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Trump wanted a weaker neighbour and somehow built a stronger one instead.

Tom Baker in "Horror of Fang Rock". #TomBaker #DoctorWho #FourthDoctor

Middle East crisis live: Trump ‘surprised’ Iran has targeted Gulf countries and claims US ‘decimated’ Kharg Island US president said he did not want to make a deal with Iran yet, while claiming that he might hit Kharg Island again ‘just for fun’ * How have you been affected by the latest Middle East events? Donald Trump has said he is “surprised” that US allies in the Gulf have been targeted by Iran, in an interview with NBC News. The president called these countries “terrific”, adding that “they got shot at unnecessarily.” When talking about Iran’s decision to target them, Trump said it was “the biggest surprise I had of this whole thing.” Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes have killed 826 people, including 65 women and 106 children, since the start of the war. In a statement today, the ministry said 31 paramedics were among those killed. Local health authorities reported this morning that an Israeli strike killed 12 medical staff at a clinic in the southern town of Burj Qalaouiya. At least 15 people were killed when a strike by Israel and the US hit a factory in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, the semi-official Fars news agency said. There were workers inside the factory, which produces heaters and refrigerators, when the strike hit, Fars reported. Iran issued an evacuation warning for three major ports in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, including the busiest in the Middle East, the Associated Press reported. Iran claims the US had used “ports, docks and hideouts” in the UAE to launch strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island. It urged people to evacuate areas where it said US forces were sheltering. Trump renewed his call for other nations to help secure the strait of Hormuz and said the US will coordinate with them amid the US-Israeli war on Iran. “The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran, both Militarily, Economically, and in every other way, but the Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage, and we will help – A LOT,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. The Trump administration rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war that started two weeks ago with a massive US-Israeli air assault, according to reporting from Reuters. The Israeli military says it killed two senior officials in Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Emergency Command in an airstrike on Tehran. In a post on X, army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said Abdullah Jalali-Nasab and Amir Shariat, described as senior figures in the command’s intelligence branch, were killed in the attack. Israel informed the US this week that it is running critically low on ballistic missile interceptors as the conflict with Iran continues, Semafor reported on Saturday, citing US officials familiar with the matter. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr accused news broadcasters of “running hoaxes and news distortions” amid the war in Iran in a post on X. “Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as the fake news - have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up,” Carr wrote. Formula One has cancelled the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia grands prix because of the war, underlining the disruption across the Middle East. The races were due to take place on 12 April in Bahrain and 19 April in Saudi Arabia but the sport was approaching the point at which a decision on cancellation needed to be made to prevent more freight being sent to Bahrain. Continue reading...

Middle East crisis live: Trump ‘surprised’ Iran has targeted Gulf countries and claims US ‘decimated’ Kharg Island

Japan weighs new deal with Kyiv for Ukrainian-made drones, Japanese media reports Tokyo is considering signing an arms transfer agreement to acquire Ukrainian-made drones from Kyiv, as Japan seeks to strengthen its drone defense capabilities, Kyodo News reported on March 14.

⚡️Japan weighs new deal with Kyiv for Ukrainian-made drones, Japanese media reports.

Tokyo is considering signing an arms transfer agreement to acquire Ukrainian-made drones from Kyiv, as Japan seeks to strengthen its drone defense capabilities, Kyodo News reported on March 14.

Donald Trump’s call for Japan and others to send warships to the Hormuz Strait to help secure the safety of commercial vessels puts pressure on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi just days ahead of her visit to Washington. 👉 ebx.sh/diwUl3

Ukrainian Resilience Four Years On – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition This ability to stay resilient in the toughest of circumstances has played a cruel trick on Ukrainians.

🟨 Ukrainian Resilience Four Years On

‘I Do Not Deal With Peace, Because I Have to Deal With War’

Olesya Khromeychuk reflects on what survival really involves for those who have to live through it every day

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Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz US president calls on China, France, Japan and the UK to send vessels after US strikes Kharg Island oil facilities * Middle East crisis – live updates Iran threatened on Saturday to further escalate the war raging in the Middle East by targeting any facility in the region with US ties, after Donald Trump predicted “many countries” would send warships to support a US bid to reopen by force the strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway closed to virtually all maritime traffic by Tehran since the beginning of the war. Iran has responded to the joint US-Israeli offensive, which is entering its third week, with daily attacks on oil and other infrastructure around the Gulf region, as well as against Israel. Continue reading...

Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz

War over already? 🙄 Trump doing his victory lap spin while the conflict is still actively raging.

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.

A truly extraordinary moment.

We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Act like it.

New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: Snowstorm on Mars by Jr. Sam Merwin https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78212

Good morning & welcome to #Caturday

Today is a brand new page.

Take a deep breath, take one teeny- tiny step, and believe in yourself a little more than yesterday.

You’re doing better than you think.

Now go shine……

Japan will sell oil from its national reserves at prices based on levels before the start of the Middle East war, according to the country’s trade minister. 👉 ebx.sh/uuxtoA

Trump Admin Drops the Olive Branch from U.S. Seal on New Dime Coins, Keeps the Arrows A new dime coin entering circulation in 2026 is sparking conversation after eagle-eyed Americans noticed a small but significant detail in its design

I had assumed the headline was a joke. But no.

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The SAVE Act is a major attack on voting rights. It is not a genuine voter ID reform, but rather an attempt to suppress turnout in future elections.

NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”

Tom Baker in "The Android Invasion". #TomBaker #DoctorWho #FourthDoctor

Night night sweet dreamies 🧡

Maybe not today.
Maybe not tomorrow

But one day you may look back and realise that even the difficult chapters were quietly guiding you somewhere you were meant to be
Sometimes life is unfolding in ways we can’t yet see

Tomorrow is another page

BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.

This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.

(🎥 Vahid Online)

Truth is our weapon YouTube video by Council of Geeks

Today we're going to talk about why some tactics of the right, in this particular case misinformation and disinformation, cannot be added to our arsenal against them.

(Big shout out to Joel, my thumbnail guy, who had to redraw this panel so it'd be the right proportions)

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Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day

The greatest personal fulfillment comes when we contribute to improving the welfare of others.

Be kind, look after one another-look out for one another

* Looks at FC then at breakfast dish hopefully 🐈

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

For Emili Fernández

For Emili Fernández https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/not_detected_227942

Trump says U.S. may target new parts of Iran in escalating war The remarks came after Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed not to back down as Tehran maintained missile strikes on Israel and Gulf states hosting U.S. military forces.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will consider striking areas and groups of people in Iran that were not previously considered targets, escalating a weeklong war that’s upended energy markets.

Listening to understand instead of listening to respond.

your primary relationship is with yourself. become aware of how you are with yourself throughout the day.

silence the harsh inner voice, punitive tone. they have no place in emotional growth and wellbeing.

loving your whole self as you go ~ mistakes and all ~ is your best response. always. 🙏🏻❤️

Photo of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a grey-haired man with glasses, wearing a white long-sleeved jersey and sitting on a sofa. He has papers and a pen in his lap but has turned away from his work to pet a grey and white cat, which is settled on a pillow beside him. The cat's name is Nico.

Canadian PM Mark Carney is not only a visionary thinker and a powerful speaker, he's a cat person. We need more like him 😻 meet Nico.

Night night sweet dreamies

Take a moment to notice what you carried, what you conquered, and what you quietly survived.
Not every win is loud.
Not every step forward is visible.
But you showed up, and that matters.
Rest tonight knowing you’ve earned your place in tomorrow.

Used to be that presidents were occasionally called on to intercede on the behalf of American citizens unlawfully imprisoned in foreign countries.

Now the mayor of NYC has to go intercede to save an American unlawfully imprisoned by the federal government.

I hate this stupid timeline so much.

we dont have the money for universal health care but we have tons of money for concentration camps and a surveillance society

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton speaks after GOP’s Epstein deposition