History Scientist

I've got this plan to replace the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem with a more historically accurate Temple to Venus. I think I may have underestimated local opposition though.

Vague and contradictory Trump says Iran war ‘won’, but not ‘won enough’ After oil prices surged on Monday the US president sought – and failed – to offer a clear vision for when the largest US intervention in the Middle East in years will end

Win wriggly.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Trump hasn’t come up with a nickname for Putin yet.

How about Lootin’ Putin?

Agreed.

You’re just the same as me. I quite like how cool jazz is - I just can’t listen to it.

Yes it is a war crime - but that doesn't somehow sound bad enough. Millions of deaths by thirst as a result of someone's conscious decision feels like it needs its own name.

Just as a thought experiment - how practical would it be to supply the Arabian peninsula with water from outside?

Is this world one thing counts, in ocean going tankers in large amounts.

Large amounts that can’t be offset by trees.

You’ve got to shoot a rocket or two.

Short term pain from gas prices - in the longer term there will be pain from other sources.

It turns out the biggest balls up in British imperial history is ending up with one United States and one Canada rather than 6 Canadas.

It's a shame we already have a Gulf of America.

The well being of the republic is probably best served by the president spending more time asleep and the Democrats more time awake.

Fine by me if it has a decent beat. But I'm an atheist, so I'm not bothered by the trivialisation of the redemtive nature of Christ's suffering.

Music? Anything but jazz and barbershop.

Alfred Deller Where the bee sucks YouTube video by laserpblanca

You may not realise you need some lute music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-V4...

Ombra Mai Fu Cécilia Bartoli YouTube video by Jean-Melchior Delpias

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Regime change. Is that the small pile of coins left behind from the governent budget for everyone else when the Epstieners have filled their coffers.

What if the result of the war is that the US decides to pull out of the Middle East altogether.

Will the locals be okay without them?

Trump is to politics what Florence Foster Jenkins was to opera.

Iran is on the ropes again like it was during the Iran-Iraq war when they gave up after only 8 years.

In general politicians don't have a button they can press to make things better. But I think Trump may have one. He could resign.

I don’t have any market research to back this up. But I think horse lovers are probably more common than battery lovers.

All changed, changed utterly: A terrible gormlessness is born

If the war against Iran is a holy one, shouldn't they try praying before bombing?

'Taking hostages and stealing money' — Sybiha says Hungary detained Ukrainian banks employees with cash shipments "We are talking about Hungary taking hostages and stealing money. If this is the “force” announced earlier today by Mr. Orban, then this is a force of a criminal gang. This is state terrorism and rack...

⚡️'Taking hostages and stealing money' — Sybiha says Hungary detained Ukrainian bank employees with cash shipments.

"We are talking about Hungary taking hostages and stealing money... This is state terrorism and racketeering," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote in a statement on March 5.

Germany didn't surrender unconditionally until armies had overrun most of it. Japan didn't surrender unconditionally.

It's a shame that ships aren't insured in coffee shops in London any more.

US grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war ‘Stopgap measure’ designed to keep oil flowing into global market as Middle East crisis disrupts crude shipments

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

So far the war in the Middle East, Iran and Lebanon are paying a big cost in lives and the US is paying a big cost in costs.

Neither side is getting anything good out of it.

It's maybe fortunate for us in the UK that the North Sea oil reserves are nearly exhausted.