Maybe Greenland has benefited from Trump's unwillingness to open a second front in the war while still engaged in the Minneapolis offensive

The sadism displayed by agents of the US government is sickening. And the cowardice - trying to look tough while they're got up as if on the frontline of a war zone while bullying middle-aged women and children

US media really need to get away from using anodyne shorthand terms like "surge"

Newsom seems determined to get the nomination for 2028 by placing himself as the Democrat Trump - throwing around schoolyard insults to play to the crowd and finding others to blame

"Download the app for free" is like having a sign in the supermarket saying "Put a loaf of bread in your basket for free"

Seems to be an increase on here of delicate yanks getting huffy over Europeans asking them why there's not more widespread open action. "What would you have us do?" That's up to you to figure out. He's your president - like it or not. Hashtags and memes won't cut it

Trump's letter to Norway... Are US politicians who built careers in which presumably they expect to be taken seriously now utterly immune to ridicule?

Everyone talks about Trump this, Trump that, but when you see how feeble-minded he is, unable to express a single coherent, fact-based idea, it's increasingly clear he's not calling the shots on the really big decisions. He may believe he is, but he's the clown, the distraction, the misdirection

Hey @grapheneos.org - is this going to affect us?

"The company’s decision to finally pull the plug on the ailing metaverse... was seen by industry analysts as a 'smart move, just late'." Meanwhile, a man who decided to stop punching himself in the genitals after one testicle fell off was described as having made "a smart move, just late"

As part of my #deAmericanising, I've started practising with DarkTable for RAW editing. Years of use lets me breeze through large batches on NX Studio, but it's not available for Linux. Any regular users got any tips?

Ireland Tells Data Center Developers To Bring Their Own Clean Energy cleantechnica.com/2026/01/15/i...

"Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in - or I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll... make Americans pay more for stuff"

When you're asleep but still looking for attention (need to get the clippers out - those talons are out of control😬)

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Sign of the times - a massive ad in Berlin for careers in the military

January 16, 2021: this scared, exhausted little shepherd-mix arrived in his forever home. Five years on, quite the distinguished gent. I'll never cease to be amazed by what a superb dog he is - 5 years with never a hint of aggression. Loved by everyone, affectionate, intelligent, and lots of fun❤️

I have the utmost respect for the vast majority of Nobel Peace Prize winners, but people saying it has suddenly for the first time lost credibility may need to be reminded that in 1973 it was awarded to Henry Kissinger

1/2 US tech is everywhere, like a fungus or mould. Don't let despair stop you trying, but when finding substitutes, remember that "based in Europe" may often obscure heavy use of US infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and more that make them subject to US laws via the CLOUD Act

"Only"? More than 1 in 4 think that was the right thing to do? The US is beyond gone

Is the US ready for a two-front war against Iran and Minnesota?

The kids think I possess the Wisdom of the Ancients because I can open these in a couple of seconds

"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr DeMille"

Just watched this masterpiece for the umpteenth time. Forever indebted to @areebafatima.bsky.social for introducing me

Have the people who describe everything Trump does as a distraction considered that Trump is the distraction? How credible is it that the massive structural changes being imposed on the US are a complex plan masterminded by a bitter, befuddled old man?

I don't know how often it needs to be repeated that "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"* is among the stupidest, most dangerous ideas in existence * Often the preserve of the tankie "anti-imperialist" but dedicated today to people making excuses for the Iranian regime

[youth pastor voice] you know where else has paramilitaries targeting American citizens

Hollywood and mass media have for decades sold Americans the idea of "rugged individualism" as a description of their whiny selfishness

I have an idea...

"Porn" is too generous - CSAM is more accurate

"Adult content"

Slightly diminish a band Frankie Goes to Cricklewood

Knowing the difference between Allosaurus and Styracosaurus tracks was important when deciding to forage beyond the forest cover

I got a medal for completing a road run a few years ago. Gave it to my 7-year-old. She loved it, but she had enough sense to understand it didn't mean that she had done the run. Maybe I should get her to phone the White House and explain

This got me thinking: Everyone's in the mood for a protest song at the moment - here's a few beyond the usual suspects🧵 Heartland - The The Matt Johnson's bitter takedown of Thatcher's Britain

"Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time." Does this really need to be explained? What an embarrassing time to be alive www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...

Hmm... I'm starting to experience some issues with @vivaldi.com browser, which I've loved using for a year+ now. Several websites are failing to load, giving me an infinitely reloading Cloudflare captcha page. Also getting a message from Facebook saying I need a browser update (I have the latest)

Video analysis clearly contradicts what Noem and Trump claim about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. By @devonlum.bsky.social @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social Ainara Tiefenthaler Courtney Brooks for @nytimes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...

At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...

This brings to mind something that was said about the British state's abuses of the community they had othered in Northern Ireland - that it was only a matter of time before they brought those practices home. Sure enough, striking and protesting English miners were clubbed into submission

It's cold, but that clear sky made it possible to take a one-handed phone snap of Orion despite the city's light pollution, while holding a leash in the other🐕‍🦺🙂

I scold myself regularly for not personally getting 100% free of US tech and platforms yet. Our governments need to accelerate whatever efforts they're making to enable us to do that

I generally think people should not seek out videos of real world violence. But with the spin the Trump administration is trying to put on the killing in Minneapolis, the footage probably needs to be forced under the noses of any Americans still in denial over what their government is up to

Some of the responses to this.😬 People objecting to "men" - as if men aren't responsible for the massively overwhelming majority of sexual abuse. Others insisting on continuing to anthropomorphise Grok. Grok isn't "allowing" or "enabling" anything. The people who created and control it are

Regardless of all his various ventures, Elon Musk's lasting legacy will be to be forever remembered as the guy who mainstreamed industrial-scale production of child sexual abuse material

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵

Forget the law of the jungle - the United States is under the law of the kindergarten

three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal

1/3 RIP Ahn Sung-ki - an absolute titan

"Alright alright - but apart from Putin, Xi, Kim, Lukashenko, MBS... what dictator can sleep safely?"