There's a great French expression: "les absents ont toujours tord". If you're not there, you're to blame. Zelensky and his team got Trump's ear during the UN meeting, and Putin didn't...

Robert Redford! Who else could run (and jump!) so fast in a three-piece suit... Bon voyage! youtu.be/LlWr10qoEMo?...

Great strudel.

Live your life in such a way that your poor parents and siblings and grandparents don't have to hide away in disgrace. Shame, shame, shame! Shame upon those who addled your brain, shame upon you who, so incredibly stupid, allowed yourself to become this assassin.

Metafrax sounds like a Douglas Adams baddie.

Love Ukrainian farmers! And sometimes love Dutch farmers, too youtu.be/PhzI1SohJXk?...

It's science fiction, and we're gonna win the game against Russia... youtu.be/GKhPVHoodrU?...

In a perfect world, we would examine this young, 22-year old's indoctrination. What lead him to murder? And we would STOP IT. I don't know how to do it, But smarter people than me can absolutely STOP IT!

Omg! 16 years old and watching this in a movie theater in DC on a visit from Europe! People throwing rice, putting up umbrellas, prancing up on stage in front of the big screen...

Anyone complaining that "there's no good new music"? Shut up and sit on your hands and listen to this! youtu.be/TPHafKOd9A4?...

Getting a bunch of flowers as you step off the long train ride... Such a nice touch!

Knitting a kindle cover... And no, I'm not knitting it around the kindle. Just chuffed to bits that I got the gauge right and figured out the Turkish cast-on. Going to top it off with an inch of ribbing. No fastenings, don't want to scratch it.

duckduckgo.com?q=solar%20pa... Sheep can graze under solar panels, mussels can grow under off-shore windmills. We can find ways, we're so smart..

We want to eat the dead! The old, dead oil of the dead. We'll burn it, and the smoke will fill the sky.

So I was teaching myself Turkish cast-on (knitting) for the third time, when my daughter called me up and said "Mum, shall I come over for coffee?, I'm just round the corner", and I said "have you got your key, because I can't come to the door right now"

Dit krijgen wij in NL iedere eerste maandag van de maand.. Het "alles oké alarm"!

"she came all the way from America" That opening lyric from Crowded House's "Mean To Me" got a grip on my soul that I'll never be able to shake off! youtu.be/Gj90l1CVj60?...

This is amazing! MTG came out in support of Epstein's victims, in no uncertain terms. Worth a listen.. substack.com/@thedingodav...

This paints a pretty picture!

Fighting words! Very proud of them...

The rain is coming up from behind me, it's coming up from the rear Looking out it's all sunshine, but right now it's raining here

Cue vaccine passports for Americans travelling abroad...

Happy birthday, George! youtu.be/6t1vaF50Ks0?...

My daughter and her friends marching in support of safety for women and girls. Very proud of them!

Good man Roy, same here. Pass it on... Good man Roy, same here...

Omg! This guy is so smart! I spent a lot of my childhood staring at the knots in wood and seeing eyes..

Oy oy! I love that I can order a home-made, beautiful piece of jewelry from an artisan in Ukraine! I don't have to pay extra customs duty, it's all in the original price. Europe and Ukraine apparently have a really good deal going..

"Yes, I do know how I survive Yes, I do know why I'm alive To love and be with you Day by day by day by day" youtu.be/aYW2o4uf504?...

All your beautiful, funny, biting words! They join a million, billion articles written about these people. I appreciate every one of them, hold them fast in my soul. I cannot, CANNOT give up on America.

Buy Ukrainian! This is for me to wear at my daughter's wedding. Symbol of the stork, bringing new life and sunflowers for sunny positivity. Now I can figure out what to wear... @olgapatluyk.bsky.social

Thinking about the hikers who set off this evening on a 20-hour walk around the Dutch island of Goree-Overflakkee. 100+ km, starting off at 19u, walking into the night.

Oy oy! These guys have got SMARTS! The best covo about Ukraine, Russia, the US and Europe. Bit of a long listen, but definitely worth it...

Please wipe your feet on the cat

call it the "kick grandma off social security" law youtube.com/watch?v=8PJW...

Spider wars or spider mating?

I have long stopped commenting on anything to do with US politics. Why? I have family there. Anybody else doing the same?

Are there any wars that end in negotiations? Cold wars. They begin in negotiations..

This might actually be the first major war that is ended by negotiation.

Fraternity of Failure @phillipspobrien.bsky.social describes a widespread phenomenon to @pkrugman.bsky.social "what happens is, so many people were so wrong, that it's much easier for them to defend eachother and keep hiring eachother... 1

Don't I know you from the cinematographer's party? No, I'm just a dictator blowing in the wind

A lesson for the ages...

What a promising programme!

Happy Friday everyone! Goodnight from Arizona. 🌙 (Kids getting ready to perform, Santa Fe Plaza, New Mexico) #BeKind #YouAreNotAlone #DoNotGiveUp

Best one so far!

Dochter-lief in een opruim-bui!

A DIPLOMATIC PROTEST! yep, that will really help..

Combine the "cheap and cheerful" concept with some petrol-heads, female promotion and US donations... Watch Ukrainian resourcefulness, and see how warfare is forever changed..

Hey, Rolling Stones, get your lawyers ready!

Russia invaded, Russia invaded, Russia invaded... Can you hear yourself talking?