Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off

American decline in a single photo.

EXTRAORDINARY HISTORIC 42.6C Choluteca ALL TIME RECORD HONDURAS HOTTEST MAY DAY IN HISTORY PULVERIZED again Hundreds of records allove Central America for months: COSTA RICA with relentless Minimums up to 29C and tropical nights >1000m asl . Never happened anything like this

Sorry for the plug but I feel obliged to reshare this. Farage told a podcast before running for election: “There’s no money in politics, there’s no money if you’re straight [i.e. not corrupt]." Around the time he got £5 million from a crypto billionaire before going on to back crypto deregulation.

Why does Radio 4 always platform as its 'independent legal expert' Jonathan Sumption, known to be hostile to the European Convention on Human Rights? Especially as he wasn't a human rights lawyer? (A rhetorical question. It's the BBC the Tories created and Starmer is too clueless to push back.)

And, to a substantial extent, this growth performance is the result of bad economic policy which was itself driven by gilt market scaremongering. Remember when Osborne said we can end up like Greece? So we have to comprehensively destroy state capacity even though interest rates are at zero?

I know there’s a lot going on in the world, and we don’t have enough attention to pay to any of it. But the throttling of Cuba by the US should be a bigger story than it is. There are about 10 million people in Cuba, subjected to horrendous collective punishment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

This is hilarious ....

EVENT: “Global #Finance and #Fascism: Yesterday and Today”, a webinar with Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social (PRIME) and Bruno De Conti (University of Campinas), and Andreas Novy as a moderator. May 18th 18:00 (CET) via Zoom. Register: [email protected] www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/03/26/t...

Frantically flailing after Xi landed a blow. Increasingly desperate.

Nick Anderson @andertoon.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING -- The Court of Appeal has ruled that Mr Justice Johnson had no jurisdiction to refer Palestine Action barrister Rajiv Menon KC for contempt of court proceedings. These proceedings were brought against Menon after he reminded a jury earlier this year of its absolute right to acquit.

Capitalist 'Growth' is about endless 'wants' while neglecting essential 'needs'. www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...

Absolutely! #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Where’s the fury about rightwing antisemitism? The newspapers that call out leftwing antisemitism publish antisemitic cartoons and champion politicians with a record of antisemitic statements. So who is holding *them* to account? This week’s column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Remember, Elon Musk is an INVESTOR, not an INVENTOR, and he doesn't HAVE good ideas, he BUYS them.

Absolutely fuck you, Amazon. When I bought this device there was no mention of my purchase being time limited at your discretion. It does not require software updates, so the only "support" necessary is that kindle books are available in a format that can be sent to it. This shouldn't be legal.

“Trumpflation. U.S. inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war” — Political artwork by and opinion of Michael de Adder.

From climate science and the right of necessity, to the collapse of democratic norms and the illusions of secular reason, this is a radical call to rethink justice, truth, and duty in the face of extinction. You may order your copy here: rev21.earth/books/

we only know about the £5m Harborne donation thanks to journalists at the Guardian, but sure trash the MSM for clicks

BREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.

Chuffed to be gifted this important book by the author Ulises A. Mejias....

Imagining that Keir Starmer's 'make or break' speech had been like this...

as gilt markets tremble, time again for my 'Bank of England has too much fiscal power, in the wrong hands' chat with Andy Haldane. On Politics: Do bond markets and the Bank of England run Britain? www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

At the World Decolonilzatin Forum in Istanbul - I am listening to the daughter of Franz Fanon.. Mirreille Fanon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireill...

This pluralistic.net/2026/05/09/c..., by @doctorow.pluralistic.net is about why Trump cannot do anything about the cost of living crisis. Which, by the way, is tied to the climate crisis, as @annpettifor.bsky.social points out in her book "Global Casino." 1/10

At least three and maybe four years of the past decade have been spent with a PM grimly hanging to power having lost authority with their party. The opportunity cost is so high. We really need to find better ways to manage these transitions.

Amsterdam is the world's first capital city to ban public advertisements for both meat and fossil fuel products. "Since 1 May, adverts for burgers, petrol cars and airlines have been stripped from billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations." www.aol.com/amsterdam-ba...

Unbelievable, Reform with overtly anti -semitic and racist members is more palatable than the Jewish leader of a party that doesn't support the Gaza genocide.

Just in case you are depressed in any way this morning

Day 1537 of my 3 day war. From this day forward, the Moscow Victory Day Parade will take place only by the consent of the President of Ukraine. I remain a master strategist.

This is how it is... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

From Prof John Curtice. 080526

Important data point here: “A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance”. The Greens have already hurt Labour even before any direct gains.

"72% of the white population is put into one district. 75% of the Black population is carved into two,” Sen. Jeff Yarbro of Nashville said. “We are being asked to believe that it’s just the luck of the draw, just happenstance.” Within hours of a new congressional map passing, the NAACP filed suit.

How the Mahmood-McSweeney Strategy Handed the Local Elections to Nigel Farage open.substack.com/pub/adambien...

He’s revealed US to be a paper tiger on a global stage. A bully who picks unnecessary fights he can’t win, begs others for help & when denied, is sour grapes w “WE DON’T NEED YOU ANYWAY!” He has destroyed our status in the world & respect for US is at a historic low. Shameful.

Nigel Farage's beaming face is featuring heavily in the local elections coverage, but the truth is that the real architect of Reform's gains is the man whose disastrous 'Blue Labour' strategy we were confidently told would prevent them bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...

Our government is lying to us.

Elon Musk's no-show for a French judicial summons did not slow the inquiry. Paris prosecutor's office confirmed on Thursday, May 7, that it had opened a criminal investigation on May 6 into the parent company of the social network X and its owner, Musk. www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...

I think we now have the answer

John Curtice saying very similar ...

It is whether, by staying on, he does lasting damage to Labour’s ability to govern, rebuild trust, and stop the advance of the right. That is why a timetable for his departure is now necessary. The longer this is delayed, the greater the damage to the party and the country. 4/4

The local election results in Norwich – despite Labour’s excellent track record on the City Council – and across the country, make this an existential moment for Labour. This will not be fixed by another speech, another comms reset, or another reshuffle. The problem is now far deeper than that. 1/4

The Labour leader of Camden (Starmer’s council), has lost his seat to the Greens. Sky reports that "Richard Olszewski did a ‘chicken run’ to what was thought of as a safer seat to avoid the Lib Dems, but has lost to the Greens."

thedemlabs.org/2026/04/23/d... Spreadsheets show Jane Roberts earned $10,323,842.70 in commissions over seven years.

We The People want this changed.