This took me fucking ages

OPINION: When NATO chief Mark Rutte said that Europe can’t defend itself without the U.S., he positioned himself as the spokesperson of the continent's strategic resignation.

Jeremy Galton (British, b. 1949). Soft Boiled Egg (2020, oil on board).

What a great tribute to a wonderful actress.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

Pathetic fallacy.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

ARTE

Very well articulated. It’s important to hear this in a week when DJT’s drivel is everywhere.

Malke was seventy-two years old, allowed to travel east with a single suitcase.

He’s spot on.

Solar flares sort of visible here in The Hague tonight.

Actual lunatic. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Good.

Great. Grok and X need to be shut down everywhere.

Stunned although they still think it’s domestic terrorism? Give me a break.

I mean, how much more proof does anyone need? X is a cesspool.

‘Absolute immunity’. This f*cking guy. A bullshitter, and a dangerous one at that.

Precisely. Some spine needs to be shown, for once.

The EU and the Irish government should delete all X accounts immediately. There are no excuses left.

ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video. The Trump administration is lying.

"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"

It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis. This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.

Bosses of FTSE 100 companies paid more than average worker after three days of 2026

Nollaig na mBan shona daoibh! 👯🍸🎄

This guy is a snake. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

For those of us not in the cult, this is what we hear when anyone from the Trump administration speaks. For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…

“Can I have one of your delicious South African steak bakes, please”

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

A Russian asset, she means, presumably. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Blow bugle, blow Set the wild echoes flying Blow, bugle; answer echoes Dying, dying, dying.

The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic Photo: Pete Seaward

Some shared humanity. Nice to read about empathy and kindness in the NYT for once, in the middle of this utter shitshow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal." JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"

The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky

If you don’t like the EU and its laws, you know what you can do. Slovexit.

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

Good. He’s appalling. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

I’m quietly proud of the way that Irish presidents since Mary Robinson have evolved an honorary role into one where, precisely because they have no direct political power, into one of national conscience and ethical expression. Easy to say when I’ve been gone a long time but we see it from abroad.

On his terms? Lies, bullying, more lies. That’s all he’s got. Amazing reportage, NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...

Looks like I picked the wrong day to open my chunky knitwear and casserole emporium.

Not a bad aul view on a quiet Sunday morning.

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Inventor of the GIF, hearing about Notre Dame burning: oh no the jarjoyles

Derek Guy’s sartorial torpedoes never miss.