When US president Donald Trump demands “unconditional surrender” from Iran, he means Iran must “no longer pose a threat” to America, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has explained. ------ This is straight out of Alice in Wonderland, Chapter V!, Humpty Dumpty.

Oh dear. That was my laugh of the day.

That By-election. The defeated Reform candidate departed, defeated by [quote] "a coalition of Islamists and woke progressives". The significance of this election IMO was that while Labour was struggling the Conservative Party collapsed.

This is what is really being revealed. Not just 'girls on the younger side', but a network of the super rich who came to believe that they were above the law in all respects.

Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge by Train, Tram & foot in 1899.

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Emergency episode @therestpolitics.bsky.social on Andrew MW arrest. Special guest Charlie Falconer former Lord Chancellor m.youtube.com/watch?v=sfug...

NEW: Western reporting suggests that the United States has accepted Russia’s demanded sequence of having Ukraine cede territory to Russia before receiving formal US or European security guarantee commitments. 🧵 (1/8) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar021326 Other Key Takeaways ⬇️

An interesting one in the light of the recent Waymo/Tesla testimonies to Congress. It would seem the Tesla Help service can see what is happening, but cannot remote control the taxis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lHP...

I've been enjoying myself recently fact checking Elon Musk on that other platform - using Grok. For those no longer there he reposts a lot of conspiracy theory stuff adding comments like 'True' and 'Accurate'. Grok when asked consistently debunks it, in line with its rivals ChatGPT and Gemini.

It didn't happen. No disarming, no troops, UK not involved, Trump appointing a 'Board' with himself in full control.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNxG... Hats, a broken thermometer, how the Founding Father used the press, more good sense and fun than the whole output of social media today. Alas, an invisible world to the techbros and the PR wonks. History, for them, is bunk.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... The most important news of the day, which the media will sideline in favour of clickbait Prince Andrew and domestic news. I really wasn't expecting such joined up thinking. Roll it out and keep ignoring the terrorists please.

This infographic is an excellent example of how to present data. 1. Who it comes from 2. The subject 3. The claim 4. The limits of the claim 5. The source in an easily locatable form Compare and contrast the PR drivel put out by the UK government. Well done London!

Word of the day: sophomaniac. A person who has the delusion that they are much more intelligent than they actually are. It's a belief in one's own superior intelligence that is not supported by reality

Hear, hear. Another knee-jerk reaction that second rate leaders can't admit turned out badly.

1/ The Russian army is experiencing an epidemic of hepatitis and other infectious diseases, including HIV and tuberculosis, threatening a public health disaster. It has resulted from the Russian military ignoring its own recruitment rules and poor medical hygiene in the field. ⬇️

Yes, I've read Elon Musk's interim pay Award. Yes, the media will feed you BS about it. sec.gov/.../00011046... sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch... An explanation, as simple as we can make it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1BC...

Worth following for her 'word of the day'.

Iran Update Special Report, June 24 understandingwar.org/backgrounder... "Israel pursued a campaign to destroy Iran’s nuclear program and with US support was largely successful in doing so." I am inclined to believe experts over the media or politicians.

Describe these people with one letter and one number.

Nothing to cheer about here. Reform are clueless idiots, therefore if the old parties can't beat them they must be even dumber idiots. Politics is about winning. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

NEW: Ukraine conducted a large-scale and simultaneous series of drone strikes against multiple air bases in Russia. Ukraine continues to innovate its drone technology and tactics to achieve operational surprise and successfully target Russian military infrastructure in the rear. isw.pub/UkrWar060125

One of Great Lies of the Right worldwide is they are fiscally prudent and the Left are the Big Spenders.

People who understand that the factory is the product. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgPb...

During the White House's annual "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day," a little girl asked who President Trump's "favorite President" is—"besides himself"—and it tripped up Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Good grief. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼

“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,” Trump mused. “It makes me think that maybe [Putin] doesn’t want to stop the war.” Trump is evil and insane. He doesn't 'muse', he screams and rants.

Tony Seba's latest book. One of the tragedies of Trump is that liberals in throwing the baby out the bath might reject disruptive technology as well as disruptive politics. Fear of AI, fear of robots, fear of changes. stellarworld.com

A vote in the UN General Assembly. Says it all.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DfR... Posted for reference, since cognitive bias will prevent almost everyone from watching it objectively.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j04I... Yes, it was pseudomaths. Of course it was.

Props to George Soros. Hundreds of thousands of paid protestors yesterday, and yet not a single copy of a check or any evidence of electronic transfers to them.

European BEV car sales, March 2025, the first month with the updated Model Y.

Trump is highly charismatic. Starmer met him, and like Musk 'realized' what a nice fellow he was. "Keir Starmer has spoken of how he personally “likes and respects” the US president, Donald Trump, and understands what he is trying to achieve." WHY CAN'T YOU ALL SEE THIS. I don't understand.

‘Gigil’ has long been a favourite untranslatable: finding something or someone so impossibly cute you just want to squeeze them (not always great for the squeezee). www.bbc.com/news/article...

Guys, let's talk about the key points of the peace talks between the US and russian terrorists that were discussed today in Saudi Arabia - and particularly, why they won't work. See you soon! www.youtube.com/live/T_KWVdp...

www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... So lowering the value of a Tesla share will stop him... right. A sober assessment of where the billions actually are.

For the benefit of the humorless everywhere, THIS IS SATIRE. IT'S A JOKE. ALSO, IMO FUNNY.

If you don't want to read gothic literature together by a crackling fire in an ominous Victorian mansion during a raging thunderstorm whilst indulging in dark chocolate tiramisu, then please don't tell me you're "open to trying new things".