Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae singer who helped popularize the genre with songs like “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and “The Harder They Come,” died at 81 of pneumonia, his wife said. Read more about his life and legacy: nyti.ms/4pxqKao

Find me on Foto app @fotoapp.co the.fotoapp.co/montxsuz Just images and portfolios. No ads, algorithms, square photos, videos, or BS.

He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’

Tech companies are pouring money into AI, and they’re not making it back. Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel on how everything could come crashing down:

David Rowe meanwhile.. in AFR

Opinion | Benjamin Netanyahu and News Corp want you to think he's a fearless protector of Israel. In fact, he's a thin-skinned man-child who has previously helped enable Hamas, writes Bernard Keane.

Anthony Albanese’s “progressive patriotism” has its roots in the writing of George Orwell, offering a counterpoint to the global rise of populist threats to democracy | Dennis Glover #auspol

Canva billionaire Cameron Adams and wife Lisa Miller join Bill Gates pledge to give away wealth

I started today’s “Putinization of America” article for the Atlantic before the Trump-Zelensky meeting was announced, but I have a bad track record when it comes to hoping I’m wrong. It could’ve been scripted by Putin, especially Vance’s attacks. Maybe it was. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

And these days, Trump is doing more for Putin than the Russian army…

Why did 77m voters choose Trump? We now have data comparing the attitudes and values of American voters with people around the world. And it turns out that Republicans align their values very closely with Russia and Turkey, and to a slightly lesser degree China. www.thebulwark.com/p/new-data-r...

Elon Musk's Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements

Brazil's Bolsonaro ordered to stand trial for attempted coup

When Donald Trump changed sides in Russia’s war against Ukraine, Republicans acted as if nothing had changed, George Packer writes. It takes a special talent to betray an entire worldview without missing a beat: theatln.tc/gaMPwuwO

The Atlantic has published the attack plans that Donald Trump’s advisers shared on Signal. “People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions,” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social write. theatln.tc/sQjzlvDQ

Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the impact of the new US administration’s policies will have a “seismic” impact on the global economy, ahead of his fourth national budget due to be handed down on Tuesday.

"Our future is now in a much more precarious state than it was on 19 January … Trump 2.0 is irrecoverable.” Retired admiral and former Australian defence force chief warns “vandals in the White House” are no longer reliable allies and urges Australia to reassess its strategic partnership with US.

Jean Pisani-Ferry: 'The Trump administration's openly hostile attitude has abruptly accelerated discussions on Europe's strategic autonomy'

‘Deeply uncomfortable’: UK Starlink users switch off over Musk’s political machinations

Our politicians won't talk about the need to reassess our future without a US security guarantee. Malcolm Turnbull thinks it's critical that we do, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

"I will not hesitate to shut the electricity off completely,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said.

Instead of wasting more time on the flawed Aukus submarine program, we must go to plan B now | Peter Briggs

Malcolm Turnbull wants Australia to face up to the realities of a new world of Trumpian disorder. Our governing class would prefer he kept quiet, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Looks like Trumpty-Dumpty had a great fall Splat! From the wall [street] See what I did there?

The US has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.

Peter Broelman in Canberra Times

Australia’s main opposition group will commit an initial A$3 billion ($1.9 billion) for about 28 new Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 fighter jets if it wins power in what are set to be tight elections due by mid-May.

Australia’s key ally has gone rogue – and Trump has us expertly wedged. We need a plan B | Zoe Daniel

US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

SCOOP: Jeff Bezos’s rightward shift has been long in the making. In January, Will Lewis sent a memo to David Shipley summarizing Jeff’s vision for a WSJ-style opinions section. Shipley expressed doubts, suggested compromises and finally said he couldn't do it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...

Americans are changing their shopping habits and even dumping their favorite stores in a backlash against corporations that have shifted their public policies to align with the Trump administration, according to a poll exclusively shared with the Guardian.

Greenland is testing Europe's willingness to stand up to Trump. It's failing | Nathalie Tocci

Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead. M23 has made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling the eastern city of Goma.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of Covid vaccines in 2021, when estimates had begun to show that the rollout of the shots had already saved about 140,000 lives. nyti.ms/4hkaSnl

An amended lawsuit against Meta alleges that the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, approved training Meta's Llama AI models using copyrighted content.

A chorus of European leaders is pushing back against Elon Musk's meddling after he suggested Britain's prime minister should be imprisoned and questioned whether the U.S. should "liberate" its ally.

Elon Musk is a paid subscriber to an active pro-apartheid account. There's no alternate context or gray area to something like this. If you're not disgusted by this, you've picked your side of the line already.

“A clearer picture of the election has emerged, complicating the debate over whether Democrats need to reinvent themselves—and whether voters really abandoned them at all,” @russellberman.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/Vdizauyy

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For @crikeynews.bsky.social, I wrote about Elon Musk’s dangerous libertarianism + its ironic contrast with his dictatorial mgmt of X. “Libertarians emphasise exit as freedom (“don’t like it? Leave”). There is a delicious irony in users now saying, ‘OK, bye’. #Xodus www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/e...

“X is a toxic media platform”, said Guardian Australia as to why it has left for Bluesky. Why hasn’t everyone else made the move? @daanysaeed.bsky.social reports. www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/21/a...

This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

Enjoy the premiere with me tomorrow morning while a script slowly deletes every single thing I've posted on X in the last 15 years. The Really Dark Truth About Bots www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5X...