrong on clean power.

The British public has not yet forgiven Blair for dragging the country into the Iraq war, to the point where his support would actually be toxic for Starmer. And there are good reasons why @privateeyenews.bsky.social refer to him as 'Phony Tony'.

Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US

Excellent news, the Ig Nobels are awesome.

And given that 4 of 10 honorees declined to travel to the US last year, a sensible decision.

I like the way you think 🙂

Has anyone yet explained by Steve Witkoff was part of the entourage at Dover AFB on Saturday? He's not even a diplomat...

My photo shows a famous wall painting from Pompeii known as the Sappho fresco. It shows the head and upper body of a young woman framed inside a painted circular border. She faces forward. Her eyes are large and dark, gazing to one side with a calm and thoughtful expression, as if pausing mid-thought. Her skin is pale, and her hair is dark brown and tightly curled, forming small ringlets around her face. A thin golden hairnet holds her curls in place. She wears small gold hoop earrings, and a brown cloak over a green garment. In her right hand she holds a thin dark metal stylus (writing tool) up against her lips, as if thinking about what to write. In her left hand she holds a small rectangular wooden wax writing tablet. The fresco is now on display at the Muso Archeologico Nazionale in Naples

The ‘Sappho’ fresco from Pompeii.

A beautiful Roman portrait of a young woman for #InternationalWomensDay

She holds a writing tablet, and raises a writing stylus to her lips in thoughtful contemplation. 55-70 AD.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples 📷 by me

#Archaeology

I know, it's fantastic!!

Ably abetted by Russian botnets, no doubt.

And he is entirely correct to seize this chance.

It is not just better for the environment to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, but for the economy and - crucially - for energy security.

Any excuse to do Vlad a solid.

Orbán will hopefully be gone after the April 12th elections in Hungary. 🤞

Yeah the optics on this one are going to be a total nightmare.

On the other hand, pulling out would have severe diplomatic repercussions. At this point I suspect the government would send him even if he needed a body cast and full resuscitation team 24/7.

Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death,
lying together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.

A “Grandiloquent Word of the Day” meme featuring the word “Muliebrile” (pronounced myoo-lee-EHB-rile), defined as “relating to or characteristic of a woman, women, or womanhood; womanly; feminine; feminal.” To the right is a detailed black-and-white engraving of a medieval woman standing on a hill, holding a bannered staff and raising her arm in a triumphant pose. Below the definition is the example sentence: “In her muliebrile grace she carried both gentleness and resolve, proving that compassion and strength are not opposites but allies.”

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆!
—
Muliebrile [myoo-lee-EHB-rile]
(adj.)
- Relating to or characteristic of a woman, women, or womanhood; womanly; feminine.

Use:
“In her muliebrile grace she carried both gentleness and resolve, proving that compassion and strength are not opposites but allies.”

The motive that CNN ignores, of course, is that Sánchez might have a moral compass of some sort. And he understands that the only way to deal with bullies is to stand up to them; the abbreviation TACO arose for a reason, after all.

Oh every day I thank my lucky stars that I live on this side of the water - as I child I spent 3 years in Florida, but fortunately my father's work brought us back to the UK afterwards. I do sympathise with your plight.

Photo by Saul Loeb via Getty Images, showing Donald J. Trump, Steve Witkoff, Melania Trump, Pam Bondi and J.D. Vance at the homecoming of six deceased U.S. service members, victims of the US/Israeli war on Iran, March 2026.

It's not just the baseball cap.
Or the lack of attention.
Or the red tie.
Or the blue suit.
Or the failure to wear any black at all.

It's ALL of those things together, showing how vulgar, classless, and lacking in both empathy and style Trump truly is.
Disgraceful.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with two ballistic missiles and over 100 drones, Ukraine’s Air Force reported Sunday morning.

And yet, Ukraine has NOT done so, despite you funding the Russian war machine that's hammering at them. Yet still you complain and act like Putin's little bitch.

Hungary has released all the people it took into custody but kept the loot. If it really thought a crime had been committed, it would have kept hold of both.

My photo shows a museum display with colourful Minoan pottery cups arranged on three clear shelves, one above the other. These cups, known as Kamares Ware, are from Phaistos, Crete. They were made in palace workshops, c. 1800-1700 BC. The cups range in shape and size from conic and cylindrical cups (top and middle shelves) to hemispherical and carinated shaped cups (bottom shelf). They are decorated with multi-coloured geometric motifs; with spirals and swirls painted in red and white pigment on black.

Sipping my coffee ☕️ and thinking about these marvellous Minoan cups!

They look so modern it’s incredible to think they were made during the Bronze Age some 3,800 years ago!

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by me

#Archaeology

Gotta say, @cnn.com's Fred Pleitgen must have cojones de acero for voluntarily being in Tehran right now.

The US not caring how much oil prices rise as a result of this would only make sense if they intended to force the world to adopt more alternative energy sources... the exact opposite of their actual policies.

❗️Hungary has still not returned two armored vehicles carrying ~$40M, €35M, and 9kg of gold seized from Ukraine's Oschadbank. Seven staff detained alongside the vehicles have returned to Ukraine, but the assets remain in Hungary. Oschadbank demands immediate return. #Ukraine

So basically openly admitting that this is a war of extermination, and that there is no interest in leaving alive anyone who could, for example, surrender.

Naught but a leap to the left
And thanne a clockwyse tread;
Put thyne handes on thyne hippes,
And be thy knees yn-gatheréd:
Lo, it ys the pelvique thruste
That maketh mirthe down to rayne -

Let us do the Tyme Warpe agayne!

“Grandiloquent Word of the Day” meme on an aged parchment background. The featured word is “Effulgent” with pronunciation [ih-FUL-jent] and definitions: “brightly shining, radiant, resplendent” and “(of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness.” An example sentence reads, “Whenever I’m sad or lonely, your effulgent smile always makes me feel so much better!” To the right is a nostalgic black-ink illustration of a young girl with a large bow in her hair, resting her chin on her hands while gazing dreamily at an open book by candlelight. The tall candle glows softly on a candlestick beside her, reinforcing the theme of brightness and radiance.

Effulgent [ih-FUL-jent]
(adj.)
- Brightly shining, radiant, resplendent.
- (of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness.

Used in a sentence:
“Whenever I’m sad or lonely, your effulgent smile always makes me feel so much better.”

For comparison, Russia launched 480 drones and 19 missiles against Ukraine JUST LAST NIGHT.

Well no surprise there... all the "AI" companies are running on fumes and desperate for actual income.

Got my submission in - there's still nearly two weeks for yours!

Go on, you know you want to 😉

Ok, so EITHER he's so dumb that he doesn't understand that this is a country of 90 million people covering 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), OR he's falling for the Iraq Fallacy of 'they'll welcome us with open arms'.

Iran war pushing China to rethink its military AI and energy security The Iran war is forcing China to reassess its strategy, from energy security to the military use of artificial intelligence.

A useful summary here.