Soviet Mole 2

Back up account for Soviet Mole, @edcarver

None of you have got it yet. Keep grasping. It won't help but I find it amusing.

Hi Moscow Bob tell us about your time living in Moscow doing legal work for Russian Oligarchs. Also tell us about your wife’s advising of them too in the wake of Putin’s invasion.

You know, Putin put this back in his head during his phone call. Putin wants to keep Europe otherwise occupied while he tries to take control of Ukraine.

UPDATE — KENTUCKY’s @GovAndyBeshear: “I am requesting Sen. McConnell provide an update on his health status. Allowing speculation to continue in the media is not fair to the Senator or to Kentuckians.” Mitch has been hospitalized since June 14th. Read it: www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activi...

Evening in Itako 1930 Woodblock print Kawase Hasui

[paywalled] How the Romans conquered Britain — with terror and asparagus www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sitting pretty. Unusually, I'm working 5 days this week. I'm getting too old for this nonsense. So, here's a pic from my archives. A nankeen kestrel at Goolwa from 2024.

Inside the Kremlin a sudden and acute sense of crisis.

#FBPE #RejoinEU #BorisJohnson #Brexit

Can we save the hammerhead shark from extinction? www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Merganser conga line – everybody up on the rock! #birds

Trump confuses Iran for US ally in Zelensky Q&A: ‘We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan’

'Ugliest Shark on the Planet': See the Elusive Goblin Shark, Filmed for the 1st Time in Its Deep-Sea Habitat. The sightings drastically expand the animals’ known geographic & depth range. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/u... via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social #MarineBiology #zoology #science #SciChat

"By 2030, they could be using enough water to meet the basic needs of all 1.3bn sub-Saharan Africans for a year" www.ft.com/content/7800...

🇩🇰 PM Frederiksen: We need three things. First, we need an even stronger NATO. Secondly, we need to step up and rearm Europe. And thirdly, we need to help Ukraine even more, put more pressure on Russia, and ensure that only right winner of this war, of course, will be Ukraine.

Offside xkcd.com/3268/

I have donated to Count Binface. I think this is the first time I have donated to a political candidate. Ko-fi.com/home/coffees...

At least once a day we get extremely angry thinking about the fact that someone like Elon Musk can get away with paying $0 in federal income taxes while literally half the country doesn’t make enough money at their full-time jobs to afford to live.

New poll shows that American Jews rate Mayor Mandan more favorably than Netanyahu: l.smartnews.com/p-84bhrZBu/k...

One minute, you’re young, fun, enthusiastic, and a real badass. The next, you’re turning down the stereo in your car so you can see better.

The AI that spawned MechaHitler and deepfake porn puts on a suit to become legal advisor and Excel jockey

We need to resist this shit SO HARD. Fuck this guy and this data centre. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"disturbing new step: investigating Americans for posting information on social media that originally appeared in news reports." #TrumpOUT NOW Worst #POTUS there ever was or will be... freedom.press/issues/the-g...

Marx and Engels published the Communist Manifesto 168 years ago. It was specifically a reaction to the Industrial Revolution.

A very distinctive #Roman chicken figurine, with some of his original enamel plumage still on show! #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

Orban’s propaganda outlets are finally being dismantled in Hungary. “Public media should not lie. We are sorry for doing it for so long,” read an on-screen message from the country’s main public broadcaster. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

"Hands up if you called a by-election to distract attention from your dodgy finances but ended up running against a bin and looking like a right dick"

- The bat falcon (Falco rufigularis) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae - Photo courtesy of Jory Freimann, Costa Rica

www.newscientist.com/article/2532...

A car repair place called Auto Correct.

Saw this today 💚 A Luna Moth. Isn't she beautiful?!

Lest we forget... Thérèse Coffey claimed £201,278.38 in expenses between 2019 and 2020, according to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, while she campaigned to remove the £20 per week uplift to universal credit. (Sep 2019) #newsnight www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...

Oh what bad luck and what bad timing for the man who would be sniffing round for Farage's job if things went wrong. What are the odds that this should come to light this of all weeks? 🤔🤔🧐🧐

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