Okay this is funny: “A French general has said joining President Donald Trump’s war is like buying a discounted ticket for the Titanic after it had already hit the iceberg.” Former commander of the Foreign Legion btw. 😂 www.thedailybeast.com/french-gener...

🇫🇮🇺🇦🇬🇧 Stubb published a joint photo with Zelensky and Starmer. 💬 In difficult times, it is always good to sit down and talk with friends and allies. Thank you for your hospitality, Keir! Glory to Ukraine, Volodymyr!💬 ​​— wrote the Finnish leader

Continuing the "How stupid is Trump" series. Today the so-called president claims Ukraine would have lost in one-day if it was not for the US... Fact check: No US aid arrived for almost 2 months, by which time Russia was being decimated in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.

Whatever could have emboldened the wannabe-king to behave like one, might it have been the king-like immunity ruling bestowed by the Roberts Court

‘Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of U.S. forces in the region, people familiar with the matter said.’ www.wsj.com/world/russia...

❗️Finland’s president Alexander Stubb said Europe could offer help securing the Strait of Hormuz against Iran in exchange for US support to Ukraine, and planned to present the idea to US President Trump. #Ukraine

Whoa

😳 www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

TRUMP: HELP! WORLD: NO, YOU’RE INSANE TRUMP: I DON’T WANT YOUR HELP ANYWAY! Ignorance, dementia and the cognitive maturity of a three year old all rolled in to one.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump says he's been rejected by NATO, most allies to join mission to secure critical Strait of Hormuz as Iran war rages. @apnews.com

Jesus Christ this is becoming like the saddest Spanish telenovela ever He is making us seem so utterly pathetic on the world stage

“The technical capabilities and adaptable alignment of the Russian Federation’s #SIGINT stations [in #Vienna] pose a significant security risk in counter-espionage."

#Russki #SIGINT und der Nomen Nescio Club jetzt auch in Kyivpost 😎

"After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, most European countries expelled Russian diplomats. #Austria – a neutral country outside NATO – took a softer approach. Around 500 Russian diplomatic staff remain in Vienna, with up to one-third believed to be intelligence operatives."

Russia Turns Vienna Into West’s Biggest Spy Hub – Tracking NATO Communications - www.kyivpost.com/post/72072

The main base is the "Russian Town" complex, where all the roofs are "spyed" with antennas. Similar equipment was also noticed at other Russian facilities in Vienna - in the cultural center and the former sanatorium. Up to a third of Russian diplomats in the city may be connected to intelligence.

📡🇦🇹 Russia is monitoring NATO from the very heart of Europe: the Russians have turned Vienna into the main center of espionage in the West, - FT writes about the mass installation of dozens of antennas and suspicious devices on buildings in the Austrian capital.

Der natürliche Verlauf der Geburt und des Todes entziehen sich der Planbarkeit und sind damit zusätzliche Irritationen in unserem durchgetaktetem Leben.

Our economy is dominated by men whose only form of introspection involves spending hours every day reading stuff that justifies their decision to never go to therapy, and to have disdain for anyone who falls for that (((European))) claptrap.

"Last year, polling by the Good Growth Foundation found that voters’ top choice for 'the worst thing' about #NigelFarage was his closeness to #DonaldTrump. This held across voting groups, including Labour-Reform switchers and Reform voters themselves." www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

Rumor about major hack on China's National Super-computing Center (NSCC) Research Facility is spreading on twitter. I can not confirm but looks interesting.

Trump is a moron with zero empathy. #NoRockBottom

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. It’s an event that the Vatican, and the pope, are treating with caution.

Plot Twist stevebrodner.substack.com

well..

There is absolutely no bottom. @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...

"Israel and the US have a number of overlapping objectives, but there is some divergence, and probably an increasing divergence of those objectives as time passes." @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/p...

"Factcheckers now regularly have to address both a false post and also a misleading claim made by a chatbot in relation to that post." "The problem is compounded by the authoritative way AI tends to present its findings."

Here are 10 consequences of the US-Israel attack on Iran - a thread. US soft power is damaged. To launch an attack without clear aims or an exit strategy has upset allies - in Europe, Gulf & Asia - who must bear the economic, political and military consequences. /1

💥INVESTIGATION: In Viktor Orbán's Hungary, children in care homes are targeted by criminal networks, with pimps effectively embedding themselves within the child-protection system. Those working in the sector say they are powerless to stop the abuse.

1/ Leaked orders from the Russian Ministry of Defence show that Telegram is being banned immediately for operational use by Russian forces in Ukraine, with soldiers reportedly facing being sent to their deaths in assaults if they are found not to be complying. ⬇️

Israeli air defense intercepts incoming Iranian missiles. #Israel

4/ “You cannot tell a Nato ally that you have made a four-day plan and then extend the operation to 14 days. In a sense, this was also a betrayal of the regional countries.” Source: www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-told...

1/ The Trump Administration is reported to have told the Turkish government that the war with Iran would only be a four-day special military operation. Quite a remarkable bit of reporting:

I saw a headline that they have uncovered Banksy’s identify and I REFUSE TO READ ANYTHING ABOUT IT! Why can’t we have nice things?! This is not a scoop! This is a disservice to, like, everyone!!

“His basic problem, whatever his bones tell him, is that even if Trump wanted to declare the war over today and order a ceasefire then there is no guarantee that Iran would follow.” A brilliant essay from @ldfreedman.bsky.social on the war in Iran. samf.substack.com/p/the-split-...

I’m watching Trump riffing on CNN right now. and apparently we invaded Iran because we were gonna have a nuclear war like World War II or something, the universal translator burned out.

Ukraine is holding back Russia and thus fulfilling the entire traditional mission of NATO without any soldiers or sailors from other countries. Trump is meanwhile demanding NATO allies leave the continent they are supposed to be defending to join him in a doomed adventure he chose in the Middle East

🇺🇸 WP: More than 200 U.S. troops have been wounded across seven Middle Eastern countries during the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran, mainly from Iranian missile and drone attacks on U.S. positions. Many injuries involve traumatic brain injuries, some discovered days later.

Please read this important work. I tried to get at the larger issue in an essay called "Oligarchical Corridor." snyder.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

I’m shocked he made this mistake seeing that he only consulted with a couple real estate people before making the decision.

It should be .ru

Threat actors are increasingly using AI systems to plan & execute cyber operations. Building on a recent report, Jam Kraprayoon & Shaun Ee recommend 3 moves for policymakers, industry, & civil society to shape the future of AI-driven cybersecurity & defend against adversarial deployment:

Ukraine's Fire Point FP-7 ballistic missile has completed its first flight and moved to combat testing. Chief designer Denis Shtilerman said the FP-7 is an ATACMS equivalent with a 300 km range and costs half as much, with all components produced domestically. #Ukraine

The EU sanctions Chinese entities for cyberattacks www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

The United Arab Emirates' daily oil output is down by more than half as the Iran conflict and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz forced state oil giant ADNOC to implement widespread production shut-ins.-Reuters

Shoshana Strock is the daughter of the Minister of Settlements in Israel. She came forward with allegations of horrific childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her parents, an influential rabbi, and others and pleaded publicly for protection. She has reportedly been found dead, possibly by suicide.

So much for prudent planning

So… He dismisses and alienates former ally countries. Plunges into a war with no plan. And now wants them to fix his disaster. It’s how he’s lived his life. Blame and responsibility shifting. But this is on him.