Sooooo many new military experts and geopolitical analysts out there. Just like that!

Damn, The Onion wins again

Cannot wait for that movie where an injured Leonardo de Caprio walked 110 miles and climbed a 7000 ft mountain in less than a day to get to the other pilot and be rescued. Soundtrack by Kid Rock.

As Iranian drones target the UAE, Bellingcat reveals a number of instances where authorities downplayed damage and mischaracterised interceptions. Meanwhile the UAE’s attorney general warned that publication of images or videos of strikes is illegal. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...

In Nara, Japan, sika deer roam freely among cherry blossoms, creating a breathtaking scene each spring. These sacred creatures enjoy the beauty of hanami season too.

Doesn't pay any tax in the UK because he ran away to the Tax Haven Singapore to escape the effects of the Brexit he helped create. Then he bought up hundred of millions of pounds of farmland to avoid tax, then cried when it was made taxable. James Dyson is a scumbag.

Ok I know it’s the NYT but why Waffle House? Why not Gus’s Fried Chicken?

If countries like the UK are wondering about why the Straits of Hormuz might be closed to them ….

Nearly 9 years later and not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell. Justice is only for shoplifters and protestors, mass murderers walk free so long as they are rich.

I think the bots on social media are also hallucinating

The European Union, which is the leader of the international coalition for Doing Nothing, will continue to Do Nothing in response to Israel's emboldened apartheid system.

The Knesset passed a bill today mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terror - but not for Jews. There is a word for a legal system where different legal standards apply to different categories of people. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

The only EU country with integrity and moral conscience.

C’est un scandale sans nom. Le gouvernement Canadien empêche Rima Hassan députée européenne de venir au Canada pour donner des conférences, dans une décision gravissime qui piétine les libertés les plus élémentaires et jette une ombre inquiétante sur l’état du débat démocratique.

Omg this is So So So good youtu.be/TmyjzvQv5bA

When hospitals become targets

Back to their roots

WOW! This ad from Iran.

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

If I ever meet Lawrence Wong - Singapore’s PM, I’d meet him in a kopitiam. I always call him the kopitiam PM - it’s the way he addresses people like he would ask for kopi-o, for example.

How the hell did Germany go from Merkel to Merz?

Basically, the underwriter of this world order has now become a revisionist power, and some people would even say a disruptor. But the larger point is that the erosion of norms, processes, and institutions that underpinned a remarkable period of peace and prosperity; that foundation has gone.

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Israel systematically destroyed over 93% of Gaza Strip cemeteries amid ongoing genocide: "Israeli army completely destroyed graves in 39 cemeteries (approx 62.9% of the total) & partially damaged 19 others (approx 30.6%). Only 4 cemeteries, or 6.4%, remain intact." euromedmonitor.org/en/article/7...

this came up in a suggested posts elsewhere and I'm cackling bc (mis)Anthropic AI literally owes authors a squajillion dollars bc a lawsuit has confirmed that they stole our work THAT BADLY (that they actually ruled for authors) bc "studying the humanities" /= "stealing the humanities" bb

This is everything

And so we move on….

Dear Western art and architecture critics and scholars, when you showcase your buildings and built environments, remember the most glorious historical monuments in Iran are being destroyed by the US.

Federal libraries and archives are being defunded by Mark Carney’s govt. thenarwhal.ca/opinion-arct...

Spain has kicked Israel's ambassador out. Another win for the brilliant Spain. Keep on winning.

Meanwhile in China - netizens are enjoying the new meme mockery of Trump and co

“Europe is indefensible.” Yin Shao Loong 🇲🇾 recalls the words of Aimé Césaire at the Progressive International, Polity and Third World Network Kuala Lumpur Conference.

I miss her

He just saw the gas prices. War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography, but gas prices are His way of teaching Americans that wars cost them, too.

Johor can stop this. But $$$$ for a few www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...

But after the total destruction of centuries of beauty, you can have American box stores www.thenation.com/article/cult...

As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

On Greengrocer Carney

Now available for all to read, open access and free, at JiC. To understand Genocide in Gaza and elsewhere, we need to talk about it as a process not an event: justiceinconflict.org/2025/08/02/t...

Never seen so many armchair war analysts so excited while people suffer, starve, and die.

Dear god!

I’ve always said that American foreign policy is Hollywood

Please support this new magazine for Palestinian writers www.thekeymagazine.com

Geopolitical crises everywhere. Malaysians: DARK SOY SAUCE!!!!

We are now in the age of the Geneva Consideration

Recap on Carney and Anand on #Iran: 1️⃣ They support the US and Israel's attacks. 2️⃣ For three days, 🦗🦗🦗 on international law. 3️⃣ Carney: actually, we support attacks "with regret" & it's prima facie illegal 4️⃣ We can't rule out Canada joining in. Seriously: What will they say tomorrow?

@mark-carney.bsky.social post this please on Bluesky

And here it is, contemporary orientalism perfectly illustrated.

Jon Stewart has been over for a while

deleted his tweet as soon as an actual war popped off