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JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States."

Crime, terrorism and unrest: US issues travel advisory warning about the dangers of Belgium when travelling to the land of Brussels sprouts, beers and waffles. The US said that there is a risk of terrorist violence in Belgium www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2256... #ICE #terrorism #masshootings

🇪🇺 Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labelled from Sunday, as the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in. ➡️ u.afp.com/Srak

The amount of human suffering, injury, and illness that has been avoided by the advent of hormonal contraception is staggering; the amount of human potential, talent, and innovation that it has unleashed should make you weep with gratitude.

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

Cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, trial shows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

How the plastic bottle cap became a parable for the value of EU regulation | Alberto Alemanno www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The curse of performance management. The mistaken belief that you can measure high performance. In both public and private sector I've seen nothing more likely to damage staff morale. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Why Russia? Pussy Riot protest at Venice Biennale forces Russian pavilion to briefly close www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Dr. David Morens - who is 78 years old and served his country for nearly 50 years - used Gmail, which he shouldn't have done. However, "[he] was stripped and handcuffed [by] a half-dozen federal agents carrying guns and wearing tactical gear [..] and jailed". www.science.org/content/arti...

In Italian it's the moment to say: "Magari!". ‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Incredible!!! And the EU performing one of the tasks it is meant for: fighting market rigging and market dominance. EU risks fallout with US over Trump-linked Balkans pipeline plan www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Europe's electricity: 29% fossil fuels in 2024, down from 53% in 2005. Progress. But transport is still 92% fossil. Buildings: 71%. Industry: 61%. And 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas imported. Switching suppliers doesn't fix this. Electrification and efficiency do. More here: rdcu.be/feOjc

Over 50 years later, Marvin Gaye’s 1971“Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” was one of the first mainstream songs to directly address environmental pollution and ecological destruction. The song laments oil spills, radiation, and toxic waste & was revolutionary at the time. #Earthday

Nihilism

The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

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I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it: Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.

"President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” The Military Religious Freedom Foundation reports over 200 complaints across 50 bases that commanders are referring to the Rapture and Revelations in combat briefings.

REPORTER: Yesterday you told us Israel was going to strike Iran and that's why we needed to get involved. But today the president said Iran-- RUBIO: No. Were you there yesterday? REPORTER: Yes. I asked the question

BREAKING 'No indication' any nuclear installations in Iran damaged or hit, says IAEA

When a war explodes, look at/for other things happening elsewhere. E.g.: 'We’ll run out of food this week’: Israel’s Iran war brings new Gaza siege www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially. transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

Francesca Albanese is asked, is the war in Gaza over? Frances explains its not a war. "Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank & East Jerusalem are under occupation. Israel cannot wage a war on a people who live under occupation" A point UK politicians & journalists studiously ignore

Ronald Reagan:

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

The world isn't waiting for this.

When I last did my party leaflet distribution round a few weeks ago, I reckon more than one house in three had a Ring or other video doorbell. Probably close to one in two.

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Bellingcat founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and Cornell University’s @cward1e.bsky.social unpack how disinformation evolved, why trust in institutions is collapsing, and what tools we all need to stay sharp in a world of misinformation. Listen back to last week's Stage Talk: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

Shadow tanker PEACE lacks safety management, insurance. She is flying a false flag of Timor-Leste where Timor-Leste demands of other states to stop her. She is lawless. Sanctioned by EU and UK. She is on her fifth delivery of Russian crude to India last 12m. She is leaving Baltic Sea laden now.

One more thing. The main drive to ban social media for under-16s comes from a fear of regulating it properly *for adults*. That's a fear of the tech-bros and their power. Governments are more willing to regulate kids than techbros.

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For sure the US will be tested by Trump's wannabe autocracy, but I stick by the view it will just about come through because it has enough independent institutions. I also stick by the view that most European countries would not because they don't.

The other parties should be linking Farage to Trump far more often.

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This image is making the rounds on the Internet, but I am repeating it anyway since EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE IT. (I don't know who originally made it, but hats off to them!) This BBC article includes a link to the video of Renee Good's last words: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes

OK so now they’re consciously trying to make money from the CSAM-generating feature.

ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink. Two Americas.