America as a beacon of fear not freedom, the last best hope of authoritarians.

"Something something civilisation" will not stop the Trump administration from double-crossing Europe whenever useful for MAGA regime consolidation and will not stop the EU from deals with China, India, Brazil and whoever else could be useful for hedging against an unreliable US

Civilisational narratives are useless groyper echo chamber bullshit that should be treated as an indicator of how strategically deluded much of the current US government is

On ne peut combattre le racisme sans combattre l’antisémitisme, la misogynie, l’homophobie, la transphobie ou que sais-je. La haine de l’autre en est le moteur commun. Chacun l’a en lui. Elle est confortable, trouvant toujours à la fois une excuse et des explications, fallacieuses mais commodes. 2/2

PARIS (AP) — The health of Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi is worsening, in part because of a beating she endured during her arrest two months ago, her husband told The Associated Press on Friday.

Held in the Frame of Dusk It’s another wet one here but at least it’s Friday! Happy weekend all 🧡 I’m going back to long summer days for today’s #Scape #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Did you know wolf families are lead by strong females? As if there weren't already countless reasons to love wolves!🐺 Here’s to friendship, loyalty, and fierce female energy.🩷 #HappyGalentinesDay

According to participants, the results were devastating for NATO forces. Modern war has changed. Ukraine learned it the hard way. The question is: is NATO learning fast enough? NATO needs Ukraine. Via @otregub on X

“We’re in deep trouble,” a commander reportedly said after NATO’s Hedgehog 2025 exercises in Estonia. 16,000 troops. 12 NATO countries. A team of just ~10 Ukrainian drone operators playing the “enemy.” In half a day, they simulated destroying 17 armored vehicles and hit around 30 additional targets.

It’s Kim’s birthday tomorrow.

US Rep. Balint after reviewing unredacted Epstein files: "They are a bunch of sick fucks. So many people knew." She confirmed Trump lied about kicking Epstein from Mar-a-Lago. Other files show the relationship continued for years. #OpDeathEaters #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinFiles

Early, non-mRNA Covid vaccines from AstraZeneca and J&J had rare side effects--deadly blood clots and bleeding--that led to their discontinuance and fed anti-vaxx beliefs. Now researchers have ID'd the cause, which may make safer future vaxxes of this type, esp. a new Ebola vaccine.

Skeleton racer Heraskevych's father, Mykhailo, sitting near the start house, broke down in tears when the IOC disqualified his son from Olympics minutes before his first run. The decision was made as the athlete refused to remove a helmet bearing portraits of Ukrainian athletes killed in war.

strong vibes of that time the banks said the metaverse would be a $4 trillion industry

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This is timely. My boys and I are discussing examples of when women had to pretend to be men to get something done.

Jeanne Baret (1740 – 1807) was a French explorer, naturalist, and botanist who is recognised as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe. (She did so by joining an expedition, disguised as a man.)

We live in a world where people like Epstein, Theil & Bannon swap info as commodities for power & influence, & a blind eye is turned to the manipulation of our democracies. & the utilisation of women & children as objects for men’s use is in many ways accepted. It OUGHT not. But it IS 😳 16/16

& Margaret Atwood repeatedly nails it in her literature but even more on the nose in “oryx & Crake”. Child prostitutes are ordered online like fast food & can be called up online at the tap of a button. This is not fiction, but reportage. And we are exposed to this world from a young age. 12/16

Every time a sector like church or sport or the arts has an investigation about sexual abuse it is found - but people act surprised. Sexual abuse is rife throughout families, communities & industry. Right to the top. But also, many ‘ordinary’ men have looked at images of child sex abuse 8/16

The lens on sexualising young kids is often normalised. Look at how X continues to exist when its owner systemically facilitates the creation of images of child sex abuse through the AI tool Grok. 7/16

Yes we should be horrified, AND it is a systemic issue that society colludes. Mid 80s Rolling Stone Bill Wyman had a sexual relationship w Mandy Smith at age 14 & this was plastered on UK front pages of the Red tops. Late 90s a ‘countdown’ to Billie Piper being “legal” appeared in uk red tops 6/16

Even before I read “misogynies” by Joan Smith in 1989 (a ground breaking book) I had a picture of the sort of power structures we live within. Patriarchal, misogynistic, sexist & keeping genders ‘in place’ sticking to some stereotypical ‘ideal’, where money, power & influence rule. 4/16

Vivian Maier's (1926-2009) photographic self-portraits in mirrors, shadows, reflections, suggest her enigmatic persona, a shadowy presence behind her camera which enabled the capture of candid moments of life #WomensArt

«On me remercie tous les jours pour mon courage, j’ai envie de leur dire, ce n’est pas du courage, mais une volonté et de la détermination pour faire évoluer cette société patriarcale et machiste.» Ces phrases, je ne les aurais jamais prononcées avant. #MerciGisèlePélicot

La hiérarchie catholique aux US commence à sortir un peu ses griffes, c'est réjouissant.

If you are in any situation where licking boots matters, you would, at this point be making a mistake to not hype up fashy tech. That can mean doubting yourself, failing to interact with other experts, or confusing yourself further. Exercise your judgment, don't use them.

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray star Billy Wilder’s multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic comedy-drama film “THE APARTMENT” (1960) 🎬 United Artists

You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses? People

I began to write LOSS PROTOCOL in 2023, and here at last is a box of copies of the finished book. Published, in the UK, on February 12th.

Head of humanitarian group urges nations to step up Sudan aid to prevent ‘biblical’ famine www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

I regret to inform everyone that The Taxonomists have gone and changed a bunch of ant names again.

When I lived in France we had a sweet old neighbor lady who would spit every time she passed a certain house. Eventually, her daughter explained to me that the home belonged to a man who’d collaborated with the Nazis 60 YEARS AGO. May these ICE goons face a similarly lonely future.

That's how I felt when I heard his String Quartet in G-Major in Crimes and Misdemeanors youtu.be/K7F6KawRB58?...

Je vois un peu ça comme l'interdiction de boire de la javel .

Bad bunnies from long ago www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

Jack Lemmon #BOTD: “It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.” cinephiliabeyond.org/billy-...

"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

I hope this clears up any confusion.

All this AI art discourse makes me more determined to enjoy my own analog art. I am not trying to be a pro, I just want to create some human-made pictures and stimulate the old brain. If you want to stick it to the AI creeps but think you can't draw, let me recommend Ed Emberley's books.

After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software

Honnêtement à ce stade je pense qu’il est pas incapable de commencer à bombarder l’Iran à la mi-temps juste pour planter le concert de Bad Bunny.

How to be a Writer. 1. Stare out of window at rain. 2. Experience a certain lassitude. 3. Contemplate the infinite. 4. Tea.