The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet — and watching to see who refuses to wear them.
It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now — never be the first to stop clapping.
Only works as long as the military are on side. Might not be long.
Photo of an allotment plot with a prunus tree in blossom behind and framed by a small amount of blackthorn blossom. A twilight sky.
Dusk walk. Loving the sunshine.
Articles about bombing water supplies with no mention of people's lives. We are losing our humanity and connection to each other.
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She needs to be able to discern when she is fantising. Very unhealthy sharing of hers here.
And the orders were say you are going to end the war and keep bombing.
So Trump called Putin to get his orders. I hope I live long enough for the Kompromat reveal.
Y’all.
Yup, he is willing to live with killing women and children. We already know that.
Some of the networks of power have been revealed, and not to his advantage. He will now need to close down the democratic process in order to survive.
Trump is back tracking fast. Given how absolutely totally ignorantly obtuse he has been about what happens in a world with acute oil shortages that was inevitable. However, he has handed that decision to Iran.
Trump rapidly backtracking right now as he sees how the unholy mess he created is unfolding.
Pandemic preparedness starts with admitting we still have the wrong guidance in place and still aren’t giving the correct advice for COVID.
An illegal war by USA & Israel, propped up by missions from UK air bases.
Supported by Nigel Farage.
Over 1000 civilians dead & now the threat of global economic fallout. Trump's disaster makes us all less safe, less secure - and we will remember those who backed it.
It doesn’t work like that when:
1) oil infrastructure is blown up
2) the war has already shown the US cannot defend the Gulf states, so shipping risk stays high - pushing up insurance costs too
3) Iran can choke Strait of Hormuz
4) previous wars have seen oil stay high long after war.
I grew up in these communities. All flags, photos of the king/queen complaining you are being political if you speak your mind, abusing children for having healthy altruistic attitudes, freedom of speech until you say something that threatens their privilege. Blah, blah silent majority blah.
Prices shooting up on the forecourts.
He is an East Sussex Pook though. I'm a west country Pook.
Elm twigs with new lasts emerging hanging down in the mist.
Branches of Brighton elm trees in Hollingbury Park silhouette in the mist. Evidence of the new spring growth of lasts.
The silhouettes of a row of Brighton elms trees on a bank of grass and daffodils. Surrounded by mist.
Getting used to a new phone camera. Brighton elms in the mist. Lasts just emerging. Some nice interactions in the GP and pharmacy today. Another Pook who was taken aback to find we both say P for Peter double o k to spell our names out.
'I am a mad, murderous, sexually depraved monster and so is Netanyauhu. Now begins the part of my presidency where I try to persuade everyone of the extreme sacrifices they should make because my insanity has led to the start of our murderous and environmentally disastrous killing spree.'
I feel distraught tonight.
Monsters are in charge.
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⭕️ Reuters, citing an Iranian Kurdish source:
Iranian Kurdish leaders have requested guarantees from the United States.
Kurdish leaders fear being abandoned, as happened to the Kurds in Syria. Akhbar English...
"From the belly of the beast, #HandsOffTheMiddleEast!"
#NoWarOnIran #EndNuclearHypocrisy
Speakers called on passers-by not to let “global warmongers”, “war hawks” and the Islamic regime decide the country’s fate. That called for an immediate ceasefire, saying military aggression would not help Iran. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1449/ne...
I think these are the sentiments of huge numbers of people and you are voicing them clearly and emphatically.
Over 1000 civilians dead, and we're letting Trump use UK bases to further his war.
Britain should stand firm against Trump's illegal warmongering, and stop these bombers landing on UK soil.
Today's demonstration against the illegal US and Israeli attacks on Iran is about to begin. Rally will be at the US Embassy, where we'll be calling for an end to the nuclear hypocrisy and for Keir Starmer to stop allowing the use of British bases. #NoWarOnIran
Covid only no one wants to talk about preventing it.
No wonder we’re in the shit.
Fantastic picture
