You can't maintain your US lifestyle without buying most of your household goods from China. Even Walmart is little more than an outlet for factories in Shenzhen. You've larped yourselves into a client state, but with guns.

How far along the "athoritarian" spectrum does this sort of thing sit, Tom? I guess at least the colleges still get to exist! @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

"I won’t celebrate his death, but I’m not obligated to celebrate his life, either."

Musk's Xitter is apparently happy to fabricate lies at will

The most unflinchingly honest appraisal of the US electorate and the state of its democracy I've read so far. It will surely end in tears. And American voters will have no one to blame but themselves.

Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩

Seen this, @grogsgamut.bsky.social ?

I think that no matter what else happens in the next while, or even in the next 3.5 years, this picture will be used to sum up the entire legacy of the man.

Tired of winning yet, America?

I plunder the countries I visit by hoarding the hotel toiletries

Ssshhh... genius at work

Re the Bradfield count, Giselle Kapterian may become the first person nominated to a front bench role unable to take up the position. Started the day 12 votes ahead, now down to 3. It must be horrible to be close enough to taste it but far enough away to feel the chill. #auspol #Bradfield

Bridget McKenzie's party currently boasts less than 29% women across House and Senate representatives. The Labor government achieved 57%, with 52% women in the Cabinet. She has a hide like a rhinoceros. #auspol #womeninpolitics

The only thing holding this back will be Musk's insistence that he be the biological father of every baby born above quota

Kakiocracy Unlimited. The depth of idiocy, ignorance, naivety, carelessness, absence of analysis and sheer laziness is appalling. #kakiocracy #loonylutnick #knownothings #tariffmadness www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Ben for the W today

Clearly, French people do not read US/UK newspapers

Well... There's always a quote.. VIDEO. When Marine Le Pen called for "lifelong ineligibility" for elected officials convicted of "misappropriation of public funds" www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/p...

Happy Monday. Hummingbirds sheltering from the rain

Signed. Hoping others will, too. chng.it/KRXvZwSLCn

100%

Danish MEP Anders Vistisen swears at Trump, says Greenland not for sale, then tells him to fuck off.

#KateHalfpenny is the champion of passive aggressive women hating on other women. Having some fun to make a living is apparently useless because you are not changing the world. Which might mean something if you yourself were not the epitome of trivial irrelevance. www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...

I know today for many will be a day of hatred for Dominique Pelicot and the 60 other men who debased their souls and defiled his wife. I do not think of them. Today is a day to celebrate the grace, composure and dignity of Gisèle. She cast off shame and presented it to her tormentors. #MerciGisèle

Merci Gisèle 🩶💪🙏

The most apposite moment of this circus was Murphy falling into the gutter. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Politicians are typically prone to spinning their narratives. The somewhat alarming possibility is that this poseur, this amateur, claimant to Treasurer of Australia @AngusTaylor actually believes what he is saying. He's innumerate and dangerous. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Claiming copyright on being a laughing stock is the most chutzpah breakdance move she's ever pulled www.smh.com.au/national/i-w...

Bear karma www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

This man is consistent. Boycotted the Apology, destroyed The Voice, now disappears the flags. It's not about "national unity", it's about burying identity, about ignoring heritage. He is toxic to our nation. #Duttonracist #AlwayswasAlwayswillbe #ProudAustralia #Reconciliation #FuckDutton

TIL, to my delight, that in France a table tennis player is "un pongiste".

Quote post with the fictional character you are in your head ~

One of the most remarkable photos ever taken. And it is impossible to comprehend the scale of it. Taken by Hubble, it is a jet of gas being fired out of a supermassive black hole. The jet is 3,000 light years long (1 light year = 6 trillion miles!). Full amazing story👉 mashable.com/article/blac...

“When caught in a bear trap, sometimes a wolverine will simply gnaw its own leg off to escape.”

Morning Threads (/s)

Bluesky is now officially Canada. 1 million skeets a day saying sorry (including sorry for saying sorry) and another half million saying "Ooh, I'd love to, but really, I can't". Sorry not sorry Canada. I love you for it.

CSI: Bolzano www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...

"And those who are so pure and judgemental - why are they still on Twitter?"

If you see this, post a rabbet

Love is truth youtube.com/watch?v=hiDg...

It's a rare day when the death of one man can lift the mood of half the world

This is excellent news!

I remember the existential panic among ordinary Tories in 2016. It translated into... rhetoric and hatred, nothing more.