"no more superficial individual expression"

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

Rob strikes again 🔔 🔔 😳 😂

Ever the ultimate diplomat, Witkoff, compares The Élysée to Mar-a-Lago… 😬

Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.

Word of the day is ‘foozle’, from the 19th century: of a golfer, to bungle a shot. More generally, to make a complete mess of something.

MAGA: Look at his luxurious clothes, tailored from the finest cloths. Rest of the world: WTF? He's butt naked.

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The stages in MAGA responding to a negative story: 1: It's all lies 2: Most of it is lies 3: Some of it's true, but it doesn't matter 4. It's all true, but it's fine when we do it 5. F**k you

Hegseth: Hold my (several) beers

Etymology of the day: ‘prevaricate’, meaning to act in an ambiguous or evasive way to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself, is from the Latin ‘praevaricari’, meaning to ‘walk crookedly’.

Word of the day is ‘hingum-tringum’: 19th-century Scots for feeling feeble or barely presentable, and just about hanging together.

In words I thought I would never type, Newsnight is serving Kant this evening #Eurovision

457 British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan after going to war to support America after America was attacked on 9/11. Has Trump ever said thank you? Trump and Vance insult all of us.

Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy. Let that sink in.

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

The bust of Sir Winston Churchill sits in Trump's Oval Office. He was an immensely brave leader who visited Washington, dressed in fatigues, seeking support against a despot. We all know what he would have made of today's unedifying spectacle and whose side he would have been on.

Slava Ukraini 💪

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

Friends of the late Mike Lynch are asking the PM why we still have a one-way extradition treaty with the United States, which grants DoJ effective right to pursue our citizens (unless they are called Andrew Tate)...

Donald Trump has defended forcing Ukraine to sign over natural resources without any security guarantees, saying "We’re taking what we’re entitled to take" which appears to be Uranium, Titanium and the piss

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After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 (Photo @justinng.bsky.social - 2022)

“I wouldn’t call Donald Trump’s words a compliment,” said Mr Zelensky on the US President labelling him a “dictator who’s doing a terrible job” last week. “I wasn’t offended, but a dictator would be,” he added.

A thread fact checking Trump's claims about Ukraine, which appears to have come directly from the Putin propaganda agency. 1/8

A comment by the great scholar John Meacham, quoting Sam Rayburn: “Any jackass can kick down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build one.”

When is Jimmy Vance's free speech and democracy tour due to arrive in Moscow and Beijing?

Oh Canada! Cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon

Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning. From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.

Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

Presenting our 2024 BBC News/Channel 4 News musical Christmas collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins and I perform In The Bleak Midwinter. Wherever you are in the world, whatever you may be celebrating, our very best wishes. @c4ciaran.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @petroc.bsky.social

A few potential words of the day: Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc). Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas. Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness. Merry Christmas.

Rebecca Ferguson sings, I play, Amazing Grace. Thank you Rebecca for this long-distance musical collaboration.

I asked Vladimir Putin: “25 years ago Yeltsin handed you power & told you 'Take care of Russia.’ Do you think you have? In light of significant losses in Ukraine, Ukrainian troops in Kursk region, sanctions, inflation…” Here’s his reply. Producer @lizashuvalova.bsky.social @bentavener.bsky.social

Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots. To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

Just a reminder that we are once more deep into the season of the pretentious perfume ads. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bgn...

I play the Tom and Jerry theme in the style of the Russian classics. It’s been that kind of week.

Because some damn fool asked, here's a thread about Baxter. This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life. Look at him. Absolutely irresistible. And that's how they get you, the utter bastards

Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.

Hey! New here, like many ex-Twitter. I don’t post much, I mainly use social media for news, like keeping up to date with world affairs and comedy randomness and anything in between. Differences of opinion are fine, being a troll isn’t. Just because you *can* comment doesn’t mean you *have* to.