Superb piece. It wasn’t the landfill site. MT @jvipondmd.bsky.social

So good! Calm, clear, informative. Thank you

Top: Trump with leader of democratic Ukraine. Bottom: Trump with leader of authoritarian China.

The first epidemic of the 1918 flu in the United States occurred at the military’s Camp Funston, Kansas (later Fort Riley). Infected soldiers headed to WWI battlefields carried the flu to Europe. Millions died It’s not *vaccination* that weakens force readiness.

This is a good read about how Rupert Lowe’s Fascist Restore party used Great Yarmouth as a test case for taking Britain.

Don’t let them tell you that Ukraine depleted our weapons stocks. They didn’t. Completely different systems. In fact, because of Ukraine our industrial base has improved. They lie and lie. We won’t fall for it

very important piece

Austrian Eurofighters scrambled twice in two days to intercept USAF PC-12 aircraft that entered Austrian airspace without permission, Die Welt reports.

81% of doctors fear patients are being put at risk because of how advanced practitioners are being used by employers in the NHS. Read more from The Doctor Magazine: thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/lif...

“That day, we realized the Russians had come to kill us” is how one theater survivor put it to me. “They didn’t come to fight with Ukrainian soldiers. They just wanted to kill us.” from James Verini, an excerpt from his book "The Theater" www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The US is now spending more on its interest payments on the National Debt than it is on defence.

Rewriting history is what the bad guys do

This is what normalisation looks like.

“Today the demand of the time is such that if we restart those systems, it will be in the interest of the country. “Work from home, online conferences, virtual meetings – we have to give priority to these again." 4/4

“People who have electric vehicles should also try to use them as much as possible. “During the Coronavirus period, we developed many such arrangements for video conferences and online meetings for work from home and we also got used to it. 3/4

“If we have to send goods somewhere, then we should try to send as many goods as possible through railway services, so that due to it being an electric railway, there is no need for petrol and diesel. “People who have electric vehicles should also try to use them as much as possible. 2/

Indian PM Narendra Modi: “Friends, we have to reduce the use of petrol and diesel. “In cities where there is metro, we should decide that we will use only the metro. At the most, I will travel by metro. “If it is necessary to travel by car, then try to carpool. Bring more people along. 1/

When you see clips of people celebrating in Hungary after corrupt Orban is gone, realize that Trump, Vance and Rubio did everything they could to keep those celebrations from happening so Putin’s puppet could remain in power.

Because of this, a frightened Putin was forced to publicly humiliate himself and ask Trump, as a mediator, to help stop a strike on Moscow. De facto, Putin asked Trump to protect him from the Ukrainians.

In my opinion, yesterday a turning point in the war took place. Perhaps we still do not fully grasp the significance of what happened. For the first time, Putin publicly showed his weakness and inability to independently protect his capital, his parade, and himself from our strikes.

Absolute disgrace that Nigel Farage is invited to speak at an antisemitism rally. Letter from British Jews objecting has received a few thousand signatures in a few hours.

A memorial garden and plaque have been unveiled in Leeds to honour Caribbean war veterans. The garden has been opened in memory of the Caribbean World War Two RAF veterans who settled in Leeds after the war. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today, #VEDay 81, we honour the #Caribbean RAF Veterans who served in World War II and later settled in Leeds. We’re proud to dedicate our garden as a memorial to their courage and legacy. We will be joined by their families, supporters and officials. A day of remembrance, honour, and respect.

Friends, May we never forget that while negotiations,speeches,statements, addresses&the rest of the diplomacy track are happening,exhausted Ukrainian men&women in military uniform are holding back evil on the frontlines

this really does make me despair. this is a woman who has just got elected as a Reform councillor. she works for the NHS and wants to know “where the money is going”. it’s going on social care, babe

Reports that Reform councillors in Ipswich have been instructed to only speak to GB News and ignore requests from local media. This seems a new policy to avoid any kind of scrutiny. They tried to do the same on Nottinghamshire County Council.

Depression Breadline. George Segal.

“In fact, the leaders they assassinated were more lenient and accommodating than those who replaced them. “The new Iranian leaders are younger, more energetic and have concluded that the US only understands the language of force.” 2/2

The scale of Trump’s catastrophic failure in Iran is still emerging. Tehran University Professor of American Studies Foad Izadi: “The Trump administration sought to change Iran's government. They haven't been able to do that. 1/

“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford this in Copenhagen🇩🇰?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it?’ 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure..bicycling.”~ Morten Kabell

"The right never lost their faith that if they were patient and determined enough, the 1960s could be undone — and maybe some of the 1860s too. They knew that even after a statue of a slaveholding traitor is torn down, defeat is not permanent. In fact, that statue may *literally* be raised back up."

I really wonder what the fallout is going to be because the sanitized version of history they’ve sold for a long time is “Jim Crow was a shameful moment in history but we defeated it and came out the other side a better country” and now it’s just… back it’s the end of a myth in the starkest terms

Saudi Arabia will restrict US access to bases and airspace until it “provides proper protection” from Iran’s attacks, Saudi sources tell i24.

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken: For every dollar that we [the US] put into Ukraine, Europeans and others put in a dollar and a half. So the notion that they were free-riding on Ukraine is simply not true.

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💔 At this year’s Venice Biennale, the “Invisible Pavilion” highlights the human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The unofficial project spans venues across Venice, honoring cultural figures whose lives and work were cut short by the war. 🧵 1/4

Thank you @caolanrob.bsky.social for all your brave journalism

Triple the rate. 3 times more likely to have grants suspended. “Compared to the all NIH-funded investigators in 2024, investigators who received targeted terminations were more likely to self-identify as… Black/African American (n = 86, 11.9% vs 4.0%)”

🧵1/ Health is increasingly being discussed in the security arena. COVID‑19 showed that weak health systems can destabilise economies, governments, and societies. Yet global health is slipping down the security agenda. We @friendseurope.bsky.social set out the issues @bmj.com

Why Trumpseth banned all journalists from being embedded with US forces. It’s one big coverup.

"MAHA" in a nutshell

It's the new special relationship for Washington.

There’s literally always a tweet.

Not only is Reform’s new policy of putting migrant detention centres in any constituency that votes Green a piece of disgusting imported Trumpism, the centres meet the definition of concentration camps.

it’s worth reading every word of this brilliant, excoriating column by Fraser Nelson

Don’t forget Georgia, under assault from Putin’s puppets. Georgia is European. @annagvarish.bsky.social