Trump's speech on behalf of Kevin Warsh: me me me me me me me me me me me me me

Trump is just out here making shit up

I truly hope @brucespringsteen.net is filming the shows on his Land of Hope and Dreams tour for those of us around the world who can't watch them in the US.

New York City. May 11, 2026. 📸: Rob DeMartin

I truly hope @brucespringsteen.net is filming the shows on his Land of Hope and Dreams tour for those of us around the world who can't watch them in the US.

New York City. May 11, 2026. 📸: Pam Springsteen

Soybean and corn futures gained as US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said China will make large purchases of American agricultural products

Russian leader Vladimir Putin will visit Beijing on May 20, the South China Morning Post reported

The property developer of what would have been the first Trump-branded project in Australia says the war in Iran and Trump’s "unpopularity" contributed to the collapse of a plan for a 91-story building on the Gold Coast.

Rainswept streets of Shillong. Shot with iPhone.

Barbara Stanwyck & Marie Prevost star in Frank Capra's LADIES OF LEISURE, on 35mm Tuesday at Nitehawk Prospect Park in our next PRE-CODE PARADE

Dude is absolutely melting down on social media today, and he couldn’t even toss in a perfunctory “Happy Mother’s Day” among all the crazy stuff he’s been posting

The extra sliver of humanoid at extreme right is giving me the shrieking fantods.

My mom on her way to work at the hospital, 1986. She was usually the person behind the camera and was self-conscious about her smile, so photos like this are so special. She was the gentlest, most compassionate person you can imagine. I'm thinking about all the people that smile comforted today.

Nearly a decade after #MeToo, when lawmakers instituted reforms around sexual harassment, new allegations are exposing what members and staffers say remains an open secret: a culture of bad behavior on Capitol Hill.

Trump's bored with being president. "I didn't know I'd have to work."

Trekking companion today at Laitlum Canyon near Shillong. Walked with me all the way and back, stopping everywhere I stopped. Thank you for making the walk so special, bud. Animals are so special - little pup took a shine to me just as I stopped to have a word with him and gave him a head scratch.

"And today, the Supreme Court supermajority they spent decades building is fulfilling its purpose, while the administration advocates a white supremacism more shameless than anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes." 🔥

And High Noon of course. Feel free to add your own favorites, Gary Cooper had a long career, although I will stipulate in advance that I can't stand The Fountainhead. 😆 (This is from LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER, d. Henry Hathaway, 1935; don't ever say I never did anything for you people).

"In truth, that boy hasn't the least idea how well he acts. He gets it all from the inside, from his own clear way of looking at life." —Charles Laughton talks about Gary Cooper. Coop was #BornThisDay in Helena, Montana, in 1901.

World ‘unprepared’ for next pandemic as countries fail to agree on sharing information, tests and vaccines

Coming to the Castro this week! Gloria Swanson in Queen Kelly and the world premiere of The Humming Bird! San Francisco Silent Film Festival. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Speaking as someone who has written about aviation for 40+ years (and pilot for 30+), and speaking about someone with zero experience in or knowledge about aviation: Sean Duffy is Pete Hegseth without the hair gel. (Both have Fox/Reality TV background.)

Trump mimics transgender weightlifters yesterday in Florida (Roberto Schmidt/Getty)

Diplomats said the move underscores the difficulties facing U.S. efforts to oversee the truce and coordinate on aid.

A former Florida congressman and political mentor to Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted for his role in a secret $50 million campaign to lobby Trump administration officials on behalf of the Venezuelan government.

Alleyway. Warsaw. Shot with Sony A6000.

Alleyway. Warsaw. Shot with Sony A6000.

This trend of remaking hit movies as mini series * "Man On Fire" on Netflix * "Cape Fear" on Apple TV just doesn't work for me. Expanding the story of movies over 7 or 8 hours just makes them flabby and lacking in the tautness that made the films good entertainment.

McClatchy, the newspaper chain behind publications including The Miami Herald and The Idaho Statesman, has started to use a new A.I. tool that can summarize articles and spit out different versions. Many of its reporters are now withholding their bylines from articles created by the tool.

Shanghai. Shot with iPhone.

Shanghai. Shot with iPhone.

A year on, parts of Zambia are witnessing the devastating consequences of American cuts to a lifesaving HIV program.

Ming Yang, a major Chinese maker of offshore wind turbines, aims to finalize a European site for a factory by June, after the UK rejected its plan to build a plant in Scotland.

India-New Zealand FTA to drive trade growth and economic certainty: NZ trade minister Todd McClay www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i...

Good analysis of the Iran-US standoff by ambassador Gaddam Dharmendra, India's former envoy to Tehran.

Impeccable form. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

India "calls in" Iranian envoy after IRGC Navy fired on 2 Indian-flagged vessels in Strait of Hormuz. (Significant that India's foreign ministry referred to it as a calling in and not a summoning.) Reporting with my colleague Yogesh Naik.

Good piece by former diplomat Pavan Verma on why it's hard to trump a civilisational state such as Iran. (Good pun in the headline.)

Good piece by former diplomat Pavan Verma on why it's hard to trump a civilisational state such as Iran. (Good pun in the headline.)

India "calls in" Iranian envoy after IRGC Navy fired on 2 Indian-flagged vessels in Strait of Hormuz. (Significant that India's foreign ministry referred to it as a calling in and not a summoning.) Reporting with my colleague Yogesh Naik.

Indian-flagged tanker Sanmar Herald fired upon near Strait of Hormuz by IRGC Navy, Iranian ambassador summoned to ministry of external affairs for lodging of formal protest, per sources.

Pete Hegseth and the Gospel of Tarantino www.facebook.com/share/v/1AnR...

Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir meets Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran. Munir is visiting Iran to take forward a fragile peace process between Iran and the US.

Indian and Pakistani interlocutors have participated in at least four (if not more) back channel meetings, including Track 1.5 engagements, since last year's four-day conflict between the two countries. My report: www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i...

Ok this one is an all-timer.

July 21 1935: The Führer orders a new reception hall and ballroom to "entertain foreign diplomats" at the Chancellery. Underneath the dance floor is an air raid shelter. A 2nd deeper bunker is built next to this in 1944, where he would spend his last days as the Reich collapsed.

Former MAGA Influencer Admits: It’s All for Money Do pro-Trump influencers actually believe what they’re peddling, or is it simply grift? Plus, did AI lead to a media newsletter fabricating quotes, and a progressive candidate in NJ gets ‘Loomered.’ Read now: zeteo.com/p/former-mag...

Trump officials have been peddling the same lies to survive the daily news cycle for the past 6 weeks, and people keep buying what they’re selling. ‘We won the war. Tomorrow you’ll see. Prices are coming down. Tomorrow you’ll see. We’ll kill them. Tomorrow you’ll see.’

Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir meets Iran's foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in Tehran. Pakistan interior minister Mohsin Naqvi also present.