Trump is one dumb f*ck. Important to remember that the Strait of Hormuz is subject to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea which is supposed to guarantee transit passage for all vessels. Iran & Oman both exercise geographic control (Iran the northern shoreline & prospect.org/2026/04/02/o...

March of last year — Russian state TV said “Trumpushka” would “fulfill Moscow’s dreams” by cutting off Ukraine, destroying foreign relations & NATO, disrupting 🇺🇸 government, lifting Russian sanctions… How’d they do? 🤷🏼 (H/T @JuliaDavisNews) www.yahoo.com/news/putin-p...

“A growing number of NHS staff are refusing to work on Palantir’s health data platform over ethical concerns about the controversial US tech company.” Good for them 👏👏👏 #NoToPalantir www.ft.com/content/dbb6...

US has destroyed only a third of Iran’s missiles, intelligence suggests www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Remember when NATO countries came to the aid of the US within 24 hours of 9/11, marking the first and only time in NATO’s history that Article 5 collective defense clause was triggered

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This is HUGE mistake. I would understand continuing with the visit, despite humiliating circumstances, if it had any genuine chance of restoring transatlantic relations. But it won’t. Trump will bask in the spotlight, and go back to slagging off the UK one day later. www.nbcnews.com/world/united...

“Hegseth’s broker at Morgan Stanley contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment in the asset manager’s Defense Industrials Active ETF, the people said, shortly before the US launched military action against Tehran.”

WTF. ‘John McAndrew, who was editorial director and director of news and programmes at GB News upon its launch last year, has joined the BBC as director of news programmes.’ pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...

Bellingcat found 31 posts with AI-generated imagery shared on social media by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam and West Bengal in December that appeared to meet the United Nations’ definition of hate speech. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

“To send the king on a state visit to the US is a sign of a government too weak to stand up to bullies. What appalling thing does Trump have to do next to make the government see sense and cancel the state visit?” @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @libdems.org.uk www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

First Spain, now Italy and France. bsky.app/profile/carl...

"The United States has directed every American embassy and consulate across the world to launch coordinated campaigns against foreign propaganda and endorses Elon Musk’s X as an 'innovative' tool to help do it."

Strikes me as an absurd threat, either we need the 4000 new training places or we don’t

The next time you hear Canadian police or national security folks try to justify expanding surveillance powers by saying "our Five Eyes partners" have the capability, think of this: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...

www.ft.com/content/2d2b... Ministers consider triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. They should. Palantir has no place in the NHS. @justtreatment.org @labourlewis.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social

🇪🇺🇺🇦🕯️ Top EU diplomats visit Bucha on fourth anniversary of massacre by Russian army "Perhaps, more than anywhere else, in Bucha we feel that the future of Europe, the security of Europe are decided right here - in Ukraine," said Sybiha.

Palestinian Authority calls the bill a 'war crime' against Palestinians, says it breaches the Fourth Geneva Convention.

🟨 Print Edition — Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours – or 140 working days – on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024. https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/farages-staggering-side-hustles

In 2022, Italian oil company Eni began approaching Kenyan farmers with a pitch: Plant castor seeds, and we’ll buy the harvest to turn it into green fuel. Our investigation reveals many smallholders were left without pay — and without food.

EU foreign ministers are gathering in Kyiv to mark the fourth anniversary of the Bucha massacre in March 2022. Their focus is on establishing a special tribunal to prosecute Russia’s war of aggression. More in Brussels Playbook:

I missed this. Feb 26. UK Gov. ‘AI and EdTech: MPs launch new inquiry examining technology’s role in education’ Among other matters, “Children’s digital rights will be considered, including the balance between their respective rights to privacy and participation, and the potential safeguarding

Ministers explore triggering break clause in Palantir's NHS contract www.ft.com/content/2d2b... Officials "quietly exploring the technical process" in case ministers want to take decisive action at some point FDP contract www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/0f8a6... #NHSdata #datasharing

Are you a sexual and reproductive justice activist or organisation looking to protect your work and those you fight for? Read on! privacyinternational.org/long-read/57...

#NoKings from the arctic in Utqiaġvik, Alaska the northernmost city in the entire USA!

‘No hawking offender will be prosecuted.’

I do have a roaming add-on … but I remain 🤬 at the rip off prices such as this .. how can any mobile operator charge £93 a GB if you don’t have a roaming data plan

US-Indonesia trade deal slammed as ‘extractive colonialism’ over mining, fossil fuels news.mongabay.com/2026/03/us-i...

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Sensitive information, from passwords to personal documents, can be extracted from your phone while you're traveling––in the midst of ICE's deployment to airports around the country, read more about how to keep your data safe. theintercept.com/2026/03/25/i...

Trump & co literally setting the mid east on fire

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🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22

“I was holding this man’s hand, thinking ‘where were they when you were three and your mom died, or when you were seven and being abused, or aged nine dealing with adults who were cruel, or when you started abusing drugs, or when you came back traumatised from war“

Interesting follow-up order in the Anthropic case. DOJ asked — storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... — to file significant parts of a report under seal from a vendor who assessed Anthropic's "security risks." Judge Lin says DOJ didn't justify sealing, gives til 4/3 for "specific evidence."

Hard to win a war when your business model is selling your own war plans. www.offmessage.net/p/expose-all...

“In rejecting the [continuation of indiscriminate scanning] rules, lawmakers resisted pressure from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, four European commissioners, tech giants Meta, Google and Microsoft and numerous children’s charities in past weeks.’ www.politico.eu/article/euro...

US ‘ SIX DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to disclose whether Americans who use commercial VPN services risk being treated as foreigners under US surveillance law, that would strip them of constitutional protections against warrantless government spying.’ www.wired.com/story/using-...

New pervert glasses about to drop.

I just got live trolled by a guy at a stoplight. Passenger in car leaned out the window hurling insults to provoke a reaction. It's bullying for the 'gram. We saw this coming in 2021 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

As of 4 April, the EU privacy derogation allowing the indiscriminate scanning of everyone’s messages to detect CSAM will expire for good. But the battle for privacy is not over “The Next Battle: The Return of Chat Control and Mandatory ID” www.patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-ch...

Our tracker now stands at 163 dead in 47 strikes since Sept. 2. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

JUST IN: Alleged Epstein victim files class action lawsuit against DOJ & Google over online posting/indexing of information about victims in Epstein files. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In quick succession, Florida and South Dakota have passed bills to require registering voters to prove their citizenship, à la the federal SAVE America Act. www.dakotanewsnow.com/2026/03/26/g...

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“The European Parliament voted today to end Chat Control 1.0. This ends an exception that was used in particular by US Big Tech companies to examine people's private messages billions of times and without suspicion” 👏 digitalegesellschaft.de/2026/03/pres...

U.K. PM Keir Starmer has granted new powers for British forces to board and potentially detain sanctioned vessels passing through its waters in a bid to ramp up economic pressure on Russia.

@europarl.europa.eu ‘The Conservatives (EPP) are attempting to force a new vote on Thursday (26th), seeking to reverse Parliament's NO on indiscriminate scanning’ of messages #ChatControl fightchatcontrol.eu Say no to mass surveillance