💥Hungary's newly elected PM Péter Magyar, in his first speech, apologizes to victims of the Orbán government's smear campaigns and harassment, including NGOs and journalists. For 16 years, dozens if not hundreds of us had to endure our newsrooms being taken over, surveillance and pressure campaigns.

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this is really heartwarming. two men exchanging symbolic tokens of things the other has no interest in (football, peace)

Latviešu apziņā dziļi iesakņojies priekšstats par Kārli Ulmani kā zemnieku tautas idejas nesēju un iemiesojumu. Taču — vai tā domāja pats Ulmanis? Jaunā vēsturnieka Kārļa Sila disertācija mudina pārvērtēt Kārļa Ulmaņa mērķus un nacionālo politiku. 🔗 ir.lv/politika/ves...

fucking awesome

When someone has a 63% disapproval rating and goes to a Yankees v. Tigers baseball game. Sound up:

"Words, that fierce contagion." Javier Marias My latest reads. O'Flaherty, Nunez, Dower, Balle, Marias. Dublin, America, Japan, Europe, Oxford/Spain. A snitch, a friend, an occupation, a mystery, a spy or two. open.substack.com/pub/bnrbooki...

No more. No less.

Welcome to the Met Gala.

Pavasaris arī manī raisa gaišas domas. Uzrakstīju, kāpēc Ukrainas kara kontekstā perspektīva rādās arvien labāka. www.lsm.lv/raksts/arpus...

“Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz,” says @billmckibben.bsky.social. “That makes it a very appealing alternative, especially now that it’s cheaper than burning coal and gas and oil.”

Over 50% of American adults can't read above a 6th grade reading level, and this is an absolutely catastrophic civil rights crisis with implications for every facet of individual and collective life, including processing political statements by politicians, doctors, and so on

One of the most brilliant political cartoonists out there, & an amazing artist. Definitely worth following. @anntelnaes.bsky.social

Live your life in such a way that you don't have to say "I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody" on national television.

Published on tumblr a few days ago.

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

billionaire: we need radical solutions for Earth Day. Think bold. Biofuels. Space mirrors. Plankton fertilization. advisor: what about a 2% wealth tax? billionaire: …Cloud seeding. Turbine farms in the Sahara. A Dyson sphere.

Prez: Mar-Apr 21 - Masses army on 🇺🇦 border July 21 - Writes 7000 word essay about how Ukraine shouldn't exist Nov 21 - Re-masses army on 🇺🇦 border Dec 21 - Promises "military technical solution if demands not met Feb 21 - Invade after demands not met Tankies: Literally no one could've foreseen this

✈️🇩🇪 Germany's Lufthansa cancels 20,000 flights to save fuel due to soaring prices, — FT Domestic flights in Germany may also be suspended in the near future.

Bravo Baltic States for telling Fico to FAFO

🇸🇰✈️❌ Fico publicly stated that 🇱🇹Lithuania and 🇱🇻Latvia have already informed Slovakia they will not allow his government plane to fly through their airspace for the planned trip to Moscow on May 9, 2026, for Russia’s Victory Day celebrations (the 81st anniversary).

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Really good reporting from AP. They took 40 people who had listed their new ICE job on LinkedIn, then looked for red flags. apnews.com/article/ice-...

Americans elected the only new yorker alive who has never set foot in a bodega bsky.app/profile/atru...

"The rise of extreme wealth is one of the clearest signs of this imbalance. In 1987, billionaires held wealth equal to 3% of global GDP. Today this tiny elite, just 0.0001% of the world population, owns the equivalent of *16%* of world GDP in wealth."

Reading against fear. Bazyar, Smith, Catton, Darwish, 19th century Germans. Tehran, Britain, New Zealand, Palestine/exile, Germany. Resistance over decades, resistance now, theatre school, self-elegy, eerie tales. open.substack.com/pub/bnrbooki...

Here is their summary: 1. Erika Kirk didn’t show! 2. It started with a guy selling his loan shark business 3. Then TPUGA leader 4. Then Georgia Lieutenant General 5. Then JD Vance 6 Finally, despite long line, only 5-6 questions

Trump Rages at Pope Leo, JD Vance Fumbles Iran Deal & Hungary Ousts Viktor Orban youtu.be/g6k55WQ5GAk

Libraries have to stay!

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Euphoria in Budapest after the opposition’s victory against the ruZZian Orban. Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets to celebrate 🥳 Incredible scenes from the Hungarian metro. #Budapest #Hungary #Elections #OppositionVictory #Orban #Breaking #Europe #Politics #Putin #OrbanOut #EU

JD Vance, are you free in October

Hungary, you gave us hope when we really needed it.

Hurrah!!!!! We will win!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Writer as tiger.

Cartoon by Gábor Pápai, a well-known Hungarian political cartoonist.

I have been thinking this for a long time as well as we graze through trailers. Rotting female corpses, kidnapped and murdered women, pretty women young moms dead and tortured.

Weird to me that this is the thing everyone cites, because there's so much that's so much worse. In 1974 the first laws against marital rape were passed, but all 50 states did not classify it as a crime/remove the exemption until 1993.

“We want to live in a free, European Democracy. After 16 years of sorrow, corruption and Russian influence. We have had enough” The organisers & singers at the massive Budapest concert told me why Orban has to go.

Tens of thousands chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian election.

As aside, this is one speech Melania didn’t plagiarize from Michelle Obama.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

The world intelligence agencies have a two week window to leak the complete Epstein Files. It’s actually a very prudent and economical act of national defense. We can’t keep letting him put us through this.

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Not apologising for flooding the timeline with live news from Lebanon. I don't know how many people I know will still be alive by tomorrow. And all this because the fucking western nations won't call off the rabid dog they created.

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

hegseth is cooked

Stocks soar on 2-week postponement of Armageddon.