“Since the war began Saturday, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U.S. military assets, including warships and aircraft, said the three officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.”
"Vladimir Putin’s envoy says Washington is “beginning to better understand” the importance of Russian oil, after a “productive meeting” with US negotiators about the Ukraine invasion." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
For shame
What is esp enraging is the solution is having proper assessment of Visa applicants. Can well believe there’s been Sudanese overstayers, perhaps to do with the genocidal war there being carried out by the UAE 🤷♂️. But the whole point of Chevening scholars is to bring in exceptional talent.
The cruelty of this.
Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.
Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️
We are not a minority we are an inevitability. Either you die young or you become disabled one day, physically, sensorily or cognitively.
On this Disability Day of Mourning, let’s honor Wael Tarabishi, a disabled man who died when ICE took his caregiver away.
Wael told them he would die without his father who was his “arms, legs & lungs”.
ICE took him anyways.
Wael died 3 months later:
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A Dutch newspaper reported stranded travellers in the Middle East organising evacuation flights to Europe. Open-source checks suggest the story may be false: the organiser’s image appears AI-generated, and there is no evidence the flights existed.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
So tempted to write something on this almighty prosecutorial clustermuck by CPS.
I'm not a commodities guy but I don't know how many more events like this the markets will be willing to overlook because Trump occasionally shouts, "nearly done!" at a reporter from his golf cart.
I like the idea of wildlife on bank notes, but tbf I think it's less important than the fact Farage wanted the UK to bomb Iran.
The Bank of England has only put non royals on bank notes since 1970.
Farage and Co. losing their minds over a relatively modern tradition.
Tells you something (not sure what) about the interaction of technological progress and culture that someone posted a Telegraph mad headline generator here last week, and already it's obsolete because the real Telegraph headlines are even madder.
I should also mention, given how disappointed I've been in this government, that this is probably the most important issue facing us today and it is the one area where the government's performance has been very impressive. Thank fuck for Ed Miliband.
It is extremely difficult to construct a practical case against this position. Net Zero is now as much about patriotism as it is about climate change.
Tweet by No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen referencing cuts to food assistance for hungry children, quoting a report claiming Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth oversaw $93 billion in Pentagon spending in one month, including $2 million on Alaskan king crab. The image shows Hegseth speaking and a photo of king crab legs with sauce.
I was told the GOP cares about fraud, waste and abuse.
"Once you cheapen a phrase like antisemitism… when you call Miss Rachel an antisemite, you're completely undermining the very important common struggle we should have against antisemitism.”
Piers Morgan & I discuss Ben Shapiro's attempts to cancel anyone who criticizes Israel.
⚡️ Over 20 nations are demanding a total ban on Russia from the Venice Biennale to protest Moscow's ongoing war crimes in Ukraine.
💯 "A Republican senator says the U.S. must not pretend Iran school strike didn't happen, and admit to the mistake if in fact the U.S. military was responsible for the attack." www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
Perfectly obvious he first became aware of them after the bombing started.
Reminiscent of that time when a bunch of lunatics turned up a paediatrician's home and started hurling abuse...
Because some people are just stupid
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Today is 3/11, marking the 15th anniversary of the earthquake that led to nuclear meltdowns at the TEPCO-operated Fukushima Daiichi plant. This January, TEPCO restarted their plant closest to Tokyo. We talk about why that's a disaster waiting to happen.
tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/japans-nuc...
You can ask Americans to make sacrifices but you have to convince them why it's necessary, and crucially, you have to do it before the sacrifices are required.
The Trump administration's instinct is to promise everything will be pure upside until it's not and only then scold Americans to be stoic.
She's so right about rape requiring specialist courts (and a judge panel rather than a jury) imo. It's an urgent, urgent matter to have these trials conducted by an educated court.
Even granted that the Home Office makes ministers at least 50% more evil, there’s something unnerving about Mahmood’s performative cruelty
WHY! What is the point of doing this. It’s just cruel.
⚡️ BREAKING: EU threatens to pull Venice Biennale funding over Russian return.
The European Commission warned it may scrap grants after organizers allowed Russia to reopen its pavilion for the first time since the 2022 invasion.
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Even then, you spend half the time killing/stopping things that want to kill your things.... I like my garden, but let's talk about slugs, or better not.
Plus as my granpa used to say "la terra é bassa", the ground is low, in agreement with your back
Not sure, farming means working with living things (plants or animals) with a tendency of not wanting to be living things anymore, and depending on the weather, or on oil prices, or both. Sure, if she means a big allotment it can be relaxing, if you are so inclined...but it is a hard life
