Stuart Morris

Yes, this is a real worry. Among many.

Q: Why do you think Americans tell us over & over they don't like the direction of the country? MIKE JOHNSON: Look, it's a hostile media environment. Most of the mainstream media of course is advancing the false narrative of the other side -- the Democrats & the Marxists. They're on the other team

Oh, well that's OK then. www.reuters.com/technology/m...

Taiwan said on Sunday it had driven away 16 Chinese coast guard, research and fishing vessels involved in simultaneous "maritime harassment" operations. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/10/18/t... Photo: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP.

When you go in as a guy with a question and come out as a hashtag.

Abdul El-Sayed is the real deal. Tommy—bless him—is not a bad guy on this showing, he's just a dumb white guy who's been spending too much time on X and Truth Social.

I'll bet all the money in my pockets that much of this violence and unrest has been fomented by disinformation from bad actors. #theusualsuspects www.bbc.com/news/article...

It never ends with these people.

This and Starlink are but two reasons why this awful PoS is so dangerous.

As Viktor Orbán’s media empire crumbles, what becomes of Hungary’s partnership with Chinese state media? Lingua Sinica sat down with András János Teleki to understand the intricacies of this relationship. lingua-sinica.org/airing-chine...

More evidence to the fact, that Trump is driving a deeply-rooted pro-Putin agenda. This is not collateral damage of a confused president, this is this presidency's strategic intent in foreign policy.

I first met journalist Dan Martin in Urumqi while we were both covering the 2009 unrests. So you can imagine how much I'm looking forward to reading his upcoming book, years in the making: WHERE THE RIVER DIES: THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE UYGHURS IN CHINA. Out January 2027.

what I hope this thread makes clear is two things: 1. expanding the court has real problems, and these are valid concerns 2. there are no good options left, and this is the best of the bad ones unless we want to accept a conservative supermajority for the rest of our lives

Such compassion! Such moral clarity about the slaughter and destruction of innocents! Such BS! Oh, and Ukraine would like a word with you Wang Yi. www.bbc.com/news/article...

In the latest RUSI Commentary, Professor Derrick Wyatt KC argues that Europe should start “talking over Putin’s head” to his potential successors, offering a political and economic reset in return for a just peace for Ukraine.

The whole balance of power right here.

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

This. We've reached the point we're at now (the 'we're no longer even pretending' phase) because one side of politics has—by questionable means—incrementally ratcheted the wheel in its own favor without a single elbow thrown in reply. And still some Dems are unwilling to go there.

This. We've reached the point we're at now (the 'we're no longer even pretending' phase) because one side of politics has—by questionable means—incrementally ratcheted the wheel in its own favor without a single elbow thrown in reply. And still some Dems are unwilling to go there.

Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.

The administration keeps telling us that ICE is in our cities to make us all feel safe, but if they're goons in plainclothes bum rushing vehicles with guns and pounding on the windows, how exactly does that make anyone feel safe?

The takeaway from Bo French suggesting Asian students are “foreigners” and the tepid GOP response is that the Trump-era Republican Party is increasingly explicit about its belief that the only good immigrants, and the only real Americans, are white. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Ossoff's superpower is that he correctly thinks his opponent is a contemptible piece of shit and he is willing to explain why in clear and direct language. bsky.app/profile/atru...

James Leibold on Pomegranate Blossoms, whose description reads like everything you’d expect from a Beijing documentary series Hansplaining to non-Han peoples and outsiders about how wonderfully unified, diverse, and harmonious ‘colonialism with Han characteristics’ is. substack.com/home/post/p-...

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

Collins has his head down through all of this, presumably mapping out what he’ll be doing as a private citizen next year

Elon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time. amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:

Yeah, why did Ukraine invade Russia??

ICE has ordered 6,650 pairs—and says it'll ignore any bans.

[quote] Frank Dikötter characterized contemporary China as “not so much a ‘civilization pretending to be a state,’ in the words of Lucien Pye, but rather an empire claiming to be a nation-race.” [unquote]. And a *colonial* empire at that!

Each day, they could just discuss the details of one (1) former Republican who was arrested for sex trafficking, pedophilia, or some related scandal. If they're going to shut down Congress for this, fill the silence with these news stories. Make it unavoidable.

who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible

phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

In case you’re unaware, Chinese men’s football has always been a shambles. It’s the great sporting conundrum: a bottomless talent pool; a deeply nationalistic state with more money to invest than you can shake a stick at; and a supreme overlord who loves his footy. But still this happens:

And—newsflash—even if Xi had pledged any such thing (he absolutely wouldn't implicitly or otherwise acknowledge any support) there's zero chance he's following through.