“hmm? huh? who? oh I don’t know” The US is just … drifting aimlessly.

Spain just announced €6.9 billion in defence spending. The problem? They're buying weapons from a Spanish provider. The US military-industrial complex doesn't like that. As Sanchez talks of an EU army, he's chastised by other 🇪🇺leaders for not giving in to Trump's command to spend more on 🇺🇸weapons.

Did a new one

As a comms person, this is not how you use 'off the record' 🫠

For over a decade, we @citizenlab.ca have documented extensive abuse of NSO Group's spyware, including being used to target political opposition, journalists, activists, human rights defenders and US govt officials. *This sale should not be permitted* techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/s...

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

While the Nobel Peace Prize goes to Machado, the not so subtle strong points about advocating for free and fair elections, fighting against authoritarianism, defending democracy and freedom are... interesting in the current climate www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...

ahahaha. no, just no.

The emotional whim of a mad king

But her emails

Shocked. Shocked I say. Non paywall link: archive.ph/I878y

lol First Past the Post

🇵🇱🗳️🇩🇪 DW reports that support for AfD among Germans with immigrant background is strongest amongst arrivals from Poland - stark reminder that there's no such thing as solidarity among immigrants and promises of getting brown and black people out will resonate with CEE/EE folks.

Thanks to fascist voters, pudding-brained non-voters, a broken Congress, and a broken SCOTUS, this rank corruption and authoritarian control of the economy is simply how things work now in the failed state of American. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

An important read about the background and possible motivation of the ICE shooter. His friends describe him as an extremely online edge lord, with no strong political leanings. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...

Why even bother reporting this rambling nonsense? It’s not going to happen and the media knows it’s not going to happen, so why bother - except for clicks. www.bbc.com/news/article...

oh my fucking god

Uhhh that’s… interesting… given Pakistan is a nuclear power 👀

Ireland’s data centre appeal ‘fading’ due to pressure on electricity grid, report says

This is appalling journalism. If this person was a minority it would not be framed this way.

yeesh so much disinfo out there about the gunman "Notices bulges, OWO whats this?" - Meme about furries/roleplaying; not political "hey fascist! Catch! Up, right, down x3" - From Helldivers 2, satirical game, you nuke 'fascist' aliens even though you're a fascist yourself; the code launches a bomb

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

“Radical left” was it? www.ft.com/content/7359...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to more than 27 years in prison after Supreme Court panel convicts him of attempting coup.

Poland is right to take necessary steps to defend its sovereignty. Europe is increasing investment in its defence, because peace and security in Europe cannot be taken for granted.

"Come invest in the US"

🚨 Exclusive: APPG bankrolled by Israeli arms cash shuts down A cross-party parliamentary group has disbanded after taking money from a state-owned Israeli arms company — exposing a “glaring” loophole in lobbying rules. New on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/controvers...

Stop. Buying. US. Defence. Equipment. “US to cut some security funds for European countries bordering Russia” www.ft.com/content/0157...

Today Nick Ferrari asked if treaties like the ECHR & the Refugee Convention that were drawn up in the wake of WWII are still relevant to modern Britain. I said the context of racial hatred towards Muslim immigrants now echoes the hatred of Jewish immigrants in the 20th century. We need these laws.

🤷‍♂️

Jesus this is awful.

A careful study of every populist episode since 1900 finds catastrophic consequences, which play out slowly. On average, incomes fall behind by nearly 15% over 15 years. For the U.S., this is a cost of about $13k per person per year. Over a lifetime, that's million bucks.

*looks at the calendar* Just another… 3.5 years of this to go. sigh

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions www.theverge.com/news/761338/...

imagine saying that to investors in *any other* field

When society is ok mocking those who get degrees in basic things like History, the result is dangerous morons.

Mohamed Salah calls out UEFA for not mentioning Israeli forces killed Al-Obeid as he waited for aid at Gaza distribution center. The "Palestinian Pele" leaves behind a wife & five kids. His death means Israel has now killed 321 footballers in Gaza (players, coaches, admin, refs etc)

“I am currently on leave with limited access to emails…”

Oh look. AI being used grotesquely. Again.

The correct answer is: “You’re wrong”.

“Come invest in America - where numbers are no longer real”

The Government should consider putting in place resources to address international "smear" campaigns against the Occupied Territories Bill - including taking "proactive" EU, UN and US steps to address "misinformation" over the legislation

Letting international journalists in to report freely could verify all of these claims independently of course. But that’s not happening. For some reason.

Politico, in particular, could get an affidavit from God, witnessed by the Archangel Gabriel, that the EU did something right and they’d complain about the quality of the Almighty’s penmanship in the signature.

Europe: “k” 👍

Europe has seen these photos before. Inaction and political paralysis will leave a deep stain on its soul www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...