#Iranwar is boomerangs back at Trump & Netanyahu, with the president of Iran occupying the higher moral ground now. 'Which interests of the Americans are being served by this war? Was there any objective threat from Iran to justify it?" asks President Pezeshkian. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

#Russia #Ukraine war

It is crazy how few people know this: Russia now occupies less Ukrainian land than it did one month into the full-scale invasion four years ago

#Mailinvoting Trump voted my mail himself recently for a Statehouse district that included his Mar-a-Lago home despite being in Florida at the time and only 15 minutes away from his polling place.

If Stern is right, it shows that Trump appointees can remain independent thinkers despite being Trump appointees.

#Artemis #Moon (Not 'to' it, round it!) Live coverage tonight. Planned launch time: 23.24 BST Hot chocolate at the ready! www.youtube.com/@NASA/streams

#Iranwar This is about a d i f f e r e n t US missile attack, killing 45 people in a sports hall next to (another) IRGC compound, this one in Lamerd (500 km west of the school that was hit in Minab which killed > 170 people, mostly children, on the same day). www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...

Hey! #Trump! If oil shortages from the Persian Gulf don't affect you, and you have 'plenty' of jet fuel why are US jet fuel prices so high? L o o k :

On this date in 1917, composer and pianist Scott Joplin, who was known as the “king of ragtime” at the turn of the 20th century, died in a mental institution in New York City.

#Iranwar Save fuel, reduce bills: Turn thermostat down, wear warmer clothes. Ship shower: Wet. Switch water off. Soap. Water back on. Rinse. Done. Keep kettle filled above the element. Add mugs of water according to how many mugs needed. Multiply by UK population = significant fuel savings.

. #Iranwar #Trump #Netanyahu More unintended consequences for the rest of us of the madmen in the White House and Balfour Avenue Jerusalem and their 'war of choice'.

#Iranwar Securing the Strait of #Hormuz ......"after the fighting has stopped." Don't hold your breath. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

"We are the only country in the world that does this with birthright" Trump said as he signed the executive order. "And it's absolutely ridiculous" That actually is not true. There are nearly 33 countries, mainly in North & South America that have birthright citizenship www.npr.org/2026/04/01/n...

. #Iranwar #Trump #Netanyahu More unintended consequences for the rest of us of the madmen in the White House and Balfour Avenue Jerusalem and their 'war of choice'.

#Iranwar Cloud computing data centres hit. Customers should back up their data & "potentially migrate workloads" to alternative facilities....the broader operating environment in the Middle East remains unpredictable." - @awscloud.bsky.social (stating the obvious) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And drive less fast. 60 mph instead of 70 mph saves a lot of fuel. #Hormuz

#Iranwar A Jihadi joins in: “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness, with overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” - #ISIS? No. Ayatollah? Nope. That's the US Secretary for War, Pete Hegseth.

The snake in the Israeli grass. The real enemy within. He betrayed Rabin. He 'bolstered' Hamas.

#Hormuz The strait is not international waters, it is Iran & Oman territorial waters. But: "UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS): ships enjoy the right of "transit passage", which coastal states cannot legally block." But enforcement requires a UNSC mandate. www.ejiltalk.org/how-internat...

#Hormuz coalition, Any substance? "At some point in the near future, some kind of Strait of Hormuz security conference....the UK has offered to host a summit in Portsmouth.. the coalition would work to reopen the waterway “as soon as the conditions are right.” www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...

#Iranwar A Jihadi joins in: “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness, with overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” - #ISIS? No. Ayatollah? Nope. That's the US Secretary for War, Pete Hegseth.

. #Iranwar fuel costs

. Two wars without cause, two presidents to blame. The Putin/Trump axis.

#NHS Sensible triaging of GP referrals? Or rationing by random targeting? "We don’t even know if the planned 1-in-4 patients bounced back to the GP are recorded. Is Labour planning on effectively rationing secondary care – it seems like it.”

It’s not a good look for Starmer to start issuing Trumpian threats to doctors, especially a threat to cut training places from which we would all benefit. He’s clearly been advised to look tough but one of his plus points is he is not Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#BBCNews - Spain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Iranwar Save fuel, reduce bills: Turn thermostat down, wear warmer clothes. Ship shower: Wet. Switch water off. Soap. Water back on. Rinse. Done. Keep kettle filled above the element. Add mugs of water according to how many mugs needed. Multiply by UK population = significant fuel savings.

#Istael digging ever deeper into the hole of their own making. www.ft.com/content/83ab...

#Iranwar The UK government appears to be saying, Keep Calm and Carry On booking your summer holidays. Are they being complacent? Look: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

He really does look asleep here:

Now will #Israel get it? If you attack them, they'll attack you. Netanyahu started this. He can stop it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_WL...

#NorthSeaOil Badenoch looks like she's in a straitjacket in this photo. 👇👇👇 Metphor for dependence on party funders? bylinetimes.com/2026/03/30/k...

Trump to be trumped by his own Supreme Court choices? If appointments of honourable people are made by a dishonourable man for dishonourable reasons they may nevertheless behave honourably.

#NoKings No Kings 3.0 Very impressive. But what has it changed?

. Open and shut strait

. @vaspider.gay:

Republican construction? Or lazy journalism? 👇👇 Also important Swathes of previously industrial (high employment) America (coal mines, Detroit etc) were devastated by modernisation, robotics, & globalisation, which was a key driver of support for Donald J. Trump. @vaspider.gay:

#Maths test. How far is Liverpool from Leeds by narrow boat? (Rhetorical)

A federal judge in Kentucky agreed to dismiss charges against two former Louisville police officers — Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany — accused of wrongdoing related to the raid that led to Breonna Taylor’s killing at her apartment in 2020.

#Iran war The US-Israeli attack on Iran may put Israel in more danger from the Bomb not less.

#Iran The war that was meant to prevent Iran building a bomb might be the war that leads them to building one. The regime may be worse than it was before the war. Under Ayatollah Khamenei there was a pragmatic balance between moderates & the extreme IRGC. - Danny @Citrinowicz (on #X) BBC Radio 4.

#Olympics #Transgender "There’s no official count of how many transgender women — if any — compete at the Olympics. In recent history, only Laurel Hubbard, a weightlifter from New Zealand, has been recognized as a trans competitor. (Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and she did not win a medal)."

#Iran #Iranwar #Trump Hoping talks a r e taking place - secret back-channels like: **UK government to IRA via Frank Steele, Brendan Duddy, Michael Oatley and 'Robert'. **Cuban missiles: USA to USSR via Robert Kennedy & Ambassador Dobrynin. ** Oslo: PLO - Israel via Mona Juul in Norway.

#USA More self-harm inflicted by #Trump: apnews.com/article/loui...

. In praise of #Pakistan www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YRl...

The right of the people to bear nuclear suicide vests shall not be infringed.

“We’ve bombed 38 bajillion targets!!!” Okay. Is Hormuz open? No? Then who gives a fuck.

#Iranwar #Pakistan defence minister Khawaja M. Asif @KhawajaMAsif on X mocks Trump @realdonaldtrump.govmirrors.com "The goal of the war seems to have shifted to opening the strait of Hormuz, which was...... open before the war. 👏👏👏🫡"