“The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump”

‘Around the world, previously reliable coastal freshwater supplies are turning to salt, invaded by seawater. This is the strange, slow-moving crisis of saltwater intrusion, and it is increasingly affecting communities around the world.’

“Keeping Europe safe from extreme weather “is not rocket science”, a top researcher has said, as the EU’s climate advisory board urges countries to prepare for a catastrophic 3C of global heating.”

I wrote, arranged, and produced this song two months ago. I was hoping its diagnosis of the Trump regime would not be prescient. But it was. It is.

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

Excellent analysis of the differing approaches by Newsom and Pritzker, reaching different audiences in different ways: “This is about confronting Trump in a way that undercuts his basis of power, even while embarrassing the press of all stripes to stop normalizing Trump’s authoritarianism”

The immigration problem that really concerns me? US celebrities (Frances Ryan)

Brilliant👏

💲Between Mar-a-lago, Trump merch, the D.C. hotel, middle eastern “deals”, the private 'gift' jet, Trump Hotel Hanoi, the “corporate squeeze”, Truth Social, 1789 Capital, the crypto schemes.. 47 has already taken in 💲3.4 Billion.💲 David D. Kirkpatrick, staff writer at The New Yorker

“We must do what they fear—tell the truth, spread the truth,” Navalny wrote. “This is the most powerful weapon.”

Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes